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First glimpse of Lumia successors. Nokia's Lumia 800 was something of a return to high-end form: its design was desirable enough to become the flagship handset for the promising Windows Phone OS, and since then have come the Lumia 900 and cheaper Lumia 710.Batman branded Nokia Lumia 800 heading to retailers? - T3.com
Following a purely promotional run of Batman The Dark Night branded Nokia Lumia 800 handsets last year, new reports have suggested the Finnish phone manufacturer is to release a limited edition run of the superhero etched Windows Phone handsets.
Set to launch through retailer Phones 4U in the UK, Nokia has reportedly suggested the Batman branded phone is to make its first consumer available appearance in the coming weeks with a limited run to see those fast off the mark able to snap up the iconic handset.
Although it is yet unclear exactly how limited a run Nokia will put on the Batman themed Lumia 800, it is expected the handsets will follow the same form as their promotional predecessors with the infamous Batman logo cut from the polycarbonate shell as well as the boxed leather handset case.
Batman Nokia Lumia 800 Specs
Featuring the same collection of premium specs as its standard siblings, the Batman branded Nokia Lumia 800 is to hit retailers with a 3.7-inch Clear Black AMOLED display lining up alongside a 1.4GHz processor, 512MB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage.
Running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS, the Lumia 800 also comes equipped with an 8-megapixel rear-mounted camera that plays host to a Carl Zeiss lens and 720p HD video recording capabilities.
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Facebook unveils photo app for iPhone - San Francisco Gate
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Facebook, perhaps needing to refocus attention away from its stock problems, has unveiled an Instagram-like iPhone photo app called Camera. And yes, Facebook is buying Instagram for $1 billion, but that deal won't close until sometime later this ...Nokia downgraded by S&P after Samsung pushes past - Yahoo Finance
HELSINKI (AP) -- Standard and Poor's on Friday downgraded Nokia's credit rating by one notch and warned that it may reduce it again unless the company's performance improves.
The rating agency said it was lowering the Finnish company's long-term corporate credit rating to BB+ from BBB- and its short-term corporate credit rating to B from A-3.
The downgrade came after Nokia Corp. posted huge first-quarter losses and a 30 percent drop in sales and a report earlier Friday estimated Samsung Electronics Co. had overtaken it as the world's largest maker of mobile phones.
"We now expect Nokia to report significantly lower margins and cash flows in 2012 than we had previously expected," S&P said. "The outlook is negative, reflecting the possibility of a further downgrade if Nokia fails to stabilize revenues and margins and significantly cut its cash losses."
Nokia CFO Timo Ihamuotila said the company was in transition, a year after it teamed up with Microsoft Corp. to incorporate Windows software in its new handsets.
"Nokia is in the middle of a transformation program which encompasses every aspect of our business," Ihamuotila said, adding that the company was "implementing a decisive action plan" to improve growth.
"The main focus of these actions is on lowering the company's costs, improving cash flow and maintaining a strong financial position, while bringing attractive new products to market," he said, but gave no details.
Nokia's share price closed down slightly at €2.74 ($3.62) in Helsinki.
Last week, Nokia announced one of its worst quarterly results ever, blaming tough competition for a €929 million ($1.2 billion) net loss as sales plunged, especially in the smartphone market. It said it expects no improvement in the second quarter.
The cell phone maker is fighting fierce competition in the top-end from Apple Inc.'s iPhone and other makers using Google Inc.'s popular Android software, including Samsung and HTC of Taiwan. It is also being squeezed in the low-end by Asian manufacturers making cheaper phones, such as China's ZTE.
Boston-based Strategy Analytics said Friday that Samsung surpassed Nokia as the world's largest seller of cell phones by volume, grabbing a 25 percent global market share against Nokia's 22 percent.
The agency's report also said that Samsung had overtaken Apple as the largest maker of smartphones selling 44.5 million units against Apple's 35 million. Nokia dropped to third place with under 12 million sold in the quarter, Strategy Analytics said.
Fitch ratings agency recently downgraded Nokia to junk status, while Moody's has cut it to near junk status.
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iPhone 5 supply news to shake things up - Phones Review
The Apple iPhone 5 looks set to be the major launch of the year with many analysts predicting more phenomenal success for Apple with the next iPhone. Traditionally sales of the latest iPhone are always massive but the iPhone 5 in particular is predicted to be so huge that it could shake up the global supply economy.
The iPhone 4S was seen by many people as a minor upgrade rather than a major revamp (although some would dispute that). As many people held off purchasing it because there was no design change, there’s already a huge potential customer base for the iPhone 5. Add to this those purchasing an iPhone for the first time, those upgrading from earlier models, the likely addition of LTE connectivity and the headway that Apple is making in the China market and we can take it as read that the iPhone 5 will sell in unprecedented numbers.
