We love drooling over the latest Lumia or Droid or iPhone, but we tend to forget about the low-end of the smartphone market. Nokia's latest effort, the Lumia 620, is aimed squarely at the developing world. The Windows Phone 8-equipped device has quite a bit of value packed in, especially for just $250 off-contract.
Classical ringtones strike the right tone with Nokia. After a recent study showed that classical music ringtones were the most popular, they hired the 55-piece Bratislava Symphony Orchestra to create 25 original classical tunes for Nokia Lumia models.
There's a trope in technology writing that is equally irritating in either direction that it moves. Either technology is driving people farther apart, or making us more connected than ever. You've seen plenty of words about this before, here's an idea that splits the difference.
Never say never. What was once an Asia and Europe exclusive, Nokia's 808 PureView smartphone with its 41-more-megapixels-than-your-DSLR overkill will officially arrive in the U.S. as an unlocked and unsubsidized smartphone. And it's going to set you back a few big ones.
As the summer movie blockbuster machine prepares to unleash the third and final installment of Chris Nolan's Batman trilogy, Nokia has stepped up with some slick tie-in smartphone swag.
You know how OEMs have tugged and tweaked Google's stock Android OS to fit their needs and how it's a convoluted fragmented mess now? Nokia almost butchered Windows Phone 7's simple and elegant MetroUI interface with its own abominable skin....
I love tattoos and I love my cellphone, but I'm not sure how I feel about the two of them being combined. That's exactly what Nokia is seeking to do with its new patent application — to create a ferromagnetic ink that when placed on your skin would communicate with your phone.
With the Nokia Lumia family of phones firmly planted, it's kind of a no-brainer that the Microsoft/Nokia partnership is running on course. A new rumor now hints that Nokia might show off a Windows 8 tablet by the end of the year. We'll take one to go please.