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How to Enable Image Stabilization on the Nokia Lumia 920 (Not Really)

It seems that Nokia screwed their Lumia 920 camera demo even more than we thought. Not only they faked the video but also faked photos. https://gizmodo.com/how-could-you-screw-this-up-so-badly-nokia-5940748 Some of the images presented as taken by the Lumia 920’s new PureView camera were actually taken by a DSLR camera, as the image below shows. A DSLR on…

This Is What Nokia’s PureView Camera REALLY Looks Like

Nokia has come around and apologized for its sleight of hand trick on the PureView demo, saying it should have put a disclaimer saying that the video was not made with a Lumia phone. That’s good on them. Even better though is that Nokia has released a video showing optical image stabilization footage taken with…

How Could You Screw This Up So Badly, Nokia?

You know, Nokia, I was all excited about your new PureView camera after watching your fake demo video. So excited that I wrote a piece on how this camera will make me dump the iPhone and get a Lumia 920. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-faked-its-pureview-demo-and-then-claimed-they-nev-5940784 Now I just want to slap you. Sure, I know that our own hands-on…

Nokia Faked Its PureView Demo and Then Claimed They Never Said It Was Real

When we watched the latest ad from Nokia showing off its PureView technology in the Lumia and ridiculously fluid optical image stabilization, we were stunned. Excited. Happy. If the camera on the Lumia was that good, we wanted it. Badly. Immediately. But sadly, it was faked. Nokia isn’t showing off what the Lumia 920 can…

Definitive Proof That the Lumia 920’s PureView Camera Is Awesome

Here’s a side-by-side-by-side of the Nokia Lumia 920‘s PureView camera up against the iPhone 4S and Galaxy S III. It’s pretty darn impressive. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-lumia-920-hands-on-you-really-want-this-thing-bu-5940654 This comparison (taken with a T3i) shows low-light shots taken at the same time by all three phones ina dark box that was set up at the Lumia event in New…

Nokia Lumia 920 Hands On: You Really Want This Thing—But Enough to Switch?

The Lumia 920 is wonderful. It’s smooth and fast and sleek and has a ton of future-is-here features. But the question for Nokia—and for you—is, will it be enough? The first thing you notice about the 920 is the curved glass screen—the same as the old Lumia 800. It’s a relatively small detail, but it…

Lumia 820: The Windows Phone for the Rest of Us

Here’s the Lumia 820, the Lumia 920’s little sister. It’s got the same polycarbonate unibody with softer lines. It’s also got a 4.3-inch screen, 4G LTE, and built in NFC, Nokia City Lens, and all the other exclusive Nokia apps. Not bad for the second child. But here’s the big part: It’s got a pop-off…

The 5 Coolest Things about Nokia’s PureMotion HD+ Display Technology

The PureView camera may be the headlining feature of Nokia’s new Lumia 920 phone, but the display is no slouch either. The company says its PureMotion HD+ technology allows the phone to look better, scroll smoother and respond to user interaction better. Here’s a quick rundown of the best and coolest new features this display…

Nokia Lumia 920: Now With Built-In Gifs

At Nokia’s unveiling of the Lumia 920 it announced that the phone now has a built-in gif app—Nokia Cinemagraph. How amazing is that? Sharing animations with your friends just got better. Provided that they get this phone too. You can follow along with our live coverage of Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 announcement right here.

The Lumia 920’s Wireless Charging Speaker Dock Looks Crazy Cool

The Lumia 920 has wireless charging, which in and of itself is fun and neat and interesting and a delightful little quirky perk. But it’ll also have color-matching Power Up speakers from JBL that charge your phone every time you gently lay it on top. Pretty cool. How well does it work? How much does…

Nokia’s New City Lens and Maps Make Lumia an Augmented Reality Beast

Well this is a nice garnish Nokia’s put on its new Lumia 900 superphone: an augmented reality app—called City Lens—that might actually be worth a damn. And it might make Nokia Maps the undisputed champ. Like all AR applications, seeing is believing, but if the Lumia 920 delivers on its promise, we could have something…

Inside the Nokia Lumia 920’s Camera: A Lesser Form of PureView, but Floating Lens Tech Means Smooth Video

Nokia’s Lumia 920 flagship Windows Phone looks promising, but the camera isn’t quite what everyone was hoping for. Where as Nokia’s 808 PureView phone packed a massive 41-megapixel sensor and mostly served as a proof of concept for the PureView tech, the Lumia 920’s sensor is 8.7-megapixels, which Nokia says can capture 5x-10x more light…

Nokia Lumia 920: The Great Windows Phone Hope

Here it is: The Lumia 920. This is the phone Nokia’s staking its future on. Let’s just take a moment and bask in that beautiful Finnish build. And then we can talk about the wireless charging, NFC, augmented reality, and everything else that makes this look like a killer phone. The 4G LTE Lumia 920…

What Product Announcement Are You Most Excited for This Week?

There may be an Apple event rumored for next week, but this week’s scheduled events might actually be even more exciting. Nokia is holding an event to unveil its rumored flagship Windows Phone 8 device, Motorola has some new announcements up its sleeve, and, of course, Amazon is expected to roll out its new line…

Your Lumia Phone Just Got a Sweet (Free) Music Streaming Service

Ahead of tomorrow’s Nokia event at which we’ll presumably see a new batch of Windows Phone 8 handsets, Nokia is bringing its Nokia Music streaming service free—and ad-free—to Lumia phones in the US. If you already own a Lumia 900 or Lumia 710 phone you can go download the Nokia Music app, which gives you…

Nokia: PureView Is Not a Single Specific Feature

After what Nokia did with its 808’s insane camera, many a consumer was hoping that similar PureView technology would also feature in the impending new Lumia range. Don’t hold your breath, though: as Nokia is keen to point out, PureView isn’t about crazy pixel counts. https://gizmodo.com/nokia-808-pureview-hands-on-a-superb-camera-with-a-ph-5912940 In a bid to perhaps manage expectations, Nokia’s senior…

Rumor: New Nokia Lumias to Include Wireless Charging?

Last week rumors circulated about Nokia’s new range of Lumia handsets. Now, another leak from evleaks suggests that the Lumia range will feature wireless charging. https://gizmodo.com/are-these-nokias-new-lumia-windows-phones-updated-5939527 The Verge is reporting the rumor in some detail, suggesting that the new phones will support the Qi wireless power standard, making it compatible with other wireless charging systems.…

Are These Nokia’s New Lumia Windows Phones? (Updated)

There’s less than a week until Nokia’s September 5th event, but this could be a look at the gorgeous new Windows Phones we’re going to see. The leaked photos come from an upstart leak outlet Twitter account called evleaks. Right now it’s got a total of 10 tweets visible over the past three days, but…

What in the Hell Is This?

Nokia has a new teaser video on its YouTube page. In it a girl—a very stylish girl—rides her bike along the waterfront of a Finnish neighborhood (well, presumably Finnish). At the end appears the text “Things Are About to Change” with a date: 9.05.12. Of course, this is the date of the Nokia event next…

Nokia’s Sept. 5 event will reportedly be one top-end Windows Phone on AT&T and one mid-range one on AT&T and T-Mobile.