New Camera Extras and Cinemagraph For Nokia Lumia 900, 800, 710, 610 and 510

Nobody is left behind, a promised fulfilled as Nokia announce new Camera Extras and Cinemagraph for the initially released Lumia devices.

Cinemegraph is an exclusive Nokia application for Windows Phone that lets users add animation and movements to a picture taken. The app is one among the most talked about and widely received by users of the Lumia 920 and 820, now every Lumia users will get to enjoy and share the cool animated images with friends and love ones.

Some of the aforementioned Camera Extras on the other hand were the Panorama and Smart Shot. Smart Shot uses a burst mode to take a sequence of photos were users get to choose the best shot, edit it to put a smile in everyone's face or remove unwanted objects. Panorama on the other hand allows users to take continuous shots per frame and combined this shots into one.

We might be seeing other exclusive Nokia Windows Phone 8 apps ported to older Lumia devices in the future, a move that will surely make early Lumia adopters and enthusiasts happy.

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Why People Switch To Lumia, Survey Says!

More and more people are discovering the amazing experience of having a Nokia Lumia device. That is why a Nokia team conducted a survey on Twitter and traveled across the globe to know what people have to say about their new found love for Lumia.

From the responses gathered, the Nokia team made a special infographic. The colorful tiled graph showed that 20.8% of the mobile users switched to Nokia Lumia for its unique design. Without a doubt, Nokia Lumia’s sleek body, ClearBlack display, vibrant colors and personalized Live Tiles are sure to convince anyone to switch mobile phones.

Nokia Lumia users are also raving about the new software (20.5%) which gives top notch performance, quick social connectivity and entertainment. Equipped with the Internet Explorer 9, the Nokia Lumia phones offer the best mobile browsing. You can also easily access your social networks with its integrated communication threads.

To stand out is also another reason why people choose Nokia Lumia (20%). With many smartphones in the market, having a state-of-the-art image technology and camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, SkyDrive storage, and Microsoft Office programs on your Nokia Lumia phone sets you apart from the others.

Other responses on the survey include the availability and accessibility of Nokia Care Centers (5.5%), and the exclusive apps for Nokia such as the People Hub, Nokia Drive and Nokia Maps (7.6%).

With these information gathered, it is no wonder people are joining the Nokia Lumia craze. The Nokia Survey replies came from over 41 countries but most came from the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada and the Philippines.

The current Lumia range of smartphones include the Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 610.  Check them out at your nearest Nokia Store.

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Smart Telecom’s Complete Nokia Lumia 710 Package Offer

The Nokia Lumia 710 is exclusively offered by Smart Telecom in the Philippines. The phone is not widely available on retail stores so if your buying for one, you need to go through the network or in a black market like the sellers on eBay.ph or Widget City.

For anyone asking for its package offers on Smart Telecom, they have both Postpaid and Prepaid Kits. Prepaid Kit is available via Online Store for P12,500 (offered via zero percent (0%) credit card installment scheme for selected banks). Click this link to place an order.

For Postpaid, it's also being offered for New Connect and Retention program. Here are applicable plan offers and initial cash-outs.

Postpaid subscription

1. DATA PLANS (New Connect and Retention)

* PLAN 4000: FREE
* PLAN 3000: FREE
* PLAN 2000: FREE
* PLAN 1500: FREE
* PLAN 1000 (regular version): FREE
* PLAN 800: P5,000
* PLAN 500: P10,000

2. ALL-IN PLANS

- NEW CONNECT:

* PLAN 3500: FREE
* PLAN 2500: FREE
* PLAN 1800: FREE
* PLAN 1200: P3,500
* PLAN 800: P6,500
* PLAN 500: P8,500

- RETENTION:

* PLAN 3500: FREE
* PLAN 2500: FREE
* PLAN 1800: FREE
* PLAN 1200: P3,000
* PLAN 800: P6,000
* PLAN 500: P8,000

The said handset may also be availed via Special Edition Plan 1000 at P450/month.

