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Archive for May, 2009

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Sixsense coming to a Nokia near you?

Sixsense coming to a Nokia near you?

| May 27, 2009 | 8 Replies

Advertisements Every now and again, I blog about something that’s not strictly Nokia related, but is indirectly connected as it’s usually something I’d like to see Nokia implement or take inspiration from. Just over a month ago, I found a BBC article about M.I.T.’s new gesture interface project: Sixth Sense. You can read it here: […]

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Clue Number 1: Search For N…

Clue Number 1: Search For N…

| May 26, 2009 | Reply

Last Thursday, I went to London for an interesting trip to the Cinema, and was told that Nokia have scattered 7 “N’s” around the UK.  Over the next few days, clues will be provided to search  for Ns. The first of these has just arrived at my door. My housemate just gave me a random […]

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Ovi Store Goes Live!

Ovi Store Goes Live!

| May 26, 2009 | Reply

Ovi Store has officially gone live! https://store.ovi.com/ This is one of Nokia’s most important undertakings of recent years. The Ovi store is Nokia’s attempt to take back the reigns in the Smartphone world by delivering those oh so crucial applications easily to users, enhancing the usability of their Nokia devices. It’s not just for smartphones, […]

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Video: Nokia N97, Thai Keyboard Variant.

Video: Nokia N97, Thai Keyboard Variant.

| May 26, 2009 | 2 Replies

Sawatdee Khrab! This video shows a variant of the N97 for Thailand, complete with Thai keyboard.  You can also see Ovi Maps being played about with, looking quite fast and smooth scrolling through the map by sliding the finger over the screen. Unfortunately we still do not the continuity of fluid sliding in the main […]

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New Nokia N900: Nokia's Next Internet Tablet wipes the floor with the Nokia N97

New Nokia N900: Nokia's Next Internet Tablet wipes the floor with the Nokia N97

| May 25, 2009 | 11 Replies

Although the above is an artistic render by MobileCrunch (the actual image can’t published for security reasons), what’s more interesting  about Nokia’s next Internet Tablet are the specifications: It does Voice GSM – You can finally make phone calls WITHOUT skype to other phones 😀 3.5″ screen but it has 800×480 pixels! WVGA (16:10) OMAP3430 […]

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Nokia N97 Sample Photos!

Nokia N97 Sample Photos!

| May 25, 2009 | Reply

Now the N97 is by no way a Camera oriented device; not in today’s standards anyway (Grrr, Nokia!!) but 5MP Carl Zeiss isn’t too shabby at all. Below are some image samples said to have been taken by the N97. I say “said” as it looks astonishingly good compared to previous photo samples we’ve seen […]

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HD Video: Tech65's Nokia N97 video preview

HD Video: Tech65's Nokia N97 video preview

| May 23, 2009 | Reply

If you’ve been following the Nokia N97, then the video below won’t tell you anything new about it. However, it’s still nice to watch, and certainly made me want to get the N97 (Black) even more now. Click HD for extra shiny goodness. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BG7CDNNjXeo] They seem to love playing with the slide mechanism of the […]

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Cnet Asia's Nokia N97 Review!

Cnet Asia's Nokia N97 Review!

| May 22, 2009 | 6 Replies

Ah, the trickling of N97 reviews begins. Not long now till there’s a flood of them. This one is by Cnet Asia’s Geeknomics blog . Some key points from the review Seamless experience just like PC and Laptop Resistive touch is not the same experience as iPhone’s capacitive screen. iPhone is literally just a touch […]

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Quest for the N: The search for the N begins here…

Quest for the N: The search for the N begins here…

| May 22, 2009 | Reply

I just got back from London, after an interesting trip to the cinema with courtesy of the WOMWorld crew (Donna, Robbie and Kate). It was all very secretive, no details were given as to what it was for even on the day and during the dinner when everyone met. The whole cinema thing got some […]

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