Archive for December, 2010
Nokia N900 and Nokia 5530 in Google’s top 5 most searched consumer electronics 2010.
Mashable reported yesterday that from Google’s zeitgeist (report on most searched terms) that in the consumer electronics category, TWO of the top 5 were the Nokia N900 (5th) and Nokia 5530 (3rd). First place was the iPad, 2nd iPhone 4 and 4th was HTC Evo 4G. Not N8 huh? After all the fuss, leaks, drama, [...]
How To: Restoring Ovi Store on Nokia N8 (lost after Hard Reset)
Have you hard reset your Nokia N8? Did you happen to lose Ovi Store? Here are instructions as well as a how to video on how to get it back. Before you start, you’ll need: 1. Nokia Qt Package from wiki.forum.nokia (consist Nokia Qt 4.6 and Nokia Qt 4.7) 2. Nokia Qt SDK 3. USB [...]
Tweets Sent from Nokia N9 and Nokia N9 Widget?
I don’t know what this is about but Adnan sent in a screenshot from @SimonLR who’s twitter says he’s tweeting from Nokia N9 and Nokia N9 Widget. -WOW -I’m just going to leave this tweet here and see what happens -There’s home screen widgets – This keyboard is spacious -Ovi Store doesn’t work Simon’s friend, [...]
My Dream Nokia #7 – Nokia N8-01 Touch and Play
Dream Nokia #7 is sent in as a video by Iffan Morasilp from Thailand and is called the Nokia N8-01 Touch and Play. 3.7″ Gorilla Glass display 8MP Carl Zeiss 1080p recording and playback D-pad and gaming keys HDMI 4G Dolby Digital Plus It is N86 in design so I don’t know if they want [...]
Video: Poodle Loop with the New Nokia Music Loop App (Must have app! So much fun – get from the Ovi Store today)
On Monday there was supposed to be an all day event in London for the Nokia Loop App. That’s been postponed to January due to travelling difficulties. On the upside, we still get a chance to see the Loop app in action! And you can download and give it a go yourself! Record your voice. [...]
Nokia Releases Push API for Qt Environment
Juha Turunen emailed us to share info on the new Push Notifications API released by Nokia which is supported by the Qt Environment (For Symbian AND MeeGo). https://projects.forum.nokia.com/notificationsapi This means that from now on apps can receive notifications from the network eventhough they’re not running. This above other things saves on system resources and battery [...]
Nokia's MeeGo to have new UI Paradigm, break away from traditional like WP7; MeeGo will ship only when it is ready and AMAZING!
Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia SVP design speaks at Le Web conference about the new Nokia MeeGo UI. There’s also a Q&A and a little post interview video. In the Q&A when asked about when, and if better than iPhone, Marko says 2011, only when MeeGo and this supposed new paradigm or “pattern” in the UI is [...]
Incredible! Nokia N8 and USB bar code reader!
When I received this email about the Nokia N8 and barcodes I thought, “interesting – a new barcode reader app? I did just install one the other day, I wonder if it’s the same…is my pizza burning?” when the pictures loaded… Holy crap it’s an actual checkout style barcode scanner! How awesome is that?! According [...]
Nokia E7 on Amazon.com for 679 USD
Sanders emailed us at tips@mynokiablog.com to share that the Nokia E7 has been listed on Amazon.com. Unfortunately it is “Temporarily out of stock” i.e. not available for sale yet but should be within this month according to Nokia. It’s listed at a somewhat steep 679USD though hopefully that won’t be the actual price on sale. [...]
Video: Nokia Ovi Store Ad/demo from Nokia Israel
Here’s an advert/video demo for Nokia’s Ovi Store from Nokia Israel. It’s in Hebrew which I don’t understand but the translation of the description is as follows: Let’s see how you download applications from Ovi Store to your Nokia device. Ovi Store. Ovi Store is Nokia’s apps store offering you thousands of applications, content and [...]
