Live Blog: Nokia Windows Phone 8 event

(10:25:00 am) Vernon:

Thanks to everyone that followed along with the live blog and interacted with us via Twitter! We appreciate our fans!!

(10:14:52 am) Vernon:

Here is where you can find out all about the specs showcased today. The Nokia Lumia website.

(10:13:25 am) Andrew:

That’s a wrap. Some exciting stuff

(10:12:19 am) Vernon:

…and… we are done.

(10:10:47 am) Vernon:

400 million licenses of W/WP8 in the coming months!

(10:09:06 am) Vernon:

Alluding to Xbox permeation within the ecosystem.

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Trying to soften the blow of not seeing much of Windows Phone 8 OS.

(10:07:24 am) Jonathan:

Steve Ballmer, “This is the year of Windows!”

(10:05:13 am) Vernon:

Ballmer has lost weight!

(10:04:45 am) Vernon:

NOKIA!! NOKIA!! NOKIA!!!

(10:04:30 am) Jonathan:

or release date

(10:03:59 am) Vernon:

…and yet, no word of pricing.

(10:03:58 am) Andrew:

No wonder everyone thought this phone looked like it already had a cover on it. It does!

(10:03:30 am) Vernon:

820 confirmed to have wireless charging.

(10:03:21 am) Jonathan:

Nokia Lumia 820 has exchangeable back covers

(10:03:08 am) Vernon:

The 820 has a horizontal camera plate as opposed to the vertical one of the 920. Distinctive!

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(10:01:58 am) Vernon:

That was a rather weak round of applause.

(10:01:40 am) Jonathan:

Announcing the Nokia Lumia 820!

(10:01:31 am) Vernon:

Moving on to the meager 820.

(10:01:07 am) Vernon:

Again, better than HD?

(09:59:45 am) Andrew:

This comparison video of 920 video tech versus competitors is breathtaking.

(09:59:17 am) Vernon:

The PureView camera is really impressing me right now!

(09:59:04 am) Jonathan:

Wow video stabilization on pureview is the real deal!!

(09:57:27 am) Vernon:

There is just a little bit of the Kevin Shields of old.

(09:57:27 am) Andrew:

Loving this floating lens tech talk

(09:55:48 am) Andrew:

lmao they basically just showed an app that allows you to make GIFs right on your phone. Pretty cool tho

(09:55:47 am) Jonathan:

New Nokia lenses apps will be available for existing Lumia devices!

(09:55:37 am) Vernon:

Just now getting to the PureView demo.

(09:55:17 am) Vernon:

HOLY COW! So, is this a GIF file that CinemaGraph is creating?

(09:54:36 am) Andrew:

Wow. Deleting ppl out of pictures is pretty cool.

(09:53:29 am) Vernon:

Wow! MORE camera features?! Impressed!

(09:53:17 am) Andrew:

Excited that all the Angry Birds games are confirmed to be coming

(09:52:11 am) Vernon:

Umm… Plug for Rovio? Really? How about a plug for Verizon or T-Mobile?

(09:51:12 am) Vernon:

Guys, after running the City Lens beta, it is just plain flippin’ cool. ^VS

(09:50:43 am) Andrew:

I’m really impressed with the 920, but if it’s not on Tmo I won’t be buying.

(09:49:56 am) Jonathan:

I hope we word of a get a release date.

(09:49:14 am) Vernon:

Showcasing the NFC is impressive.

(09:48:28 am) Andrew:

The yellow is gorgeous!!!

(09:47:49 am) Jonathan:

WOW that speaker/charger is epic!

(09:46:53 am) Andrew:

Wireless charging and a beautiful screen

(09:45:44 am) Jonathan:

Omg that screen is gorgeous!

(09:44:57 am) Vernon:

Wow. That is actually imcredibly amazing. Most impressive feature so far!

(09:44:09 am) Vernon:

Super sensitive touch. Kevin is putting on chopper mitts.

(09:43:31 am) Vernon:

ClearBlack is amazing!

(09:42:29 am) Vernon:

Laying into Samsungs flexible phones.

(09:42:22 am) Andrew:

Nokia calls out it’s competitors on lack of design. Is that the Ativ S, I see? DAMN!

(09:41:11 am) Vernon:

Grey, Red, Yellow. Sweet!

(09:40:41 am) Vernon:

Yes, the 920 has the curved display.

(09:40:17 am) Vernon:

How come the SkyDrive app does not follow the accent color?

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Kevin Shields is up next. Anyone remember the AWESOME!!! guy?

(09:37:47 am) Vernon:

Wow! Blink is an actual helpful feature.

(09:37:07 am) Andrew:

Showing the seamless integration w/ cloud services

(09:35:09 am) Vernon:

Showing off the already awesome PhotoSynth.

