Nokia Asha 311 review

Introduction

Nokia is still picking up pace in the smartphone market, with the Microsoft-driven Lumias yet to make the impact the Finns have been hoping for since the strategy reset. In the meantime, the company has been enjoying a pretty easy run in the feature phone market, which is now virtually free or real competition.

   
Nokia Asha 311 official photos

The Asha lineup is doing pretty well, as testified by the interest rates on this very website, but the long-term challenge for Nokia remains. Fending off entry-level smartphones and securing the future of the dumbphone kind may seem a futile effort, but the likes of the Asha 311 beg to differ.

Here's what the best spec'd member of the family has to offer:

Key features

• Quad-band GSM, GPRS, EDGE
• Penta-band 3G with 14.4Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps support
• S40-based Asha touch interface
• 3" WQVGA capacitive touchscreen, ~155 pixel density
• Corning Gorilla Glass, Polarizing filter
• 1GHz CPU, 128MB RAM
• Nokia Browser 2.0
• Nokia store and 40 EA games for free
• 3.15 MP camera, VGA video recording
• 140MB internal memory, microSD card support (up to 32 GB)
• Complimentary 2 GB microSD card in the box
• Proximity and ambient light sensors
• Accelerometer, display auto-rotation
• Bluetooth v2.1
• Standard microUSB port, charging
• 1100 mAh Li-Ion battery
• Excellent loudspeaker performance
• Good codecs support

Main disadvantages

• Low screen resolution
• Fixed-focus camera
• No smart dialing
• Costs as much as some smartphones

The Asha Touch interface cannot match the versatility of proper smart platforms with hundreds of thousands of available apps. However, the simple feature phone UI allows for superior performance on modest hardware.

Nokia Asha 311 uses that to its advantage and promises an experience that isn't far off similarly priced smartphones. What's more, the not-too-tech-savvy users targeted here will appreciate the simplicity and convenience.

   
The Nokia Asha 311 in our office

The Nokia Asha 311 has no illusions about its standing in the pecking order, but it shows commitment to hard work and desire to prove to users that they're making the right choice buying it. This one is not about boasting rights or acing benchmarks - yet you can count on a reasonably fluid touchscreen experience, solid connectivity and an app store.

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Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 hands-on: First look

It's a big day for Nokia today - it just announced the new crop of Lumia phones, which are the first members of the family to run on the new Windows Phone 8 platform. The future of the Finnish giant is riding on the success of these new phones, so the whole tech industry is watching with bated breath.

The first device Nokia announced is the Lumia 920, "the most innovative smartphone in the world". As expected, the camera has Carl Zeiss lens and Nokia's PureView technology.

The 920 is the new Nokia flagship and promises better images and better video than competitors. It has an 8MP sensor, unlike the 808, but the PureView tech enables better image stabilization and better low-light performance.

The screen on the Lumia 920 is an LCD with 768x1280 resolution. It's pixels update "up to 2.5x faster" than other LCD screens and is also the brightest screen on a smartphone. It is "super sensitive" too, Nokia demonstrated that it works even through thick winder gloves. The ClearBlack technology has been improved and is now PureMotion HD+ - it automatically adjusts the screen tone and brightness according to the ambient light

The phone also packs features like wireless charging with the Fatboy pillow (which has Qi tech inside), NFC, Nokia City Lens augmented reality app and so on.

The second phone announced today is the Nokia Lumia 820. It's a more compact device than the 920 and uses a 4.3" ClearBlack AMOLED display with WVGA resolution. It's a polycarbonate unibody design too, but has protective shells that go on the back to add a new color to your phone or enable the same wireless charging you get on the 920.

The camera is a 8MP shooter with Carl Zeiss lens, though it's not a PureView camera. It still gets some of the interesting new camera features that Microsoft just showed off.

Microsoft had some new features of Windows Phone 8 to announce too, so it's not just new hardware that we saw today.

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Nokia X6 16GB Description Note

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• Nokia X6 Review

Nokia X6 is the most technologically advanced music-oriented handset of the manufacturer to date and sports 3.2-inch touch sensitive screen, 16GB built-in memory, 5-megapixel camera with double LED flash and Carl Zeiss optics, A-GPS, 3.5mm jack and battery that will allow 35hrs of continuous audio playback.