Nokia Lumia 710 is designed to be personal and affordable for users by deeply integrating social networking experience through Windows Phone 7.5 Mango; best Internet browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9; access to thousands of apps in the Windows Marketplace; 3.7" WVGA TFT, ClearBlack capacitive touch screen with pinch zoom, 800 x 480 pixels and 16 million colours; 5 MP camera with auto focus, LED flash, high definition 720p video recording with 30FPS and one-touch image sharing; 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor; 512MB program memory, 8GB internal user memory; access to Microsoft SkyDrive for cloud storage, among others.

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Smart vs Globe: Which Telecom Company Offers the Best Lumia Launching Party?

Competition knows no boundary, from pitching its individual plan package for Lumia Windows Phones, now, the Philippines top two largest telecom networks are vying to give the loudest and the coolest launching event for the hottest phones in tinsel town, the Nokia Lumia 800 for Globe Telecom and the Nokia Lumia 710 for Smart.

Globe Telecom draw the first blood by organizing its launching event tonight, April 18, 2012, at Beso in Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. If your somewhere around the area, you can still make it to the party because it’s open to the public. Not only that Globe has set a grand party for everyone, they are also giving as well 35 Nokia Lumia 800 to lucky attendees. Now that’s cool to the 35th level!

If only I’m in Manila at the moment or Globe sent out invites a month earlier, I would have book a flight so I can attend, the Nokia Lumia 800 is worth my party time!

Smart, on the other hand, gave out invites to their April 19, 2012 party event at Republiq but only to limited participants; celebrities, media, bloggers and those who pre-ordered the Nokia Lumia 710.

Given this initial info’s, Globe Telecom party will definitely rock more with its open public scenario and freebies but who knows, Smart Telecom might have something unannounced on the sleeves. Also, on the Smart Telecom party, you might brush side by side with Smart celebrity endorsers like Anne Curtis perhaps, so it’s a pretty cool scenario as well.

Anyways, here’s a video of the Nokia Lumia 900 launching party in New York with Nicki Minaj for AT&T. Will Globe or Smart have a party as big and as cool as this one? Will see!

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Smart or Globe? Which Telecom Company Offers The Best Lumia Package?

The full Nokia Lumia family of super devices running Windows Phone will invade the Philippines in a weeks time, the flagship Nokia Lumia 900, the high end Nokia Lumia 800, the midrange Nokia Lumia 710 and lower midrange Lumia 610, all aimed to capture the fancy of tech savvy Filipinos. Among the aforementioned, the following are currently being offered for pre-order in two of the country's biggest telecom networks, Nokia Lumia 710 for Smart Telecom and Nokia Lumia 800 for Globe, offered respectively in a packages uniquely different from the another. Most frequent question would then be, which one offers the best?

Lets compare both packages in a graded showdown with following areas to consider; the phone offered, the most affordable, the most number of services and perks, the most sensible and balance and last but not the least, the best sales services and support that subscriber enjoys from the network. Biggest scorer wins! Read on to find out!

Phone offered

Globe has a powerful weapon of choice, the Nokia Lumia 800. The phone has a critically acclaimed hardware design, touch engineered curve glass display, unibody polycarbonate cover, AMOLED screen display with ClearBlack Display, 16GB of internal memory, 8MP with Carl Ziess optics and Dual LED flash.

Smart telecom tapped the Nokia Lumia 710. A midrange power phone with a glossy high grade plastic cover, regular TFT screen display with ClearBlack Display, 8GB of internal memory, 5MP camera with regular optics and single LED flash.

Other than the aforementioned differences, everything else on the phone were similar in specs and features.

Grade: Globe's Lumia 800 gets 10 signals being far more better, Smart's Lumia 710 gets 6.

The most affordable

For users who have a tight budget like me who just want the cheapest way to get the latest mobilephone craze, this is the most important criteria of all.

Smart offers the Lumia 710 under Data Plan 1000 + PhP450 monthly installment cash out for 24months, amounting to PhP1,450 per month.

