Nokia announced today that the Nokia of music service for United States customers. The best part about the service is that is free for Nokia Windows Phone owners, without ads or a subscription.

American Lumia 900/710 owners can download the Nokia Music app and Collection from Windows Marketplace.

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This may be scary news for BlackBerry, Windows Phone is expected to surpass BlackBerry by the in October or November  of November, which we would call Thanksgiving or Black Friday.

StatCounter's latest figures show the decline of BlackBerry and increase of Windows Phone that will cross this autumn. The increase may also be due to the more Windows Phones models in the fall.

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Microsoft and Nokia had high hopes and high marketing budgets for the Nokia Lumia 900.  Just how well or badly is the smartphone that claims that the beta test is over?  The Nokia Lumia  900 is showing signs of decent sales, integration with MS Office and creative color interpretations.

IDC estimated that 2.2 Nokia Lumia 900 smartphones were shipped to stores in the first quarter. Scott Anderson VP of Best Buy mobile said that the Lumia 900 is a very decent seller but hadn't sold nearly as well as android phones such as the HTC EVO 4G LTE or Samsung Galaxy S3.

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Things are looking up for Windows Phone and any mention of the Nokia Lumia 900 is touted on the Nokia Blog. First the Nokia Lumia 900 was hammered with a hammer and the screen did not break.  Now Consumer Reports has given the and Nokia Lumia 900 the honor of being in the top seven electronic gifts for dads and grads.

Consumer Reports goes beyond beta testing and tests each device.  They also rate smartphones  for the value along with the price.

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The Samsung Focus 2, an affordable Windows Phone on AT&T’s 4G LTE network, will be available from AT&T beginning May 20 in pure white for $49.99 with a contract.

The Samsung Focus 2 features the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, 4 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen, 1.4GHz processor, 5MP camera, front-facing VGA camera, and Wi-Fi hotspots.

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Windows Phone is smoking out other smartphones at very high rate according to Ben Rudolf.

The  Windows Phone smoke outs have tested over 50,000 competing smartphones including the CES challenge and $1000 Windows Phone Challenge.  In 98% of the cases Windows Phone won the challenges that showed software and ease of use functions.  To illustrate its wins Microsoft has posted more videos of Windows Phone smoke out tests.

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The marketing campaign for the Windows Phone, Nokia Lumia 900 continues by simplifying the message and getting creative.

The latest selling points for the Nokia Lumia 900 are that it looks different and that it takes great photos with the Carl Zeiss optics.

The latest commercials show a father having problems taking a photo of his daughter on his smartphone and good looking buy in clothing store with a phone that looks just the  nerd girl's phone.

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The Windows Phone smartphone beta test is over for LG while there is a cloudy future for streaming media. LG launched LG Cloud Beta with free storage and stream across devices, for now.

The company told the Korea Herald that they have no plans to introduce new Windows Phones in the future and will concentrate on Android.

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It appears the smartphone beta test was not over for those who bought the new Nokia Lumia 900 who found themselves as part of a beta test of AT&T connectivity "issues."

There is now a software fix for the issue for the Nokia Lumia 900 which can be downloaded via Zune software. Owners also have the option of trading in the Nokia Lumia 900 handset for a new one.

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A Windows Phone update is rolling out from Verizon for the HTC Trophy while AT&T owners of the HTC Titan, Samsung Focus and more are still hoping for an update.

Verizon Wireless is rolling out the update 8107 for the HTC Trophy via the Zune Player on a computer. Make sure that your Windows Phone is charged and that you have good Internet connection. You will also need to have storage space on your phone and computer.

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The Windows Phone marketing blitz continues showing how much the Windows Phones save time with Free-Time Machine events showing how much free time you get from your Windows Phone.

Kourtney Kardashian appeared on Fox & Friends and Good Day New York to plug her new Nokia Lumia 900 and  Windows features like easy picture sharing and fast Facebook and Twitter updating.

After Tweeting to her 5.7 million followers she appeared at a  Free-Time Machine. The winner won a $5,000 shopping spree and date with Kourtney Kardashian.

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