Differences betwen Nokia Lumia 820 Wireless Charging Cover and Regular Cover

The Nokia Lumia 820 shares with the "big brother", the Nokia Lumia 920 the ability to be recharged without the need to physically connect the power supply. To take advantage of this feature you will need to use one of several accessories for the purpose, from the base and the charging stand provided by Nokia. 

The Lumia 820 also offers the possibility to replace the back cover, rapidly changing look. Users who want to take advantage of this interesting possibility of customization will have to choose carefully the extra cover since not all are integrated with wireless charger.

Rumor - Nokia Glory will be the successor of Nokia Lumia 610 with Windows Phone 7.8

After the MWC 2012, Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia informed said that not Nokia smartphones will be based on the new Windows Phone 8, the low cost devices that will be dedicated to end market will carry the Windows Phone 7.8.

Rumor - Nokia Lumia WP8: Nokia PureMotion HD screen, PureView and new colors

The flow of rumors and rumors about the new Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8 devices will stop in a few days at Nokia World. In the last three rumors have captured the public's attention. Rumor that refer to the alleged PureMotion HD technology of the Nokia Lumia 920 , the i ntegration PureView camera in Nokia Lumia and  the available colors . Three new rumor that continue to take interest in the Lumia smartphones.

Nokia Arrow with Windows Phone 8 appeared in real photos

Here are some actual pictures of a supposed Nokia equipped with Windows Phone 8. The device in question should be the Nokia Arrow , already seen in previous rumors.

Rumor - Nokia Phi and Nokia Arrow for AT&T and T-Mobile will be presented on September 5th

The rumors about the new Windows Phone 8 devices from Nokia continue the pour this last week and now information that we are going to bring and unofficial ever to be seen in practice, refer to the content of  Nokia event held in conjunction with Microsoft on 5th  September in New York . The event is now almost certain to be taking part on U.S. carrier AT & T, which has been so far, the main partner for the marketing of Nokia Lumia devices in the U.S. The phone operator, according to recent rumors will present two smartphones, the Nokia Phi and Nokia Arrow, both based on Windows Phone 8.Nokia Phi, as recently confirmed even by the Eldar Murtazin , will be the top model and "Arrow" to be mid-range  device. 

Rumor - The first Nokia devices with WP8 may already have the PureView technology on board

After many months talking about bringing PureView technology on Nokia Lumia smartphones that allows you to take photos and high quality video in any situation, especially to bring back some rumors and speculation on future Lumia device that will use it.

Now, this morning comes another rumor that sounds a bit as an official confirmation because it came from your official Nokia Twitter.Nokia user who is hoping the integration of PureView technology in the next Nokia Lumia responded by suggesting to pay attention to what will happen in the coming weeks:

"Just keep your eyes and ears open in the next coming weeks "

Nokia and Microsoft are preparing for big announcement on September 5th Press Conference

More details are to reinforce the argument that the first Nokia device equipped with the new system software Windows Phone 8 will be announced at Nokia World on 5 and 6 September in Helsinki, after statements by Stephen Elop reported yesterday by Reuters.

Nokia Windows Phone 8 - New component reveals a second Nokia Lumia device

The rumors of Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices are pouring and the new leaked pictures seems to be able to sketch the outline of a second Nokia WP8 device. The front of the smartphone, including digitizer touchscreen interface, reports the Nokia logo in the upper right corner and the Windows Phone 8 in the lower part. The diagonal screen appears to be slightly smaller than the previous model and could measure 4 inches. Other details of note are the entries that reveal the nature of the prototype of the device: the reference to the site nokia.proto.com and the equally eloquent words "not for sale."

New Nokia device has been certified by the Bluetooth SIG

The Bluetooth SIG has recently certified a new device created by Nokia and has Bluetooth 4.0 interface . The body that deals with the certification of wireless devices has made ​​available the documentation that proves the existence of the device, but that does not reveal further details about the type of product. The certainty of certification and the fact that Nokia has been made ​​to it were added the inevitable speculation that try to trace the profile of the device. Although it is not impossible that he could be a simple accessory made by Nokia, there have been more suggestive hypotheses that refer to one of the new Windows Phone 8 Nokia devices.

IDC - Windows Phone now has 3.5% of the smartphones worldwide market share in Q2 2012

Windows Phone according to IDC now has 3.5% worldwide marketshare.IDC also reports that the success of Android and iPhone OS comes at the expense of competitors in decline,who were market leaders in the past such as Symbian and BlackBerry, both fell below the 5% market share, although the senior analyst Kevin Restivo said that the struggle for supremacy is far from over. 