Globe on the other hand offers the Lumia 800 under 3 packages. The My Super Plan 499 + 99 Power Surf + 713 cash out per month, amounting to PhP1,311 per month; the Unli Surf Combo 999 + 500 cash out per month, amounting to PhP1,499, then lastly, the My Super Plan 999 + 99 Power Surf + 500 cash out per month, amounting to PhP1,598.00.

Grade: Globe gets 10 signals for offering the most affordable while Smart gets 8.

Most number of services and perks by package

Globe had varied offers per package. Under the My Super Plan 499, subscribers gets the following, consumable amount worth 499, 50MB of mobile browsing and unlimited calls and text to 2 Globe or TM numbers. For Unli Surf Combo 999, users get unlimited browsing, 10 minutes call and 200 SMS to Globe and TM. Lastly, for My Super Plan 999, users gets 999 worth of consumable, 50MB of mobile browsing and 30 minutes calls and 600 SMS to Globe and TM.

Smart offers a single package at the moment which has the following services and perks, 500 SMS to all networks, 500 minutes of calls to Smart and Talk and Text, and 1GB of mobile data browsing.

Grade: Smart gets 10 signals while Globe gets 8.

The most sensible and balance package

Though Smart has the best plan offers, Globe offers are not seclusive, offering a more sensible and balance offering for users. Smart only have 500 free text to all network as part of there package while Globe offers consumable amount that can be use for calls and text to all network. My Super Plan 499 even have unlimited call to two Globe and TM numbers.

Grade: Globe gets 10 signals, Smart gets 8.

Customer service and support

I've been with Globe for quite sometime now and the main reason why I choose Globe is because of its unwavering customer service support. It was the main reason why I switch to Globe from being a Smart postpaid subscriber. I just cant take the long wait in calling Smart customer service, but that was 2 years ago, as of the moment, all my calls are now entertained right away. They even have a postpaid welcome program at the moment where they call new subscribers in order to familiarize them with the services they can enjoy with the network. I'd say its leveling up and taking the postpaid competition seriously.

Grade: Smart gets 10 signals, Globe gets 9.

Summing things up, Smart gets a solid 41 signals while Globe gets 45 making the latter the winner of the Lumia race. Smart with its Lumia 710 is an admirable offer but it fell short compared to Globe. If Smart had only offered a much lower plan package for Lumia 710, they would have won squarely. Smart must seriously consider lowering the plan package or offer additional perks with the phone if they want to compete with the outstanding Globe offer. Its now or never.

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Marked Your Calendar! Nokia Lumia 710 Comes To Smart Telecom On March 28, 2012

The Philippines largest telecom network, Smart Communications Inc. launched a teaser webpage marking March 28, 2012 as the arrival of a social powerhouse and the worlds first Nokia Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 710.

The teaser page did not provide any other information besides the date and the phones major features and specifications, but I believe, the said date will be its official announcement with plan packages in store and a pre-order web page.

The Nokia Lumia 710 had been selling very well in most of the countries where it was launched, now its time for Filipinos to enjoy the affordable yet powerful Windows Phone.

Designed for instant social & image sharing, ultimate mobile browsing experience with IE9, and smooth, seamless and high performance experience with its 1.4 GHz processor and top of the line hardware and graphics acceleration, the phone is set to win over the hearts of socially connected young generation.

So marked mark your calendar folks and braise yourself, the FUN begins in a day's time.

Update: To Pre-order the Nokia Lumia 710, CLICK HERE!

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Widget City Claims To Offer The Nokia Lumia 710 Ahead Of The Philippine Launched

Like the Nokia Lumia 800, the Manila based online retail store, Widget City, claims to be the first to sell the hotly contested Windows Phone on limited stocks.

The Nokia Lumia 710 is still scheduled to be launched in the second quarter but the store took an effort to sell the phone, a month ahead. Confirmed via SMS, it was said that they have available stocks of the Black front, Cyan back version and sell it for PhP15,650.00, a bit expensive than the announced market price but worthy for the effort spent by the store. Users can enjoy the phone ahead from the rest of the world.

