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Nokia’s faith in Windows Phone seems to be paying off for now. The company continues to not only dominate the Windows Phone market but also take away market share from rivals such as Samsung and HTC, according to a recently released report by AdDuplex. The usage stats for April show that Nokia has increased its share of the Windows Phone market to 80%, up from about 78% a...
forbes.com (1 month and 10 days ago)

Nokia and Verizon Wireless began teasing the Lumia 928 earlier this week, but now it’s official. The flagship Windows Phone will launch on May 16 for $100, counting a $50 mail-in rebate. As expected, the Nokia Lumia 928 is similar to the Lumia 920 that launched on AT&T late last year. Both phones have 4.5-inch, 1280-by-768 resolution displays, 1.5 GHz dual core...
time.com (13 days ago)
Nokia’s faith in Windows Phone seems to be paying off for now. Not long after Nokia announced a strong set of Q4 results last month, we have AdDuplex’s February issue of Windows Phone usage stats show that Nokia continues to dominate the WP market. According to the report, Nokia has a 78% share of the market, compared to HTC’s 14% and Samsung’s 6%. What is reassuring for...
forbes.com (3 months and 7 days ago)
The huge gamble that Nokia took in February 2011 to drop its proprietary Symbian phone OS in order to switch over to the Windows platform caught the industry by surprise. But Nokia’s Lumia line of Windows powered phones...
examiner.com (30 days ago)

Now that Verizon has its own Nokia hero smartphone working with Windows Phone 8, it’s high time the platform takes off, isn’t it? At the moment, the Nokia Lumia 928 is one of the nicer Windows Phone 8 devices on the market, and if it weren’t for the release of the Nokia Lumia 925 (having ...
slashgear.com (12 hours ago)

Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T finally got the Windows Phone 7.8 treatment. Nokia Care US brought the word about the long overdue update in its official Twitter account. The most notable feature which the Windows Phone 7.8 update brings to the Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T are the resizable tiles a la Windows Phone 8. Furthermore, there are new theme colors, lock screen...
gsmarena.com (15 days ago)

The 3G Nokia Lumia 720 slots into Nokia's Windows Phone 8 portfolio behind its two 4G flagships, the 920 and 820 -- with the aim of pushing some of their fancier features down to a more affordable mid range price point. Rather than beefy tech specs, Nokia has focused on polishing two populist areas: the handset's design and its camera.
techcrunch.com (2 months and 28 days ago)

The Lumia 520 is Nokia's new entry level Windows Phone device -- costing ~$180 before taxes and coming to the U.S. in Q2. So what do you get for not-too-many dollars? Besides the latest version of Windows Phone (WP8), Nokia has included its HERE mapping and navigation software, its Mix Radio free streaming music service and its digital lenses camera filters and Cinemagraph...
techcrunch.com (2 months and 28 days ago)
The Windows Phone platform is in serious need of high-quality applications. Microsoft recently announced that its Windows Phone app store is home to nearly 150,000 applications, however the operating system is still lacking fan favorites such as Instagram, Dropbox and HBO GO. Windows Phone devices released by Nokia and HTC have been well received by critics, but most reviews...
yahoo.com (9 days ago)
Nokia's is rebooting its U.S. Windows Phone push with the arrival of the low-cost Lumia 521 on T-Mobile and Lumia 928 for Verizon Wireless, but increasing sales to meaningful volumes in the very competitive U.S. market will not be easy. Windows Phone has so far seen little success -- during the first quarter its worldwide smartphone market share was 3 percent. But the...
pcworld.com (13 days ago)
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