Nokia Lumia 800 battery issue fix imminent

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For all you long suffering Nokia Lumia 800 owners out there, the end of the fast drain battery issue could be in sight, along with fixes for a number of other bugs as well.

The Lumia 800 was Nokia's first handset to sport the Windows Phone operating system after its huge deal with Microsoft. It certainly isn't a bad phone, as our Nokia Lumia 800 review found, but users have reported a number of bugs since its launch – with a lot focussing around the poor battery life.

MobileTechWorld has revealed that it's been testing the latest firmware upgrade for the Lumia 800, which addresses a number of issues including the fast battery drain.

But wait, there's more

Other creases which the update irons out include the lack of audio bass, auto-white balance issues with the camera app, hardware button backlight brightness and an improved diagnostics app.

The report suggests the new firmware provides even more fixes on top of the ones we've already listed, but did not disclose what the rest may be.

There is no hint as to when the firmware will be pushed out to consumers, so Lumia 800 owners hold tight and keep checking TechRadar for the latest.

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Symbian brand dropped by Nokia

Nokia has decided to dump the Symbian brand, renaming the latest version of its beleaguered mobile OS Nokia Belle.

A major partnership with Microsoft on Windows Phone and the general struggles of Nokia have seen Symbian slip slowly away - with handsets toting the OS officially being pulled from the US market in the summer.

And now Nokia has unceremoniously dumped the whole Symbian brand by renaming the Symbian Belle update Nokia Belle.

Fanfare?

"The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will soon be available for download to some existing smartphones and begin shipping with a selection of smartphones that are already on the market," Nokia stated on the conversations blog – which was spotted by Engadget.

With Nokia still working hard to crack the smartphone market and steal a little of the market back from the likes of Apple, the future is currently very much about the company's Windows Phone efforts.

Although the Nokia Lumia 800 was well reviewed we've yet to see if it's reached the heights that Microsoft and Nokia would have hoped for in terms of sales, next year is likely to see the launch of the flagship Nokia Lumia 900.

There's also talk of Windows Phone Tango – a lower cost version of the mobile OS from Microsoft that could bring a slew of cheaper handsets including devices from Nokia.

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Symbian brand dropped by Nokia

Nokia has decided to dump the Symbian brand, renaming the latest version of its beleaguered mobile OS Nokia Belle.

A major partnership with Microsoft on Windows Phone and the general struggles of Nokia have seen Symbian slip slowly away - with handsets toting the OS officially being pulled from the US market in the summer.

And now Nokia has unceremoniously dumped the whole Symbian brand by renaming the Symbian Belle update Nokia Belle.

Fanfare?

"The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will soon be available for download to some existing smartphones and begin shipping with a selection of smartphones that are already on the market," Nokia stated on the conversations blog – which was spotted by Engadget.

With Nokia still working hard to crack the smartphone market and steal a little of the market back from the likes of Apple, the future is currently very much about the company's Windows Phone efforts.

Although the Nokia Lumia 800 was well reviewed we've yet to see if it's reached the heights that Microsoft and Nokia would have hoped for in terms of sales, next year is likely to see the launch of the flagship Nokia Lumia 900.

There's also talk of Windows Phone Tango – a lower cost version of the mobile OS from Microsoft that could bring a slew of cheaper handsets including devices from Nokia.

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Nokia outs Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises edition

Nokia has been showing off its ultra limited edition run of Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises handsets.

The devices, which tie-in with next summer's Christopher Nolan-directed blockbuster, boast a matte-black casing, with the Caped Crusader's logo engraved into the back.

The Windows Phone-toting handset remains identical to the original device on the inside, but this superhero-infused edition is undoubtedly the coolest a Nokia phone has ever looked.

However, before you start sending letters up the chimney, only 40 of these devices have been created worldwide, so getting your hands on one is not too likely.

Bruce Wayne uses Nokia

This isn't the first time Nokia has latched onto the Batman movie franchise.

