One of the coolest things I saw while at Mobile World Congress was the MakerBot Replicator 2 3D printer printing out a plastic shell for the just announced Nokia Lumia 820 (and soon the also just announced Lumia 520). I had never seen a 3D printer in action, and I found the process fascinating (and [...]
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Is Nokia Dumping Samsung for Copying Their Technology?
I have been critical or at least suspicious of Samsung for many years for simple reasons: I find that they employ an ‘end justifies the means’ mentality, paired with a ‘fast follower’ technical approach, that allows them to overtake competitors with solid products that too-closely resemble the competition. Micron was the leading memory company in [...]
Nokia Lumia 920 & Windows Phone 8 – Thoughts from an iPhone & Lumia 900 User
A while back I did an experiment where I switched from an iPhone to a Lumia 900. I liked a lot of things about the 900, but in the end some of the limitations and missing applications drove me back to the iPhone. Now Windows Phone has made the rather painful transition from 7.x to [...]
Nokia Redefines Digital Map Landscape By Introducing HERE as New Brand for Its Location and Mapping Service
There was a time when, in the cell phone universe, Nokia was king. They had huge market share and solid products, and it looked they were in it for a long time to come. Then came the iPhone, and we all know what happened next. Well, everyone makes mistakes, right? And while not in the [...]
AT&T Will Have the Nokia Lumia 920 for $99.00 and the 820 for $49.99; Preorders Begin November 7th
After attending the Windows Phone launch event last Monday, I came away with an idea of which new devices I would most enjoy using, and my first choice was the Nokia Lumia 920. I’ve got an HTC 8X in hand (review coming soon), and now we have solid availability information from AT&T. Today, Nokia has [...]
Windows Phone 8 Launch Event
I’m at the Windows Phone 8 launch event this morning in San Francisco, waiting in the lobby of the Bill Graham Civic Center with roughly 150 other members of the media. There are probably fewer in attendance than originally intended, due to Hurricane Sandy’s grip on the Eastern states, but the mood here is upbeat [...]
The Nokia Lumia 900 Gets Updated in US
This has been a busy and bumpy year for the Nokia Lumia 900. Just released this spring, it was already declared a dead-end device by Microsoft shortly after its arrival as Microsoft announced that Windows Phone 7.5 phones wouldn’t be updated to Windows Phone 8. Although this wasn’t a complete surprise (due to the hardware [...]
How Nokia Wants to Create the Perfect Smartphone for Women (and Everyone Else!)
Several years ago, I owned the worst phone in the world, the Samsung Epix. Seriously, it was an evil, possessed phone. After sending one Epix after another back to AT&T because of all the issues, they finally relented and let me exchange it for a different phone. I ended up with a Nokia E71x, and [...]
Noreve Saint-Tropez Leather Case for Lumia 900 Review
What is it about fine leather that so many people just love? Is it the look? The smell of a well-made leather product? The tactile quality? All of the above? I don’t know, but I do know that Noreve Saint-Tropez satisfies all of the above as evidenced by the Nokia Lumia 900 case I received [...]
Nokia of America Exec Says ‘Plenty of Life Left’ for Lumia 900, Do You Agree?
One thing we discussed at GearFest was the state of Windows Phone. There was quite a bit of enthusiasm when the Mango update arrived and breathed new life into the OS. Then came the partnership with Nokia, and it started to feel like Microsoft would see reasonable success – and the release of the Lumia [...]
An iPhone User Tries Windows Phone, and the Adventure Continues
My “great experiment” is now wrapping up its first couple of weeks. I had planned to write this at the end of the first week, but the ride has been a bit more interesting than I expected. More on that shortly. To start, I have been a good boy and left my iPhone alone like [...]
Nokia and Warner Bros. Bring Fun Lumia-Movie Mashup
I love the cool product mashups that have been increasingly common these days. Just as chocolate and peanut butter go together to make a delicious peanut butter cup, so too can two other seemingly different products combine to do something neat. For example, Nokia and Warner Bros. have teamed up for an exclusive partnership that [...]
Something Tells Me Microsoft and Nokia are Smiling as Lumia 900 Sells Out
When Apple ran into issues with the iPhone 4 and “Antennagate”, even Consumer Reports refusal to recommend the phone didn’t slow down the adoption rate of the device. It sold, and it sold well. Now it looks like Nokia and Microsoft may be having the same bit of luck. Sure there were some initial issues [...]
Nokia Impresses Yet Again… Makes Good on Update Promise
Nokia undoubtably regretted having used the “Beta Test” theme for its initial rollout of the Lumia 900. After all, while the Lumia 900 IS a terrific phone it has had its initial bumps in the road. The biggest issue? Some new Lumia 900 purchasers found that the phone would lose, or never acquire, a data [...]
Nokia Lumia 900 Free for AT&T Customers After $100 Rebate
When I first picked up my Nokia Lumia 900 Monday morning, both the AT&T store reps and I were perplexed why my phone could initially make phone calls but data functionality was, well, nonfunctional for a few hours. We eventually swapped out a SIM card and later the phone was able to function normally, so [...]
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