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A conversation with Nokia’s Stephen Elop, as we had earlier this week, is quite an experience. He’s kind, friendly, charming and obviously extremely passionate about everything Nokia — but his PR deflector shields are always full-forward. Ask him a challenging question and you’ll be greeted with a very gentle response that sounds like an answer but is actually just a deftly delivered retooling of some standard PR-friendly message you’ve probably already heard.

Interviewing Nokia SVP Kevin Shields is, as we’ve seen in the past, a somewhat more… direct experience. Why did Nokia go with a gloss finish on the 920 instead of the matte we loved on the 800 and 900? “Because it’s awesome.” How durable is the 920? “It’s like a missile.” How confident is he that wireless charging will take off? “We are all in.” Shields was kind enough to give us a few minutes of his time after Nokia’s event this week to talk Lumia and to explain just what “PureView” means now that it’s been applied to a second phone. Click on through to get educated.

Continue reading The Engadget Interview: Nokia’s Kevin Shields on PureView, floating sensors and the ‘missile’ that is the Lumia 920

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The Engadget Interview: Nokia’s Kevin Shields on PureView, floating sensors and the ‘missile’ that is the Lumia 920 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Nokia’s video showcasing the Lumia 920’s Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) might’ve given the impression it was filmed with the new PureView-toting device, but a reflection of a film crew spotted by PocketNow in the trailer (27 seconds deep) hinted that wasn’t the case. The folks in Espoo have confirmed that the footage was indeed captured using a different camera. “Of course, hindsight is 20 / 20, but we should have posted a disclaimer stating this was a representation of OIS only,” the company’s Heidi Lemmetyinen penned on the Nokia Conversations blog. “This was not shot with a Lumia 920. At least, not yet. We apologize for the confusion we created.” You can catch the offending video and a shorter, but accurate clip comparing a prototype of the PureView handset with a competing device after the break.

Continue reading Lumia 920 PureView trailer was filmed with a different camera, Nokia apologizes for the confusion

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Lumia 920 PureView trailer was filmed with a different camera, Nokia apologizes for the confusion originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 21:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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Video of Nokia and Microsoft’s Windows Phone event now available for replay originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 15:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Everyone who regularly deals with cold winters knows the pain of using a smartphone in January — you’re usually forced to take your gloves off and risk frostbite if that call just can’t wait. Nokia’s new Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 phones bring in a Synaptics ClearPad Series 3 sensor whose responsiveness will keep those hands toasty. Super Sensitive Touch, as Nokia calls it, lets the capacitive surface react to more than just direct skin contact: it can recognize input through gloves, as well as from those with long fingernails. You’ll want to spring for the Lumia 920 if you envision updating Twitter during a sunny skiing trip, however. On top of that extra-large 1,280 x 768 resolution, the 920’s PureMotion HD+ display is reportedly about 25 percent brighter than its next-best rival. We’re looking forward to a real field test — not to mention preserving all the feeling in our fingers.

Continue reading Nokia Lumia screens tout Synaptics tech for gloves-on use, 920 adds outdoor-friendly brightness

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Nokia Lumia screens tout Synaptics tech for gloves-on use, 920 adds outdoor-friendly brightness originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 12:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s official. Nokia’s just taken the wraps off its worst-kept Windows Phone 8 secret: the Lumia 920. The device, announced at the manufacturer’s event in New York City today, is a spiritual successor to the 900 that first broke onto American shores and can largely be seen as a response to critics of that former device. With a dual-core 1.5GHz Snapdragon S4 CPU (the same one that drives the current US supremos, the HTC One X and Galaxy S III), a “better than HD” 1,280 x 768 LCD display, PureView imaging (albeit with only eight megapixels), NFC capabilities, 2,000mAh battery with wireless charging and a next-gen Redmond-baked OS, this handset’s a big-break proposition for the flailing Finnish company; an attempt to up the ante and compete on even ground. From the outside, it may appear as though not much has changed in this generational hardware leap, but rest assured that what Espoo’s packed inside should take the mobile outfit to the next level. So, follow on after the break as we dive into our first impressions of this curiously hued smartphone splash.

Continue reading Nokia Lumia 920 hands-on: the dual-core, HD Windows Phone 8 flagship to take on the beasts

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Nokia Lumia 920 hands-on: the dual-core, HD Windows Phone 8 flagship to take on the beasts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Sep 2012 11:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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