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Been a bit of a busy day for Nokia.  First the Lumia 710 gets a global launch and now rumors are surfacing that the next Nokia Windows Phone, the Ace, is headed to AT&T and Version early next year.

The rumor, published over at WMPoweruser, points to a source that indicates that the new Nokia Ace will be LTE ready, will have a 4.3″ screen, 8MP camera and 16GB of storage.  Indications are that AT&T is guaranteed the device but Verizon is pushing hard to get it as well.  Finally, the tipster says that Nokia is pushing for a January release but it will likely be mid-March before it gets to your local AT&T or Verizon store.

It is clear that Nokia is pushing hard on Windows Phone (they kinda have to right?) but it is also clear that AT&T is making some best with the OS as well.

Source WMPoweruser

It is official – Nokia has begun shipping on their second Windows Phone, the Lumia 710.  It is expected that the Lumia 710 will hit the US early next year with T-Mobile.

Here is the Press Release for the event from Nokia

Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced the Nokia Lumia 710 will hit shelves, less than one month after the Nokia Lumia 800 started turning heads.

The Nokia Lumia 710 will start selling today in Taiwan alongside the Nokia Lumia 800. The Nokia Lumia 710 will then reach stores in Singapore, Hong Kong, India and Russia in the next seven days and continue its global roll-out over the coming weeks.

Estimated retail price is 270 EUR, excluding taxes and subsidies and availability will be via operator partners, retailers and open channels depending on local situation.

The colourful, affordable Nokia Lumia 710 was designed to make the Nokia Lumia experience accessible to more people around the world and at launch was widely praised as the best Windows Phone experience at is price point.  It combines the powerful social and Internet experience of Windows Phone with the ability to take pictures in almost any conditions and share with friends in seconds, as well as access to thousands of the most popular apps, including exclusive Nokia services.

The Weather Channel has released an update to their popular Weather app in the Windows Phone Marketplace.  The new 1.10.0 version is still free and from the description in Marketplace, it is unclear what was addressed, added for fixed.  Why?  Well, there is no description of what is new in the update. At. All.

Having worked with it a bit this morning, the only thing I noticed is that it is significantly smoother transitioning from page-to-page in the app.  In the previous build the app would hesitate as you swiped to different parts of it.  Now it is much more smooth.  Beyond this, I have not found anything new but if you do, let me know in the comments below or on Twitter.

If you don’t have The Weather Channel App on your Windows Phone, here is the link to it in Marketplace.  The app takes advantage of the improved Live tiles and requires Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango)

When Halo Waypoint for Windows Phone was updated around the Mango release, the plan was for it to have an Atlas included.  As we all know, that didn’t happen but good news is coming on Saturday.  That is when Halo ATLAS is to be released in the Marketplace.

Halo ATLAS will bring top-down views maps of the worlds in Halo:Reach and Halo:Anniversary editions.  In addition, here are some of the things you can expect to see as well

• Weapon and vehicle spawn locations for Matchmaking and Firefight games.
• Health pack locations.
• Near-real-time locations for weapons and vehicles during Custom Multiplayer games.
• Your location and that of your team members displayed on the map.
• ‘Follow me’ mode to track your movement.
• Dynamic player list, including current score for the teams and each player and equipped weapon for you and your teammates.