The upcoming iPhone 5 has even been blamed for recent news that for the first time since 2009, global mobile phone sales have dropped. Analysts feel that this is mainly because smartphone customers are holding off making new purchases in expectation of the next iPhone. We recently told of a report from Piper Jaffray analysts Gene Munster and Douglas J. Clinton that gave some clues about the iPhone 5 and also told how it was expected that the iPhone 5 would be the biggest product launch of the year. They also referred to the iPhone 5 as the biggest upgrade cycle “in smartphone history,” so all of these factors together gives a good indication of just how successful the next iPhone will be.
The impact of sales of the iPhone 5 and the finances involved then will massively affect the global supply economy. This will be particularly evident among suppliers of parts for the iPhone 5 bearing in mind that we expect to see quite a few changes in companies used. Slash Gear reports on some of the supply change leaks referring to several recent reports from China. Firstly it’s said that Apple has placed an order with Elpida, which produces flash memory products, for more than half of their parts in-house. Elpida is a competitor with Samsung, with whom Apple has a long-running and well-documented dispute.
Next we hear that a group in China called TXC, a quartz crystal device producer, has also been given orders for component parts for the next iPhone. DigiTimes has reported that TXC is also supplying orders with Samsung for its upcoming Galaxy S3, the iPhone 5’s main rival. As well as this many readers will already know of Foxconn’s connections with Apple as its main China-based supplier for the iPhone and iPad and the company has now placed an order with Sharp for displays. Foxconn will purchase up to 50% of Sharp’s large LCD panels and modules from its Osaka, Japan plant. This makes perfect sense as Sharp had already been heavily rumored to be a parts supplier for iPhone 5 panels.
In final supply news, Apple and Foxconn are currently in plans together to establish a brand-new factory in China, dedicated to making parts for Apple products. As you can see, the finances involved from such a major product as the iPhone 5 could really see some shifts in the global supply economy, with some companies set to be big winners while others will lose out. One thing for sure about the iPhone 5 is that it’s set to fly off the shelves when it finally releases, most likely in the fall.
We’d like to hear what readers think about the upcoming iPhone 5. Have you already decided to purchase it, even before any specs or features are confirmed? Do you agree with the analysts who say this will be the biggest upgrade cycle “in smartphone history?” Maybe you feel such high expectations could lead to disappointment for some when the iPhone 5 is launched? Let us know by sending your comments.
Nokia 808 PureView: Monster Camera Smartphone Faces Tough Competition - ibtimes.co.uk
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It sports a Xenon flash and LED video light which allow you to take good photos even under low-light conditions. The smartphone is expected to arrive in mid-to-late July in the UK, according to Unwired View. It is available for pre-order on Clove, which is priced at £504.
According to Smartphone Biz-News, the Finnish manufacturer is planning for a complete range of PureView smartphones with different designs and prices. Interestingly, future smartphones could possess high-resolution image sensors incorporating into a more flexible housing. The Nokia 808PureView has been awarded the "Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet," at the MWC event.
Let's check out the tough competitors to Nokia 808 PureView:
Apple's iPhone 4S
The iPhone 4S has turned out to be an amazing device that was released in October 2011. The company's best-seller runs on Apple's iOS 5 which could be upgraded to iOS 5.1 OS. It touts Retina display with LED-backlit IPS TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels at 326ppi.
Siri has been its biggest selling point, and the enhanced camera functionality adds to it. It features an eight megapixel iSight camera that offers auto-focus, LED flash and face detection. The tech giant has taken the plunge to provide a better camera than the iPhone 4. The iPhone 4S camera allows you to record HD video of 1080p at 30 fps.
It comes with new optics that offers good photography, which enables the custom lens in making the images look sharper. It uses improved algorithms in iOS 5 to provide better colour accuracy, white balance and greater dynamic range. It facilitates users to edit the photos while on the go with the tools like cropping, enhancement, removal of red-eye and rotate.
Samsung Galaxy S2
Samsung's Galaxy S2 touts a 4.3in Super AMOLED Plus capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. The device, powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core CPU and an Exynos chipset runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. It could be upgraded to Android 4.0 ICS. It features an eight megapixel camera with LED flash along with the full HD video recording capabilities of 1080p. The sporting features are auto-focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus and image stabilisation.
Sony Xperia S
Sony Xperia S was unveiled at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES), at Las Vegas. It comes with a 4.3in scratch-resistant TFT touchscreen with a pretty good resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It includes a Reality display with Sony mobile Bravia engine and Timescape UI. The Bravia engine improves sharpness, increases contrast, saturation and noise reduction of the photos and videos. It packs a rear-facing camera of 12.1 megapixel with auto-focus, LED flash and 16x digital zoom. It allows users to capture video of 1080p at 30fps. Apart from tech specs, it includes Exmor R, a CMOS sensor that aims to take exceptional photos even by candlelight.
Samsung Galaxy S3
The Galaxy S3, unveiled on 3 May, will be officially released on 30 May in the UK. It includes an extremely large screen of 4.8in Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It is powered by the quad-core Exynos 4212 processor. The new smartphone comes with an eight megapixel rear-facing camera with auto-focus, LED flash, geo-tagging, face and smile detection, image stabilisation and more. It will automatically capture a burst of eight making a continuous scene and will select the best photo.
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