Video: Nokia E5-00 advert from Nokia India
Here’s a TV Advert from Nokia India for the Nokia E5. It’s about being connected where-ever, no matter where you are and what you’re doing. I hope we don’t see the last of these portrait QWERTY candybar phones. I’d love something like the E5x MeeGo concept.
Official Skype App for Symbian^3 available! Nokia N8, C7, C6-01, E7
If you’re a Symbian^3 user and you go to Ovi Store for Skype, you’ll notice it says it’s not available for your phone. The folks at Skype have released an update to their Symbian app which means the newer Symbian^3 phones (N8, C7, C6-01) and E5 are now supported. It includes SILK, our high quality [...]
Three UK Confirms Nokia E7 coming early 2011 (may still appear 2010 in other channels)
In this video sneak peak, Three UK give an overview of the Nokia E7′s new features, crowning it somehow as the new smartphone flagship. In the video you’ll hear that Three expect the E7 to come to THEIR network early 2011. Nokia promised it will be available Dec 2010. So there’s still time for the [...]
Video: Nokia C5-03 Hands on
Here’s another rare hands on with the Nokia C5-03. Yes 03, not the C5-01 T9 candybar Push and unlock on screen (like X3-02. No slider switch it appears) Demo goes through several aspects of the phone: Kinetic scrolling Contacts Music Player Facebook app Old style keyboards Web Browser Ovi Maps Not bad. Like a slimmer, [...]
Official YouTube App available for Symbian^3
Kraistus from Finland has emailed us (tips@mynokiablog.com) with some screenshots of the new Symbian^3 YouTube App! Want it? Here are Kraistus’ instructions: Download instructions: 1. Use the phone’s native(!) WEB-browser, and go to: m.google.com (For example Opera Mobile won’t work, you won’t have the change to select Youtube) 2. You have to choose a language [...]
Nokia X7 leaked again
Oh what do we have here Eldar Murtazin has been leaking pictures of the Nokia X7 and this time in black, he has also promised a preview of the device in due time. Interestingly the X7 also has carrier branding in this case at&t. Find out after the break what Eldar has to say about [...]
Video: MeeGo handset UX on Joggler (and 17" MeeGo touch Display)
This video is from a few months back but we’ve not posted it here yet. It shows MeeGo Handset UI on Joggler. Joggler’s O2′s little touch screen device meant to organize you and your families’ lives. Or something like that. It works quite well and I can see how MeeGo would be better placed in [...]
Video: Transforming Smart House of the Future controlled by Nokia N8!
Man, these guys are taking the “It’s not technology, it’s what you do with it” motto to heart. Remember Pearl Harbour, N8 Stylie? What about Bluetooth Racing? OK Today let’s check out Smart House! Here the Nokia N8 controls none other than an internally transforming Smart House. Quite futuristic (though I’ve seen a few on [...]
Ovi Store reaches 3.5 Million Downloads a day! Up from 3M 3 weeks ago.
Word on the tweets: Ovi Store has reached another new record! Only 3 weeks ago we heard that they crossed the massive 3M/day download threshold. Now it’s up a further 16.7% to 3.5M/day. That’s 1.2775 billion a year if Ovi Store doesn’t grow any more (though we know this is just the beginning). Content, ringtones/themes [...]
Video: Pitch Black video recording with Nokia N8 and a Ring Light
Camera Guru extraordinaire Jan van der Meer has another great tip for N8 users (well all camera phone users in general). For extreme low light the Nokia N8 has a Xenon Flash. But what about video? There’s no LED light, and even if it was there they’re almost usually pants for anything other than shooting [...]
Video: TheTrainLine.com App for Symbian demoed on Nokia N8. Buy train tickets and check train times with ease!
Back in October we saw thetrainline.com advertising their application using the Nokia N8. This app has been available for download from Ovi Store for a few days now and let me tell you that it’s awesome! It is a really slick useful application for UK train travellers. You can check train times as well as [...]
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