In The Dark Knight Returns, Batman boasted a Nokia 5800 specially equipped with sonar technology.

The Batman films always serve up a bounty of cool, yet unlikely, gadgets so we're excited to see what The Dark Knight Rises brings in 2012.

Nokia Lumia 900 release date February 2012?

Nokia is all set to release the Nokia Lumia 900 in February, if a tweet from Swiss telco Swisscom is to be revealed.

There's been much rumour and speculation about the Lumia 900 – a handset yet to be announced by Nokia.

Back in November a video with what appeared to be the handset was released and then there were reports the Lumia 900 would land early next year, after being shown off at CES 2012 in January.

Now, Swisscom has let slip on its @Swisscom_care Twitter account that the Nokia Lumia 900 release date will be February.

Bigger screen

The Lumia 900 is a handset that looks an awful lot like its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 800.

The main difference is the size of the screen, which has been seemingly upped from 3.7 inches to a meaty 4.3 and will be a ClearBlack AMOLED display.

The phone is also set to ship with the forthcoming Windows Phone 'Tango' update.

TechRadar will be reporting from the show floor at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, so we will be sure to offer up official details on the handset when we get them. And if we don't see the Lumia 900 in Vegas, we'll have our eyes peeled for it at Mobile World Congress 2012 in February.

Microsoft may buy Nokia in early 2012

Nokia may well have a new owner by this time next year, if the banking folk over at Danske Bank are to be believed – they reckon Microsoft will scoop up the Finnish phone manufacturer in the first half of 2012.

The Nokia/Microsoft buyout chatter has been rife ever since the two companies hopped into bed together on Windows Phone, and it hasn't hurt Nokia – its share price slunk up by more than 3 per cent thanks to Danske Bank's speculation.

Stephen Elop, Nokia's current CEO, joined the company from Microsoft which leads some people to suspect that he's been sent in specifically to facilitate the sale of the handset arm.

Yes no maybe

The Finnish company isn't having any of it though; "We put these rumours to rest a long time ago," said Doug Dawson from the company, but it wouldn't be the first time a company has said one thing and done another.

Will Microsoft buy Nokia? We don't know, but we definitely wouldn't rule it out; after all, Google's in the process of buying Motorola and Apple already makes its own iPhone hardware.

There are definite benefits to having an in-house handset creation arm - although let's not forget Microsoft's last attempts at manufacturing a handset using a company it had acquired – remember the Microsoft Kin? No? Anyone? Bueller?

But back to Nokia. The outlook's a little brighter there: the first fruits of the two companies' collaboration were revealed in October 2011, with the Nokia Lumia 800 garnering positive reviews – we ourselves gave it four stars and described it as "the best Windows Phone device out there" in our Nokia Lumia 800 review.

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Nokia 710 official on T-Mobile USA

The first Nokia Windows Phone device to land in the United States will be the Lumia 710, which will arrive on the T-Mobile network next month.

The mid-range device, which was unveiled at Nokia World back in October, will launch on January 11th and cost $49 on a two-year contract.

The device itself, which sits underneath the Nokia 800 launched for the European market in November, boasts a 3.7-inch, 800 x 480 ClearBlack LCD display.

Windows Phone-toting

The Nokia Lumia 700 also boasts a 1.4GHz Snapdragon processor, 8GB of internal storage and the all-important latest version of the Windows Phone operating system.

Built in HSPA+ will also bring dizzying download speeds of up to 14.4Mbps.

As far as built in apps go, Microsoft Office, Netflix, ESPN and Nokia Drive are all along for the ride.

Low key debut

The launch of a mid-range device on a second tier network is somewhat of a surprising US debut for Nokia and its Windows Phone partnership.

From our hands-ons at Nokia World, the Lumia 710 appears to be a solid device, but perhaps the company could have made more of a splash with the flagship Lumia 800 device on AT&T or Verizon?

Instead Nokia, Microsoft and T-Mobile have decided to aim this device at the "150 million Americans who haven't purchased their first smartphones."

