Nokia Lumia 900 - T-Mobile will not sell the device in Germany for the inability to upgrade to WP8?

The events in the marketing of Nokia Lumia 900 in the German market by T-Mobile is back in the limelight because the media echo gave a statement officious telephone operator. The statement was issued by a member of the team T- Mobile and clarify the reasons for choosing not to start the deployment of Nokia Lumia 900 in Germany. A basis for the decision is the inability to update the new flagship of the Finnish manufacturer to Windows Phone 8 . Declarations of T-Mobile, as you might guess, have a scope that goes beyond the specific case, representing an unofficial confirmation of the impossibility of terminals Lumia update the next release of Microsoft's operating system. For the record, we point out that, after the release of the declaration, other members of the T-Mobile have made ​​it clear that it is not an official statement, suggesting that the reasons which may lead to the choice of whether to market a device are many.

The declaration, from a few days ago, contains a phrase that apparently leaves no room for interpretation: 

We will not take the Lumia 900 in our product range as it is not software-update-means clustering enabled.What That is if the new WP 8 Should the fourth quarter as of 2012, 'which will not be updated 900th Lumia Lumia not insert the 900 in our product portfolio since it is not upgradeable.This means that if the new WP8 were to be distributed in the last quarter of 2012, the Lumia 900 will not be updated 

At present the only certainty is that T-Mobile does not release the Lumia 900. For reference, we note that another German mobile operator (O2) was of the opposite opinion, and has begun selling the Lumia 900 in Germany.

The suggestion is to wait for further confirmation that may come after the official launch of Windows Phone 8. Only after this event will be possible to trace with certainty the border between the terminals will be upgraded and those that will be forced to renounce the last version of the Microsoft operating system. We recall that the official position of Nokia does not confirm or deny the news of the distribution of the update to Windows Phone 8 for the line of smartphones Lumia.

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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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AT&T Lumia 900 gets firmware update, fixes display issue and Proximity Sensor

The AT&TNokia 900 Lumia is having good success in the US market even though there have been some small annoying bugs like purple screen for instance - In short, when the screen would dim down to "low" greys would become purple across the whole display, including on graphics and photos

Thanks to the reporting of colleagues wpcentral we learn that Nokia and Microsoft, as promised , are releasing a firmware update that fixes many bugs including the purple screen. Here are some bugs that were corrected with this new firmware update:

• Purple Screen
• Proximity Sensor
• Minor corrections

Also Nokia noted that many other surprises are coming with the next updates:

"This update is only for Nokia Lumia 900 on AT&T’s network in the United States. In addition to the enhancements mentioned, we’ll be rolling out new updates and surprises in the near future to all Lumia 900 users, so stay tuned! "

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Analysts checks confirms that the Nokia Lumia 900 continues to sell well in U.S.

Officially presented during the first months of 2012 , the new smartphone Nokia Lumia 900 ,a member of the famous family of Smartphones created highly successful collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft , is available on the market in various countries around the world for some time now. 

The results recorded up to now have been positive for Nokia demonstrating the excellent reception received by this device evaluated positively by the international critics, but recently some items, at least for the American market, presaged some suffering resulting drop in sales of smartphones due to the launch of the HTC One X.
Well those rumors, at least according to tests carried out recently, seem to have been definitively refuted. James Faucette of Pacific Crest Securities , has decided to speak on the subject by focusing on results obtained recently by these devices. According Faucette, in fact, smartphones series Lumia , in the United States , showed results similar to those released last month showing that sales of these devices continue to govern without problems, probably also to the massive marketing campaign Nokia Lumia 900 that gave the benefits to other smartphones in the same family. 

If these results were able to remain stable in America Devices Windows Phone could dramatically increase its market penetration. but we will have to wait for future updates to learn more .

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Nokia Care thinks The Nokia Lumia 900 is upgradable to Windows Phone 8

Microsoft has not announced Windows Phone 8 Apollo or even communicated if any of the current smartphones can be updated. Meanwhile, although it could be an announcement very reliable, the Nokia Care team during a chat support said that the Nokia Lumia 900 will be upgradeable to Windows Phone 8.

So, as soon as possible we are hoping to learn something more, since then we remind you that Microsoft would be introducing Apollo to the public on June 20.

