Nokia 808 PureView now on sale in the UK The smartphone with the 41-megapixel camera finally arrives in Blighty – for the princely sum of £520 As you can tell fromour review, we were mightily impressed with the Nokia 808 PureView’s camera – and now the smartphone has finally arrived on our shores. It’s available SIM-free over atAmazon, although you’ll have to dig deep if you want it: it’s priced at £520....
Nokia and Microsoft holding September 5th event Could the two giants be planning a full-on launch of Windows 8 alongside new Lumia phones? Microsoft and Nokia have invited members of the press to New York launch event on September 5th. The invitation doesn’t disclose too much about what to expect, but you’d have to be a bit dim not to realise it has a lot to do with Windows Phone and Nokia’s Lumia smartphone range (not least because the logos are on the invite, which itself looks like a Windows Phone home screen)....
Nokia could sell off luxury Vertu brand for €200 million The Finnish mobile giant could soon be rid of its precious metal and diamond-clad range of ultra-expensive fashion phones If you’ve been holding out for a platinum-clad Windows smartphone slathered in all manner of shiny rarities and diamonds then it looks like you’re out of luck, as Nokia could be selling off its Vertu brand at long last. The latest whisperings from theFinancial Timespoint to private equity group Permira planning to snap up the Vertu brand for a cool €200 million, placing it alongside the firm’s other luxury holdings which include Hugo Boss....
Nokia explores haptic tattoos for phone notifications Ferromagnetic ink could vibrate when you receive a text or email. Urban. Nokia has just filed one of the weirdest mobile phone-related patents you’re ever likely to see: on-the-skin patches – or even tattoos – linked to your smartphone and capable of providing haptic feedback. The idea is that you’ll never miss a notification from your mobile. Detailed over atUnwired View, the patches would be made from a material able to detect a magnetic field and vibrate when alerted....
Nokia hints at PureView Windows Phone in coming weeks Nokia lets slip that a new PureView Windows Phone is coming in a tweet. But will it pack the 808’s 41MP camera? We loved theNokia PureView 808– but it was let down by its ancient Symbian operating system. Now it looks like that little problem is about to be a thing of the past, with reports that Windows Phone is going to get itself a slice of thatimpressive camera technologybuilt into the 808 PureView in the coming weeks....
Nokia Lumia 800 update triples battery life Triple your loyal Lumia’s juice with the latest update from the Finnish mobile giant’s labs Nokia has released itslong-awaited12070 firmware update for the Lumia 800 – an impressive offering that’ll triple the phone’s battery life, according toWPCentral. The boffins over atXDA Developershave put the welcome performance boost down to an improvement in screen brightness management and an 80mA battery drain when idle as opposed to a previous drain of 150mA....
Nokia Play To app equips Lumia range with DLNA Nokia plays catch up by equipping its WP7 Lumia and select Symbian lineup with DLNA capabilities Nokia has today outed a new beta application called Nokia Play To that gives its Windows Phone 7 Lumia range and a selection of Symbian handsets DLNA capabilities. This means that owners ofWP7-flavoured Nokia handsetswill be able to send photos, video and other multimedia content from their smartphones to their DLNA-equipped TVs, laptops and other devices....
