The news from Nokia World: Asha, Lumia, Maps, more

NWWP-range-1-jpgAt Nokia World in London today, Nokia announced “The first real Windows Phone”, the Nokia Lumia series, including the 710 and 800.  Nokia also announced a new series of non-Windows phones for the developing market, Asha, and news about Nokia …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 2:23 am

Nokia Lumia advertisement videos now on YouTube

As the Nokia World keynote is happening right now, Nokia has already posted on their official YouTube account the new Nokia Lumia advertisements. Check them out below:
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Titled “The Amazing Everyday”, here’s a little bit of description for …

By damaster in Featured Mobile
October 26th, 2011 at 1:42 am

A guide to following #NokiaWorld

nokia-logoWe’re counting down the minutes to Nokia World, with the keynote set to take place at 9am British Summer Time from London (GMT +1).  Like you, we’re a bit new to following all things Nokia, so as we wait for …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 25th, 2011 at 8:19 pm

Zune Pass coming to Australia, beginning Nov. 16

After launching in Canada, and revamping the US Zune Pass, Microsoft is apparently moving ahead with getting Zune Pass into more users hands (or Xboxes, or Windows Phones).  We haven’t been able to find anything official from Zune as of …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured News
October 25th, 2011 at 5:34 pm

The Nokia “bunch of phones”: Lumia 710, 800; 900?

In just a few hours from London, Nokia will be taking the wraps off their Windows Phone strategy and what Steve Ballmer referred to as a “bunch of phones”.

You’ll be able to watch the Nokia World keynote live

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 25th, 2011 at 11:07 am

Photos of actual Nokia 800 device leaked ahead of Nokia World

Nokia WorldOver the past few weeks, we’ve seen quite a few leaks of the new Nokia 800 Windows Phone device, from press renders to advertisement posters, and there’s even teaser videos of it on TV in the UK.

Today, …

By damaster in Mobile
October 25th, 2011 at 3:49 am

HTC bringing 5gb free Dropbox accounts to all HTC Android phones

android_logoLast week we wrote about the buzz Dropbox has been getting lately, what with a $4 billion valuation on $250 million in new venture capital, and what that means for SkyDrive.  Today HTC has announced, via its Twitter account, …

By Kip Kniskern in News
October 24th, 2011 at 2:14 pm

Ad Age profiles Nokia’s “Euro first” strategy, no US push this holiday season

nokia-logoAd Age is reporting that Nokia Windows Phones are likely to miss this holiday season in the US, as it pursues a Europe-first strategy for its Windows Phone launch.  Nokia is expected to unveil much of its Windows Phone …

By Kip Kniskern in Mobile
October 24th, 2011 at 10:42 am

Do you have any questions about the new Hotmail?

Hello and first let me introduce myself, I am Michael Gillett. I’m a Computer Science student in the UK, I’ve been a reader of Liveside for a long time and for the past couple of years I have been blogging …

By kip in Featured News
October 24th, 2011 at 10:00 am

Announcing the LiveSide Windows Phone Device Gallery: tables gone wild!

OK, so Damaster is, well, the master of putting cool and useful tables together, most recently with our list of Windows Phone Mango devices.  Today we’re proud to unveil our LiveSide Windows Phone Device Gallery:

device gallery

In this searchable, …

By Kip Kniskern in Featured Mobile
October 22nd, 2011 at 8:49 pm