Archive for July, 2011
Symbian Belle Nokia 700 Zeta, RM-670 passes FCC.
Remember the Nokia 700? RM-670 Aka Zeta? Some thought they were fake until pictures surfaced and details appeared on Nokia.com. We know it’s Symbian Belle as it rocks the newer 7.4 browser. Now it appears that the RM-670 has passed FCC. https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports… Bands confirm what we previously saw: (GSM850/900/1800/1900 and WCDMA Band I/II(1900)/IV(1700)/V(850)/VIII) mobile phone [...]
Anna Browser vs Vanilla S^3: 7.3 vs 7.2
For the weekend reading we can go check out AllAboutSymbian’s feature on the new Anna browser, comparing speed differences between 7.3 and 7.2 (in vanilla). http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/13103_How_much_faster_is_the_Symbian.php In this isntance Rafe Blanford is comparing C7 with X7 with default browser over 4Mbps ADSL connection. The core internals relevant to testing are identical in C7 and X7. [...]
Advert: Nokia X7 Advert sees return of keyboard cat!
Remember that epic C7 advert that featured keyboard cat? That kitty is back with friends on the X7. Viral dramatic prairie dog is there too, as is an epic slice of fruit ninja and Angry Birds. Good advert. Good direct use of phone to fill all the time. For flagships though, I’d expect ads [...]
My Dream Nokia #29: Nokia HG-1, hour-glass design with transparent screen #Maemo #Android #Concept
My Dream Nokia #29 comes from Conny Larsson who said, “ I think Nokia needs something radical in their portfolio and in one of those moments I thought up this. ” Presenting, the Nokia HG-1 It is a pretty ‘out-there’. On profile it has the shape of an hour glass, thicker at the top and bottom with [...]
Nokia Top Brand in the Philippines (Google, Apple, not in top 10)
According to yugatech, a blog in the Philippines, a survey by Nielsen ad Campaign showed that amongst the top brands in the Philippines, Nokia was in the top 10. This was across all brands, not only technology. And when I said top 10, I mean right at the very top. Number 1! Yugtech cites [...]
Symbian Belle again on E7?
These two images are apparently Symbian Belle on the E7. It looks a lot like Windows Phone lock screen. If by look like we mean wallpaper, clock, date, status bar and notifications (arguably generic – MeeGo Harmattan may be a better comparison – though I do love what they did with notifications on lock screen.). [...]
Nokia N9 disassembled. Instructions inside service manual.
@SimonLR tweeted that he’d put up the N9 manual online. I must have misread it as he’s put up the service manual on his blog (KnowNokia)/dropbox http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4815558/Nokia_N9_RM-696_Service_Manual_L1L2_v1.0.pdf Check out the guts of glory inside! I love exploded view! Enter from the size to unlock. Then all access is underneath the screen. The screen [...]
Pink N8 spotted in Pixie Lott’s new music video
Crisscross spotted a pink Nokia N8 in Pixie Lott’s new music video for her song, All About Symbian. No that’s a lie :p, the song is “All About Tonight”. I think it makes about two appearances. Pixie Lott is quite a big artist in the UK, with a couple of number 1 songs and several [...]
Video: Nokia N950 720p Video Sample – Under Water (and handset comparison)
So zejotkah is testing out the video capabilities of his dev kit Nokia N950 and what better place to put it of course than in a pool. Say what? I’m not sure if he’s put a case around it (most likely) which would deteriorate quality (though youtube has a knack for upping contrast and making [...]
Videos: Powered by Qt, Growing with Nokia. Foursquare, Futurice, AccuWeather, CNN App… #QML
Saw a foursquare video at nokiadevforum and there were a bunch of other neat developer stories (of using Qt) so I thought I’d lump this all in to one post. Foursquare Foursquare co-founder — and long-time Nokia fan — Naveen Selvadurai discusses the latest versions of the foursquare app for Nokia phones from Series [...]
Video: Introducing Symbian Anna.
