Tuesday, October 22 – Six new devices, together with a host of new apps and experiences, were announced today at Nokia World in Abu Dhabi, bringing exciting innovations across Nokia’s line-up of products and services.
The Nokia Lumia 2520, the first Windows tablet from Nokia combines high speed connectivity together with an excellent screen and signature imaging experiences.
The Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1320 bring the Windows Phone experience and unique Lumia design to 6-inch screens. They’re not just bigger – you can now see more Live Tiles in an extra column, for faster access to information and apps. The Lumia 1520 boasts a powerful 20-megapixel PureView camera.
The Asha 500, 502 and 503 bring the latest version of the new Asha platform to the new industrial design, with a better camera and a range of capabilities including 3G.
Nokia’s signature experiences and apps are improved and expanded with Nokia Camera on the Lumia 1520, and new tablet apps for the Lumia 2520. And look out for Nokia Storyteller, Nokia Video Director and Nokia Beamer, helping you make the most of your videos and images.
With LiveSight in HERE Drive and HERE Drive+ you can easily locate your parked car, while in HERE Transit it will be easier to find nearby transit stations. And with the Lumia 2520, you’ll never be lost again as it comes with integrated HERE Maps, making it the only tablet in the market with true offline maps experience!
The third-party apps line-up for Lumia is significantly boosted with the arrival of the exclusive Dreamworks Animation Dragons Adventure, the Instagram photo editing and sharing network, Papyrus and InNote, which both offer handwritten note-taking solutions, and the Vine short-form video service from Twitter – available soon
On the Asha Platform, Nokia announced the arrival of the WhatsApp instant messaging service, and Line, another choice for keeping in touch with your friends. PicFeed, PicTag and PhotoFunia add to the options complementing the new improved camera and enhanced user interface.
The Nokia Power Keyboard is the ideal companion for the Nokia Lumia 2520 tablet. It protects the device on all sides, adds a keyboard and extra USB ports, and packs in an extra 5-hour battery. Second, our new wireless charging plate, the DC-50 offers mobility, allowing you to charge up your phone without plugging in – it’s wireless charging reinvented!
Gadget analysts are impressed by Nokia’s first tablet Lumia 2520, even if it is similar to the devices marketed by Microsoft under its Surface brand, using the same wide screen version of the Windows “tiled” operating system.
Nokia is a Finnish company headquartered in Espoo, Finland. Its principal products are mobile telephones and portable IT devices. It also offers Internet services including applications, games, music, media and messaging, and free-of-charge digital map information and navigation services through its wholly owned subsidiary Navteq.
Nokia was the world’s largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012. However, over the past five years its market share declined as a result of the growing use of touchscreen smartphones like apple iPhones and Google Android devices.
In 2011 Microsoft announced partnership with Nokia and on 2 September 2013, Microsoft announced its intent to purchase Nokia’s mobile phone business unit as part of an overall deal totaling €5.44 billion (US$7.17 billion)
