Upcoming Nokia Phones 2014: New Lumia 830, 735 and 730 Running Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim; What’s Its Advantage Over The Other OS?

The upcoming Nokia phones for this 2014 have been launched: Lumia 830, Lumia 735, and Lumia 730 - but what makes these new devices special goes beyond the chassis as Microsoft highlights the Windows Phone 8.1 OS with Lumia Denim update.

Citing the analysis made by PC World, the fastest way to reach that vision is to offer midrange smartphones that can make more and more users appreciate what's inside the chassis: the Windows platform.

The all-new Windows Phone 8.1 update has become the selling point of Microsoft nowadays, and we can applaud the fact that yes, this innovation has fixed a  lot of Lumia's flaws, not to mention the cutting-edge technology of Cortana.

But now that the company is trying to step it up a notch with the upcoming Lumia "Denim" software update, we can say that Microsoft is really trying to brag about something. Denim targets to be more promising than ever as it aims to solve the shutter lag issue that has long ruined the excellent Lumia smartphone cameras.

Also, it aims to redefine the whole Cortana experience, by making this digital assistant more responsive and proactive through the "active listening" feature we already found in the Moto X.

Accentuating the edge of Microsoft smartphone platform over the others, head of experiences marketing for Microsoft's Devices Group Ifi Majid told PC World that: "People can have access to information and content that's relevant to them wherever they are, no matter what they're doing, to get things done and become more productive,"

"But while that kind of content and information can work across many different devices, it's better on Microsoft devices" he strongly pronounced.

Majid might be referring to the ability to send information from one app to another. Although Android already has this feature, reviews attest that Windows implementation seems more smooth and intact. 'The Share' feature can easily be found in the Charms menu with a number of third-party apps supporting it as well.

Citing the feedback mentioned in Forbes "Windows Phone is fast becoming a very viable alternative to the other operating systems thanks to the intuitive interface and brilliant integration across other Microsoft products like Outlook, Office and even Xbox, allowing users to seamlessly connect their smartphone to their lives. Microsoft has kept up a commendable launch schedule with a range of devices all with impressive specifications addressing each level of the market."

It is worth noting however that the Windows Phone 8.1 Update + Denim both rolled into one is fairly impressive, alongside the cheaper price tags of Nokia Lumia 830, the ideal selfie phone Nokia Lumia 735 with 5Mp wide-angle front-facing camera, and Nokia Lumia 730. But innovation wise, feature-wise, Microsoft is pretty-much keeping it on the low key.

Perhaps this strategy might make more people appreciate the platform of Microsoft for smartphones; perhaps this tactic of making Windows Phone 8.1 update available to more and more 'decent' devices might do the trick in increasing their shares; Or perhaps, the same 'so-so' impression towards these Nokia phones might remain.

Do you think the Windows phone update can give that wow factor to upcoming nokia phones? Sound off in the comments section below!

 

Source from: http://www.kdramastars.com

 

Latest Nokia Lumia 925 Mobile Model Review and Technical Specifications with Price

Powered by Windows Phone 8, the Nokia Lumia 925 comes packed with great smartphone features. Design and Specifications of Nokia Lumia 920 is awesome and this is a premium Smartphone from Nokia. The phone is second phones to run Windows phone 8 OS powered by fast processor. Nokia Lukmia-925 is the world’s most innovative Smartphone.Nokia Lumia 925 is eye catching smartphone and this latest mobile model is slim and stylish. The technology involved in the making of the AMOLED screen make this phone to be even thinner than before, by removing a gap of air between the screen and the display. It clocks in at a neat 8.5mm which is 2.2mm slimmer than the Lumia 920.



