Bings says “Hi ;-)” to Windows 8 Consumer Preview

Here is the link, which confirms the name ”Consumer Preview” for the next Windows 8 release.
It will be out for free on http://www.buildwindows.com at the end of this month, february 2012.

http://www.bing.com/?win8start=1

Nokia Collection available in the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace

Here is it finally, the long awaited Nokia Collection !

Here is the launch titles list:
Nokia Maps
Nokia Drive
Nokia Music
Contacts Transfer
Network Settings
WRC Live
TuneIn Radio
App HighLights

Lumia 800 White is glossy and almost in our hands

Here we are folks, the already famous Nokia Lumia 800 White is official. It is still made of a single piece of polycarbonate, but this time Nokia decided it had to be glossy to really shine in every hands.
It looks incredibly tasteful!

A post from Nokia Conversation about designing the white version of the Lumia 800

Click here to read the official announcement.

By the way : does these colors tell you something? CMYK color model!  
We have now a white, a black, a cyan and a magenta Lumia 800…

Will Nokia announce a Lumia 800 Yellow in a near future?

Just in case some of us were still wondering what kind of cloud integration would be in Windows 8 :

CES 2012, January 9th, Nokia Lumia 900 or 800 LTE ?

Nokia Lumia 800 Cyan : the world’s most gorgeous phone

I finally got one, and it wasn’t easy!
Here it is, my little Lumia 800 Cyan unboxing review.

This phone design is really stunning, a class of its own. It is way more subtle than you would imagine, with lot of different volumes.
The cyan and magenta colors are the perfect answer to all these boring black/grey/white smart phones. Put this one on a table with the iPhone 4S, the plastically Nexus Galaxy/SIIs and a couple of HTCs, everyone will look at the Lumia.
Nokia trully masters phone design more than anyone else.

The box, classy and way smaller than usual Nokia offering.

Once you open it you discover the Lumia 800 waiting for you on the top of the content.

 Lumia 800, product documents, included (almost) matching color soft-case, earphones, Micro-USB cable and the power supply.

The same guys, out of the box.

The earphones, which equals the iPhone ones in terms of …low quality! Only one button to answer phone calls, no volume controls.

The 1A power supply.

The left side : no buttons here.

The top : µSIM card slot and the hidden µUSB slot, plus the earphones plug.
Here you can see the small magnet that locks the µUSB door.

The right side : camera 2-steps shutter, power and volume buttons.

The bottom : nicely designed speaker grid.

Here we are, welcome on Lumia board!

I hope you enjoyed the pictures.
‘smover.

White Nokia Lumia 800 here we go!

Huge *LIKE*

Windows Phone attacks – Act II

Lot of Nokia Lumia 800 ads in France, it’s impressive ! It is the first time I see mode ads for a different phone than the iPhone And I like Nokia campaign, it’s refreshing. What matters is that finally people start to hear about Windows Phone, and a great Windows Phone device. Nokia did a great job but I say more, I have to wait to recieve my Lumia 800 Cyan for the review. It should be there the second week of december.

Microsoft and Nokia are doing some crazy things. Remember the 10 meters tall Windows Phone in NYC  (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nunL6ghJZnQ&feature=player_embedded) ?
It is coming in Paris, and will be installed on the famous “Champs Elysées” avenue between the 9th and 18th of december !

 

 

 

deadmau5 takes over London, for one night only – don’t miss out

 

To celebrate the launch of the Nokia Lumia 800 we’re hosting a multimedia extravaganza on 28 November. Join us as deadmau5 rocks the London skyline in 4D.

 

Joel Zimmerman (AKA deadmau5) will be performing two new tracks created especially to accompany a stunning 4D projection display against the backdrop of the 120-metre Millbank Tower on the banks of the River Thames. This amazing, one-off gig is not to be missed, so if you’re anywhere near London, be sure to come along to see it live, or visit our Facebook page to watch the live stream.

 

 

They say it’s going to be epic, and looking at the teaser it may very well be !

 

 

What do you expect ? About the Nokia Lumia 900

The Lumia 800 is a heartbreaker : wait for this moment when you will put your fingers on it and you’ll see what I mean. It hearts because the design is insanely good, and it even more hurts because the inside is good but not killer. The Nokia N8 has a better camera, the N9 has more memory for those who want some more place for their digital life, the screen is bigger than an iPhone 4S but smaller than all other flagship devices, etc.

So, what can we expect for the Lumia 900 in 3 months ?
The answer is quite simple : all that some of us miss with the 800, plus what we all love with the current Lumia.

Windows Phone Tango 1 
First we can expect an improved version of Windows Phone 7 called Tango. It should ne be groundbreaking at all, but we should get some valuable goodies.

Hardware
In the hardware department, we can hope for:

• Lumia 900 gorgeous design, slightly evolved
• 4.3″ inch screen,
• 12Mpx main camera 
• front secondary camera, 
• 32GB of ROM

All this is really what the Lumia 800 may lack for some users, even if most of us will be in heaven when we will in heaven while opening their cyan, magenta or black Lumia 800 packaging in a couple of weeks !

Windows Phone attacks – Act I

Act I ? Yes, definitly, because we all know that last year was just the required warmup, a warm call to developpers before offering a better system and interesting devices. Now that Mango is here, with 37000 apps available, the picture is clearly different and Microsoft can pretend to get in the ring !

I don’t know how it goes in the USA, but here in Europe there’s lot of HTC adds for the Titan and it’s little brother the Radar, while the giant Nokia campaign already started. Metro is a lot more visible than ever before. Christmas may be really really warm this year !