News : Nokia Lumia 'Atlas' for Verizon leaked

A new Nokia Lumia phone, codenamed 'Atlas', with the Verizon logo has surfaced. The image was posted by @evleaks on their Twitter account.

The phone looks like it could be a variant of the Lumia 820, with similar specifications but meant for Verizon's network. Just a few hours ago, we saw Nokia pull this same trick with the Lumia 810, a variant of the Lumia 820 for T-Mobile.

Not much can be said looking at the solitary photo that was posted, other than the phone has more pronounced rounded corners than the 820 or the 810, a front facing camera and a Verizon logo that looks like it was added at the last moment and pasted on the only place that was available.

If true, Verizon should be making an announcement for it shortly.

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News @Nokia Unveils Lumia 820 WP8 Device: 4.3-inch Display, 8MP Camera, Exchangeable Covers, Wireless Charging And More [VIDEO]

If you are growing tired of deciding whether or not to wait for the next-generation iPhone or grab one of the latest and greatest Android powered devices, then it might be the right time to extend your mindset and cast your net a little further afield. Microsoft has been attempting for quite some time to nurture and grow interest in their Windows Phone platform, and partnering with Nokia during the Mango stages indicated their intention to eventually make a mass assault on the smartphone market.

As part of a joint media event in New York City, executives and representatives of both Nokia and Microsoft have taken to the stage to introduce the new features of Windows Phone 8, as well as two new pieces of Nokia hardware that will be built around the aforementioned software on board. As expected, we witnessed the official unveiling of the Lumia 920, a high-end device that look seriously tantalizing and brings some impressive features to the market. In addition to that, Nokia has also introduced the mid-range Lumia 820 smartphone that is built for those who may have a smaller budget, or don’t require all of the features and power which the Lumia 920 offers.
Like its bigger brother, the Lumia 820 will come bundled with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS, and will actually be powered by the exact same processor that has been included with the Lumia 920. The Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 CPU is a dual-core 1.5GHz monster that will make browsing apps and multitasking a breeze on both devices. The device will come with a standard 8GB of internal storage capacity, but is expandable through the use of a microSDcard, and will have a slightly smaller 4.3-inch display with a screen resolution of 480×800, that’s WVGA in geek speak. In place of the 920′s 8-megapixel camera, Nokia is building their mid-range device with an 8-megapixel camera without the all-so-awesome PureView tech, but does come with Carl Zeiss optics.

As you would expect in this day and age, the Lumia 820 comes with a rather gorgeous capacitive touchscreen display, and just like the Lumia 920, it is actually usable when wearing gloves, which is extremely handy for those like myself who live in colder climates. To finish off what is a very nice little device, Nokia has included the ability to change the cover on the device, great news for those who like a little bit of variety in life. Apparently, it will be possible to purchase a nice little cover that actually brings with it the ability to take advantage of wireless charging on the device. Perfect for those potential Lumia 820 owners who feel like they might be missing out on owning a Fatboy charging pillow.

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News : @Nokia introduces Lumia 820 Windows Phone 7 handset

The Nokia Lumia 820 is a cheaper alternative to the new Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone. Like its bigger sibling, the 820 will have a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual core processor and Windows Phone 8 software.

But it will be a little smaller, with a 4.3 inch display, and it has a 5MP camera instead of an 8.7MP camera.

There is one thing that makes the Nokia Lumia 820 stand out — the rear cover can be removed and replaced with a different shell.

Not only does that let you change the color of your handset, but it also lets you change the functionality. For instance, you can add a shell that lets you use a wireless charging pad to charge the phone’s battery.

That’s a feature that comes built into every Nokia Lumia 920 phone, but it’s just an optional feature for the 820.

Updated : Latest Detail (Pic) on Our FB 

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[Updated]Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 Device Announced: Features 4.5-inch Display, Wireless Charging, 8.7MP PureView Camera And More

After weeks and weeks of almost blind speculation, Nokia has finally taken the wraps off its Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 device, which will no doubt serve as the company’s flagship smartphone. With Microsoft allowing vendors to really push the hardware boundaries with Windows Phone 8, the Finnish outfit certainly hasn’t disappointed with the 920.