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Nokia Lumia 900 release date February 2012?

Nokia is all set to release the Nokia Lumia 900 in February, if a tweet from Swiss telco Swisscom is to be revealed.

There's been much rumour and speculation about the Lumia 900 – a handset yet to be announced by Nokia.

Back in November a video with what appeared to be the handset was released and then there were reports the Lumia 900 would land early next year, after being shown off at CES 2012 in January.

Now, Swisscom has let slip on its @Swisscom_care Twitter account that the Nokia Lumia 900 release date will be February.

Bigger screen

The Lumia 900 is a handset that looks an awful lot like its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 800.

The main difference is the size of the screen, which has been seemingly upped from 3.7 inches to a meaty 4.3 and will be a ClearBlack AMOLED display.

The phone is also set to ship with the forthcoming Windows Phone 'Tango' update.

TechRadar will be reporting from the show floor at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, so we will be sure to offer up official details on the handset when we get them. And if we don't see the Lumia 900 in Vegas, we'll have our eyes peeled for it at Mobile World Congress 2012 in February.

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Nokia outs Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises edition

Nokia has been showing off its ultra limited edition run of Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises handsets.

The devices, which tie-in with next summer's Christopher Nolan-directed blockbuster, boast a matte-black casing, with the Caped Crusader's logo engraved into the back.

The Windows Phone-toting handset remains identical to the original device on the inside, but this superhero-infused edition is undoubtedly the coolest a Nokia phone has ever looked.

However, before you start sending letters up the chimney, only 40 of these devices have been created worldwide, so getting your hands on one is not too likely.

Bruce Wayne uses Nokia

This isn't the first time Nokia has latched onto the Batman movie franchise.

In The Dark Knight Returns, Batman boasted a Nokia 5800 specially equipped with sonar technology.

The Batman films always serve up a bounty of cool, yet unlikely, gadgets so we're excited to see what The Dark Knight Rises brings in 2012.

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Gary Marshall: What's Nokia got to shout about?

Technology firms' keynote speeches tend to be boring affairs. The important news leaks days or weeks before, so you're left with a big room full of people mumbling "yes, yes, navigation, seen it before" as the CEO bumbles on for hours about each new feature.

Not Nokia.

Faced with a familiar problem - everybody knowing exactly what they were going to unveil - Nokia decided it was time to shake things up a bit. First, Stephen Elop kept pronouncing the company's name in a funny Canadian accent - "know-key-ahh" - and then, they let a madman loose on stage.

"Our ambition is to surprise you at every turn," said Kevin Shields, a man whose job title - senior vice president of program and product management for the smart device - is longer than many people's lives.

And then he started shouting.

"It looks AWESOME!" he bellowed, channelling his inner Ballmer and scaring the hell out of the first six rows. "It feels GREAT in your hand!" he added, frightening everybody again. "It SCREAMS premium!" he screamed.

YouTube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgYyWnrveO4We need to talk about Kevin

Whatever Shields was on, it didn't last long. Like an angry man in the pub who's just offered to fight everybody outside, his mood suddenly crashed and Kevin became a shadow of his former, screaming self. "You've got to give me some applause for this," he begged, his eyes moist.

The crowd clapped politely, afraid that if they didn't, Shields might eat them.

No, the keynote wasn't boring.

Pity the phones were.

I really like Windows Phone, and I really like Nokia hardware. Given that it's essentially an N9 running Mango, I'm sure that the Nokia Lumia 800 is going to be a perfectly good smartphone. The prices look OK too. But there are plenty of perfectly good Windows Phone smartphones with OK prices out there already.

Nokia and Microsoft have been working on this stuff for months. What were they doing?

It's great that the two firms are going to spend oodles of cash on promoting the devices, and by extension Windows Phone generally. But where's the magic? Where's the "lust" that marketing VP Steven Overman promised to inspire?

