Lumia owners embraced by Nokia

 

Microsoft may have decided to leave us Lumia owners out in the cold regarding the Windows Phone 8 update but Nokia have come to our aid, with the warm and comforting shoulder that a good parent should do.

As of June the 27th they will begin rolling out the Tango update to all Lumia 800 ,710 and 900 owners. This update brings the long awaited feature of Wireless hotspot to Lumia 800 and 710 users. It will also bring the often forgotten Flip to silence feature that was present on Symbian devices of old back to Nokia smartphones. This feature will come to all devices.

So, it may not be all doom and gloom for us. Also remember that we have got the 7.8 update coming down the line in Quarter 4 featuring a new Start screen.

Do you feel this is enough or do you feel like you have been betrayed by MS, voice off in the forums and let is know what you think.

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Credit – The Verge

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Nokia 808 PureView with 41 Megapixel Camera Headed for the U.S.

The Nokia 808 PureView smartphone, along with its impressive 41 megapixel camera, will be available to consumers in the U.S. soon.

An unlocked and unsubsidized version of the handset will be sold on Amazon.com for $700. Pre-orders for the device start later this week, and prospective customers can sign up to be notified when the smartphone will be officially on-sale.

Those with the Nokia 808 PureView will be able to use a compatible SIM card from AT&T and will also be able to work under the T-Mobile network.

Nokia 808 PureView Background

The 808 PureView has a 4-inch AMOLED ClearBlack touchscreen. It features a whopping 41 megapixel camera along with Nokia PureView imaging technology, Carl Zeiss optics, and high resolution sensors.

In addition to its imaging capability, the device includes full HD 1080p video recording and playback with 4X lossless zoom. The 808 PureView will also be the first phone to use Nokia Rich Recording which enables audio recording at CD-like levels of quality.

Unlike Nokia's other recent smartphones, this runs Symbian Belle, not Windows Phone. It does so on a 1.3 GHz single-core processor, and will have 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal memory. Other features include a microSD card slot, HDMI-out, Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC, and USB On-The-Go.

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Nokia to acquire staff and technologies from imaging specialist, Scalado

Rating: Lund base will become Nokia’s imaging software R&D centre

In a very interesting development in the production of imaging software for smartphones, Nokia has announced its intention to acquire Swedish software developers, Scalado. The terms of the transaction are confidential but it is clear that Nokia intends to centre its imaging software R&D around Scalado’s base in Lund. Not only will Nokia acquire Scalado’s technologies and intellectual property but it will also take on the company’s people, too.Commenting on the development, Scalado’s CEO, Håkan Persson, said, “This is a great opportunity for many of our people to show their leadership in imaging and to continue to build its future.”

He continued, “Doing this as part of Nokia, already a leader in mobile imaging, will reinforce the strength of the technologies and competences developed here at Scalado.”

Significantly, Scalado promises to maintain all present customer agreements and obligations. It will also continue to work with existing customers – honouring its delivery and support obligations

Historically, Scalado had connexions with Nokia’s handset competitors such as Motorola and Sony Ericsson, so this may be a reference to Scalado maintaining those links.

Interestingly, Scaldo has produced Windows Mobile versions of some of its imaging apps but it’s not clear if it has developed equivalents for Windows Phone 7.5 (W7 Mango) quite yet.

Curiously the company had recently announced a change of direction, saying on its web site that “We still work with imaging but have changed our focus to benefit the telecom industry and handheld devices.”

It had also been moving away from only providing its technology via OEMs, to putting its products on Google Play and the Apple iTunes App Store.

  

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