Archive for June, 2010
MeeGo Handset Guidelines: More details and screenshots of MeeGo Phone UI
Freshly pressed from the MeeGo site are developer guidelines. It’s a very interesting read about the Brand New MeeGo Phone UI. Cheers for heads up Andre. Introduction MeeGo Basics Designing your Application Theming Appendix These are only some of what the document includes. Multitasking: Linear view doesn’t seem to just scroll left or ride, the [...]
Video: MeeGo Phone UI
After Meego’s spectacular world official unveiling (sarcasm ) the team also unveiled a short video of a disguised device (I think) running the OS Meego looks very promising and I like all the colourful background, I hate the icons too much Samsung touch wizzy thing going on but I am hopeful they will sort that [...]
MeeGo 1.1 Day 1 (MeeGo Phone UX)
Today, the MeeGo project announced and presented their Day 1 release, a developers’ preview of their upcoming OS and UI for mobile devices. The Day 1 release is the first taste that the community at large has to view, interact and provide feedback on the newest Linux-based OS to hit the block. Given that this [...]
Nokia N900 Vuvuzela App for Maemo 5
@benjezzy has created his first ever App: “Vuvuzela” for the Nokia N900. This infamous droning sound has (dis/)graced your TV screens whilst you watch the World Cup. YouTube’s even added a Vuvuzela button to celebrate it, masking out any audible video sound with what appears to be a tsunami of bees. It’s not the most [...]
Video: Unboxing of the Nokia E73 with tnkgrl – "it puts your BlackBerry to shame -it’s that good. It’s the best non-touch business phone money can buy"
Tnkgrl has posted her unboxing and thoughts on the Nokia E73 Mode. Differences with E72: MicroUSB charging on E73 vs MicroUSB and 2mm Nokia port – front soft keys are plastic instead of metal like E73; keyboard is curved and not flat; designed to operate on T-mobile’s 3G Camera is really amazing – taken some [...]
Nokia N8 GPU compared, again
The OpenGL ES Benchmark is a benchmarking application written to test the abilities of a mobile device’s2D and 3D graphics rendering capabilites as it relates to speed/efficiency of use OpenGL ES API’s. Open GL API’s are used in a large number of consumer electronics including but not limited to mobile phones & consumer gaming [...]
Video: Nokia N8 Demo again – Kill Switch and reboot demo (unintentional, but hey there we go)
Here’s yet another Nokia N8 hands on by V3. And not a recent one at that, but taken two weeks ago at the London Event. Since then we have seen many, many N8 demoes where there is definitely a positive growth in performance of S^3, which is worth noting since this particular N8 didn’t perform [...]
MeeGo Q&A with Valtteri Halla – All MeeGo devices can use AppUp & Ovi Store; Future Synergy with Android; Linux to dominate Symbian
FierceDeveloper’s Mike Dano had an exclusive interview with Director for MeeGo, Valtteri Halla. Some very interesting keypoints: MeeGo vs Symbian: MeeGo geared for high end, beyond handsets. Companies can mix and match what they want in MeeGo – Nokia will have their proprietary applications suite. Nokia are positioning MeeGo as an Alternative to Android Nokia [...]
Video:Nokia Video Cuts – Automatic Keyframes for super quick searching within videos. V. cool Experimental prototype
An experimental app from Nokia Research Centre, Beta Labs allows the automatic splitting of your videos into key frames thus making it really easy to find the thumbnail of a particular scene and quickly jump to it, instead of having to aimlessly drag the seek bar. Whilst this would of course be useful for movies [...]
Video: Lady Geek TV Episode #1 – New Mobile App Show. Ovi highlights + chance to win a Nokia X6.
A new mobile app show has popped up on YouTube starring a couple of ladies. These girls aren’t just pretty faces – they’re tech geeks! Lady Geeks. I’m unfamiliar with Debs (on the right – who sounds Welsh ) but Rhiain Morgan (who’s definitely Welsh – yay Wales!) is an ex T3 editor and true [...]
