Not one , not two , but three Nokia interviews at Mobile World Congress ? . . . → Read More: The Engadget Interview: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop at MWC 2012 (video)
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 What can we say, white sets are somehow more pleasant to behold than the typical black slabs we see. Nokia ‘s glossy N900 is no exception; in fact we’re all in a heated debate about exactly which color we’d choose and which theme makes it look best. Device color aside, there’s nothing new here, but we know we’d be breaking hearts if we didn’t get all close and personal with the only color we’ve not had a chance to play with. . . . → Read More: Nokia Lumia 900 in white hands-on Just yesterday, Nokia took to the stage at Mobile World Congress to unveil its latest Windows Phone, the Lumia 610 . Curiously, the company also surprised us with two new Windows Phone applications, affectionately known as Nokia Reading and Nokia Transport . . . → Read More: Nokia Reading and Transport for Windows Phone, hands-on (video)  Today at Mobile World Congress we spent a few minutes talking with Stefan Pannenbecker, VP of Industrial Design at Nokia about Espoo’s past, present and future handsets — including the just announced 808 PureView , Lumia 610 and Asha 302 , as well as the Lumia 900 we played with at CES. He shared his insights on Nokia’s design language and philosophy and some interesting details such as the clearcoat finish used on the Lumia 800 / 900 and N9 . . . → Read More: The Engadget Interview: Nokia VP of Industrial Design Stefan Pannenbecker  Canadians may still have to wait a bit longer for some official word of the Lumia 900′s possible debut in the country (the latest rumors suggest it may be heading to Rogers), but there’s now at least a firm date for the launch of its slightly smaller counterpart. Telus confirmed today that the Nokia Lumia 800 will be available on March 2nd (in your choice of black, cyan or magenta), although it’s unfortunately still not providing a price . . . → Read More: Telus confirms March 2nd launch for Nokia Lumia 800  I’ve been mulling this concept over for a long while and it took Josh Helfferich’s single image to bring the concept into sharp focus. My thesis (and you won’t like this) is that every major “flagship” phone in the Western market is now made in the same mold, with the same trade dress, with one goal in mind: to fool the casual observer into thinking that everything is an iPhone. While you can argue on the outliers, the truth is right there . . . → Read More: Intelligent Design And The Modern Cellphone  While we can’t really say that we’re surprised, Nokia has snagged the top spot for Windows Phone devices. Strategy Analytics reports that the Finnish smartphone maker now sits atop the global charts for the Microsoft mobile OS after being in the game for just one quarter. Nokia overtook HTC and Samsung to claim a 33% market share with 0.9 million out of the 2.7 million units shipped in Q4. . . . → Read More: Nokia is the largest Windows Phone maker in the world, after one quarter  Nokia’s Pulse app looks and smells familiar to anyone who’s ever used Google Latitude . The difference being that the Finnish handset maker has the benefit of Navteq’s $8 billion geolocation technology that it picked up back in 2008 . Now the Haus of Elop is opening a Boston skunkworks that’ll port the app, as well as future social software over to Android and iOS. . . . → Read More: Nokia’s social apps coming to Android and iOS: lions expected to lie down with lambs shortly  Ever felt like Bing wasn’t for retail stores or print journalism? The two latest Windows Phone updates won’t dispel that fantasy, sadly. . . . → Read More: Bing’s two new ‘death to print, death to retail’ features get detailed  Not all mobile news is destined for the front page, but if you’re like us and really want to know what’s going on, then you’ve come to the right place. This week, we bring you announcements of LTE expansion from AT&T, US Cellular and Verizon, along with news of three Samsung smartphones that received WiFi certification — each are thought to be high-end devices and bound for US carriers. These stories and more await after the break . . . → Read More: Mobile Miscellany: week of February 13th, 2012 |
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