Archive for June, 2011
Seeds of Destruction planted before Elop and OPK’s time
As CEO, Jorma Ollila (now Chairman of Nokia),was the guy responsible for steering Nokia to number 1, taking over the mighty Motorola. An interesting post over at hs.fi highlights how things started going wrong for Nokia. Mikko-Pekka Heikkinen has a rousing 4-part article that outlines the seeds of distruction planted at Nokia before both [...]
In less than a week, Nokia Connection to reveal ‘market disrupting device’?
Mark Guim from TheNokiaBlog has noticed that some folks are getting invites to the Nokia Connect event taking place in under a week, June 21st. http://www.nokiaconnection.net/event.php One of these include ITWire who says they have received an invite. Supposedly, “Nokia has promised a disruptive new device.” These folks reckon Nokia will be giving a live [...]
Nokia’s new Accessories Blog
CJ from ZOMGitsCJ has noticed that Nokia has launched a new blog, all about Nokia accessories. You can find it over at accessories.nokia.com – follow them on twitter @loudandgear The traditional route is still available, i.e. going to the accessories section at your regional Nokia website. Here’s one for Nokia UK. http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/accessories One thing intriguing [...]
#NokiaGulp…The World’s Largest Stop-Motion animation, shot on Nokia N8
So I’ve been teasing for a while on twitter about a mysterious Nokia event in UK… Well, here’s what’s really going on.
Graphene – strongest material ever tested – Nokia’s future super-material
I had, whilst more N9 rumours surfaced, an email two weeks ago about Nokia using a diamond like coating on their devices. This would provide super slim yet super strong protection for Nokia handsets. I didn’t get around to posting it at the time. Today at Nokia Conversations, they have a post called “Graphene [...]
Download Apps from Ovi Suite! Yes! Updated – Nokia Ovi Suite 3.1.1.40 Beta
Yesterday, Ovi Suite got an update that you can pick up over at Nokia Beta Labs. Apparently, it brings a MUUUCH awaited feature of app downloading from Ovi Suite. This would be really helpful for me as my current accommodation again is devoid of WiFi (from July onwards it won’t be so expect more frequent [...]
Large batch of new S40 phones coming?
A couple of days back we received a tip from Janimatik with a large list of UA profiles. Unfortunatly it isn’t a new batch of Symbian 3 phones, the pair of MeeGo phones or an early leak of the first Windows Phone. The list consists of S40 type variants, mainly the C2 and X2. These [...]
Nokia wins long-running patent dispute with Apple
Remember that long running saga between Apple and Nokia, with the latter suing Apple, only to be counter-sued and both companies asking for a cessation of importing of the infringing devices into the USA by appealing to the ITC? Well it seems that the two feuding companies have finally struck a deal involving a lump-sum [...]
Nokia working with Digia on new Nokia Conversations App
Nokia Conversations – Nokia’s official blog is working on a new app for their site – conversations.nokia.com. Digia, who have a long history with Nokia, will be developing it. See: http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/06/13/appstravaganza-working-on-wireframes/ At the moment, they’ve received some sketches and wireframes: Wireframes also to help us concentrate on functionality, rather than get sidetracked onto issues about [...]
Belle Style update for S40?
I got a tweet from @eveconnected to a blogpost about S40 getting Belle style UI. I think we’ve seen something like this before (though not posted – or was it just Belle/Anna icons?). This morning we posted about Belle on N8/E7, photoshopped/leak or whatever. You’ll note that the time is all identical. 2:18, as it [...]
Nokia T7 and Nokia 702T confirmed, TD-SCDMA N8 and E6
Back in April we learnt about some handsets named T7 and 702T (as well as some others). We’ve seem leaks of the T7 now and again though some thought this was a fake and a China clone of the Nokia N8 (minus Camera bump). Do you reckon this one runs Anna? Nokia Blog China confirms [...]
Nokia to be dethroned as number 1 smartphone manufacturer?
In December, Electronics Giant, Samsung was said to have been trying to oust Nokia from their top spot as number 1 manufacturer of phones world wide. The time frame for this? 3 years. Note, that Nokia has been number 1 since 1998 (12 years), toppling then Supreme Motorola (which would have all but disappeared were [...]
Nokia E6 in stock at Nokia UK
We’ve had an email from Carly Page who ‘blogs’ at somobile.co.uk (I think that’s an e-retailer? They’re got an interesting tariff finder, lets you choose minutes/text/data/contract length and price – no we’re not being paid to say this) to say that the Nokia E6-00 seems to be available for UK customers. The Nokia UK page [...]
Belle Menu on Nokia N8/E7
I know N8 and E7 users haven’t even got Anna yet to be looking too far ahead into Belle but more pics have appeared, this one a little clearer than before, showing Belle (or whatever B girl name) on the E7 and N8. There seems to be an odd use of Pure font for Menu [...]
30FPS video with continuous Autofocus coming to Nokia N8 specific update
Camera Guru of Nokia, Damien Dinning has been chatting to twitter folk about a new N8 specific update that will add 30FPS video with continuous autofocus. 30 FPS would mean slightly smoother videos, especially if you have faster action. Continuous autofocus means during video mode you can have very close up subjects or subjects further [...]
How to : Stream media to your PC through DLNA on your Symbian^3 device
You must have already seen the Qt “Play To” app by now, if not, read it here . In that post, we had a few puzzled users who didn’t know how to connect their device to a PC, some users suggested the highly acclaimed XBMC for streaming, but i always knew there were simpler ways, [...]
Video: 15 minute Nokia E6 unboxing and hands on with CJ and Vaibhav!
I didn’t want to post about another E6 hands on/unboxing so soon, but this one is special is not only because it’s in English, 15 minutes and the video is clear. BUT we get a special duo unboxing it for us. We have, with the left hand, Clinton Jeff from zomgitscj and Vaibhav Sharma (previously [...]
Video: Real Life Angry Birds!
You must have seen this video already as it’s become a Viral Video success again for T-Mobile. Filmed in Barcelona, we see angry birds played out in real life. You might have seen that done before now and again, but not really to this scale (or with the integration of phone use). It’s pretty cool! [...]
Video: Nokia X7 unboxing and the new style packaging!
On Thursday we got a sneak peek of the new Nokia packaging for the X7. Here we have a closer look at that new packaging with an unboxing from the folks at techblogGR. Unlike the usual flip boxes, we have one with a sliding sleeve that immediately reveals the device. It’s kinda Apple stylie as [...]
Video: 33 minutes showing differences between PR1.2 and PR2.0 (Symbian Anna) with two Nokia N8s.
Got 30 minutes? Why not check out a new video from Axel of blog-n8.fr showing the differences between PR1.2 and pr2.0 (Anna) looking at both side by side. We know already all the features, but I think it’s really helpful seeing a direct side by side comparison. It’s in French so unless you understand French [...]
Video: Nokia E6 hands on
Here is a the Anna rocking Nokia E6 (All X7/E6 come with Anna) hands on from arun8gb. It’s in English, and this preview was taken in Bangalore, hosted by Nokia India. The screen, even on video looks wonderfully sharp. VGA 640X480 on a 2.46″ display Check out the full specifications here Oh [...]
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