Nokia Store App Download For Windows Phone !EXCLUSIVE!
Angeles Bartholomew
The speed of the device is a welcome change as well. My HTC Desire took minutes from power-button-push to a usable phone; the Lumia takes less than 25 seconds. Screen transitions and apps are very responsive and there's no perceivable lag with touches or swipes. Network connectivity seemed faster as well (even on the same network as the Android), probably due to some combination of the operating system and the hardware. By the time I walked the device out of the store, I'd already connected the phone to my Google, Facebook, and Twitter accounts, and all my contacts were on the phone. I had big issues connecting to my work's Exchange server, but more on that later.
The Nokia Lumia Icon offers a 5-inch, HD, reduced-glare display and a 20-megapixel camera sensor that features Nokia PureView technology and ZEISS optics. With four high-performance mics and Nokia Rich Recording, the Lumia Icon captures HD video while reducing background noise. Powered by the latest version of Windows Phone 8, the Nokia Lumia Icon comes with Live Tiles, which let you pin your favorite people, apps and more to your Start Screen for updates you care about and a phone that is uniquely yours. Windows Phone 8 also offers more than 220,000 apps with about 500 new apps added daily. For a more dynamic experience, the Lumia Icon phone pairs great with the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet, also available at Microsoft retail stores. More information on the Icon is available on the Windows Phone blog.
Xbox Music and Xbox Video are built-in multimedia hubs providing entertainment and synchronization capabilities between PC, Windows Phone, and other Microsoft products.[85] The two hubs were previously combined until standalone apps were released in late 2013, shortly before Windows Phone 8.1 debuted.[86] The hubs allow users to access music, videos, and podcasts stored on the device, and links directly to the "Xbox Music Store" to buy or rent music and the "Xbox Video Store" to purchase movies and TV episodes. Xbox Music also allows the user to stream music with an Xbox Music Pass. When browsing the music by a particular artist, users are able to view artist biographies and photos.[78] The Xbox Music hub also integrates with many other apps that provide video and music services, including, but not limited to, iHeartRadio, YouTube, and Vevo. This hub also includes Smart DJ which compiles a playlist of songs stored on the phone similar to the song or artist selected.
I fondly remember my dad calling me from the store and asking me that he has located the Lumia 630 I want, but which color do I want him to pick? There were five options: orange, yellow, green, black, and white. I went with orange and to this day, I have no regrets. At college, it always used to attract eyeballs from people around me and then they would borrow my phone for a bit while they discussed the color, the design, and the OS itself. So, I guess in a way, it was free promotion for Nokia and Microsoft too.
Finally, with the Microsoft account active on your phone, you can backup all your stuff, settings and apps tothe cloud, so if there's ever a need, you will be able to retrieve that. Up to your discretion and judgmentwhether you should store anything personal on external servers accessible to pretty much anyone with the rightcredentials.
It's happened. Former Microsoft exec and current Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has married his future and his past in the holy matrimony of a "strategic alliance." Windows Phone is becoming Nokia's "principal smartphone strategy," but there's a lot more to this hookup -- scope out the official press release just after the break. Microsoft's Bing and adCenter will provide search and ad services across Nokia devices, while Nokia will look to innovate "on top of the platform" with things like its traditional strength in imaging. Ovi Maps will be a core part of Microsoft's mapping services and will be integrated with Bing, while Nokia's content store will be integrated into (read: assimilated by) Microsoft's Marketplace. Xbox Live and Office will also, as is to be expected, feature on these brave new Microkia handsets. An open letter on Nokia's Conversations site, penned jointly by Stephen Elop and Steve Ballmer, sets out the foregoing details along with the following statement of intent:
From prominent store displays to well-trained and Lumia-equipped sales reps, AT&T - which is working with Nokia and Microsoft on the launch - promises that the marketing for the phone will be one its biggest promotional pushes ever.
I purchased the phone for $99 (included free charging base which was out of stock and they are shipping directly to my home) at my Glastonbury CT AT&T store and though I usually shun the retail stores due to bad experiences I have to admit that the salesperson was extremely knowledgeable and helpful
I had this phone for about a week over Christmas....I like larger phones, was sort of bored with Android and decided to try this out....I was pretty satisfied with the general results but the phone was just to big to handle in quick situations. Ultimately, the Windows appstore is so limited I scurried back and got a Note 3 that I have been very happy with.
What about the phones' prospects? Given Nokia's recent reverses in the smartphone market, Lumia clearly faces something of an uphill struggle. We don't think the Lumia 800 is an iPhone or Galaxy killer. Those two franchises still have very strong momentum, and there's nothing unique about the new phone that looks powerful enough to stop them in their tracks. That said, however, the Lumia phones do have some strong selling points in their own right, as we'll detail below, and they offer a look and feel that's radically different from anything seen previously on a Nokia device. These devices are strong contenders - especially if Nokia's current round of intensive negotiations with the operator channel results in good in-store prominence and some attractive package deals.
There are some weak points too. Windows Marketplace is still a struggler among the app storefronts, being less copiously stocked and less popular than App Store or Android Marketplace. With music, there's some brand confusion between two not especially strong offerings - Zune and Nokia Music (formerly, and sometimes still, known as Ovi Music) Despite pouring in a lot of investment, Nokia has not really established Nokia Music as anything more compelling than one among a number of alternative music download stores - and one that isn't especially competitive on price against, say, Amazon. (The only possible exception is in China, the one market where Nokia's Comes With Music unlimited download offering has proved to be quite popular.) And if you want to synchronise music between your phone and your PC, that may prove to be even more frustrating, since there will be no compatible PC client for Nokia Music - you'll have to use Zune. The "Mix Radio" and unlimited streaming offerings are new, but will struggle to achieve substantial traction in an already-crowded market for such offerings. Nokia will need to make some hard choices in the near future about services and content, if the overall "ecosystem" package is to match that of the iPhone for coherence and simplicity.
There's a clear need for Nokia to put a major marketing push behind the Lumia phones, and what we've seen of its plans in that area indicates that Nokia agrees. Its above-the-line marketing and branding is visually distinct from anything Nokia has done before, and the Windows brand is strikingly inconspicuous. Many buyers may not even be aware that it's a Windows phone - it's just the new-look Nokia. The "Lumia" brand is not obviously connected to Microsoft or Windows (but with its light-based connotations it also winks subtly at those who are more aware of the platform wars). In addition to above-the line advertising, Nokia is also working with operators to train and incentivise the staff in operator retail stores.
df19127ead