Then again, I have to mention that you'll have to buy the phone at your own risk, I cannot confirm its reliability having not tried purchasing from them. They don't even allow walk-in buyers, you have text them first, deposit PhP1,000 for you to be scheduled for a device pick up time and date. I find this process mysterious

Anyways, for the Nokia Lumia 710 Full Specs, CLICK HERE!

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Nokia Lumia's Slated For Q2 2012 In The Philippines

If your anxiously waiting for the Nokia Lumia line-up (900, 800 and 710), then your on to an exciting 2012 second quarter as the device is geared up for launched, thats according to a reliable tipster from a Nokia insider.

Nokia's Windows Phone squad earned a lot of accolades from critics being very sleek, stylish, powerful and competitive and had earned a lot of interests from consumers across the globe. Well, in a few weeks time, we can start purchasing them in retail stores.

No date for the exact release yet and it did not mention the type of Lumia's to launched or the Telecom company where it will be subsidized, but one thing is for sure, Nokia Philippines is preparing something BIG for the phone in line with the Amazing Everyday theme.

Now thats interesting! c",

Nokia Lumia 900



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Exclusive Apps To Go With The Nokia Lumia Smartphones

The Windows Phone line-up from Nokia goes full blast in North America with Nokia Lumia 900 on the front line for AT&T, Nokia Lumia 710 for T-Mobile USA and Rogers Communications and the Nokia Lumia 800 for Telus. Aside from carrier association, the Nokia Lumia 800 will also be available from Microsoft Stores and available online in three vivid colors (cyan, magenta and matte black).

All this will be carrying exclusive apps which will bring unique experiences for Nokia Lumia users. Within the key categories, new app experiences include:

NEWS: CNN for Windows Phone application

The CNN App for Windows Phones will provide the latest news and video from CNN's reporting around the globe. Offering a robust user experience, the CNN App takes full advantage of Windows Phone 7 features to offer a vivid, panoramic interface, the ability to pin sections of the app to a home screen, Live Tile for real-time news updates, and direct access to iReport, CNN's participatory news community. For the first time on an app, users will have the ability to submit an iReport while simultaneously capturing the event. Launching globally for free in the next month, the CNN App will be exclusive to Nokia users for 90 days and then available on all Windows Phone devices as they come to market.

MULTI-CULTURAL: Univision for Windows Phone application

Univision offers a wide range of unparalleled content that resonates with Hispanics, the fastest growing segment in the US. The Univision app provides coverage from news and entertainment to sports and soccer, as well as cooking and local content for several U.S. markets including New York, Miami and San Francisco. Users have access to real-time information, clips of Univision shows and special events, and news and weather based on their location. The app will be exclusive to Nokia consumers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico for 18 months on Windows Phone devices.

SPORTS: ESPN Sports Hub Windows Phone application

From the worldwide leader in sports, the ESPN Sports Hub app brings Nokia Lumia users a truly unique smartphone sports experience. With great localized content wherever you are in the world, the user experience enables sports fans to fully customize the app and enjoy news, scores, video and analysis via a single screen which can be navigated with the swipe of a finger. Whether it's Football or Futball, NFL or Netball, this exclusive delivers the very best sports app experience.

ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is the leading multinational, multimedia sports entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with over 50 business entities.

KIDS& FAMILY: Sesame Workshop rich reading titles

Utilizing Nokia's interactive rich reading eBook experience, Sesame Workshop designed their apps based on extensive research, adapting these Sesame Street book titles to help an adult teach her child to become the storyteller while the adult becomes the listener, the questioner, and the audience for the child. Building on a three-year collaboration between Nokia, Sesame Workshop, and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, the exclusive apps include both a free book, 100th Day of School, and three additional titles: Big Block Party, Color Carnival and Abby in Wonderland. Each title incorporates familiar Sesame Street characters including Elmo and Grover. These titles are exclusive to Nokia consumers globally for a minimum of six months.

