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Nokia Unveils Its First Windows 7 Phone

Posted by Unknown on from the elop-continues-to-have-wonderful-ideas dept.

mikejuk writes with an excerpt from an I Programmer article: "Nokia has just launched the Lumia 800, its first Windows 7 phone, and it is basically a modified N9. CEO Stephen Elop said: 'It's a new dawn for Nokia.' He also called it 'the first real Windows Phone,' and said, 'We believe it is the first ever instantiation of the Windows Phone platform that properly embodies, complements and amplifies the design sensibilities of Windows Phone' ... It is being launched in Europe now but the US wont see one until early 2012." By "modified N9" they mean the N9 but running WP7 bundled with Nokia's navigation application and a streaming music service.

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  1. Re:Why Windows? by gstrickler · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Two major factors:
    1. Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop was a senior exec for M$ prior being hired as Nokia's CEO
    2. M$ offered ~ $1B in incentives to Nokia.

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  2. Re:alphabet by Spy+Handler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why Nokia is the pinnacle of human achievement, while the iPhone is a piece of shit

  3. Re:To stave off the obvious... by Sez+Zero · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So the "new" Lumina weighs more, has a smaller screen, no front-facing camera, less RAM, a less capable radio AND runs Windows.

    Sure sounds like a winner to me!

  4. Nokia Whore 800 by paugq · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Spanish, "Lumia" means "whore"

    "Here we are, talking about the Nokia Whore 800 and the Nokia Whore 710, the two newest smartphones by Nokia..."

    Nokia Global Marketing fail 101.

  5. Re:Why ignore US? by caius112 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just what is your idea of Eastern Europe? Czechs and Poles living in mud huts, having trouble finding drinking water? Please educate yourself next time before making an incredibly ignorant comment.