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In the US, its late-November Thanksgiving weekend signals the start of a final month of shopping before Christmas.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>But I always have to explain to my American friends and family that Canadian Thanksgiving takes place in early October, because frankly, we don’t usually have lots to be thankful for by the end of November.<\/p>\n

Today, as Canadians prepare for our Thanksgiving holiday, I saw a press release<\/a> from Nokia and Rogers Major signaling the start of the mobile wireless holiday season sales drive.<\/p>\n

“The Nokia Lumia 920 is coming exclusively to Rogers in time for the holidays<\/a>“. Featuring Windows Phone 8, the press release also highlights enhancements to its industry leading mapping software (even Apple Chief Tim Cook recommended Nokia Maps<\/a>).\u00a0Nokia City Lens is the latest addition to the Nokia location suite, providing a kind of augmented reality experience to enhance Nokia Maps. Nokia Drive and Nokia Transit have also been upgraded.<\/span><\/p>\n

The device includes Carl Zeiss optics and advances in Nokia PureView imaging to take in five times more light than competing smartphones without using flash,\u00a0\u00a0also compensates for hand movement while the photo is being taken.<\/p>\n

This is the flagship Windows Phone 8 device, as indicated by a poll of Microsoft employees<\/a>\u00a0who voted 7:1 for the Lumia 920 over competing HTC devices.<\/p>\n

With Blackberry sitting on the sidelines for the holiday crush, how will Windows Phone perform against Android and iPhone this year?<\/p>\n

Are you upgrading or\u00a0equipping\u00a0your kids this holiday season? What are you planning to buy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the US, its late-November Thanksgiving weekend signals the start of a final month of shopping before Christmas. But I always have to explain to my American friends and family that Canadian Thanksgiving takes place in early October, because frankly, we don’t usually have lots to be thankful for by the end of November. Today, …<\/p>\n

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