More about Lumia 830

Nokia, the part of Nokia that was bought by Microsoft, the part that is developing smartphones. They are getting ready to release a new device, Lumia 830, and more leaks are on tech websites every day.

Lumia 830 will be the mid-range Windows Phone device, so far low-end and mid-range devices are top sellers from Nokia, high-end devices like Lumia Icon, or 930 for other markets don't get great sale results, no matter that the reviews and the hardware is great.

Whats the most important aspect of almost all Lumia devices, well the camera of course. Lumia 830 is no different, Nokia is often bragging about their camera quality, and honestly they have every right to be proud of them, right now there are at least one step in front of the competition. Camera looks similar to the one on the Lumia 1020, but it's not likely to be 41MP, according to rumors it might be something like 20MP. Still great for a mid-range phone.

Other specifications are not known, display will probably be 4.5 or 4.7 inches in size, with the resolution of 720p or maybe even 1080p. Of course you can expect Windows Phone 8.1 version on this smartphone and running all that will be Snapdragon 800 or 801.

Now that all of these things are put into one device and if Microsoft can make the price be affordable, people could get exited about Lumia 830. Still no official news about when this smartphone will be announced, probably at IFA but will just wait and see about that.

Source wpcentral.

Nokia Sends Invitations for MWC

Nokia has more stuff they want to show us. Microsoft still hasn't hasn't bought their mobile department, but it is in the final stages, so this could be the last hardware devices we will see from Nokia for a while. The event will be at Mobile World Congress at February 24.

What will Nokia announce at MWC is still unknown. Smartphone, tablet or possibly something else. The most leaks lately where about Lumia Icon, a 5 inch Windows Phone 8 smartphone. But then again there was a lot of rumors about Nokia Normandy, smartphone with Android operating system. This is their last chance to get that smartphone to the market, because once Microsoft finishes the purchase they want be interested in developing an Android smartphone.

There is a possibility that we want see any kind of new device and Nokia executives will use this opportunity to talk about the future of the Finish company. Anyone one way or the other we look forward to hear what Nokia has to say at MWC.

Source technobuffalo.

Nokia SmartWatch Concept Looks Great

Everybody in the IT knows 2014 is going to be in the sign of the smartwatch. Maybe it want be the device that changes the way we view technology and the way technology effects our everyday lives but it's definitly going to be the device everybody is talking about. Wearable technology is the future and smartwatch should be the first step.

Nokia is one of the companies that is developing a smartwatch of their own. So far very little is known about this device. You can check some of the images on the Facebook link. There are already many big companies that are developing smartwatches. Sony, Samsung, Pebble and others have their own devices but only Pebble is getting good sales results and none of smartwatches has brought anything revolutionary. The real revolution is expected from Apple's iWatch coming later this year, but will have to wait and see about that.

Microsoft is one of the big companies that has recently started to develop it's own hardware and according to rumors they are interested in producing wearable technology. Nokia's device department has been recently bought by Microsoft so the future of their smartwatch is unknown.

Nokia Dominates Windows Phone

Reports say that Nokia is dominating Windows Phone market. Well this wasn't really hard to guess, since they are the only company that is making only WP smartphones and have no interest in Android market. The other companies that are manufacturing WP smatphones are HTC, Samsung and Huawei. All three of these companies are more interested in Android. Samsung is currently dominating in Android market.

Just in case you forgotten Microsoft has recently bought Nokia, well not the entire company but their smartphone and tablet division. So the Lumia line of smartphones now belongs to Microsoft. It's still not known will they create a new line of WP smartphone or will they simply put the Microsoft logo on the Lumia smartphones. Surface smartphones have been rumored for some time but nothing has been officially confirmed.

As far as the stats go, Nokia is currently holding 90% of Windows Phone market. HTC is at 7%, Samsung at 1.8% and Huawei at 1.3%. Worldwide WP platform is at only 4%, but it has shown steady growth in last months, and in some markets like EU it's in double digits.

As for the smartphones the most popular in WP category are budget phones like Lumia 520. Flagship smarphones haven't had much success against competition from iOS or Android, but in budget smartphones WP is making an impact. This is mainly credited to the operating system, because on limited specifications WP is much faster and more responsive then the competition from Android.

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Smart Watch From Nokia

Nokia has been bought by Microsoft, well not the entire company but the part of the company that makes smartphones. According to their contract, the company from Finland can't make any new smartphones before 2015. But can they make a smart watch? Or will this project also end up in the hands of Microsoft.

From the leaked photos it looks like some kind of smart watch, only thing connecting it with Nokia is the logo on the device. Smart watch doesn't have any buttons on it, so this concept should be interesting. It's no secret that Nokia was planing for a long time to make some kind of portable device you can wear on your arm. Remember the Nokia 888 project.

Another rumor from Nokia is that they are working on HTML 5 platform for smart wearable devices. That means smart watch and smart glasses. This HTML5 platform may be based on “Here data”. Former Nokia Maps that are becoming very popular on different operating systems and are bringing great profit for the company. Looks like the company from Finland is not planing to be late for the new markets that are just opening with wearable smart devices. They don't want to make the same mistake they did with tablets.

More on the story right here.

Microsoft Windows Phone in Double Digits

Microsoft can be proud to announce that WindowsPhone is in double digits. Well at least in some markets.  Worldwide WP is somewhere around 4%. Europa seams to like combination of Nokia Lumia and WP. On two big EU markets Microsoft OS is over 10%. In Great Britain it has 12% market share, France 10,8%, Italy 9,5% and Germany 8,8%. So in those two countries it's just shy of double digits.

These results are mostly credited to Nokia Lumia smartphones, and not so much to the flagship phones but rather to the mid-range Lumia phones. Which are not that expensive and offer a quality product from Nokia and a fast WP operating system. HTC and Samsung have there WP lineup but their sales results are not very good.

Across Europa Android is still the supreme ruler of the market with 70%. Second OS is iOS with 16% and then WP with 9%. BlackBerry is completely out of the game and it's market share keeps dropping. Also in Australia WP almost double it's market share form 3,7% to 6,5%. However in US it's only at 3% and in China even worse with 2%.

Keep in mind WP is the youngest operating system on the market, it's not even 3 years old. While iOS is 7 years old and Android just turned 5 years old. So we can expect more from Microsoft OS in the future as WindowsPhone matures.

Nokia Lumia 520 Most Sold Windows Device

Smartphone from Nokia is the most sold device worldwide that's running Windows. This includes other smartphones, tablets and PC. This is important information for Microsoft because it shows the change in the market. Number of laptops and PC sales is decreasing, but smarphone and tablet market is on the rise. So it's no wonder that Microsoft is turning to mobile market and this is why their purchase of Nokia was important.

There was no information on how many Nokia Lumia 520 smartphones was sold. Only thing is that Lumia 520 isn't a flagship phone, it's a budget phone. Even whit this still good news for Redmond. Each year more then 3 billion Windows devices are sold, but this includes a lot of different companies.

Nokia is holding their last press event on October 22 in which they plan to announce 6 devices and accessories. One of those devices is their first phablet Lumia 1520. Another device is their tablet Lumia 2520 running WindowsRT. What's interesting about this is that Microsoft has just announced their tablet Surface2, also running Windows RT. So don't be surprised to see that Lumia 2520 gets pulled from the market once Microsoft ownership of Nokia is official. Considering the work and resources that htey put in the making of Surface 2 it's not very likely that they want to compete against their own device.

More will be known once Surface 2 hits the stores and Nokia holds it's event.