![]() At least someone besides Apple cares about cool design. Both the front and back sides have gentle convex curves, forming a little pillow of high technology. Frankly, the name of the material means little to me, but in the hands the Lumia 800 is soft to the touch yet solid. This phone is neither the thinnest nor the lightest–its heftiness is actually satisfying–but it’s a striking slab anyway, carved from a single piece of polycarbonate. The most interesting thing about Nokia’s Lumia 800 is its construction. ![]() The Lumia 800 won’t show up in the United States until next year, if at all, but this phone, if not this Microsoft-Nokia partnership, still deserves a spot on your radar. And it runs software that also looks really, really good. In a smartphone market dominated by cheap plastic and uninspiring design–Apple’s iPhone excluded–Nokia’s first Windows Phone looks really, really good. For techies, this is high drama.īut that’s not the best reason to care about the Nokia Lumia 800, which I’ve been playing with a little over a week. ![]() ![]() Follow though Nokia’s Lumia 800 is just one Windows Phone among many, there’s a lot of hubbub about it, and for good reason: the partnership between Nokia and Microsoft is a desperation move by both companies as they try to reclaim business lost to the iPhone and Android. ![]()
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