We include Nokia Lumia-925 review and technical specifications in this post.this new mobile model of lumia series has gorilla glass screen which make this phone screen scratch free and increase is durability. Nokia Lumia 925 stands unique With Carl Zeiss lens and pure view technology with image stabilization make this smartphone popular among those guys whos love to photographs. The Action Shot feature in Nokia Smart Camera lets you snap once to get a sequence of movements in a single high-quality image.When you can nokia lumia-925 in your hand then no need to worry to take a professional camera because Nokia-Lumia 925 gives you a perfect pictures and camera result of this mobile is awesome.Nokia Lumia-925 has powerful digital amplifier which create unmatched clarity & loudness.



 

Battery time of new lumia mobile is upto 440 hour in standby mode and take time is upto 20 hour.You can listen music more than 80 hours when battery is fully charged. Battery of Nokia Lumia-925 is no-removable so you can change your battery.

 

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Latest Nokia 108 DUALSIM mobile model 2014 with Price

Today I like to share with you latest Nokia DualSim mobile model which shipment will be start in first quarter of 2014. Nokia spokes person told in media that this is cheap and affordable mobile model for mid range income people. You can find this mobile best in voice clarity. This mobile is launch in different color and we expect that this latest Nokia dualism mobile will get popularity in woman because this new Nokia DUALSIM mobile will be available in red, yellow and cyan color which is totally female colors. For guys this mobile is available in white and black color. The Nokia 108 is single sim mobile model and Nokia 108 Dual-SIM has support to two SIMs. So name of this mobile is same for single and DUALSIM mobile model.

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Latest Nokia 108 mobile model of 2014 has very good battery time. You can talk upto 13 hours and standby time is 600 hour.
This is new dual-sim mobile model by nokia which has 1.8-inch QQVGA (128×160) display and alphanumeric keypad. Wight of this upcoming nokia mobile model is 70.2 gram.


The Nokia 108 and Nokia 108 Dual SIM have VGA camera which is really a good thing for user. Camera result is not good but you never get a reasonable mobile model with camera at cheap price. Price of this new nokia mobile is starting from 29$ which is very affordable price in India and Pakistan.
The Nokia 108 and Nokia 108 Dual SIM user review and technical specification are very good and one of the best thing in this new nokia mobile model 2014 is that this mobile has memory card slot so you can extend memory of this mobile upto 32GB.


In summary this latest nokia mobile Nokia 108 comes in dual-SIM and single-SIM mode, weighs 70 grams which make this mobile very light and the battery gives nearly 13 hours talk-time and 4 weeks standby in the dual-SIM version. The Nokia-108 mobile model comes in an good-looking plastic body and is available in India and Pakistan mobile markets in several vivid colors.


You can take photo by this mobile because this mobile has awesome camera and talk with your family and friends. You can transfer picture via Bluetooth to other device.you can enjoy music by built-in FM radio.
Nokia-108 is latest Dual-Sim mobile model by Nokia and it is expected that due to it low price this mobile will get popularity in India and Pakistan. Price of this mobile in Pakistan will start from 2300 and in India price of this mobile will start from Rs.1200.you can purchase this mobile model in Pakistan at Hafeez center or hall road in Lahore.

 

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Nokia’s Android smartphone is ‘full steam ahead’ for 2014 release… but what about Windows Phone?

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According to a recent and fairly reliable source, Nokia is preparing to launch an Android-powered smartphone in 2014. Judging by the latest leaked images, Nokia’s Android phone — code named Normandy — will look just like a Windows Phone Lumia, with Nokia’s customary colorful polycarbonate unibody shell, but without the capacitive buttons at the bottom of the screen. With Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s handset business expected to be finalized in early 2014, this is a rather curious move.

For the last few years, there has been a persistent rumor that Nokia is developing an Android phone. Before Windows Phone came along, Nokia was reportedly working on an Android smartphone. Then, even though Microsoft paid a huge amount of money to have Nokia produce Windows Phones, the company was still reportedly working on Android versions of the Lumia range. Nokia was apparently very frustrated with Microsoft’s lackadaisical efforts to push Windows Phone to lower price points — a market sector where Nokia has historically excelled — and saw Android as a good way to produce cheap low- and mid-range handsets.

