Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress Nokia announced that they would be releasing a European version of the Nokia Lumia 900, and now the device is availabl;e to pre-order here in the UK. One online retailer has listed the Nokia Lumia 900 to pre-order for £528 including taxes, although there doesn’t seem to be an actual launch date as ye, all we know is that it will be available some time in quarter two, although one other retailer did tell us earlier in the week that the handset would be available for around £445 including taxes.
The European Nokia Lumia 900 comes with a single core 1.4GHz processor, plus a rear facing 8 megapixel camera with an f2.2 Carl Zeiss lens, the rear camera is capable of recording HD video in 720p, up front we have a 1 megapixel camera with an f2.4 lens.
Other specifications on the Nokia Lumia 900 include 16GB of built in storage, plus a 1830 mAh battery and of course the 4.3 inch Clear Black AMOLED display with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. Nokia Lumia 900 and 610 at MWC 2012:
It seems that companies have been developing indoor navigation on the DL, as it comes out of the woodwork when Google announced Maps 6.0 with indoor nav. Sony Ericsson has posted on its developer blog that it's been working on two Android apps for indoor navigation, and has mapped its Lund, Sweden offices, allowing the 3600 employees there with Androids to easily find their way to conference rooms and the like.
Nokia Research has also been working on an indoor version of its renowned Nokia Maps navigation software for quite a while, but now it wants to take it to the next level. In the video below you can see the promo, but now the Finns have reached out to more than 30 service providers and chip makers in the hope to merge this with Wi-Fi networks, and include Location Extension protocol in BT 4.0. The company hopes this body would be able to come up with a common standard for indoor triangulation and mapping in 18 months or so.
We are well on our way to never be lost, as Google's Eric Schmidt envisioned it, but also to stop having to remember anything as long as we have a smartphone with us.
Nokia, wow, it's been a journey and a half tracking all the highs and lows Nokia have encountered over the past few couple of years. Losing a monumental amount of smartphone market share and abandoning their prized Symbian in favor of Microsoft's new OS. On the plus, their decisiveness to move forward and even the strengths of their now abandoned MeeGo platform have to be commended. But we're not here to lament, no, lamenting is what we did when reviewing the Nokia N9. Now we are embracing change, embracing Windows Phone 7.5, embracing Stephen Elop's vision and embracing the Nokia Lumia 800. The Lumia 800 is currently not expected from any US carrier. It is somehow usable with AT&T's 3G network, supporting the 1900 MHz band but lacking the 850 MHz one.
Design:
With little in way of variance between the Nokia N9 and the Nokia Lumia 800, it's fair to say our over-riding impressions of both device aesthetics are similar, however if this was a competition, on physicality alone, the Nokia N9 would be the winner. You can compare the Nokia Lumia 800 with many other phones using our Size Visualization Tool.
Starting with the screen, unlike the Nokia N9's Full WVGA480x854 display, the lower end of the Nokia Lumia 800 is re-tasked to function as three capacitive buttons, sacrificing on resolution (now WVGA480x800) and making the display roughly 7% smaller at 3.7 inches. What you do still get is the bevel edged Gorilla Glass fascia atop Nokia's Clear Black AMOLED display. It looks beautiful, as if AMOLED displays were made with Windows Phone in mind, with Live Tiles gliding vertically below the bevels and above the deep black beneath. This is emphasized by how responsive the Lumia 800 is, coupled with the glass offering a rich, cool sensation to the touch. If we never saw the Nokia N9, we would have been none the wiser. The Nokia Lumia 800 has a beautiful display. As we have seen it however, we also know it's not the best that Nokia can do.
Overall, the hardware works beautifully with Windows Phone 7.5, from the AMOLED screen with its Clear Black technology, through to the flat bottom sitting atop your little finger for one handed use. We can't wait to see what Nokia brings us when they make a piece of hardware with Windows Phone in mind from conception. Nokia N9 comparisons aside however and the Nokia Lumia 800 is a standalone triumph. Nokia Lumia 800 Review:
Nokia has released a software update for their N9 MeeGo smartphone, and the update, PR1.1 is designed to bring a range of new features to the Nokia N9 as well as some bug fixes.