Where's the excitement that's going to make us see our iPhones and Androids for the overpriced toys they truly are, causing us to shove them on eBay and run, not walk, to the nearest Carphone Warehouse, two forms of ID including a utility bill in our trembling hands?

There was plenty of shouting, but was the Lumia 800 really worth shouting about?

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Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date and price detailed

UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review

The Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date has been set as 16 November – with the next generation Windows Phone 7 handset attracting widespread interest.

Nokia's Windows Phone is seen as a key step for both the Finnish phone giant and Microsoft – as it looks to take on rivals Apple and Google.

Windows Phone 7.5 Mango has won plaudits, and Nokia will be looking to trade on the familiarity of its brand to bring a whole new audience to the smartphone market.

AMOLED

The Nokia Lumia UK release date of November has been confirmed by several major players, although the early indications are that there may be a bit of a wait for the more colourful options.

The Nokia Lumia 800 boasts a 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, a 1.4GHz processor and Carl Zeiss optic in the camera.

The indication on pricing is that the handset will be available for no addition cost with some contracts and with a UK price without contract at £449.95.

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In Depth: Nokia Lumia 800: everything you need to know

UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review

Nokia has announced the Nokia Lumia 800, one of two new Windows Phone handsets from the world's biggest phone manufacturer.

The Lumia 800 is the "first real Windows Phone" said Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. We like the sentiment, even if it's a rather sickly soundbite.

The Lumia 800 bears more than a passing resemblance to the Nokia N9 – the non-UK MeeGo-toting handset that never really got a chance.

Still, we praised the N9's rather super unibody design and we're pleased to see it given another whirl.

Here's everything you need to know about Nokia's new hope, which was previously known under the moniker of Sea Ray.

Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date

The Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date is 16 November. The handset is now available for pre-order on www.nokia.com.

And if you're wondering about its cheaper sibling, the Nokia Lumia 710 UK release date is early 2012.

Nokia Lumia 800 UK UK price

Carphone Warehouse has released pricing. The Nokia Lumia 800 UK price is £449.95 SIM-free or is available for free on a £31 per month contract.

Anyone who pre-orders the new phone from Carphone Warehouse will also receive a free £50 gift card to spend in Sainsbury's, Debenhams, Next or Toys R Us.

Phones 4u is offering free accessories worth £49.99 with every preorder of the Lumia 800 on £31 tariffs and above.

Nokia Lumia 800 networks and stores

Vodafone, Three,Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4U and Best Buy are to stock the handset from the 16 November launch.

The smartphone will be available in black on Vodafone from launch, with a cyan version to come "shortly afterwards".

The handset works across WCDMA and GSM/EDGE networks. HSDPA internet speed is 14.4Mbps.

Nokia Lumia 800 processor

The handset features a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. A single core it may be, but the clockspeed is high.

Nokia Lumia 800 screen

The Lumia 800 features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending into the handset's body.

Nokia Lumia 800 memory

The handset has 16GB of internal user memory and 25GB of free SkyDrive storage. The handset also has 512MB of RAM. Call us pedantic, but no 32GB version seems a little bit of a miss, while 512MB of RAM also sees it lag behind the competition. What's more, there's no microSD slot either.

Nokia Lumia 800 camera

The Nokia Lumia 800 has instant-share capabilities. The 8 megapixel camera is based on Carl Zeiss optics (a Nokia favourite) and has a f2.2 aperture for better low light photography.

The spec sheet cites just "HD video" rather than being more specific - that means it's 720p rather than the 1080p we're used to seeing on a lot of other handsets.

But what's missing here? Yep, that's right - there is no front-facing camera for video calling. Now, that's a big miss compared to the competition.

Nokia Lumia 800 software

The handset features Windows Phone 7.5 Mango with Internet Explorer 9 (supporting HTML5) and Office integration. There's also Nokia Drive, a full turn-by turn sat nav (a first for Windows Phone) as well as Nokia Maps.

