Archive for April, 2011
ITC Staff Recommends Siding With Nokia, (& HTC) in Apple Case
Are you paying attention to the Apple-Nokia patent wars? Confused slightly? Do you care? If you do, bloomberg reports that ITC Staff recommends siding with Nokia, that Nokia are not infringing on Apple patents. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-18/itc-staff-recommends-siding-with-nokia-htc-in-apple-patent-case.html This is different to Nokia’s suing of Apple, for which they have filed a second ITC complaint after Apple some [...]
Gallery: Leaked: Nokia C2-06 Dual Sim Touch and Type Slider
Thanks to Ovi Maps 3D, half an hour just disappeared exploring the new 3D cities, and then jumping down to the streetview. I’ve only been to London and then a brief visit to Finland. There’s soo much to look at. I haven’t been this excited about Nokia things in a long while. Enough about that, [...]
Ovi Maps 3D – a whole lotta wow
You remember that 3D mapping stuff we saw examples of WAY, back showing off some pretty cool implications for the future of maps under Nokia and Navteq’s tutelage?? Well Nokia have made good on that promise, announcing their Ovi Maps 3D beta for browsers everywhere. Imagine Google maps 3D on steroids and you should have [...]
Video: 3D User Interface by iXonos for MeeGo #Qt (demoed on N900 and S10-3t)
@Nokia_Fan tweeted: just WOW: http://bit.ly/fpafeH #3D user interface on #MeeGo It reminds me somewhat of bumptop. That 3D desktop interface where your desktop actually feels more like your actual computer desktop. It looks good. Is it practical though? I want to pinch and pull those piles apart. And have somewhat faster, more natural looking animations. [...]
Video: Nokia N8 film from Finnish Snowboarding Championships. WOW
Nearly two weeks ago, we posted about the Nokia N8 supposedly taking over TV cameras and filming the Finnish Snowboarding championships. Check out the result here. The video is from vimeo but I can’t work out how to get the right embed code/user name for this particular video. http://sm2011.flatlightfilms.com/ By heck…it looks amazing! Love that [...]
Steve Litchfield talks pros and cons of EDoF (and EDoF vs AutoFocus)
Back in November, Damien Dinning – Imaging Guru at Nokia, tried to inform us what EDoF is all about. http://mynokiablog.com/2010/11/23/damien-dinning-dispels-the-myth-and-misconceptions-behind-full-focus-cameras-c7-e7/ Since then, there’s still criticism in the blogosphere about EDoF. (Note though: The intended user base for EDoF might just be the folks who whip out the cam and snap. Not so much the photography [...]
Video: A phone that takes professional shots, HTC? I think that’s the Nokia N8. #16MPmeh
“Have you ever noticed that camera phones are great at capturing spontaneous moments? But not great at capturing them perfectly? They do now. With a 16 Megapixel camera and TWO LED flashes, even a phone can give you professional shots”. pocketnowvideo VIA POCKETNOW This is the audio for this supposed HTC video. I don’t [...]
Pic: A new Nokia again? Symbian, MeeGo or Windows Phone?
Ah, cappuccino art. What better way to start the day than with arty coffee. This photo above comes courtesy of dear Eldar. It was getting some attention on my twitterfeed, RT by Andre/Camb078/MickyFin/_Nexus etc. UPDATE: It’s an acer iconia smart says momchil. No, its not their passion for cocoa powder horses. It’s this thing [...]
Nokia’s Push email service threatened in India?
On the back of the Indian government (and a few others), threatening to ban RIM’s Blackberry email service on the grounds that the emails could not be adequately screened, the Indian government is leveling a similar accusation at Nokia. While it’s easy to understand the Indian governments concern with protecting the populace but the level [...]
Video: Nokia E7 unboxing from unboxings.com
If there’s an unboxing to be done, there’s unboxings.com with leodee. Today he unboxes the Nokia E7. As typical of all unboxings and tours of the Nokia E7, hardware is much loved (I agree, all except the EDoF, not autofocus as video says) though software not so much.( Hopefully it will change in the summer/fall [...]
