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Nokia Asha 500,502,503 unveiled Nokia Lumia 1320 unveiled - a affordable solution to the 6" phablet world Nokia Lumia 1520 is official - Nokia's new snapdragon battleship Nokia Lumia 2520 - Nokia's first Tablet Nokia's upcoming GDR3 based "Nokia Black" update Much needed apps such as flipboard and instagram and much more ,heading your way in the coming weeks

Nokia has revealed its much-anticipated Windows RT tablet, the Nokia Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch slate pairing the distinctive and colorful design of the company’s Windows Phone range with LTE as standard and a suite of homegrown apps. Revealed today at Nokia’s Dubai event, the Lumia 2520 has a special Full HD display that runs at up to 650 Nits brightness for outdoor usability, and will come in at a competitive $499 pre-subsidies. Meanwhile, there’s a full bundle of apps and even a Power Keyboard accessory with QWERTY, an integrated battery, and USB ports. Inside the polycarbonate plastic casing there’s Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 processor with LTE and WiFi. Nokia has opted not to make a WiFi-only version, arguing that the market for a connected tablet is more the niche it is aiming for. The 615g slate has tapered edges to make it feel more slimline in the hands, but still manages to accommodate an 8,000 mAh battery which Nokia claims should deliver 8-10 hours of runtime with LTE...

A couple of leaked images delivered by evleaks have shown a few of tomorrow's Nokia announcements including the Lumia 1520 phablet. The handset is joined by a couple of accessories - the Treasure Tag key finder and the Nokia Guru music player. The first leak shows the Nokia Lumia 1520 from a new angle, that lets us get a better idea of the slim profile of the device. Judging from the photo, it's going to be as thin, if not thinner, than the Lumia 1020 cameraphone. Unconfirmed information states the Lumia 1520 will likely feature a 6" display, 20 MP camera and 3,390 mAh battery. The Nokia Lumia 1520 will feature a potent quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor and FullHD 1080p display, who gained support for WP8 a couple of days ago with the GDR 3 update. The Nokia Glance Background will also be on board. As far as the accessories go, the Nokia Treasure Tag is a little keychain device which resembles the HTC Fetch you might have seen. Basically, you hook it to your keys and ...

Nokia‘s much-rumored tablet has appeared at the FCC undergoing LTE testing, with the Finnish company almost completely squeezing out references to the form factor of what’s expected to be a Windows RT based machine. Listed as the Nokia RX-114, the device makes no mention of its design until the final page, when it’s outed as a tablet. It’s expected to be among a rumored six new devices to be shown off for the first time on October 22nd Details on the slate, at least from this FCC filing, are unclear. However, the agency has put its wireless radios through the usual test processes, confirming which types of cellular connectivity – and which bands are supported – are present. It’s a reasonably full house, too, with LTE bands 2, 4, 5, 13, and 17 all included, making for 4G compatibility with both Verizon and AT&T’s networks, not to mention T-Mobile USA. There’s also HSPA+ and GSM/EDGE for areas without LTE service. Untested, of course, are the other hardware specifications, t...

Microsoft has announced new lineup of accessories to accompany the new Surfaces. The new Touch Cover 2 and Type Cover 2 are thinner, more rigid and with backlit keys. It Touch Cover 2 now has 1092 sensors compared to just 82 in the first Touch Cover and a proximity sensor for automatic backlighting is available on both. The new Touch and Type Covers 2 will be available in cyan, purple, magenta, and black. There is also the new Power Cover that is just like the Type Cover 2, but comes with extra battery behind the keys. It will supposedly give you 2.5 times more power on your Surface 2 slate. It will cost $199.99 and will launch in early 2014. Microsoft is also offering car chargers, wireless adapters for the covers, and even a new Arc Touch Mouse that now connects through Bluetooth and without a receiver that usually occupies an USB slot. Finally, there is the Surface Remix project, an attachable cover that targets musicians. You can learn more about it right here . Source - G...

Microsoft has just announced its second generation Surface tablets – the Surface 2 and Surface 2 Pro. Both slates are thinner, faster and lighter, with better displays, USB 3.0-enabled, and powered by the latest 8.1 version of Windows 8 RT and Windows 8 Pro. As expected Microsoft is also launching a new lineup of Surface accessories including a new Type Cover with backlit keys. Microsoft Surface 2 The new Surface 2 slate is powered by NVIDIA’s latest Tegra 4 chipset with a quad-core 1.7GHz Cortex-A15 processor, GeForce 72-core GPU and 2GB of RAM. The display also got a major upgrade: it’s now a 10.6″ ClearType 1080p display with 5-point multi-touch support. According to Microsoft the Surface 2 is up to 4x faster than the original Surface slate, offers 25% more battery life (10 hours of video playback, 7-15 days on stand-by), and features a 5x better camera and 2x faster bus and Wi-Fi speeds. The rest of the Surface 2 specs include Wi-Fi a/b/g/n support, Bluetooth 4.0, an...

According to a recent leak, trying to predict an upcoming Nokia product, the tablet which we’ve known so far under the codename Sirius, will apparently be called the Nokia Lumia 2520. Depending on which reports you tend to believe, the Lumia 2520 will land on October 22, together with the Lumia 1520 phablet, or at another date. Nokia has already published some teasers for that day. As far as the specs for the Sirius, now Lumia 2520, are concerned, the slate is expected to run Windows RT and pack a 10.1-inch 1080p screen with a quad-core processor.( PocketNow )

We have been seeing bits and pieces of Nokia’s alleged Windows RT tablet for a while now. Windows expert Paul Thurott now has what looks like a press image of this unnamed Nokia tablet that is scheduled to be announced later this mont The Nokia tablet will have a 10-inch 1080p display, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 6.7 megapixel camera and a $499 price tag. As mentioned before, this tablet will be running on Windows RT and not the full blown Windows 8, which is a cause for concern. Along with the Nokia tablet, Thurott also revealed a bunch of other Windows tablets particularly in the new 8-inch form factor, that includes the new Dell Venue, Lenovo Mix 8, Toshiba Encore and a Microsoft Surface ‘mini’. For more details on all these tablets, head over to the source link right here. ( GSMArena )

In a (barely) surprising fashion, Microsoft has reached a deal to acquire Nokia's devices and services units. The deal will also include the Finnish company's patents and mapping services. Under the reached upon agreement between the two companies' boards of directors, Microsoft will pay €3.79 billion for the devices and surfaces business. Nokia's patents will fetch an extra €1.65 billion, thus bringing the transaction total to €5.44 billion. The Redmond giant will pay the sum in cash. The deal will see Nokia's CEO Stephen Elop return to Microsoft, where he will head the Devices division. Risto Siilasmaa will be Nokia's CEO on an interim basis going forward. Once the deal closes, 32,000 people will transfer to Microsoft. Out of those, 4,700 are in Finland, while 18,300 are directly involved in manufacturing and assembly of products worldwide. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2014, after it goes through the usual round of regulatory ap...