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Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Nokia World: Follow It Here!



Here at Blogging Is Dead we strive to bring you the latest and greatest in tech news. That's why we will be staying up late tonight to make sure we bring you the latest from Nokia World 2011. Tune in to this blog post and make sure you refresh, updates will be streaming in starting at 3 am central and will be rolling for an hour or so. We will pick up again (on this same post!) tomorrow. All day. On the 27th we will come back with any updates we may have missed and make sure that every one of you stays up to date on the latest from Windows Phone and Nokia!

UPDATES::

- Things have kicked off here at Nokia World! Stay Tuned!
- Elop has stepped on stage, let the fun begin!
- Elop wants Nokia to be special, which brought about the Windows Phone connection.
- Nokia is the leader in open NFC.
- Nokia manufactures over 365 million phones a year and is going to be releasing four new phones now!
- Nokia Asha 200, Nokia Asha 201, Nokia Asha 300, Nokia Asha 303 have just been announced!
- Nokia is pushing to bring internet to the "next billion people"
- Asha 300 features a full QWERTY keyboard and 5MP Camera

- Asha 200 features dual SIM and full QWERTY keyboard w/ up to 32 GB of storage featuring the loudest speaker and longest battery life of its class
- Asha 201 also features a full QWERTY keybaord w/ up to 32 GB of storage featuring the loudest speaker and longest battery life of its class
- WhatsApp has been brought to these devices
- Nokia Asha 303 features a capacitative screen, full QWERTY keyboard, and Nokia Maps


- Series 40 phones (the 4 above) have partnered with Angry Birds
- All the above phones come with a Nokia cloud browser.


- The Nokia Lumia 800 has been announced!
- This phone is available in 3 colors
- Lumia is the "first real Windows phone"

- Apparently the Lumia 800 looks awesome. or else....
- The Lumia "defies convention"
- The Lumia 800 is a "uniquely Nokia experience", on the back is a Carl Zeiss camera, the front holds a curved, clear black, display.


- A little introduction on the basics of Windows Phone. Many people's first Windows Phone will be a Nokia. I could live with that!
- The Lumia 800 features a F2.2 Aperture Lens, "great" low light flash, works great under "normal" circumstances (no real specs on the camera!?)

- Some unique things that Nokia has brought to the Lumia 800:
-- Nokia Drive which will be free on the phone. The only Windows Phone with full turn by turn voice guidance.
-- Nokia Music (new service) and Mix Radio. Easy to use, music discovery app. Mix Radio is a locally relevant set of mixes that are pre set with full length tracks for free. No registering or logins. You can create your own mixes as well. You can fully download one of the mixes to your phone for offline play and pin them to your start screen.
-- Nokia is bringing an app with ESPN. The app brings all things ESPN to Windows Phone. This will only be available for Nokia phones.

- The announcement of the Nokia Lumia 800 was very... empty? Cool software additions, but what are the specs!?
- Nokia Lumia 710 just dropped, lower price point, available in multiple colors. 3.7" clear black display and still includes all of the additional software. Comes in black, white and can ship with more colors for the battery cover.
Lumia 800 (left) and Lumia 710 (right)


- Nokia announces public transportation app and an augmented reality app (perhaps similar to Google Goggles?)
- Nokia is the global leader in locally relevant content.
- Nokia partnered with Monster to release new headphones
- Nokia is aiming towards the 25 year old market. That's not surprising.
- The first launch of the 30 second television ad. "Experience the amazing everyday" That's the slogan that is going to sell these devices.
- Nokia dropped some new videos on YouTube (unrelated to the conference) Will be posting them soon!

- Here's the other advertisement that dropped.









- Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 are shipping out right now! These devices are coming to France, German, Italy, UK and a few other European countries in November. Hong Kong, India, Russia, Taiwan and others before the end of the year. 710 will be shipped to Asia before the end of the year. Both will be coming to the US in early 2012. LTE products will be delivered. 800 is about 420 Euros (about $585) and the 710 is about 200 Euros (about $280).

- Lumia 800 = 1.4Ghz processor with a dedicated GPU, 16GB of storage, and a class-leading Carl Zeiss camera, all capped off with a 3.7” “ClearBlack” display that offers beautiful colors and razor sharp picture.
- Lumia 710 = It has the same processor and storage as the Nokia Lumia 800, and will be available in white and black with a number of different colored backs, including black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow.

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