Archive for July, 2011
Leaked Screenshots and tour of Symbian Belle from Nokia 700 Zeta
A bunch of Symbian-Belle screenshots have appeared (taken presumably from a Nokia 700/RM-670) on a Romanian Nokia Blog (via zCJ). 1) BROWSER: 1) Looks similar to Anna. However look at the bar at the bottom. You now have persistent/quick access to bookmarks, back/forward button and tab/window switching. Hurrah! Those were the issues I noted [...]
Straight from the Elop’s Mouth
Was curious so I thought i’d try sending Elop an email. Used Stephen.Elop@nokia.com. To my surprise I received a reply answering my questions. Is it really the Nokia CEO or just a troll? I asked a few questions that i’ve seen asked by others and thought i’d put that rumour that’s been floating around across the internet [...]
Could/Should Nokia abandon Windows Phone and get back to MeeGo?
Ville Aho wrote a blog post with an intruiging title I’ve seen more as a demand than a question in our comments, Could Nokia abandon Windows Phone and go back to MeeGo? http://www.villeaho.com/2011/07/29/could-nokia-abandon-windows-phone-and-go-back-to-meego/ Essentially – Should Nokia Do it? Why should they do it? Can they do it even if they wanted to? Some questions [...]
Major update for fMobi facebook app to v1.2
The awesome Facebook App that is fMobi has got a Major update! To version 1.2 See the progress from other fmobi posts. The reason we’ll highlight this particular app very closely as it finally saves Nokia users from the dire Nokia Social app. Juuso Kosonen continues to put great effort into implementing more features and fixes with each subsequent update. [...]
Video: Groups in people hub on Windows Phone.
Here’s a feature I’m really looking forward to in Windows Phone – Groups. This goes beyond simply having contacts in a group that you can send mass text/emails. Within these groups you can see their latest status updates and photos from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (as well as hotmail and gmail [...]
Video: Batch 2 – Nokia Egypt Dual Sim ads.
Do you remember the first batch of adverts of Dual Sim Ads from Nokia Egypt? Continuing on with the ‘normal job’ folk and the humour (thanks folks who translated this for us) here are the next three ads. This is the Juice Guy. The Manicurist The Parking Manager. Videos by NokiaEgypt
Video: “Plonk/tidigare Mong” demoed on Nokia N950 #pong (and 20 minute hands on with MeeGo-Harmattan)
Shankey has found a game called “Plonk/tidigare Mong” demoed on the Nokia N950 MeeGo-Harmattan phone. I guess it’s like Pong/air hockey without a goal: two players involved with two ‘paddles’ with first to score 3 getting the point. This app apparently developed at the MeeGo Conference in San Francisco this year. It’s good that it [...]
Transformers: Dark Of The Moon available at Ovi Store ‘Now Optimized for Symbian’
Transformers: Dark of the moon seems to be available for Symbian. The description says, “Now Optimized for Symbian” and there’s one review currently from a Nokia C7. It’s a 46.24MB download from EA, priced at 4GBP. http://store.ovi.com/content/167696 Er, here’s a version for the iPhone. I’m not sure if they’re exactly the same, the screenshots suggest [...]
Video: Bright Sparks. Supported by Nokia
Using the Nokia N8, Nokia challenged 80 creative bright sparks around the world to create an advert in 48 hours for Global Angels, a charity for disadvantaged children across the world. These creatives are called Young Lions, and the competition is part of Cannes Lions 2011, a festival that celebrates creativity. As well as [...]
Video: SettingBar, Android/Belle-like Drop Down Status bar app for Symbian available at Ovi Store, demoed on Nokia E7
The developer of GoToMenu, @Dzybba, tweeted us about a new app called, “setting bar”. It actually looks like a pretty functional looking drop down status bar. Finally I can have the functionality of my N900′s status bar again. It’s the best looking one I’ve seen so far. Has animations to slide down. You can turn that [...]
Video: Blue/Cyan Nokia N9 hands on (in Thai)
Here’s another recent hands on with a blue/cyan Nokia N9 – just taken Thursday. Video is in Thai. update: I must have published the wrong edit as there is a bunch of text missing :S anyway still worth checking the video out How come nobody waits for the maps app to load? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5Uw76w_YCI Video [...]
