Nokia releases Voddler exclusively for its Lumia devices. Available in select markets

Nokia has released yet another exclusive app for its Windows Phone Lumia smartphones. The app in question is Voddler , video-on-demand service that allows streaming of the latest movies and TV series.

Voddler was presented at the Mobile World Congress in February and is currently available for Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Spain.

LG Optimus 7 vs Nokia Lumia 610, features and performance comparison (video)

The video that we propose below, published by pocketnow.com, shows a comparison between two Windows Phone devices with different hardware characteristics: LG Optimus 7 and Nokia Lumia 610. 

The first is a first generation of smartphones, with 1 Ghz processor and 512 MB ​​RAM, while the second, launched in Europe this month, is the low cost device Windows Phone from Nokia, with 800 Mhz CPU and 256 MB RAM.

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.

Nokia Maps For Windows Phone Updated To v2.0 with new interesting features

Nokia continues work in bringing exclusive and update their apps for devices Windows Phone series Lumia.

Today the popular Nokia Maps app was updated to version 2.0 implemented a number of interesting features.

Nokia Transport App 2.1 Beta now Available For Download

Nokia continues to treat very convincingly the software exclusively dedicated to the Lumia devices. Nokia released a new update for its Nokia Transport app,that allows you to plan your trips inside the more than 400 cities in the database application. The new update expands the options for trip planning, improved search functionality and performance.

The Nokia Lumia 610 GPU beats the performance of the first set of Windows Phone smartphones

After having reported the number of applications not currently compatible with a thorough analysis of performance and functionality, we return to talk about today's Lumia 610 and its compartment hardware. Thanks to an article by András Velvárt, Silverlight MVP and developer of 3D Browser Surfcube, we have examined the performance of CPU, GPU and Memory of the Nokia Lumia 610.

The new entry level Nokia with 800Mhz processor and 256Mb of Ram, was subjected to comparisons with Lumia 800 with 1.4GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram, and LG Optimus 7 with 1 GHz processor and 512Mb of Ram.

The Nokia Lumia 900 and Lumia 610 coming in 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. 

Here is complete list of applications/games can not be used on all Windows Phones with 256 MB of RAM

Nokia Lumia 610,the new entry level Nokia Windows Phone is still struggling with some apps and games that are not compatible with the desired specifications restricted by the low RAM amount.

So, after listing some of the titles are not compatible, we now offer the most accurate statistics of games and applications that are not (yet) supported by Windows Phone with 256MB of RAM (Lumia 610).

Angry Birds running on Nokia Lumia 610 (video)

Although it has been removed for use in Nokia Lumia 610 due the compatibility, because of the  small amount of RAM, there are those who have succeeded in installing Angry Birds on their Nokia Luma 610 and  decided to show it on video. The game, as you can see runs on the device but unfortunately there are some slowdowns which hopefully will be resolve by Rovio as soon as possible.

Video after the break:

Nokia Lumia sales 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.

Nokia Finland: The team is already working to bring Rovio Angry Birds in Windows Phones with 256 Mb of Ram

As we all know some Windows Phone apps will not be compatible with the Nokia 610 Lumia and Windows Phone with 256 Mb of Ram in general. The app in question are Skype, Tango Video Calls, PES 2012 and Angry Birds, titles widely used by users today.

The applications in question, however, could easily be made ​​compatible for Windows Phone via a low-end of software updates designed to reduce the minimum requirements. It would seem to be the case precisely the famous Angry Birds , to the delight of all fans of this popular game and want to buy the new Nokia Lumia 610.

Skype on Nokia Lumia 610 (Video)

A few days ago we have reported about the incompatibility of Skype on Nokia Lumia 610.Now after  few days later, the guys from WPCentral have managed to install Skype on Nokia Lumia 610. 

From the video you will see that the application works perfectly without any lag or crash.

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 Nokia Transport 2.0 Beta apps which is now available 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 .

Nokia Reading will be preinstalled on Nokia Lumia smartphones with Windows Phone Tango on board

While we are still waiting for the app to be released in the Nokia Collection section of Windows Phone Marketplace Microsoft , Nokia had already decided to preinstall the Nokia Reading app on its Lumia phones Windows Phone Tango on boards. The evidence is the Windows Phone Tango firmware for   Nokia Lumia 710 that appeared in the Nokia servers.

Kantar - Windows Phone market shares continues to grown reaching 3-6% in major markets

According to the results of a consumer survey conducted by the company Kantar , the  Windows Phone market share has exceeded 3% - 4% share in key markets 

The best numbers were obtained in Germany, Great Britain, Italy, France and the United States where in the last 12 weeks the percentage of penetration of the Microsoft operating system has grown from less than 2% (January 2012) to over 3%, increments up to 6% (in Germany).

In USA even seems that sales of Windows Phone device may have equaled or exceeded the market share from RIM, thanks to the excellent sales result of Nokia Lumia devices 

Kantar provides the market share of Windows Phone in Europe could reach 10% in the second half of 2012, a forecast rather credible if you think the advertisements of new devices of various manufacturers, primarily Nokia, which has recently given way to the start of the sales of its entry level smartphone the Lumia 610 .

Via WMPU

The Nokia Lumia 610 conquest of Europe will start from Italy

Nokia Italy has just announced the launch of The Nokia Lumia 610, entry level Windows Phone with retail price of 199 euros and its designed to compete with low-end Android smartphone.The distribution of the Nokia Lumia 610 in Europe will start from Italy. The eloquent image spread recently by Nokia shows that stocks of the device is ready to reach the shelves of Italian stores.

Nokia announces new partnership dedicated to bringing exclusive app for Windows Phone Lumia 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 discover in details what are the first apps on the way to Lumia devices.

Nokia City Lens Augmented Reality App Now Available For Nokia Lumia Devices

Initially known as Live View and then renamed City Lens, the application that transforms the view finder of the camera in a Nokia augmented reality tool, was recently released by the Finnish manufacturer in Beta version for all Windows Phone Lumia smartphones.

The Nokia Lumia 610 has arrived in China (Unboxing)

Announced at the Mobile World Congress last February, the Nokia Lumia 610 is now on sale in China. The low cost Windows Phone device of the Finnish giant,  completes the first steps into the vast Chinese market, very important test for Nokia that puts high hopes on this smartphone sales to recover and regain lost market share in last month.

Skype for Windows Phone working on Nokia Lumia 610, besides the memory restrictions

Despite the statement on the official blog of Skype and Skype spokesman for the declaration of the views in this article, Nokia has contacted Engadget to alert them that the application in question "after some difficulties early on," works well on your Nokia device Lumia 610 (which include using a RAM of 256 MB).

“Skype is available for the Lumia 610 in Marketplace and actually works just fine in the latest round of testing that has been done.”

This is great news for users interested in buying this phone!