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It’s not the first time Engadget editors have stepped foot at Nokia House — the company’s HQ in Espoo, Finland — but it’s always a treat, and our visit this week is no exception. Today we took a walk down memory lane, and spent some time with several Nokia handsets — from one of the very first mobile phones to the Lumia 920. We played with some of the more iconic models and designs, such as the 1011 (first GSM handset), 1610, 7700 / 7710 (S90), 7280 (lipstick phone), 770 / N800 tablets, N-Gage / QD, 3300, 8800, 8110 (from the Matrix movie), N93 / N93i, N91, N92, N76, N95 and finally the 7650 (the first handset running Symbian). In addition, we also got to handle some of the Lumia 820 and 920 accessories, including the Fatboy wireless charging pillow and JBL-branded Power Up speakers. Check out the gallery below then hit the break for our hands-on video. Oh, and don’t forget to tune in tomorrow for our live Q&A with Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop.

Update: That music-centric handset which uses an IBM Microdrive is the N91 (not N90) and was announced in 2005 (not 1995), and that flip-phone is the N76 (not the N75) — sorry for the slip in the video.

Zach Honig contributed to this report.

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Nokia’s Lumia 820 was firmly stuck in the Lumia 920’s shadow — in fact it barely figured in Nokia’s big presentation. But one thing it holds over its bigger, publicity-hungry brother is the ability to switch covers, so while the 820 won’t get its wireless charging built-in, a specific case can add the same functionality. Well, we knew that already, but Nokia’s now revealed the phone’s own range of dedicated ruggedized cases. These covers, arriving in green, yellow and orange, will measure in at the same length and width as the others, but will protrude marginally more, offering some protection to that 4.3-inch screen when it comes into contact with surfaces. A “rubber-like” trim will afford some extra protection to those glossy corners too. Expect the toughened cases to appear alongside the Lumia 820 at launch — whenever that is.

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Didn’t get a chance to watch Nokia and Microsoft’s big Windows Phone event live? Well, you can still catch up on all that went down in our liveblog, or watch the event in its entirety courtesy of Nokia’s webcast, which is now available for on-demand viewing. Hit the source link below to get started.

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Well, it is a wrap – and we have certainly seen our fair share of thrills and spills today, with the new flagship from Nokia leading the way, the Nokia Lumia 920, that was accompanied by its less endowed sibling, the Nokia Lumia 820. Both of them will boast of ceramic features and a polycarbonate for that added touch of class and durability, and the PureView camera on the Lumia 920 did seem to outgun the camera on the Samsung Galaxy S3 in a side-by-side demo which was pre-recorded. Not only that, shooting in low light conditions have gotten a whole lot more interesting as well as evident by the sample images shown.

As for pricing and availability details of the Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, we do know that both smartphones will arrive in the market before the year is over, but nothing about the price tags were revealed, leaving us to ponder whether it will follow in the footsteps of the respective handsets’ predecessors.

We were also treated to a closer look at what Windows Phone 8 has to offer for mobile users, although you can be sure that Nokia and Microsoft have kept things very close to their chest still, not divulging all the goodies before the alleged October release date for the future mobile operating system.

All in all, what do you think of Nokia’s press conference in New York today? While we take a break and grab a legendary New York hot dog, we look forward to bringing you what Motorola has up in store next…

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So we took a gander at the Nokia Lumia 920 just a few minutes ago, and certainly something like the Nokia Lumia 820 is not going to wow the audience as much as the flagship model, but is the Lumia 820 worth looking at? Most definitely, as you know, different strokes for different folks come into play here. The Nokia Lumia 820 shares the same polycarbonate body as well as ceramic features as on its higher end sibling, the Lumia 920, while sporting a removable back cover for a larger range of customization options. Carl Zeiss optics have been thrown into the mix, in addition to a 4.3″ OLED WVGA display, all powered by a 1650mAh battery which should give it an average endurance in the smartphone world. In addition, there is a microSD memory card slot for expansion purposes.

Other hardware specifications of the Lumia 820 include a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, an 8-megapixel shooter at the back with dual LED flash and Full HD video capture capability, 1GB RAM and 8GB of internal memory. Up to 7GB of free SkyDrive storage is also thrown into the mix for your convenience.

Wireless charging is also thrown into the mix, although it does not come built-in, so you will have to fork out additional dough to take advantage of this feature. Paying for admission’s sake is definitely the way of the world. A photo gallery of the Nokia Lumia 820 can be found at the end of the post.

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