Foxtons selects Nokia Lumia 820 as business smartphone

Foxtons is a major real estate agency in the UK with 35 offices in London and with a turnover of 1400 real estate managed monthly. Foxtons chose to assign 900 employees to a Nokia Lumia 820, considering it suitable for the business. Another important achievement for Nokia, on several occasions in recent months has aimed to reach not only the consumer audience, but also corporate users. 

Nokia to produce 4.7" inch smartphones, but no 5" smartphone in 2013

The race to achieve the smartphone with the larger display has long history in the Android World. And currently is holding  market leadership from this point of view with devices that are starting to use more and more 5" + displays. Nokia, according to recent rumors, could market it's first smartphone with 4.7 " display in 2013.

Nokia to block unauthorised access to NaviFirm at the end of January

Not so good news for Nokia users who are used to tap into the vast database of NaviFirm to download the firmware dedicated to the Nokia. Nokia seems to have chosen to block unauthorized access to NaviFirm by the end of January. 

Nokia expands distribution and active pre-orders in Brazil for the Nokia Lumia 900 and Nokia 808 PureView

Another important element is added to the business strategy of the Finnish manufacturer, clearly committed to expanding distribution channels for its smartphones. Recently, Nokia has launched in Brazil pre-orders of the Nokia 900 Lumia ,the current top-of-the-line Lumia, and the Nokia 808 PureView, the device that has set standards unmatched by cameraphone competitors. The data must not be underestimated, especially if it is placed in relation to the overall strategy. Brazil is in fact, an emerging market that offers excellent prospects for development of the smartphone industry.

Rumor - Nokia will introduce two new WP 8 smartphones on September 5th

The rumors on the official presentation of next Lumia smartphone based on Windows Phone 8 are becoming more intense. The last rumor is that Nokia will show two new WP smartphones on September 5th.

While the reference to there latest release of Microsoft's operating system as standard is not at issue, the same can not be said for the integration of PureView technology that could be integrated within the Lumia devices probably later this this year with a reminder that the information should be considered mere rumor until is confirmed by Nokia.

Nokia completes acquisition of developers, technologies and intellectual property from Scalado

Nokia announced this morning that you have completed the acquisition of Scalado announced in June. The technology, intellectual property of major innovations in the imaging software and about fifty specialists who worked in this area will be transferred to Nokia Scalado. The Finnish manufacturer, then, having set new standards in the camera phone with the Nokia 808 PureView, may have significant resources to invest in the further improvement of the cameras of its smartphones.

Rumor - Nokia could get 1 month period of exclusivity for the commercialization of its Lumia WP8 devices

In recent days, CEOs Stephe Elop has released a statement regarding the arrival of Windows Phone 8 and the special ties of cooperation between Nokia and Microsoft.These statements have triggered a series of speculations, including the last in order of time makes reference to a possible period of exclusivity granted to Nokia for the sale of the Lumia WP8 smartphones.

Nokia publishes financial results for the 2nd quarter of 2012,with first signs of a turnaround and 4 million sold Lumia devices

As expected, this morning, Nokia has released the financial results of the 2nd quarter of 2012 and what we learn from the figures in the summary tables (see below) are the first signs of a turnaround , although the Finnish company is still at in a delicate and difficult period of transition.

The numbers and percentages than in the previous quarter appear to be more encouraging and demonstrate a greater hold of competitiveness in the mobile industry with the introduction of new feature phones family Asha Lumia and sale of devices with Windows Phone,which have been sold in 4 million units, a reasonable result considering that the new operating system is still young and not yet known by the great mass of consumers.

New software update 8779 in Navifirm available for Nokia Lumia 710 and Lumia 800

The deployment of MCR3 (Consumer Mango Refresh 3) or Windows Phone Tango is already on a roll for  several days now and allowed many owners of Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 to complete the update. The software platform of the two smartphones Lumia seems to be intended to receive a new update. The information is obtainable from Navifirm , the server that contains all the new firmware and software updates for the Nokia. In Navifirm has just published the new 8779 software release , which should refer to an update post-Tango (8773). 

Rumor | Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 - Development accelerates in anticipation of the launch later this year

After the presentation of the new major release of Windows Phone 8 and the confirmation of the top four producers who will support it (Nokia, HTC, and Samsung Huwaei), were widespread rumors that have attempted to define the time frame and the possible composition the line-up of the third generation of WP. Nokia, the leading partner of Microsoft for the development of the WP8 platform, do not let slip a detailed forecast, although the odds this year identified as a possible date for the arrival in to the market of the Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices. 

New rumor, the truth of which is still to be ascertained, would indicate a speeding up of development of devices for the launch by the end of 2012 and would establish China as the nation which will appear among the first to receive the device .

Nokia Lumia 900 - T-Mobile will not sell the device in Germany for the inability to upgrade to WP8?