An upgrade of the critically-acclaimed Lumia 900, it features a beautiful 4.5-inch display, and although the design looks almost identical to that of its predecessor, that’s most definitely to the advantage of the consumers, for the previous offering was easily among the most aesthetically-pleasing on the market.

Aside from the physical, it’s certainly gotten an impressive hardware bump, now packing in a 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor to keep things ticking over, as well as a 2,000mAh battery. Interestingly, it will also support wireless charging with Qi standard, and is one of the first "big" smartphone releases to do so. Whether the market is ready to adopt wireless charging technology remains to be seen, but it’s a step in the right direction, and will undoubtedly push the profile of the Lumia range and Windows Phone alike.

Speaking of Windows Phone, it’ll be among the first devices to run Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system, and packs in all the juicy features the Redmond company showcased earlier this year, including Live Tiles, Internet Explorer 10, and turn-by-turn navigation through Nokia’s very own Maps service. Speaking of maps, Nokia Maps are now an integral part of the Windows Phone 8 ecosystem, so you can rest assured that you will be blessed with Nokia’s high-quality turn-by-turn navigation which we’ve come to love.
The new Nokia Lumia 920 display is being painted as the "Pure Motion HD+," and will complement snaps taken on the "PureView" 8.7 megapixel snapper at the rear of the device. Nokia’s calling its new display the "best smartphone display innovation" its has ever made, and although the resolution isn’t particularly game-changing at 1280×768, it will offer a great viewing experience thanks to fast refresh rates. Now here comes the fun part of the display, if you’re living in an area which is freezing cold and you’re bound to wear gloves then worry not, as the Lumia 920’s screen is operation even if you’re wearing gloves. Pretty neat.
Taking screenshots has finally been added to the list of features in Windows Phone 8 – an implement which was strangely missing from Windows Phone 7.x, while images taken in full high res can be uploaded straight to SkyDrive from Windows Phone 8. Microsoft has placed a lot of emphasis on Windows 8′s "Cloud OS" credentials, and third-party apps will also be able to include the seamless uploading feature.
Apart from the usual bits and pieces, the Lumia 920 comes equipped with NFC for sharing content, or more specifically, using the device as your digital wallet for making payments. More functionality is yet to be revealed in the days to come.
The Lumia 920 will arrive in yellow, red, white, gray, and black, modeled in the familiar polycarbonate uni-body.

Updated : Latest Detail (Pic) on Our FB 

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(News) Nokia to launch 4-inch Lumia 610 successor with Windows Phone 7.8?

The Lumia 610 low-end Nokia Windows Phone

As we closely approach Nokia's rave party, which is to be held this coming Wednesday in New York, reports of potential Nokia Windows Phones are surely to be coming in hot for the next few days. The Verge has learned from a source familiar with Nokia's Windows Phone plans that the manufacturer plans to release a Lumia 610 successor, powered by Windows Phone 7.8, codenamed "Glory".

As well as the two Windows Phones Nokia is expected to be unveiling, this new low-end entry will ensure the manufacturer continues to target markets where it can offer smartphones at competitive prices to snap up consumers. Running Windows Phone 7.8, the "Glory" is reported to feature a 4" display, 800mhz processor and 256MB of RAM.

It's understood the handset will not be unveiled next week alongside the Lumia 820 and 920 Windows Phones, but will likely be launched in time for the holiday season. What do you make of a new low-end Windows Phone from Nokia? Be sure to sound off in the comments.

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News : Nokia Lumia 820, 920 leak out: PureView coming to Windows Phone

daThe new Nokia Lumias have leaked out and they bring great news for Windows Phone fans - Nokia is bringing its PureView imaging technology to Windows Phone 8 with a monster 4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920, designed in Nokia’s best N9/Lumia 800 traditions and with great new colors, at least if this here leak proves true. 

