Nokia to use 7.1 Mango for its first WP smartphones as launch nears

25 May, 2011
Nokia has confirmed that it will be using the just announced 7.1 Mango release of the Windows Phone OS for its first smartphones to carry the platform. What’s more Microsoft confirmed that...

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  • Zaim
  • q9@
  • 25 May 2011

If the new phones will get WP 7.1 mango OS , what happens to the Symbian held phones, will these be upgraded ? or will they keep Symbian system still working and upgrades etc ?

I have just bought a new N8 so am very concerned in this regards.

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    • aKSar...
    • ute
    • 25 May 2011

    at-last nokia found our fav OS, I'm waiting 4 that phone a long time.

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      • Ashura
      • MA%
      • 25 May 2011

      [deleted post]Well that made me laugh...ALOT(because your right not because i think your wrong mind you)

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        • AnonD-1782
        • veS
        • 25 May 2011

        Long live Nokia!!!

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          • AnonD-4697
          • Pr@
          • 25 May 2011

          fruitcake, 25 May 2011Mango homescreen set up is totally ugly,you have Symbian ph... moreYou are wrong

          Mango has over 500 improvements over original WP7

          And all those features you name has been corrected and improved...there is no need to bash WP7 Mango is totally differento from the one used before with HTC HD7, Ominia and others.


          You can say is a totally new OS, and if you dont like Homescreen you can changet it also, besides, Android homescreen is not pretty either :P is plain and boring, unless you use the one of HTC, but that one was made first for work with WP6.0

          HTC Sense Homescreen was totally designed for Microsoft OS and was the mos amazing homscreen with widgets never made :D

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            • Sony and Nokia!
            • qLC
            • 25 May 2011

            I'm starting to look towards Nokia again, Sony Ericsson is still my number one though followed by Nokia.

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              • fruitcake
              • 3pH
              • 25 May 2011

              Mango homescreen set up is totally ugly,you have Symbian phones an you can set Themes,Wallpapers an Shortcuts an choose the ones you want,but not seen no Auto-Rotation on the Homescreen with Mango,No Memory card slot ,no usb port,an no Bluetooth sending,so how can this be good for Nokia after being able to Transfer things easily with Symbian an no transfering things using Mango,So it will be my last Nokia phone the N8,if Nokia do not sort things out with Microsoft

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                • Gamma Sharma
                • u1E
                • 25 May 2011

                The OS might be in its infancy and not the most powerful around but still one of the most elegant win 7 devices around. Nokia do dish out some elegant designs once in a while. Wonder what happened to the Proposed Custom UI agreement from Nokia. Guess no time to introduce new UI Now.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • PEd
                  • 25 May 2011

                  made by Google = Never fails...

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                    • sbsixth18
                    • s8h
                    • 25 May 2011

                    oh...finally they does it....gonna upgrade to windows from n8 soon after it's release...

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                      • AnonD-4697
                      • Pr@
                      • 25 May 2011

                      AnonD-9265, 25 May 2011as a nokia fan and one with a rational thinking, we are a f... moreThat's It...one of the best comment around...

                      Is good stop crying for our old Nokias and start to look forward.

                      Symbian is going to be in 2nd place for nokia, basic phones and basic-middle ranges. Meego maybe will neer got launched at all, Anna is good but looks and feels a little outdated for today standards :(. S40/S60 are good for -100 dlls phones now..

                      Even I hope nokia releases a Nokia W 1xxx series for basic needs and good price, that's will be a smart move.

                      Nokia is well know for release phones from a good prices ranges, so we maybe will see an -200 dlls WP phone :D Power4People

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                        • NokiaOrSamsung??
                        • m4C
                        • 25 May 2011

                        i have waited a long time for this,thats the news that i wanted to hear.
                        I am so gonna buy this phone once its released,but until now,i am gonna go for samsung galaxy s2,and later reclame my trust in nokia after this phone is releaed.

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                          • Artur
                          • RwM
                          • 25 May 2011

                          I can't wait. Best hardware(by NOKIA) and multitasking OS by MicroSoft

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                            • AnonD-4697
                            • Pr@
                            • 25 May 2011

                            Is irrelevant say Android will be killed by WP7.1 mango...but it will be a very interesting war between those two..

                            Actually people from less than 35 years uses Android and people +35 uses more WP since is more for business than Android, since Android is for more fun-to-use matter...

                            How's got more money for expend?

                            Well, I'm one of them I don't care expend 600/900 dlls if the OS is right for me...

                            But I hope Nokia and other companies like Samsung, HTC, Acer, etc. Make -200 dlls WM phones

                            Samsung is making already a Galaxy W and Galaxy WS for WP7.1 so, there will be a lots of cool hardware or our favorite OS.

                            For now I will still waiting for Nokia W series...Gosh! I want one :D

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                              • AnonD-4697
                              • Pr@
                              • 25 May 2011

                              jason24589, 25 May 2011Is Nokia still make a MeeGo phone?For now I believe Nokia is totally fcused on WP, maybe Meego never is going to see the day light...or maybe not for now :(

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                                • AnonD-4697
                                • Pr@
                                • 25 May 2011

                                Ex Nokia fanboy, 25 May 2011We will see if Nokia to get their costumers back by changin... moreIt seems all those problems has been solved in WP7.1

                                We hope Microsoft learn this lesson...

                                However, ther will be a plenty of users making software for enabled hidden features...Like the HTC Diamond missed radio was enabled in XDA ROMS :D

                                Damn even XDA are already working in modd this OS (beta stage), so we will have plenty of people making this OS something better :D

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                                  • Ex Nokia fanboy
                                  • t7X
                                  • 25 May 2011

                                  We will see if Nokia to get their costumers back by changing to WP7. But I still miss the "very" good build quality of Nokia phones. But if they address the limitations of the WP7 such as a file manager, wi-fi thether, Flash and so on I think that I will buy an Nokia WP7 if I can afford.... :)

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                                    • AnonD-5197
                                    • qbY
                                    • 25 May 2011

                                    [deleted post]That's the same noob troll that posts the same thing in every article...

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                                      • AnonD-5449
                                      • mTX
                                      • 25 May 2011

                                      [deleted post]what's wrong with you? you can't type either I see. there's no need to insult people. no one isn't going to hurt you. calm down.

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                                        • Sam
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                                        • 25 May 2011

                                        oh yeahhh!!!!
                                        nokia has 3 ose's in their favor...symbian ^3,meego,wp7
                                        here we go time to kick android's butt hard ;)
                                        can't wait for the launch of the first meego and wp7 device!!!!!
                                        nokia rulessssssss