The "snake" game of Nokia returns in Windows Phone!

The classic game of Nokia "snake" has returned to the Windows Phone named Snake 2K. The developer Willem Middelkoop - who also built the first Snake 1997 - highlights that the Snake 2K has nothing to do with what you know.


In the game there are five layouts for the user to choose, as well as two extra added Middelkoop. The nine levels of difficulty and there are many bonus monsters to catch the player.
As in the original game, high score can not be reset, so be careful to whom you give your device. The Snake 2K is available for download from the Windows Phone Marketplace and costs $ 0.99.

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Nokia confirms that prepares Windows 8 tablet

The rumors in recent weeks confirmed in the best way, because the head design of Nokia, Marko Ahtisaari, said the company is already working on the creation of a Windows 8 tablet, which is indeed expected to be available during the last quarter of 2012 .




The statements made ​​in the Ahtisaari Finish media, which inter alia stated that spends 1/3 of his time to create the tablet, while the company tries to further simplify the user interface.


Finally, he spoke of a "revolutionary phone", without further detail, but it is probably a Windows Phone smartphone with camera technology Nokia PureView.

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Nokia Snow: A beautiful concept for future Windows Phone smartphones [Video]

The Windows Phone smartphones of Nokia have been a part of our lives, and demand is expected to grow significantly with the new models will be released with the update Windows Phone Apollo.

Until you see something tangible, we can settle for a very interesting concept by Mohamed Magdy, called Nokia Snow and design that goes beyond the one found in Nokia Lumia 610 and 900.




Nokia Snow Concept


Display 4 "Super AMOLED Plus (1000 x 800) glass with rounded edges
14.1MP Camera with lens Carl Zeiss, autofocus and LED flash
Front 2MP camera
Connectors microUSB 3.0, microHDMI, microSD
Operating system Windows Phone
However, it is noteworthy that the vice president of Nokia, Jo Harlow, in a statement to the newspaper Aamulehti Filandiki said that in future Windows Phone smartphones will integrate technology PureView used for the first time in the Nokia 808!

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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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Nokia 808 PureView: The successor of Nokia N8 with 41MP camera! [MWC 2012]

Many will remember the teaser we saw for the successor of Nokia N8. Hold on, because Nokia has just presented at the MWC 2012 Nokia 808 PureView 41MP with camera and OS Nokia Belle!




Nokia 808 PureView


Display 4 "nHD (360 x 640) ClearBlack AMOLED coated Gorilla Glass
Processor single-core 1.3GHz
Memory RAM 512MB
Storage 16GB (expansion with microSD)
Camera 41MP (34MP for 16:9) Lens Carl Zeiss (1080p)
OS Nokia Belle
weight 169gr
It will be released in May at a price of $ 600!

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FIFA 12, NBA JAM and many other titles from EA exclusively in Nokia Windows Phones

The strengthening of Nokia Windows Phones continues with the official closing of the agreement between Microsoft and EA to launch more than 20 games second only to Nokia Lumia 710, 800 and 900!


As you can see in the following video, in them including FIFA 12, NBA JAM, and Dead Space, as well as titles by Chillingo (see Cut The Rope) belonging to EA.


Of course, although it is obvious now that Microsoft is promoting the Nokia more than other companies, not unveiled until when it will be exclusively available on Nokia Windows Phones, as it would be absurd to limit resort to them.

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Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone finally in the U.S. [CES 2012]

The keynote of Nokia at CES 2012 began with the much Nokia Lumia 900, the new Windows Phone company exclusively for AT & T, which aspires to conquer the difficult (for her) the U.S. market, although at first glance seems something special:




Nokia Lumia 900


Display 4.3 "AMOLED ClearBlack (800 x 480)
Processor single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 1.4GHz
Memory RAM 512MB
Storage space 16GB + SkyDrive
Camera 8MP (720p) Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash
Front camera 1.3MP
WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, GPS, 4G LTE, GSM
Connectors USB 2.0, 3.5mm headset
Operating system Windows Phone Mango
Battery 1840mAh (range 7 hours talk, 300 hours standby)
Dimensions 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm
weight 160gr
Will be released in the coming months by AT & T to previously unknown price. However, we would expect something much better than Nokia to have hope in tough U.S. market and beyond.

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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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Nokia Lumia 900 revealed [photos]

It seems that a Microsoft partner rushed to print greeting cards with the Nokia Ace (which will be released for the company AT & T), but which has not been formally presented yet.

The important revelation is the appearance of the front camera phone, which shows that the smartphone will not be identical to the Lumia 800 (not counting the potential LTE).
PocketNow says that the Ace is one of the first Windows Phone from Nokia that reaches the U.S., but for Europe the device is called, you guessed it, Lumia 900!

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