Along with it comes a lesser specced and non-PureView 4.3-inch Nokia Lumia 820 with equally colorful jazzy looks and probably a more affordable price. 

Both the Nokia Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 seem to focus on the camera with Carl Zeiss lenses on both gadgets.

We don't know the actual resolution of the allegedy Lumia 920 PureView camera, but so far we've heard speculation that a PureView Windows Phone Lumia could sport a 21-megapixel sensor. This would allow the PureView oversampling technology to combine four pixels into one super pixel when you shoot at 5 megapixels, which in turn would mean less noise and better performance in low light conditions, as well as some non-degrading zoom capability (not just plain digital zoom). Still, in all likelihood this won't be exactly like the monster 41-megapixel sensor on the Nokia 808 PureView Symbian device, but somewhat less capable. On the bright side of things - you don't have to deal with a huge bulge on the back of the device, and the upcoming Lumia 920 definitely looks very, very sleek, much better than the bulky 808 PureView.

We love the colors on both the Lumia 920 and 820. That amazing yellow and vivid, almost crimson red right in the middle seem to set the new trend for Nokia Windows Phones.

As good and veritable as it sounds, this is still a leak so the final handsets Nokia unveils on September 5th might differ from what we see here. Still, to us it seems that there is all likelihood that those images are legit. If so, there will be a lot to get hyped up about in less than a week. 

How do you like what you see? Could that be your future phone right here? 

source: evleaks (1), (2) via PocketNow 

Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView	Nokia Lumia 820, no PureView

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News : Microsoft and Nokia to hold joint press event on September 5

In a rather bold statement, Nokia's executive VP of sales and marketing has called out Samsung directly in anticipation of Nokia and Microsoft's press event scheduled for September 5th during Nokia World.

Samsung take note, next generation Lumia coming soon. #nokiaThu Aug 16 04:00:57 via webChris Weber
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Just as expected, Nokia World will be the venue of choice for Nokia and Microsoft to unveil the first Lumia devices running on Windows Phone 8. The latest version of Microsoft's mobile OS wasunveiled in June and everyone has been eagerly waiting to see some actual phones powered by it.

It's no secret that Nokia has lost major ground to iOS and Android devices in the smartphone realm. The largest portion of that has gone to Samsung, which now controls some 21.6% of the global mobile market (this includes both smart and feature phones).

So now that the first volleys of the WP8 hype-war have been fired, we won't have to wait long to see if the platform will be enough to dig Nokia out of its hole.

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News : Forget the Nokia Lumia 910, now the Nokia Lumia 1001 appears

Recently, Nokia's Remote Device Access showed a Nokia Lumia 910. For those unaware, the Remote Device Access allows those using a browser to access Nokia hardware. It is designed for developers to use to test out their code on hardware that they don't actually have physical access to. The RDAhelped reveal the Nokia Lumia 900 last year, when it was referred to as the Nokia 900 Windows Phone.

Nokia's RDA shows the Nokia Lumia 1001

While the Nokia Lumia 910 showed up recently, that device has been rumored to be around since February when accessories for the device appeared on Amazon and a Dutch retailer posted all about the device including its 12MP camera. Nokia's top camera executive, Damian Dinning, denied that such a device existed. Now, the RDA is showing the Nokia Lumia 1001and once again we are left wondering about the legitimacy of the model number.

It should be noted that when an unreleased model like the Nokia Lumia 1001 appears on the Remote Device Access tool, it doesn't give users access to those models. Those model numbers show up when a user takes a Nokia branded device to search for other Bluetooth enabled units nearby. The person who found the Nokia Lumia 1001, a member of the TechCrunch crew, was using a Nokia 500 when he spotted the Nokia Lumia 1001. Just to make sure he wasn't seeing things, he tried it again with a Nokia N9 and the Nokia Lumia 1001 was still there.

