A new Nokia codename has shown up in the I'm a WP7! app, in the form of the Nokia Champagne. It first showed up in the Windows Phone community app on 25 October – meaning that someone accessed I'm a WP7 from the Nokia Champagne on that day. WPCentral has also got its hands on a juicy bit of OS info, in that the Champagne is set to come running OS 7.10.8711 – also known as the next build of Windows Phone 7, codenamed Tango. FizzyIt's possible [ Read more.. ]
Unknown handset turns up in log Windows Phone 7 fans waiting to dance to the Tango may not have too long to wait, if clues given by an unknown Nokia device going by the name of the Nokia Champagne are anything to go by. The Nokia Champagne moniker has popped up in a log from the app "I'm a WP7!" which has previous when it comes to leaking device names. There are no spec details or leaked pictures to go [ Read more.. ]
EXCLUSIVE: Dated The cyan Nokia Lumia 800 will be launching in the first week of December, while the pink version won’t be available in the UK until after Christmas sources familiar with the matter have told Pocket-lint. We’ve always known that the cyan and pink versions of the Nokia Lumia 800 wouldn’t be with us on the 16 November launch day in the UK, however Pocket-lint can now [ Read more.. ]
Uber-cool idea of a future handset Back in October at the Nokia World expo, the Finnish phone giant demoed a new technology showing how the phones and tablets of the future could be bendy. Called the Nokia Kinetic Device, the working prototype allowed users to control music and media by using different motions; bending forward with two hands zooms out of whatever is on screen for example, while [ Read more.. ]
With both 3G and Wi-Fi built into the latest Nokia smartphones, you're not just limited to browsing the internet on your handset itself. Instead, you'll be able to connect to a PC, and use your Nokia as a modem. To find out how, join us after the break, where we'll be running you through the steps needed to tether your Nokia smartphone to a computer. Hook up to a PCThe first thing you'll need to do is to connect your Nokia to your PC. We used [ Read more.. ]
Strange move? UPDATE:?Nokia: Lumia 800 will be available SIM free on 16 November?- Nokia is saying that it will be available, just not from all retailers on day one. Looks like Clove got left out of that list.? Word has filtered through the web that Nokia will be holding back the SIM-free version of its Nokia Lumia smartphone until January 2012. The reports, from online retailer Clove, come at a time [ Read more.. ]
EXCLUSIVE: Will go on sale Following the news of a Clove report stating that it won't be getting any SIM free stock of the Nokia Lumia 800 until 2012, and therefore neither will the rest of the industry, Nokia has set the record straight saying, well, the complete opposite.? "The Nokia Lumia 800 goes on sale on the 16th?of November as we stated during the launch at Nokia World. There are some rather odd [ Read more.. ]
O2's parent company has branded Nokia handsets too expensive to sell in any significant volume. European manager for devices at Telefónica, Simon Lee-Smith, described the handsets as "not yet at the right price point". "They need to subsidise their high end smartphones because they're too expensive," he told Telecoms.com. "If Nokia wants to sell in volume, they need to bring out devices which are [ Read more.. ]
Microsoft has lessened its vice-like grip on the minimum hardware requirements for Windows Phone, no longer requiring manufacturers to include a camera on their handsets. The primary camera and front-facing camera now fall under the heading of 'optional hardware', along with the compass and gyro. No doubt the relaxation is down to Microsoft's partnership with Nokia, with the latter set to release lower-spec handsets in order to get Windows Phone [ Read more.. ]
Limited trial begins today Nokia and Spectrum Interactive are teaming up to bring free Wi-Fi to the streets of London.? The service will be available to all Wi-Fi devices, so although it is rolling out in Nokia's name, anyone with a Wi-Fi-equipped device will be able to take advantage of a free connection. Using Nokia Maps, you'll be able to find and locate the free Wi-Fi hotspots, with 26 hotspots [ Read more.. ]