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What's in a name? Nokia's new Lumia and Asha line explained

Engadget - What rhymes with Nokia? Why, Lumia, of course. And there, fellow gadget freaks, lies the poetic branding key to Espoo's first, great Windows Phone. Alright, it's not that simple, but the company's marketing team did make a concerted effort to find a moniker ending with a vowel sound. Of course, before this catchy, albeit odd, name could be settled upon, a list of potential winners had to be cross-checked with over 300,000 tech trademarks.

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Backing up your Nokia Asha

Conversations By Nokia- Phones like the Nokia Asha 308 have the ability to store a staggering amount of data – from your valued photographs, to personal phone numbers, to videos and music files. It means you stand to lose a lot more if you ever lose your phone, however, so it’s vital that you back up your files. Read on to find out how.

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Camera phones on test: HTC One X, iPhone 4S, Xperia S, Galaxy SII, Lumia 800

Pocket-Lint: Cameras are one of the main battlegrounds for modern smartphones, with each manufacturer looking to point out why theirs is better than the next rival.

"With ImageSense, HTC One rivals traditional digital cameras with improvements to every part of the camera", says HTC; "iPhone 4S includes an all new camera with the most advanced optics of any phone", says Apple; "leading Carl Zeiss optics" says Nokia. So, who do we believe, and, more importantly what difference does all the spec-talk about sensors and apertures make in real world use?

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Nokia Lumia 800 patch rolls out, 25-30 hours of battery life reported

MobileBliss: Nokia have released an update for the Lumia 800, which tackles a number of issues, mostly battery life. The phone can now reportedly deliver 25-30 hours on a single charge.

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