Nokia has stated that many applications of Windows Phone 7 will not be exclusive to its devices, and may be installed on any other phone using the same operating system. A strategy that seeks to ensure “the rich set of possible applications” available for the time it launches its first Windows device along this year, said vice president of market development and Nokia Marco Argenti.

Nokia already has 55,000 applications for their operating systems and Microsoft 25,000 for Windows Phone. But these figures fall short when compared to the 450,000 of the operating system of Apple or 200,000 of Android .

According to Argenti, Nokia “will create opportunities for local developers, so there will be more applications in general and local applications.” In this regard, it will create applications, for example, banks or regional media. Although there are applications for countries where Android and Apple systems, Nokia says it can develop more distinctive.

In addition, Nokia has revealed some details of its latest phone, the N9 , which will have a camera of 8 mega-pixels and 64 GB of memory. Be sold in New Zealand, Malaysia and Australia, but has not yet revealed when it will reach Europe.

The pillars of this strategy are the use of social networks and the implementation of agreements made ​​famous both prescribers and with brands, especially related to the world of music, reports Marketing Week . In fact, the Finnish brand has struck a deal in the UK with the band One Direction, whose members have collaborated in the creation of ringtones and wallpapers for phones.

Experts have criticized the lack of a rapid response to mark the emergence of smart phones. Earlier this year, Nokia has reached an agreement with Microsoft to make its terminals work with Windows software,

The brand will reveal more details of this new strategy in the Nokia World event, held on 26 October in London.

The Lumia 900 is the first smartphone from Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones equipped with Windows Phone and specially designed for the U.S.. This terminal is the big bet to compete in the U.S. market with the iPhone and Android-powered phones.

However, the Finnish company revealed today in a statement posted on its website that the Lumia 900, marketed exclusively through the operator AT & T, has a problem of software memory management in some cases prevents you from connecting to internet “This problem is only in the phone software and is not related either to the hardware or the network itself. We have identified the problem and we have developed a solution,” said Nokia on its official blog.

According to the tech giant, affected users will be able to remedy this defect by downloading from April 16 a software update or by changing the device with a new one. In addition, Nokia will offer a discount as compensation of one hundred dollars in the account from your mobile to all customers who have purchased a Lumia 900 or so before April 21, regardless of whether their terminal suffering connection problems.

Nokia’s offer means in practice that customers can get the phone for free, as its price through the operator AT & T is $ 99.99 with a two-year contract.

The Lumia 610, first Windows phone with NFC chip
In addition, Nokia today introduced the new 610 Lumia NFC chip, the first smartphone that incorporates the growth of technology in close communication chips. This system allows instant payment via the phone platform Windows, Microsoft. Nokia promised more models with NFC chip in the future. “We are incorporating NFC chips to our portfolio,” said Ilari Nurmi, head of Marketing for Nokia’s smartphone.

NFC chips to exchange data wirelessly to a few centimeters away, which means that mobile phones can be used to pay for goods, tickets at electronics stores, download music and share photos and business cards.

Nokia has confirmed that Orange will be the first operator to sell the 610 Lumia NFC – which has been approved for proximity payments by Visa and MasterCard-technologies early in the third quarter. “Nokia has been one of the main competitors to incorporate NFC technology without the use of payment terminals, but the inclusion of technology suggests that MasterCard and Visa Orange also seek to use the device for mobile payment service,” said Gurung Digantam , an analyst at CCS Insight.

Since Nokia signed Stephen Elop, Microsoft executive, to lead the company filandesa, has abandoned its operating system Symbiam to opt for Windows Phone from Microsoft, without introduction on the market. The commitment of Nokia phones running Windows Phone so far not getting revenues. The Symbiam are sinking in emerging markets where traditionally led and the new Windows Phone Lumia, are not taking their place. The hook of cheap Nokia mobile is being occupied by Chinese manufacturers like ZTE and Huawei , both classic models as in mobile smartphones.

The Focus 2 Samsung phone is a known profile and virtually no developments at many hardware compared to models with Windows Phone we already know. But touch review it thoroughly.

Samsung Focus 2, characteristics
The Samsung Focus 2 is a terminal that establishes the diagonal of its screen in the 4 inches that many consider to be almost perfect for a smartphone. The resolution is also known, 480 × 800 pixels, and the technology used for it is common in Korean: AMOLED .

With this screen size the Focus 2 sets its thickness by 11 mm and weight 122 grams.

The interior of the Samsung Focus 2 has it occupied by a 1.4 Ghz processor that manages everything that happens in the 8 GB of internal memory with this handset that counts. We have to make do with that ability because there is no possibility of expansion of fitness.

Connectivity is where the Focus 2 presents the biggest news since this is a terminal LTE. He is accompanied by the Bluetooth 2.1, Wifi and GPS. Complete their spec sheet of 1,750 mAh battery and camera of 5 megapixel camera with video recording at 720p.

The Focus 2 comes with Samsung Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and when we have news of his arrival in Spain you enteraréis, although it is likely that the big news of the company (and others like Nokia or HTC ) may not reach the exit Windows 8 and the probable renewal of the mobile system.

The Nokia 900 Lumia has been presented and finally arrives to fix those aspects that some might blame the great Nokia Lumia 800. In design are not new, only a small reorganization of elements to fit the screen of 4.3 inches.

The second point to note is the front camera for video calls , something inexplicably miss in the Lumia 800, especially considering that Microsoft was betting on it in their updates for Windows Phone 7.

No changes in other specifications, which makes sense because of restrictions imposed by Microsoft in this area, with a single core processor at 1.4GHz, 512MB RAM, 16 GB of internal memory or the same 8-megapixel rear camera with Carl Zeiss lens (28mm, f/2.2).