(09:34:17 am) Andrew:

Showing off how 3rd party apps can make custom lenses for the camera app that work in real time. Something tells me the Instagram experience on WP* will be superior to others

(09:33:39 am) Vernon:

Whoa! Trippy video of video of video of video of…

(09:31:47 am) Andrew:

Live camera demo

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Pinch to zoom for taking pics.

(09:30:55 am) Vernon:

Time to show off the camera features!

(09:30:12 am) Vernon:

That was probably the most quickly retweeted tweet by Joe B.

(09:29:14 am) Vernon:

Lets see if it shows up on Twitter.

(09:28:24 am) Vernon:

Another YAY!!! Screenshots are native to WP8.

(09:27:26 am) Andrew:

Showing off HTML5 on WP8

(09:26:24 am) Andrew:

I see the 920 is running LTE.

(09:26:22 am) Vernon:

YAY!!! Tabs in IE are close at hand!

(09:25:12 am) Andrew:

Not sure I’m crazy about the new “loose” way tiles flip, they seem to flop a bit lol

(09:23:53 am) Andrew:

I heard him say glance!! Shout out to us! lol

(09:23:51 am) Vernon:

Reminding us of the commonalities of WP8 and W8.

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I really really am loving the new small tiles

(09:22:12 am) Vernon:

Games tile look different than what we currently have. More like an Xbox controller.

(09:21:18 am) Vernon:

Reminding us of the resizable tiles.

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That’s NEW hair, Vernon

(09:19:35 am) Vernon:

Joe is setting the stage for sharing only some of the WP8 features.

(09:19:21 am) Andrew:

Joe Belfiore!!!

(09:18:56 am) Vernon:

Joe Belfiore. Hair and all.

(09:18:39 am) Vernon:

Finally, WP8 stuff!!

(09:18:15 am) Andrew:

lmao @ Vernon

(09:17:47 am) Vernon:

Whoa! Mustache much?

(09:17:16 am) Andrew:

Not sure how I feel a/b the brand name “fatboy”, but very cool wireless charging

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Loving these X-Rays of the phone innards

(09:14:50 am) Vernon:

2000 milliamp hour battery. Sweet!

(09:14:07 am) Andrew:

Oooo, she said the 920 has a curved display!!

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Making fun of London’s weather. Classy.

(09:12:33 am) Vernon:

Nokia Pure Motion HD+

(09:12:17 am) Vernon:

Parts of City Lens built into the general Nokia maps. Assumedly on all WP devices.

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City Lense showcased.

(09:10:23 am) Andrew:

Pretty awesome. Nokia Drive calculates how long it will take you to get to work, so it can then tell you what time you need to leave by.

(09:10:08 am) Vernon:

Ellaborating Nokia Maps features.

(09:09:16 am) Vernon:

Sharing examples of app integration.

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Replaying the recent teaser video.

(09:06:46 am) Vernon:

Captures between 5 and 10 times the light of competitors.

(09:06:22 am) Andrew:

Are you following our live stream of #WP8NYC? Visit GlanceandGoRadio.com #Nokia

(09:05:43 am) Vernon:

Showing examples of poor quality images taken with smartphones.

(09:05:17 am) Andrew:

Talking all PureView

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Comfirmed wireless charging.

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“Best video of any smartphone.”

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Yellow Lumia 920.

(09:02:12 am) Andrew:

Official: Lumia 920

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A focus on the Pure View internals.

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showing video

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Nokia says their excited to share the next step

(09:00:18 am) Vernon:

Stream is back.

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(08:57:48 am) Andrew:

Okay, stream seems to be working. Talking Asha phones

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(08:56:10 am) Jonathan:

Stream just became unavailable! EPIC FAIL!

(08:54:13 am) Andrew:

oh good, it now says the service is unavailable. #NokiaFail

(08:52:09 am) Jonathan:

stephen elop walks onn but this stream is rather laggy

(08:51:22 am) Andrew:

okay, I am not seeing a whole lot of “live” stream on this thing. Just me?

(08:50:19 am) Jonathan:

testing

(08:41:11 am) Vernon:

Hmm… We start off with a rather glitchy intro screen. Weird.

(08:35:05 am) Vernon:

As generic this intro music is, it is rather building my excitement!! ^VS

(08:32:39 am) Vernon:

Of course we want you to follow our blog, but we aren’t cruel! Watch the event live at Nokia.com/webcast

(08:28:40 am) Vernon:

Howdy folks! Yes, it is I Vernon(EL). Join us as we live blog the #WP8NYC event starting in just a few minutes!

(08:17:18 am) Andrew:

We’ll be live blogging the #Nokia event this morning. Stay with us! http://bit.ly/OXdtTv #wp8

(08:12:46 am) Andrew:

Testing 123