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Nokia Design patent reveals a potential WP8 device. Matches with leaked Yellow Phi design.

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A Nokia design patent filing has revealed a new device design, which has the potential of being an upcoming WP8 device, and the design is very much similar to Lumia 800 and 900's design. But upon closer inspection you can notice some differences and most interestingly, it matches to the previous...

Verge: Nokia to unveil “Arrow” and “Phi” Windows Phone 8 running devices on Sep 5th. May be same as Lumia 910 and 920.

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  The Verge reports that Nokia is planning to unveil, two new Windows Phone 8 devices at the joint event with Microsoft on September 5th. Sources familiar with the two companies' plans have revealed that Nokia is working on two devices Nokia "Phi" and  "Arrow". Nokia Phi is...

Nokia announces In-Location,”Accurate Mobile Indoor Positioning” 22-strong industry alliance. Samsung, Sony and Qualcomm are other big names.

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If you remember, Nokia had already launched the "Destination Maps" its indoor mapping solution and covered more than 4600 venues in 38 countries. They also confirmed that it will be coming soon to Nokia Maps. Now in a bid to promote deployment of location-based indoor...

Much detailed video review of Asha 311.

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We earlier brought  to you a series of Asha 311's video reviews as a weekend watch. http://nokiapoweruser.com/2012/08/05/weekend-watch-nokia-asha-311-review-video-series-swipey-lock-screen-camera-review-angry-birds-demo-videos/ Now, we came across this video review from "http://unleashthephones.com" which is very detailed and more than 16 minutes long video review of Asha 311. The device really impresses with its smoothness...

Lumia hints and Rumors round up: PureView Lumia announcement teased, 4.7 inch thinner Lumia Phi rumored.

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Guess what? Nokia has teased PureView Lumia related announcement to be made in next coming weeks :). On its Twitter account in reply to the question "whether PureView will be in next Lumia", Nokia replied saying "Just keep your eyes and ears open in the next coming...

Verizon to have a WP8 running Lumia phone this year, says Bloomberg.

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This was really expected and even it was rumored that Lumia 910 with 12 MP camera may be heading to Verizon some time this year. But now Bloomberg reports from an insider source that Verizon indeed is going to  launch a Windows Phone 8 running Lumia device...

Asha full-touch phones see “Fantastic traction” . Retailers say “With touchscreen balance tilting towards Nokia”. CEO Elop confirms.

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We reported earlier that both Asha touch phones 305 and 311 are selling really well and even has gone out of stock at Nokia shop and other online stores. http://nokiapoweruser.com/2012/08/20/full-touch-nokia-asha-305both-colors-also-goes-out-of-stock-at-nokia-shop/ http://nokiapoweruser.com/2012/08/19/brisk-sales-send-asha-311-out-of-stock-at-oficial-nokia-shop-and-other-online-retailers/ Now reports are coming about retail stores confirming that Asha 305 and 311 in fact are...

Apple says not every phone should look like iPhone. Gives example of Lumia in ongoing Samsung -Apple trial.

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In what can be taken as compliment by Apple to Nokia's original design, Apple has presented Lumia as one the devices having original design and not copying iPhone's design. This is what has been said during the trial while showing a Lumia phone, "Not every smartphone...

Nokia leads Windows Phone devices sales with 59% share. Releases infographic on why people switch to Lumia.

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App analytics company Localytics has confirmed, from their data, that Nokia rules the Windows Phone space with 59 % marketshare in July, and if you have a look at the above chart, you can see a constantly increasing trend. This has in fact been...

Nokia posts second video in “Switched to Lumia” series. This time Switch is from a Blackberry.

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  Seems the "Switch to Lumia from Motorola" video posted by Nokia was not standalone, but the first in the series of "Switch to Lumia" videos. The next in this series is "Switch to Lumia from Blackberry". Read the video description below, Watch this video to find...

Nokia posts video “Switched to Lumia from Motorola”. Taking Android head on:)

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Seems, time to play Nice guy is over for Nokia. First the "Beta test ads in US of A" and then "Smoked by Lumia campaigns" around the world and now this video. This time it is pretty direct. Nokia has posted a video of "Christopher Taylor" from...

Collection of 808 PureView’s Myth Busting demo videos. Display, Browser, Multitasking, Social networking.

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So, just trying to put all the demo videos prepared by us together, which sends myths created by many biased Tech magazines for a toss. Browser, Display, Social networking, Single core performance which are presented as deal breakers for 808 PureView are not even...

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