Nokia lets you win 5 Lumia 710 Windows Phones on Facebook
Not long after giving away some Lumia 800 handsets on Facebook, Nokia has now kicked off another contest, and this time the prizes consist of Lumia 710 devices. All you have to do to enter the contest is choose your favorite Lumia 710 color (there are six options), and provide your details here at Nokia’s [...]
Nokia Q4 2011 results. PR lipstick on the approaching trouble
On Thursday Nokia announced its results for Q4/full year 2011. And it is a mixed bag of goods. On the surface, the result looks pretty good, and it seems that Nokia managed to stop the free fall it experienced in the first half of last year. But if you look closer at the reported numbers [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 to be released in Australia in March (via Telstra, Optus and Vodafone)
Already available in lots of European and Asian markets, the Nokia Lumia 800 will be introduced in Australia soon. According to Australian IT, the Windows Phone handset (the first from Nokia to use a Microsoft OS), will be launched in March. Reportedly, all three major Australian carriers will offer the device: Telstra, Optus, Vodafone. Moreover, [...]
Nokia’s 2011 results are out. Less than 2 million Lumia Windows Phone handsets sold to date
Nokia announced its financial results for Q4 2011, and full year 2011. The company reported net sales of €10 billion and a €0.954 billion loss for the forth quarter of 2011, and net sales of €38.6 billion and a €1.073 billion loss for full 2011. 113.5 million Nokia mobile phones (including 19.6 million smartphones) were [...]
Rogers Nokia Lumia 710 complete pricing revealed
When Rogers announced that it would offer the Nokia Lumia 710 in Canada, it only unveiled the handset’s price with a new 3-yr contract agreement: $49.99. Now, thanks to Mobile Syrup, we have the complete picture on the new smartphone’s pricing: $99.99 with a 2-yr contract, $149.99 with a 1-yr contract, and $254.99 outright. The [...]
AT&T’s Nokia Lumia 900, Samsung Galaxy Note and Rugby Smart priced. Should be out on March 18
It looks like the HTC Titan II isn’t the only new smartphone that’s going to be launched by AT&T on March 18. If BGR’s reports (here and here) are correct, the second largest US mobile carrier will introduce other four handsets on that day – including the Nokia Lumia 900, which will join the Titan [...]
White Nokia Lumia 800 will arrive in Switzerland in mid-February
Looks like the rumors were true, and Nokia is indeed preparing to launch more Lumia 800 colors. Back in December, we told you that this would happen, and now the white Lumia 800 is getting ready to be launched next month. MobileZone, a Swiss mobile phone retailer, told a customer inquiring about the white Nokia [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 spotted in Singapore and the Czech Republic
A couple of days ago in the UK, the Carphone Warehouse put up a page advertising the fact that it would be selling the Nokia Lumia 900 starting in June. The page has since been removed, and the retailer got in touch with SoMobile to say that in fact it has no plans for selling [...]
A Nokia Asha 303 marks the 1.5 billionth S40 phone sold worldwide
Today, Nokia has proudly announced that it sold 1.5 billion S40 phones around the world. The Finnish company introduced its first S40 phone 13 years ago, in 1999. It was the Nokia 7110 – a 24mm thick device that had a 96 x 65 pixels monochrome display. The 1.5 billionth S40 device was a Nokia [...]
Rumor: Nokia Lumia 910 with 12 MP camera will be available in Europe in May
If for some reason you simply can’t get enough of Eldar Murtazin-sourced leaks today even after reading about the rumored specs of the Samsung Galaxy S III, then listen up. The Russian journalist also uncovered the fact that Nokia is working on a new Windows Phone. It will be called Lumia 910, and will become [...]
Pink Nokia Lumia 800 now available in the UK on Orange and T-Mobile, free from £25.54 per month
The much-awaited pink version of the Nokia Lumia 800 has finally become available in the UK. This is the last of the colors to be out, and, just like we told you in November, it didn’t launch last year. The pink Lumia 800 can now be ordered at Mobiles.co.uk, with contracts from either T-Mobile or [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 will be available in the UK in June
The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced for AT&T a couple of weeks ago, and ever since it was pretty clear that it would also be launched outside the US. After all, Nokia can’t afford not to have a global flagship device trying to drive its Windows Phone sales, even if the Lumia 900 is actually [...]
Elop says Nokia doesn’t want fragmentation in Windows Phone, because Android has problems with it. Quad-core phones don’t impress him
About a year ago, Nokia has bet its future on Microsoft’s Windows Phone, after understating that neither Symbian, nor MeeGo was enough to keep the company truly competitive on the smartphone market. Right now, the Windows Phone bet isn’t a winning one. Not yet. And how could it be, since Nokia has launched only two [...]
Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus, Nokia Lumia 710 and BlackBerry Bold 9790 coming to Vodafone UK in February
Vodafone UK has reportedly announced that it would introduce three new smartphones next month (February). The smartphones are: Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus, Nokia Lumia 710, and BlackBerry Bold 9790. The newest of them all is the Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus, which was officially unveiled at the beginning of this month. The Ace Plus (pictured below) [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 possibly coming to more US carriers (T-Mobile, Verizon, Sprint)
When Nokia announced the new Lumia 900 Windows Phone at CES 2012, all that it said regarding its availability was that the handset would be exclusively released by AT&T “in the coming months.” However, as it happens sometimes, exclusivities don’t last forever. In fact, we’re hearing that AT&T’s Lumia 900 exclusivity will end 45 days [...]
Nokia Lumia 710 will be available in the UK on February 1
The Nokia Lumia 710 will finally be joining its sibling, the already available Lumia 800, on UK shelves on February 1. Nokia itself made the announcement, so it doesn’t get more official than this. Expect the smartphone to show up at a myriad of retailers, online or not. At one point in the past, we [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 to be launched by AT&T in March
A few days ago, when Nokia announced the Lumia 900 for AT&T, it said the smartphone would be released “in the coming months.” Now, thanks to the official Nokia Developer Newsletter (see the screenshot below), we know that the new handset should be out in March. Of course, that’s when AT&T will launch it in [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 shows up at Telus’ website
A couple of days ago, when Telus announced that it would offer the Nokia Lumia 800, it didn’t provide an exact launch date for the handset. Well, now the Lumia 800 is showing up at the carrier’s official website. Unfortunately, we still don’t know when customers will be able to buy it – but at [...]
Hey, top Nokia brass, could you please STFU now? And let your deeds do the talking
Dear Nokians, Especially up there at the top. Could you please shut up now, and let the results of your work speak for themselves? Instead of creating wildly unrealistic expectations that are bound to backfire when not met. You’ve been doing such a great job managing expectations prior to Nokia World and the launch of [...]
T-Mobile announces the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, launches Nokia Lumia 710
As rumored yesterday, T-Mobile USA has officially introduced the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, its latest high-end Android smartphone. The Blaze 4G will be the third handset to support T-Mo’s HSPA+ 42Mbps network, and should become available “later this year.” The fourth largest US carrier didn’t unveil all of its features, but it did say [...]