The rest of the world still awaits for the coming of the Lumia's. Hope it will be very soon here in the Philippines.

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Canada Braises For Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 800

Amazing everyday? Now, Canadians will get to experience this magnificent aura as the first two smartphones based on Windows Phone will be rolled out.

Nokia Canada announces the availability of the first two smartphones in the Nokia Lumia family, the Nokia Lumia 710, available exclusively at Rogers Communications, and the Nokia Lumia 800, available exclusively at TELUS. The affordable Nokia Lumia 710 was designed to make the Nokia Lumia experience accessible to more people around the world and at launch was widely praised as the best Windows Phone experience at its price point. The stunningly social Nokia Lumia 800 features familiar Nokia elements like head-turning design, vivid colours, outstanding Carl Zeiss imaging capabilities, and a unique unibody construction.

Based on the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango release, the Nokia Lumia smartphones are designed to appeal to people with active social lives and combine the powerful social and Internet experience of Windows Phone with the ability to take pictures in almost any conditions and share with friends in seconds, as well as access to thousands of the most popular apps, including exclusive Nokia experiences.

Both smartphones come equipped with the signature Lumia experience, Nokia Drive, which delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface.

The Nokia Lumia 710 will be available this February for $49.99 on select 3-year plans as part of Rogers' Smartphone Lite lineup of affordable devices.

The bold Nokia Lumia 800 will be coming soon only to TELUS in black, as well as cyan and magenta options for customers looking to stand out from the crowd.

Nokia Lumia 710: Designed to be personal and affordable
- Deeply integrated social networking experience through Windows Phone 7.5 Mango; stay in touch across Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter right from the people hub
- Best Internet browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9
- Available in black, with optional Xpress-On covers in a variety of colours to suit your mood and style
- Access to thousands of apps in the Windows PCanahone Marketplace
- 3.7" WVGA TFT, ClearBlack capacitive touch screen with pinch zoom, 800 x 480 pixels and 16 million colours
- 5 MP camera with auto focus, LED flash, high definition 720p video recording with 30FPS and one-touch image sharing
- 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB program memory, 8GB internal user memory, and up to 7.6 hours of 3G talktime
- Access to Microsoft SkyDrive for cloud storage

Nokia Lumia 800: Stunningly social
- Head-turning unibody design in vivid colours: cyan, magenta, black
- Deeply integrated social networking experience through Windows Phone 7.5 Mango; stay in touch across Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter right from the People Hub
- Best Internet browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9
- Vivid 3.7" AMOLED, ClearBlack display with WVGA 800x480 pixels, 16 million colours and 2.5D curved glass
- 1.4GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 512MB program memory, 16GB internal user memory, and up to 9 hours of 3G talktime
- Access to Microsoft SkyDrive for cloud storage
- Access to thousands of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace
- Leading imaging capabilities with Carl Zeiss optics, pocket-to-picture-to-post in seconds, 8MP camera with autofocus and touch focus capability, dual LED flash, high definition 720p video recording with 30FPS and one touch image sharing.

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Nokia Lumia 710, Now Selling in Taiwan, Heading to 4 Countries Next Week

Nokia today announced that the Nokia Lumia 710 will now be up for grabs, a month after its announcement.

Taiwanese will be get the phone first as it sells today alongside the Nokia Lumia 800. The phone will then reach stores in Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Russia in the seven days and continue its global roll-out over the coming weeks.

Estimated retail price is 270 EUR, excluding taxes and subsidies and availability will be via operator partners, retailers and open channels depending on local situation.

The colorful, affordable Nokia Lumia 710 was designed to make the Nokia Lumia experience accessible to more people around the world and at launch was widely praised as the best Windows Phone experience at is price point. It combines the powerful social and Internet experience of Windows Phone with the ability to take pictures in almost any conditions and share with friends in seconds, as well as access to thousands of the most popular apps, including exclusive Nokia services.

