AT&T has a $150 million ad budget for the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900, but won’t stop the Internet connectivity issues that some users are experiencing.

Nokia confirmed the issue today on its Conversations blog saying that it is a software issue. This issue has to do with memory management and can cause a loss of data, in some cases.

Nokia and AT&T are taking immediate steps to solve this issue for its customers. Here are the two options if you bought a Lumia 900:

• Swap your current Lumia 900 for an updated one at an AT&T store
• Update your device with the latest software on or around April 16

But that isn’t the end of it, Nokia is also offering a $100 credit on your AT&T bill if you purchased the phone before April 21. This essentially makes the device free since the cost of the device is $99 on contract.

We were invited to a special event in NYC with Nokia on Friday. Nokia kept the details secret on what was happening but we suspected it had to do with the Lumia 900 launch on AT&T on Sunday.

When we first arrived in NYC, we noticed a huge blue box in Time Square that has a countdown clock. At the time, we didn’t know that it was actually there for the Nokia event. After a great day of hanging out with the Nokia Connects team and other bloggers, we were brought into Time Square for the main event.

The clock struck 0:00:00 and Time Square lit up with Nokia 900 digital billboards and Nicki Minaj. Nicki came out and performed a few songs then introduced DJ Doorly and Nokia’s dance team to remix her Starships song. The remix took over Time Square, with all the digital billboards lighting up with awesome effects. The video posted above was produced by Nokia during the event and released earlier tonight.

The Lumia 900 will be available on Easter, April 8 for $99 with a two-year contract.

Look for our (Nicki Minaj-signed) Lumia 900 review coming soon!

Privacy has been a big issue this year and this post will not make you feel any safer.

Let’s start earlier this week, when the American Civil Liverties Union released documents showing more than 200 police departments around the country tracking users locations and dating other information. This information was obtained through Freedom of Information Requests.

Forbes has dug deeper into the prices AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon charge for various requests.

AT&T:

Wiretap: $325 activation fee, $5 per day for data, $10 a day for voice

Access to voicemail: $150 per request

Tower Dump (see numbers of every user accessing a certain tower over a certain time): $75 per tower per hour

Real-time Location Tracking: $100 activation fee, $25 a day

Verizon:

Wiretap: $50 administrative fee, $700 per month, per request

Access to Text Messages: $50 per request

Tower Dump (see numbers of every user accessing a certain tower over a certain time): Between $30 and $60 per hour

Real-time Location Tracking: May not offered

Sprint:

Wiretap: $400 per “market area” and per “technology”, $10 a day, capped at $2,000

Access to Data: $120 for pictures or video, $60 for email, $60 for voicemail, $30 for text messages

Tower Dump (see numbers of every user accessing a certain tower over a certain time): $50 per tower

Real-time Location Tracking: $30 per month, per request

Source: Forbes

The Lumia 900 was announced back at CES and is finally getting released on April 8. AT&T is now taking pre-orders on the phone and is offering it for free to new customers. Existing customers will need to pay a cool $99, but that is much lower than you’d pay for any other smartphone of this quality.

AT&T / $100 instant savings for new customers via The Verge

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The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced at CES in January. The phone will be released on AT&T for a rumored $99.99. According to BGR, the Lumia 900 was delayed from March 18th until April 22nd. The source also claims that the price point isn’t changing. Check out our hands on with the device while you wait!

Source: BGR

The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced at CES  earlier this week and was said to be coming out on AT&T in the spring. However, Nokia has clarified that with their developers saying it will come in March. Check out the post from Nokia’s latest developer newsletter:

New Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone designed with U.S. in mind

Nokia’s newest smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 900, was introduced this week at the International CES 2012 in Las Vegas by Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. (Watch Elop discuss Nokia’s strategy focusing on the new Nokia Lumia phones running Microsoft Windows Phone during the AT&T Developer Summit that took place at CES.)

The Nokia Lumia 900 phone runs Microsoft Windows Phone 7.5. It is the biggest and fastest smartphone yet. And it will become available exclusively through AT&T in March.

With support from AT&T’s 4G LTE (Long-Term Evolution) network, the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone will offer high-performance web browsing with Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile, as well as both video and audio streaming. Other features include a long-lasting battery for all-day use; Nokia App Highlights to recommend key applications; two cameras, including an 8-megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens; a 4.3-inch AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode) ClearBlack touch-screen display; and the Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive apps.

During CES, the buzz surrounding the Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone was loud. For instance, Wired.com called the phone one of the ’12 Best’ gadgets at CES. And the Nokia booth was consistently mobbed by people eager to see Nokia’s latest smartphone achievement.

Learn more about the new Nokia Lumia 900 smartphone.

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We had an opportunity to sit down for breakfast with the Product Manager for the Nokia Lumia 900. The Lumia 900 was announced yesterday at CES and features a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display and a 1.4GHz processor. At this breakfast we were given all access to a Lumia 900 prototype and was told that neither the hardware nor software is final yet. We took a bunch of hands on photos and attached a gallery below. Enjoy!

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Nokia held a press conference today at CES to unveil the Lumia 900. The phone will be available exclusively on AT&T in the United States, no date set for Canada yet. The Lumia 900 is the third in its series, the first two being the Lumia 710 and 800. However, the Lumia 900 is the first to have LTE built-in.

When it comes to specs, the Lumia 900 seems to be Nokia’s attempt at making a high-end Windows Phone available in the United States. It has a 4.3-inch AMOLED ClearBlack Display that allows for the rich and bright images. Powering the device is a 1.4 GHz processor to make sure you can run all those latest Windows Phone apps. To hold that your power with this amazing screen, Nokia has included a 1830 mAH battery.

The camera on the phone is 8 megapixel, Carl Zeiss optics, an aperture of F2.2, and wide angle focal length of 22mm. The Lumia 900 also has a front-facing camera for video chat.

Chris Weber, president of Nokia Americas said, “The introduction of the Nokia Lumia 900 with AT&T is another significant milestone in the ongoing rollout of Nokia’s global smartphone strategy… The Nokia Lumia 900 is designed specifically with the US in mind and the announcement of this collaboration with AT&T, in addition to other recent announcements, signifies a new dawn for Nokia in the US.”

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Today is press day at the Consumer Electronic Show, where technology bloggers from around the world come through to check out all the latest technology from the big companies. Samsung gave an early look at one of the devices it plans on announcing at CES this year. The Galaxy Note has a 5.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display, which is the reason Samsung’s banner outside the Las Vegas Convention Center says, “Phone? Tablet? It’s Galaxy Note!”.

The Galaxy Note is expected to have a dual-core 1.4GHz processor, a 2MP front-facing camera and a 8MP rear-facing camera. Smartphone Nation will be live on the floor at CES to get a first hand look at Samsung’s new devices. We will keep you updated as we hear it.

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Today is iPhone 4S launch day! The phone is now available on Verizon. AT&T, and Sprint. Many people waited out all night to get the iPhone first! In fact, we got a chance to catch up with Steve Wozniak (The Woz), cofounder of Apple, who was first in line at the Los Gatos Apple store.

We have been monitoring stock and it seems that many of the Apple stores are still in stock with most models. If you want to grab a iPhone 4S, hit your local store and you may have a chance to still grab it on launch day.

But the day was not plague free, we’ve heard intermittent issues activating on AT&T’s servers.

Did you all get your iPhone 4S?