Nokia Lumia 900 to be released in Europe on April 9th. Lumia 610 on June 11th.

Nokia has presented at the MWC 2012 the Nokia Lumia 900 version for Europe as well the newest and most affordable member of their Windows Phone 7 phone family, the Lumia 610. The biggest question left open was the release date of these phones. Today, Mobilefun site had advanced with these dates.

The Lumia 900 is, according with this site, to be released on the April 9th. The top-end WP7 by Nokia, featuring a 1.4 Ghz processor, stands out from the other models essentially by his a 4.3? display and front-face camera. One curious detail is also, according with the same source, that this phone will arrive with WP7 Tango OS version.

The Nokia Lumia 610, the first 256 Mb RAM phone operating with a WP7 OS, should arrive only on June 11th and it will be destined mainly to youngsters due to his lower price tag that is expected to be 189 Euros before taxes.

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Nokia Lumia 800 battery life gets a threefold improvement

The battery life on the Nokia Lumia 800 has been much criticized ever since the phone launched four months ago. Since then Nokia has released a couple of updates for the device aiming to improve the battery life but they didn't really help, with the last update merely dimming the display instead of providing any real improvement to the battery life.

However, they finally might be on to something with that last update we wrote about yesterday. According to WPCentral the new update provides up to three times the battery life compared to before, although they did not mention three times of what type of particular usage.

Besides the other improvements we already listed, one particular new change caught our attention. The update is supposed to bring an increase in bass response to improve the audio quality.

That's interesting because if you read our Lumia 800 review, we specifically mentioned the poor bass response of the device when it is connected to a pair of headphones.

If you have received this update, do let us know what improvements you are seeing, especially to the battery life of the phone.

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Nokia Lumia 900 to be released in Europe on April 9th. Lumia 610 on June 11th.

Nokia has presented at the MWC 2012 the Nokia Lumia 900 version for Europe as well the newest and most affordable member of their Windows Phone 7 phone family, the Lumia 610. The biggest question left open was the release date of these phones. Today, Mobilefun site had advanced with these dates.

The Lumia 900 is, according with this site, to be released on the April 9th. The top-end WP7 by Nokia, featuring a 1.4 Ghz processor, stands out from the other models essentially by his a 4.3? display and front-face camera. One curious detail is also, according with the same source, that this phone will arrive with WP7 Tango OS version.

The Nokia Lumia 610, the first 256 Mb RAM phone operating with a WP7 OS, should arrive only on June 11th and it will be destined mainly to youngsters due to his lower price tag that is expected to be 189 Euros before taxes.

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Nokia officially announce Lumia 610 and world Lumia 900

After many leaks, it's now official - Nokia announce the Lumia 610 at the Mobile World Congress as well as the global availability of the Lumia 900.

Running Windows Phone 7.5, the Lumia 610 is powered by an 800MHz single-core Snapdragon S1 processor and 256MB of RAM and 8GB storage.

With a 3.7" WVGA TFT LCD screen, the Lumia 610 stands at 119mm x 62mm x 12mm and weighs 131.5 grams.

The camera of the Lumia 610 is a 5MP unit with auto-focus and a LED flash. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS are on board, as well as a 3.5mm headphone jack, microUSB port and a 1300mAh battery.

The Nokia Lumia 610 will come in white, cyan, magenta and black for the price of 189 ?. Nokia expects the device to hit the market some time in Q2.

The Lumia 900 will make its global debut this year. Elop said the high-end Windows Phone device will also hit Canada with Rogers in its LTE version and DCHSPA, which doubles the speed of regular HSPA+ for the rest of the world.

The global version of the Lumia 900 will come in its usual colors, white, cyan and black and will retail for 480?. Like the Lumia 610 it will too out in Q2.

In addition, Nokia is updating some of the applications on Windows Phone as well as introducing new ones. Nokia Drive is one of the updated apps.

The updated Nokia Drive includes not only updated maps and content, but also the addition of speed limits, which is handy. And to make it even harder to resist, Nokia have thrown in full offline capabilities.

The new one is Nokia Reading. It is a personalized news feed app, just like Google Reader on Android or Pulse. Nokia Reading provides local language content as well as books and news. Nokia will provide the app as a free download, too.

In addition, Windows Phone is coming finally to China. And because of the need to reach emerging markets, Nokia announced the minimum requirements for devices to run Windows Phone 7 is now just 256MB of RAM on devices with Qualcomm 7x278 family of chips.

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Nokia Lumia 610 pictures and details emerge

With only hours left till Nokia's press conference at MWC, we have some fresh details and images of the upcoming announcements.