Wasn’t sure there was a need to post this hence why it’s appearing a little late. Kurt from Nokia(Australia) talking about Symbian Anna. Availability to existing consumers, ‘around about Q3′. Holy moly, they demo Nokia Social and show off its lagtastic scrolling. WHY!?!?!?! Via DailyMobile, SymbianTweet
Microsoft aims to sell 100 Million Windows Phones per year.
I think this was something running for a couple of days around Windows Phone blogs and other tech blogs. The snippet and soundbite is the target for 100M Windows Phone sales per YEAR. “We have dreams and aspirations that we can get to 100 million units per year with that single deal.” Note. [...]
Ovi Store Updated to 2.12.033?
@milanjakob, virish01 and stylinred have mentioned that their Ovi Store has been updated to v2.12.033. No one knows what the update does it seems. My N8 doesn’t see any updates at the moment (at least, what I’m expecting is an update request before start up of Ovi Store, as with previous occasions) Have you seen [...]
Preview: eCoach for MeeGo – #sportstracker
@VDVsx, Mobile software developer working at MeeGo Devices, tweeted us an upcoming app on MeeGo called eCoach (previously available since Maemo 4). This is a sports tracker type app. They’re created by Sampo Savola and you can see the screenshots on his flickr page. Looks sleek huh? Choose your work out: Review workouts. [...]
Eternal Legacy HD available at Ovi Store. 300MB!
We haven’t seen a ‘HD’ game in a while, a great refreshing restart is “Eternal Legacy”, a massive 300MB adventure game. http://store.ovi.com/content/151091 Enter a huge world made of cinematic 3D environments in this intense role-playing game. As Astrian, you must save Algoad from destruction and restore the living bond between humans and nature. Enjoy dozens [...]
Be one of 30 to Test Drive then Keep (yes, Keep) a Nokia N9 if you’re Swedish enough!
This morning, @SimonLR was tweeting something about N9 and Sweden… Any of my Nokia-related followers, speak Swedish and want an N9? He also twitpic’d what is supposed to be the Nokia N9 Sweden team. Wow. Ok, to explain the connection, Vaibhav from TheHandheldBog notes that Nokia Sweden (you’ll see their pic on that page) are calling [...]
Download spotify for Symbian – available at Ovi Store
Spotify app has been around for quite a while on Ovi Store but I thought I’d highlight it again now that it’s coming to the US (and of course, there’s a huuge user base of Symbian users there). http://store.ovi.com/content/31703 Spotify is a music service that lets you access over 15 million tracks. You just download [...]
Nokia RM-755, X3-02.5 passes FCC
Aikon171 has spotted a new FCC approval. A Nokia X3-02.5, or RM-775. https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/ The X3-02 is a touch and type S40 handset, one of the slimmest in the Xseries music family line up. I’m not entirely sure what a 0.5 difference will bring. This will carry a 860mAh BL-4S battery.
Nokia N9 coming to Italy. Update: Also Philippines, Indonesia, Belgium and Brazil. Coming soon?
Italy has been added to the Nokia N9 availablity list. Well, the N9 appears on Nokia Italy’s site. No changes have been made to the actual N9 availability page since we last saw it, but you can expect it to have Italy soon (as why else would you have a page for N9?) This is a [...]
Video: Nokia Browser for Series 40 Version 1.0.3 from Nokia Beta Labs.
Just a couple of days ago Nokia had a video about the new Nokia Browser available at Ovi Store. Jason Walsh from Nokia looks at the new 1.0.3 beta version of Nokia Browser for Series 40 Key features Fast page load times Over the air data usage reduced up to 90% Localized start pages with country specific [...]
Qt Creator 2.3 beta released
Yesterday, the Qt Blog posted that the Beta for Qt Creator 2.3 has been released. Prominent changes include: Example and tutorial browsing with descriptive texts, and filtering for examples matching a keyword Enhanced C++ coding style options, with indent settings and alignment settings split up for the different use cases depending on element, including preview [...]
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