Want to See Your Old Nokia Handset, Visit Nokia Museum

We cannot forget the name ‘Nokia’ while thinking about the evolution of Indian mobile phone industry as they have took us to the era of cell phones. Nokia has launched a lot of handsets across the globe from the year 1982 and they were very keen in introducing latest technology in the market. Market watchers observed that ‘Nokia’ was responsible for many mile stones achieved by the global mobile phone industry. In these days we are much familiar with all the touch phones and even curved phones, Nokia also engaged in the market with their Lumia series. Now do you want to see your old Nokia phone which might be your first handset. Nokia started an online museum of all the handsets that they have made till date. In Nokia Museum one will get the best chance to view all the mobile phones launched by Nokia.

In the Nokia Museum Gallery one can find the handsets along with the year of manufacturing and can check the specifications and features of the handsets. In the Museum the handsets are listed in the order of their year of launching and one can go in detail by selecting the image.

Nokia offers an opportunity to get a special contributor title by contributing to the museum, if you own an old model of Nokia phone. Name and details of the contributor will be displayed on the special contributors page  with sincere thanks from the museum management. 

Nokia Launching 6 Inch Smartphone Lumia 1520 with 20MP Camera

In a big step after the acquisition by Microsoft, Nokia is going to launch its first big screen smartphone later this month. Lumia 1520 is already the centre of attraction of many discussions going on the cyber space. Images of 1520 was leaked out earlier and roamed over the internet. Recently Nokia officials have communicated about some of its features and revealed the specification details. They have announced the expected launch date of the device also. 

As expected Nokia Lumia 1520 will have a 6 inch wide display and will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. It will come with a RAM of 2GB. Its internal memory amounted 32GB and can be extended further with the help of a microSD card upto 64GB. The new Nokia Lumia 1520 will have full HD screen and supports HD video recording and playback functions. Like other models in the Lumia range 1520 also have Windows operating system and Nokia will introduce an updated version of Windows OS in Lumia 1520 which is expected to have a feature of Driving mode for using a handset while driving the car.

By the camera side Nokia phones are their best in the camera features among the other brands and Nokia could attract lots of people alone with the quality of their imaging technology. Nokia Lumia 1520 will sports a 20MP main camera. The device will be powered by a strong 3400mAh power cell. The 1520 will be available three colours-Yellow, Black and White. It is expected that Nokia will release the Lumia 1520 by the middle of October 2013. Nokia has not made any hint about the price of 1520 but mostly it will be around Rs. 35,000

Citing the Nokia officials it is reported that company is almost set to launch a new Windows powered Tablet and is believed that it will also be come to light on the same event. Nokia expected that with the introduction of these new devices they can hit back the market and can attain the third position in the world market by turn down BlackBerry.

General Features of Nokia Lumia 1520

• OS                   Window RT
• Display             6”-inch display with resolution 1080 x 1920
• Processor        Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
• RAM                2GB
• Memory           16GB expandable up to 64GB
• Main Camera    20MP Pureview camera
• Front Camera   5MP
• Network           4G LTE and NFC
• Battery             3400mAh with Battery Stamina Mode
• Release date    Nov. 2013
• Colors              Yellow, Black and White
• Price                 Around Rs 35,000

Microsoft Acquired Nokia Business for 7.17 Billion USD

Microsoft announced on Monday evening, the much expected news that it has finalized the deal with Nokia to takeover “substantially all of Nokia’s Devices & Services business, license Nokia’s patents, and license and use Nokia’s mapping services.”

The total price of the deal is $7.17 billion of which $5.0 billion is the consideration for Devices and Services business acquisition and the remaining $2.17 billion is for patent licensing deal

Back in 2011 Microsoft entered in a partnership with Nokia but now Microsoft has acquired the major part of Nokia’s business. As a part of the new contract Stephen Elop who is the CEO of Nokia will be the new Nokia Executive Vice President of Devices & Services of Microsoft. From this movement it is expected that there are chances of being Elop will be appointed in a key position in the Microsoft toppers. this could be a strong signal about the future of Microsoft’s executive leadership.

While announcing the deal, Steve Ballmer who is the Microsoft CEO told to the reporters that “It’s a bold step into the future – a win-win for employees, shareholders and consumers of both companies. Bringing these great teams together will accelerate Microsoft’s share and profits in phones, and strengthen the overall opportunities for both Microsoft and our partners across our entire family of devices and services. In addition to their innovation and strength in phones at all price points, Nokia brings proven capability and talent in critical areas such as hardware design and engineering, supply chain and manufacturing management, and hardware sales, marketing and distribution.”

And now with this deal it could be the winding up of old Nokia like all we knows, but the company claims that it is planning on moving further as an individual entity and with different strategy. Nokia’s board chairman and current interim CEO after Elop’s relieve was quoted in a press release that “this is an important moment of reinvention and from a position of financial strength, we can build our next chapter… the deal offers future opportunities for many Nokia employees as part of a company with the strategy, financial resources and determination to succeed in the mobile space.”