However, as our colleagues at Gizmodo UK point out, Nokia Drive "won't ship with live traffic; offline map caching nor previous locations. Gulp." That's bad news, especially as the great thing about turn-by-turn apps such as TomTom on iPhone is that they have all the map data offline, so you're not reliant on cellular data.

Combined conversations mean Facebook, Twitter, chat and SMS messages in a single thread.

Nokia Music and Mix Radio mean14 million tracks and 100radio channels are accessible from the device.

Windows Phone is a significant departure for Nokia.

As TechRadar's Patrick Goss says, Nokia and Microsoft are "two companies desperate to see a high-profile partnership bear fruit."

"Nokia's decision to go with Windows Phone 7 is hugely significant, and the Finnish company has significant goodwill from a user base that has grown familiar with its handsets in the past."

Nokia Lumia 800 connectivity and sensors

There's 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector, 3.5mm headphone jack plus an accelerometer, proximity sensor and digital compass.

Nokia Lumia 800 weight, dimensions and packaging

The handset weighs 142g, just heavier than the 140g iPhone 4S. Unlike other handsets, while the dimensions are 116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 m. The sales package for the phone is a lot more generous than other manufacturers' - you get a soft cover, fast USB charger, stereo headset, charging and data cable and a user guide.Nokia Lumia 800 colours

Nokia Lumia 800 battery lifeThe 1450mAh battery supports a talk time of up to 13 hours, standby of 265 hours and up to 55 hours of music playback.Nokia Lumia 800 colours

The handset is available in "vivid colours" namely cyan, magenta and black. Since when has black been a vivid colour?

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Nokia selling off Vertu luxury brand

Nokia is preparing to sell Vertu, a UK-based subsidiary that specialises in handmade luxury phones for the super rich.

The process is at an early stage, although there has been interest from private equity groups and it's likely to attract interest from luxury goods brands, according to sources of the Financial Times.

Yet to be officially valued, Vertu has an estimated annual revenue of up to €300 million (£255 million).

Vertu's luxury handsets are available in more than 60 countries, some with dedicated shops. Somewhat predictably, it has a strong following among those in Russia and the Middle East who wouldn't have their personal assistant seen dead in a branch of Phones4U.

Diamonds are until your next upgrade

Its latest phone and first touchscreen model is the Constellation, with a 3.5in AMOLED touchscreen and 8 megapixel camera with dual LED flash.

It's reasonably well specified compared to predecessors but runs Nokia's aging Symbian OS and, well, will cost up to £10,000 if you choose the version clad in alligator skin and encrusted with diamonds.

Though that's peanuts compared to the £200,000 some models have cost in the past.

While Vertu customers aren't renowned for taking their time with buying decisions, the phones' value is greater than the sum of its spec sheet.

Their real VIP value comes from a "concierge" service which has its own side button to speed dial a team of personal assistants who will arrange your life for you, make recommendations and get you access to exclusive members' clubs around the world.

First Nokia Lumia 800 software update starts roll-out

It's been barely a month since the Nokia Lumia 800 was revealed but Nokia's not hanging around, having announced the first software update for the Windows Phone handset.

The update, which will be rolling out to all Nokia Lumia 800 handsets over the next two weeks, makes some minor improvements to the handset, including upping its charging game.

A couple of weeks ago, reports began to trickle in that battery life on the Windows Phone handset wasn't up to much and Nokia's support teams revealed that this first update would improve power efficiency.

All I want for Christmas is improved power efficiency

Another update is scheduled for early 2012 to "deliver more improvements to the software" including increasing the Nokia Lumia 800's battery power from 1300mAh to 1450mAh, if this December update doesn't do it for you.

Other little bonuses included in today's update include improvements to the voicemail notification, display switching in bright light, audio quality and replying updates for Microsoft Exchange 2003 users.

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Interview: Qualcomm 'working on Nokia roadmap, not single launch'

When Kevin Shields took to the Nokia World stage last month, he was pretty clear that he thought the new Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone was "awesome". But the reception has been a little less vocal since.

