Nokia Reading: New book reader for Nokia Lumia [Video]

After the presentation of Nokia Lumia 610, the first Windows Phone Tango smartphone company, Nokia announced the launch of a new application that will allow holders Lumia devices to discover and read literature from their favorite authors, and not only ...




The application follows the simple and elegant panorama design we have used to other departments by providing a well-designed electronic library, where the user can easily and quickly enjoy the news that interest him as well as ebooks and audio books of the Select.


Additionally, you can choose your favorite authors, or other popular books of your choice in your language and much more. And if you're not sure any book you like, the application allows you to read some pages totally free to get an idea. Free is also available for thousands of classic literary works.


The application is expected to make his appearance next April in England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Russia and logic will be extended later to other countries.

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Nokia Lumia 610, officially launched the first Windows Phone Tango smartphone! [MWC 2012]

Once stunned by the Nokia 808 PureView, we can come back to reality and see the Nokia Lumia 610, the first smartphone the company (and overall) using the operating system Windows Phone Tango, a lighter version for cheaper devices.




Nokia Lumia 610


Display 3.7 "WVGA (800 × 480) TFT LCD
Processor single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 800MHz
Memory RAM 256MB
8GB Storage
Camera 5MP (720p) with autofocus and LED flash.
WiFi 802.11 b / g / n /, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, microUSB, GPS
Operating system Windows Phone Tango
Battery 1300 mAh (10.5 hours talk, 670 hours standby)
Dimensions 119.24 x 62.18 x 11.95mm
Weight 131.5gr
In terms of the Windows Phone Tango, created to promote affordable devices (low-end) Windows Phone in developing countries and expected to be used widely by April onwards. Of course, there are some limitations in functionality than the Windows Phone Mango, such as non-support of the Local Scout function and automatic upload to the service SkyDrive.


However, normally supported applications Nokia Drive (and offline), Nokia Maps and the brand new Nokia Reading, for buying and reading eBooks, etc. (something like the iBooks).


It will be released in the second quarter of 2012.

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iPhone 4S beats Lumia 800 in browser benchmark

The user 359gsm (from My Nokia Blog), has recently made ​​several benchmark tests between iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3), iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia 800. In each test the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S was much better performance than Lumia 800 - one of the best Windows Phone market. This contrasts with reports that we read last April (before the release of the Mango) that the IE 9 for Windows Phone 7.5 Mango will prevail in the mobile Safari browser benchmark.

You can see the results in the video above or read more figures (from 359gsm). As you can see, the iPhone 4S spends significantly Lumia 800 in all test, including Browsermark tests, Speed ​​Reading test, Sunspider, Acid3, and HTML5. The iPhone 4 in most tests outweighs the Lumia 800 but with less difference.

Browsermark Test
iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 37 503
Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 30 452
iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 86 702
Speed Reading Test:
iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 2 fps (iPhone 4 and iOS 5.0 – περίπου 37 fps)
Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 40 fps
iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 60 fps
Sunspider Test
iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 4018.2 ms
Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 7188.7 ms
iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 2266 ms
Acid3 Test:
iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 100/100
Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 100/100
iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 100/100
HTML5 Test:
iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3) – 210
Nokia Lumia 800 (WP7.5 aka Mango) – 141
iPhone 4S (iOS 5) – 296

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