According to IDC Nokia has Shipped 2.2 Million Lumia Phones Last Quarter

IDC, the well-known company that conducts market research, has recently reported estimates of smartphones Lumia delivered in the period between January and March. These assessments, are coming from an authoritative source may submit to the inevitable margins of error, but are equally interesting, given that the Finnish manufacturer, when reporting the financial results for the first quarter of 2012 , had not specified the exact number of  sold Lumia devices.

According to IDC estimates, Nokia in the last quarter has delivered 2.2 million Lumia smartphones. We clarify that the estimates refer to the points "handed", in other words devices that reach store shelves, but that does not necessarily translate into actual copies sold to the end user.

Relating the alleged 2.2 million smartphones Lumia total number of smartphones sold in the first three months of the year (11.9 million units), you can see that the deliveries of the device Lumia are still marginal compared to the total number of Nokia smartphones, evidently still formed largely by terminals Symbian and Meego.

It must in any case make observations to utleriori. In the first three months of the marketing procedure of Lumia device was still in full swing and devices like the 610 had not yet disponbili Lumia. Secondly, the feedback of IDC leads to the conclusion not yet indicative of the results of first quarter sales. The company locates in the summer months and in general over the next two quarters is a favorable time to expand the installed base, is to begin to draw up budgets even more reliable.

The road of smartphones Lumia to establish itself in the smartphone market is still long and probably, as anticipated on several occasions by the former president of the company before year-end you can not get a clear picture of the results of the alliance between Nokia and Microsoft.

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Nokia Lumia 610 more powerful than first generation Windows Phones

After having reported the number of applications not currently compatible with a thorough analysis of performance and functionality, we return to talk about today's Lumia 610 and its compartment hardware. Thanks to an article by András Velvárt, Silverlight MVP and developer of 3D Browser Surfcube, we have examined the performance of CPU, GPU and Memory of the Nokia Lumia 610.

The new entry level Nokia with 800Mhz processor and 256Mb of Ram, was subjected to comparisons with Lumia 800 with 1.4GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram, and LG Optimus 7 with 1 GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram.

As for the tests on the processor the developer decided to compare the timing of starting the application drawing of the stars of Lumia 610, LG Optimus 7, and Lumia 800  SDK emulator.

The report of this application have shown that with the increase of the elements to load the processor Lumia 610  has often approached the start-up time required by the LG's Optimus 7, ensuring all in all a good computing power.

The real surprise comes from the GPU performance. As can be seen in the table above, the Lumia 610 is able to obtain a good number of FramesPerSecond, quite easily surpassing the performance offered by the Windows Phone by LG!

The FPS in fact begin to fall on an Optimus 7 Fill Rate (parameter used to evaluate the performance of a video card) of only 2.5, revealed a critical point at 5. The Lumia 610 shows much more stable and efficient, arriving at the threshold of 30FPS with a Fill Rate to 8.5.

So, ignoring the fact that some applications are still running pretty slow, the real problem of Lumia 610 seems to be the volatile memory: the 90MB reserved for each application with the devices with 512Mb RAM, 60Mb of Lumia down to 610 . Fortunately, Microsoft Windows Phone Tango has worked extensively on Paging File, providing additional virtual memory for applications, but this technique can cause swapping On the same time because of delays to the system is increased the workload of the processor.

• Paging File : To the memory of the physical RAM is the amount of virtual memory paging file, which is a file that the operating system created to simulate a larger amount of RAM.

Perhaps with further improvement of Frameworks SDK and things will greatly improve, but for now we can not help that the question asked yesterday would not have been better to choose 384MB of RAM?

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The Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 heading to India in June?

Formally introduced earlier this year, were expected for several months in stores two new smartphones Lumia 610 and 900 created by Nokia in collaboration with Microsoft and characterized by interesting features and specifications that make them very promising two mobile devices. 


In the past, much information has somehow left open the possibility of seeing these two devices to reach the Indian market, and new revelations, yet unconfirmed officially, back on ' argument once again. Portal Onlygizmos revealed information from an anonymous source reported that Nokia would be ready to launch two of its Lumia smartphones the Lumia 610 and Lumia 900 in the Indian market by mid-June, respectively, at a cost of 11,000 rupees and 28,000 rupees. 


Considering that the mobile market in India is the second largest in the world after China , with a growing market especially in the increasingly popular smart phones, such a move could be very positive and important to Nokia and Microsoft , who would see it grow substantially in the sales results of these new smartphones. 


To this we must also add that the prices reported by the anonymous source in question were not as high and therefore more competitive than before. not being available, however no official confirmation in this regard, the information being taken at the time as mere rumors. We await any official announcements. 

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Here is complete list of applications / games can not be used on all Windows Phones with 256 MB of RAM

Nokia Lumia 610,the new entry level Nokia Windows Phone is still struggling with some apps and games that are not compatible with the desired specifications restricted by the low RAM amount.