While the Lumia 800 features a speedy 1.4GHz variant of the single-core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255, we asked Qualcomm's Enrico Salvatori, president of Qualcomm CDMA technologies in Europe if it was a problem that consumers were now looking for dual-core handsets.

He replied somewhat obliquely, saying the Lumia 800 is just the beginning of the relationship with Nokia – in other words, that it's working on other higher spec devices to come.

"We are working on a roadmap [with Nokia] and not a single device, a single launch. It's an important collaboration for Qualcomm, so we are very excited about working together. It's been very effective in terms of time to market because we developed the phone together. It's been a very successful development."

Salvatori added that it was a big achievement for both the Nokia and Qualcomm teams to bring the devices to market inside six months.

Snapdragon also features inside the Nokia Lumia 710 as well and Qualcomm is no stranger to working with either Nokia (with whom it built the ill-fated N9) or Microsoft, who it has been working with on Windows Phone 7 as well as the ARM version of Windows 8. Indeed, Qualcomm chips power every Windows Phone on the market.

"The Nokia collaboration is also very much about the Windows Phone ecosystem and, of course, we at Qualcomm, as you know, are supporting on our platform the Windows Phone software and actually at the moment we are the only supplier supporting the integrated solution."

Platform agnostic

Salvatori clearly eyes more opportunities with Microsoft's mobile OS, but says that it doesn't mean that Qualcomm has suddenly become platform specific.

"Windows Phone is an important ecosystem that we support. Our vision and our objective is very much to develop a platform, a roadmap that is optimised for multiple high level OS environments, so we adopt an agnostic approach in supporting all ecosystem environments.

"So definitely we are very active with Android and have a solid roadmap, Microsoft we have a roadmap [then there's] RIM, BlackBerry and our internal platform Brew."

Salvatori was also keen to stress the increasing importance of software and hardware being designed together and working together.

"I think we are giving evidence that a high level OS is another element [of delivering] an integrated platform. At the end of the day we strongly believe – and the markets [are telling us] – that a fully integrated solution is compelling and an attractive solution for our customers; [the] manufacturers."

"An integrated solution also reduces time to market, reducing the bill of materials, the component counts and also reducing power consumption of those components. It also reduces the size of the PCB so the form factor can be [smaller].

"It is very important for the market that [there is] integration of not only the GPU, CPU and modem but also in terms of a high level OS. So delivering a fully integrated platform with Microsoft [or] with Android is [best for] our customers."

Qualcomm has spoken recently about its upcoming roadmap and specifically about the quad-core, 28nm Snapdragon S4 which will see clockspeeds rising to a staggering 2.5GHz. There will also be a new Adreno graphics processor too.

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Nokia Champagne codename shows up, promises Tango

A new Nokia codename has shown up in the I'm a WP7! app, in the form of the Nokia Champagne.

It first showed up in the Windows Phone community app on 25 October – meaning that someone accessed I'm a WP7 from the Nokia Champagne on that day.

WPCentral has also got its hands on a juicy bit of OS info, in that the Champagne is set to come running OS 7.10.8711 – also known as the next build of Windows Phone 7, codenamed Tango.

Fizzy

It's possible that the Nokia Champagne is simply a territory- or network-specific version of the Nokia Lumia 800, but it seems more likely to be a new handset with the next-gen software on board.

We don't expect Nokia to launch any new Windows Phone handsets this side of Christmas – so will we see the company popping the Nokia Champagne cork at CES 2012 in January?

If not, there's always Mobile World Congress 2012 to look forward to in February…

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First Nokia Windows Phone devices revealed

The first two Nokia Windows Phone devices will be called the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 according to leaked marketing materials ahead of Nokia World.

The long-awaited handsets are likely to be unveiled by CEO Stephen Elop at the Nokia World expo in London on Wednesday, and are set to go on sale next month.

The Lumia 800, which has long been spoken of as the Nokia SeaRay, will look similar to the N9 and boast 512MB of memory, weight 142g and by 12mm thick, according to the posters.

