Camera Extras, incoming new shooting features for the Nokia Lumia devices

Nokia will release in the coming days on Marketplace, inside the Nokia Collection,Camera Extras . This is an application that, as you will see in the video at bottom of page, add the Lumia 900, 800, 710 and 610 new features to allow users to create quality images in the following ways:

Group photo
Thanks to a sophisticated system for the recognition of faces and to an advanced internal algorithm to the software you can choose the best expressions of the subjects selecting from five photos that will be acquired in rapid succession as soon as you press the shutter button. Anything to get the best group shot possible.

Telus Canada announced the Tango update for LG Optimus 7 on 20th June,13 July for Nokia Lumia 800!

The Canadian phone operator Telus through a PDF in their official page dedicated to updates, announces the release of Windows Phone Tango "Consumer Mango Refresh 3"  for LG Optimus 7 will arrive Wednesday, June 20.

Tango update for Nokia Lumia 800 and HTC Trophy approved by Vodafone Australia

Vodafone Australia was working to approve the update to Windows Phone Tango for its branded smartphone.

On the updates page of Vodafone Australia, we can now see how the approval phase of Windows Phone Tango (call from Vodafone "Mango Consumer Refresh 3") for your device is finished.  

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.

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.

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.

Rumor - The first Windows Phone 8 smartphone from Nokia will have the same design as its current Lumia range?

Microsoft could present Windows Phone 8 on June 20 and Nokia should announce the first devices during Nokia World 2012 on 5 and 6 September. Meanwhile despite the current update of the smartphone is still a mystery, according to what the latest rumors 8 of the first Windows Phone Nokia may have a design very similar to that used by Finnish producer with its Lumia range (Lumia 800 and Lumia 900).

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 .

RainbowMod - First custom ROM for Nokia Lumia 800

After RanbowMod Lumia for Nokia 710 , the Custom ROM based on Tango, which allows a wide range of device customization, here comes one for the Nokia Lumia 800.The author is the same lucifer3006 from XDA , which has created a version of RainbowMod ROM for the Chinese version of Lumia 800 with firmware revision  1750.805.8773.12140 (Tango).

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.

More positive Windows Phone sales news,WP market share showing sings of growth

Although the Windows Phone OS still holds rates of diffusion rather low in recent months, the market share of Windows Phone has experiencing a significant growth in some markets . These results have certainly been achieved thanks to the massive advertising campaign carried out by Nokia to promote their Lumia organized with the initiative from Microsoft called "Smoked by Windows Phone" which as we have seen , has proved successful.

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.

Nokia Drive 3.0 and Nokia Transport 2.0 new features detailed

More than once we have anticipated some of the features that Nokia will include in future versions of Drive Nokia Nokia and Transport, the two applications made ​​by the Finnish manufacturer that are exclusive to its Lumia range of Windows phones.Today directly from Russia new information have  leaked regarding the two applications are expected in the coming months in the Nokia Collection corner of WP Marketplace.

Nokia has shipped 17,000 Lumia smartphones to developers

Mark Silver, senior vice president of developer and marketplace experience of Nokia has announced that the Finnish brand, until now, has sent 17,000 Lumia to developers committed to the growth of the Windows Phone platform.The company has contributed significantly to the expansion of the ecosystem of the Redmond operating system, given important push to the development of applications. Before the agreement between Nokia and Microsoft, in fact, the Marketplace app was formed by 7,000, while at the store in dedicated applications to Windows Phone has over 80,000 applications.

Nokia Lumia 800 modified to support wireless charging (video)

The Nokia 800 Lumia has become the protagonist of a hardware change, which introduced the possibility of wireless charging the battery . How to make this course interesting modification requires expert knowledge of electronics and a certain dexterity.Although not accessible to all users, the model provides an integrated feature that would not mind seeing in the future in the next Lumia smartphones.

Nokia makes more money from its Patents than by its Lumia Windows Phones

The change in strategy based on switching to Windows Phone, strongly wanted by CEO Stephen Elop, Nokia still is not producing the desired results. So while the Finnish manufacturer has seen Samsung take the scepter of the phone market leader, the latest financial results showed alarming numbers, since Nokia managed to sold only  11.9 million smartphones (51% less than the same period of 'previous year).

Compal expects a further increase in shipments of Lumia for Q2 of 2012

The Compal Communications continues to provide increases for shipments of Lumia Windows Phone. In fact, when I reported to expect a 20% increase in shipments of mobile devices between Q1 2012 and Q2 2012 , with the consequent 4 million Lumia 610 for the second quarter , the ODM based in Taiwan would have expected this second quarter of 2012, an increase of shipments of Lumia of 30-40%, for a total 2.5-3 million smartphones.

Needless to say, the demand has increased for the arrival of Lumia 610 and Lumia 800 in the markets of China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam.

Via Digitimes