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Third software update in four months for Lumia 800 rolling out gradually
A post on Nokia’s blog, Conversations revealed that they have released yet another update for the Lumia 800. The software update will bring the version up to 1600.2487.8107.12070. With the update users will get improvements such as an improved battery performance and power management. While the update was scheduled for 18th April, they have found a way to begin rolling out the update beginning today.
However given the various tweaks needed to adapt to different regions, Nokia will spread out the software update over 4 weeks with first starting today (28 March). The subsequent updates will be on the 4th, 11th and 18th of April. To find out if the update is already available in your region, you can click here. Besides the improved battery performance, Nokia has reportedly improved the audio quality of the device.
On top of that, the company also fixed an issue with the lighting for the soft keys which will now illuminate at all brightness settings. Unfortunately for all you Windows Phone fans out there, the update will not carry the WiFi tethering feature but they assure us that it is in fact, on the way. Have you already checked the update schedule for your region? Most of the models in U.S should have the update waiting for you to download by following the instructions in the video above.
Now here is an interesting leaked render of what is allegedly known as the Nokia C1, which is supposed to be the next smartphone which will feature the Nokia logo – never mind the fact that the Finnish company had already sold its smartphone business to Microsoft some time back. Well, the most interesting aspect about this leaked render would be the fact that it sports an Android operating system on the foreground, while another model hiding behind it looks as though it runs on Windows 10 Mobile.
Does this mean that we will have to face not one, but two variants of the same device? Only time will be able to tell, but for the moment, it will be an agonizing wait until 2016 as that is when the alleged Nokia C1 smartphone will launch then.
So, you happen to be rocking to one of the older Lumia handsets from Nokia, and would love to check out what all the hoo-haa is about concerning Windows 10 Mobile. If you happen to live in Poland, then here is a spot of good news for you to kick start your week – the Windows 10 Mobile update will be heading to the likes of the Lumia 630, 635, 640, 735, and 830 this coming December 14, whereas those who happen to be making use of the Lumia 520, 532, 625, 720, 820, 920, 925, 930, 1020, and 1320, will have to wait until February 1st next year.
Again, bear in mind that the Windows 10 Mobile update will only affect those smartphones which were purchased from Orange in Poland, so if you happen to own any of the above mentioned devices but from different people, then you would have to give the updates a miss.
A quick look at the calendar shows that we are still in March – early March, in fact, and April is still some ways of. Still, this has not stopped the fact that an alleged leak of a Nokia 1100 has been benchmarked, and in that particular benchmark, it revealed that the Nokia 1100 would sport Android 5.0 Lollipop as the mobile operating system version of choice – how cool would that be if it were to be true?
Other hardware specifications in the alleged leaked benchmark sheet point to a quad-core MT6582 processor which has been clocked at 1.3GHz, a 720p resolution display, and most probably 512MB RAM. We would take this bit of information with more than just a pinch of salt – perhaps and entire tablespoonful.