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Apr
22
2012

Windows Phone already at 6.7% in Finland

| April 22, 2012 15:50 UTC | 0 comments |

Mobile OS usage in Finland, Week 16 (April 16-22)

Mobile OS usage in Finland, Week 16 (April 16-22)

StatCounter releases a whole lot of reports every day. Amongst them we have a real time Mobile OS market share chart, which you can see above. In the image you’ll see Mobile OS usage in Finland for this week, April 16-22, 2012. Windows Phone is continuing their steady rise, with a market share of 6.7%. A week ago the market share of WP was 6.07%.

Here’s the complete Mobile OS market share breakdown in Finland, from April 16-22:

  •  iOS: 37.43%
  • Android: 33.4%
  • Symbian: 18.5%
  • Windows Phone: 6.7%
  • MeeGo: 1.55%
  • Maemo: 5 0.58%
  • Linux: 0.44%
  • Samsung: 0.28%
  • bada: 0.28%
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| April 22, 2012 15:50 UTC | no responses
Apr
21
2012

Video: Nokia Smartphone Beta Test – Carl Zeiss camera

| April 21, 2012 08:46 UTC | 0 comments | source

The latest Nokia Smartphone Beta Test video focuses on the camera of the Nokia Lumia 900. As you probably know by know, it comes with an 8-megapixel snapper, F2.2 aperture Carl Zeiss lens, and a dual-LED flash.

Here’s the description of the video:

The Smartphone Beta Test taught us that if you want to take great pictures you need to use a great camera.

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| April 21, 2012 08:46 UTC | no responses | source
Apr
20
2012

Nokia Lumia 800C is second most sold by China Telecom

| April 20, 2012 04:45 UTC | 0 comments | source

Nokia Lumia 800C - China Telecom Poster

Nokia Lumia 800C - China Telecom Poster

Nokia’s Windows Phone series entered China with a bang a few weeks ago. China is by far the world’s largest mobile phone market, so it is crucial to sell well in there. Luckily for Nokia, it appears that the Lumia 800C is doing pretty well on China Telecom, the country’s third largest carrier.

According to China Telecom’s website, the Lumia 800C is currently the second most sold phone. The top spot is held by the Apple iPhone 4S.

Top 10 by China Telecom (at the time of writing this post):

  1. Apple iPhone4S 16G black
  2. Nokia lumia 800C blue
  3. Huawei C2856 black
  4. Huawei C8650+ black
  5. Motorola XT681 American White
  6. Huawei C8860E black
  7. Cool 5,820 purple
  8. Samsung i559 grey
  9. Huawei C8500S black
  10. Samsung i809 Flash silver
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| April 20, 2012 04:45 UTC | no responses | source
Apr
19
2012

32 Windows 8 tablets coming this year

| April 19, 2012 07:37 UTC | 0 comments | source

Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a tablet

Windows 8 Consumer Preview on a tablet

Windows 8 is set to launch later this year, probably in the third quarter. This will be the first Windows that comes with a tablet oriented version built-in, and also a separate version that will run on ARM architecture. It’s clear that Microsoft wants to broaden their mobile offerings outside of phones.

Digitimes reports that entry-level Windows 8 tablets will come as cheap as $300, or even cheaper in some cases. The most expensive Windows 8 tablets will again sell for over $1,000. This is interesting since the offerings of the current market leader in tablets, Apple, are more expensive than the cheapest Windows 8 tablets.  Apple’s iPads again are cheaper than the high-end tablets that are targeting Windows 8.

Intel and Microsoft tagets to take the iPad’s market share down to 50% by mid-2013. The Apple iPad is currently at a share of roughly 70%.

Customers should have many models to choose from when Windows 8 is available. By the end of this year, up to 32 different Windows 8 tablets will be launched by Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Toshiba.

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| April 19, 2012 07:37 UTC | no responses | source
Apr
18
2012

White Nokia Lumia 900 now available in the States

| April 18, 2012 19:20 UTC | 1 comment | source

Nokia Lumia 900, White

Nokia Lumia 900, White

Nokia US just wrote on their Facebook wall that the white Lumia 900 is now available in the States. This glossy white color is in addition to the original Black and Cyan color alternatives.