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A new infographic compares the costs of the components between Nokia Lumia 900 and iPhone 4S

In agreement with what had been reported by iSuppli , according to which the construction of the Nokia  Lumia 900 would cost $209 to Nokia, iSuppli proposed an interesting infographic that compares the economic value of the components of Lumia 900 and iPhone 4S .

As we previously reported, despite the Lumia has higher costs than the iPhone 4S, Windows Phone from Nokia is selling at about $ 200 less than the Apple smartphone. Moreover, among the various components, is very interesting that the cost of the Apple processor (Dual Core) are less than Qualcomm (Single Core) used by Nokia.

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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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Nokia Lumia 900 Dark Knight Rises edition is now available for pre-order at Phone4u in UK

As we have reported earlier UK customers will be able to get their hands on Nokia Lumia 900 "The Dark Knight Rises Limited Edition" and also get free cinema tickets and chance to win a vip experience to the premiere.

Now UK retailer Phones4U has just activated the pre-orders for this particular edition of Nokia Lumia 900 and the first shipments will begin June 1, just weeks ahead of the arrival of the latest Batman movie in the UK cinemas.

More info at Phones4U 

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 shows again the Nokia Lumia 900 Magenta on Facebook

The Magenta Nokia Lumia 900 first appeared in a Microsoft Store with AT&T and later in a webapp in the official Nokia Facebook page and now the Lumia 900 in Magenta was again anticipated by the Finish manufacturer in photo albums on Nokia Australia Facebook page.

Recall that this variant of Lumia 900 has not yet been officially announced by Nokia, but now seems that its arrival on the Australian market in the coming months.

You can find the photos on facebook.com/NokiaAustralia .

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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 .

Ad for Nokia Lumia 900 unveils new Contacts and Photo Live Tiles?

As you can see in more detail in the following screesnhost Hub Contacts and Photos look different from what we usually see on Windows Phone Mango, written with the first and the second with a count for which was also divided into two square tiles. 

1. Contacts - The tiles flip and it says "Meet up with Sarah"
2. Photo Hub - Flips and splits into two tiles, one with the latest photo, the other with a count

This is an oversight of the graph that has created the banner in question or is a foretaste of what we will see with future firmware updates to Windows Phone? Or is a Nokia customization on its Lumia Windows Phones

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Nokia-branded WP Marketplace spotted in latest Nokia Lumia 900 software update

We continue to discover new details in the Nokia Lumia 900 that can be bought today in the United Kingdom . Among the changes noted in the operating system (Tango) that powers the device now we can see that the Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace on the Lumia 900 is now being branded with Nokia's own logo.The news itself is not so ground shacking,but it's one of the first signs of Nokia's influence on the Windows Phone operating system.

According to the image at the beginning it seems that Nokia could have started using its privilege to make customizations to windows phone UI. The hypothesis that Nokia has begun to make customizations to the UI of Windows Phone is definitely interesting.

At the moment Nokia, like other producers who have chosen the Windows Phone platform, has a space in the official Markeplace that contains the unique applications for the device and the hypothesized Lumia store of the original agreement has not yet been realized.

The customization of the icon contained in the Marketplace software Lumia 900 does not prove the existence of the store, but it represents another small area of ​​freedom granted to the Finnish manufacturer which hopefully others will follow.

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Nokia Lumia 900 now on sale in the UK, with 'Tango' on board?

The HSPA + variant of the Nokia Lumia 900, which is the European version now is available for sale in England courtesy of Phones4U. 

However interesting novelty regarding the Lumia 900 is that according to the reports from TheVerge the Lumia 900 will be sold under the Windows Phone Build 8773.98 , which is next Windows Phone update aka Tango or wp7.5 refresh

Currently, the Redmond company has not said when it will start the update on current devices,but hopefully it will not be long wait.

More info at Phones4U.

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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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Nokia Lumia 900 Has The Best Outdoor Viewable Display In The Market according to DisplayMate

After reporting that the 900 has Lumia the screen with the lowest reflectance of all mobile devices measured , the portal DisplayMate is back to praise the quality of the Nokia ClearBlack display.

The laboratories have committed this time to compare the data on the visibility of the display of mobile devices, in particular how these smartphones are able to handle increases in ambient light, electing Lumia 900 as best overall.

The settings used by Nokia with screens ClearBlack succeed to reduce, if not defeat, some of the defects in AMOLED display, initially distressed, as demonstrated by the results of the first HTC Desire, poor legibility under direct sunlight.

