Nokia and Motorola events - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Nokia and Motorola events - 90 Seconds on The Verge: Wednesday, September 5, 2012
2012-09-05
it's Wednesday September the fifth
twenty twelve i'm tom warren best viewed
in desktop mode and this is 90 seconds
on the verge nokia came out swinging
this morning with the official debut of
its first windows phone 8 devices the
flagship Lumia 920 has a 4.5 inch curved
display NFC wireless charging and an 8.7
megapixel quote PureView camera it's not
the 41-megapixel 808 from early and
share at least you'd have to use symbian
the company also showed off its
mid-range Lumia 820 which Nix is the
PureView branded camera yet 20 also
includes a slightly smaller 4.3 inch
screen and interchangeable back covers
it was an impressive show but alas Nokia
walked already without announcing any
carrier availability or pricing
microsoft itself made a cameo during
today's event to shelf its new windows
phone 8 features Windows Phone Manager
Joe Belfiore demoed new camera features
with pinch to zoom as well as some
clever third-party apps our favorite of
course was cinema breath because if your
mobile platform doesn't allow you to
make gifts you might look give up now
meanwhile Motorola held its own press
conference to reboot the droid razr
lineup the company's new hero phone is a
droid razr HD and updates of the
original droid razr with us 4.7 inch
hates to display the razr HD max
similarly is that with a bigger battery
all models run outta cream sandwich for
motorola promises they will have jelly
bean by the end of the year in fact if
your 2011 moto device does not get
upgraded this year the company says it
will give you a hundred dollar credit to
buy a new one a motorola phone and of
course sorry no galaxy s4 and that's it
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