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Verizon will get a Nokia Windows Phone this year after all. Everybody wins! Except the many who don’t care. [Bloomberg]

Finns Set a Record by Flinging Phones at Their Crazy Competition

The Finnish might have a background in making phones, but they’re also into throwing them. This year, at the 13th annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championship, Finnish Ere Karjalainen set a new record by launching an old Nokia 332 feet. While the Finns are hailing this throw as a new world record, Engadget found that…

Bloomberg: Nokia to Announce Windows Phone 8 Handsets Early September

Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia will announce its new range of Windows Phone 8-powered devices at the start of September—with the intention of shipping them in time for the holidays. The report cites “a person with knowledge of the matter”, who explains that the company plans to announce the new devices—perhaps unsurprisingly—during a new roadshow-style…

Style Is Dead: Nokia Released a Hot Pink Nail Polish to Commemorate the Release of Its New Pink Lumia

I got a neon pink pedicure earlier this afternoon and now I’m kinda regretting it, because Nokia seems to have co-opted the color pink, as well as the medium of nail polish, with this ridiculous Nokia Lumia-branded hot pink nail lacquer. Ugh. As if Facebook-branded YSL eye-palettes weren’t bad enough, here comes Nokia, wrapping its…

Nokia Has Sold 4 Millions Lumias—But It’s Still Making a Loss

Nokia has just released its financial report for the second quarter of 2012, and it’s bitter-sweet. While Lumia sales are really taking off, the company continues to operate at significant loss. The company must be pleased to see its Lumia sales growing in strength. Previously the handsets have only sold well in the US but…

How Nokia Lost the Smartphone Race a Decade Ago

In the late 1990s, Nokia predicted the future of mobile: it spent millions on research, and even demonstrated touch-screen devices that closely resembled todays iPhones and Androids. So why is it only now making a dent on the smartphone market? The Wall Street Journal has a nice article describing the decision-making processes behind Nokia’s ill-fated…

The Best Windows Phone Is Now Crazy Cheap—But Should You Buy It?

Good news! Nokia just let us know that the awesome muppet-colored Lumia 900 will now only cost $50. Maybe not as good a deal as zero dollars, but still killer. Wait—what about Windows Phone 8? This is tricky. https://gizmodo.com/a-lumia-900-will-cost-new-at-t-customers-zero-dollars-5897948 No, WP8 will absolutely not be coming to the Lumia 900, though the decent consolation prize…

Nokia: PureView Camera Technology Hitting Lumia ‘Very Soon’

In an interview with Neowin, Nokia’s vice president of worldwide developer relations, Richard Kerris, has explained that the company’s PureView camera technology currently featured only in the 808 is coming to the Lumia range “very soon”. The PureView camera system is currently tied to Symbian, but by the sounds of things that looks set to…

Nokia’s Crazy 808 PureView Phone Finally Available in the US

Nokia’s 808 PureView is a strange little phone with it’s cooky 41MP camera. But if you love a little crazy, then good news: after much delay the PureView is now available on America’s shores via Amazon. It should have been available mid-June, but Amazon has finally got off-contract 808 PureViews in stock. The handset will…

All of Gotham City in 3D (Or Traditional) Online Map Form

The Dark Knight Rises is finally, finally, finally almost here—and while that’s great, it also means loads of promotional material. Thankfully, some of it’s pretty great, like these Nokia maps of Gotham City. Is it lame that you have to log in with Facebook and Like Nokia’s page? YES. Absolutely. We already like you, Nokia!…

Nokia Claims Google’s New Nexus 7 Infringes Its Patents

Google’s Nexus 7 is the best new way to spend 200 bucks: it’s fast, slick, and expensive-feeling. But Nokia claims it also infringes some of its patents in the process. Nokia has announced that the tablet infringes a number of its patents connected with the IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi standard, reports The Inquirer. In fact, most…

Here’s the Best Way to Play Old School Snake on Your Fancy Smartphone

If you had a Nokia cell phone long, long ago—and if you were alive then, you probably did—the best time murdering/happy fun time you could do with it was to play Snake. Those buttons were a joy to push! But even in the crowded sea of smartphone games now, nothing is quite as addictive as…

Microsoft Boots Bing Maps for Nokia in Windows Phone 8

We saw this coming, and we’re glad it’s true: Windows Phone 8 will replace Bing Maps with Nokia’s stellar mapping tech. The Nokia data will be available offline—a huge perk—and include turn by turn directions, 3D, and fast transit planning. It takes a big man to admit his own son is terrible, and replace that…

Displays Might One Day Be Made of Just Air and Water

The same elements that keep humans alive—water and air—could one day also be used to entertain us while we laze about on the couch. Because researchers at Aalto University in Finland have created a unique display technology that uses just air and H20, instead of LCDs or LEDs. The secret is a multi-level superhydrophobic surface…

You Can Get Nokia’s Mega-Major 41MP 808 PureView Phone in the US After All

Nokia’s 808 PureView may be more of a oddity than anything you’d actually want to buy, but at least now it’s our oddity, too. The 41MP camera with a phone attached to it will finally wash up on America’s shores at the end of this week, although like all good curios it comes at a…

Relax, Nokia’s Monday Announcement Has Nothing To Do With Microsoft

Both Nokia and Microsoft have scheduled big announcements for Monday, and since the two companies are all buddy-buddy when it comes to smartphones, many are speculating the announcements are actually connected. But as AllThingsD points out, they’re probably not. Over the past couple of days Nokia has been posting teaser images on its US Facebook…

Nokia Cuts 10,000 More Jobs, Sells Vertu, and Buys Swedish Imaging Specialists

Nokia is definitely not out of the woods yet. Yes, it is making a bit of headway with its pretty decent Lumia Windows Phone line, but an additional 10,000 job cuts, taking the total to 40,000, doesn’t scream “winning” just yet. 10,000 people will be put out of a job before the end of 2013,…

Nokia’s Putting Monster 41-MP PureView Cameras in Lumia Windows Phones

Nokia’s 41-megapixel PureView camera sensors take humongous photos that actually look pretty great. And they’re coming to Nokia’s Lumia Windows Phones, according to Nokia. Talking with Howard Forums, Nokia USA President Chris Webber said “you can expect we’ll be bringing PureView technologies to the Windows Phone platform in future Lumia devices.” Which is good news,…

College’s Entire Freshman Class Will Receive a Nokia Lumia 900

This fall, the incoming college freshman of Seton Hall’s Class of 2016 will a little something extra, on top of their meal plan and course catalog and extra-long twin bed: A Nokia Lumia 900. Apparently born out of the New Jersey college’s partnerships with both Nokia and Microsoft, each matriculating student will receive his or…

What Is Nokia’s PureView Technology?

You’ve seen the kinds of monster photos the Nokia 808 PureView can snap, and read how it’s got a digital zoom that doesn’t turn everything into a pixelated mess. But how does it actually perform these miracles, and what the hell is Nokia doing shoving a colossal 41-megapixel sensor in a phone anyway? It’s a…