When
Redmond-based Microsoft's purchase of Nokia's mobile division was
finalized in April of this year there was a question about the fate
of the Nokia X android-based smartphone. Nokia's fromer CEO and now
Microsoft executive Stephen Elop assured us that the smartphone line
would continue. Then, Over the weekend Redmond-based Microsoft hinted
that they would be coming out with a new version of the Nokia X
smartphone. Earlier this morning Microsoft did indeed come out with
their first
android-based smartphone.
The
new Nokia X2 bumps up the display size to 4.3” from 4”, The
process will go from a 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon to the 1.2GHz
dual-core Snapdragon 200 and the RAM will go from 512MB to 1GB.
Other feature of the X2 are a 45-megapixel rear-facing camera, a VGA
front-facing camera, talk time of up to 13 hours at 3G speeds and up
to 10 hours at 2G speed.
“Lumia
is our primary smartphone strategy. At the same time we believe that
everybody should have easy and direct access to the most popular
Microsoft services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, Skype, and now also
OneNote through Nokia Store,” said Jussi Nevanlinna, Microsoft vice
president of marketing for mobile phones, in
a blog post.
“More people are now connected to the Microsoft cloud through Nokia
X.”
Even
though the Nokia X2 is an android-based its interface looks more like
a Windows 8 smartphone. Beside the tile look on the home screen
another similarity with Windows 8 is the all apps and search screen
that can be accessed by swiping to the left. There is also a third
screen called fastlane that can be accessed by swiping right from the
home screen. At the bottom of the screen there are “back” and
“home” buttons. With the “back” button you can access your
past actions or all open apps. The “home” button as the name
implies will take you back to your home screen from wherever you are
on your smartphone.
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