This is the post made by Nokia US:

A little bird told me that some AT&T stores are already selling the white Nokia Lumia 900!!

I’ve got a pair of white Monster Nokia Purity in-ear stereo headsets to the first three people who upload a photo of themselves (include a link below) with their new WHITE Lumia 900!!

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| April 18, 2012 19:20 UTC | one response | source
Apr
18
2012

Nokia: We’re building Lumia 900s as fast as we can

| April 18, 2012 18:19 UTC | 0 comments | source

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 - black

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900

The Nokia Lumia 900 was launched a little over a week ago on Easter Sunday in the States. Ever since then, the smartphone has rocked Amazon’s sales charts. To give you an idea of the massive volumes it has sold, it even appeared on Amazon’s Top 30 list for Cell Phones and Accessories. The device also sold out in many of AT&T’s stores in the States.

Now Nokia has also commented on the situation by saying that they’re producing more Lumia 900s as fast as they can. This certainly is great news for Nokia, Microsoft, AT&T and Windows Phone!

“The inventory situation is primarily a function of demand because we are seeing that most customers are opting to keep their units and simply update via Zune,” Nokia spokeswoman Karen Lachtanski told AllThingsD. “So the impact of customer swaps is insignificant. We are producing more devices to satisfy demand as quickly as possible.”

This story just keeps on getting more interesting! Stay tuned for more news on Nokia’s re-entry to the States.

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| April 18, 2012 18:19 UTC | no responses | source
Apr
18
2012

Windows Phone 8 is/isn’t coming to current generation hardware

| April 18, 2012 06:49 UTC | 0 comments | source

Windows Phone 7.5 logo official

Windows Phone 7.5 Logo

Well this is a big bag of confusion. Will current generation Windows Phone hardware get updated to Windows Phone 8 / Apollo? We’ve seen numerous rumors telling that yes, it’s coming, just to be bashed next day by someone with insight saying that it’s not coming.

Yesterday we saw a Twitter conversation by Nokia India confirming that an update is coming. Then, late last night there was a video from a Microsoft Developer Evangelist in Portugal who claimed that every single Windows Phone device will get updated to Windows Phone 8. Even the very first generation like the Omnia 7 will get updated. After all those “confirms” there has to be some denials too, right? And yes there is. The Verge and IntoMobile have at least three insiders that claim that Windows Phone 8 will not make its way to old hardware. The Verge’s guy is someone in close relations to Microsoft, while IntoMobile’s two sources are Nokia employees.

So what to conclude out of this? You’ll just have to wait and see! It appears that you can’t take anyone’s word on whether the update will be released or not.

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| April 18, 2012 06:49 UTC | no responses | source
Apr
14
2012

Nokia Lumia 900 LTE update available today, three days earlier than promised

| April 14, 2012 07:10 UTC | 0 comments | source

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900 - black

AT&T Nokia Lumia 900

Nokia acknowledged a Lumia 900 bug in memory management a few days ago, and promised an update on April 16th. Today they surprised many by announcing that the update is now available, a whole three days earlier than promised! The company also promised $100 credit on their AT&T bill through Midnight PST on April 21st, and this is obviously still valid.

Versions after the update:

  • OS Version: 7.10.8112.7
  • Firmware revision number 2175.1002.8112.12084
  • Hardware revision number: 112.1914.2.0
  • Radio software version: 2.1.75.10
  • Radio hardware version: 8055
  • Bootloader version 7.17.2.0
  • Chip SOC version: 0.85.2.1

Isn’t this the way you should really handle software/hardware problems? We’ve seen another quite big company by the name of Apple going totally camouflage and saying that users are basically stupid, using their phones incorrectly, and that there isn’t really a problem. Then three weeks later the company provides a software update that fixes exactly this problem that was reported.

Fire up Zune or Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac to get your share of this update!

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| April 14, 2012 07:10 UTC | no responses | source
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