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Sep 25

The Engadget Interview (captured with Lumia 920): Nokia CEO Stephen Elop on WP8 and beyond

Do you know what’s better than one interview with Stephen Elop? Two interviews in one month. We’d barely recovered from yesterday’s bout of nostalgia when we were given the opportunity to sit down with Nokia’s CEO in his office at the company’s HQ. Better yet, we were allowed to record the discussion with a hand-held Lumia 920 prototype. The resulting video is remarkably stable. Full disclosure: the audio was recorded with a shotgun mic mounted on a Sony NEX-C3 camera.

We talked about HTC’s colorful “signature” Windows Phone 8X and 8S and what that means for the Nokia-Microsoft partnership. Next we asked if Nokia is planning to work with carriers to offer incentives for existing Lumia owners to upgrade to the company’s 920 and 820 handsets. Finally, we discussed the evolution of PureView imaging technology from the 808 to the 920 and how Nokia plans to combine these building blocks in the future. Hit the break for our video interview.

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Sep 25

Nokia Asha 309 unveiled

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If you are in the market for an affordable featurephone that not only looks good but ensures you have enough money left in your monthly budget to survive, then you might want to consider the recently announced Nokia Asha 309 that will be part of the Asha Touch family handsets. Coming in a beautiful and sleek design as you can see on the right, it delivers an innovative and affordable smartphone experience, complete with Internet connectivity, apps, maps, social networking and games to boot.

It is said that the Nokia Asha 309 sports a fluid ‘swipe’ user interface and an open environment for third-party app development, carrying along with it a 3-inch, scratch-resistant, capacitive touchscreen, a 2-megapixel shooter at the back, powerful built-in speakers for mobile entertainment, and a fun-to-use Asha Touch operating system that is touted to be fast, entertaining and intuitive.

Not only that, Nokia’s new Xpress Browser claims to rely on cloud compression technology that will help make your surfing experience faster, consuming up to 90% less data in the process to save you both time and money. Nokia Maps 2.0 helps you find your way around with Wi-Fi positioning, and you can pick up the Nokia Asha 309 for $99 a pop when it arrives later this Q4 worldwide.

Press Release

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