Posts Tagged ‘Nokia’
Monday, February 27th, 2012
Here is a round-up of Nokia’s new phones for 2012, as released during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 in Barcelona, Spain.
These are the Nokia Lumia 610 & Lumia 900 ( releasing outside US), 808 PureView, and the Asha 202, 203 & 302.
Nokia Lumia 610 (left) and Lumia 900 (right).
The four-day MWC 2012 in Barcelona is being preceded by a slew of press conferences from major phone-makers about their directions and new gadgets for 2012.
Nokia 808 PureView
Having launched the Lumia series of smartphones (Lumia 810 & 710) using Windows Phone operating system, many are watching how Nokia are progressing from their previous portfolio.
Nokia's Symbian feature phones. From left: Asha 203, 203 and 302.
CEO Stephen Elop says that Windows Phone will be Nokia’s primary smartphone platform, with additional emphasis on location-based services through the launch of its Location & Commerce business.
Here are the main new mobile phones from Nokia for 2012.
- New Nokia Lumia 610, the most affordable Lumia smartphone (189 Euros, Q2 2012).
- LTE (with 42 Mbps download-capable) Nokia Lumia 900 to be available outside the U.S (480 Euros, Q2 2012).
- Nokia 808 PureView for high-end smartphone imaging with 41-megapixel sensor, Carl Zeiss optics and full HD 1080p video recording (450 Euros, May 2012).
- New Nokia Asha Symbian feature phones and services grow increasingly “smarter”. Asha 302 (95 Euros), Asha 202 (with Dual SIM) and Asha 203, the latter two at 60 Euros.
Tags:Asha, Lumia, Lumia 610, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Lumia 900, Nokia, PureView
Posted in Announce, Events, Gadgets, Lumia, Nokia, Phones, Tech news | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, January 11th, 2012
Nokia and AT&T announced the Nokia Lumia 900 at the 2012 International Consumer Electronic’s Show (CES) – the first Windows Phone 7 smartphone from Nokia to feature high speed LTE connectivity.
Large screen, large bandwidth and “large” camera – Lumia 900 will be larger than life.
Nokia Lumia 900 unveiled during CES 2012 on 9 January.
With Nokia’s largest display, the Nokia Lumia 900 delivers a rich content experience from a phone that still fits easily in your hand.
The Nokia Lumia 900 has a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display, for rich, bright images both indoors and out in the sun.
The Nokia Lumia 900 has a large 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display.
However, resolution is only 800×480 pixels.
Cutting edge 4G LTE technology enables faster connection speeds of up to 50Mbps on AT&T’s 4G LTE network.
The Lumia 900 is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon APQ8055 + MDM9200 processor, with a long- lasting battery with 1830mAH for 7 hrs talk-time and up to 300 hrs on standby.
Nokia’s third Lumia smartphone (after the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710), the Nokia Lumia 900 builds on Lumia’s head-turning design on the outside and a rich social and Internet experience on the inside.
People Hub is the quickest way to connect with friends using Live Tiles for real-time updates and a fast Web browsing experience with Internet Explorer Mobile.
The Nokia Lumia 900 is designed for the US and comes with 4G LTE.
The camera will put greater pressure on compact cameras. The 8-megapixel camera comes with a large aperture of f/2.2 and wide angle at 28mm. Add to this a Carl Zeiss lens and dual LED flash, it will the owner greater impetus to leave the compact camera at home.
Video is so-so, with hi-res video capture at 720p/30fps. A second, front-facing 1-megapixel camera for video calls has an f/2.4 lens and 30fps capture.
Here is the full data sheet for the Nokia Lumia 900:
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Tags:4G, CES 2012, LTE, Lumia, Lumia 900, Nokia, smartphone, US, Windows Phone 7
Posted in Announce, Gadgets, Lumia, Nokia, Phones, Specifications, Windows Phone 7 | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Here’s a quick round-up of smartphones announced prior to the four-day CES 2012 (10-13 January 2012) being held in Nevada, Las Vegas. Offerings from LG, Huawei, Nokia and Sony.
Sony Xperia S with 4.3-inch 720p screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 12-megapixel camera.
LG from Korea has unveiled the Spectrum, which runs on Android 2.3 (upgradeable to 4.0) and has a 4.5” full HD display, a 1.5 Ghz processor and an 8-megapixel camera.
Huawei from China has announced the Android 4.0 Ascend P1 and Ascend P1 S, which will be available in Asia Pacific in April 2012.
