Nokia, a Finnish smartphone company was founded in 1871. What started as a paper manufacturing company evolved into one of the worlds largest and well known names in the mobile device market. Nokia currently works mostly with smartphones and mobile software. In early 2011 the company's new CEO, Stephen Elop signed a strategic partnership with Microsoft where Microsoft will gain access to Nokia's mobile services such as Ovi Maps and Nokia would adopt Windows Phone 7 as an operating system for their new smartphones over the company's own Symbian OS. Read on for the latest Nokia related news, reviews and videos:
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 12, 2013 12:22 AMRead OnSymbian phones will be no longer shipped by Nokia starting this summer, according to a recent report. The Nokia 808 PureView was the last new Symbian-phone manufactured, running the platform which was renamed to Nokia (Belle). Ever since the 808, the company has been shipping Symbian phones to markets where the platform was still relevant. However, it quickly lost market share and is now on the edge of extinction. With this final stab, the platform and its phones will be completely abandoned. Nokia is now focusing entirely on Windows Phone for its smartphones. Its success will depend on ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 11, 2013 5:02 PMRead OnEver since Nokia hitched its wagon to Microsoft and Windows Phone, it's been difficult to think of the two companies as wholly independent entities; after all, Nokia's carrying the bulk of WP smartphone sales, and Microsoft gives the OEM some special access that other Windows Phone manufacturers aren't similarly able to enjoy. As such, it's no news to learn that the two are working closely together, but some new comments from Nokia reps have us wondering if specific could be in the works for this summer. At a recent UK Lumia 925 event, Nokia talked about "working even closer" with ...
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by Michael Fisher | June 11, 2013 1:56 PMRead OnIn the past six months, I've handled some of the world's most advanced mobile technology, including BlackBerry's new Z10 flagship, Nokia's one-of-a-kind N9 smartphone, and Sony's super-portable Xperia Tablet Z. And the thing I value most from these experiences isn't the Z10's unified messaging hub, or the N9's one-of-a-kind interface, or even the Tablet Z's water-resistant nature. Rather, the aspect I love most about these three products is that they all offer a variation on a buttonless unlock. This revelation might force you to question my priorities, and I acknowledge that idolizing ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 10, 2013 7:21 AMRead OnWe were there in London for the Nokia Lumia 925 launch event on May 14. Less than a month later the Nokia Lumia 925 becomes officially available in Germany, as the first market to get the phone. Nokia promises that other European markets, China, the U.S., and select countries worldwide will follow. The phone packs a 4.5-inch AMOLED screen with WXGA (1280x768) resolution and is powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor. Has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal memory, and a brand new camera construction with six Carl Zeiss lens in top of a 8.7-megapixel PureView camera. There's also a 1.2-megapixel ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 9, 2013 1:13 AMRead OnDamian Dinning is the person responsible for many awesome camera innovations at Nokia. Before leaving the company -- his place was taken by Juha Alakarhu -- he brought PureView to the world, first, in the form of the Nokia 808, then, the Lumia 920 with PureView stage-two. The Nokia 808 PureView features, among many other camera innovations, a mechanical shutter. While the Nokia EOS is nothing but a (recurring) leak at the moment, it is rumored to have a camera system which heavily relies on the one used in the 808. A recent leak tries to depict the same construction, including a ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 8, 2013 8:45 AMRead OnHere's something to think about this weekend. A Reddit user claims to have purchased a Lumia 920 on eBay with a version of Windows Phone never seen before. There are also a couple of alleged screenshots among which a Windows Phone Notification Center and apparently a new Calendar interface. Microsoft’s Thomas Fennel said the company "ran out of time" when speaking at the Build conference last year, referring to a Notification Center. The screenshot above claims to be just that. The alleged Lumia 920 is running Windows Phone build 12084.WPMAIN(wpbldlab).20130509-1407 from May 9. It also ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 7, 2013 8:58 AMRead On
It might be safe to dial down the skepticism on the recent Nokia EOS leaks. More and more information is hitting the interwebs, and the latest is a video with a close-up of the camera system on the back of the rumored upcoming device. You can check that video out at the bottom; those who have seen, or own, a Nokia 808 PureView, will instantly recognize the lens system, lens cover, and mechanics. Everything appears to function like on the 808 PureView, from the lens cover to the lens movement, which lends us to believe there might be (should be) and ND filter included too, like on the ...
