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Nokia to support current Lumia handsets with new features: Bluetooth file sharing and more

Nokia to support current Lumia handsets with new features: Bluetooth file sharing and more

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The Nokia Lumia 920 may be the best thing since sliced bread but there are already millions of Lumia 800, 900, 710, 610 handsets in the hands of users who won’t be able to get the full Windows Phone 8 experience. This is Nokia we are talking about here and so far they have shown some awesome end user support in terms of exclusive software and hardware fixes. The company has just announced that in addition to the Windows Phone 7.8 update which will bring the new WP8 UI to current WP7 handsets, all Nokia Lumia owners will also get the following additional features:


– Cinemagraph GIF maker application that was introduced during the Nokia Lumia 920 event
– Updated SmartGroupShot feature
– Ringtone maker app to selected markets to create a personal ringtone
– Contact share app updated to support sharing over Bluetooth in addition to SMS and email
– Bluetooth file transfer to send media files via Bluetooth from your Lumia device to any other phone

That’s right folks; BT file transfer is finally going to be a reality on Windows Phone 7. Unfortunately only for Nokia handsets.

source: Nokia

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