The year 2011 has not been a great year for Windows Phone, but 2012 may be different. Now there is a decent selection of Windows Phone devices that are out there, including the Nokia Lumia 900. Morgan Stanley is expecting shipment of Nokia’s new Windows-based devices to hit about 37 million units in 2012 and 64 million in 2013.

Nokia Corporation has announced the Nokia Lumia 900, which they called their “biggest yet thinnest Windows Phone.” This is Nokia’s first phone to support high-speed LTE data transfers. This phone was designed exclusively for AT&T. It has a bigger, faster, and stronger smartphone experience which has a larger screen and faster processor. The Nokia Lumia 900 allows data download speeds of up to 50Mbps on AT&T’s 4G LTE network. This means that you can watch videos and download apps almost as fast as it takes to open them.

Nokia Corporation has announced that Nokia Belle (previously known as Symbian Belle) will be coming soon. The new user interface will be available as a download for existing smartphones. The Nokia N8, C7, and CG-01 will have Nokia Belle preinstalled. These phones will arrive in China first and then around the world after. Those of you that own a Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, and Nokia Oro will be able to upgrade to Nokia Belle soon. Nokia Belle expands the home screen from three to six. The home screen widgets have been drastically improved as well. [Nokia Company Blog]

Looks like Amazon.com was not the only interested buyer in RIM. Microsoft and Nokia “flirted with the idea” of teaming up and buying RIM as well. The idea did not get any further than casual talks between senior executives at both companies. It may have even been a joke according to sources with the Wall Street Journal. I would not put it past Microsoft to considering how much they are investing in Windows Phone to gain traction. [WSJ]

Nokia has sent out a press release with the data and images of the Lumia 710. The 710 comes preloaded with Nokia Drive, The Weather Channel, ESPN, Netflix, T-Mobile TV, My Account, Slacker Radio, and TeleNav GPS. The phone comes in either black or white, but you can buy accessory battery covers. The price is $49.99 and it will start selling on January 11th. [The Verge]

Nokia Corporation has been running the Vertu brand since 1998. Vertu designs very high end mobile devices with prices that are also high. For example, the Vertu Constellation mobile device currently sells for $6,200. Nokia is not selling the brand because it is doing poorly because the brand is doing extremely well. Vertu is estimated to be generating between $268 and $402 million. Goldman Sachs has been hired to oversee the sale. Vertu phones are sold in over 60 countries and has been doing especially well in the Middle East, Russia, and Asia. One of the biggest selling points of the phone is its 24/7 multiple language concierge service that does tasks for you like reserving tables at restaurants or telling you the weather. [Financial Times]

At the Nokia World conference in London, the company has revealed a mobile device that has a flexible display. When the device is twisted, it scrolls through music and photos. Bowing the device inwards and outwards zooms in and out of a photo. Tapping on the corners of the photos pans through them. Tapani Jokinen started working on the technology around two years ago as part of a Nokia group that was given a task of creating these designs from research. Nokia has not indicated if or when this product will ever hit the market. Check out the demo below from CNET:

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop has officially announced the “first real Windows Phone” known as the Nokia Lumia 800. The Lumia 800 has a single-core 1.4GHz processor. It has 16GB of internal storage and a 3.7-inch ClearBlack AMOLED screen with a black, cyan, or magenta case with speaker holes drilled in. The Lumia 800 has a camera button that triggers the f/2.2 Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. The operating system is Windows Phone Mango and it comes with 25GB of SkyDrive storage. The price is €420 ($580) without subsidies. You can pre-order the Lumia 800 now and it expects to be shipped in November in the UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands. The Lumia 800 has a quad-band GSM device with 14.4Mbps HSDPA speeds. The 8-megapixel camera captures 720p30 video and there is 9.5 hours of 3G talk time. [This is my Next]