Based on the Windows Phone 7.5 Mango release, the Nokia Lumia 710 smartphone is designed to appeal to people with lively social lives, who want an easy way to enjoy all the benefits of Windows Phone and access to signature Nokia experiences:

- People Hub in Windows Phone displays all call, text, email and social network interactions with any individual contact in an integrated view, with the ability to group contacts and pin favorite groups and individuals to the start screen for live updates and easy access to the people who matter most.

- Faster, easier Web browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9 and one-touch Bing search.

- Nokia Drive delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface.

- Nokia Music introduces MixRadio, a free, global, mobile music-streaming application that delivers 100s of channels of locally-relevant music. Nokia Lumia users will also gain the ability to create personalized channels from a global catalogue of millions of tracks. Also integrated in Nokia Music is Gigfinder, providing the ability to search for live local music for a complete end-to-end music experience and the ability to share discoveries on social networks and buy concert tickets.

- With the 5MP camera, anyone can take pictures and share on social networks in seconds, even when the phone is locked.

The Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with a range of colors, including white and black front finish and a choice of five inter-changeable back-covers available to purchase separately.

Also available to purchase separately are a range of complementary audio accessories co-designed and co-developed with Monster. The in-ear Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster, providing high-performance in-ear style and the on-ear Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster for the best mobile audio experience. Both products provide a fresh listening experience and are the first output of the exclusive long-term partnership between Nokia and Monster, intended to introduce a range of premium audio accessories to reflect the outstanding quality and bold style of the Lumia range.

I wonder when will the phone arrive in the Philippines? Early January?

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Thoughts, Nokia World 2011

So as a customary, it's time to judge one of the biggest event in the mobilephone and tech world.

To answer to the question I posted hours before the event, whether it will shocked or frustrate, I could say that it say that its 70:30, 70 being shocked and 30 being frustrated, thats about 10% down from the previous year. Why, how, what, where, read on for the details.


HIT SHOCKED

- It’s fair to say that Nokia did an excellent job in the overall presentation, keynotes of speakers were overwhelming, the reactions from the audience, the substantial effort that they put into to make it credible and exciting. The Nokia magic is there and twice potent than the last year. Everyone deserve a pat in the back, congratulations to all.

- Information’s and tidbits being shared every now and then like the number of downloads on Nokia Store per day which have now reached 10million plus is a substantial number that cannot be ignored by competitors. Yes, this will not level up to AppStore yet but with Android, given the fact that Nokia is the only manufacturer that carries it, its a big accomplishment as compared to the former whose downloads comes from phones from different manufactures. If competing manucturers will create there own appStore except the successful Apple Store of course and the dismal Bada app store of Samsung, can it surpass Nokia Store?

- Nokia coming up with a very competitive powerful smartphones is a big hit specially that it targets areas where the company is strongest. The entry level and midtier market with the stylish, affordable yet no compromise Asha line up. I really like the looks of the Nokia Asha 303. It's something refreshing and fun. The rest of the Asha line up brought a unique combination of features and specs that were suited to peoples varied needs. I also like the effort of Nokia to bring outstanding applications like Angry birds down to S40 devices. This would mean that Nokia gave importance to the majority of the smartphone buyers, the mass market.
- The Nokia Kenetic is superlative and very promising. It is a phone with flexible screen display and can be controlled by bending, twisting and squeezing the phone. The guys over at Nokia Conversations created a video about it which I embedded below. Watch and see how this technology can change mobility in the future. Impressive technology!



- Nokia Purity Stereo Headsets with Monster inside is a welcome development. Being a music lover since birth, I would love to hear them loud, crisp and clear on my mobilephone via an outstanding stereo headset develop by one of the leading companies in headset technology.
- And speaking of Music, who would ever missed the newest service that brings a seamless and unlimited access to millions of songs, the Nokia Music. Its an application on the Nokia Windows Phone that integrates features like Mix Radio and Gig Finder under one application. What I like in this app is its ability to download a playlist online and play it afterwards offline then play everything by just one click on the Windows Phone tile, super convenient I would say.



