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Nokia: Go big or go home for Windows Phone

LONDON - Nokia is launching an aggressive marketing campaign to sell the world on its new smartphones based on the Windows Phone operating system.
Wednesday marked Nokia's coming out party for the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, the first two Nokia smartphones that will use Micrsosoft's Windows Phone operating system. But it also marked the beginning of a marketing program that will Nokia hopes will get consumers excited about the new Lumia product line.
How Nokia markets and positions the Lumia phones against competitors, such as the Apple iPhone and a growing list of Google Android phone

Nokia intros Asha family of phones for emerging markets

Though the headliners of Nokia World were the company's first Windows Phone devices, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 700, Nokia also introduced a new line of handsets today designed for emerging markets. The new Nokia Asha (which means hope in Hindi) family includes four models--the Nokia Asha 200, Asha 201, Asha 300, and Asha 303--and is part of the company's mission to bring affordable, stylish, and feature-rich phones to all parts of the world. The Asha handsets run on the Series 40 platform but vary in design and purpose. Here is a breakdown of each of the models.
Nokia debuts Lumia 800, 710, first Windows Phone handsets

Today, Nokia unveiled its first Windows Phone handsets, the Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Nokia Lumia 800
Calling it the "first real Windows Phone," Nokia said it designed the Lumia 800 from the inside out and features a durable polycarbonate plastic body with a curved 3.7-inch ClearBack AMOLED (480x800 pixels) touch screen. It's powered by a 1.4GHz Qualcomm MSM8255 processor and has 16GB of internal memory. Users will also be given 25GB of free storage through Microsoft's cloud-based SkyDrive service.

Tune in for Nokia's Windows phones (live blog)

LONDON - Nokia's big comeback could start this week as the beleaguered cell phone maker is set to introduce its first smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating system.
On Wednesday, the Finnish cell phone maker will kick off its Nokia World Event here in London where CEO Stephen Elop is expected to provide an update on the company's progress in its close strategic relationship with Microsoft, as well as take the wraps off the first smartphones that will use Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 OS.
HTC Radar 4G headed to T-Mobile

T-Mobile has released pricing and availability of the HTC Radar 4G via its Facebook page--it is slated to be $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year service agreement, and will be available starting November 2.
As the "4G" moniker suggests, the Radar will be compatible with T-Mobile's HSPA+ network. It has a sleek unibody aluminium design, a 3.8-inch WVGA display, a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5-megapixel camera on the back, a VGA camera on the front, and 8GB of internal memory. The Radar 4G will be T-Mobile's first handset to run Windows Phone 7.5 Mango.

Imagining a Nokia Windows Phone

We've been wondering to ourselves what a Nokia-made Windows Phone would look like ever since Nokia shocked the mobile world by announcing a commitment to Microsoft's Windows Phone OS.
This week we'll finally get to find out when the company unveils its Windows Phone road map at Nokia World in London. CNET News' Maggie Reardon and Stephen Shankland will be there to report on all the news, but until then, we can always imagine what the devices will offer.

A photo that purportedly shows one of Nokia's upcoming Windows Phone blowers has popped up online, as well as a few tentative specs for the make-or-break mobile.
That phone in the blurry photo is the Sabre, according to Pocketnow. Running Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, the site's sources reckon it's packing a powerful 1.4GHz processor with a hefty 1GB of RAM--this Sabre is likely to leave you thoroughly rattled.

Orange exec: Windows Phone fate hangs on Nokia

Nokia World commences next Wednesday, but at this rate we should call it "Windows Phone World."
It's there that Nokia will show off its first Windows Phone, about nine months after the then-struggling device and mobile platform maker shocked the mobile world by publicly placing all bets with Windows Phone.
The amount of enthusiasm the handset receives isn't just important for Nokia, which switched CEOs and all but junked its own Symbian OS in favor of Microsoft's in an effort to reinvigorate the iconic brand, it's also

Windows Phone chief: Nokia to talk road map next week

Nokia is finally ready to unveil devices and the plans for its future with Windows Phone 7, Microsoft's Windows Phone division president Andy Lees said in an interview at the AsiaD conference today.
"You have to wait just one more week because next week at Nokia World they're going to be announcing plans to roll out Windows Phones amongst other things," Lees told All Things Digital's Ina Fried at the event. "So, we're very excited for them to be in the market. Certainly they have a lot of resources in many parts of

HTC Titan, HTC Radar on video from CTIA

Our own Bonnie Cha had the chance to look over the HTC Titan and the HTC Radar a few months ago, but it wasn't until CTIA in San Diego that we had a chance to get proper First Look videos of them both.
Well, now here they are! Check them out to see if these Windows Phones are to your taste.

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