Archive for November, 2009

Download the New Nokia Ringtone – N97 Mini Mariachi

| November 30, 2009 | Comments (0)

Hot off this previous post, this next post concentrates on the new Mini Mariachi version of the Nokia tune [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTz3FAQjDvk] There’s supposed to be a video, but YouTube video upload/processing is being a total pain. Download as an MP3 ringtone here  

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HD Videos: Nokia Human Research Department: Good things come in [slightly] smaller packages.

HD Videos: Nokia Human Research Department: Good things come in [slightly] smaller packages.

| November 30, 2009 | Comments (0)

I was destined to meet up with my comfy pillow and duvet but just as I was about to climb under the quilt, I noticed the package that must have been received yesterday (Saturday). It was a big jiffy bag. I thought it may have been something I ordered from eBay. It turns out to [...]

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Nokia N900 – Can you do the Fandango? Photo and Video Samples – London – Part 1

Nokia N900 – Can you do the Fandango? Photo and Video Samples – London – Part 1

| November 29, 2009 | Comments (0)

Just got back from London, and after an extremely eventful weekend I am minutes from crashing into my bed for a well deserved snooze fest. I’ll leave you with a quick [indoor] camera/video sample at Covent Garden of a group called “Fandango”, just to demonstrate the video recording quality/audio quality as well as photo quality [...]

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Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

| November 28, 2009 | Comments (0)

The N900 has a 5mp camera – 4:3 ratio at 2576×1936. It also takes widescreen 16:9 images at 2576×1488 (3.5MP). Below are some photos I took a couple of days ago on the way to one of my lectures. It was a pretty gloomy/cloudy/rainy day with some brief spots of sunshine. 16:9, 3.5MP 16:9 and 4:3 [...]

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Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

| November 28, 2009 | Comments (0)

The N900 has a 5mp camera – 4:3 ratio at 2576×1936. It also takes widescreen 16:9 images at 2576×1488 (3.5MP). Below are some photos I took a couple of days ago on the way to one of my lectures. It was a pretty gloomy/cloudy/rainy day with some brief spots of sunshine. 16:9, 3.5MP 16:9 and 4:3 [...]

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Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

Camera Samples: Nokia N900 16:9/3.5MP shots on a cloudy day.

| November 28, 2009 | Comments (0)

The N900 has a 5mp camera – 4:3 ratio at 2576×1936. It also takes widescreen 16:9 images at 2576×1488 (3.5MP). Below are some photos I took a couple of days ago on the way to one of my lectures. It was a pretty gloomy/cloudy/rainy day with some brief spots of sunshine. 16:9, 3.5MP 16:9 and 4:3 [...]

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WordPress blogging on the Nokia N900

WordPress blogging on the Nokia N900

| November 28, 2009 | Comments (23)

If you’re reading this, then this demonstrate the N900 can use the native wordpress.com site for blogging. No app download, just raw wordpress pretty much how it would appear on your desktop….albeit within the confines of a 800×480 pixel wide screen. Note screenshot below is zoomed. The flash media uploader looks and acts like the [...]

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Video: Macro Video Sample/Demo of the Nokia N900

| November 27, 2009 | Comments (0)

Hey it’s Friday! I was just about to leave to catch a train (going home-home first then London for the weekend) but thought that I couldn’t let the weekend go by without a blog post. This is just an absolute quicky showing off the N900′s autofocus video. Unlike the N97 or other Nseries that are [...]

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Nokia N900 with the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Bold/Storm 2, LG BL-40, Nokia N97 Mini/N86/5800/E71, Palm Pre, Samsung i8910/Omnia II, Sony Ericsson Satio/Aino and Toshiba TG01

Nokia N900 with the Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Bold/Storm 2, LG BL-40, Nokia N97 Mini/N86/5800/E71, Palm Pre, Samsung i8910/Omnia II, Sony Ericsson Satio/Aino and Toshiba TG01

| November 26, 2009 | Comments (31)

Here are some shots of the N900 with some current high end phones. In Alphabetical Order: Apple iPhone BlackBerry Bold/Storm 2, LG BL-40 Nokia N97 Mini/N86/5800/E71, Palm Pre, Samsung i8910/Omnia II, Sony Ericsson Satio/Aino and Toshiba TG01 Initially the intention was to give a jist of the size of the N900. But since I was [...]

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Unboxing Extravaganza of The Nokia N900 – HD Video unboxing and huge unboxing gallery of Live Pics. Warning! Extremely image heavy.

Unboxing Extravaganza of The Nokia N900 – HD Video unboxing and huge unboxing gallery of Live Pics. Warning! Extremely image heavy.

| November 25, 2009 | Comments (97)

This morning WOMWorld kindly sent over the Nokia N900! Much excitement aside, I won’t be writing much in this post; I’ll leave the video and photos to speak for themselves. Hopefully you’ll be on a broadband connection as there’s tons of live pics of the N900, the box contents as well as an unboxing video [...]