MESS FRUSTRATION ;(

- As you've notice, I haven't mentioned about the Lumia line up on the Hit Lists, thats because I find it a little disappointing. First and foremost, Nokia failed to come up with a hardware design that is unique to the line up. For instance, the Lumia 800 is a copy cat of Nokia N9 and the Lumia 710 resembles that of a Nokia 603. As much I like Nokia N9's design and craft which I by the way regarded as the most beautiful smartphone to date, Lumia 800 is just a mere copy and I dislike the thought. The reason why I hate iPhone was that they keep on coming with the same looks over and over again as if there stupid minds wont innovate, I hope Nokia won't fall on the same category. Nokia would have come up with another design that is exclusive to the line up.
- I would have love to see the Nokia N8 successor take the center stage. Well the phone is unparallelled to date as the imaging King but I would love to see more evolution on camera phones. A Windows Phone carrying one maybe?

- I'm still waiting for the announcement of additional Nokia services like movies to be sold via Nokia store or another application but it didn't materialize. Entertainment package would have been complete with this service addition together with Nokia Music and the Xbox Live. Nokia also needs to expand their existing Nokia Store services to other countries like a paid application offering for Philippines maybe?

- Tablet-less. I'm routing to buy one to add to my gadget collection but Nokia haven't created one yet. I might not be able to wait a little longer, they have to move fast.

So, there you go folks, my grade for this years Nokia World. Hopefully Nokia could come up with a better one next time. How about you? What grade will you give to the recently concluded Nokia World 2011? Feel free to comment below!

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Nokia Lumia 710, The Full Fun Technical Specs

If there's one Nokia Windows Phone Mango that's within my budget reached, it would be the Nokia Lumia 710 which will only cost around 270 Euro when it comes out. Cheaper but definitely not it performance and feature.

Here is why:

Personalize it to suit you with colors and thousands of applications

- Change covers to suit your mood - available in black and white with covers in five different colors
- Personalize your start screen the way you want it
- Group people based on how they fit into your life and pin individuals to the start screen for group conversations and photo sharing

Designed for instant social experience and image sharing

- Keep in sync with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
- Chat and SMS messages in one conversation
- Shoot, share and see photos easily

Best browsing experience with IE9

- Browse with the fast and familiar Internet Explorer 9
- Pin individual web pages to start menu
- Instant search from Bing as you type
- Switch smoothly between tasks

Additional features and Services

- Nokia Drive with turn by turn voice navigation available for more than 100 countries. Nokia Maps available from Marketplace at sales start
- Nokia Music and Mix Radio: Enjoy music from the world’s most locally relevant catalog (14 million tracks). 100 great radio channels with something for everyone.
- Nokia Music Store available in 20 countries and Mix Radio in 12 countries.
- Contacts transfer help users migrate phonebook contacts from other devices and platforms
- App Highlights promotes locally relevant apps and content
- XBOX Live Hub offers cool games, capability to see friends’ presence and leaderboards, 3D Avatar control and creation
- Outlook Mobile for corporate email and private email support

Technical Profile

- Networks: WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- Speed: HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps
- Display: 3.7” WVGA (800x480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom
- OS: Windows Phone 7.5 - Mango
- Memory: 512MB RAM, 8GB storage
- Camera: 5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps
- Size/Weight: 119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g
- Connectivity: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector
- Processor: 1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA)
- Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma
- Battery: 1300 mAh

Operating times

- Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 6.9 h/7.6h
- Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 400h
- Music playback: up to 38 hours

Nokia Standard Sales package includes

- Nokia Lumia 710 handset
- Nokia AC-10 MicroUSB Charger
- Nokia Battery BP-3L
- Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD
- Nokia Headset WH-208

Colors

- Front: black and white
- Back: black, white, cyan, fuchsia, yellow

If I am to choose the color, I would love to have the all Black both front and back. ;)

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