Archive for June 29th, 2011

Nokia Play Updated – now with Xbox support – available at Nokia Beta Labs

Nokia Play Updated – now with Xbox support – available at Nokia Beta Labs

| June 29, 2011 | 11 Replies

Nokia Play has been updated! The new version of Nokia Play To includes Xbox support and many other small improvements here and there. http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-play-to   New in this release (29-Jun-11): Server support for Xbox (see More info -tab… Known issues) Video progress bar buffering indication Improved WLAN transmission throughput (may help making video streaming smooth) LG Blu-ray [...]

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Nokia C5-00 5MP, revamped C5.

Nokia C5-00 5MP, revamped C5.

| June 29, 2011 | 27 Replies

With all the news about the N9 and leaked Belle prototype units the news about an improved C5-00 has passed us by a bit. Nokia didn’t really make a whole load of fuss about it either since it was quitly launched through their press channel. However the way this new and improved C5 came into [...]

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Wowsers! Official Nokia N9 Sample photos [Preproduction N9] #MeeGo

Wowsers! Official Nokia N9 Sample photos [Preproduction N9] #MeeGo

| June 29, 2011 | 11 Replies

Yesterday we saw the first batch of Nokia N9 sample photos from engadget. Whilst Engadget were extremely pleased with N9 camera saying Nokia’s onto a winner, the overcast subject and possibly greasy lens (as N8 also looked bad to me) didn’t do it justice. General tip – clean the smudge off the camera before taking photos. [...]

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N9 only MeeGo device THIS Year. Echoes of the N9 and the “Nokia stamp” coming up in future Nokia Windows products? Swipe?

N9 only MeeGo device THIS Year. Echoes of the N9 and the “Nokia stamp” coming up in future Nokia Windows products? Swipe?

| June 29, 2011 | 60 Replies

    Ingrid Lunden (@ingridlunden) who writes on Moconews.net had some time with the Nokia N9. N9 reactions You can check out her very positive reaction here: http://moconews.net/article/419-a-first-look-at-the-nokia-n9-this-is-not-a-dead-end/ Ingrid is also an iPhone user, one of many who are enjoying the prospect of Nokia’s MeeGo-Harmattan N9 (http://mynokiablog.com/2011/06/27/nokia-n9-a-hit-with-apple-fans/) Flash on N9 Ingrid asked twitterfolks if we [...]

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The design of the MeeGo-Harmattan UI: A closer look

The design of the MeeGo-Harmattan UI: A closer look

| June 29, 2011 | 44 Replies

Just like we did with the original MeeGo handset UI deep dive back in June in last year, we’re back again with an up close and personal look at the user interface and usage paradigm running on the lovely N9. For the curious among us, Nokia have provided an extensive consumer facing page to demo [...]

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Video: Nokia N9 reactions from Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and The Philippines

Video: Nokia N9 reactions from Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and The Philippines

| June 29, 2011 | 17 Replies

Nokia has uploaded a video of reactions to their Nokia N9 from some prominent bloggers from Saudi Arabia, Vietnam and the Philippines. Abe Olandres (www.yugatech.com), Hiep Tran (www.tinhte.vn), Faisal Alsaif (he’s demoed the E7 and N8 for us a lot last year on YouTube), and Mark Macanas (www.techpinas.com). I could have represented Philippines too and [...]

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What is your ringtone? Questions on your ringtone habits.

What is your ringtone? Questions on your ringtone habits.

| June 29, 2011 | 60 Replies

The discussion over at a recent post on custom ringtones led me to want to ask you folks about your ringtone habits. What ringtone are you using? Do you use custom ringtones or just the default ones? Where do you get your custom ringtones from? (i.e.. do you download it from a service? Do you [...]

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Software Updates to Symbian S60 3.2 and 5.0 – Anna Browser and new Ovi Maps!

Software Updates to Symbian S60 3.2 and 5.0 – Anna Browser and new Ovi Maps!

| June 29, 2011 | 100 Replies

  Nokia Conversations have posted up that they’ll be releasing updates to several Symbian 3.2 and 5.0 handsets. These are the Symbian phones before Symbian^3 (of which remember, Anna update for August for current customers) http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/06/29/updates-to-symbian-3-2-and-5-0/ What will we be getting? Anna Browser Well, first and foremost, amazingly, we’re getting the new Symbian Anna web [...]

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Custom Ringtones in Windows Phone 7.1 Mango – Convoluted Mess or Creative approach to ‘new’ features?

Custom Ringtones in Windows Phone 7.1 Mango – Convoluted Mess or Creative approach to ‘new’ features?

| June 29, 2011 | 73 Replies

Nokia’s always had custom ringtones I’ve been using customizable ringtones since my 3310 allowed editable monophonic ringtones. Then we had a slew of polyphonic ringtones, finally the freedom of mp3 ringtones and even video ringtones – with any supported music/video file being usable as a ringtone. It’s just one of the slew of features that [...]

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Making apps for Nokia’s Next Billion – S40 – prize total worth up to €1,000,000 – win trip to Nokia World 2011

Making apps for Nokia’s Next Billion – S40 – prize total worth up to €1,000,000 – win trip to Nokia World 2011

| June 29, 2011 | 8 Replies

    Nokia has a new initiative/competition called “Create 4 millions” (though banner says Series 40 millions) S40 counts for over a third of Nokia’s 6 million daily downloads. Over 2 million – just with S40. There are two parts to this, a little bit like what we saw last year with the N8 make [...]

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UAProfiles of Nokia 500, 600, 700 and 701 (Fate, Cindy, Zeta and Helen) #Belle #Anna

UAProfiles of Nokia 500, 600, 700 and 701 (Fate, Cindy, Zeta and Helen) #Belle #Anna

| June 29, 2011 | 26 Replies

OK lets take another look at the Nokia 500, 600, 700 and 701 that we saw yesterday in one form or another. BTW, here’s what Zeta looks like (700) And Nokia 600 (Cindy) There were doubts that such handsets existed. Two have appeared in front of the camera with two left to show. Further confirmation [...]

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Nokia N9 browser HTML5 tests – score outperforming iPad 2, SGSII and some desktop browsers? p.s. NO flash.

Nokia N9 browser HTML5 tests – score outperforming iPad 2, SGSII and some desktop browsers? p.s. NO flash.

| June 29, 2011 | 47 Replies

MeeGo’s browser has a lot to live up to. Maemo 5′s MicroB was hands down the best browser of its time (and still wipes the floor with some, especially Symbian’s – yes including Anna). Nok Conv notes that Nokia were trying to create a mainstream browser that “doesn’t annoy”, working the way a user would [...]

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