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Nokia fanboys and girls across the British Isles are getting the Lumia 800 love as early as November. Confirmed on a trio of carriers earlier today, Espoo’s “first real Windows Phone” is slated to hit Vodafone, Orange and 3 UK sometime next month, though no specific street date has yet been revealed. You can hit up the operators’ respective sites now to sign-up for the availability updates, or go whole hog with an in-store pre-order in the case of 3 UK. At least one of these networks is sweetening the pot for potential subs, as Orange’s enticing lure of a free Xbox 360 with handset upgrade is sure to reel in bargain hunting customers. So, what are you waiting for? Hit up the source below to hand over your deets and claim your spot in this Finnish Mango queue.

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You know, Nokia wasn’t only firing its first Windows Phone salvo — there was also a volley of Series 40 handsets, with the Asha family. First up is the dual-SIM capable Nokia 200. The phone itself bears a strong resemblance to the C3-00, with a non-touchable screen and QWERTY keyboard, priced, pre-tax, at €60 (about $85). Nokia promises admirable battery-life and a rainbow of color choices.

Up next is the Nokia 300, pairing a 2.4-inch resistive touchscreen with a numbered keypad, with a long narrow frame very similar to last year’s Nokia C3, but now toting a 1GHz processor, five megapixel shooter and a €85 (about $120) bounty. Meanwhile, €115 (about $160) will net you the Nokia 303, which brings together both touchscreen and QWERTY input and rocks a 3.2 megapixel camera. While Nokia’s first Windows Phones remain the stars of the show, these sub-$200 prices and pre-2012 arrival will tempt residual Series 40 fans still out there. Skip on past the break for a brimful of Asha.

Zach Honig contributed to this post.

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The Lumia 800 (left) and 710 both run Windows Phone Mango, but only one does it in style

Nokia has announced “the first real Windows Phone” at a special event in London today. The Lumia 800 looks almost identical to the Nokia N9, apart from the fact that it’s running Windows Phone Mango and not the short-lived MeeGo OS.

The Finnish company also introduced the second, slightly lower-specced Lumia 710, also running Windows Phone, along with a smattering of Series 40 handsets — dubbed Asha — which are dumb (“feature”) phones pretending to be smartphones.

We know by now what Windows Phone Mango looks like, and we’ve been impressed by its simple, modern good looks and truly original tile-based UI. But until now, there really hasn’t been a handset to get people excited. And so, the hot-looking Lumia 800 might actually be “the first real Windows Phone.”

Both the 800 and 710 share a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm chip and a 3.7-inch, 480 x 800 capacitive screen. The 800 has an AMOLED display, whilst the 710 gets by with TFT.

The 800 boasts 16 GB storage and an 8 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics (ƒ2.2), whilst the 710 has a respectable 5 MP camera (ƒ2.4) and 8 GB storage, but only the lower-end 710 has a microSD card slot for expansion. Both have 512 MB RAM.

So the handsets are pretty much state-of-the-art for today’s smartphone market, and the prices are also pretty competitive. The 800 is shipping now to stores in the U.K., France, Spain, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands and will cost €420 ($585). The 710 will cost €270 ($376) and ship to Hong Kong, India, Russia, and Taiwan this year. Next year (2012) will see it reaching further abroad, presumably to wash up on U.S shores at some point.

The Lumia 800 has the potential to be huge, a throwback to the times of the Nokia 3210 and 3310. And it should certainly please the mass market more than Android handsets, with their inconsistent and ugly UIs, their terrible battery life and their laggy touch response. Good luck, Nokia!

Lumia 800 product page [Nokia]

Lumia 710 product page [Nokia]

See Also:

• Leaked Pics of Three New Nokia Windows Phones Surface
• Mango Is a Fresh New Flavor for Windows Phones

Oh, Nokia. Earth mother and founding father of the mobile industry. At last, we have your newest creation nestled amidst our clammy palms: a 3.7-inch slab of polycarbonate Windows Phone wonderment, fronted by a ClearBlack AMOLED display. Has that sweet breeze off the Nokianvirta River worked its special magic? Or is this just another Windows Phone? Well, first impressions are that it… feels just like an N9. Read on for our detailed impressions.

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Nokia doesn’t just have phones on display, check out their new audio product, the Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster. The line includes headphones and earbuds (Purity In-Ear Stereo Headset), whichever tickles your fancy, and with that trademark M on the side, you can bet they’ll bear a healthy price tag when they hit shelves. Naturally, there’s also a couple of YouTube videos showing it off in the traditional Nokia strongholds of rock music and dancing, check those out after the break.

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