Archive for June 21st, 2011

Qt’s future for Nokia: Bringing apps to the next billion. Qt for S40?

Qt’s future for Nokia: Bringing apps to the next billion. Qt for S40?

| June 21, 2011 | 35 Replies

Amidst the excitement over the Nokia N9, one thing overlooked was the possibility of Qt on S40 – or the Next Billion. Whilst never explicitly mentioned as such, it suggests that might be the way forward for Qt and S40. Over at the Qt Blog they have a post about Qt being a core component [...]

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Video: Nokia N9 video sample (and Damien Dinning talks about the N9 Camera) #imagingdoneright

Video: Nokia N9 video sample (and Damien Dinning talks about the N9 Camera) #imagingdoneright

| June 21, 2011 | 37 Replies

Markk117 found what appears to be a video sample from the newly announced Nokia N9. This records 720p video at 30FPS with stereo audio recording. Why not 1080p? Possibly a variety of reasons. I think Nokia may be reserving this for the N8 successor.   As you know, Nokia’s Imaging Guru, Damien Dinning is a stickler [...]

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Nokia World 2011 in London October 26-27! #NokiaWorld

Nokia World 2011 in London October 26-27! #NokiaWorld

| June 21, 2011 | 33 Replies

With one major Nokia event over, a new one has been set. We’ve known for a while that Nokia World 2011 was in London and in October, but not really the precise dates. So pencil this in your diary, Wednesday October 26 and Thursday October 27 (possibly October 25 to arrive and October 28 to [...]

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Pic: The official Nokia N950

Pic: The official Nokia N950

| June 21, 2011 | 40 Replies

We’ve seen the same photos of the Nokia N9 (Dali) Silver QWERTY slider for quite a while, never knowing if that will ever see the light of day. Today it’s officially the developer handset and images are now surfacing. twitpic by @wildlime Cheers Jens Update: Here’s a video of the N950 in a case (like [...]

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Video: Ad – Experience Nokia N9 – Swipeygoodness

Video: Ad – Experience Nokia N9 – Swipeygoodness

| June 21, 2011 | 20 Replies

Have you seen this video yet? Seems like a Nokia N9 advert – experience the N9, inspired the gesture swipe movements. This one below is the official N9 video on Nokia’s youtube http://www.youtube.com/nokia#p/u/0/gfE3B6L-Otw Cheers stylinred

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Video collection: Every single Nokia N9 show floor hands on

Video collection: Every single Nokia N9 show floor hands on

| June 21, 2011 | 70 Replies

  So we’ve seen the official hands on from the Nokia staff, let’s check it out demoed on the show floor. Just in case you haven’t seen enough video of the Nokia N9 (I mean, it’s only day 1) let’s gorge ourselves with Nokia N9 Hands on videos From HardwareZonePH From flashfly From tinhtevideo – [...]

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Video: Pink Blue and Black Nokia N9 hands on with Jussi Mäkinen (update +4 more videos)

Video: Pink Blue and Black Nokia N9 hands on with Jussi Mäkinen (update +4 more videos)

| June 21, 2011 | 60 Replies

We first saw Jussi Mäkinen when he demoed the awesome Nokia N900. Here he is again with not one, not two but THREE Nokia N9′s in all flavours, blue, pink and black. He gives us a direct hands on of the devices giving a tour of the main features. App and left swipe from app [...]

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Accessories: Nokia Play 360 NFC bluetooth speakers (as seen in Nokia N9 demo)

Accessories: Nokia Play 360 NFC bluetooth speakers (as seen in Nokia N9 demo)

| June 21, 2011 | 8 Replies

The Nokia Play 360 is no ordinary speaker. It’s a portable bluetooth speaker that you can plug in with the uual 3.5mm cables, BUT it is also NFC enabled. We saw this demoed today in the Nokia N9 presentaion. Just tap to pair up to the NFC bluetooth device. Even cooler – pair up two [...]