The success of the Android mobile platform would be mostly from Samsung, which produced 44% of all smartphones based on Google's mobile platform sold in the period under review. Also according to IDC  5.4 million Windows Phone smartphones were sold in Q2 2012 which is 3.5% of the total  market and comparing this to Q2 2011, Windows Phone had a 115.3% growth.

Images of the alleged new Nokia Lumia prototype smartphone emerged in China

Images of the alleged new Nokia Lumia prototype smartphone spread on the net in the last few hours,showing a brand new Nokia Lumia.The device, apparently seems like Nokia Lumia 900 and has a shell with yellow color and the new version of the Windows Phone OS. The homescreen with tiles of different sizes suggests that conclusion, even if it is not possible to determine with certainty whether it is  Windows Phone 7.8 or Windows Phone 8,since the new home is common to both versions of the operating system (it could be Furthermore, a simple skin).

Rumor - Bloomberg: The first WP8 Lumia smartphone will be presented at Nokia World

The first Lumia smartphone based on Windows Phone 8 could be presented at Nokia World 2012.The new "unofficial" rumor comes from Bloomberg. After the presentation scheduled for the month of September, the start of the sales could take place later this year, in time to take advantage of the Christmas holiday period. The source cited by Bloomberg would be a person well informed of plans of the Finnish manufacturer.

Nokia Lumia smartphone sales going strong in the business segment in Finland

Elisa and DNA, the two major mobile operators in Finland, have released the usual monthly sales stats of smartphones belonging to the both consumer and business segment.Windows Phone from Nokia are very well positioned, especially in business rankings: four of the top ten coincide with the current Lumia smartphone line-up .Important factor in determining success in the business segment of Lumia was the partnership between Elisa and Microsoft relating to Office 365, the cloud-based service dedicated to personal productivity. 

Engadget promotes Nokia Drive as “the best you are going to find on a phone right now" navigation app

Nokia Drive was recently updated to version 3.0, bringing new and interesting features like:

• The application will calculate routes based on driving style
• Detection of real-time traffic, with dedicated live tile
• Calculation of the route based on traffic
• Automatic determination of the time of the day, with subsequent change in the combination of the colors of the maps
• Manual adjustment paths
• Lists of favorite routes off-line with the ability to "pin" as the Live Tile Home

Here you can find a thorough review of the Engadget team with a lot of videos that label the Nokia Drive as "the best you are going to find on a smartphone at this time. "

Nokia VP Conor Pierce - We want to become a disruptive force in the smartphone market

Conor Pierce, vice president of the Nokia Western Europe in a recent meeting with distributors has clarified the position occupied by the current market scenario, requested their collaboration to improve sales of the Lumia smartphones and confirmed the willingness of company to become a "disruptive force" in the smartphone industry. 

Counters - Nokia Lumia app that lets you monitor your calls, messaging and data

Nokia has finally released the Beta version of Counters, the exclusive app for Nokia Lumia devices that allows you to monitor the traffic of you Internet connections, but also the number of calls and SMS messages.

The app currently offers only monthly monitoring. From the options, in fact, you can specify the day of the month from which to start the monitoring and since then the number of each call, text messages sent or received during the data transfer and 3G internet connection.

Weather Channel 2.0 is now available for Nokia Lumia Windows Phones

Weather Channel is a popular application dedicated to the weather forecast is available for all Windows Phone. For several months,Nokia has announced its intention to renew the application in a consistent way, providing exclusive content for owners of Lumia smartphones. Recently, the company's project have materialized in the version 2.0 of the Weather Channel Nokia Lumia exclusive app, which can only be used by holders of a Nokia Lumia smartphone.The Nokia Collection continues to be enriched and then day after day, becoming a real added value of the Lumia devices.

Contact Share app is now available for all Nokia Lumia smartphones

Contact Share is Nokia Lumia smartphones exclusive app,which was announced in June and now is available for download. The application is a part of the Nokia Collection apps designed and exclusive for all Nokia Lumia devices.

Nokia Lumia 710 Custom ROM Lumiatrix ^ 7 is updated to version 4.2 with WP8 tiles

The custom rom's for Windows Phone continues to grow and improve the Windows Phone experience for the common users.Despite the higher refractoriness of the Microsoft platform to accommodate customization of pervasive operating system, independent developers continue to update the main projects dedicated for Nokia Lumia devices.Among the noteworthy projects undoubtedly is the custom ROM Lumiatrix dedicated for the Nokia Lumia 710,which  has recently received a new update,bringing the custom rom to version 4.2 

Nokia Maps 2.5 update with Route Planner And Groupon Integration coming soon

The Nokia Collection continues to be cared meticulously by Nokia, which is preparing another update for its Nokia Maps application,who  together with Nokia Drive offers a better cartographic support to the owners of a Lumia smartphones.The version 2.5 introduces a few but interesting improvements that include new features like  Route Planner and integrate Groupon.