Appears the old staff at Engadget, now at thisismynext, had information from earlier about Nokia’s Meego phone appearing on Verizon, which is CDMA network. Extending that logic, the hardware being very similar a CDMA Windows Phone is possible.
This is in addition to comments by other Nokia executives i.e. Chris Weber, the guy in charge of Nokia’s NA market. Either way we will be be sure in the next few days.
After all the noise around Mango and its upcoming features, many Nokia fans continued waiting for news on upcoming Nokia Windows Handsets. Eldar Murtazin was glad to comply.
The deices are as follows:
In addition to this there will be 12, yes 12 new Nokia Windows Phones we can expect in 2012. That would be a total of 16 news phone to expect.
My thoughts on this are simple: FINALLY. Nokia has been King in hardware for a long, long time but its software has hindered its success. Now that the software is being done, they can focus on their core strengths.
We can look forward to many models from Nokia, unique, and ones that destroy the competition as they have been doing in the past. I am personally looking forward to the Nokia highend Windows phone that sports a QWERTY keyboard, if they make one like the Dell Venue Pro I would be very happy. Otherwise the W8 with a keyboard would be great.
I am wondering though, why the change from N series? I think people are familiar with it and recognize that as Nokia with its top end from N8 to N9. I think they should stick to their current naming scheme, they still could be and these are just internal names. Not changing the name will also ensure that it is seen as a transition as opposed to ending one and starting another group altogether.
This does spell me very curious though…what will the N9/W9 be? That will be the true flagship, the monster that on top of the W8, should give the competition a reason a notice. In terms of Windows itself we should get an updated version with Ovi Maps added and more personalization. I believe Nokia WILL customize to ensure some familiarity during the transition and I hope they have wallpapers etc. added.
Another thing is certain…Nokia is back in the news, and not because of bad news but because of what we can look forward to..much like the old days no?
Nokia is likely (as most of us can guess) to ship its 1st Windows Phone device not with the current version, but a fully updated version presumably with new maps, better email integration and features that Symbian users are accustomed.
Nokia has already stated that in its current state Windows Phone is not very appealing to the masses, or “useless in its current state” according to a Nokia employee. This is evidenced by the sale figures of current WP devices anyway. Despite being a lovely experience it falls short on many features that I have written about before relative to Symbian.
On the upside Nokia can get into the US market since WP extensively requires data, unlike Symbian, which is what the carriers in NA love and hated about Symbian. This should grant them more traction in a market that has challenged them for years, and is also the most profitable in the high end market.
Until Windows Phone 8 is fully ready to hit shelves, with Nokia’s own custom add-ons that gives Nokia Windows Phone a unique experience, Symbian phones will continue to dominate and be pushed out.
This is good to know, that they aren’t rushing something out for the sake of it, but are actually going to get it out when it is ready and closer to shipping date. Both of which are not characteristics Nokia is very famous for. Guess the new management will speak for itself as the year progresses, so far they seem to be going in the right direction. Only time will tell.
According to the infamous Eldar Murtazins tweet, there are 4 Windows Phone devices and 1 Tablet presumably Windows 8 in Nokias labs.
This could of course be true. Nokia is exploring their options for tablets and Microsoft would be a potential partner given their partnership. Of the 4 Windows Phone, Eldar says that 2 devices are Chasis 1 i.e. minimum 1 GHZ processor, capacitive screens and two Chasis 2 devices that are 800 MHz with resistive screens.
I would guess that the high end phones would be released first, followed by thee Chasis 2 phones in 2012. This supports Elops assertion that Windows Phones could be pushed to lower price points very quickly indeed.
Take this with a grain of salt, Eldar was the same guy that said Android is coming on Nokia phones soon and Nokia had no money for a booth at MWC.
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