Saturday, September 8, 2012

Big tech week: Nokia, Motorola and Amazon release new products

Once-dominant phone maker Nokia Corp. has been struggling in the shadow of Apple and Android, and it's counting on the new Windows system for a revival. On Wednesday, Nokia and Microsoft unveiled two new devices under Nokia's Lumia brand - the ...

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Nokia's Previous Lumia Flagship Now Just $20

Nokia unveiled the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 at a press conference Wednesday, but did not disclose pricing. But the 920's predecessor, the Lumia 900, can be had on a contract for just $20 from sites like Amazon Wireless. It was originally priced at $99 ...

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Hang on, Nokia's Lumia 920 only records mono video?

Nokia's Lumia 920 may be focused on photography with its PureView-branded camera, but the Windows Phone 8 handset's Full HD video recording will only store mono sound, despite an advanced microphone array. Detailed specifications shown to ...

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Nokia Broadens Apology Over Claims at Phone Launch

The company earlier this week admitted to not having used the "PureView" camera on Nokia's forthcoming Lumia 920 hand-held device to shoot a portion of a video that initially was represented as being captured by technology on that phone. On Saturday ...

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Why It's Still Not Yet the End for Nokia

This week, Nokia hopefuls received more bad news when shares of the Finnish handset maker slid 15% following the launch of its two new Windows-based smartphones. But before we pen an obituary, let's first take a deeper look at where Nokia went wrong.

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Friday, September 7, 2012

Nokia's Misleading Video Dents Lumia's Image

Taking the stage a week before Apple, Nokia had the chance to put on a bold and confident performance with its demonstration of new smartphones. Instead, a misleading promotional video has left the company looking a little desperate. Its underwhelming ...

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Launch Event Report Card: Amazon Schools Nokia and Motorola

Nokia certainly deserves credit for pushing the envelope with its new Lumia 920. During the press conference and afterward, the company did an admirable job demonstrating exactly what differentiates its product not only from the Android competition ...

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