Ascend P1 S, the world's slimmest smartphone from Huawei, measuring just 6.68mm at the slimmest.
The Huawei Ascend P1 S is the slimmest smartphone in the world in the 4.3” smartphone class, measuring just 6.68mm at its slimmest point; while the Huawei Ascend P1 measures at 7.69mm thin.
Both have Super AMOLED screen with Corning Gorilla Glass.
Sony from Japan has announced Xperia S, its first next generation smartphone from the new Xperia NXT series, after it bought over Ericsson’s 50% stake in the former Sony-Ericsson joint venture.
The Xperia S has a 4.3-inch 1280×720 screen, 1.5GHz dual-core processor and 12-megapixel camera.
It will be available globally from Q1 2012 with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. It will be upgraded to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in Q2 2012.
Nokia from Finland has announced the Lumia 900 for the US market. It will basically be another Lumia 800 but with a bigger screen and battery, as well as LTE.
That’s all for now, will add on as more smartphones are unveiled in CES 2012 over the next few days.
Tags:Android, CES 2012, Gingerbread, Huawei, Ice Cream Sandwich, LG, Nokia, smartphone, Sony
Posted in Android, Events, Exhibition, Gadgets, Huawei, LG, Nokia, Operating Systems, Phones, Sony, Specifications | 2 Comments »
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 800 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and goes on sale today at a RRP of S$775 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 800 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
The “social” Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and promises great Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9.
Nokia Lumia 800 comes in 3 colours
It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor.
The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 800 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display with pinch zoom, 2.5D curved glass seamlessly integrated to unibody |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 16GB storage |
| Camera |
8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 mm (LxWxT) / 76.08 cc / 142 g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector, Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, ALS |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m42, m4b, wma, EVRC, QCELP |
| Battery |
1450 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 13 h/9.5h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 265h / up to 335h |
| Music playback |
up to 55 hours |
Tags:Lumia, Lumia 800, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Posted in Gadgets, Lumia, Microsoft, Nokia, Phones, Prices, Specifications, Windows Phone 7 | 7 Comments »
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
The Lumia 710 was launched in Singapore on 7 December 2011 and will hit the shelves in a few weeks at a RRP of S$505 (excl GST and no contract).
Nokia Lumia 710 on Microsoft Windows Phone 7. Click on image to see full data sheet.
Nokia Lumia 710
The Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and is designed for instant social & image sharing, and promises a great browsing experience with IE9.
It is available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.
With the same 1.4 GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 promises to deliver high performance at an affordable price.
The main technical specifications of the Nokia Lumia 710 are summarized below.
| Networks |
WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 |
| Speed |
HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps |
| Display |
3.7″ WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom |
| Operating System |
Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango |
| Memory |
512MB RAM, 8GB storage |
| Camera |
5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps |
| Size/Weight |
119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g |
| Connectivity |
WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector |
| Processor |
1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA) |
| Audio |
MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma |
| Battery |
1300 mAh |
| Talk time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 6.9 h/7.6h |
| Standby time |
(GSM/WCDMA) up to 400h |
| Music playback |
up to 38 hours |
Tags:Lumia, Lumia 710, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Posted in App, Gadgets, Internet Explorer, Lumia, Microsoft, Nokia, Phones, Prices, Software, Specifications, Windows Phone 7 | 4 Comments »
Thursday, December 8th, 2011
For its launch of the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, Nokia has made it clear that it is not just launching these two handsets.
Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia Corporation flew in from Finland to expound the virtues of the Lumia product line in Singapore.
Instead, it is launching a holistic mobile experience for the smartphone user – from the hardware performance to the software user interface, right down to the ecosystem of applications for users and development tools and environment for developers.
Tracey Fellows, Area Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific
The launch event was a testimony to this holistic approach.
There were customized sessions to woo different segments of that ecosystem.
The first session of the day was a “fireside chat” where Nokia and Microsoft executives briefed developers how they are developing and building the ecosystem.
Nokia is working with global and local developers to create new, innovative and differentiated apps and content for all Nokia devices.
Emphasis has been placed on supporting local developers transition to develop for the Windows Phone platform.
Ask Andrej Sonkin about how excited he is with the Lumia. He is the Head of Smart Devices for Nokia Southeast Asia Pacific.
It is also partnering with local institutions to actively develop applications.
This was followed by the keynote conference when the actual products were launched, and guests and media had a chance to hands-on the handsets and accessories.