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Nokia N900 has arrived! Longest 2 hour wait to open a DHL package ever…

Nokia N900 has arrived! Longest 2 hour wait to open a DHL package ever…

| November 25, 2009 | Comments (4)

…The Nokia N900 has arrived at my house. Well maybe. I haven’t opened the DHL bag yet and won’t open it until I get home after lectures. I want the first time the N900 box is opened to be on film, ha. It may possibly be that there’s just a box inside, maybe even a [...]

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Your Nokia N900 Device is on its way to you.

Your Nokia N900 Device is on its way to you.

| November 24, 2009 | Comments (0)

Received this email half an hour ago. It didn’t actually sink in till I was halfway through cooking a shepherds pie [from scratch, not microwave] and I was like “um, an N900 is coming tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” Let’s just hope I don’t miss this DHL delivery this time. I’ve got lectures/meetings during their normal delivery times again [...]

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Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U Snubs Sony Ericsson's Satio.

Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U Snubs Sony Ericsson's Satio.

| November 24, 2009 | Comments (3)

Carphone Warehouse have once again suspended sales of a high end Symbian Smartphone – a few months ago, Nokia’s flagship N97 (well at least with O2, Orange and Vodafone still sell the N97 via CPW), now Sony Ericsson’s Satio. Why? Both from complaints about buggy software leading to inexorably high levels of returns that CPW (and [...]

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Video Review: Spotify for S60 5th Edition (demonstrated on the Nokia 5530)

| November 23, 2009 | Comments (0)

As you have have heard, the popular online jukebox, Spotify has made its way onto Symbian. Here’s a video demonstration of Spotify on the Nokia 5530 by mobilephone2003 If you want Spotify on your Symbian handset, head over to m.spotify.com on your phone’s web browser.

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Free Game: Picture Memory Touch for S60 5th Edition/S60V5

Free Game: Picture Memory Touch for S60 5th Edition/S60V5

| November 23, 2009 | Comments (1)

Picture Memory Touch is your classic “Pair Match” game. You’ve got 36 icons, divided into 18 pairs. They’re scattered around a 6×6 grid and you’ve just got to find all the pairs against the clock. Screenshot and Video Demo below. Download for free from the Ovi Store (you might find it easier to download from [...]

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Free Game: Memory Tester Touch for S60 5th Edition

Free Game: Memory Tester Touch for S60 5th Edition

| November 22, 2009 | Comments (1)

Memory Tester Touch is a game that well…tests your memory. You’ve got a 3×3 grid of 9 squares. One square lights up at a time, and you have to remember the pattern as one new square is lit (provided you’ve got the previous pattern right – otherwise game over) You get one point for each [...]

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Video: Nokia N900 multitasks all installed apps and still hungry for more!

| November 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

At the onedotzero event, I remember trying to get the N900 to crash with low memory errors or slow down. I couldn’t. MySymbian proves this in the video below where the N900 is pushed to multitask all available apps. Where most others would have frozen, crashed or killed other applications to open a new one, [...]

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Video: Stuff Magazine Tour of the Nokia N900 and "Meem 5"

| November 21, 2009 | Comments (0)

Stuff Magazine takes a look at  “Meem 5″ powered Nokia N900. Ha, MEEM. What’s echoing across many of the gadget blogs is that the N900 is: Chunky, Bulky Impressive – has “potential”. has a Great Browser How much will this bulkiness put the mass public off from even trying out the N900? It was certainly [...]

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Nokia's Official Videos from 'Rihanna Live'

| November 21, 2009 | Comments (1)

Brixton Academy – London – Nov 16: Marking the launch of Nokia’s X6, Nokia also hosted Rihanna Live, a concert streamed worldwide to debut Rihanna’s new album, “Rated R”. If you missed it, Nokia has put up some videos from the event at youtube.com/nokia. Mad House/Wait Your Turn Take a Bow Russian Roulette Don’t Stop [...]

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The Telegraph's Gadget Inspectors take a look at the Nokia N900

The Telegraph's Gadget Inspectors take a look at the Nokia N900

| November 20, 2009 | Comments (0)

After an initially positive view of the N900 over at the Telegraph, Claudine and some guy (Alan Carr?) as supposed “Gadget Inspectors” take a look at the Nokia N900. To see the video, you’ll want to head over to the Telegraph. Some interesting points: Whilst Claudine isn’t a fan of the physical QWERTY keyboard + [...]

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Project Maemo: Maemo Project poster arrived

Project Maemo: Maemo Project poster arrived

| November 20, 2009 | Comments (0)

About a month ago, through a series of clues, some bloggers found out about maemoproject. You most likely have already seen the video below: Today I received an A2 poster from WOMWorld which is a screenshot of a scene in the video: 10:15:52:08. It would have gotten here 2 days ago except there were some [...]

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