Nokia 808 PureView at Dolby Lounge – FICCI Frames 2012

We recently got invitation from Dolby Laboratories for their Dolby Lounge experience at FICCI Frames in Mumbai. This year’s special demonstration was Dolby Mobile and Dolby Headphone-enabled Nokia Symbian smartphones. Dolby Mobile is specifically designed for handheld and portable media devices so consumers can enjoy HD Multi Channel Surround Sound with no compromise.

Nokia Lumia 800 software update now rolling out, brings improved battery performance

Nokia has started rolling out a new Software update version 1600.2487.8107.12070 for Lumia 800, that brings improvements in battery performance, especially in 3G talk time as well as in predictive usage time, standby time, WiFi browsing time and music playback time. We reported the update earlier this month.

Nokia Lumia 800C CDMA Windows Phone launched in China

China Telecom and Nokia has announced Nokia 800C, the first CDMA Windows Phone in China. Other features are similar to the Global version of the phone including  3.7″ AMOLED ClearBlack curved touchscreen display, 1.4 GHz processor, 8MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal memory.

Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99

AT&T and Nokia has announced that Nokia Lumia 900 would be available exclusively in the U.S. from them on April 8 for $99.99. Nokia and AT&T  announced the Lumia 900 with AT&T’s 4G LTE support at CES 2012 in January. The Nokia Lumia 900 has 4.3-inch ClearBlack AMOLED display and is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm  Snapdragon S2 processor. It has 8 MP camera … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 900 coming to AT&T on April 8 for $99.99”

Nokia launches Play To beta for Lumia phones

Nokia has launched Play To app for Lumia phones in the Nokia Beta labs. This app would enable you share your photos and videos from your Nokia Lumia phone to your DLNA-capable devices (TV’s, BlueRay players, Mediaplayer in Windows 7, etc…) over your Wi-Fi. The app is already available for Symbian phones.

Nokia India offers free premium apps and games for select Symbian phones

Nokia has announced that they would offer range of premium applications and games for select Nokia Symbian phones for its consumers in India free of cost. These premium apps and games worth Rs. 3850 are available for Nokia C5-05, Nokia C5-03, Nokia 500, Nokia 603 and Nokia 701 smartphones.

First Nokia Lumia Windows Phone Impressions From A February 2011 Believer

Warning: this post is subjective, the most subjective you will ever find. I am writing it for the many readers who understand that and who still want to hear my opinion regardless of whether or not they agree. If you want to bash, build conspiracy theories, point your finger and say that I’m a Nokia … Continue reading “First Nokia Lumia Windows Phone Impressions From A February 2011 Believer”

Nokia Asha 303 launched in India for Rs. 8899

Nokia has finally launched that Asha 303 in India. Nokia announced the Series 40 device at the Nokia World 2011 last year. It also comes with 1GB of free Vodafone 3G/2G data per month for 4 months. The Asha 303 is powered by a 1 GHz processor and has 3G capability. It has 2.6-inch (320 x 240 pixels) capacitive … Continue reading “Nokia Asha 303 launched in India for Rs. 8899”

Nokia Lumia 610 to ship with WiFi hotspot functionality

The most affordable Windows Phone from Nokia will ship with the Wi-Fi hotspot functionality on-board.  The other Windows Phones from Nokia such as the Lumia 710 and 800 do not have this functionality at this time and are expected to arrive as a software update at a later date. The product page for The Lumia … Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 610 to ship with WiFi hotspot functionality”

Nokia working on tablet confirms Marko Ahtisaari , Design Chief at Nokia

In an interview with Finnish newspaper Kauppalehti , Marko Ahtisaari has confirmed that Nokia is working on their own tablet computer. It would not be wrong to guess that the tablet computer would run on the upcoming Windows 8 operating system.

Rumor: Nokia Windows 8 tablet with dual-core processor expected in Q4 2012

Nokia is expected to launch their first tablet that runs on Windows 8 platform around the end of 2012, according to DigiTimes. There were several rumors about Nokia launching Windows 8 tablet in mid-2012 but now more details have emerged. This tablet is expected to feature a 10-inch display and would be powered by Qualcomm’s dual-core … Continue reading “Rumor: Nokia Windows 8 tablet with dual-core processor expected in Q4 2012”

Nokia to shut down mobile money business

Nokia to shut down their Mobile Money business including the Nokia Money, according to a report by The Hindu. Nokia announced the Nokia Money in 2009 and launched it in partnership with YES Bank in 2010. Later they launched it with Union Bank in 2011. They launched the Nokia Money service across India in December 2011 which is said … Continue reading “Nokia to shut down mobile money business”

Nokia Lumia 800 gets firmware update , Battery life reportedly tripled

Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset , the Lumia 800 has received its 3rd major update since launch. The update reportedly fixes the fairly average battery life of the handset. Initial reports estimate upto triple the battery life compared to the previous update.