Tag: lumia

That Windows 8 Phone can go Everything Everywhere

If you’ve been reading us at all, you’ve read that Nokia has announced its Lumia 920 Windows phone 8 flagship, the 4.5” beast with the pureview imaging technology that the Finnish company is touting to put them back at the top of the smartphone pile.   What seems …

Nokia announces Offline Maps

Nokia have been in the news lately, not only for their release of the Nokia Lumia 920 & 820, but also because of the controversy surrounding it. Today, however, Nokia have announced another fairly crucial feature for the new 920 and 820 phones – Offline Maps. This will …

Nokia Lumia 822 lurking on Verizon

You might think, after the criticism I gave to the Nokia launch yesterday, that the appearance of a Lumia 822 on a Verizon screen might be a good thing. It is, if we assume, a sign that a variant of the new Nokia Lumia 820 will be hitting …

The real Nokia 920 Pureview video

Yesterday Nokia sort of mislead people about the Pureview video they showed. In that it wasn’t actually filmed with a Lumia 920. Today they have posted a 16 second video showing real footage using the 920 and another smartphone. Here it is, the shot on the right is …

Opinion: Nice one Nokia But It’s Just Not Enough

So, the hype is over and the revelation of the new Nokia Lumia handsets has happened.  The Lumia 920 and 820 have been officially unveiled and are all shiny and new.  Are they enough to save Nokia? Running with a dual core processor with a 4.3 or 4.5 …

Nokia share price takes a dive. The compartments are flooding.

What happened there exactly? Out came Nokia, all guns blazing, with two very respectable handsets. Earlier, they had spent the morning telling people to “#SWITCH” and that they were about to feast on Android… Breakfast in New York on a big day for us! Today we dine on …

Lumia 920 and 820 – The details

A wireless charging pillow, advanced camera technology and a screen that detects the presence of skin, gloved fingers, or fingernails. The Lumia 920 and 820 are due to arrive “in Q4″ although we’ve not been given pricing just yet. What is also a bit strange is the fact …

Nokia Announce Lumia 920 and Lumia 820

Nokia have just announced the new Lumia 920 and the Lumia 820 to the world at an event in New York The Lumia 920 features include a PureView 8 megapixel camera , Windows Phone 8, a 4.5 inch screen running PureMotion HD+, a 2000mAh battery, Snapdragon S4 processor …

This afternoons Nokia Lumia leaks are…

Another photo of the upcoming lumia 920 has been tweeted by evleaks. This time showing the available colours of the Lumia 920. Red, yellow, white, black and grey. No Cyan unfortunately. But we will soon know for sure what is happening. They have also just posted a picture …

Prices are dropping on the Nokia Lumia 900

UK retailer Handtec have posted details on their blog detailing a price reduction on all three colours of the Nokia Lumia 900. You can buy either the black, white or cyan models. The new reduced price is £335.99 Inc vat. No doubt we will see prices dropping on …

Lumia rumours – Are the vultures really circling?

You may have seen a number of items recently surrounding the Nokia Lumia handsets. Powered by Windows Phone, there’s already some who have stuck together some numbers and calculated that 330,000 Nokia Lumia handsets have (probably) sold in the USA during 4 months of sales. There’s an element …

What’s Happening At Nokia?

Nokia appears to have a surprise instore for us in September.  At their flagship store in Helsinki which is currently closed for renovation the following posters have appeared in the windows. What Something Amazing could point to is anyone’s guess particularly considering the problems that Nokia are currently …

Update – Nokia 808 PureView coming to Orange, but not O2

The Nokia 808 Pureview is, it has to be said, a strange phone. Without “that camera” it’d probably be overlooked. It runs on a 1.3GHz CPU, it’s got a 360 x 640 pixel 4″ screen and has the usual WiFi, GPS, FM radio, microSD etc However, it’s got …

Lumia owners embraced by Nokia

Microsoft may have decided to leave us Lumia owners out in the cold regarding the Windows Phone 8 update but Nokia have come to our aid, with the warm and comforting shoulder that a good parent should do. As of June the 27th they will begin rolling out …

Nokia cuts another 10,000 Jobs – Acquires Scalado

Nokia is cutting another 10,000 jobs with a warning that its losses in the second quarter of 2012 will be bigger than expected. Times are not good for the beleaguered manufacturer with its shares being downgraded to junk status and losing 70% of their value since February 2011.  The …

Nokia Lumia 900. It’s the Batphone Robin, let’s go!

Fancy getting a Nokia Lumia 900 but want it to be a bit more “individual?” Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight? Well, if you said “Yes” and knew where that quote came from, this could be just for you. It’s the Nokia Lumia …

Nokia Lumia 900 now available SIM free

Looking for the Nokia Lumia 900 unlocked ? The guys at Unlocked Mobiles have the Lumia £445.98 with Next Day delivery. It’s the latest Windows Phone from Nokia and features a 4.3″ 800×480 ClearBlack AMOLED screen and one-piece polycarbonate body. Other specs include WiFI, “all day” 1830mAh battery, …

Got a Lumia 610? We’ve got some bad news

So, as we know, Windows Phone hasn’t quite got the same Angry Birds selection as iPhone or Android. Rovio chief marketing officer stated that Windows Phone was a “big undertaking” and that the “cost of supplying” it to the “smaller platforms” just didn’t add up. There is, however, …