After Lumia 900, in this particular ranking, we find the Samsung Galaxy S and immediately after the Galaxy is the Apple iPhone 4. It 'a shame that DisplayMate has not considered for these tests out some of the new smartphones that hit the market recently.

More information at DisplayMate.

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AT&T: Lumia Nokia 900 is the second best selling smartphone in April!

It seems that the new Windows Phone  flagship from Nokia  has intrigued the smartphone customers so much to achieve sales podium, according to rankings from Amazon and the  AT & T. In our first article that we have posted  a few days after the official launch of the Nokia 900 Lumia in the United States,we have reported that the smartphone  has been highly appreciated by users so much to achieve good sales results, unexpected winning the first and third place in the Amazon sales charts.


Regarding last month, the Nokia Lumia 900 has reached second place among the bestselling smartphones sold by AT&T, bypassing the notorious Samsung Galaxy SII and immediately after Apple's iPhone 4s who is still in first place with 70% at AT & T. 


This is good news for Microsoft and for the Finnish company, engaged in the development and support of all Windows Phone.We hope that the flagship of the Finnish company can defend itself from attack by Samsung with the latest addition the Samsung Galaxy S3 presented a few days ago and that of the newest HTC Android flagship phone HTC One X.

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Nokia has shipped 17,000 Lumia smartphones to developers

Mark Silver, senior vice president of developer and marketplace experience of Nokia has announced that the Finnish brand, until now, has sent 17,000 Lumia developers committed to the growth of the Windows Phone platform.The company has contributed significantly to the expansion of the ecosystem of the Redmond operating system, given important push to the development of applications. Before the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft, in fact, the Marketplace app was formed by 7,000, while at the store in dedicated applications to Windows Phone has over 80,000 applications.

During Nokia World, the company had anticipated that it would distribute 25,000 Lumia smartphones to developers in the developer program designed to encourage the development of apps for Windows Phone. At the moment there are still other 8000 devices for distribution, but the results already obtained seem satisfactory, according to statements of Marco Argenti:

The growth (WP ecosystem) Also is two to the very repute We've Been Working Closely with Microsoft in a lot of practical actions to engage with developers to support our strategy

Growth (WP ecosystem) is also due to the fact that we have worked closely with Microsoft in many initiatives aimed at obtaining the support of our strategy by developers

Nokia in recent months has been engaged in the first person to encourage the development of phone appa for Windows Phone, not only producing exclusive apps for its Lumia range like Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps and Creative Studio, but also planning over 600 events for developers  from January until June.

The development of a robust ecosystem of apps is an indispensable element for the success of a mobile platform, and Nokia does not seem to have overlooked until now such an important element.

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Nokia makes more money from its Patents than by its Lumia Windows Phones

The change in strategy based on switching to Windows Phone, strongly wanted by CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia still is not producing the desired results. So while the Finnish manufacturer has seen Samsung take the scepter of the phone market leader, the latest financial results showed alarming numbers, since Nokia managed to sold only  11.9 million smartphones (51% less than the same period of the previous year).

Many experts and analysts believe the first fruits of the collaboration with Microsoft does not arrive before the end of 2012, others just attack Nokia CEO Elop for some months, but as usual time will tell if Nokia did the right move jumping the WP train

Meanwhile, evidence that the Lumia Windows Phone can surely do better, as has been reported on AppleInsider , Nokia has recently earned more from the Apple smartphones than from its Lumia Windows Phones ,because Apple has in fact paid $ 600 million to pay the royalties for some key patents used on iPhone and iPad.

Payments for patents are not a novelty: Apple had to pay another $ 550 million for the licenses of Google services, while Big G has recently purchased Motorola Mobility for 12.5 billion dollars by securing a large number of essential patents.

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Compal to see strong Lumia shipments to Nokia in 2Q of 2012

The Compal Communications continues to provide increases for shipments of Lumia Windows Phone. In fact, when I reported to expect a 20% increase in shipments of mobile devices between Q1 2012 and Q2 2012 , with the consequent 4 million Lumia 610 for the second quarter , the ODM based in Taiwan would have expected this second quarter of 2012, an increase of shipments of Lumia of 30-40%, for a total 2.5-3 million smartphones.

Needless to say, the demand has increased for the arrival of Lumia 610 and Lumia  800 in the markets of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

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