The Lumia 710, codenamed Sabre, is set to arrive packing a curved candybar form factor and will have 8GB of internal storage.

A year in the making

Wednesday's reveal will bring to a close a year-long wait for Nokia's Windows Phone offering.

For both the Finnish manufacturer and Microsoft the partnership could not be more important.

Nokia sees Windows Phone as a path back to prominence after sticking with the ill-fated Symbian OS for way too long, while Microsoft reckons Nokia's hardware expertise can held Windows Phone rival iOS and Android.

It's possible that there will be more than these two handsets revealed during tomorrow's keynote. Stay tuned to TechRadar for all of the details as news breaks from Nokia World.

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Nokia Lumia 800 officially announced

UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review

The Nokia Lumia 800 has been officially announced by Stephen Elop at Nokia World 2011.

Featuring a near-identical chassis to the Nokia N9, which sees no UK release, the new phone is packing a large ClearBlack 3.7 inch AMOLED display, 512MB of RAM and weighs 142g.

Running Windows Phone 7.5 Mango, this is going to be the flagship phone for Nokia as it transitions from Symbian to Microsoft's new OS.

Processor wise, it's sporting a single-core 1.4GHz processor, and users will be handed 25GB of free SkyDrive storage.

We're seeing Carl Zeiss optics on board, with an optimised flash and an f2.2 aperture for better low light photography.

Easy Rider

Nokia Drive is also on board, which offers free turn by turn navogation with full voice guidance, which also allows you to download install maps before you even set off, should you be worried about data charges.

Also included is Nokia Music, a new service that uses a feature called Mix Radio to offer up mixes the phone thinks you'll like with no login or password needed. In a nod to Spotify, you'll also be able download tracks and listen to them offline too.

Elop cocked a major snook to the likes of Samsung and HTC by dubbing the new Lumia 800 the 'first real Windows Phone, complementing and amplifying the design of Windows Phone."

We've yet to hear anything on the likes of a Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date or UK price, so we'll update as soon as we hear more.

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Nokia Lumia 710 launched: budget Windows Phone

The Nokia Lumia 710 has been officially announced at Nokia World 2011 in London.

The new phone features a 3.7-inch ClearBlack display, and a split down the chassis to replace the back of the phone to 'personalise it and make it your own'.

Like its bigger brother, the Nokia Lumia 800, it's running Windows Phone 7.5 to offer a 'new Nokia experience' according to Stephen Elop.

The phone features a single core 1.4GHz processor, plus hardware acceleration and a dedicated graphics processor for improved gaming and internet use.

App attack

It runs the same Nokia Music and Nokia Drive, to offer easier access to music and turn by turn navigation, plus an ESPN application specific to Nokia Windows Phones to make it easier to follow your favourite sports team.

The phone is designed for a lower price point, making it more accessible to a new range of consumers according to Nokia.

We're still waiting to hear more about the Nokia Lumia 710 UK release date or UK price, so stay tuned to find out more from TechRadar.

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Major players to stock Nokia Lumia 800

UPDATE: Check out our Hands on: Nokia Lumia 800 review

Major players in the UK phone industry have declared that they will be stocking the Nokia Lumia 800 – the eagerly anticipated handset that sports Windows Phone 7.5.

The smartphone will be available in black on Vodafone from launch, with a cyan version to come 'shortly afterwards'. Three will also 'range' black and Cyan.

The Nokia Lumia 800 UK release date has been set as 16 November, with a UK price without contract at £449.95

Specs

The Nokia Lumia 800 brings a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, a 1.4 GHz processor and Carl Zeiss optics for the camera.

But it will be the Windows Phone Mango 7.5 integration that marks this out in the Nokia world, with the two companies desperate to see a high-profile partnership bear fruit.

Nokia's decision to go with Windows Phone 7 is hugely significant as the Finnish company has significant good will from a user base that has grown familiar with their handsets in the past.

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