Each time I hear about the Nokia Lumia, for some reason it reminds me of the Chevy Lumina. Of course, one's a phone, the other a car...but would Nokia's Lumia share a similar death fate as the Lumina? Probably not...well at least from our observations at CES 2012.
Earlier in 2011, Nokia abandoned its operating system for smartphones - the Symbian. With a continued assault led by Apple's iOS and Google's Android operating systems, the market share of Symbian almost disappeared. Fearing a complete disappearance from the smartphone market, Nokia quickly entered into a strategic partnership with Microsoft, clearing the path for the tech giant to implement its Windows Mobile OS on all Nokia smartphones. Of course Microsoft itself has a very tiny, if not insignificant presence in the smartphone world...but at least this gave Nokia yet another chance to reemerge in the market and focus on hardware and less on developing the core operating system, including the apps, something that has catastrophically bogged down RIM's Blackberry.
Nokia plans on introducing the Lumia 900 within the $100-$200 price range, which would make it by far the least expensive, yet highly functional smartphone on the block. The phone features Microsoft's tile based operating system also known as Mango. Most importantly, the phone is Nokia's first 4G enabled device - making it very suitable for data hungry apps.
The phone comes loaded with Microsoft Office, making it a snap for opening and editing Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files. If you're a diehard gamer, the integration with Xbox LIVET comes ready...couple that with the 4G and you're ready to take off. As with any Microsoft product, dont expect open source coding like the Android and the number of available apps still remains far below Industry giants - Apple and Google.
Nokia plans on introducing the Lumia 900 within the $100-$200 price range, which would make it by far the least expensive, yet highly functional smartphone on the block. The phone features Microsoft's tile based operating system also known as Mango. Most importantly, the phone is Nokia's first 4G enabled device - making it very suitable for data hungry apps.
The phone comes loaded with Microsoft Office, making it a snap for opening and editing Word, Excel, and Powerpoint files. If you're a diehard gamer, the integration with Xbox LIVET comes ready...couple that with the 4G and you're ready to take off. As with any Microsoft product, dont expect open source coding like the Android and the number of available apps still remains far below Industry giants - Apple and Google.
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