You might say the week is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workweek, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Weekly Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past seven days — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
Nokia courted fashionistas back at Mobile World Congress with the Lumia 720, and it’s ready to embrace them more fully now that the slim Windows Phone is rolling out to its first countries. We’ve already seen it launch in Australia and the UK, where it’s available for free when subscribing to relatively frugal postpaid plans of either $29 AUD (on Virgin Mobile Australia) or £22 (on O2 UK); Brits can also spend £300 at O2 to use the phone on a pay-as-you-go basis. Other countries will get their units in short order, including Italy next week (for €349 off-contract) and Russia. As a reminder, it’s not coming to the US in an official capacity: while the mid-tier device made a visit to the FCC, the absence of LTE largely precludes American carrier deals. Some of us will have to gaze on the Lumia 720 from afar as a result, but many of those craving the most stylish of Nokia smartphones can get some satisfaction very shortly.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
Source: O2 UK, Virgin Mobile Australia
Take a good look: this may be the closest most Americans get to the Nokia Lumia 720 without going through an importer. The fashion-focused Windows Phone has passed through the FCC’s approval and, as expected, doesn’t include the LTE that most US carriers would demand. The agency does throw a few bones, though. The smartphone’s full manual is on display, and there’s support for HSPA+ on AT&T’s frequencies for those who just have to get this slenderest of Lumias running on a local network. We’ll keep an eye out for a version with US-native LTE should Nokia ever have a change of heart, but those who can’t afford to wait can have a gander at the source link instead.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
Source: FCC
What you see in the shot above (and the gallery below) is a display containing almost every Lumia handset and accessory currently manufactured by Nokia — all arranged buffet-style for your viewing pleasure. These photos, captured during a special event at MWC 2013, include the Lumia 920, 820, 720, 620 and 520, PlayUp speaker, Purity HD stereo headset and Luna Bluetooth headset (among others).
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
See that group of phones just sitting around, pretending not to have a care in the world? Turns out, this is the new Lumia 720, which is now greeting the world for the first time in a leaked press photo. If you’ll recall, this device, along with the Lumia 520 (shown after the break), was recently leaked for arrival within Indonesia. While we’ve yet to learn of other markets or concrete specs for the pair of smartphones, it just became a bit more likely that we’ll see the Lumia 720 and Lumia 520 formally greet the world in just a matter of days. Game on, Nokia.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
Via: The Verge
Source: @evleaks (Twitter) (1), (2)
Nokia’s already got the Lumia 620, 820 and 920 in its hand, but could it be going for a running flush? That’s the question we find ourselves asking, after a filing from Indonesia’s POSTEL, a regulatory body much like the FCC in the US, declares that a Nokia “520 / RM-914” and “720 / RM-885” have successfully completed testing. The Lumia title doesn’t appear in the database, but it wouldn’t be too far of a stretch to believe they could be unannounced Windows Phone 8 devices — and successors to the 510 and 710 — given the familiar naming convention. That’s really all we have to go on right now, but with MWC drawing ever closer, is this just coincidence, or does the Finnish company have a couple more Lumias tucked up its sleeve?
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Nokia
Via: Phone Arena
Source: POSTEL
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