Back to freedom. If you don’t remember, Microsoft buyout of the Finish’s Titan’s mobile business involved a particular non-compete clause that prevented the company from releasing smartphones under the Nokia brand. That expired on December 31, 2015. Nokia fans can hardly contain their excitement at the possibility of new Nokia handsets.
The Nokia Lumia 530 is official and is even less of an upgrade than we expected. It comes in single-SIM and dual-SIM versions which will come out in August. The phone has a 4″ display with 854 x 480 resolution – it’s a similar display to the one on the Nokia Lumia 520 but it… Continue reading Nokia Lumia 530 goes official (too bad for a 2014 device)
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced today in an email to employees that the company is preparing to layoff a total of 18,000 people within the next year. Additionally, Stephen Elop, chief of Microsoft devices, also announced that the Nokia X Android project is over. Future Nokia X designs and products will be shifted to Windows… Continue reading Microsoft kills Nokia X Android phones.
Announced back in April and available for pre-order in multiples stores across Europe, the Nokia Lumia 930 will go on sale this week. The new Windows Phone flagship will arrive in Europe, Asia and the Middle East this week and will expand to other regions “over the coming weeks”. Strangely, despite announcing the RRP in… Continue reading Lumia 930 goes on sale
Software giant Microsoft and imaging giant Canon have struck a cross-licensing patent deal that affects “a broad range of products and services each company offers, including certain digital imaging and mobile consumer products”. While details on the specific devices and services aren’t given and we have no specific information on individual patents the deal makes… Continue reading Microsoft and Canon strike patent cross-licensing deal
A new Lumia device has leaked, courtesy of the Chinese website Weibo, that is said to be the next mid-range Windows Phone from Nokia/Microsoft. Not much is known about this phone right now but from one can see in the images, it has an aluminum frame with a polycarbonate back. It has a smaller camera… Continue reading Mid-range Nokia/Microsoft Windows Phone leaks
According to renowned industry leakster @evleaks, Microsoft’s licensing deal with Nokia is going to produce a new branding name called “Nokia by Microsoft”. The companies are said to be in the final stages of the talks, but smartphones aren’t the only Microsoft products to go through branding alteration. The company would also drop its Surface… Continue reading Nokia by Microsoft branding allegedly incoming
The Nokia X2 is now official and is a proper evolutionary step from the original Nokia X. There are updates both on the inside and out, but most notably, the Nokia X2 packs a larger 4.3″ ClearBlack display. Its resolution, however, is still 800 x 480 pixels, resulting in a pixel density of 217ppi. Under… Continue reading Nokia X2 is official, brings 4.3″ display and Snapdragon 200
Shortly after the launch of its first Android phone — the Nokia X — Nokia will be releasing a successor in the form of the Nokia X2. Although the phone and the name hasn’t been officially announced as such, the company has posted a teaser on its website with the tagline ‘Green with envy’. The… Continue reading Nokia teases the upcoming X, to be announced on June 24 (might be x2)
Over the years Nokia has done alright for itself and established some well-known trademarks in the tech world. PureView is now synonymous with great camera performance, ClearBlack denotes great display hardware and Asha was Nokia’s dumb phone name while Lumia is the name of the best-selling Windows Phones by Nokia. After Microsoft bought Nokia and… Continue reading Microsoft Mobile now owns PureView, Lumia and ClearBlack brand names
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