Nokia and Microsoft: Windows Phone event on 5th September

by Mark Tyson on 16 August 2012, 13:00

Tags: Nokia (NYSE:NOK), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

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Nokia have announced they are going to hold a joint media event with Microsoft. The event will take place on 5th September in New York. At the other side of the Atlantic Nokia holds its Nokia World trade show event in Helsinki, Finland on the 5th and 6th September. Expectations are that a new line of Nokia smartphones running Windows Phone 8 software will be unveiled.

The joint event takes place just a week before Apple is expected to show the new iPhone 5 to the public. Obviously the Nokia and Microsoft team are hoping that the unveiling of their new wares will be able to steal some of the limelight away from that rival event.

Nokia has been struggling with the transition from feature phones to smartphones. The company went all-in on the Windows Phone platform last year after its previous choice of smartphone OS, Symbian, failed to hold back the advancing iOS and Android opposition. Nokia's CEO, Stephen Elop, told reporters in Oslo only yesterday that “I don't think about rewinding the clock and thinking about competing elsewhere. In today's war ... (between) Android, Apple and Windows, we are very clear, we are fighting that with the Windows phone”


Now both Nokia and Microsoft have high hopes for success with Windows Phone 8. In particular Nokia has bet its shirt on the platform, Microsoft has so many more aspects to its business to fall back upon whereas Nokia is basically a phone company. Hence the fact that currently Nokia’s shares are trading near all time lows.

Nokia is expected to unveil at least two new handsets on 5th September, namely the Lumia 910 and 920. The leading 9 denotes they are “hero” or flagship devices. Mr Elop didn’t deny that Windows 8 powered phones would be launched in September, but rather than being specific he said that they would be released in the “relatively near term.” WPCentral have some pictures of what they say is a front panel from one of Nokia’s to be announced Windows Phone 8 devices. Also three HTC Windows Phone 8 devices are rumoured for September availability.



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Good stuff! I'm personally holding out for WP8. Recently played on a Nokia Lumia 610 and was very impressed. I hope HTC are going to launch a Radar 2, using the same chassis as the Radar 1.
I have yet to see an advert from Microsoft even listing possibly the biggest sell point for WP8 powered smartphones: seamless connectivity with other Windows powered devices, from desktops to ultrabooks, Surface and other Win8 tablets, even some TV sets, yet they find a place for “flux capacitor” that was in its future version powered by banana peels and similar garbage. Another Freudian slip of their ingenious marketing department? Don't get me wrong, I'm rather looking forward to WP8 Nokias in the near future, but oh boy do they fail to make us want to advertise that publicly!
Here's a tweet from Nokia hinting at a “Note” phablet type device being announced!
http://www.tomshardware.com/gallery/Nokiatweet,0101-349121-0-2-3-0-jpg-.html
Nokia - offer a device with at least 32GB internal + SD card slot and removable battery and you're back in the game.
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Nokia - offer a device with at least 32GB internal + SD card slot and removable battery and you're back in the game.

With built in 32GB, not sure there is a need for Micro SD slot. I see alot of people harp on about needing a SD slot but I (and many I suspect) don't have a need for more than 32GB in a mobile device. Just took my Xoom tablet on holiday for 2 weeks, had plenty of video and music content on it and saved all my photos from my digital camera on it. 32GB is more than enough space.

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Good stuff! I'm personally holding out for WP8. Recently played on a Nokia Lumia 610 and was very impressed. I hope HTC are going to launch a Radar 2, using the same chassis as the Radar 1.

I like the Lumia 900 alot too, think the design is simple yet brilliant and windows is very slick.