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by Jaime Rivera | June 6, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about some additional leaked photos of the Nokia EOS smartphone. Then we go through Sony's press invites for a mobile event to happen in Germany and what we can expect. Google is next as they've just made the bold move of offering the stock Android keyboard to everyone. Apple's strategy for smartphone repairs is next as the company keeps working on bringing more services to their Apple Stores. We end today's show talking about the iPad 5 and the possibility of a launch for WWDC 2013. All this and more after the break. Stories: - More Nokia EOS leaks ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 6, 2013 6:54 PMRead OnWhat's the deal with Instagram on Windows Phone? We've been hoping to see this app arrive for what feels like ages, and while we've seen the arrival of some workable substitutes, we'd really love to avoid yet another off-brand WP app experience and have a full-on, official solution. Nokia's been busy campaigning with its #2InstaWithLove app, and today we get word that a proper Instagram client could actually soon be on its way to the platform, with rumors suggesting a launch this month. The details are a little unclear, but the release date is supposed to fall on a Wednesday in June, with ...
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by Michael Fisher | June 6, 2013 3:50 PMRead OnFor a while now, the mobile-tech review landscape has looked much the same. Reviewers like us craft lengthy written pieces packed with charts, photos, and videos, and readers like you ... read them. Sure, you have the opportunity to respond in the comments, and most good editors will answer questions there, but there's precious little real-time interaction between reader and reviewer. There's not much chance to ask questions, seek clarifications, or take a quick look at that one little detail. For a while, we've been trying to break down the wall between reviewer and reader - to allow you ...
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by Michael Fisher | June 6, 2013 2:27 PMRead OnSometimes you get listener mail that asks how the band got together in the first place. Sometimes that happens the day after you drop some nostalgic sentimentalism all over the internet. Sometimes, simultaneously, there are some sweet, juicy rumors and leaks about a top-of-the-line camera phone with what looks like a moon crater on it. Sometimes you gotta put all that into a podcast with the original cadre of Pocketnow 'casters, and see what comes out. All that, plus the longest outtake reel in the history of Pocketnow, more Nokia EOS rumors than you can shake a stick at, the first-ever ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 6, 2013 11:34 AMRead OnAs more and more images of Nokia's rumored 41-megapixel PureView EOS emerge, we're finding ourselves dialing-back the skepticism a little. Granted, there were some explicit signs of image manipulation in some of what we saw yesterday, but that need not necessarily speak to the illegitimacy of the hardware being depicted, and with similar images arriving from multiple sources, all of this is starting to seem very real. So far, we've had a number of looks at incomplete shells, as well as some at the assembled EOS, but now we get to take things one step further and get to see a powered-on ...
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by Anton D. Nagy | June 6, 2013 2:44 AM
Read OnWe're seeing more and more Nokia EOS leaks of the alleged Elvis-codenamed phone. Yesterday we've seen a couple, some probable, some arguable, and today the purported phone gets photographed from all angles. The pictures have been allegedly snapped off of the phone in real life. As with previous leaks, we're treating them with a certain dose of skepticism, but they seem more and more credible. The important information on the phone has been concealed by labels and we can't get a confirmation of the sensor on this phone. However, the huge circle (and hump) on the back indicates something big ...
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by Jaime Rivera | June 5, 2013 7:00 PMRead OnWatch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the announcement of the BlackBerry Q10 for AT&T, along with the rumors of a flagship BlackBerry A10 for the fall. Microsoft has also announced Outlook RT for Windows RT, but there's a lot that's lame about the timing. Nokia is next as they've just leaked photos of their EOS smartphone emerge, some good, some fake. HTC takes the spotlight again today as we've got some leaked photos of an HTC One Mini, which looks like an interesting alternative to the One. We end today's show talking about Samsung's announcement of the Galaxy S 4 Active, ...
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by Stephen Schenck | June 5, 2013 1:00 PM
Read OnWhat is it they say about raining and pouring? Only a couple hours back we were checking out some images that sure seemed to depict Nokia's rumored EOS PureView Lumia, with a big, round cutout for the phone's bulky camera elements. Thanks to a separate leak, we can follow that up now with what appears to be a shot of the fully-assembled PureView camera package. From the shape, to arrangement of the lens and flash, this sure does appear to be the same hardware we saw this morning. That "XX megapixel" notation is something Nokia's used in the past during phone development, and we've even ...