Oh boy oh boy - windows on my phone - where do I get one????!!!!!! - Just Kidding!!!!
Isn’t Nokia out of business yet?
Why would anyone want Windows on a phone unless they enjoy viruses? I’m waiting for Android on my desktop.
Microsoft and Nokia held a joint press event in New York City on Wednesday. During the event, the two companies announced their latest and greatest Windows Phone 8 device.
"This is Lumia. And it's time to switch," declared Nokia's executive vice president Jo Harlow as she held up a Lumia 920, the latest Windows Phone 8 flagship device.
As rumored, the device offers built-in wireless charging to help keep what Harlow describes as the "largest battery ever installed on a Nokia phone" running all day long.
The Lumia 920 also brings a PureView camera system, meaning that you should get crisper, clearer images than ever. The technology within the Lumia 920's camera supposedly responds to the tiniest changes in the environment in order to take the best images possible, without triggering the flash.
The new device's 4.5-inch curved glass display should show off those photos quite well, as the Lumia 920 has enhancements which respond to glare from sunlight and other environmental factors. It's a "display that you could even see in the desert," says Harlow.
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Additionally, Harlow emphasized that the Lumia 920 will include Nokia's best navigation tools. "This is the real thing," she says, describing the device's offline map feature, explaining that it is not the typical offline caching seen in some competing apps. An additional app called "City Lens" will allow you to point the smartphone's camera at any nearby landmark or business to view an overlay which includes information about the location. (Yes, augmented reality is leaking into more and more apps.)
This is a phone that you'll want to use constantly, according to Harlow. Microsoft corporate vice president Joe Belfiore took about 15 minutes to demonstrate some of the scenarios in which you might indeed reach for the Lumia 920. It was a basic walk-through of the Windows Phone 8 ecosystem and Belfiore earned a few awkward chuckles as he demonstrated how easily he could add Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer to the Windows Phone 8 start screen, which is dedicated to "the humans you want to keep in touch with."
Nokia senior vice president Kevin Shields took to the stage after Belfiore, to describe how the device "feels so good in your hand that it begs to be picked up." He emphasized the quality and durability of the Luma 920's design. It'll look good, "even throughout the abuse of everyday life."
I’m more concerned with checking out the Win 8 tablet when it comes out. A tablet version of Outlook logged into my exchange network would be awesome.
You have to pay extra for the wireless charger but the normal one comes free?
I don’t know how they do it but it’s probably 1/2 of a transformer and the phone has the other half with an air core. It’s probably cheaper to manufacture than the regular one. Of course people will pay extra for this gee whiz tech.
Windows 8? Windows isn't that great of a desktop operating system; why would I trust it on a phone?
I never used to be an Apple acolyte, but I have to admit: their stuff works. It's just as reliable as my Linux machines are.
No thanks on anything with "Windows" and "Phone" in the same sentence.
“If you’d like to leave a message, please dial one.”
Still only 2 colors per icon. Even Windows 3.1 looked better.
http://www.zdnet.com/nokia-dials-into-graphene-in-photo-sensor-patent-move-7000003759/
Graphene, the two-dimensional Wundermaterial that has taken science by storm, is starting to creep into almost-there technology. Nokia has filed a US patent application for a new kind of photo sensor based on the remarkable form of carbon.
The technology described in Nokia’s patent application has the potential to make much smaller and lighter sensors than the current CCD or CMOS sensors used in most digital cameras, paving the way for much higher megapixel counts from ever smaller devices.