Live blog: Microsoft-Nokia press event

We are in New York City to attend the big Microsoft-Nokia press event, where the two companies will officially unveil their first Windows Phone 8 products. Hopefully there will be some surprises in store considering that much of what will be announced today has supposedly already leaked on the Internet.

After the event, we expect to get some hands-on time with the new Windows Phone 8 smartphones from Nokia, along with a quick Q&A with a Nokia rep, where we will pick some questions from Neowin readers. Stay tuned as the press event is scheduled to start at 10 am Eastern time.

Stephen Elop, CEO of Nokia, is going over the history of Nokia's Windows Phone business; including the launch of the Nokia 800, 900 and more.

He also talks about Nokia's Windows Phone apps, including their location software services. He is also talking about Nokia has streamlined management.

Jo Harlow from Nokia is on stage..to reveal "the next step"

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Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Welcome to this Neowin.net live event. Coverage will begin shortly.

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser John is at the event currently, but he's having a few technical issues so we hope he can come on board soon

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser In case you're wondering how the event is going, Nokia are currently doing the usual mentioning of their stats and achievements so far

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser No new Lumias have been announced just yet

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Now they're talking about the Asha line-up

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Nokia Location platform will be part of Windows 8

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Also, Stephen Elop is on stage in case you want to know who's speaking

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Looks like an announcement is coming up, as Jo Harlow heads on stage as head of Lumia

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser They're showing all the parts of a Lumia in a cool video

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham whoops..the sound cut off ;)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The Nokia Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham With PureView

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Also showing off Nokia CityLens

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Built in wireless charging

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham "It

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham 1.4 billion images are taken every day with smartphones,

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham However, we can't control the lighting

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham and we don't have time to mess with settings

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The shutter has to stap open longer with a smartphone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham It causes blur normally

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham PureView in the Nokia Lumia 920 captures many times more light than normal smartphones

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham More light means better images, without flash, even at night and indoors

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham HD video will also shake less with the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser "Floating Lens technology"

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now talking about Nokia's Windows Phone apps

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The company's location based services will be big with Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Looks like PureView in the Lumia 920 is referring to the Floating Lens tech rather than huge megapixels like the 808 PureView

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Including offline maps; no caching

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Free voice guided turn based navigation

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Nokia Drive will tell people when they need to leave from their location to their destination

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Indoor maps will also be a part of Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now talking about City Lens

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pointing a Lumia smartphones at real locations will reveal info about those locations

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Tap for reviews and more info

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham More "human" way to find new places

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Nokia Maps will also get augmented vision

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham See both the direction of your route and new locations

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham PureMotion HD +

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Better than HD resolution on a screen

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham 4.5 inch display show images that are "amazing"

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham What if you are in London using City Lens?

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Clear black display makes reading displays easier

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham PureMotion HD+ reacts to sunlight and adjusts the display

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Even in the desert and on the beach

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham 2000 mAh battery inside

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor inside

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham up to 30 percent better in battery effencicy than quad core smartphone

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now talking about wireless charging

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Snapdragon S4's are very battery friendly as well, good combo with the large battery

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Fatboy is working with Nokia on this feature

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Qi is a propsed wireless charing standard

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham deals with Virgin Atlantic and Coffee Bean

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser "Qi" is pronounced like "chee" apparently

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Virgin Atlantic will have Nokia wireless charging in London airport lounge

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Virgin Atlantic will have Nokia wireless charging in London airport lounge

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Coffee Bean stores will also have those wireless charging stations

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now doing an overview of what has been announced

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now talking about Windows Phone 8 itself

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Joe Belfiore of Microsoft is on stage

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Doing a demo of Windows Phone 8 on the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham He will

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham He will "sneak in" some new features

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Others will be saved for a later date

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham He will start with the evolution of the Start experiece

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Joe goes into the People hub

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham To see what his wife is up to

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham New small sized live tiles in Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham He loves to play games

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham But he shrinks down the tiles on the screen

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pins Steve Ballmer

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Oh uo..Joe has missed some calls from Steve :)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Talking about social networking features

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now focusing on Windows Phone 8 app

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham "Well over 100,000 apps"

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Grabs some Windows Phone 7 apps like Flixster and Weather Channel

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Still work and scale up for Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Grabs CNN tile

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The CNN Windows Phone 8 app will support extra large live tiles

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Bringing the "web" into the Start experience

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham You can go into the settings and change buttons

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham You can change refresh to tabs button

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pulse HTML5 website is being shown

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Does rescaling of the site depending on the display screen size

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pin the Pulse HTML5 site as part of Start experience

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now feature in Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Saving to screenshots

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham You can go into Photos hub and album view

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Power + Home = Screenshot

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Which has a screenshot list

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham And you can share screenshots with friends

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham First ever Windows Phone 8 screenshot is posted to Joe's Twitter page

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham and saved to SkyDrive

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Another example of a Start screen

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham One on sports

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham One for entertainment

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Here is that Twitter message BTW https://twitter.com/joebelfiore/status/243357525167194112

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing off camera features

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Supports pinch and zome in camera

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing the Lenses button

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Lens applications in Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Some Lens will be third parties..such as the CNN Lens

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Choosing a Lens called FX Suite

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Written by two summer interns at Microsoft