With the release of the Tango update for Windows Phone, which reduced the mobile OS’s hardware requirements, Nokia was able to make some progress towards cheaper smartphones. Semingly, though, with Normandy on the horizon for 2014, Nokia still isn’t entirely happy with Windows Phone.



We believe that Normandy will target the low-end ($50-$150) smartphone market, which is currently the domain of Nokia’s not-so-smart Series 40-powered Asha phones. Due to Windows Phone’s spec requirements and Microsoft’s licensing fee, the free and runs-on-virtually-everything Android is seen as a very valid alternative to the Asha line. If various leaks are to be believed, Nokia will fork Android, so that it can fully customize the experience — much in the same way that Amazon forked Android for its Kindle Fire tablets. Like the Fire tablets, Normandy would then have access to thousands of Android apps — though Nokia would have to make its own app store, get developers to submit their apps, etc.

With the high-end smartphone market reaching saturation point, but with lots of growth still to come in the low- and mid-range sectors, Nokia’s Normandy is a very sensible plan… if it wasn’t about to be acquired by Microsoft. While internal sources tell The Verge that Normandy is “full steam ahead” for a 2014 release, it seems very unlikely that the project will survive Microsoft’s impending acquisition. But who knows — there is nothing stopping Microsoft from selling Android phones if it so wishes. It owns a bunch of patents that most Android device makers must license from Microsoft at great expense, so it would actually make (kind of) economic sense to produce Android devices in-house.

With Android and iOS running away from Windows Phone, though, I find it hard to believe that Microsoft would support Android — unless the situation with Windows Phone’s market share was really that dire… which is entirely possible.

 

Source from: http://www.extremetech.com

Nokia Unveils Three New Android-Powered Smartphones

It's official: Nokia is now offering a line of Android-powered smartphones. During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia announced a trio of devices as part of the Nokia X family, each of which run a customized version of the open source operating system.

All three phones—the Nokia X, X+, and XL—are entry-level options for emerging markets, and are appropriately equipped to keep the cost of the devices as low as possible. The Nokia X and Nokia X+ both use a 4-inch 800 x 480 display, a 1GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, and a single 3-megapixel rear-facing camera. The difference between the two is memory, with the Nokia X coming with 512 MB of RAM and the Nokia X+ equipped with 768 MB of RAM.

The Nokia XL is the largest of the lineup, featuring a 5-inch display with the same WVGA resolution. The Nokia XL includes the same processor and memory found in the Nokia X+, but also includes a larger 2,000mAh battery, and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera to go along with the 5-megapixel shooter on the rear.

But what makes Nokia's new devices particularly interesting is that they are equipped with Android. Like Amazon's Kindle tablets, Nokia is using a "forked" version of Android—that is, they are utilizing the open source portions of Android, but have completely revamped the user interface and are offering an app store of their own (which will not include Google's apps). The phones will, however, have access to a number of Nokia and Microsoft apps and services, such as OneDrive, Nokia MixRadio, and HERE Maps.

It's clear to see that Nokia doesn't want its new customer to forget about its Windows Phone devices, though, as the UI closely resembles Microsoft's "Metro" design. What is unclear, at this point, is the future of these devices, since Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's smartphone division is just about complete.

The Nokia X will go on sale immediately for 89 Euros in Asia, Europe, India, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. The Nokia X+ and Nokia XL is scheduled to be available in the same markets starting early next quarter, and will cost 99 Euros and 109 Euros, respectively. The Nokia X and X+ will be offered in bright green, bright red, cyan, yellow, black, and white, and the Nokia XL can picked up in bright green, orange, cyan, yellow, black, and white.

 

Source from: http://www.ign.com

Microsoft Windows Phone 8 leaves Nokia in fragments

In January, Stephen Elop, chief executive of Nokia, announced the company’s flagship handset. The Lumia 900 was considered the exemplar of Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Phone. This week, just six months later, Microsoft announced a major Windows Phone update that it said would not be available to Lumia 900 owners. Nokia sold two million Lumia handsets in the first quarter of 2012 but the company's top device has essentially been rendered out of date within a year.