Nokia Lumia 610 pictured below, will be the company's entry level Windows Phone handset. The device is expected to feature a 3.2" screen, 3MP camera, and Windows Phone Tango on board. Given the nature of the new OS, it shouldn't be a surprise if the device comes with 256MB of RAM.

The Nokia Lumia 610 will reportedly be priced at ?175, when it hits the shelves. India will be one of the first markets to receive the device.

Next in line is the global version of the Nokia Lumia 900. The AT&T version caused quite a splash during CES, so there is no surprise here.

Also, don't forget the PureView camera phone, whose teaser emerged a few days ago. The device is expected to be the successor of the venerable N8, so the interest towards it is huge.

We will be covering the Nokia press conference live (it starts at 7:30AM GMT), so stick around for the full scoop on the company's MWC lineup.

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Nokia Lumia 610 and Asha 305 get Indonesian certification

Indonesia's FCC counterpart, Postel, is proving to be an interesting source of info on new phones. Their database contains two Nokias that aren?t official yet - the rumored Nokia Lumia 610 and a Nokia 305, which was unheard of until now.

Now, the database lists only the most basic info on the phone (if even that) but with rumors floating around that Nokia will announce three smartphones and three feature phones at the MWC, these numbers give us a glimpse of what will be announced.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is one of the phones expected to be unveiled in Barcelona and this listing confirms that it's a real device. Postel site reveals that the 610 will have 2G and 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but that's it (they only test if wireless devices are within specs, so that's all the info we can hope to get).

The Nokia 305 is probably an Asha device, but there's not even Wi-Fi/Bluetooth info on it. Judging by model number alone, it should take over from the Asha 303 as the new top of the line feature phone by Nokia.

A previous rumor claimed that a different set of Asha phones will be announced at the MWC, but there's no way to know for sure (other than waiting for a couple of weeks).

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Nokia Lumia 800 with a flickering problem?

This issue has been tested on at least 5 different Nokia Lumia 800 smartphones and I found  a similar flickering problem in all of them. Whenever I hold my finger on a list and stop any scrolling motion, everything keeps shaking.  This happens on menu lists but, for example, not in the browser. However, if I do use two fingers on the browser, when making a pinch-to-zoom, the same effect happens again. I have tested also a couple of Lumia 710 and this doesn’t happen, so I’m lead to conclude that the problem might be related with the phone itself and not with the WP7 OS.  I made a quick video, where I think you can see the problem I’m talking about.   You can watch after the break.

So, is this really a problem?  Has everyone else noticed this too? Leave your comments on our forum.

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Nokia Lumia 610 and Asha 305 get Indonesian certification

Indonesia's FCC counterpart, Postel, is proving to be an interesting source of info on new phones. Their database contains two Nokias that aren?t official yet - the rumored Nokia Lumia 610 and a Nokia 305, which was unheard of until now.

Now, the database lists only the most basic info on the phone (if even that) but with rumors floating around that Nokia will announce three smartphones and three feature phones at the MWC, these numbers give us a glimpse of what will be announced.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is one of the phones expected to be unveiled in Barcelona and this listing confirms that it's a real device. Postel site reveals that the 610 will have 2G and 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but that's it (they only test if wireless devices are within specs, so that's all the info we can hope to get).

The Nokia 305 is probably an Asha device, but there's not even Wi-Fi/Bluetooth info on it. Judging by model number alone, it should take over from the Asha 303 as the new top of the line feature phone by Nokia.

A previous rumor claimed that a different set of Asha phones will be announced at the MWC, but there's no way to know for sure (other than waiting for a couple of weeks).

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Nokia Lumia 610 and Asha 305 get Indonesian certification

Indonesia's FCC counterpart, Postel, is proving to be an interesting source of info on new phones. Their database contains two Nokias that aren?t official yet - the rumored Nokia Lumia 610 and a Nokia 305, which was unheard of until now.

Now, the database lists only the most basic info on the phone (if even that) but with rumors floating around that Nokia will announce three smartphones and three feature phones at the MWC, these numbers give us a glimpse of what will be announced.

The Nokia Lumia 610 is one of the phones expected to be unveiled in Barcelona and this listing confirms that it's a real device. Postel site reveals that the 610 will have 2G and 3G connectivity, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth but that's it (they only test if wireless devices are within specs, so that's all the info we can hope to get).

The Nokia 305 is probably an Asha device, but there's not even Wi-Fi/Bluetooth info on it. Judging by model number alone, it should take over from the Asha 303 as the new top of the line feature phone by Nokia.

A previous rumor claimed that a different set of Asha phones will be announced at the MWC, but there's no way to know for sure (other than waiting for a couple of weeks).

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