The Nokia X6 16GB is a Mobile Phone which comes up with 3G Netwwork Support (HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 - excl. Lat. America & Brazil , HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - USA) technology. It also features a 3.2 inches (~229 ppi pixel density)display, 434 MHz ARM 11 Processor, 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM as internal Memandy and RAM Suppandt. It have a Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh (BL-5J) which gives the ability fand a talktime of Up to 11 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G). It has a 5 MP Camera with features like Geo-tagging.. The device weighs about 122 g and have a dimensions of 111 x 51 x 13.8 mm. Nokia X6 16GB will be available in Black, Pink on White, Yellow on White colors. Other features include . Have a detailed specifications about Nokia X6 16GB below.

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Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Lumia 610

Nokia Lumia 610 is the only new Lumia phone announced at MWC 2012 (Nokia Lumia 900 was announced at CES 2012). It is announced in conjunction with Microsoft’s strategy of lowering the minium hardware requirements and hence the cost of Windows Phone to consumers.

Windows Phone OS now supports a lower cost processor, the Qualcomm 7x27a “system on a chip” running at 600MHz with reduced memory of at least 256MB and hence making it more affordable to emerging markets.

Nokia Lumia 610 is the first Windows Phone to take advantage of this new scheme and ZTE will follow suit with the ZTE Orbit in Q2 2012. For the Nokia Lumia 610, the processor being used is Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 running on 800MHz which is better than the minimum specs while the RAM remains at the minimum at 256MB.

As with all Nokia Lumia devices, the Nokia Lumia 610 (being the fourth Lumia device) will also comes with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport, Nokia Music and Nokia Reading.

Nokia Lumia 610 (White & Black) – Front View

Nokia Lumia 610 (White & Black) – Back View

Nokia Lumia 610 (Cyan) – Side View

The design of the Lumia 610 is slightly different from its family as it comes with beveled metallic edge (which is similar to the Nokia Asha family) to give users a feel that it is a premium product. It is using micro SIM and comes with 8GB of built-in storage. There is no expandable storage simply because (I am guessing) Windows Phone 7 does not support it. If it does support, I am willing to bet that Nokia will include it in.

Specifications

• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Speed: HSDPA cat 7: 7.2Mbps
• Display: 3.7″ WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch LCD display with pinch zoom
• OS: Windows Phone 7.5
• Memory: 256MB RAM
• Storage: 8GB storage
• Camera: 5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 VGA @ 30 fps
• Size/Weight: 119.24mm x 62.18mm x 11.95mm (LxWxT) / 77.6cc / 131.5g (with battery)
• Connectivity: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector
• Processor: 800 MHz Single Core / Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
• Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma
• Battery: 1300 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: 10.5h, WCDMA: 9.5h
• Standby time: GSM: 670h, WCDMA:720h
• Music playback: up to 35 hours

Availability: Q2 2012
Retail Price: €189
Nokia Lumia 610 Colors: White, Cyan, Magenta, Black

Nokia Lumia 610 (Cyan) – Front View

Nokia Lumia 610 (Cyan) – Back View

Nokia Lumia 610 (Magenta) – Front View

Nokia Lumia 610 (Magenta) – Back View

Nokia Lumia 610 – Battery Cover Off

Nokia Lumia 610 – Battery Off

Nokia Lumia 610 – Back Covers

Links

• Official Windows Phone Developer Blog: Get Ready for 60% More Potential Customers
• Nokia Lumia 610

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How To Wipe All Data From Nokia Lumia 800?

As you are the owner of the Nokia Lumia 800 you have some concerns with your phone which runs on the new Windows Mobile 7.5 platform. Every digital piece in this world has its own personalization requirements and so is the same with Nokia Lumia 800, which might not suit everyone. The phone has far received great reviews from critiques of technology products all over the world. Smart phones are a repository of data. Huge amount of data including text messages and downloaded emails is stored on a phone during its usage. Apart from information, multimedia files also take up lot of phone memory capacity. Some of the multimedia file formats have files that are as big as a Gigabyte.

As you are the owner of the Nokia Lumia 800 you have some concerns with your phone which runs on the new Windows Mobile 7.5 platform. Every digital piece in this world has its own personalization requirements and so is the same with Nokia Lumia 800, which might not suit everyone. The phone has far received great reviews from critiques of technology products all over the world. Smart phones are a repository of data. Huge amount of data including text messages and downloaded emails is stored on a phone during its usage. Apart from information, multimedia files also take up lot of phone memory capacity. Some of the multimedia file formats have files that are as big as a Gigabyte.