The move highlights the pace of technology developments, especially in mobile phones, but it also emphasises the growing problem of so-called ‘fragmentation’. This means that relatively new devices are often unable to run the latest version of the software that powers them. For software developers, fragmentation means they can’t be sure how, or even if, their applications will run successfully on the latest handsets.

Part of Apple’s dominance of the smartphone app market can be explained by its approach to limiting fragmentation. While a few of the latest features are limited to the most recent handset, Apple typically ensures that the latest version of its iOS software is compatible with iPhones that are up to two years old. The fact that the company releases just one iPhone per year makes this task a little easier.

For Android, the situation couldn’t be more different: according to analysts at CCS Insight, “chief among Android’s challenges is fragmentation: the splitting of Android into multiple incompatible variants. This has significant repercussions for users, developers, network operators, manufacturers and Google itself.

"We believe Android fragmentation falls into two categories: splits that come about through Google's own actions in releasing new versions and those driven by third parties like Amazon, Baidu and Barnes & Noble releasing their own versions. Both are prompting overall fragmentation within the Android ecosystem.”

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Now, the same problem is coming to Windows Phone. While Microsoft points out that the major shift in software will bring huge improvements, it also concedes that for some time shelves will carry a range of devices labelled ‘Windows Phones’ that are in fact fundamentally different. The idea of some models being more equal than others is not attractive for manufacturers trying to encourage reluctant users away from Google and Apple. For Nokia, sales down more than half in the first quarter, it could be critical.

Indeed, according to leading retailer Carphone Warehouse, the mobile phone sales pitch is now based far more on a phone’s software than it is on its physical functions. Where previously the market was divided into, for example, good cameraphones and music phones, now it’s all about the operating system.

Graham Stapleton, the firm’s Chief Operating Officer, argues: “What was once a battle of hardware between the manufacturers, has now become a battle of software. Both customers and developers can look forward to reaping the benefits in the coming months, as Windows Phone 8 brings some much needed variety and depth to the market."

He continues: “There are some very exciting devices due this autumn sporting the new operating system, and they will be fundamental to its success.” By implication, the existing devices are now far less attractive because they will soon be usurped.

As Informa analyst Malik Saadi put it on his blog: "Operators and users will hold on until the new devices are in the market this coming autumn. This will have a serious impact on Nokia's financial performance this quarter."

For consumers, it makes the issue of when the best time to buy a new phone is significantly more tricky. Nobody, after all, wants their phone to be in fragments within months of buying it.

 

 

Source from:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk

Nokia announces new phones, apps, partnerships

Nokia just wrapped up a busy press conference at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where most of the world’s smartphone industry is gathered this week. The company announced new Windows Phone 8 models, the availability of its popular location apps and services to more Windows Phones, and tantalizing details about new partnerships and initiatives in the works.

Here’s a rundown of what you missed.

New, more affordable phones

Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 portfolio already includes the Lumia 620, 820, and flagship 920. Today, in an effort to put more phones into more people’s hands around the globe, the company said it’s adding two new models to its Lumia lineup: the 520 and 720.  The phones combine some of the company’s higher-end innovations with new, lower price tags.

“The momentum behind Nokia is gathering pace,” Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said. “By offering better experiences at a more affordable price we are reinventing the battle for affordable mobile devices, and Nokia has the building blocks to win.”

When it launches, the new Lumia 520 will be Nokia’s most affordable Windows Phone—but sport some of the same technology (such as camera lens and touch display) found in its bigger siblings. The phone comes with a four-inch display, a five-megapixel camera, and five color options. It will initially debut in Hong Kong and Vietnam, then roll out more broadly in the second quarter to China, India, and other markets around the world. In the U.S., T-Mobile is expected to carry the phone, Nokia said.



