Nokia working on a Windows Phone with QWERTY keyboard?

After presenting Lumia Lumia 900 and 610 here at Mobile World Congress seems that Nokia is planning to enter the market very soon a new Windows Phone.


In fact, if on the one hand, the Lumia Lumia 800 and 900 represent the top range for now, while the Lumia 610 is intended for a cheaper market, Nokia would want to bet even the business sector by comparing their product with an existing RIM's Blackberry.


So here came the first rumors that it would work in a new style E6 Lumia, a touch screen and qwerty keyboard.Right now they are only rumors, but it is very likely that something like this in the coming months will be really commercialized.


Via BestBoyz.de

Windows Phone “Tango” details revealed, coming in April to all devices

Windows Phone "Tango" will still be identified by the version number 7.5, this information comes from various posts made by Microsoft and Nokia in the day today. However, the development tool will be updated Windows Phone to version 7.1.1, supporting handset emulation with 256MB RAM.

According to a press release Nokia, the new version of Windows Phone will be available in April (in line with the release of low-cost terminals Windows Phone coming in the second quarter of 2012).

Thanks to improved paging support to enable apps to automatically take advantage of more memory than is physically on the device, Windows Phone “Tango” will support devices with Qualcomm 7x27a processors as well as 256 MB of RAM while still enabling 95% of existing apps to run properly on these new phones.

Via LiveSide

White Nokia Lumia 900 hands-on video

The White version is identical to the black, cyan and magenta versions of the Windows Phone 7 smartphone, albeit with a glossy rather than the matte shell launched at CES in January.

The White Nokia Lumia 900 packs a 4.3-inch, WVGA 800x480 AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel camera boasting Carl Zeiss optics and a f2.2 aperture lens.

It is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor with 512MB of RAM, and has 16GB of storage

Via WPCentral

Marketplace expanding to 23 more markets, plus emulator update

Joe Belfiore has just announced via the Windows Phone Developer Blog that the Windows Phone Marketplace is being enabled in 23 new regions. 

The WP Marketplce in the coming month will be extended to the customers in 23 more markets, including:

• Bahrain
• Bulgaria 
• China
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Estonia 
• Iceland 
• Iraq
• Israel 
• Kazakhstan
• Latvia
• Lithuania 
• Qatar
• Romania 
• Saudi Arabia 
• Slovakia
• Slovenia 
• Thailand 
• Turkey
• UAE
• Ukraine 
• Venezuela 
• Vietnam

That’s 23 new consumer markets this year alone, for a total of 63 markets worldwide where your Windows Phone apps may be sold. In terms of actual potential app customers, the addition of new price points and customers in China and the other new markets represents a near 60% increase in the total addressable market for Windows Phone.

More into at Windowsteamblog

ZTE Announced New Windows Phone Device named Orbit

The ZTE Orbit joins the ZTE Tania smartphone in the company’s portfolio of Windows Phone-based devices. The ZTE Tania is commercially available in the UK and Sweden and other countries around the world. 

“Microsoft is excited to continue partnering with ZTE to bring new Windows Phones to market.  We look forward to the availability of ZTE Orbit in major markets around the world in the second quarter of 2012,” said Mark Linton, Senior Director of the OEM Division, Microsoft.  

“The Windows Phone platform is as powerful as it is intuitive, enabling us to create and deliver exciting new devices that meet real consumer demand,” saidMr. He Shiyou,Executive Vice President and Head of the Terminal Division of ZTE. “Our partnership with Microsoft is a key component of our strategy to grow our share of the smartphone market. ZTE is proud to be at the forefront of device manufacturers who are using the Windows Phone platform.”

The ZTE Orbit is based on the latest version of Windows Phone and comes with 4GB of memory, HD Voice, and a 5Mpx autofocus camera with LED flash. The ZTE Orbit will be available in the second quarter of this year.

Via ZTE

Nokia has revealed the Noka Lumia 610 Windows Phone

The Nokia 610 is actually Lumia, having different rumors in recent months have proved correct. A few minutes at the Mobile World Congress 2012, Nokia has confirmed the arrival on the market of the Nokia Lumia 610, first low end Windows Phone handset. 


