Nokia to produce more cheap Windows Phones to counter low-end Android devices

During a conference call held earlier by Stephen Elop, organized to answer questions from investors and analysts about the new policy actions , this morning Nokia , has reiterated its full support and the adoption of Windows Phone for its smartphones, a reliable operating system that will allow them to regain lost market share.

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.  

Rumor - Samsung ready to bring to the market a version of the Galaxy W with Windows Phone?

Having dealt with the "effort" to meet the expectations of millions of consumers with Galaxy S3, Samsung also comes back to focus on models for mobile OS from Microsoft.From dutch portal WP7.nl comes in fact a partial confirmation that something is brewing: the log file of the app WP Bench  dedicated to the benchmarks of different wp7 devices has emerged a new Windows Phone from the South Korean giant.

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.

Nokia Lumia 710 sighted in Canada with Windows Phone Tango on board

While the information on a possible upgrade to Windows Phone 8 for the current devices are scarce, it seems that Nokia has started pre-installing Windows Phone Tango on Lumia smartphones.

HTC Titan and HTC Radar get unlocked bootloader and custom ROMs

Windows Phones from the second generation was very complicated and inaccessible to hackers and geeks of the platform, mainly because of increased security of the system introduced by Mango. Today, however, the well-known DFT team has published a new guide on XDA Please install a new HSPL that will flash Custom ROM in HTC Radar and Titan.

The procedure for intallation dell'HSPL the DFT is a bit 'complicated and therefore only recommend for advanced users. In any case, then you Please install the terminal on your new Custom ROM DFT always created by the team where you can fully exploit the Full Unlock the device.

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.

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 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.

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).

The market share of Windows Phone in China goes to 7% in just two months, thanks to Nokia Lumia 800C

Even in the great China, as it happened in USA, Lumia Nokia devices are getting excellent sales results. As reported by Michel van der Bel , the Vice President of Microsoft, the market share of Windows Phone in China has risen to 7% in just two months , outstripping iPhone share which is stuck at 6%.

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.

Windows Phone Tango build 1600.3030.8773.12120 for Nokia Lumia 710 appeared on Navifirm

We have already mentioned in other articles that Vodafone is doing very well for his work in bringing the first updates on the Nokia Lumia. In fact, Navifirm appeared today on the new update that brings Windows Phone Tango  1600.3030.8773.12120 on Nokia Lumia 710.

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

Nokia-branded WP Marketplace spotted in latest Nokia Lumia 900 software update

We continue to discover new details in the Nokia Lumia 900 that can be bought today in the United Kingdom . Among the changes noted in the operating system (Tango) that powers the device now we can see that the Microsoft's Windows Phone Marketplace on the Lumia 900 is now being branded with Nokia's own logo.The news itself is not so ground shacking,but it's one of the first signs of Nokia's influence on the Windows Phone operating system.

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

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.