Archive for March, 2011
Video: Nokia Sleeping Screen from Nokia Beta Labs/Nokia Research Center #N8 #C6-01 #E7 #C7
One of the really nice features in Symbian^3 is the AMOLED screen can always show the time even when the screen is locked (or you can have some other screensaver). I find this incredibly useful – when checking the time, I can just glance without unlocking. It will also show any notifications, like missed call [...]
Video: MeeGo Phone UX 1.2 (1.1.99 DE release) on Nokia N900
Last year we were so excited about the potential of MeeGo. Demoes looked good given the time frame and we were hoping for a MeeGo Phone release at Nokia World 2010 that would signify the come back of Nokia. Lateness of the N8 meant that instead Symbian^3 became the star. MeeGo was pushed aside for [...]
Video: Microsoft’s 234″ Touch Screen Windows Phone 7 Mango update demo
Not sure if you’ve seen this yet but here’s Microsoft’s 234″ touch screen demo of the Mango Update for Windows Phone 7. It’s interesting that at the very most, you can only interact with half the screen. Still cool though. The Metro Themed presentation was designed by Stereolize: A new touchscreen interface by stereolize. Since [...]
Nokia extends the warranty of purchased devices to two years in Australia
This may seem like a rather insignificant matter to quite a few of you that neither use and/or have become accustomed to warranties lasting for the full length of the life of your device. In countries like the US, Singapore and formally Australia, unfortunately, the default warranty available was 12months with an extra year available [...]
Windows Phone 7: A year on – less of a failure than you think.
The folks at Windows Phone Developer Blog have been kind enough to put together a list of all the significant number, statistics and observations made since Microsoft’s announcements MIX 2010 concerning the Windows Phone 7 application development framework and tools. Quite a bit of it is surprising to me especially with so much talk about [...]
Video: Nokia N8 controlled AR Drone – QuadroCopter app available at Ovi Store!
We’ve seen the AR drone being controlled by the Nokia N900. Now you can control your Symbian^3 powered device, complete with camera feedback from the quadrocopter back to your, say, Nokia N8. The app is available at Ovi Store, but of course, you would need to get a compatible QuadroCopter first too :p http://store.ovi.com/content/109585 Longer [...]
Video: New, slick, v different twitter client “Different Tack” free at Ovi Store
Check this out, it’s a very unique and different twitter client. It has a very interesting UI, good use of animations, lending to an experience which is very polished. I don’t know if it’s the most efficient twitter client but it’s definitely a lot of fun. It’s called Different Tack, by FluidInteraction. What a perfect [...]
Video: Burning Tires 3D (racing game) on Nokia N8 available at Ovi Store
Camb078 has a couple of demo videos on show. For this post, we see a fun 3D racing game called Burning Tires 3D on his Nokia N8, by FISHLABS (makers of Galaxy On Fire) Get it from Nokia’s Ovi Store http://store.ovi.com/content/109600 Pick a giant off-road vehicle with up to 1000 HP and careen at break-neck [...]
Video: PhoneArena’s Nokia Astound review – for $79.99 on contract, you really can’t knock on the Nokia Astound.
ThePhoneArena folks review the Nokia Astound (aka C7). It’s a pretty good review, covering a broad range of points including the often missed call quality/reception/battery life. The review is on the whole positive except for the web browsing experience which I cannot defend. Thank goodness for Opera Mobile 11. One solidly built handset all around. [...]
Video: MobileBurn’s Nokia E7 video review. Absolutely beautiful hardware – marred by OS that doesn’t know how to work with humans
E7 reviews are starting to pour in. This time, Michael Oryl from MobileBurn (and AndroidAuthority) reviews the Nokia E7 (in a two part HD video review). Display – good blacks, good colours, unfortunately autodimming display (is a little over zealous and you hardly see what the E7′s display can do). Recording outside – really nice [...]
quickLang: Change writing language with a gesture available at Ovi Store demoed on Nokia N8
Every now and again we receive emails from you guys that are ready for publishing. Fahoum has emailed us his review of a gesture based application that allows you to quickly change the writing language on your phone without going through menus. This app is called quickLang and you can get it from Ovi Store. [...]
