Google introduced a subscription music-streaming service, one of several product updates to be unveiled at a developer meeting this week as the search provider seeks to attract more users and advertisers.NEW YORK – AT&T Inc. said it will start selling Nokia’s Lumia 820 and 920 in November, becoming the first U.S. wireless carrier to introduce the Finnish phone manufacturer’s new Windows Phone 8 devices.
The Lumia 920, a higher-end model, will come in five colors and provide advanced camera and mapping technology, AT&T said Thursday in a statement. Nokia unveiled the phones last month, touting the benefits of Microsoft’s new Windows operating system. At the time, Nokia didn’t give a release date or say what carriers would offer it.
The Lumia phones are the linchpin of a comeback plan for Nokia, which has struggled to compete with Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android. Microsoft also is counting on Nokia devices to help win back market share in smartphone software.
Nokia, based in Espoo, Finland, has identified the United States as a key market in its global turnaround bid. AT&T, the second-largest U.S. carrier, began selling the Lumia 900 exclusively this year. That phone uses older Microsoft software.
“Our continued collaboration with AT&T is an important component for Nokia’s success in the U.S. market,” Olivier Puech, president of Nokia Americas, said in the statement.
Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. carrier, plans to start selling a Nokia Windows Phone 8 model this year, a person familiar with the situation said in August.
The Lumia 920 has a spring-mounted, 8.7-megapixel camera. It features software called City Lens that displays the names of restaurants and shops when users point their camera at them.
Special maps software also shows customers nearby attractions.
The 820 will only come in black. Both devices run on AT&T’s long-term evolution, or LTE, network.