There are a total of 308 enhancements in the Nokia N9 update, which include tweaks to improve general performance, the addition of the Swype keyboard, and music controls have been added to the lock screen. Nokia has also update the N9′s camera with a range of color filters, and they have also made some improvements to multitasking on the N9, plus improvements to WiFi and more.
According to a recent report, Verizon is expected to launch its first LTE Windows Phone devices at CES 2012, in January, and it looks like the first devices could be some new LTE Windows Phone smartphones from Nokia.
Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop, recently mentioned that the company planned to release LTE Nokia Windows Phone smartphones next year, although no exact handsets details were mentioned. It isn’t clear as yet whether Nokia will release LTE versions of the new Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, or whether we will see some completely new devices.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is scheduled to launch in the UK on the 16th of November, and it will be available with a range of mobile carriers, and it was also supposed to be available SIM from various retailers.
We just got an email from the guys over at Clove, who have been told by Nokia that the SIM free version of the Lumia 800 wont be available in the UK until January 2012, and it will be carrier only from the 16th until then. The Nokia Lumia 800 is Nokia’s first Windows Phone smartphone, and it features a 3.7 inch AMOLED display, a single core 1.4GHz processor and an 8 megapixel camera and comes with Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.
More information's: http://blog.clove.co.uk/2011/11/08/nokia-lumia-800no-uk-sim-free-stock-until-january/
Nokia’s first new Windows Phone smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 800 will go on sale in Europe later this month, the other Windows Phone handset that Nokia announced was the Lumia 710. When it was announced Nokia said it would be available in early 2012, and now according to a recent report it could be headed to T-Mobile in the US, some time in January, which would tie in with what Nokia has said previously about launching their Windows Phone devices in the US.
The Lumia 720 features a 3.7 inch WVGA touchscreen display and is powered by Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, processing is provided by a single core 1.4GHz processor and there is 512MB of RAM and 8GB of built in storage. Other specifications on the Nokia Lumia 800 include a 1,300 mAh battery, and an 8 megapixel camera with an LED flash which can record HD video in 108p, there is also Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, 802.11 b/g/n WiFi and a micro USB port. When the Nokia Lumia 710 was announced Nokia said it would retail for 270 Euros before taxes, there are no details on US pricing as yet.
Back in August Nokia announced three new Symbian smartphones that would come with Symbian Belle, one of those was the new Nokia 600, but now it would appear that the company has decided not to release the Nokia 600. The Nokia 600 was due to go on sale for about 180 Euros and it featured a 1 GHz processor, a 5 megapixel camera, NFC, Bluetooth, and lots more, obviously Nokia has decided to focus its efforts on other devices.
After careful consideration we have decided not to ship the Nokia 600 to markets, we are constantly continuing to refine our portfolio to bring consumers the best possible range of devices to meet their diverse needs.” Maybe Nokia intends to release a similar device with Windows Phone 7 at the same price point, we will have to wait until next year to find out.
When Nokia announced their new Windows Phone smartphones last week, they also announced that the Nokia Windows Phone devices would be getting the Nokia Maps application for free.
Now according too a recent report from ZDNet, it looks like Nokia may also be releasing the Nokia Maps application for free to all Windows Phone smartphones.
There are no details as yet on when the Nokia Maps application will be made available to other devices as well as the Nokia branded Windows Phone handsets.
Earlier this week at Mobile World Congress Nokia announced that they would be releasing a European version of the Nokia Lumia 900, and now the device is availabl;e to pre-order here in the UK. One online retailer has listed the Nokia Lumia 900 to pre-order for £528 including taxes, although there doesn’t seem to be an actual launch date as ye, all we know is that it will be available some time in quarter two, although one other retailer did tell us earlier in the week that the handset would be available for around £445 including taxes.
