Alleged photos of Nokia’s upcoming phone codenamed Catwalk have surfaced on Chinese website, Baidu. Two images of a Nokia Lumia handset with metal or metal-like side frames, claiming to be the rumored Catwalk phone. (more…)Google+

Nokia has officially announced prices for the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones in along with pre-orders in Europe. In Russia, the Lumia 920 has been priced at $801 (Rs 42,597), while the Lumia 820 has been priced at $640 (Rs 34,000). In Germany, Nokia is pricing the Lumia 920 at $836 (Rs 44,458) and the Lumia 820 for $643 (Rs 34,194). Likewise in Italy the pricing for the Lumia 920 is locked at $771(Rs 41,000) which is slightly cheaper than Germany and Russia. (more…)Google+

“This is the new connector for many years to come,” Phil Schiller, Apple’s Senior VP, told AllThingsD in an interview after the iPhone 5′s unveiling. Apple’s decision to not include NFC and wireless charging, technologies that have been used as buzzwords in marketing campaigns by Apple’s biggest competitors, is raising quite a few eyebrows. Neither NFC nor wireless charging is a new technology in cellphones – Nokia had introduced NFC in one of its phones way back in 2006 whil...

Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore today showed off a few new features in Windows Phone 8 while saving the best for “a later date”. Finally, Windows Phone users will be able to take screenshots by pressing the power and home button combination. The bigger feature, however, is a lens application that will enable third-party developers to build apps for the camera. (more…)Google+

As we come close to the Nokia-Microsoft event scheduled for September 5, we are increasingly getting a clearer picture to what the announcement is going to feature. We have already seen leaked images of the supposed flagship Lumia 920 and today The Verge has confirmed that this very device is going to sport a 8-megapixel camera and wireless charging capabilities using the Qi wireless standard. (more…)Google+

Nokia has plans to announce smartphones running on Windows Phone 8 operating system at its annual Nokia World event in Helsinki, which begins on September 5. Bloomberg reports that the handsets would be launched before the year-end holiday shopping season. The timing of the announcement is not surprising as Nokia has traditionally announced its flagship products at Nokia World. However, the big deal would be the timing of the launch considering Samsung would announce the Galaxy Note II a week before and Apple...

Nokia empowers its developers with a tool called RDA or Remote Device Access, from which the developer can remotely test their applications via a browser on any Nokia device. Well, this tool has had an unexpected side effect which will not impress the folks from Helsinki. According to GSM Arena, the RDA tool has leaked six Nokia smartphones that are under development. Among these are the Lumia 910, Lumia 920, Lumia 950, Lumia 1001, Nokia 510 and the Nokia 805. (more…)Google+