Nokia held an event yesterday in partnership with Microsoft to introduce their first new handset running Windows Phone 8.
The Nokia Lumia 920 comes with a 4.5-inch screen which you can apparently use whilst wearing gloves. Also onboard is an 8 megapixel camera using Nokia Pureview technology, 32gb of storage, 1gb ram, and it comes in a range of colours!
Windows Phone 8 looks pretty sleek and is a natural evolution from its predecessor, and once Windows 8 itself gets up and running and established, then the whole system should work in a pretty seamless way, and your content should be highly available across your Windows devices much in the same way iOS works.
Although Nokia and Microsoft have a long way to go before they can even dream of catching up with iOS and Android, this handset in conjunction with the new software suggests to me that with time and patience, it can be done.
What I like about this, is that it dares to be different. Unlike Android, it is not trying to be a cheap iOS clone. It has its own identity. If they get it right, I predict that they can overtake Android in time.
The Nokia Lumia 920 will be out in the States first (surprise surprise), with release date for UK suggested to be around October/November!
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