“Lumia is the first real Windows Phone”
“Lumia is the first real Windows Phone” – this were the words of Stephen Elop at Nokia World 2011 which took place from the 26- 27 of October in London. Being a huge Nokia fan I have been waiting all year for the release of the Nokia Windows phone and finally Nokia Announces Two New Windows Phones, Lumia 800 and 710.
“Eight months ago, we shared our new strategy and today we are demonstrating clear progress of this strategy in action. We’re driving innovation throughout our entire portfolio, from new smartphone experiences to ever smarter mobile phones,” said Stephen Elop,
Here’s some information about the two phones:
Nokia Lumia 800
The stunningly social Nokia Lumia 800 features head-turning design, vivid colors (cyan, magenta and black) and the best social and Internet performance, with one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9. It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music. The estimated retail price for the Nokia Lumia 800 will be approximately 420 EUR, excluding taxes and subsidies.
Nokia Lumia 710
The purposely built, no-nonsense Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and thousands of apps to bring the Lumia experience to more people around the world. The Nokia Lumia 710 is designed for instant social & image sharing, and the best browsing experience with IE9. It is available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers. With the same 1.4 GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 delivers high performance at an affordable price. The estimated retail price for the Nokia Lumia 710 will be approximately 270 EUR, excluding taxes and subsidies
Reggie Hutcherson, Director of Windows Phone Developer Experience for Nokia, and Brandon Watson, Senior Director of Windows Phone at Microsoft, shared the stage to answer some of the questions now that the first fruits of the partnership have begun to ripen at Nokia World. The mainly addressing the developers around the world. Microsoft has long been a market leader and innovator for software development tools, and, as Brandon noted, “We wanted to ensure that developers for the Windows Phone platform had access to our decades of experience in building great tools.”
More information on the event can be found at http://press.nokia.com