Nokia and Snake on your iPhone
Are you an iOS user still nostalgic about your first ever Nokias? Well, here’s the classic SNAKE game – once the most widely distributed and played game in the world. You don’t just get the teeny tiny green blocky monochrome screen, you even get a choice of some classic Nokia handsets to play it on. [...]
Third clue for Code 19 in N9seconds appears in an hour. 2 still remain. M=15 Update: Finally solved. Only 1 remains!
I thought this competition would finish this week. Just when the clues for #N9Seconds started being solved minutes after release, the 19th code stumps for the longest period. In an hour (9PM BST), the THIRD clue will appear at twitter.com/nokia. Previous clues: http://mynokiablog.com/2011/07/27/last-but-one-clue-for-n9seconds-2-left-nokia-n9/ http://mynokiablog.com/2011/07/28/n9seconds-clue-elgamal-still-2-remaining/ The main thread: http://mynokiablog.com/2011/07/13/crack-some-codes-win-a-nokia-n9-competition-n9seconds/
Video: XBMC controller for Nokia N950/MeeGo-Harmattan done in 30 minutes.
I saw this story tweeted by a few folks last night (two I can remember being @SimonLR and @joaoluisc ). Basically within half an hour with the N950, milot has created a XBMC controller. http://milotshala.wordpress.com/2011/07/28/my-experience-with-nokia-n950/ It works a little like Nokia Big screen (well the controller part anyway) with the phone used for navigation [...]
Video: Nokia N9 low light video sample?
@Camb078 tweeted last night about possibly a low light video from the Nokia N9. The video is just labelled as that, there’s nothing to confirm it’s from N9. Listening to the audio, it doesn’t seem like it because the N9 records in stereo with proper left and right channel separation when recording. i.e. things moving [...]
Nokia RM-750 (Nokia 500/Fate) passes FCC.
This FCC approval sees the Nokia RM-750. Janimatik reckons it’s possibly the Nokia 500 (in the Uaprof I looked at showed every RM code except Nokia 500 -or I might have missed it.) The original four sisters were seen here . The Nokia 500 is possibly one of the newer 1GHz Symbian handsets as seen in Harangue’s [...]
Video: 10 minute hands on with Nokia N9 #MeeGo-Harmattan
Here is a recent hands on with the Nokia N9 – the date on the phone says July 26th. I think it’s in Portuguese. Love the colours on the screen. They just pop. And even at extreme angles the colours appear as if they’re printed. The thing that astounds me again and again is the [...]
Nokia World 2011 Speakers
The current speakers at Nokia World 2011 are as follows: 1) Stephen Elop. It’s his second Nokia World, appearing last year. But it’s his first time as CEO (he was technically ‘jobless’ as he mentioned last time. 2) Jo Harlow – EVP, Chief of smartphones. The N9 should already be available by October 26th. New [...]
4Squick Foursquare app updated.
4Squick – a super slick FourSquare app has been updated. Download 4squick version 0.7175 Major changes of v0.7175: App startup time is now faster than ever Public/private check-in Share check-in to Facebook and Twitter Leaderboard User profiles Multiple bug fixes and minor details here, there and everywhere
Nokia’s Jo Harlow 7th Most Influential Woman in Wireless.
Stephen Elop tweets in that Nokia’s chief of Smart Devices, Jo Harlow has been named as the 7th Most Influential Women in Wireless for 2011 by Fierce Wireless. http://www.fiercewireless.com/special-reports/2011-most-influential-women-wireless/7-jo-harlow-executive-vice-president-smart-devi FierceWireless notes that Harlow has been at Nokia since 2003. In 2009 she was put in charge of the smartphones unit and in 2010 was head [...]
Video: AntSnes for Meego running on Nokia N950 #MeeGo-Harmattan
Here’s some Nostalgia with AnsNses – a supernintendo emulator for MeeGo Harmattan (Nokia N950 in this case). I love Super Mario World – I don’t think I’ll ever tire of that game The emulator works with multitouch controls AND the QWERTY keyboard. Oh this is made with Qt I think. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzUzdp44hLk In case you [...]
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