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.
So Giz hit up the Nokia preview event in Sydney tonight, and there’s lots of news to share. Alex will have more hands-on thoughts for you in the morning, but for the moment, here’s what we’ve learnt…
Nokia lost its spot as the world’s top phone manufacturer to Samsung last week, but according to an interview with the Financial Times, it’s got a plan to get back on track: hybrids.
That story that came via the Korea Herald the other day, proclaiming that LG was getting out of providing Windows Phone 7 hardware? Not so, says LG, although it is “focusing” on Android.
That’s probably not the kind of thing that Microsoft really wanted to hear. A senior LG official has told a South Korean newspaper that the company has no particular further Windows Phone 7 plans… although oddly it’s still researching them.
The Lumia 710 is the cheaper, slightly fatter brother of the excellent Nokia Lumia 800. It’s a capable enough smartphone, but can it entice budget buyers?
JB Hi-Fi only just released the Android and iOS apps for its JB Hi-Fi NOW music streaming service, but the retailer isn’t quite done with its digital music ambitions. Next on its development hitlist: Windows Phone 7.
When you run the numbers on Microsoft’s mobile platform, it doesn’t look good. Despite the debut of Windows Phone 7 about a year and a half ago, the company is losing mobile users faster than it can add them.