With the Lumia line, the higher the model number the higher-end the device. So with that in mind, perhaps the Nokia Lumia 1001 will be the first Nokia Windows Phone 8 model. Remember, we already know that current Windows Phone flavored handsets are not getting updated to the next build of Microsoft's mobile OS. Sorry, Nokia Lumia 900 owners, you can't have the flagship Windows Phone model forever.

source: TechCrunch

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Nokia outs exclusive Camera Extras app for Lumia phones

Nokia has released a special app for its Lumia series of smartphones. Currently available on the Windows Phone Marketplace, the Camera Extras app will give users four new shooting modes for their devices.

The new modes are Smart Group Shot, Action Shot, Self-timer and Panorama shot. The first one allows you to capture burst shots of a group of people and then automatically chooses the best one judging by face expressions, while the second allows you to capture fast-moving objects improving shooting speed. The other two are quite self-explanatory.

For now only users in China and the United States are bound to get the update. Other countries will follow later in July. Head to the Windows Phone Marketplace to get the juicy app now.

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Angry Birds and PES 2012 are a no go for Windows Phone devices with 256MB of RAM (Updated)

It turns out that Skype won’t be alone in getting the cold shoulder from Windows Phone smartphones with 256MB of RAM. Angry Birds, PES 2012, and the video call app Tango have also joined the list of unavailable applications for the lower-tiered smartphones, running Microsoft’s mobile OS.

Update: The folks at Rovio are working on an update of Angry Birds, which will support devices with 256MB of RAM.

While the omission of PES 2012 is somewhat understandable given its graphic intensive nature, the unavailability of Angry Birds in particular is quite baffling. After all, Rovio’s title runs even on feature phones such as the latest members of the Nokia Asha range.

Update: The editor-in-chief of Nokia Conversations Heidi Lemmetyinen has confirmed that Rovio is working on an update of Angry Birds, which will support lower-tier Windows Phone devices. It is to be released in the immediate future.

Having the above information in mind, we do suspect that more Windows Phone developers will follow suit in updating the currently unsupported apps.

What is your take on the subject? Did fragmentation just make it to the WIndows Phone realm?

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NEWS|NOKIA|Is this Nokia Lumia PureView? We hope not

What we have for you here are two leaked slides, which allegedly show a concept design and the actual specs of the upcoming Nokia Lumia PureView. It should be the Windows Phone twin of the Symbian-based 808 PureView.

According to those slides, the Lumia PureView should pack a 4.3-inch HD screen, a dual-core 1.5GHz Krait processor, Adreno 320 graphics, a 41MP camera sensor – same as on the Nokia 808 PureView with 1080p video recording and Windows Phone Apollo ticking inside.

Well, the specs sound quite right for a next generation WP flagship and Nokia would certainly be bringing the PureView technology to its Lumia range, but that design is plain ugly. We know that the huge sensor mandates a thicker profile, but that's just ridiculous.

We really hope that, if these slides are indeed real, Nokia will choose a different design for its Lumia PureView smartphone.

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A PureView camera headed to the Lumia lineup soon

A few days ago the Nokia 808 PureView caused a lot of jaws to drop, only to be raised back up again to ask "wait, Symbian?" However, when you take into account that the PureView project started 5 years ago the things become clear - Windows Phone just didn’t exist back then.

Jo Harlow, Executive Vice President of smart devices at Nokia, spoke to a Finnish newspaper saying that the PureView technology is heading to a future Lumia phone. According to her, it shouldn't be too long before such a phone materializes.

Performance shouldn't be an issue - the Nokia 808 uses a single-core 1.3GHz processor with 512MB and it's a custom chip that does all the heavy lifting. That's well within reach of current WP7 phones though they'll have to adjust the processing for a Qualcomm platform.

But, of course, that doesn’t mean a Nokia Lumia PureView phone is just around the corner.

Either way, this phone can't come soon enough. Until then, you can have a look at the camera samplesand check out our blog post on how PureView works.

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