Nokia Lumia 900 Now Available at Phones 4 U

As revealed here on Coolsmartphone, the flagship Nokia Windows phone, the Lumia 900 is now exclusively available from Phones4U. Priced from free, the handset is available on both Vodaphone and Orange. It features the latest Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, an 8 MP Camera with Carl Zeiss lens, 4.3 inch …

Nokia Lumia 900 Delayed Until May 14th

A mixed bag of news has emerged from the beleaguered Finnish giant as they have announced that the flagship Lumia 900 will now not ship on April 27th as previously expected but has now slipped to May 14th. In what could be seen as better news, Nokia have cited better …

Major bug found on Lumia 900 already

Just days aftet launch and Nokia have had to apologise to new owners of the Lumia 900 for a bug which disconnects the phone from the web. A statement on the Nokia.com site reads… Soon after this flagship device began selling, we identified a software issue. In short, …

Windows Phone. It’s time for some home truths

Hmmm… Reviews for the Nokia Lumia 900 over in the USA are certainly mixed. What seems to be coming across isn’t necessarily the hardware either. The specs aren’t as good as other handsets, but Windows Phone doesn’t necessarily need it. Strangely, over here in Europe, the Nokia Lumia …

Windows Phone 7 now outsells Symbian

Back in February last year Symbian had a 12.4% share of the smartphone market here in the UK. Now, according to figures by Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, this has now dropped to 2.4%. The 10% drop means that Windows Phone 7 has now … just…. overtaken the Symbian OS. …

Nokia Lumia 719c snapped?

Another Nokia Lumia device ? Yes indeed, if this shot is to be believed anyways. The Nokia Lumua 719c looks to be another entry-level device but we don’t have a great deal of info at the moment… Link – baidu.com Credit – MyNokiaBlog

Some answers about the Nokia Lumia 900 and 800

We saw the upcoming Nokia Lumia 900 at the MWC the other week. It is a larger version of the Lumia 800 and there are a few questions people have about the device. Well Nokia Connects have asked Nokia a whole host of questions and some of them …

Microsoft, Nokia and Phones 4U in another advertising blitz

If you bought The Sun this Saturday then you might have seen one of the SEVEN massive Nokia Lumia advertisements. There’s an advert for the Android-powered Galaxy in there too, but its mostly Windows Phone all the way. Link – Phones 4U

MWC – Lumia 900 Hands On Photos

The Lumia 900 is not a handset which was announced at Mobile World Congress this year, it was announced at CES in Las Vegas back in January as a AT&T LTE exclusive device for their new network. What Nokia have done though is replace the LTE radio with …

MWC – A tour around Nokia

So Dan has got some great hands-on time over the last days and has uploaded some great pictures following the announcement. There’s also some great Lumia 900 shots too. We were both taking photos without realising it, so I’ve ended up with a number of additional photos which …

MWC – Nokia Announce Lumia 900 Worldwide

Nokia have just announced the Lumia 900 will ship worldwide from April starting in Canada. Unlocked-mobiles will be selling it for £445.98 and it’s due to arrive on May 21st, so there’s a bit of a wait yet.. It’ll be available in black, cyan and white and has …

MWC – Nokia Announce Lumia 610

Nokia have just announced the Lumia 610 which is a new low-end Windows Phone from Nokia. Available in white, cyan, magenta or black the new Lumia 610 has an 800MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 CPU, WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1 and runs Windows Phone 7.5 Inside there’s 256MB of RAM …

White Nokia Lumia 800 hands on video

There is something special about white phones, I don’t know why, they just feel special. It all started with my white HTC Hero, then my white Samsung Galaxy S2 then a brief stint with a white Samsung Nexus S, a white Acer Aspire one and a white Sony …

White Lumia 900 Outed accidentally?

Want another white phone? This snap of what looks to be a white Nokia Lumia 900 has just appeared on the Nokia Facebook page. The image is listed as being a Lumia 800 but looks to have been posted accidentally-on-purpose. What are your thoughts on colours when buying …

Nokia Lumia 710 Now On Three

Recently we broke the news that the Nokia Lumua 710 was going to cost £199.99 on PAYG with Three as confirmed by a member of staff in store even though there were no price guides or dummy phones out on show. Today on checking the Three site the …

White Lumia teased by Nokia

It’s been rumoured for a while now, but now the Nokia Facebook page seems to confirm that a polar white Lumia 800 is on the way pretty soon. According to what we’re hearing, it should arrive to the UK later this month. Either that or Nokia are trying …

Nokia Lumia 710 Unboxing

Want a closer peek at the new Nokia Lumia 710? Check out this video, added by Nokia today, it features a geezer with greasy hair showing you around the phone. There’s 8GB of storage, 1.4GHz CPU and a 3.7″ 480×800 screen with 5 megapixel camera. If you want …

Nokia Lumia 910 Arriving soon?

 If Eldar Murtazin speaks, we usually listen. He’s just added a very interesting tit-bit to his Twitter timeline which states.. Who needs lumia 900 in june if they want to launch lumia 910 (12mpx) in may? Europe It comes just a day after Carphone Warehouse accidentally added a …

Nokia Lumia ads upset Ofcom

Remember these adverts? They appeared a few months ago to promote the Nokia Lumia 800 and used “break flashes”. This was picked up in our earlier article and consists of advertisers showing a very brief (half a second) message between the other commercials. Ofcom found Channel Five to …

Nokia Lumia sales looking promising

An estimate from 22 Bloomberg analysts puts Lumia sales to operators and retailers at between 800,000 and 2 million units globally. Not bad projections when the Lumia only went on sale in Europe in November 2011 and the figures are up to the end of the year. These …