The Nokia Lumia 900 may already be headed to the retirement homes now that its successor, the Nokia Lumia 920 has already reached official status after it was unveiled by the Finnish smartphone maker last week. Despite that, the Nokia Lumia 900 still has a lot of fight in it and this comes via the applications that have recently become available for the handset.
The Nokia Lumia 900 is on sale now starting at 199.99.
Just recently, we heard that the Nokia City Lens application for the Nokia Lumia 900 has already exited Beta stage and is now available for download in the MarketPlace for users of the handset to take advantage of. For those not in the know, the City Lens app brings an augmented reality feature to the Nokia Lumia 900 by using the viewfinder of the handset’s rear shooter.
And today, word on the street is that the popular VoIP application Viber has finally become available for the Windows Phone platform but will be an exclusive for the Nokia Lumia 900 and other Lumia devices. With this nifty, little application, users of the Nokia Lumia 900 can now enjoy free voice calls and messaging on their handsets which iOS and Android users have been enjoying for the longest time. Although the Viber app will also be available to other non-Nokia Windows Phone handsets, they will only be limited to the application’s messaging features while the Nokia Lumia 900 4G will have its full range of features.
In other news, Viber also announced that it will release a messaging-only version of its app for Nokia’s S40 devices from the olden days along with versions for Bada and Symbian as well. As of the moment, there is no news yet if Viber plans to come out with a version of the app for Windows Phone 8 but if we are to hazard a guess, we are betting the farm that Viber will also become available for the new Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 handsets in the future.
As for the Nokia Lumia 900 4G, it is once the flagship device of the Finnish smartphone manufacturer and released in US shores via AT&T with a hero status attached to it. It is said to be the handset of choice to get the best Windows Phone experience if you have plans of jumping over to the WP platform. It packs a QualComm APQ8055 SnapDragon chipset in its internals and this SoC gives the device a 1.4 GHz Scorpion processor and 512 MB of RAM. Storage space on the handset is pegged at 16GB while its display measures 4.3 inches and is of the ClearBlack-powered AMOLED variety with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The Nokia Lumia 900 4G also comes with a dual-shooter configuration with its rear-facing 8MP autofocus shooter and front-facing 1.3MP video call and self-portrait camera.
Buy the Nokia Lumia 900 now starting at 199.99.