Key executives from both Nokia and Microsoft were on hand for interviews to go into details with their plans for the Singapore market and their local focus, as well as the product specifications for the Nokia Lumia range of products.
The launch event was wrapped up with a bum-boat ride to Clark Quay for a party at Read Bridge.
Tags:Apps, Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Microsoft, Nokia, smartphone, Windows Phone 7
Posted in App, Browser, Events, Gadgets, Internet Explorer, Launch, Lumia, Microsoft, Nokia, Operating Systems, Opinion, Phones, Software, Tech news, Windows Phone 7 | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
The first Nokia smartphones based on Windows Phone debut in Singapore. Lumia 800 (S$775 excl GST) will be available in Singapore this Saturday on 10 Decmeber 2011. Lumia 710 (S$505 excl GST) will arrive shortly.
Nokia Lumia 800, Windows Phone 7, S$775 before GST
Nokia Lumia 710, Windows Phone 7, S$505 before GST
Nokia kicks off Christmas vigil with a new beginning – the Nokia Lumia 800 promises consumers the best integrated social experience and fast Internet browsing, bringing content to life for the consumer.
Nokia Lumia 800 comes in vivid colours
Judging from my hands-on with the sleek looking gadget so far, it has every chance of fulfilling that promise.
From the few Windows Phone 7 smartphones available thus far, the Lumia 800 seems to deliver the best Windows Phone experience on the market.
The Lumia 800 comes with in vivid colours and is housed in a sleek, polycarbonate body with a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display.
Containing Carl Zeiss optics, it offers users an instant-share camera experience and HD video playback, and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch access to social networks.
Here are the main tech specs for the Nokia Lumia 800.
Nokia Lumia 710 comes with interchangeable covers
For those looking for a more fun and personal device, the Lumia 710 comes with colorful changeable covers and is more affordable.
Here are the main tech specs for the Nokia Lumia 710.
Both models include signature Nokia experiences optimised for Windows Phone, including Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music.
Nokia has also introduced the on-ear Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset and the in-ear Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster, intended to shoe-in a range of premium audio accessories to complement the Nokia Lumia range of smartphones.
Tags:Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Nokia, smartphone
Posted in Accessories, App, Audio, Events, Gadgets, Internet Explorer, Launch, Lumia, Nokia, Operating Systems, Party, Phones, Prices, Software, Specifications, Windows Phone 7 | 6 Comments »
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
No more excuses not to send your better half that bouquet of flowers. This PayPal-powered mobile app from FarEastFlora makes it easy for Singaporean men to remember and celebrate their loved ones.
Sending flowers has now become a breeze with this free mobile app that is available from Apple’s App Store and the Nokia Ovi Store.
Flowers and gifts are delivered on the day of the order.
An order placed as late as 4pm in the afternoon can be delivered between 7 – 10pm at night on the same day.
Users can set reminders within the app to deliver flowers for special occasions.
Tap and swipe through a wide range of over 1,000 gift options ranging from flower bouquets, plant arrangements, gift hampers, gourmet baskets and even perfumes.
Select your gift, add to your shopping bag, and check-out with PayPal in two simple taps.
Using ‘Pay with PayPal’, simply log-on to your PayPal account and confirm the purchase.
PayPal also provides a safer mobile payment method as no financial details are shared with merchants or stored on mobile devices.
Features of the app:
- Reminders and Wishlist: Pre-select favourite gift items under ‘Wishlist’ and set reminders for special occasions like birthdays, anniversary and Mother’s Day.
- Sync addresses from phone contacts: Sync recipients’ addresses and details from phone contacts, avoiding the hassle of manually typing in addresses.
- Surprise: Tap the ‘Surprise’ tab and shake the phone – lucky users might get a discount exclusive to SG Florist app users.
Tags:Apple, Apps, Far East Flora, flowers, gifts, iPhone, Nokia, Ovi Store
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Friday, April 8th, 2011
Nokia is a global leader in mobile communications whose products are used by more than 1.3 billion people around the world.
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation with 132,000 employees in 120 countries and sales in more than 150 countries.
Nokia Corporation, global leader in mobile communications
First established as a ground wood pulp mill in 1865, Nokia only produced its first electronic device in 1962 – a pulse analyser for nuclear power plants.
Since 1998, it has been the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile phones.
In 2010, it had a global annual revenue of over 42 billion Euros and operating profit of 2 billion Euros.
Information extracted from Wikipedia.
Tags:Lumia, Nokia, smartphone
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