The events in the marketing of Nokia Lumia 900 in the German market by T-Mobile is back in the limelight because the media echo gave a statement officious telephone operator. The statement was issued by a member of the team T- Mobile and clarify the reasons for choosing not to start the deployment of Nokia Lumia 900 in Germany. A basis for the decision is the inability to update the new flagship of the Finnish manufacturer to Windows Phone 8 . Declarations of T-Mobile, as you might guess, have a scope that goes beyond the specific case, representing an unofficial confirmation of the impossibility of terminals Lumia update the next release of Microsoft's operating system. For the record, we point out that, after the release of the declaration, other members of the T-Mobile have made ​​it clear that it is not an official statement, suggesting that the reasons which may lead to the choice of whether to market a device are many.

Nokia acquires Scalado to enhance its Lumia line of Windows Phones

Nokia, to cope with the media department of excellence offered by the competition (not that one of the Finnish is very bad), has decided to buy Scalado , a company that for nearly 10 years working with Nokia, HTC and BlackBerry.

Nokia - Planned actions aimed at sharpening its strategy and returning the company to profitable growth

Nokia once again speak to its audience and its investors with a new official statement that contains important updates on the business strategy that will characterize the coming months and new targets to be achieved to overcome the difficult situation. This is a very articulate statement that identifies the main area of focus is the strategy and indicates further measures to make it even more competitive production structure of the company.Not missing a reference to a renewal of the management and further staff reductions to be implemented by the end of 2012.

Linus Torvalds - Nokia should have chosen Android

The name of Linus Torvalds will probably be familiar to users who appreciate the open source operating system Linux. The programmer of Finnish origin, in fact, was the first author of the Linux kernel and the proposed development of the platform. Torvalds, who lives in the United States, has recently returned to the homeland to receive the Millennium Technology Prize, and has not failed to reserve a little veiled criticism of one of the most important Finnish companies. 

We speak of course of Nokia , Torvalds criticized for the choice of Windows Phone platform as the main point on which to try to regain lost market share in the smartphone market. According to Torvalds, Nokia would have to point to the Android operating system.

Nokia Lumia PureView technology in development according to Chris Weber

The unofficial and official confirmation on the future integration of technology in Nokia PureView Lumia terminals were not lacking, but that we are going to bring the following can surely be considered one of the most important and unequivocal. In a recent interview Weber confirms the intention to transfer the technology into future Windows Phone PureView Lumia. As we know this is a feature now integrated into the Nokia 808 PureView based on Symbian Belle operating system and that took five years to reach fruition.

Nokia Lumia 710 very soon to get updated to Tango

Upgrading to Windows Phone Tango for the Nokia Lumia 710 is fast approaching. To confirm a recent examination of the firmware is present at NaviFirm which include updates to Tango for Lumia 710 marketed in various geographical areas and are distributed through various national telephone operators. As we know, Tango is a version of Windows Phone designed for entry-level device such as Lumia 610, but will also be released to the terminals with more powerful hardware, introducing some welcome news as, for example, the WiFi sharing feature still absent in Lumia 710. 

According to IDC Nokia has Shipped 2.2 Million Lumia Phones Last Quarter

IDC, the well-known company that conducts market research, has recently reported estimates of smartphones Lumia delivered in the period between January and March. These assessments, are coming from an authoritative source may submit to the inevitable margins of error, but are equally interesting, given that the Finnish manufacturer, when reporting the financial results for the first quarter of 2012 , had not specified the exact number of  sold Lumia devices.

According to IDC estimates, Nokia in the last quarter has delivered 2.2 million Lumia smartphones. We clarify that the estimates refer to the points "handed", in other words devices that reach store shelves, but that does not necessarily translate into actual copies sold to the end user.

AT&T Lumia 900 gets firmware update, fixes display issue and Proximity Sensor

The AT&TNokia 900 Lumia is having good success in the US market even though there have been some small annoying bugs like purple screen for instance - In short, when the screen would dim down to "low" greys would become purple across the whole display, including on graphics and photos

Analysts checks confirms that the Nokia Lumia 900 continues to sell well in U.S.

Officially presented during the first months of 2012 , the new smartphone Nokia Lumia 900 ,a member of the famous family of Smartphones created highly successful collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft , is available on the market in various countries around the world for some time now. 

The results recorded up to now have been positive for Nokia demonstrating the excellent reception received by this device evaluated positively by the international critics, but recently some items, at least for the American market, presaged some suffering resulting drop in sales of smartphones due to the launch of the HTC One X.

Nokia Lumia 710 sighted in Canada with Windows Phone Tango on board

While the information on a possible upgrade to Windows Phone 8 for the current devices are scarce, it seems that Nokia has started pre-installing Windows Phone Tango on Lumia smartphones.

As was reported by WPCentral one of there tippers send his smartphone for repair, a Lumia 710 with Roger (Canada) and received replacement device with pre-installed WP7 OS Build 8773. The firmware is, as we know, the new version of Windows Phone, or Tango / Mango Refresh.

Is this a sign that the official Tango release is really very close?

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