The Nokia Lumia 610 will be available on the market at a price of 189 € excluding taxes and VAT, the device will be Windows Phone Nokia low-end, in fact we find a 256 MB RAM and a 800Mhz processor (characteristics Compatible with Windows Phone Tango). 

The device will be launched in the second quarter of 2012 in 4 colors, we'll find installed Drive Nokia, Nokia Maps and Nokia Music. Notice how the back cover is sealed not allowing the user to access the battery compartment.

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

Photosynth for Windows Phone is already in testing

The guys from Gemind in Brazil found some references to the Photosynth for Windows Phone via Twitter - it seems that Microsoft employees create accounts on the microblogging site to test the integration with the same app. The references are strong and lead us to believe that it is only a matter of (little) time for the application to be available publicly.

"AugmentedReality PhotosynthWP_Main Build PhotosynthWP_Main_20120214.4 Pass"

"PhotosynthWP" would, obviously mean "Photosynth Windows Phone." In the picture above we can  sets of tests created in Photosynth  with Windows Phone smartphones - HTC HD7, HTC Radar, Nokia Lumia 800 and Samsung Focus.
More info at Gemind.com.br
Via WMPU

Report:Huawei will begin to develop Windows Phones in the first half of 2012

According to DigiTimes and its sources, Huawei in China would like to spread the new Microsoft OS in the first half of 2012, during which time Nokia also will attempt the same maneuver with their devices Lumia. 

Unfortunately (for Microsoft), the Chinese territory is dominated by the bitter battle that ZTE, Huawei itself, Coolpad and Technology Xiaomi are "fighting" for dominance in the low-cost market segment, where the open policy of Android that law.

MWC just around the corner, where Microsoft could officially declare the new partnership with manufacturers to increase sales in China and other markets in Asia

Via Digitimes

ZTE To Unveil New Windows Phones At MWC 2012

ZTE revealed their plans to unveil new Windows Phones. They claim that they are going to be releasing a flagship, quad-core handset, on top of devices with LTE, 4G radio, and “the latest Android and Windows Mobile platforms.” Now, the question here is, what OS will that flagship device be running. If Android, will they be creating a Windows Phone counterpart?

ZTE already has a Windows Phone device in the market called Tania. ZTE Tania sports 4.3” TFT LCD screen, HSPA+ data speeds, and a 1.0 GHz single-core processor,  5-megapixel rear camera and 4 GB of storage.

The full press release after the break:

Compal expects big boost in smartphone orders mainly thanks to Nokia’s WP Tango devices

Compal Communications is one of the world’s major mobile device makers and Nokia’s ODM for the Nokia Lumia 800.

Compal saw its operation turn from the red into profitability by shipping 1.5 million handsets in the fourth quarter of 2011. As Nokia will launch Tango smartphones following Microsoft's unveiling at the 2012 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, during February 27-March 1, Compal expects its smartphone shipments to rise 20% in the second quarter, the company indicated.

According to Taiwan-based handset component makers, Compal will ship at least 9.6 million smartphones in 2012.

Via Digitimes and WMPU

Nokia Lumia 719: Confirmation of its existence thanks to the Bluetooth certification

Among the many rumors recently seen and heard of the new Windows Phone Nokia smartphone, finally get here is a concrete proof of the existence of the Nokia 719 Lumia.

The confirmation comes from bluetooth.org , the official website dedicated to the certification of Bluetooth mobile devices, where the card appears in your database dedicated to the Nokia Lumia 719. The information that are displayed are the screen 3.7 "Clear Black technology, 5 mpx camera with auto-focus and all of the software from  Nokia that we already know of.

Another curiosity that appears on the site Bluetooth.org is the geographic availability limited to American and Asian markets. We'll see if the Nokia 719 Lumia will be officially unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2012 to be held in Barcelona on February 29.

Via Pocketnow

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

Tango will be released in mainland China in the first three weeks of March.