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing four different camera effects at once

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pan back in time in the camera roll

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Looking back at other FX Suite photos

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Photo Synth Lens..makes a panoramic picture

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Photosynth viewer can zoom in on images

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Lets third parties add value to photos

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now using a Windows 8 laptop

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham to show off SkyDrive support

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham to show off SkyDrive support

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Pictures are uploaded to SkyDrive

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham One more Lens example

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Blink Lens app

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham from Microsoft Research

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Going to take a lot of frames at Joe's face

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Chooses the one that is the best

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham and can be saved

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Blink is storing all of the data associated with the picture

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham you can modify the picture that it generated

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham We will see some Lumia Lens apps soon

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Most personal phone experience in Windows Phone 8

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Kevin Shields from Nokia is up next

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Nokia has put in innovation that will work better in a person's life

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham "proudly stands apart from the crowd

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham (a dig at Samsung )

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham case has colors that won't strach off

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Yellow red and gray colors

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham "a little bit of panache"

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The Lumia 920 has a higher construction standard than the 900

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham No cracks..not falling apart

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Looks great and stays looking great

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Talking about the display

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham This is the fastest LCD display ever on a smartphone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Higher than 720p resolution

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Super sensative touch features

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Higher than 720p = WXGA = 1280 x 768

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham If you are wearing gloves...you usually have to take them off to use a smartphone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham but not with the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Wireless charging is next

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Kevin is a tad nervous..but its working

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham JBL PowerUp

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham A speaker that has wireless charging and NFC

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing off how the speaker works with the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Talking about Nokia Music next

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Free instant streaming music

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser JBL speaker's NFC pairing was a bit iffy

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Should be ready to go for US "at any moment"

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing off the new Purity Pro speakers

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Next comes new and exclusive Windows Phone 8 apps

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing City Lens again

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Looks like there's an issue

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham With showing the demo to the audience

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham awkward

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Kevin is trying to show City Lens on the phone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham rather than on the big screen

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham We assume it works well :)

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Angry Birds Roost

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham (again off the phone)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham all sorts of info and media from the Angry Birds universe

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham (looks like a guy is trying to get things fixed )

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Object remover is next

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Ok, the big display is working :)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham You can take a picture and removes objects from them

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Lots of claps for that feature

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Cinemagraph app

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Takes a picture capture but you can add more emotion to it

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham animation of a flag is added

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham and animation of a person..well, being goofy

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Versions of those apps will be available for current Lumia phones as well

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Largest apature for camera

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham More light can be captured from PureView

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Object image stablisation

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser f/2.0 lens is apparently the largest for 16:9, but I thought the HTC One X also uses a f/2.0 lens

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham They would put in springs around the entire camera assembly

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Showing a clamp holding two phones

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham shooting a comparsion video

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The regular camera is shaky for video

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham The Lumia 920 is more stable

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Lumia 920 images in the dark with no flash

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham lots of claps again for this

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Last shot taken with no flash. The difference they're showing is really astounding

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Took a picture of a Finland American Football game

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Took a picture of a Finland American Football game

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham took an image ..cloudy and not well lit

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham but still looks good on the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham no compromises with smartphone images

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Wrapping up features

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham But...

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Introducing the Lumia 820

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Can't wait to get a review unit of the Nokia Lumia 920 to check out the camera

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham 4.3 inch display

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham with many of the same features as the Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Exchangable shells

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham standard shells

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Including a purple color

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Another set of shells adds wireless charging

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Kevin is done...

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Stephen Elop is back up

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham goes over what has been shown before

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Steve Ballmer shows up

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Both steves are on stage

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Steve Ballmer says this is a very important milestone

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham (Bill Gates's picture is on the screen behind the two Steves on the Lumia 920)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Steve Ballmer will give a broader contexts to Windows products

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham "This is a year for Windows"

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Seeing lots of Windows product intros

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Design similarities between Windows 8 and Windows Phone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham music, video, games are all linked

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Build applications as well

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Nokia stock is down 15% following the Lumia announcements

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Largest opportunity for software developers

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Steve Ballmer has his own Lumia 920

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Will shoot his son's night games with it

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Stephen Elop seems to be wrapping things up here

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham No Nokia Windows 8 tablet reveal..at least not yet

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Now its time for Q&A

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham With Steven and Jo Harlow

Sep 5, 2012 Tim Schiesser Nokia's live stream has concluded, I'm out and thanks for reading

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham No announcements about prices, launch dates or wireless providers at this event ..sorry

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Will support arabic language

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham How does Nokia feel about Samsung revealing its Windows phone 8 product first?

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Elop is still pleased to show the first "working" Windows Phone 8 product

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Elop is not revealing plans for Windows 8 or Windows RT tablet

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham but he strongly hints that Nokia is at least thinking about it

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham still a lot of excitement about the future of Lumia platform

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Nokia is not providing forward guidence at the moment

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham but Elop says they feel they have a big opportunity to increase their market share in the smartphone industry

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Demos of Lumia products coming up next :)

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham wow..they have buses to take some press to the samsung event later..nice

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham Elop says that Lumia 920 is the world's most innovative smartphone

Sep 5, 2012 John Callaham that's it for the live blog..thanks for joining us :)