Archive for July, 2010
HD Video: Nokia C3 Build Quality and Interface tour
From superchilko of mobilebulgaria is a HD video of the superbly beautiful Nokia C3. I love the streamlined look, and I reckon it’s the best looking portrait QWERTY in Nokia’s line up. The video also demoes the S40 interface and being S40 it relegates the C3 into the feature phone category instead of smartphone. But [...]
Opera 10.1 for Maemo (N900)
Announced on the Maemo Talk forums here, fans of Opera’s web browser can grab an updated version for Maemo from the extras-testing (or extras-devel for N8x0 users) repository as of today. Here’s a copy and paste of the changes detailed in the forum post: Geolocation support. Javascript JIT support. Fix garbage display after rotation due [...]
Video: Nokia N8 plays divx via OTG
Here’s a video of the N8 playing a divx file from the N900 connected via OTG (On The Go). The N8 shows an episode of Futurama, although the sound did look choppy(probably because the file is located on the N900) its still able to read the video. It depends on the settings the video was [...]
Video: MeeGo presentation
Here’s a 4 part presentation about Meego. It’s not in English but it still provides some information. Presented by Raymond Liu, it explains what Meego is and why it was created. On the slideshow you can see MeeGo’s strategy and who’s contributing in it and which brands (part 3). The platform ecosystem is explained too, [...]
Eseries with Symbian 3 and touchscreen due soon
I was reading Nokia’s official blog today and came across an interesting article with the communications team members Maria Kellokumpu and Dinesh Subramaniam, who both work closely on the Eseries devices . An interesting question came up about the perception that Eseries devices are technologically behind the curve and a very interesting answer came out [...]
Video: New N8 hands-on
Here’s another Nokia N8 hands-on video. This time the N8 appeared in Switzerland. The N8 looks fluid. It looks like this one has plenty of music albums and still no lag. The photos took a bit longer to load (two to three seconds). Once it loaded, going into folders was fine and took a second [...]
Only 34% of customers will consider getting a Nokia
YouGov conducted a survey at the beginning of June, they interviewed 2,121 smartphone users asking about their next handset. Surprisingly only 34% considered getting a Nokia for their future handset. Compared to 46% that would have been willing to get a Nokia 6 months ago, it’s a loss of 12%. Other stats includes that 41% [...]
Nokia Siemens Network in talks to buy Motorola unit
According to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Nokia Siemens Networks is in negotiations to purchase Motorola Inc.’s telecommunications- equipment business. The deal is expected to be reached in the next few weeks. This would give Nokia Siemens access to Motorola’s customers in the U.S. such as Verizon Wireless and Sprint Nextel Corp. Furthermore, Nokia [...]
Nokia Divests MetaCarta
Just three months after being acquired (acquired in April), MetaCarta Inc. is leaving Nokia for QBase. MetaCarta’s is a unique technology that combines geosearch and geotagging capabilities allowing users to find content about a location. Nokia will keep MetaCarta’s geographic intelligence technology, which it is incorporating in its local search and other services such as [...]
Video: Gorilla glass break test (to feature in N8)
Here’s a video comparing different type of glass used on mobile devices, including the scratch resistant Gorilla glass that is found in the upcoming Nokia N8 as confirmed by Damien Dinning. In the tests, they sand blast the samples to demonstrate the wear and tear of abuse given to it by users. Check out how [...]
Results: 95% of MNB voters would like S^4 in N8, for 66% S^4 upgrade is a deal breaker (Though 98% want the Nokia N8)
Yesterday, we asked a question: How important is the possibility of upgrading the Nokia N8 to Symbian^4. The situation of whether the upgrade was possible wasn’t clear and was hotly discussed in the comments (I’m still not sure of the situation myself). What was clear was that of the whopping 632 votes (over half of [...]
Should Nokia just concentrate making camera phone's ?
Tomi Ahonen is a Mobile consultant for handset manufacturers and is a really respected man with a good amount of knowledge and of course I follow him on Twitter. Today he made some very interesting comments on Nokia and their success in making camera phones. Its no secret that Nokia are in a sort of trouble [...]
Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)
Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6′s dominance over Symbian in the 00′s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and [...]
Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)
Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6′s dominance over Symbian in the 00′s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and [...]
Gallery: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone (and another video)
This morning we saw a video of a Nokia N98/E7/”N9″/N8-02 aka N8 with QWERTY clone. Another video popped up and along with that, a gallery of RM-626 clone. For 140USD you get: 3″ touch screen 15mm thickness Dual band 1.3mp camera that takes VGA photos -_- bluetooth rest of your generic clone features. Click to [...]
Nokia N8 due for release 31st August 2010 (from Play.com)
There’s been some rumours that the Nokia N8′s official release date (when you can buy it) will be August 25th (2010!). On play.com (which has listed the Nokia N8 on pre-order for a while at £449.99 unlocked . Note: It will be much cheaper up front of course on contract plan and pay and go. [...]
Video: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone
The RM-626 still does not have an official name (originally called N98, later N9, but also E7 and N8-02) and now there is a clone. The demo girl calls it the Nokia N98, showing off the Nseries branding (the series let alone the name is debatable in the RM-626) This is your usual dual-sim variety, [...]
Aava Virta 2 smartphone
The guys at Engadget managed to get a bit of hands on time with the new Aava Android/MeeGo dev platform. Being the loving fanboys that they are, they expressed their disappointment that MeeGo was shown running on the device as opposed to the almighty Android (end sarcasm). Obviously not a big departure from the previous [...]
Ovi Music Store, Ovi Music Unlimited, & New Nokia N8 Music Phone Features
When I first heard about this video I thought it was just a random Nokia advertisement because I have seen a very similar one to this one with the classic 5800, but Nokia seem to make music a important feature for the N8 with Ovi music Unlimited which “Comes with Music” in other countries. Nokia [...]
Eldar Murtazin's Official Statement on Nokia Situation
Eldar Murtazin Nokia’s favorite person on this planet right now is as you might now in trouble with Nokia about the supposed Nokia N8 prototype, which according to Nokia is in Eldar’s possession of course he strongly denide the claim from Nokia and after getting plenty of attention form the Tech media and bad media [...]
Mega 34 Question, 6800 word FAQ on the decisions behind the Nokia N8 Camera (30FPS 720p coming soon?)
I was just off out for lunch when I saw this mega post by Damien Dinning on Nokia Conversations detailing virtually every decision behind the N8 (from the frequently asked questions) in a 34 part question, including some photogrpahy tips from Damien. (Thanks again for the heads up marc!) Some interesting points again, won’t discuss [...]
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