The dimensions of the new phone are 127.8 × 68.5 × 11.5 mm, with 160 grams of weight. Has been used most Lumia surface 900 with respect to the N9 or Lumia 800, to accommodate a battery 1.830mAh . Available colors are black and cyan.

We talked to conquer the U.S. market that is where it is intended initially, has to support fast LTE that are expanding by the American country. But we have no doubt that the product will be launched worldwide, although the network support is different.

Clearly, the guys are doing something right Instagram, and this application for Android goes a long way just the beginning.

Step to tell you to those who are entering the world Instagram, and tell them that is a bit like Twitter, only you will be sending ARTISTIC images instead of text. To create an account and follow other users in general is almost very similar, and you can even use hashtags to find images on certain issues, like Twitter.

Undoubtedly when try and download the application notice (for those who do not know) that the great attraction of Instagram is the ability to add filters to your photos to give them a vintage look. Once you’ve taken a picture, you can do it look as if taken from an old Polaroid camera, or give you a little discolored or aspespecto color and get used to the old cameras. For example, in the latest application updates have pictures like Amaro, Rise, Hudson and Valencia.

Because Instagram forces you to use a square instead of 4:3 aspect ratio, the design and configuration makes art out you never knew you had.

What really makes Instagram is so large today is the great community that has. Even if you do not want to contribute your own photos, access the web and I assure you spend hours looking through thousands of photos others will notice it is a very addictive experience. You can leave comments, and relate them to other social networks like twitter and facebook too.

As with any new Android application, has been a few teething problems with Instagram. Not long after its release, users reported problems of compatibility with other versions of the Android operating system. Good thing behind all this there are large social network developers have been keen to remedy these issues and several updates were launched.

Instagram Android is not much more than what they just said. The downside for example do not have the function of the popular ‘ Tilt Shift ‘which is present in his brother IOS.

Will see for the near future that Facebook will Instragram and whether it will affect their development, but at the moment for those who are new to the subject, download the application from Google Play.

As announced yesterday the manager, the new Apple TV, which will launch on March 16, can play in high definition (1080p) movies and TV shows from iTunes and Netflix, Vimeo videos and photos. Philips Schiller, director of Worldwide Product Marketing Apple also said the company has improved the interface of Apple TV, so that “now, thanks to the icons will be much more intuitive and easy to use.” Schiller also noted that the system will play from icloud movies, and music that were purchased previously.

“Users will enjoy like never before with movies and TV shows in 1080 and the photos will be even more spectacular in HDTV,” defended Schiller. Meanwhile, Bill Holmes, vice president of business development for Netflix, as highlighted by the arrival of the new Apple TV also provides a subscription integrated with iTunes and its popular HD video platform, which offers streaming movies and TV shows. “You pay with your iTunes account,” he said.

The Apple TV provides access to over 15,000 movies and 90,000 TV shows from the iTunes Store and Netflix’s entire catalog, go live sporting events in the NBA, the MLB American League baseball or the NHL Hockey League, as well Internet play content from YouTube or Flickr.

The company explained that icloud, movies and programs that are purchased from the Apple TV can be seen also in the iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or PC. Furthermore, icloud stores photos and updates on all devices wirelessly via push, including HD TV that is connected to Apple TV. “It’s the easiest way to instantly access all content from any device,” said Apple executives.

The Apple TV will go on sale with an asking price of 109 euros at the Apple Online Store, Apple Store and Apple Authorized Resellers. As stated in the company, Apple TV requires iTunes 10.5 or later, Ethernet or wireless 802.11g / n, wireless broadband internet and a 1080p or 720p HD TV with an HDMI cable.

New Apple TV, its characteristics
Let the other characteristics. In addition to increased resolution graphics, the new Apple TV has a new user interface. Contrary to what we might think, the looks of it not much closer to IOS. Many hoped that the new Apple TV will use more features of his “brother Touch”, so we’ll see how it works see the new interface and usability. Can also retrieve playlists from iTunes on your device, so winning media center also features and extent of our library for the classroom. The presentation also talked about the ease of integrating third party applications, and has become a demonstration of Photo Stream, emphasizing the ease of retrieving pictures “of the cloud.”

The Apple TV has also become more ready, as it is able to recommend taking as input the movies we’ve seen. A new way to keep us hooked in front of our TV. The price of Apple TV stays in $ 99, see if there is any change in its price in euros. A more attractive course with new functions and especially with the new resolution, which is absolutely necessary in these times. The new Apple TV will be available from next week. Since then I’m getting the itch to buy one, especially considering the AirPlay feature for streaming content from other Apple devices.

The new interface seems much more visual and based on icons, instead of the monotonous pull down menus and lists of the Apple TV today.

According to Apple, the new generation of devices is driven by a single-chip core A5. The new Apple TV is also powered by iOS 5, which is an upgrade from iPhone OS 4.2.2 is the version of the Apple TV 2. At present it is unknown whether the memory has been increased.

The Photo Stream will also automatically show in the new Apple TV in 1080. Also support the Genius feature, allowing Apple to recommend movies and television, as is currently done with the applications and music.

The screen saver of the new Apple TV will also show pictures of National Geographic, which surely will be amazing at 1080p.

During the show, also said Eddy Cue will be easier to get to third-party content with the renewed Apple TV.

The product will also support iTunes in the cloud with movies at 1080p, as announced at the event. Also Netflix has confirmed that 1080 will see the Apple TV.

Despite all the improvements, the price will remain at $ 99. The new Apple TV will be available next week, and can pre-order now from the Apple Store online.

The Apple TV is the most affordable of all those sold by Apple and yet is one of the most underrated. If I were you I’d buy an Apple TV … You will not regret.