Stephen Elop caught using Nokia Windows Phone Concept Device?
The render above was leaked on February 11th at Engadget, but was soon seen officially at Nokia Conversations. Jo Harlow acknowledged the leaked images, presented a higher res one and noted that these are what Nokia’s working on. Today Timo Raikonen was apparently sat next to Stephen Elop during a hockey match. Not heard of [...]
Old (even broken) Eseries for an unlocked Nokia E7? Too good to be true
Did you know about a blogpost at Nokia’s South Africa blog, NokiaRingaz where the first 100 people to come to the store with an OLD Nokia Eseries will get the new Nokia E7. For free. Your old Eseries doesn’t even have to work. Yeah that’s right, the one you might have dropped in the toilet [...]
Windows Phone 7 certified Memory cards available. -_- certified? wtf?
In the above picture, you can see a Windows Phone certified MicroSD card. For $32. W.T.F. ? Nokia smartphone users are generally accustomed to expandable memory (for majority of their smartphone handsets at least). One of the things we have taken for granted is the fact that we can take out one card, maybe put [...]
Qt Pano Apps: Nokia Panorama Updated. Try with Pano Wallpaper. Both free at Ovi Store
Fahoum has tipped that a new version of Nokia Panorama is available at Ovi Store. “there is a new version of “nokia panorama” app, you can find it in the ovi store. it updates from version 2.0 to 2.05. havent found any major differece but it works ok, still a bit unstable thou…” http://store.ovi.com/content/112209 The [...]
LG to make MeeGo handsets.
I’m sure some of you guys have tipped us this story before, I’m not sure if we got around to posting it. Love child of Intel and Nokia, MeeGo was swifty abandoned in the eyes of the media as Nokia took Microsoft as its new Mistress and planned to take on Windows Phone. Of course, [...]
Video:The most accurate indoor positioning technology….in the world. Starring Nokia N8
We’ve seen Nokia present Indoor positioning before. Here’s a new video showing their take on indoor positioning. “High Accuracy Indoor Positioning. The most accurate indoor positioning technology….in the world! Note those positioning beacons that with your Nokia, result in a 30cm accuracy – “targeted services and routing right up to the shelf”. It’s possible also [...]
Rebuilding Nokia from Within
There’s a nice little read over at FT.COM, tweeted by @benwood. It’s written by Andrew Hill who discusses restructuring of policies and actions going on internally at Nokia. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/9ec857b6-65f7-11e0-9d40-00144feab49a.html#axzz1JTfUGH6Y A month ago in an interview, Nokia’s CEO, Stephen Elop said, “We are moving at a speed that is unparalleled for our company and I [...]
Video: Software Update for Portrait Swype demoed on Nokia Astound
Finally it’s here! Portrait SWYPE on Symbian^3. I love swype on the N8, but because it was not intended for two handed use (one to hold steady, the other to be a stylus) I uninstalled it and got along quite well with the default landscape QWERTY (two thumbed use!). Portrait Swype is just what swype [...]
Nokia T1 leaked? hmm…
@UGN999 sends this picture in of what claims to be a T1 handset. Possibly along the lines of the Tseries, such as the possibly T7 both for China’s TD-SCDMA. The screen is so tiny. None of the 1-level phones have a screen this small, e.g. C1, X1. It’s more like the old Nokia 1208, though [...]
Angry Birds updated again – Easter Version
The folks at Rovio keep on going, with another updated version of their hit game, Angry Birds. The new update comes with an Easter/Spring theme and a few new levels, get to downloading people! Follow the following link or hit the search button in your respective Ovi Store clients.
Grid Touch 1.5 gets Qt Treatment. Free at Ovi Store.
@kraistus84 sends in this tip that’s ready for publishing: Remember grid Touch? It has now been given the Qt treatment . I know y’all are crazy for some Qt apps, so here’s a great replacement for the native Symbian menu system. Some of might remember an app called Grid Touch. Well, now the boys at [...]
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