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Nokia 801 adds one part Belle, one part polycarbonate body for 100 percent possibility

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See that up there? That slick-looking, Belle-operating beaut is most definitely not Nokia’s rumored 801 handset. No, what you’re looking at above is simply a mock-up based on recent rumors circling the web, which peg this 12 megapixel-toting unicorn as the successor to the N8 and 701 . . . . → Read More: Nokia 801 adds one part Belle, one part polycarbonate body for 100 percent possibility

Nokia N8 used to shoot world’s largest stop-motion film, ‘Gulps’ up the competition (video)

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In today’s rapidly evolving smartphone market, the Nokia N8 seems almost… ancient. . . . → Read More: Nokia N8 used to shoot world’s largest stop-motion film, ‘Gulps’ up the competition (video)

Nokia’s N950 splayed by FCC, 12-megapixel camera lurking within

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Our friends over at the FCC have somehow both scored and already torn asunder Nokia’s new flagship MeeGo development phone. Slicing and dicing Espoo’s latest confirms the watered-down N9 specs we’d previously heard about , except for one: a 12-megapixel camera. An intriguing addition, as the N950′s official specs list an 8-megapixel shooter, which the Finnish firm touted as “different” than the unit in its brother . . . → Read More: Nokia’s N950 splayed by FCC, 12-megapixel camera lurking within

Mystery HTC Windows Phone sports 12 megapixel goodness, RAW support

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Phone cameras still have a ways to go to catch up to the awesome capabilities of your standard DSLR, but the handset captured in the image above would certainly get them headed in the right direction. International phone review superstar Eldar Murtazin snapped a few shots of an as-of-yet unnamed HTC device running Windows Phone. It sports a look very similar to the HTC Trophy , although this particular gem is capable of capturing images at 12 megapixel resolution — comparable to the Nokia N8 . . . → Read More: Mystery HTC Windows Phone sports 12 megapixel goodness, RAW support

Nokia announces pink N8 with Symbian Anna, neglects to give us a release date

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It must be hard for Nokia to keep consumer interest in Symbian going while simultaneously developing a whole new ecosystem , so we’ll forgive the unimaginative move to just do a pink version of the N8 . That handset already benefited from the widest set of color options among any smartphone flagships, and will soon be adding a very T-Mobile-friendly shade of light red to its anodized aluminum case . . . → Read More: Nokia announces pink N8 with Symbian Anna, neglects to give us a release date

Samsung releases 8 and 12 megapixel CMOS smartphone sensors, shoots 1080p on the go

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What the world needs now is more pixels up in your phone, and Samsung has a selection of new offerings that offer just that for stills and vids. It’s released details on two new sensors, one, the S5K3H2, clocking in at eight megapixels and the other, the S5K3L1, at 12. . . . → Read More: Samsung releases 8 and 12 megapixel CMOS smartphone sensors, shoots 1080p on the go