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Pictures of Nokia’s Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones

Earlier today, Nokia revealed its first two Windows Phone 7.5 handsets: the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. Both will run Windows Phone 7.5, and will come with a number of exclusive Nokia apps, like turn-by-turn directions, public transit, free music streaming, and ESPN sports. Read about all of the new features and both new phones in our What You Need To Know article. Since publication of that article, Nokia sent us links to bigger pictures of the new devices. You can find them all here. We have to say, these are good-looking phones. It’s a shame that neither of them will hit the U.S. market until 2012. Quite a shame, indeed. 

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