Nokia has been very aggressive — and necessarily so, given its dipping position in the global smartphone stakes — in promoting its Windows Phone 7 handsets. But an advertisement running for the Lumia 900 may have accidentally leaked upcoming Windows Phone 7 features.
Nokia Australia held a launch event last night to show off the Australian version of the high-end Lumia 900 and entry-level Lumia 610. Not enough time to fashion a review, but here are my early thoughts.
Time to add another to the long list of Siri’s ailments: self-loathing. Because when you ask your iPhone’s robot lady butler what the “best smartphone ever” is, she opts for a direct competitor. Personal assistants say the darndst things!
Nokia. Nokia, Nokia. You were doing things well. You made a smartphone that was well received and looked nothing like an iPhone. People liked it. People are buying it. And then you created a video parody of Rack City. Nokia…
This isn’t one for the faint of heart — you’ve got to tear open a beautiful Lumia 800 for a start — but it is technically possible to set up Nokia’s top-end (until we see the Lumia 900) Windows smartphone for cable-free charging.
Nokia has just announced its first quarter financial results, and while the company’s managing to shift its new Lumia range in the US, its performance elsewhere is less impressive — in fact, it suffered a $US775 million dollar net loss over the period.
We like Nokia’s Lumia range. We even like Windows Phone, even if we do wish it would get its act together. Unlike Europe, which seems to think that Nokia’s latest Windows-based offerings suck.
If the online reports are right, the Nokia 710 will shortly have an even cheaper, even simpler little Windows Phone brother.
I was quite taken with the Lumia 710 at Nokia’s recent launch of its Lumia portfolio devices; while many have derided it as the cheap and cheerful cousin of the 800 and 900 devices. Its 900Mhz frequency band made it an obvious partner for Optus, and less so for Telstra and Vodafone, unless you really hate data. It turns out that ‘selected retailers’ will get an 850Mhz model.
Nokia ‘launched’ its Lumia portfolio of devices in Australia today, although you won’t be able to buy any for several weeks yet. We’ll get the Lumia 800 — finally — as well as the cheaper Lumia 710, with a rather firm “no comment” on the status of the Lumia 900. Nokia’s pretty much bet the farm on Windows Phone 7, but can it succeed locally?