Chinese website WPDang has shared some more news about the next big Windows Phone update named Tango.

According to WPDang website all Mango devices can be updated to Tango, and in China special modifications will be included.

The Chinese specific changes will include :

• Tango of China would have the Xbox Live function removed
• WeiBo (Chinese version of Twitter) and RenRen (Chinese version of Facebook) would be used to replace Twitter and Facebook which cannot be accessed in China
• Bing search result would be based on a combination of Bing and BaiDu, the Chinese no.1 search engine

Tango will be announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 and will launch in Beijing in China at an event in the 3rd week of March, attended by HTC, Nokia, ZTE and LG who will be showing their Tango-powered devices off there.

Source WPDang ;Via WMPU

Tango early preview upgrade for HTC Surround (Video)

Russian site W7ph.ru reports that one of their members came across an upgrade for his HTC Surround which provided a Tango early preview (7.10.8107 to 7.10.8757.81).

Microsoft has been handing our HTC Surrounds as developer devices after poor sales on AT&T, which may explain the existence of the software.

The handset is an updated HTC Surround Version 7.10.8757.81 should be a pre-Tango,but so far we don't what's  different in the implemented features.This information, if confirmed, would show that Tango update is not targeted exclusively for low-end handsets.


Tango early preview 7 10 8107 to 7 10 8757 81 Video:

Source WP7ph.ru ; Via WMPU

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

Windows Phone 'Tango' screenshots leak, reveal MMS

Just as we learned Nokia may launch a low-end Lumia device at Mobile World Congress, we’re not getting confirmation that Tango will indeed accomodate devices with lower RAM counts, fewer pixels and such. But it will also bring some much-needed features to the catch-up operating system, such as multiple MMS attachments and a built-in voice note recorder.


Also Tango will support many new countries, will be able to automatically download and update apps via Zune, and increase the number of pre-installed applications for 16 to 40.


According to WP7forum.ru, Tango will bring minimum requirements for devices down to 256MB RAM and a 3MP camera sensor, down from 512MB and 5MP respectively. This will probably introduce a modicum of fragmentation to the outfit, as the Marketplace will inform you of whether an app will run on a device, based on its hardware.

CDMA Nokia Lumia 800 for China Telecom coming in April with Tango on board

It appears that the rumors that Nokia 800c  testing are underway in China.Now we are getting some reports from the teiba.baidu forum that Nokia is to announce Lumia 800 and 710 for China in March, release happening in April. Both of the phones would run on WP Tango.

This is the google translated information about Nokia Lumia handsets from the Chinese forum:

"The insider claimed: the Lumia domestic first batch of released models, in addition to the world already started selling the 710 and 800, are upgraded to the Tango system, China release date will be displayed on the Lumia900, but can not confirm definitely will be released the same period, may, in Lumia release date of March, introduction, and then shelves in Lumia710 and 800 in April, after separate shelves. Lumia 800 white version will be released at the same time. Tango in the end to trouble how"

More info at Teiba.Baidu 

LG Fantasy caught on Video

It seems that the LG Fantasy aka Miracle has made it way to XDA Developers.It appears that someone from XDA community has purchased the handset from a tester and now it trying to sell it.

For prove of existence the owner upload video of the handset,the quality of the video is more than bad but from the video we can see that the LG Fantasy does has NFC.

The developer claims that the LG Fantasy will go on sale in July and this probably will be the first Tango handset if the rumor turns to be true at the end.

Probably we will see more info about this LG handset and MWC 2012.

Source XDA ; Via WMPU

Paul Thurrot: Tango and Mango will co-exist, is fragmentation coming to Windows Phone?

Paul Thurrott, in an article published on winsupersite.com , claims to have received information on the next update Windows Phone, or Tango.

Paul says that Tango, probably identified with version 7.5.1, will be exclusively dedicated to low-end handsets with low memory (256 MB of RAM). According to his sources, Tango will have some resources in the background are disabled and can not access all the applications on the marketplace. In practice the applicationwill be certified separately with each other, if the application needs a lot of resources, the app will not be available for terminals that use this version.