Nokia Performing The Impossible: Making Windows Phone Cool

An interesting piece over at ReadWrite where they look a little bit at the imaging in the new Nokia Lumia 1020. Nokia is working superbly hard in making Windows Phone a genuine alternative to the consumer’s two choices of iPhone or Android. The use of the imaging SDK to take advantage of the best camera in a modern smartphone is yet another added value for Nokia Lumia devices. This is a platform for developers to create things for the Lumia line. To ReadWrite, it shows Nokia is not simply taking a backseat whilst it painfully watches Microsoft travel back in time with their utterly slow speed of development, but instead Nokia is taking their future into Windows Phone in their own hands to improve both WP and Nokia Lumia devices.

http://readwrite.com/2013/07/12/nokia-performing-the-impossible-making-windows-phone-cool (via)

To let the insane camera (which is as good, or better, than advertised) and the pricey $299 price tag (on a two-year contract with AT&T) deter you from what Nokia is doing would be a mistake. The Lumia 1020 is no gimmick smartphone being presented as a hero device. Nokia may be doing what many thought would be impossible.

It is starting to make the Windows Phone platform look cool. 

How is Nokia doing this? By breaking away from the Microsoft-centric development of Windows Phone and creating new, creative ways for developers to take advantage of Nokia features. Features such as Nokia’s HERE maps program and the new Imaging SDK (software developer kit) give developers real incentive to build for the Lumia line while making Microsoft and Windows Phone tangential to the conversation.

Category: Lumia, Nokia, Windows Phone