So, after listing some of the titles are not compatible, we now offer the most accurate statistics of games and applications that are not (yet) supported by Windows Phone with 256MB of RAM (Lumia 610).

As was reported by a study AAWP, applications are not compatible with Windows Phone from 256Mb of RAM is 1,387, or 1, 6% of all those present in the Marketplace.Unfortunately, entering into in greater detail in this analysis, a good 25% of Xbox Live and a good 5% of the 10,000 applications downloaded by users do not support the Lumia 610.

AAWP also pointed out that among the new applications, compiled with the Windows Phone SDK 7.1.1, only 0.8% ( 250 ) do not support restricted to specific devices and Tango with 256Mb of RAM. It is therefore hoped that with each passing week of the Marketplace Lumia 610 may be increasingly rich applications.

If you are interested you can find the complete report of AAWP in the following PDF .

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Nokia Lumia 900 launch pushed Windows Phone users to 13 million

As you can see from the chart above, the number of users who use Windows Phone Facebook is growing.The data comes directly from a research done by Microsoft and has been established that there are approximately 2 million monthly active users.

The data obtained are also due to strong sales of Nokia's Lumia Lumia 610 and 900, besides the fact that to sell well in Finland, are proving very popular elsewhere.

This could not only raise the number of Facebook users, but also improve the market share of Nokia. Are there in fact 4.2 million in sales for Q2 of 2012, slightly up from 3 million in sales in Q1.

Obviously in these results are not considered Windows Phone sold in China, because they do not have the full Facebook integration.

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Nokia Transport 2.0 Beta is now available for all Nokia Lumia devices

In this full week of release, the Nokia Beta Labs have also thought about the Nokia Windows Phones announcing Transport 2.0 Beta for the full Nokia Lumia range.

Here are the new features introduced with this new version:

• Search for nearby stations, the departure times and types of lines available to its position around
• Improved storage of the last search query and the ability to edit data without having to recalculate the entire trip
• Improved performance

More information and download at Nokia Beta Labs .

Kantar: Windows Phone climbs to 3-4% market share in major markets

According to the results of a consumer survey conducted by the company Kantar , the  Windows Phone market share has exceeded 3% - 4% share in key markets 

The best numbers were obtained in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France and the United States where in the last 12 weeks the percentage of penetration of the Microsoft operating system has grown from less than 2% (January 2012) to over 3%, increments up to 6% (in Germany).

In USA even seems that sales of Windows Phone device may have equaled or exceeded the market share from RIM, thanks to the excellent sales result of Nokia Lumia devices 

Kantar provides the market share of Windows Phone in Europe could reach 10% in the second half of 2012, a forecast rather credible if you think the advertisements of new devices of various manufacturers, primarily Nokia, which has recently given way to the start of the sales of its entry level the  Lumia 610 .

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The Nokia Lumia 610 conquest of Europe will start from Italy

Nokia Italy has just announced the launch of The Nokia Lumia 610 entry level Windows Phone with retail price of 199 euros and its designed to compete with low-end Android smartphone.The distribution of the Nokia Lumia 610 in Europe will start from Italy. The eloquent image spread recently by Nokia shows that stocks of the device is ready to reach the shelves of Italian stores.

The Nokia 610 Lumia as pointed out on several occasions is the first true entry level Windows Phone smartphone, a category just beaten by the producers who have invested resources by choosing the operating system from Microsoft. We recall the main specifications of the device using the Qualcomm Snapdragon processor S1 800 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 5MP camera and HSDPA connectivity. The operating system is Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (Tango).

Since the list price of the device is intended to physiological decline after the first marketing period, it can be concluded that Nokia has already prepared an excellent entry level antagonist device that use competing platforms. Remember that you can already preorder the device at the store's unofficial Nokia N-Store (see HERE ).

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CTIA 2012 - Nokia Announces Upcoming Exclusive Apps For Lumia Windows Phone Devices

One of the key elements to differentiate the offering of Windows Phone from Nokia goes from that of competing producers to create unique applications dedicated to the owners of the Lumia smartphones.Since the inception of the smartphone market with Nokia operating system of Redmond, Drive applications such as Nokia, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music have indeed characterized the supplied Lumia software. 

The Finnish manufacturer seems to want to grow the quantity of unique applications for its smartphones, that is why Nokia signed partnerships with major software companies to provide exclusive app.During CTIA 2012, which opened today in New Orleans, Nokia has announced several alliances with software companies like EA and Rovio, which allow you to use many unique applications in the coming months using a smartphone Lumia .