Next up is the the Lumia 720, which combines “high-end style and innovation for the socially-active crowd.” The phone, which also comes in five colors, features a 4.3-inch ClearBlack WVGA display, a fast f/1.9 Carl Zeiss lens on the primary camera, and a front-facing camera capable of recording 720p HD videos on a wide-angle lens, making it ideal for group photos and video conferencing. The Lumia 720 will go on sale starting next month in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and Singapore, before expanding to other markets including China later in the year.



Taken together, it’s a pretty impressive lineup of phones. Check out Nokia’s official blog for more on the Lumia 520 and Lumia 720, including video walkthroughs.

Now available: The HERE location suite

If you already own a Windows Phone, Nokia also announced that its top-notch location services and accompanying free apps—now called HERE Maps, HERE Drive and HERE Transit—are available to all Windows Phone 8 users in the US, Canada, Mexico, UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. (Previously these were only available to Lumia models.) You can download the collection from the Windows Phone Store starting later today by following these links: HERE Maps, HERE Drive, and HERE Transit.

I use all three regularly and think they’re easily among the best apps of their kind in the world, as Nokia demonstrated recently in this head-to-head video. The apps offer features including offline mapping, voice-guided navigation, speed limit warnings, venue maps, place reviews, train schedules, and much more. They’re also designed to work together—so make sure to grab all three. Check out the video to see them in action—and here’s a closer look at each of their features.

New partnerships

That’s a lot of news for one day, but Nokia still wasn’t finished. The company also announced an exciting slew of projects and partnerships.

Developers, for example, will now have under-the-hood access to Nokia’s location, imaging, and music services, and the company said new apps from Burton, GoPro, and FourSquare are already taking advantage.

The company said it has also forged a partnership with DreamWorks Animation for some still-secret “entertainment experiences” that will be exclusive to Lumia phones when they arrive later in the year.  Finally, Nokia and Microsoft are teaming up to make a bigger push into the workplace and Nokia announced today that major carriers including Orange, Telstra, and Vodaphone are already planning to promote Lumia models with Windows Phone 8 as great business-friendly phones.

 

Source from:  http://blogs.windows.com

Nokia Announces Two New Windows Phones, Lumia 800 and 710

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LONDON—Nokia today announced its first two Windows Phones, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, which feature exclusive navigation, music, and sports applications.

"Lumia is the first real Windows Phone," Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said. "We are signaling our intent right now to be today's leaders in smartphone design and craftmanship, no question about it."

And while the 800 and 710 themselves may not make it to the U.S., "We will be introducing a portfolio of products into the United States in early 2012," Elop said.

Those U.S. phones may include "LTE and CDMA products" as well as "WCDMA and HSPA" phones, Elop said. That means every U.S. carrier is on the table, including Verizon and Sprint. Nokia hasn't made a phone compatible with either of those carriers' networks since 2005.

New Phones, Exclusive Software

The Lumia 800 (above) is the "hero" phone, built into the mutlicolored polycarbonate shell of the Nokia N9, according to Kevin Shields, senior vice presidnt of program and product management for Nokia's smart devices. It has a 3.9-inch screen and an f/2.2 camera with a Carl Zeiss lens. The less-expensive Lumia 710 (below) has a 3.7-inch display and comes in "stealthy black and crisp white," Shields said. The 710 will have removable colored covers which match the colors of Windows Phone's live tiles, he said.

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"With the hero in the Nokia Lumia 800 and the affordable Nokia Lumia 710 we think we're in a great place to bring the Nokia Lumia experience to the world," Shields said.

The two phones feature several exclusive Nokia apps. Those include the Nokia Drive navigation app, Nokia Music, a public transport application supporting more than 400 cities worldwide, an augmented reality app, and a new sports application from ESPN, Shields said. The phones will also have future exclusive applications from Sesame Street, Elop said.

