It's been almost a year to the day since we reviewed Nokia's first Windows Phone and now we're staring at its second-generation flagship, the Lumia 920. While it may be sharing the spotlight with the new HTC 8X, this slab of hewn polycarbonate has garnered plenty of admirers. No doubt, a large chunk of those would-be phone buyers are, for better and worse, lusting after the phone's PureView imaging tech -- and after our early tests, it looks like it could be just as impressive as the lossless optical zoom seen on the PureView 808. The Lumia 920 dominated Nokia's presentation at Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 press event a few months ago, with the smaller Lumia 820 barely getting a look-in. It's got a "better-than-HD" 1,280 x 768, 4.5-inch high-contrast IPS display, built-in contactless charging, solid build quality and more of Nokia's exclusive software additions. This time, at least on hardware specifications, the company aims to put its flagship on equal footing with the likes of … [Read more...] about Nokia Lumia 920 review: Windows Phone 8 and camera magic
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Nokia proclaims new dawn with Windows phones
Nokia unveiled two sleek new Microsoft Windows phones Wednesday, a first step in the ailing cellphone maker's fightback against Apple and Google. Nokia Lumia 710 smartphones are seen in an image released by Nokia in London October 26, 2011. … [Read more...] about Nokia proclaims new dawn with Windows phones
Vietnam’s market of applications for mobile phones attractive in foreigners’ eyes
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam's market, with50 million regular mobile phone subscribers, a developing 3G infrastructure , but a limited number of mobile phone applications, is gold mine for foreign companies. The unexplored territory According to the Ministry of Information and Communication, Vietnam now has 156.1 million phone subscribers, 90.32 percent of which are mobile phones (180.7 phones per 100 people). Vietnam has been listed among the markets with the highest growth rates in the world. The market is predicted to develop significantly in the time to come, when Vietnam utilizes 3G technology on a large scale. MobiFone is now providing 60 different services based on mobile network, VinaPhone 50. However, the services are just basic services. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s market of applications for mobile phones attractive in foreigners’ eyes
Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps: sources
SAN FRANCISCO – Amazon.com Inc's new Kindle Fire will have mapping services via a tie-up with Nokia Oyj, according to two people familiar with the situation, filling a gap in the tablet's capabilities while snubbing Google Inc's popular service. The world's largest Internet retailer, which says its nine-month old Kindle Fire now accounts for one in five U.S. tablet sales, has teamed up with Nokia on mapping, the two people told Reuters. … [Read more...] about Amazon teams with Nokia, snubs Google for maps: sources
Vietnam-made anti-virus software products for mobile devices hit the market
Vietnamese anti-virus software designed for mobile phones have appeared on the domestic market, which has been flooded with foreign products. While foreign brands such as Trend Micro, Kapersky and McAfee have been familiar to Vietnamese users for the last two years, Vietnam made products have just been marketed, diffidently. Bkav and CMC, the Vietnamese security solution providers, have just introduced anti-virus software products for mobile phones to users. Vu Ngoc Son, Research and Development Director of Bkav, said that the company has uploaded its product into some forums and to www.mobile.bkav.com.vn, so that users can download the products for trial and make suggestions. The company plans to officially market the completed product by October 2011. Prior to that, CMC InfoSec, also introduced its anti-virus software product for mobile phones. Two months after launching the anti-virus version in English into the market, on September 21, CMC InfoSec updated the Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Vietnam-made anti-virus software products for mobile devices hit the market