We can schematically summarize the app announced dividing them by categories. This sport includes:

• PGA Tour - developed in collaboration with Nokia and available exclusively for 12 months with the device Lumia
• ESPN - exclusive until May 2013

As for the games category you can record the presence of EA and Rovio between partners of the Finnish company:

• Angry Birds Space , which will arrive on the first device Lumia
• EA will release  FIFA, Madden NFL, NBA Jam, Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Mirror's Edge and Yahtzee

The lifestyle category and finance is well represented by:

• Groupon - the exclusivity period of six months from the launch
• Tripdot
• PayPal

As for applications dedicated to entertainment and news are reported:

• AOL Entertainment Hub - exclusively for six months with the device Lumia
• Time magazine 
• Newsweek

We close with a personal productivity application, or Box , dedicated to the management of Cloud storage services.

On several occasions it was confirmed that the entry of Nokia in the field of Windows Phone had a positive impact not only the producer but to the entire ecosystem. The recent alliance between the house and leading Finnish software house definitely will make more and richer in quality app for Windows Phone Marketplace. The exclusive represent also an important tool to make more attractive to the general public smartphones Lumia.

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The Nokia Lumia 610 now available in China (unboxing photos)

Announced at the Mobile World Congress last February, the Nokia Lumia 610 is now on sale in China. The low cost Windows Phone device of the Finnish giant,  completes the first steps into the vast Chinese market, very important test for Nokia that puts high hopes on this smartphone sales to recover and regain lost market share in last month.

The Nokia Lumia 610 , remember, has a hardware detuned compared to other Windows Phone devices currently on the market. And in fact equipped with 800 MHz processor and 256 MB RAM, characteristics that will allow Nokia to be able to sell at a low price, below 200 Euros. 

Here are some shots of the sales package made ​​by the Chinese site wpdang.com

Skype for Windows Phone working on Nokia Lumia 610, besides the memory restrictions

Despite the statement on the official blog of Skype and Skype spokesman for the declaration of the views in this article, Nokia has contacted Engadget to alert them that the application in question "after some difficulties early on," works well on your Nokia device Lumia 610 (which include using a RAM of 256 MB).

“Skype is available for the Lumia 610 in Marketplace and actually works just fine in the latest round of testing that has been done.”

This is great news for users interested in buying this phone!

Nokia Lumia 610 on sale in Asia. During the 2nd quarter of 2012 will be available worldwide

A while ago Nokia announced that it has begun the distribution of Lumia Nokia 610 . Sales will start in the Philippines next week and the following may also be purchased in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam. In the other countries of the world will be on sale during the 2 nd quarter of 2012.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is designed to meet the needs of young customers and do not want to spend too much on purchasing a quality smartphone. It offers a quick and easy access to popular social networks by integrating in the Hub Contact and very good web browser (Internet Explorer 9) and Xbox Live. The device will also default the WiFi tethering , and the flip-to-silent capabilities, which will be available in other devices in the series Lumia. And of course do not miss the well-known and very popular applications Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Transport and Nokia Nokia Music .

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Samsung Minuet - Windows Phone Tango smartphone coming to China this summer

According to WPDang Samsung is planning to introduce new Windows Phone with Tnago on board into China in June 2012.

The phone will be named Samsung Minuet and probably will have the following features:

• 4 inch screen 
• 1.4GHz. Qualcomm processor
• Windows Phone Tango OS
• (256 MB or 512 MB) has not been revealed as yet.

Samsung Minue will undoubtedly positioned against the Nokia Lumia 710 and the Lumia 610 in the mission to conquer the Chinese Market

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Nokia announces Lumia 610 NFC , the first Windows phone with Near Field Communications

We have seen this phone appeared in WPBench charts in March. Via a video posted on youtube, and then make it private, Nokia has just "officially" announced the Lumia 610 NFC, the first Windows phone with support for Near Field Communications.

While waiting for the company's new smartphone ads actually remains to be seen whether they will be presented with two versions of Lumia 610 or if the smartphone seen in Barcelona, ​​via a firmware update, will support the Near Field Communications.

 

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Nokia officially launched the Nokia Lumia 800C in China

A short time ago the Nokia Conversations blog has officially announced the arrival of Lumia 800C in China .

Submitted directly to Beijing, along with cheaper Lumia 610c which will be released only during Q2 of this 2012 , the Lumia 800C will be one of the most important smartphone for the largest phone market in the world.

Announcing the launch, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said:

“We’re excited to introduce our first Lumia smartphone, the Nokia 800C, to this important market with our exclusive launch partner, China Telecom. Working closely together, we’ve created a compelling, locally relevant experience on the Nokia 800C especially tailored for people in China”. 

The Lumia will arrive in China with new and unique applications. Nokia Lumia smartphones in China will also have access to magazine applications  from Trends,which will launch Cosmopolitan first for Nokia Lumia smartphones and provide Nokia Lumia consumers free access to FHM, Harper’s Bazaar and Esquire.

