It’s the day of the white handsets. In the same working day that Samsung announced the February arrival of the white Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nokia has outed the white Nokia Lumia 800, destined for these shores in March. Read more
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The Nokia Lumia 800 now seems to be selling rather well, from what we can gather, but many not-so-happy owners have had a slew of battery complaints that Nokia’s on the warpath to fix. Now the second such battery fix has been given a rollout date. Read more
Windows Phone has a couple of serious fans among the EP team, but one of the platform’s downfalls is that not enough has been made of its Xbox heritage yet. Now a major deal with EA Mobile looks set to completely change that. Read more
The Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone handset went on sale in the UK this week, enjoying life as the most pre-ordered Nokia device in history. Anyone who picked up the already sterling handset will now be pleased to hear that an update is coming soon from Nokia to improve the battery life.
Nokia’s Snake, the classic mobile phone game, is dead. This morning we brought news of a playable version of Snake that’s taken over MSN’s homepage as part of the campaign for the new Nokia Lumia 800. In that piece, we mused that the classic game could be making a comeback on future Nokia Windows Phone handsets. Not so…
The classic Nokia Snake game lives on! If you’ve been on MSN’s homepage today and been a bit distracted by all the bright colours to the right of the page, you’re not alone. To celebrate the launch of the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone smartphone, the Finnish giant is offering web surfers the chance to play the classic snake game online for free.
Want to know what Nokia’s got lined up to follow its forthcoming Lumia 800 Windows Phone? Well, word has leaked out that it’s working on a device codenamed Nokia Champagne. This new blower is said to come packing the next-gen version of Windows Phone, dubbed Tango, with a release date expected early next year.
So, the battle lines have been drawn. The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will be out just a day after the Nokia Lumia 800 lands in the UK. And while it might seem obvious that the Android-packing smartphone will be the ultimate winner, this marks the beginning of a proper test for Google’s ace operating system.
Windows Phone hasn’t managed to gain much traction since its launch just a year ago. So this really is its first proper foray into the mobile big league. It’s the key focus of Nokia’s smartphone division, whereas before it’s been a secondary concern for mobile makers. This is going to be a fascinating contest and here’s why.