Nokia Hong Kong creates a giant Windows Phone out of 550 Windows Phones

Hong Kong. The land of gadgets, bright lights and even brighter colors. They also know how to celebrate a phone's launch, specifically the Nokia Lumia 800 and 710. Announced about two weeks ago for the region and delivery by mid December, the Lumias look to take Hong Kong by storm.
As you can see in the photos above, Nokia still knows how to throw a party. And yes, that's a Voltron-esque giant Windows Phone created out of nearly 550 Nokia Phones (yeah, we did a quick count). In short, it is awesome.
The event was part of an electronic roadshow in Mong Kok in front of a Nokia Flagship store that is opening soon. They evidently had three sections setup: one for the backdrop, gaming, one for Windows Phone and one for general promotion. Perhaps more importantly, people could stop by and play with the phones to get a hands-on feel of the new devices or just get information (leaflets).
Very cool stuff and good to see Microsoft-Nokia going big there

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RIM, Nokia deny use of Carrier IQ software

TORONTO | Thu Dec 1, 2011 2:57pm EST

(Reuters) - Research In Motion does not install, nor authorize, its carrier partners to install "Carrier IQ" monitoring software on its BlackBerry smartphones, the company said on Thursday.
RIM made the statement after a security researcher said the "Carrier IQ" application, which can monitor what device users are doing, has been installed on mobile devices from multiple vendors without the knowledge or consent of customers.
"RIM does not pre-install the Carrier IQ app on BlackBerry smartphones or authorize its carrier partners to install the Carrier IQ app before sales or distribution," RIM said.
"RIM also did not develop or commission the development of the Carrier IQ application, and has no involvement in the testing, promotion, or distribution of the app."
Trevor Eckhart, the researcher who demonstrated in online videos how the software works, focused on devices using Google's Android operating system, but he also mentioned other operating systems, including RIM's BlackBerry and Nokia's Symbian system as having the software installed.
Nokia also denied their phones used the software.
"CarrierIQ does not ship products for any Nokia devices," a company spokesman said.
In a statement posted to its website last month, Carrier IQ said its software is used by network operators to help improve network quality and troubleshoot device problems.
"While we look at many aspects of a device's performance, we are counting and summarizing performance, not recording keystrokes, or providing tracking tools," the Mountain View, California-based company said.
Since Eckhart's videos first appeared, a firestorm of criticism has erupted in online forums and on Twitter, where users complain about breach of privacy.
"In principle, technology like this could be highly beneficial to both networks and users, but by crossing the line of what is deemed as acceptable by the privacy lobby Carrier IQ has run into problems," said Ben Wood, research director at CCS Insight.
Carrier IQ issued a cease-and-desist letter to Eckhard last month before later retracting it and apologizing to the researcher.

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The secret behind Nokia Microsoft deal spilled up

As we all know, cell phone giant Nokia has teamed up with Microsoft to build an 'iPhone killer'. As a result, soon the tech industry will soon witness millions of Nokia handsets powered with Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 platform. In return, the Redmond giant Microsoft will shower Nokia with billions of dollars for marketing, manufacturing and other expenditures.

The proposed deal is surpassingly the biggest merger in mobile world, where two bigwigs Nokia and Microsoft join hands. The deal is made to relinquish the dominance of Apple's iOS and Google’s Android. Both Nokia and Microsoft are ready to reap great benefits with their new partnership. However, it has been argued that this coalition can also go haywire as the Finnish handset maker is slowly losing its charm in mobile world and even Microsoft has yet to re-gain its mettle.

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Why Nokia decided to dump Symbian?

Symbian at one time was the best bet among leading smartphone operating systems. But, now it has become a product without any firm future. The Finnish handset major, Nokia has recently announced its plans to move away from its own operating system.

Now, a question arises here, Why did this happen and how Symbian lost its charm despite being such a potential competitor?

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nokia unveils asha 200 201 300 303 budget handsets

Looks like Nokia is planning to cash on the segment between the high end smartphones and the low end phones, by introducing yet another new series of reliable budget phones, known as the Asha series. The new phones called the 200, 201, 300 and 303 have been specifically designed to provide high quality and stylish devices along with the best access to social networks and Internet.

Check out the complete specifications, price, features and videos of the new phones from Nokia after the break.

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