The Nokia Lumia 710, currently available in the US through T-Mobile, will be heading to Canada in early February. The Lumia 710 will release on Rogers, with contract pricing of $49.99 with a 3-year agreement or $99.99 with a 2-year agreement. The most surprising price is the off-contract price of $254.99. Three years is a long time to commit for what amounts to a $205 subsidy.
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This morning, Nokia announced their Q4 2011 earnings, with a net sales of roughly 13.1 billion. That’s a decrease of 21% from the same period in 2010. In the release, the company stated they had sold “well over 1 million Lumia devices”. At face value, that appears to be a good number, but how many of those phones are sitting on carrier shelves? Those numbers don’t appear to reflect consumer sales. Using Facebook for Windows Phone as an indicator, it shows 1,100,000 monthly active users. That number would be significantly larger if Nokia’s Lumia devices sold were to consumers.
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Nokia and Vodacom South Africa are holding the Nokia Lumia 800 launch party for South Africa on Thursday, January 26, 2012. The promotion was advertised via Twitter by Simon Dingle of Vodacom SA. With each Nokia Lumia 800, customers will also receive a free Xbox 360 gaming console (4 GB version), only available while supplies last or to the first 200 customers. The promotion is stated to start promptly at 8:00 AM, but gates will open at 6:00 AM to presumably allow the massive crowd in attendance into the event.
The Windows Phone Blog pulls through once again with a hefty list of music applications they recommend for ‘working out at the gym’ (and really anything else you want music with). Courtesy of Andy Colley who posted the list, many of the applications are truly some of the best available on the Windows Phone.
Of special note I want to recognize Zune, Last.fm (which isn’t listed), and iHeartRadio as my three go-to applications for music. Of course, I have a collection of different playlists depending on my mood and activity, but if I need anything else I alternate between iHeartRadio and Last.fm. I try to avoid Last.fm as much as possible due to the commercials, but iHeartRadio also lacks many of the useful features otherwise available on the website (including some absent sync issues).
Continue reading for the Windows Phone Blog’s own list of the best music applications on your Windows Phone.
Drop us a comment below, or over at our forums, of your go-to sources for music on your Windows Phone.
As if all the other great deals we posted about weren’t enough, Buy.com now has the Dell Venue Pro Windows Phone Unlocked listed at a low price of $267.97. We have seen Buy.com prices fluctuate a little in the past, so if you are looking to get your hands on this deal get it fast, it may just go back up again in price before pull the trigger on it.
While the Nokia Lumia 900 gets plenty of buzz, another major device launch for the Windows Phone platform will be the HTC Titan II. BGR has acquired the roadmap for AT&T for Q1 2012 and it offers up some interesting release dates. Not only do we have a release date for the Nokia Lumia 900, but also included on that March 18th date will be the HTC Titan II, with a price tag of $199.99 (with a new 2-year contract).
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