Nokia today launched a Mail for Exchange client for its Asha touch phones. The service currently supports the Asha 308, Asha 309, Asha 310 and Asha 311 models. It does not seem to support the recently announced Asha 501 but hopefully it should once the phone is launched next month. (more…)Google+

Nokia’s Lumia volumes might have increased by 27 percent sequentially to 5.6 million units in Q1 2013, what shocked the most is the steep decline in full-touch Asha shipments, which were almost halved sequentially to just 5 million units. Nokia has acknowledged that it witnessed “competitive industry dynamics and an estimated higher than normal seasonal decline in the market addressable by mobile phones.” During its earnings call, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop also mentioned that Nokia is planning ...

We recently reported about Nokia’s plans to launch phones in the cheaper-end of the market at the Mobile World Congress to counter stiff competition from other mobile companies. At that time it wasn’t clear which phones or at what price range would the Finnish company launch these phones. But now the folks at @eveleaks have uncovered what could be the answer to the above mystery. They have put up a series of images on their Twitter page of the next Nokia Asha boasting of a completely new design language. ...

Cheap Rs 5,000 Android smartphones are being launched in emerging markets like India, some of them boasting 1GHz processors, big 4-inch displays with dual-SIMs and all the features that buyers want. But Nokia is not worried and it is betting on its full-touch Asha series of phones to take on and prevail over these entry-level Android smartphones. “Everyone in the world is not the same. We believe in optimization and differentiation,” said Calin Turcanu, the head of Nokia’s mobile phone divis...

Apart from doubling down on its Windows Phone smartphone portfolio, Nokia has announced two new feature phones – The Asha 308 and the Asha 309 as a part of the Asha line of feature phones based of series 40 platform. (more…)Google+

Nokia has announced its Asha 302 and 303 feature phones will have support for Microsoft mail for exchange capabilities via an app, which is available for a free download via the Nokia Store. (more…)Google+

Nokia has launched the Asha 200, the Asha 300 and the X2-02 feature phones in India. As expected, this Series 40 trio will come with a three-month subscription of the Music Unlimited service which allows you to download DRM-free songs from Nokia’s Music Store. The Nokia Asha 200 (in the image above) has a 2.4-inch display with a QWERTY keypad, a 3.5 mm audio jack, a 2.0MP camera and offers connectivity features such as Bluetooth, EDGE and GPRS. The Nokia Asha 300 also features a 2.4-inch display with a QWER...