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.

HTC Mozart updated to Windows Phone Tango aka WP7.5 refresh (Updated)

It seems that the much-discussed update to Windows Phone Tango is being released at this very hour, to report it is Aviraj Ajgekar, Technology Evangelist for Microsoft writing on his  technet blog that his unlocked HTC Mozart  received an update that upgraded his HTC Mozart to  software version 7.10.8779.8.

You acknowledge that you have received as many as 3 consecutive updates to bring your own device, the shift has seen these different versions, build 8112.7 -> 8773.98 -> 8779.8.Despite this, the download time of several updates is quite low, probably because Windows Phone Tango does not offer a significant number of new features.,mostly some fixes and updates to the OS (mostly around enhancing MMS).

Update: Aviraj has deleted the post from his blog and no one else is reportedly getting this update. Is yet another Microsoft employee being misinformed or was this an internal update for testing?

Source Aviraj Ajgekars's blog

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

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!

Nokia Lumia 710 - Internet sharing coming in next firmware update

One of the most eagerly awaited function by users in possession of one of the recent Nokia Lumia smartphones is the possibility to share access to the internet wirelessly. This is a feature already used by other Windows Phone competitors who, unfortunately, not available with either Lumia 800 , or the Lumia 710. 

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

Windows Phone Tango will be released in June?

The site  mimovilwindows said to have received some news on the release of a Windows Phone Tango for existing smartphones from a reliable source. According to reports, upgrade to Tango is ready and pending approval from the manufacturers and mobile operators. The build of this new version should be the Zune through 8773 and the release should arrive at the beginning of the month of June 2012 .

Another info that we can read on the site is that Microsoft probably decided to move the release of Windows Phone Tango expected this month in the month of June, to allow more time for all operators to approve the update and release it all in a very limited time.

Via WPCentral

Nokia getting ready for Lumia 710 Tango OS update for China

Here comes the Nokia service server upgrade to Windows Phone Tango for Nokia Lumia  710.Using the software Navifirm , here is revealed the first official build of Windows Phone Tango (Build 8173) for the Nokia Lumia 710. It seems that  this update via Navifirm is reserved for the devices released in China, a sign that that the release of the update is not that far.


This new software version is accompanied by a new firmware identified by version number 1600.3029.8773.12111 . As happened in the past, the arrival of this new version on Nokia servers, a few weeks ahead of the official release via Zune.


Recall that Windows Phone Tango has been optimized to work with device using 256MB of RAM, bringing small improvements such as support for multiple attachments in multimedia messages, view and export tracking and management of contacts on the SIM.

Via WPCentral

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

Rumor - Three new Samsung Windows Phones coming in 2012?

Lately Samsung does not seem to be very engaged in the development and promotion of Windows Phone smartphones, we also confirmed this by Simon Stanford, who said recently that Windows Phone is not a priority for the company at the time, effort have focused on the Android operating system.

The site WPDang were still able to get news from a very reliable source that Samsung will not abandon Windows Phones and will still be main player in Microsoft's operating system. In fact, according to the source, Samsung will release three new Windows Phones in 2012, one of them is rumored that will be Samsung Mandel, with support for LTE and with Tango on board.

The other two smartphones are still unknown, the only information released is which will come with Windows Phone 8 (Apollo), presumably towards the end of 2012.

Via WMPU

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

Windows Phone Tango increases App Switching Limit To 8 and will bring enhanced MMS support

The guys at XDA have managed to extract the build and install Windows Phone Tango in different handsets, including the HD2 and the Samsung Omnia 7 

The entire community that has installed the build of Windows Phone Tango is looking for any change from the current version of the operating system. From an initial analysis shows that with Windows Phone Tango you will have up to 8 screens for multitasking bringing greater convenience to you.

First images of the Nokia Lumia 719 Windows Phone leaked

After the first confirmation of the Nokia Lumia 719C sight thanks to Bluetooth certification that we showed in a previous article, here comes the first image of alleged new device for the Asian market.

Among the various rumors leaked earlier today, it was thought that the Nokia 719 Lumia was the variant of the Nokia 710 Lumia but given the image of the terminal is clearly visible between the two devices, there are substantial differences between that design and aesthetics keys classic Windows Phone.

The Nokia 719C Lumia should arrive in China soon and will support the CDMA network and probably also the GSM network. Nothing official about it yet, we hope to arrive early and clarify ideas.

Via WPCentral

Video: Hands-on HTC Triumph Windows Phone device created for Chinese Market

HTC has managed to score an important outcome in China launching the marketing of its first smartphone Windows Phone . The Taiwanese manufacturer has been able to anticipate competition from Nokia and ZTE. The device is essentially dedicated to the Chinese market version of ' HTC Titan.

HTC Triumph, unlike Titan, using the latest release of Windows Phone operating system,recently renamed Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh (ex-Tango) . 

The Triumph isn’t exactly a new device. It’s just a rebranded HTC Titan, so it features a large 4.7 inch WVGA display, 8MP rear camera, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 1.5GHz single-core processor, and 16GB of internal memory. Windows Phone Refresh / Tango runs smoothly on it  as you can see from the video above.

Via Unwiredview

Windows Phone “Tango” will be officially launched in China on March 21st

Microsoft China has begun to send invitations to the various media in the country for an event on March 21st for the official launch of Windows Phone 7.5 Tango in the country.

The event held in Beijing on March 21 will mark the arrival of Windows Phone Tango and the arrival of the first devices that will have this new version pre-installed. HTC was the first on the Chinese market with a device with on board Windows Phone Tango, Triumph is HTC (HTC Titan called in Europe). The smartphone went on sale today and its the first Windows Phone device to officially arrive in the large Chinese market.

Even Nokia is ready to launch new smartphone in China Series Lumia, in fact, several Chinese newspapers have reported that March 28 will be available three new smartphones in the Finnish giant board with probably just the latest version of Microsoft's operating system.

Source Liveside

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

Windows Phone “Tango" limitations and new features officially confirmed

Microsoft revealed the next update to Windows Phone 7.5, codenamed “Tango”, during MWC this year. However, the company had been particularly silent about this update, mainly due to the fact that the update is targeted at bringing the OS to lower device requirements (such as supporting Qualcomm 7x27a processors and 256 MB of RAM) rather than bringing new features.

An icon will alert you when your applications use the location service in the Tango update

Microsoft has recently updated its page devoted to information about Windows Phone inserting a new feature that will come with the Tango update. 

A new icon will be added in the notifications bar hidden link at the top of Windows Phone, this icon will be displayed only when an application uses the location service on Windows Phone(GPS or network).

This new icon (you can see in the picture above), will be displayed only if we enabled the "position" on the settings of Windows Phone, which allows applications to precisely know our exact location.

Microsoft informed that this feature will be included with the next update of Windows Phone (Tango) , which will first pre-installed on new devices and later as an upgrade for the "old" devices.

"After the new devices are out, we'll start the process of working with mobile operators to bring an update to current customers"

Via TheVerge

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


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