New Author: Andre
Hey guys (and gals if any ) After following this blog for a number of weeks as an interesting source of information on the Nokia N8 amongst other things, Jay’s offered me the position as an author on the blog. Yay me! . Just thought I’d write up a brief introduction of myself, my interests [...]
Huge Gallery: Nokia RM-626 aka E7/N9/C7/N8-02 whatever. Here's photos of it.
Minutes after publication of the video, here’s another quick post about the RM-626 aka Nokia E7/N9/C7/N8-02. We don’t know what it’s called but here’s a huuuge gallery for you to feast over. NegriElectronics via FoneArena via ModMyMobile
Video: Hands on with the Leaked Nokia N9/N8-QWERTY variant/E7 (RM-626)
As promised by NegriElectronics here’s some more dishy news on what they call the Nokia N9. Note, Eldar has said that this is an old proto. There may already have been changes to what he’s already got. Name yet not confirmed. But this is NOT the N9 as that will have MeeGo. This is Symbian^3. [...]
Video: 10 minute 1080p HD hands on with the Nokia N8 Black (with Aspahlt 5 game play!)
Here’s a hands on with the Nokia N8 in delicious 1080p HD (Note, C0 branded). Video was recorded on the 24th June though whether its on the latest preproduction software is uncertain. Size comparison with iPhone and HTC HD2 General overview of features Wide viewing angle with the AMOLED screen Asphalt 5 demoed on a [...]
Nokia N8 and Bluetooth 3.0 – Super Fast wireless data transfer.
One of the reasons phone pictures from families/friends never make it anywhere else except the phone is the lack of know-how with connection cables, card readers, much less – over Bluetooth. During the days of early wireless data transfer with Infra-Red, Bluetooth 1.0 was a revelation. Much faster transfer of files meaning that connectivity cables [...]
Video: Nokia N8 on (Russian) TV?
I’ve no idea what’s being said here or whether this is an actual TV station in Russia (and if that, one of the major ones or a cable channel/web channel), but it looks like this Nokia N8 demo could have been broadcast over a TV network. [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ZtsiI44AU] That integrated social networks thing still doesn’t seem [...]
Gallery: Nokia N8 vs Nokia N900 vs Nokia X6
For your easy Sunday viewing, we have Michael who has Hell has taken some comparison pics of the Nokia N8 (Blue and silver) with the N900 and X6. For the full resolution pics, visit HellMichael‘s flickr page! The N8 is already Nokia’s slimmest touch screen at 12.9mm, but that tapered end makes it look even [...]
Videos: Nokia N8 vs Nokia 5800 (in 6 Nokia N8 hands on videos).
MForumRu has a host of Nokia N8 videos for you to look at. The one that’s worth noting is the N8 vs 5800 video (Screen comparison) Obviously the difference is more clear in person, but even over the video you can see the richer, higher contrast, more vibrant AMOLED display from the N8 vs the [...]
Nokia N9 Leaked Photos! Or is it actually the Nokia E7? QWERTY Slider, N8 design, Ridiculous screen clarity, 8MP.
For many moons now we have seen the leaked image above. Some called it the N9, others called it the N8, supposedly sporting 4″ screen with 8MP camera and 720p video recording amongst a host of other features. For one thing it runs Symbian. NOT MeeGo. So how can it be Nseries if N8 is [...]
China's first MeeGo tablet – The NPad, 10.1", Moorsetown with 8 hour battery life
This is supposedly the NPad, China’s first MeeGo based tablet as showcased by Red Flag Software Co., Ltd. I would have thought Nokia would have picked “NPad”, though I’m not a fan of that name. It features: 10.1-inch touch screen WiFi Bluetooth 3G functions GPS and an eight-hour service time preinstalled with applications like reading, [...]
Pics: Nokia N8 vs Samsung Wave (+Gallery of Nokia X2 and Nokia C1)
Following yesterday’s Nokia X5 gallery by cssinsight on flickr, here’s another bunch of photos of the Nokia X2, C1 and the Nokia N8 next to the Samsung Bada powered Wave. The C1 below is that dual SIM Nokia phone that has a sweeping, tapered design reminiscent to that of the Nokia N8. The Nokia X2 [...]
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