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Archive for January 22nd, 2013

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Nostalgia Lane: 13 Of the Top 20 most Selling Mobiles in History Are Nokias

Nostalgia Lane: 13 Of the Top 20 most Selling Mobiles in History Are Nokias

| January 22, 2013 | 15 Replies

Advertisements The Telegraph have posted a really cool article/slideshow that showcases the top 20 most selling mobiles on the planet; since the beginning of time. Of course Nokia have quite the presence on the list taking up 13 of the top 20 spots (including spots 1-6). Topping the list is the 1110 which over the past 7 […]

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Beta WiFi Update Now Available Belle Refresh Devices

Beta WiFi Update Now Available Belle Refresh Devices

| January 22, 2013 | 7 Replies

Last month we reported that an update was available for Belle FP1 devices through Nokia Beta labs; that fixed some WiFi connectivity issues. This same update has now been made official for first gen Symbian devices running Belle Refresh, although for some reason the N8 isn’t mentioned in the list of supported devices. It has been reported that following Symbian […]

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Nokia Jordan Offering Free Fatboy Wireless Charging Pillow With Lumia 920 Booking

Nokia Jordan Offering Free Fatboy Wireless Charging Pillow With Lumia 920 Booking

| January 22, 2013 | 8 Replies

Nokia Jordan are prepping for the Lumia 920 launch in Jordan; the first flagship Nokia in the area since possibly the N8 (N9 was launched but it was never a flagship device, and the 808 wasn’t a hit or properly pushed). The phone should launch sometime soon (within the next week or two); but if […]

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Mugen Power to make battery extension for Nokia Lumia 920

Mugen Power to make battery extension for Nokia Lumia 920

| January 22, 2013 | 17 Replies

For some people, thickness and weight is of no concern. All they’re after is as much battery power as they can get. For years, Mugen Power has catered to this audience across several brands including Nokia (one of the latest, the 808 no?) Today, we hear that Mugen Power is making a battery extender for […]

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Good News: The Back panel on the Lumia 920/820 Really is Scratchproof

Good News: The Back panel on the Lumia 920/820 Really is Scratchproof

| January 22, 2013 | 20 Replies

One of my greatest issues with the N9/Lumia 800/Lumia 900 was the silver plating on the back that surrounded the camera lens. The fact was that no matter how careful you were with the phone it would end up being scratched in every possible spot; and it honestly hurt to look at. However with the […]

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Statcounter: WP crosses 20% in Finland (#Nokia #Lumia)

Statcounter: WP crosses 20% in Finland (#Nokia #Lumia)

| January 22, 2013 | 36 Replies

We’ve been watching Finland, home of Nokia and Lumia, and the progress of WP for a while. Fortunately it’s been a nice positive incline as WP adoption continues to increase in Finland, month after month, no doubt predominantly due to Nokia Lumia. We’ve previously noted spikes passing 20% but now it’s remaining steady over 20% […]

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Lumia 510 Coming to UK Soon Via Phones4U

Lumia 510 Coming to UK Soon Via Phones4U

| January 22, 2013 | 24 Replies

The Lumia 510 which was announced back in October last year was (and I believe remains) the cheapest Windows Phone devices till now. Of course the 510 runs Windows Phone 7.5 but is upgrade-able to 7.8 (hopefully by the end of the month). Phones4U has listed it on their site under “coming soon” although in the initial launch […]

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Italy and UK WP market share reach 13.9% and 5.9%, 50% growth in smartphones for Nokia in UK.

Italy and UK WP market share reach 13.9% and 5.9%, 50% growth in smartphones for Nokia in UK.

| January 22, 2013 | 98 Replies

Figures from Kantar World Panel for December show continued growth for Windows Phone in Europe (except Germany). Nokia’s shares of smartphones has increased 50% since last year in the UK, Nokia is experiencing something of a turnaround in Britain with its smartphone sales share at 6.2% and actual sales growing by over 50% compared with […]

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Video: Lumia 920’s OIS Goes Skiing; Impresses Everyone

Video: Lumia 920’s OIS Goes Skiing; Impresses Everyone

| January 22, 2013 | 7 Replies

Although I’ve never gone skiing I can only imagine that it’s quite difficult, and probably a lot more difficult when you’re using miniature skis like the “sled dogs” seen above. All that aside the Lumia 920 has no issues keeping everything steady while flying down hill on some slopes in the video down below Everything […]

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