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 .

Via Nokia press

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

Source WPDang ; Via WPSause

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.





Via WMPU

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.

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."

Via esphoneblog

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. 

Via WMPU

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  Nokia Betalabs.

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

Via WPCentral

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

Source Nokiaconnects Via AAWP

Nokia Drive 2.0 with full off-line GPS navigation coming next week

Nokia at Mobile World Congress 2012 has not only introduced the new series smartphones Lumia, Nokia has officially shown the first beta version of Nokia Drive 3.0 ( Nokia Nokia officially Drive 2.0 and shows the first beta of Nokia Drive 3.0 )


Finally, it seems that Nokia Drive, a GPS pre-installed on all Nokia Windows Phone devices, is coming in version 2.0 will offer users the navigation completely offline (in the version current must have a data network for the route calculation).


The news came via Twitter by Sander Teunissen, a sales manager at Nokia, who wrote that next week this new version will be released ,  the app will be arriving,not only with off-line mode, but also lane assistance.


Via WMPU

Stephen Elop: Nokia Lumia coming to China on March 28th

Another important move for the spread of smartphones Lumia is being made ​​by Nokia.The Windows Phone the Finnish manufacturer will make their debut in the important Chinese market from next March 28 as it was confirmed by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop.

Nokia has failed to arrive first in the Chinese market with devices based on the operating system of Redmond. For several days, in fact, HTC has already started to offer Chinese users the Titan . The delay from the Finnish, however, does not seem to be excessive, given that by the end of March Lumia also try to make a breach between the Chinese public.

Not yet been announced models that will be distributed by the two national telephone operators China Telecom and China Unicom. And 'argument holds that it will be variants of the Lumia Lumia 800 and 710. Recall that in the past weeks the rumors first referred to the CDMA version of Lumia 800 .

Yet to assess the reception that the Chinese public to reserve Nokia Lumia. In China the company has managed to expand the installed base of devices Sybmian and telephone operators engaged in the marketing of Lumia will be an important tool for "ferry" the user from the previous proposal for a new platform to Nokia.

Source 21cbh , Via Engadget

Nokia is bringing "Flip to Mute" option to Windows Phone

According to the manual coming from the Federal Communications Commission report, the Lumia 610 will come on the market with the new "Flip to Mute" option.The Flip to Mute will only make the phone silent when another user is calling simply inverting the handset.

HTC has a similar feature but it goes through their external Attentive Phone application.Unfortunately it is not clear whether this will be a feature of Windows Phone Tango or will be exclusive to Nokia.

Via Windowsphonedaily

Nokia Lumia 610 is available for pre-order In Germany

The entry-level smartphone from Nokia the Lumia 610 is now available for pre-order in Germany.The online retailer getgoods.de has listed Nokia handset as available for pre-order with notification that will be available in 2-3 weeks. So far the the device is available in black but more colors will be available in the next weeks.


More info at getgoods.de


Via wpnewsflip

Nokia Lumia 610 specs and pictures leaked

Pocketnow have added to the Nokia Lumia 610 spillage by leaking 4 new renders of the handset, in white, black, magenta and cyan.  The handset will supposedly be available in these colours, and Pocketnow expects will have a 5 megapixel camera, contrary to the rumours of a 3 megapixel version.

According to the reports, the 610 Lumia should have a display of 3.2 ", a 3MP camera and 256Mb of RAM. The selling price should be around € 175.

Considering that the license of Windows Phone costs about 30 € and that a terminal will have a team of developers for at least 12-24 months so that it can be supported, so it will be convenient to launch such a product at such a low cost?

Hopefully on Monday morning we will know for sure if those rumors are true.

Via Pocketnow

Reuters reports that Nokia Lumia 610 and Global 900 will be revealed at MWC

Reuters reports that they have information from two sources that Nokia is set to unveil a low-end Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 610, and also a global version of  Nokia Lumia 900.


According to Reuters Nokia at MWC In addition to the new Lumia 610 Nokia will also unveil at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona a global version of its high-end Lumia 900 phone, which AT&T is scheduled to roll out in the United States.

The two new smartphones will be unveiled by Nokia  at a news at conference next Monday, on February 27.

More information at Reuters


Via WMPU

Nokia Lumia 610 appears in WPBench with Tango on board

The Nokia 610 Lumia has been indicated on several occasions as one of the first Windows phone equipped with the new operating system release Tango, designed for entry level device. The reference to the terminal has been recently reported in the benchmark WPBench.

As you can see with the screenshot at the beginning, the reference to the Lumia 610 is explicit, but it helps to attract the attention of the reference to build the operating system that is 7.10.85.57, a release different from the current one based on Mango could just be the version of Windows Phone operating system reserved for entry level device.

The new "sighting" of Lumia 610 supporting the hypothesis that future presentation could take place in Barcelona just a little less than a week, while not absolute proof of a version of the operating system used by the terminal.

Via windowsphoneapps.es

Nokia Lumia 610 confirmation, passes certification in Indonesia

As we have reported yesterday,Nokia will be unveiling six phones at the MWC in Barcelona, and among them, two will be Windows phones. Now one of those 2 mention handsets the Nokia Lumia 610 has passed certification in Indonesia.


The entry shows that the device will support the GSM 900/1800 as well as WCDMA 2100 bands, and will support the standard Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections. The device is also said to be made in the Republic of Korea. Not much else is revealed by the entry, except the fact that the device exists.


The Nokia Lumia 610 probably will a budget model it's likely to be available on pay as you go and low monthly contracts.


Via LiveSide