Archive for December, 2009
Video: N900 vs iPhone video shootout
Another test from James Burland places the 848X480 recording N900 against the 640X480 iPhone 3GS. James notes that currently the N900 suffers from frame rate drops and at times confusion with exposure. The frame rate issue is supposedly going to be fixed in the next firmware update. Nokia’s been producing phones with great video recording [...]
10 minute video hands on with the Google Phone Nexus One. Please take some pointers, Nokia.
Not really a Nokia post, but an intriguing watch nonetheless. Basically how a modern mobile OS should feel and how the UI should look. Nokia touch phones are often more functional [aka plain/boring] when it comes to the UI. Only recently with the N900 have Nokia users experienced eye candy UI out of the box. [...]
James Burland's N900 Video Sample Compilation
James Burland of Nokia Creative [and MNB ] has put together a beautiful video compilation he’s shot on his N900. Quality wise the N900 is very good (I’m guessing youtube/video editor may have degraded slightly from original but it’s still very good). As well as being the highest resolution video from Nokia at 848X480, it’s [...]
Nokia Configuration Tool 5.0 Now Available!
Hey all, just seen this and thought might be useful for some people (Personally this is the first time i’v heard of the app!!) It’s basically a tool to configure some of the key thing for your device on your PC and then send them to either one or several devices! (things like contacts, e-mail [...]
N900 Document Applications (Walkthough/Review)
Hey all, I thought I’d enlighten you about some of the document applications on the N900 including: PDF Reader Documents to Go: Sheet to go Slideshow to go Word to go Notes I’m sure you have all seen the one from Nokia (I actually did my video before Nokia’s one came out but just been [...]
10 phones that defined a decade: Brief look at Mobiles and Nokia domination in the noughties
[Forgive the length of this post. This was originally an extremely short post to show that out of Techradar's "10 phones that defined a decade, 5 were Nokia handsets] On Friday, it will have been a whole decade since we entered the new millennium. 10 years since 2000? How did that happen so quickly? What’s [...]
N900 Mer UI – Portrait, New task switcher and dock.
Andrew Zhilin brings us his concept of Mer User Interface for the N900. What is Mer? “Mer is an outgrowth of Nokia’s Maemo environment, designed to flesh out the tablet-centric operating system into a full-fledged Linux distribution suitable for embedded and desktop systems of all description.” via lwn.net see also Mer Works in landscape. “only” [...]
Nokia most popular phone brand amongst university students
Financial Times reports that according to a survey by Mobile Youth consultancy, in a sample size of [only] 1000: Nokia was the most popular with 30% Sony Ericsson second with 27% RIM is at 2% with their BlackBerry- however growth has apparently been impressive. The article actually isn’t about Nokia but about how students are powering [...]
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15 hardware changes that would have made N900 physically irresistible – [15 essential hardware features for its successor]
The N900 is a great phone, but it is (as Nokia themselves have more or less said) a work in progress. I’ll say it again, it’s step 4 of 5 to Maemo glory. Software evolution to one side (see firmware update wishlist for N900), understandably, this early adopter product isn’t physically “perfect” for mass market. I.E. [...]
N900 as a home media centre: Best Nseries TV-out experience
A major strength of the nearly all Nseries range is their ability to hook up to a TV screen via the 3.5mm jack [and CA-75U cable-included]. The N900 is the first Nokia tablet that allows this and amongst all other Nseries provides the best TV-out experience. This makes the N900 a serious contender as a [...]
Merry Christmas!
It has officially ticked over to 25 December 2009 in the UK! You might have already started your festivities places East to the UK or not yet there, west of us, but… Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings to everyone! Happy Birthday JC!
Video: 9 homescreens on the N900 – all accessible in one swipe
[video at the bottom] Nokia totally got me hooked on their concept of homescreens and “alwaysonlineasithappens” with the N97. I found it extremely useful but wanted more of it than the one homescreen + blank screen that the N97 has. With the N900 we had four homscreens! At last! I’m able to have a main [...]
How to: Tethering your N900 to your PC – One Touch Access
Out of the box, the N900 supports data tethering. No settings to endure or subscriptions to pay. This means you can connect your N900 to your computer should you need to connect to the internet other than ethernet/WiFi. [Though you must check you've got a data plan and your network supports this] This has been [...]
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Pocket-lint's Nokia X6 Review: Improved experience all around – what the 5800 should have been [7/10]
Stuart Miles of Pocket-lint has reviewed the Nokia X6. One of the only two in the new Xseries lineup, the music centred X6 boasts Nokia’s first phone with a capacitive touch screen. So with all the flack Nokia’s been receiving on ‘hampering’ flagships with ‘out-of-date’ resistive screens, how does the X6 fare? Pocket-link says the [...]
Firmware update wishlist for the N900: 35 things that need sorting in the Nokia N900 (software wise)
We all know that the N900 is a work in progress. Nokia famously proclaimed the N900 to only be “step 4″ of a 5 step route to Maemo glory and smartphone perfection. Well words to that effect anyway. Hardware wise -I won’t go into this too heavily though there are three main aspects that resonate [...]
Washington Post's N900 Review: Hard to beat multimedia features
The Washington post has reviewed the N900 and its raw power is getting much positive feedback there too. Despite being resistive, the screen is quite responsive.Very pleasing call quality, loud and clear. Multitasking is beautiful, handling multiple apps without any sluggishness Swapping between one app to another is simple The browser is a smooth and [...]
Legendary Nseries gets V35 Firmware update – Nokia N95, N95 8GB and N82 has new firmware!!
Fire up your Nokia Software Updater, there’s new firmware a brew. But it’s not for any phones released in the past 12 months….it’s for some 06/07 releases! The venerable Nokia N95 (including US varient), N958GB, and the mighty N82 have all received updates to V35! I’m not sure what changes this brings, I’ll update as I [...]
John and Kylie's 48h road trip down under – Prizes to win!
Remember the great prizes that Nokia (I mean Sally the bride) were “giving away” through eBay with the Nokia Wedding? If your fingers weren’t fast enough to get yourself a goody, you might have another chance for some other prizes with John and (his stunning girlfriend) Kylie’s aussietrip. Some places for you to check out [...]
Video: Nokia Zero – Why the next flagship needs a proper name.
This is a video for the Nokia Zero: The new Nokia phone to rule them all. This post is meant to demonstrate the importance of having a “memorable product name”. This goes for services as well as devices. Here I’ve taken “Zero” as an example. The rest of the post after the video explains why [...]
Liqflow on the N900 – simple visual delight
I remember seeing demonstrated for the first time at OneDotZero by its creator, Gary Birkett. Liqflow uses the N900′s accelerometer and touch screen to bring about a simple yet mesmerising movement of dots that change colour depending on speed of their movement [gray/white when slow moving - ascends across a rainbow of colorus as it [...]
ITPro's Nokia N900 Review: 5 stars – A breath of Fresh air!
iN ITPro – one of the leading tech sites in Britain has reviewed the Nokia N900 and summarises it as “Quite simply, it’s a breath of fresh air.” As with most reviews of the N900 – hindering it seems to be the size (at times the resistive screen), but other than that, it’s very good [...]
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