Nokia E6-00 – the most detailed leak ever – Videos and Pics inside!
The Nokia E6-00, which was leaked a number of times already, has now landed in the hands of a user named Quick99 over at NokioTeca forums, and it has got a nice photo/video treatment from him ! We already knew/figured out it’s specs which include : A VGA capacitive (or resistive ??) touch screen ( [...]
Nokia files second ITC complaint against Apple
Not one to back down, Nokia has filed a second ITC complaint against Apple. In Apple’s accusations of Nokia infringing Apple Patents, ITC sided with Nokia saying Nokia did not infringe any of Apple’s patents. Similarly, with Nokia’s accusations of Apple, this led to ITC siding with Apple. Apple – amongst other things, somehow bypassing [...]
Windows Phone to eclipse Symbian, iOS, Blackberry by 2015 as second biggest mobile OS behind Android.
IT Market and Reasearch Analysis firm IDC have made some bold predictions that say Windows Phone could become the second biggest mobile OS by 2015. Looking at the table above, this would be a direct swap from Symbian’s supposed 20.9% Market share (for 2011) to Windows Phone, with 20.9% in 2015. Now I don’t know [...]
Video: Qt Facebook client Kasvopus v0.9.4 for Symbian, Maemo and MeeGo
Before I head on out, here’s a demo of the updated Kasvopus Qt Facebook app by Tommi Laukkanen, introducing photo albums and improved user walls. Get it from: http://kasvopus.substanceofcode.com/ UPDATE: Tommi true to form, has already got Kasvopus 0.9.5 (cheers Ma_t14)
Video: MobileTechReview’s Nokia E7 review: Gorgeous hardware – can’t beat it. Symbian^3 not terrible experience but not top notch.
The respected Lisa from MobileTechReview reviews the Nokia E7. 4″ AMOLED display, very bright and colourful, quite sharp. Resolution (nHD) highest for Nokia. Not gonna beat higher end phones on market like iPhone 4 and high end Androids- but for Nokia, that’s pretty much where they top out for phones (N900? And only iPhone 4 [...]
Qt Quick Shopping List App updated to v1.1
The Qt Shopping List App v1.0 has been updated to v1.1 which has I think list sorting and now landscape orientation. Get it from https://projects.forum.nokia.com/ShoppingList As previously said there are loads of other shopping list apps at Ovi Store if this one doesn’t take your fancy. Cheers to Mihai Mascas for the tip. I think [...]
My Dream Nokia #22: Symbian^3 Nokia Phone Concept
My Dream Nokia #22 comes from shihuzaan who brings a new concept: the N18 featuring: Symbian^3 Dual-core 1Ghz , PowerVR SGX540 GPU 512 RAM 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches Gorilla Glass display (CBD AMOLED) 3.5mm jack internal 16 GB, external 64 GB 8mp Carl Zeiss (autofocus), 1/1.83” sensor size, ND filter, geo-tagging, face detection [...]
Video: Success is what you make it – get $10,000 to achieve YOUR success story.
There’s an ongoing campaign for the Nokia E7 called, “success is what you make it”. I received an email from awesome Katie (WOMWorld) who has given us a 24h preview of a video that will appear over at Nokia’s youtube channel. Along with this video, YOU can get up to $10,000 enable you to achieve [...]
YouTube Downloader – Free At Ovi Store for Nokia N8 (Symbian^3)
Kraistus emailed us a tip and some screenshots of a very useful app called “YouTube Downloader” from the infamous picoBrothers. This lets you download YouTube videos up to 720p if that’s available so you can play it back any time at your convenience. http://store.ovi.com/content/109923 Download YouTube videos to your mobile phone with this handy little [...]
Mobile Payments, NFC and the future of money
NFC or near-field communications is a relatively new, wireless technology that is being slowly implemented into the mobile sphere much like Bluetooth and GPS before it. Much like Bluetooth, it operates over relatively short ranges to transmit relatively small bursts of data. However, unlike Bluetooth it can interact with passive, unpowered objects in much the [...]
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