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MeeGo Nokia N950 Specs -Aluminium Body, 12MP, 4″ TFT, Slide QWERTY for developers

MeeGo Nokia N950 Specs -Aluminium Body, 12MP, 4″ TFT, Slide QWERTY for developers

| June 21, 2011 | 49 Replies

So today we heard about the Nokia N9, what about the Nokia N950? The N950 is the handset for developers, with limited availability. It is not a commercial device and comes without warranty. N950 Specs (N9 specs) Same ‘hardware components’ twitter says n9 was ARM Cortex-A8 OMAP3630 1GHz, PowerVR SGX530 with 1GB RAM 4″ TFT [...]

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So the N9 is out – will you be getting one?

So the N9 is out – will you be getting one?

| June 21, 2011 | 78 Replies

Just a quick poll for the readers out there. Now that you’ve seen the N9 in all its polycarbonate and glass glory, the all important question remains; will you get one!?! 

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Video: Nokia N9 Hands on (from Marko) +N9 Design

Video: Nokia N9 Hands on (from Marko) +N9 Design

| June 21, 2011 | 28 Replies

In case you missed the livestream (though you can watch it again) folks are starting to upload the N9 demo portion (from Nokia’s Marko Ahtisaari). It’s really worth taking another look at how great the UI is on the N9. That is as modern if not more so than competitors. Loving the intelligent swipe gestures. [...]

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Gallery: Nokia N9 UI screenshots

Gallery: Nokia N9 UI screenshots

| June 21, 2011 | 37 Replies

  The bulk of Nokia N9 information can be seen at the post about its official announcement. Here I wanted to take a closer look at MeeGo Harmattan 1.2 with these screenshots taken from the N9 UX guidelines. Note, a very important part we won’t get from looking at screenshots is the fluidity/motion/gestures that enhance [...]

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Nokia Connection 2011 Round-up

Nokia Connection 2011 Round-up

| June 21, 2011 | 21 Replies

With a ton of hype surrounding the build-up Nokia Connection in Singapore 2011 got underway only a few minutes after the scheduled date. Starting with a view statistics on the significance of the South-East Asia and Pacific region both in terms of population but in terms of market penetration of mobile devices. After this brief [...]

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Nokia N9 officially announced! (Updated with video and specifications)

Nokia N9 officially announced! (Updated with video and specifications)

| June 21, 2011 | 139 Replies

Stream is live. Marko Ahtisaari on stage.   Multitask N9 TEAR – Machined from single polycarbonate – extremely good reception unlike competitors where you have to hold it a special way (his words:p) 16:9 8MP Carl Zeiss widescreen sensor with f2.2 unusually large aperture, 720p 30fps stereo audio recording ALL N9 info here http://swipe.nokia.com/ Innovations [...]

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10 new Symbian Devices over next 12 months, Anna in July/August

10 new Symbian Devices over next 12 months, Anna in July/August

| June 21, 2011 | 41 Replies

At Nokia Connection Elop noted that there’ll be 10 new Symbian devices over the next 12 months. In addition, Symbian Anna will come to existing users in August (and to newly purchased S^3 in July) The stream is still live, watch it and discuss that over here

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Watch the livestream of #NokiaCnxn (Nokia Connection in 20 minutes?)

Watch the livestream of #NokiaCnxn (Nokia Connection in 20 minutes?)

| June 21, 2011 | 72 Replies

Nokia Connection starts in less than half an hour (or should do). Did you stay awake for it? If you, you might want to watch the livestreams. Try this link or this link or this link It’s live: 02:48 03:00 it’s started 03:05 Elop on stage. Talking about WP. Increased confidence to launch device later [...]

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MeeGo device incoming- but what does it mean?

MeeGo device incoming- but what does it mean?

| June 21, 2011 | 29 Replies

We’ve already seen some pretty impressive looking renders/press photos of a device that Nokia may be set to announced or at least tease at Nokia Con tomorrow but the question hanging over this device is why? Now quite a few of our readers are, or at least were in my case, hoping that this would [...]

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