Nokia Drive is the first free, voice-guided navigation app for Windows Phone, Shields said. The app supports over 69 million places and works in landscape mode, currently a rarity for Windows Phone maps apps. Shields made it sound like it would only be free on the 800, not on the 710, though.

"The Lumia 800 will be the only Windows Phone that has full, voice-guided turn by turn navigation," he said.

Nokia Music is a custom radio app like Slacker or Pandora, not a track-by-track music purchase service. It will offer "pre-set-up, locally relevant mixes of great music … and you can create your own mix, you can seed it with a setup artist," Shields said. The mixes can be downloaded for offline listening and pinned to the phone's home screen, he said. "I think we have finally solved the mobile music problem," he said. Finally, Shields demoed the new exclusive ESPN app. Only available on Nokia phones, the ESPN app will let Lumia owners browse sports leagues, teams and players and pin their favorite sports to their home screens. "All of these things come for free, and only on Nokia," Shields said. Nokia plans more exclusive software in the future, Elop said. "We believe maps and navigation are building blocks to connect the real world to the virtual world, Elop said. Nokia is collecting data about real-life objects and places and can relate them to "real human activity … with the mobile device acting as a platform for sensors," he said. "With contextual knowledge, we can build more relevant and more immediate services." Shields obviously had been waiting to release the phone for some time; his presentation was a literal barbaric yawp of Nokiatude. "It looks awesome!" Shields cried. Shields and Elop focused on Windows Phone Mango's central features, which we've covered in our review but also on the physical design of the new phone. "Its single-piece, injection-molded polycarbonate shell screams premium," Shields said. "And that construction, it delivers outstanding antenna performance. This is a smartphone that defies convention." Elop said the new phones would be released on 31 carriers in the U.K., France, Germany, Spain, Italy, and the Netherlands in November, with an "unprecedented" level of marketing support. Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan will follow before the end of the year, with "a number of additional markets being introduced in early 2012." Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan will see the Lumia 710 this year as well. The Lumia 800 will cost around 420 euros before subsidies and the Lumia 710 will cost around 270 euros, Elop said.

Also today, Nokia announced a new line of Internet-enabled feature phones for developing countries, the Asha series, which plays to the company's strength in emerging markets. For more, see Nokia Preparing Custom Phones for U.S. Market.

 

Source from:  http://www.pcmag.com

New Nokia ShapeShift Concept Phone

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After the amazing Morph handset, presented by Nokia at the beginning of the year, we now have another shape-shifting concept to bear the Finnish giant manufacturer's logo. Named exactly Nokia ShapeShift, the new concept is not presented by Nokia, as it was the case with Morph, but by Rune Larsen, a designer who is not at his first attempt of this kind.

Unlike Morph, which should be a device that can entirely change its form, Rune Larsen's Nokia is able to change only the shape of its touchscreen display. More exactly, the ShapeShift's display would be made out of two special-plastic layers - the inner one being rigid and the outer one being flexible. Between them, a thin layer of a liquid substance should be able to transform the touchscreen and turn it into an alphanumeric or a QWERTY keypad.

According to Larsen, the nice-looking Nokia ShapeShift would not be heavier than 125 grams and it would measure only 110 x 55 x 12 millimeters. Moreover, its display would be a 4 inch one - larger than any display currently packed in any other mobile device.

Unfortunately, as the Morph, the ShapeShift has little chances to be turned into a real device in the near future. Building such a handset would require the ones who work on it to find solutions to lots of difficult problems. First of all, the issue of the liquid to be used must be solved, as you can't just use water. Also, the handset would need a "system" to efficiently control the liquid and make it morph into the keypads that we talked about.

Although the future technology might allow us to have a Nokia ShapeShift, the handset could actually never be built. That's because it doesn't come from Nokia and the Finnish company will almost surely concentrate on its own projects and concepts, like the Morph. Nevertheless, ShapeShift would make a beautiful and interesting handset and we can still hope that, someday, something similar will indeed hit the market.

 

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