With the hype created by the iPhone and the androids in the smartphone segment, it would was probable for Nokia to appear with something new, to boast up their sales. Everyone knows Nokia and Windows both suffered from the craze that was created by Apple's iPhone and the Google's Android.
So, Nokia is now here with the new range to windows 7 mobile OS smartphones. Nokia has launched the Lumia 800, which nokia believes will revoke the smartphone segment. The Lumia 800 was released at the Nokia world, London by the CEO of the company alongside with its smaller counterpart Lumia 710. The device is available in magenta, cyan and black and closely resembles N9 series.
Lumia 800
Lumia 710
Nokia is labeling these devices as stylish and smart. These include Nokia maps and support of tons of other apps. The Lumia series is the brand new extension to the Nokia family by addition of the Window based devices, up till now the company was focused mainly on java and Symbian systems. The device will feature the nokia maps and navigation, Nokia music integrated with gigfinder(the online live streaming apps, with search and find facility for live music). Nokia is providing the ear purity earpieces which are designed and developed with monster. There has also been enhancement in the navigation and places by addition of Nokia Pulse and Nokia Live View. These apps are designed to enhance your navigation experience. It provides you facility to tag locations and even conversations.
The Nokia CEO called these devices as beauty outside and beast inside. The nokia is branding the device as the first real smartphone.
Specifications
Both the devices features 3.7" display which is quite useful if you like watching movies and videos on your phone. Both the models have the same 1.4 GHz processor. The 800 comes with an internal memory of 16GB whereas the 710 has only 8GB to offer. Both phones comes up with Windows mango OS. The 800 has a 8 MP camera and 710 will provide you with a 5 MP camera both of them based on Carl Zeiss’s optics.
Nokia is planning to make a good come back with the windows based phones. The world's largest market holder has lost a lot of market shares to Apple and Samsung in the recent years in the smartphone categories. But the main competition would be the launch of the new iPhone and the smartphones coming up with the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. So, it’s kind of brave move for nokia who was known to use only Symbian and java based OS in its phones.