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One challenge you might face after using Lumia 800 for a couple of months, is to keep the phone free from all the unwanted information stored in it. It is a good practice to sometimes take back up of all the information there is in the phone and wipe out all data. This will ensure that you have all the information that is required and your phone is clear of all unwanted clutter. If you are well concerned about the phone memory and CPU usage whenever you are running some particular app on the phone, then Nokia Lumia 800 might make you unhappy. It has been brought to many users of this phone that it takes up a lot of phone memory to start up and then keeps on occupying it unless you use a task manager kind of application to get rid of all the unnecessary programs that are running behind the scenes.
One other use of having an option to erase all data is when you lose your phone. Once you have erased all the sensitive data, you don’t have to worry about that information being misused. This is very important if you use the phone to store confidential business information that cannot be lost. Since I use to visit my Site where I share Nuance and Eltima Coupon deals with my Nokia Lumia 800,this tutorial helped me too to wipe all data on my device.

You can use the Lock feature by providing a 4-digit pin code, which you ideally must to protect all your sensitive information being stoles or wiped out in an instance. When someone tries to open your phone’s lock, he will be prompted to enter the 4-digit code. After a couple of attempts, the feature will erase all the sensitive data off your phone.

Wipe Out all data on your Nokia Lumia 800

So this really brings you at the end of your sweet relationship with your brand new mobile phone. But life does changes and so the requirements of individual person. While one might think you have got the best handset, you might not feel to be blessed with that. So if you are anyways thinking to stop using that phone or going to handover the set to anyone else, please make sure you definitely wipe out all your personalized information and settings from the phone.

You can wipe out all the data on your phone by following these step by step instructions:

1. Tap the Home Screen
2. Tap the Right Arrow Button
3. Select Settings
4. Select About
5. Select reset your phone
6. Tap Yes when the warning screen appears

Now you have successfully erased all data from your Nokia Lumia 800. Just to make sure of your personal settings, please check your Bluetooth and Wi-Fi setting if they still have any configuration saved with them or not. Also don’t miss the settings in your instant messenger and email clients which might turn out to be a disaster if somehow the factory reset program was not able to delete those data.

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Nokia C7 Price & Specs

Rs. 29,900 USD $333

Whats New?	Nokia C7 - Polished stainless steel & glass in a slim touch screen smartphone. Nokia C7 is a slim touch screen phone with 3 customisable home screens & fully integrated social networks. Nokia C7 is the second Symbian^3 powered phone loaded with innovative new hardware along with latest OS & apps. Nokia C7 is an impressive Smartphone backed by thousands of applications through Ovi Store & customizable home screens. Watch National Geographic, CNN, BBC & many more channels with Web TV on your Nokia C7. With an integrated 8 megapixels camera & a High Definition (HD) video, Nokia C7 is expected to make a profound impact
Dimension	117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5 mm, 64 cc
Weight	130 g
Battery	Talk time Up to 9 h 30 min, Stand-by Up to 552 h, Music play Up to 54 h
OS	Symbian^3 OS
Memory	8 GB built-in, 256 MB RAM, 1 GB ROM + microSD Card (supports up to 32GB)
Processor	680 MHz ARM 11 + 3D Graphics HW accelerator
Connectivity	Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, USB, WLAN (Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n), GPRS Class 32,EDGE Class 32, 3G (HSDPA 10.2 Mbps, HSUPA 2 Mbps)
Display Size	360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches (Proximity + Accelerometer Sensors)
Display Colour	16M colors, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Operating  Frequency / Band	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 (HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100)
Browser	WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
Colors	Charcoal black, Frosty metal, Mahogany brown
Entertainment	Stereo FM radio, FM transmitter, MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player,DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player, Web TV, 3.5 mm audio jack, TV-out, Flash Lite 4.0, Games (built-in + downloadable)
Camera	8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash, Geo-tagging, face detection, Video (720p 25fps) video stabilization, 2ndary VGA Cam
Other Features	GPS + A-GPS support, Ovi Maps 3.0, Digital compass, Speakerphone, Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic, Quickoffice viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF), Adobe Reader
Ring Tones	Downloadable, Polyphonic, Mp3, WAV
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Price	Price in Rs: 29,900    Price in USD: $333

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