April 14, 2011
The word on the street (online) is that Nokia already has their first to Windows Phone devices built, named and using them as prototypes. The first one dubbed W7 as it is built on a Nokia X7hardware base. The W8 as created as a variant of the Nokia N8 (concept image below) . The W7 is […]
Tags: N8, Nokia, Rumor, W7, W8, windows phone 7, WP7, X7News, Phones
April 6, 2011
With the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft in full swing we are left wondering what the Nokia Windows Phone 7’s will look like. Since we won’t have an answer to that question for quite some time, we have to satisfy our curiousity with phone concepts instead. Here is a list of five Nokia phone concepts from […]
Tags: concepts, Nokia, phones, windows phone 7, WP7Phones
April 4, 2011
Anyone questioning how the Nokia deal will drastically change WP7? Just take a look at this video showing the Nokia Astound getting run over by a huge van twice and still looking brand new afterwords (and still working). The video was also shot with the same type of phone. Very excited about the future of […]
Tags: Camera, Durability, Nokia, Nokia Astound, Video, windows phone 7, WP7News, Phones
April 4, 2011
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop held a presentation at McMaster University on April 1st. For those interested in what he said the video is below. While there the Financial Post was granted an interview with Mr. Elop, I inserted the Q&A’s that I thought would most appeal to our readers. Financial Post has the full transcripted […]
Tags: Android, financial post, iPhone, mcmaste, Microsoft, Nokia, stephen elop, windows phone 7, WP7News
March 29, 2011
Today IDC Released their Worldwide Forecasts for the Smartphone Market. They see some huge changes in the mobile front for the next few years. They say the iPhone will keep pretty much the same market share they have now and that Android will capture a bit more to keep it the top OS worldwide with 45% […]
Tags: Analyst, Android, IDC, IOS, iPhone, Nokia, symbian, Windows Phone, windows phone 7, WP7News
March 28, 2011
Nokia has taken many steps lately to re-create itself. The partnership with Microsoft has definitely been the biggest change for the company so far. In a move to try to set itself apart from other companies they have created a new typeface for digital use and future phones called Nokia Pure. This might seem as […]
Tags: Font, Microsoft, Nokia, Typeface, WP7News
March 25, 2011
While it is expected that smartphones are the phones of the future, research firm Ovum expects “significant growth of smartphones over the next five years”. By 2016, Android is expected to be the leader in smartphone os’s with Apple taking second and Windows Phone 7 just behind Apple. Ovum principal analyst Adam Leach said “For […]
Tags: Android, Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, ovum, windows phone 7, WP7News
March 23, 2011
Nokia doesn’t make phones for CDMA carriers, they are strictly GSM. Verizon and Sprint customers will finally see Nokia devices on their networks but they will have to wait until the Nokia Windows Phone 7’s. Stephen Elop announced at the Mobile World Congress that Nokia would manufacture CDMA devices however it was not specified that […]
Tags: CDMA, Nokia, Sprint, symbian, Verizon, windows phone 7, WP7Phones
March 21, 2011
Everyone has had their eyes on Microsoft and Nokia ever since Nokia announced that they will be abandoning their Symbian OS in order to fully support Windows Phone 7. To add a nice little twist to that partnership there is a rumor that Nokia WP7 devices will have capabilities that the other OEM’s will not […]
Tags: HTC, LG, Microsoft, Nokia, samsung, symbian, windows phone 7, WP7News
March 15, 2011
Many are left wondering what is to happen to the Ovi store once Nokia’s transition to Microsoft is complete. Will it be it’s own section in the Marketplace, much like each of the other phone manufacturers has its’ own Marketplace area? Will they completely abandon Symbian apps and continue with the apps developed soley for Windows Phone […]
Tags: Apps, Marketplace, Microsoft, Nokia, ovi, symbian, wp7 windows phone 7News