It's been a long time since, but Symbian and Meego can finally bow out. Symbian can be proud it has survived this long but it's waned popularity does little for it to bow out in more dignity than Nokia would have liked. But they knew last year that they had to do something drastic to save their stranglehold as the once indisputable king in the 90s and early 2000s. The likes of RIM, Apple and Android have taken a big chunk of their OS market and most definitely affected the sales of their phones.
Their announcement last year to team up with Microsoft was an unlikely move that many were skeptical with, but were eager to see what will transcribe. They have finally came through with the pact and have now announced two WP7-based phones, the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, dubbed as the "first real Windows Phone". Nokia fanboys will probably be very excited and so will Windows Phone OS fanboys, but I doubt that there are many of them. Nokia is now one of the big league players that is playing catch up and it is yet to be seen whether these two new smartphones will turn their fortune around.
Excerpt from Engadget:
The Lumia 800 "is powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 CPU and is sculpted from the same 12.1mm (0.48-inch) thick piece of durable polycarbonate plastic, with tapered edges on the top and bottom to give it that industrial look and make it feel thinner than it really is. Sitting at the top of the device is Nokia's logo, just above the company's curved ClearBlack AMOLED (800 x 480) display, with a Carl Zeiss optics-enhanced lens around back. The Lumia 800 also packs 16GB of internal storage, 512MB of RAM and 25GB of free SkyDrive space, and features Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and ESPN Sports Hub baked into its OS."
25GB hmmm..... well, if it is fully integrated, that could be a winning hand over Apple's iCloud.
"The eight megapixel camera, meanwhile, packs an f/2.2 aperture, and is designed specifically for low-light environments. It seems pretty similar to what you'll find in the N9, and according to Nokia, it's simply a shooter that works for "ordinary people, under ordinary circumstances." You'll also find quad-band GSM support, with HSDPA download speeds of up to 14.4Mbps."
I would love to see how that fares to iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S photo qualities.
More info on the Lumia 800 can be found on Nokia's product page here: [LINK]
As for the Lumia 710 (odd naming really, but typical of Nokia), it is very much a watered down version of the Lumia 800. It doesn't have the AMOLED display that the 800 has and has a modest 5MP camera. The size of the screen is the same though, so it should do a pretty decent job. As for the camera, according to Engadget, it didn't do very well..... The phone does come with the same Skydrive offer though, that would give its users the same 25GB cloud storage as the 800. Suffice to say, the 710 is lower-end version so do not expect it to compete with the 800, although it would be interesting to see it compete with Samsung and HTC mid-range models. Nokia enthusiast will also welcome the Nokia-typical interchangeable covers of the Lumia 710.
More info on the Lumia 710 can be found on Nokia's product page here: [LINK]
Well, although I have migrated 2 years ago to iPhone, I was once a Nokia lover and it would be interesting to see how Nokia will continue to churn out WP7 smartphones to compete with Apple and Adroid.
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