Archive for April 29th, 2011

Video: Suuuperfast barcode scanner for S^3 – Even works EDoF and old S60 – demoed on Nokia N8/E7/N95

Video: Suuuperfast barcode scanner for S^3 – Even works EDoF and old S60 – demoed on Nokia N8/E7/N95

| April 29, 2011 | 22 Replies

Barcode scanners – nifty little things if you can bother to open the app other than that gimmicky inspired moment when you try it out to see if it actually works. You need to get it in focus though to get the image right. That takes time for the focusing to get it perfect. Some [...]

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Free Nokia Astound! (With contract, T-Mobile USA)

Free Nokia Astound! (With contract, T-Mobile USA)

| April 29, 2011 | 14 Replies

Deaconclgi sends this in. I’m not sure about where you are but in the UK, free phones on contract are quite the norm, though in the US, less so. I always furrow my eyebrows when seeing “Phone X for $100 OR $50″ when it’s tied to a contract and thus usual for that to be [...]

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Convert your iOS apps to WP7 with iPhone to Windows Phone Porting tool from Microsoft.

Convert your iOS apps to WP7 with iPhone to Windows Phone Porting tool from Microsoft.

| April 29, 2011 | 19 Replies

Are you an iPhone developer? Want to expand your horizons beyond the app store? Microsoft want you to check out their Windows Phone platform (and for the good health of Nokia, that would be cool to see that happen) Well Microsoft have launched an iOS/iPhone to Windows Phone 7 mapping tool, helping devs translate apps [...]

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CNN using Ovi Maps 3D for Royal Wedding tour

CNN using Ovi Maps 3D for Royal Wedding tour

| April 29, 2011 | 6 Replies

So. Royal Wedding huh? Here’s something cool and Nokia related again. CNN using the brand new Ovi Maps 3D to showcase the route of the Royal Wedding in London. The video is quite blurry so you can’t appreciate the photorealism of the maps. They’re really good. I’m not sure if this CNN connection has anything [...]

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Video: Nokia N95, Snake and other classic Nokias remembered in Vodafone’s Android Advert

Video: Nokia N95, Snake and other classic Nokias remembered in Vodafone’s Android Advert

| April 29, 2011 | 12 Replies

Here’s a pretty cool advert from Vodafone. It’s actually an Android one but it’s got a lot of Nokia History in it. The great phones of our time are commemorated and of course the N95 took its place. The video is pretty cool. Supposedly some 3D projection thing where actual phones from the past are [...]

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