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What to expect from today’s Nokia event

2012-09-04T11:00:14-04:00

Nokia WP8 event

Crammed in among one of the busiest product announcement weeks of this year, Nokia is looking to make a splash with its latest round of devices running Microsoft's Windows Phone platform. Does this represent the company's last real chance for survival as an independent company? It's hard to say - there have been pundits predicting the wayward Finnish giant's doom for years now - but there's no question that the urgency for Nokia to score a global, hugely profitable smartphone hit or two grows with each new generation of handsets. Let's take a look at what we can expect.

Hardware: two to conquer them all?

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Nokia camera chief: ‘PureView is not a single specific feature or specification’

2012-09-04T07:07:46-04:00

Nokia 808 PureView_1020

Nokia's big launch event tomorrow is expected to feature the brand new Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 handset, which should come with PureView branding, just like the 808 PureView. Unlike its Symbian brandmate, however, the Lumia 920 is not anticipated to feature an enormous 41-megapixel sensor, raising some questions about what the PureView brand on the new phone will actually mean. In a series of tweets this week, Damian Dinning, Nokia's man in charge of cameras, has explained that PureView is about the overall camera performance, including optics, software, and image processing, and not the simple megapixel count.

You might say he's preemptin …

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Nokia Lumia 820 to include wireless charging, exchangeable covers, and microSD slot

2012-09-03T11:58:02-04:00

Nokia Lumia 820

Nokia will introduce its latest Lumia 820 handset at a special event with Microsoft on Wednesday September 5th, we have learned. Images of the Lumia 820 leaked last week and we have been able to confirm them with multiple sources. The 4.3-inch Lumia 820 will be Nokia's new mid- to high-end Windows Phone and will feature some of the same impressive hardware specifications that its big brother (Lumia 920) also includes.

Like the 920, wireless charging on the Lumia 820 will be available too - allowing users to charge the device on a specially designed pad without cables. However, we undertand that owners will need to purchase an additional cov …

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Nokia Lumia 820 and 920’s wireless charging pad revealed

2012-09-03T11:06:20-04:00

Lumia 920 wireless charging pad

Both the Lumia 820 and 920 - expected to be announced at an event in New York this Wednesday - are believed to feature wireless charging, and the evidence grows this morning with the leak of an image showing the models on their charging pad. The pad looks to be nearly as long as the phone itself with a single cord trailing off into the distance (presumably connecting to a USB port), but if rumors of Qi compatibility are true, it's conceivable that owners of the phone will be able to use a variety of pads from other manufacturers as well; Verizon, for instance, offers Qi wireless charging on a number of its smartphones.

We'll know more in tw …

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Exclusive: Nokia Lumia 920 to include wireless charging, 32GB storage, and 8-megapixel camera

2012-09-03T09:20:01-04:00

Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia will introduce its latest Lumia 920 handset at a special event with Microsoft on Wednesday September 5th, we have learned. Images of the Lumia 920 leaked last week and we have been able to confirm them with multiple sources. The Lumia 920 will be Nokia's new flagship Windows Phone and will include some impressive hardware specifications to match. According to sources familiar with the company's Windows Phone plans, Nokia is packaging wireless charging with its Lumia 920.

Wireless charging, with standards support

Lumia 920 wireless charging support will be provided via an inductive method - lining the device up to the contacts on a char …

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Nokia Lumia 820 prototype images leak, show off white model with 335MB RAM

2012-08-31T11:13:57-04:00

Lumia 820 leak (We Love WP HK)

Nokia's Lumia 820 got an early debut in render form earlier today, and now images of a prototype version of the same device have leaked out. Posted at We Love Windows Phone HK, the images show what looks to be an early version of the Lumia 820 with a slightly different camera housing. Interestingly, the Lumia 820 is shown in white - which backs up the multiple colors we saw earlier today.

The Lumia 820 pictured is said to be running on Windows Phone 8 build 8.0.9735.0 with 335MB of RAM and you can clearly see the proto.nokia.com branding on the handset. No other specifications are available, but we're expecting to see the Lumia 820 at a spe …

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Nokia Lumia 820 4.3-inch Windows Phone leaks

2012-08-31T06:47:23-04:00

Nokia Lumia 820

An image of the Nokia Lumia 820 has been leaked by Twitter user evleaks. The 820 apparently has a 4.3-inch display, and if you squint you'll make out "Carl Zeiss" on the camera lens, but not much more is known at this point. It looks though this is the mid-range "Arrow" handset we reported on last week, which is set to launch on AT&T and T-Mobile in the US. A variant codenamed Atlas is bound for Verizon later on. Nokia has a press event on September 5th where we're expecting it to unveil the Lumia 820 alongside the just-leaked flagship, the Lumia 920 with PureView.

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Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView revealed, includes 4.5-inch display

2012-08-31T06:45:44-04:00

Nokia Lumia 920

Nokia's new flagship Windows Phone 8 device has been leaked today, revealed as the Lumia 920. Posted to Twitter by @evleaks, the Lumia 920 appears to include a PureView camera that the company has been hinting at in recent weeks. Codenamed the Phi, Nokia's Lumia 920 is said to include a 4.5-inch display and will likely be available in a number of colors judging by the leaked image.

Other details on the handset are not available, but leaked images of the Lumia 820 also surfaced today - previously known as the Arrow. We expect both devices to be unveiled at a special event with Microsoft in New York next week, where we'll learn all the offici …

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Nokia teases September 5th Windows Phone event, claims ‘things are about to change’

2012-08-29T06:18:42-04:00

Nokia YouTube PureView teaser

While Nokia has scheduled a joint press conference with Microsoft for September 5th, we're only expecting two Windows Phone devices right now. A new video from Nokia's official YouTube channel hints that the company could be preparing a big announcement on September 5th. The video, which appears to be shot on a camera phone, shows a bike ride with the text "things are about to change." An accompanying description notes the change will occur on September 5th.

It's not immediately clear from the video if the footage is shot from a Nokia Windows Phone or even an anticipated PureView Windows Phone, but it follows rumors of a third Nokia Windows …

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New Nokia patent reveals possible ‘Lumia Arrow’ design

2012-08-27T20:12:05-04:00

nokia arrow patent

A recently granted design patent may have revealed one of the two handsets we expect to see from Nokia and Microsoft at their upcoming Windows Phone 8 event. Filed with the US Patent Office on August 21st, the drawings show a slate device that resembles the Nokia Lumia 610 and is somewhat consistent with a prototype bezel that surfaced earlier this month. Illustrations of what appears to be Nokia's "Lumia Phi" showed up last week, making this handset a possible candidate for the mid-range "Lumia Arrow" or even the Lumia 719. Either way, we'll know exactly what both companies have up their sleeves next week in New York City.

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