NOKIA BRAND NAMES Lumia , ClearBlack , PureView NOW OWNED BY MICROSOFT

The Microsoft's Purchase of the Nokia's Device and Services division was announced last year and  Completed in April. But the Microsoft had its eyes on the Nokia's trademark technology brands that  have become synonymous with innovation and quality. A recent check into those well known Nokia trademarks has revealed that they  are now owned by Microsoft Mobile Oy, the division created by Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia's Devices and Services division.

The big names on the list , which one would expect to see include are Lumia , ClearBlack and PureView. The ClearBlack refers to the two step polarization technology for Nokia's moderate to high-end displays  which filter out certain wavelengths of light for those deep blacks.

Microsoft have seen the power of the Nokia brand names and trademarks in the market and has made a great move to make them their possession. over the years Nokia has done alright for itself and established well known trademarks in the tech world, Microsoft now takes in these names as their greater effort to conquer the world of smartphones.

SAMSUNG LAUNCHES MANGA AND PAPER ARTIST APP FOR WINDOWS PHONES, DOWNLOAD NOW

Samsung is recently trying their best to overtake Nokia in the Windows Phone ,being the best seller  in  Android  smartphones and tablets Samsung now has eye on the next giant the Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.  Even though Samsung's ATIV phones din't sell much compared to Nokia's Lumias , but the company has still found reason to launch two new photo effect apps for the few users that are using an ATIV Windows Phone 8.

The new MagaCamera app lets you to turn your photo into cartoons , and applies effects in real-time when you're pointing your camera at something. You can download additional frames apart from one that come with app, and the app also registers itself in the lenses menu so you can access it right from the default camera app on Windows Phone.

As for paper Artist, it's basically a more advanced version of MagaCamera as it allows you to put different types of filters on photos instead of just cartoons. You can either import photos or take new ones with effects shown in real-time. Both MagaCamera and Paper Artist allow you to share edited images through the Share option.

Both apps are exclusively to ATIV devices and can be downloaded from Windows Phone Store.

DOWNLOAD : MagaCamera | Paper Artist

NOKIA DRIVE FOR WINDOWS PHONE 8

One of the key differentiators for Nokia's Windows Phone Devices , the company's navigation app , is now available to all Windows Phone 8 Users in United States , United Kindom and Canada . The app , which is called Nokia Drive+ , is still in Beta and is available for free on the Windows Phone Store .

This essentially means that users who now own Windows Phone 8 devices made by HTC (Samsung 's devices have still not gone on sale) , will be able to experience features like full turn-by-turn voice guided navigation , offline maps , speed limit warnings , and day and night modes , which where till now , only available on Nokia's Windows Phone devices.

It's worth that Nokia announced that it would make Nokia Drive available to other Windows Phone 8 partner in 110 countries , coinciding with the announcement of Windows Phone 8 platform , in june 2012 . Nokia's location assets are one of the richest , with mao data for nearly 200 countries . So Microsoft's location partnership with Nokia which aims at strengthening the Windows  Phone ecosystem is finnaly fruit . We are looking forward to Nokia releasing the app in other markets , including India soon .

NOKIA LUMINA 920 TO BE SOLD FOR $450 (about Rs 24,750/-) $100 less than Galaxy SIII

 Nokia seems to trying hard to make sure that its latest flagship smartphone Nokia  Lumina 920 is able to make a mark . According to Engadget, Nokia will be selling Lumina 920 in US for $450 without any contract. This price is $100 less than Samsung's flagship device Galaxy SIII and $200 less than Apple's iphone 5.

AT&T , which is the second largest telecom operator in US has also announced that it will be selling the Nokia Lumina 820 for $49.99 and Lumina 920 for $99.99 to customers who sign a two-year wireless contract. While ,the other windows Phone 8 Smartphone - HTC 8X is selling for $199.99 with 2 year contract.

It's no secret that Nokia is Banking on its windows Phone 8 strategy to make a comeback in the smartphone segment and the company is leaving no stones unturned to make sure that Nokia Lumina 920 and 820 are a sucess.

 Nokia  has aready anounced that its flagship phone Nokia Lumina 920 will be available in india starting November but has not shayred the pricing of the same. After seeing the aggressive pricing stratergy being adopted by finnish handset maker in US , one can hope nokia may try to adopt the same tatic in india too.

While its tricky translating prices from one market to other, the $450 price tag also offers hope for those waiting for Lumina 920 in markets liki india. Adding duties and other charges to $450 the phone may be priced between Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000/- which would make Lumina 920 an attractive buy at price.

Nokia had recently launched the cheapest Lumina device in the  world "Nokia Lumina 510" which is now available at Rs 9,999 online .

NOKIA LUMIA 820 WINDOWS 8 PHONE

               NOKIA has set a  new era in the world of smart phones with its new flagship phones LUMINA 820  and  LUMINA 920. Both these smart phone runs with the microsoft's brand new OS the WINDOWS PHONE 8 which has stuned the world .The Nokia Lumina 820 is downgraded version of  Lumina 920, degraded only in certain acepts but best of its kind. Just like its brother Lumina 920 , Lumina 820 is a phone with smart looks and perfect design. Lumina 820 comes with 4.3-inch OLED WVGA clear black display (800 x 480) which delivers super sensitive touch for even your nail and when you use a glove .

                      

             The phone also comes with new Snapdragon S4 processor with 1.5 GHz dualcore and 1GB of ram which delivers a high perfomance. With 8B of internal storage capacity and  a MicroSD support apart from Lumina 920 make this phone user's best friend .The phone has 8MP camera with carl Zeiss optics and Dual LED flash and a front VGA camera. The phone  also support Wi-Fi and NFC and Bluetooth 3.1 and also A-GPS/GLONASS ,Micro USB,3.5 mm audio .

                Lumina 820 comes with varity of apps and acessories form high wireless quality headset's and music playable JBL speaker with charger . The phone also support wireless charging which is new spec in the world of smartphones. Lumina 820 comes in varity of colors .The phone is  powered with a 1650mAh battery which delivers a great battery backup. The overall perfomance and design seems to be havin upper hand than smart phone from other manufactures.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Display: 4.3-inch OLED WVGA (800 x 480), clearblack, super sensitive touch for nail & glove use.
• Processor: 1.5 GHz Dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4.
• Storage: 8GB internal and  (Expandable MicroSD), 1GB RAM.
• Camera: 8 MP camer with Carl Zeiss optics and Dual LED flash, VGA front camera.
• Conectivity: NFC, Wi-Fi (802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 3.1, A-GPS/GLONASS, micro USB, 3.5 mm audio.
• Battery: 1650 mAh.
• Operating System: Windows Phone 8.
• Size: 123.8 x 68.5 mm x 9.9 mm.

Table showing Diffrence in Specification of Lumina 920 and 820