For  people using a Nokia Lumia smartphone in China, Nokia will soon offer 100,000 free downloads of the hit gaming titles Fruit Ninja and PVZ through the Nokia Collection in Marketplace. 


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Nokia Lumia 610 (WP7.5 Refresh) Video Playback Capabilities Differs From Other Lumia Devices

Here is a chart that compares Lumia Nokia 610, Nokia 800 and Nokia Lumia Lumia 900. We analyze the new Nokia Lumia 610, of which many are calling for the differences in performance due to less RAM memory. 


As the first point the developers of Nokia have been analyzing the rendering of video playback and found that, although supported, but putting a video encoded in an unsupported codec with hardware acceleration, bitrate or higher resolution compared to the baseline Windows Phone, the software may be unable to play the file correctly.

"Video in a supported format but encoded in a codec not supported with hardware acceleration or at higher bitrates or resolutions than the Windows Phone baseline, may either fail to playback or be rendered in software. If software rendering occurs playback will be poor — jumpy and choppy.For example, a video using the VC1 codec Advanced or Main profiles may play through software rendering, instead of hardware acceleration, but if the encoded bitrate is too high it will fail.7x27a-powered phones impose limitations on the video they can play.

These limitations have been implemented to account for the lower processing capacity and memory of these phones. However, by re-encoding your video and making use of the techniques outlined in this article you can preserve your apps UX and continue to offer your users a rich video experience."

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Nokia claims to be number one Windows Phone OEM

Among very interesting advertising campaigns and events organized by Nokia to announce its Windows Phone devices, the Finnish company claims to be delighted with the partnership with Microsoft.

And with only two smartphones on worldwide market  Nokia Lumia  800 and Lumia 710, Nokia claims to be the manufacturer who has sold more Windows Phone terminals in the world. This is surely due to the capabilities that Nokia has carrying out marketing but also for the professionalism, quality and warranty products. 

To increase its market share, Nokia is creating new Windows Phone terminals at low cost, as Lumia Nokia 610, which will cover the low end users to meet and compete with price-sensitive devices based on competing systems. 

Nokia's words:

"Our strategy is working. When, last year we entered into an alliance with Microsoft, our intention was to regain lost market share. We're working but we are satisfied. We are number one in terms of sales in the world market Windows Phone. We are growing. "

Kantar recently revealed Nokia was responsible for 87% of Windows Phone 7 sales in UK in the 3 months ending February 19th, and with the lack of marketing by other OEMs like HTC and Samsung, it is increasingly becoming a Nokia only game. 

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Nokia Play To Beta app is now available for Nokia Lumia devices

Short time ago Nokia Beta Labs have released the first official build (and in testing phase) of Play To. Play To already seen on Symbian is an app that allows the share photos and video of the phone via WLAN with DLNA-compatible devices.

Nokia Labs have announced that in future releases will integrate the functions of streaming audio and DLNA Media Server.

For now, if you're interested, find all the information on the Nokia Betalabs.

Drive 2.0 with Nokia with completely offline GPS navigation available in the WP Marketplace

Nokia Drive version 2.0 finally has been released and now is available for download from WP Marketplace.Nokia Drive is an app for car navigation with offline support complete without the need for a data connection with coverage of more than 100 countries on 6 continents. 

The Nokia Drive 2.0 includes the following changes:

• Completely offline browsing
• Notices of speed limits
• Advanced dashboard with more details and list of recent destinations.

The app, which is exclusive to Nokia handsets can be found at the Nokia corner of WP Marketplace

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Nokia FAQ confirms tethering coming to Nokia Lumia 710, 800

According to an FAQ published on Nokia Connects tethering is coming to Nokia Lumia devices "soon". The FAQ was primarily about the Lumia 900 but covered Nokia's other Windows Phone 7 devices. Nokia Connects say that tethering will coming to the Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 via a firmware update soon, and it will be included on the Nokia Lumia 900 and Nokia Lumia 610 from launch.

Q: When will the tethering update for the Lumia devices be pushed out? A: It will be in coming soon for 800 and 710 via Zune update, for 610 and 900 it will be available at launch.

Q: From a design standpoint, I’ve found that not using the cover can lead to scratches on the chrome element around the camera on the Lumia 800, has that been taken into account for the 900? A: It’s the same design on the 900 as on the 800. 

Q: Is the camera on the Lumia 900 better than that on the Lumia 800? A: The Lumia 900 incorporates camera optimisation for focus and colour balance.
Q: Does the 900 have the same audio hardware as the 800 or has it been improved? I also find the speaker volume low on the 800, is it better on the 900 A: It’s the same speaker module on the Lumia 900 as the 800 but based on feedback from the market we have improved the audio tunings.
Q: Are the improvements to the audio tunings on the Lumia 900 to do with hardware or software?A: It’s a combination of both

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