Archive for August, 2011
Rumours: Picture of Nokia 703 Windows Phone Mango (Looks like Nokia N9/Sea Ray). Available November
Yesterday we heard about a possibly Nokia 703 Windows Phone handset. Whilst there were some concerns by our readers that the 703 in this instance could just be a modified device UID, WMPU was sent an image of possibly that same device, which looks like the Sea-Ray with camera and front buttons (that in turn [...]
15.6″ Acer MeeGo notebook with Sandy Bridge Core i3
While ASUS and Samsung are making some pretty slim and pretty small MeeGo netbooks, Acer has produced a relatively gargantiuum 15.6″, Sandy Bridge 2.1GHz Core i3 processor 4GB DDR3 RAM 500GB of storage Intel’s GMA 3000 graphics set DVD burner 3 x USB 2.0 ports 2-in-1 card reader and, of course 2.6kg 381 x 253 [...]
Dr Tero Ojanperä to leave Nokia, Nokia to collaborate with Vision+, Ojanperä as Managing Partner
A couple of stories I noticed on my twitterfeed which would probably make better sense in one post. 1) Dr Tero Ojanperä to leave Nokia http://press.nokia.com/2011/08/31/tero-ojanpera-to-leave-nokia/ 2) Nokia to collaborate with Vision+ fund to foster application development for its ecosystem http://www.visionplus.fi/news-5 Dr Tero Ojanperä is the Executive Vice President and a member of the Nokia [...]
Seamless computing: Windows Phone 7, Windows 7, Kinect and Microsoft Surface.
Here’s something cool featured on engadget yesterday. Seamless computing by the folks from nsquared. It utilises a windows phone 7 device (Samsung Omnia 7), Microsoft Surface, a Windows 7 tablet (ASUS Slate) and a Kinect. Engadget described similar taster experience in AirPlay (iOS) and Touch to Share (webOS) but calls this much more immersive and unspeakably cool. [...]
Video: SPB Shell 3D available for Symbian
SPB Shell is an app that fully replaces the Symbian UI with something quite remarkable. It was quite a godsend particularly on S60 5th as it was just S60 slapped on touch. Things got a little better with S^3 but still not a patch on SPB’s UI. Now they have announced SPB Shell 3D, and [...]
Nokia C7 vs Nokia 701, girls battle it out, Anna vs Belle.
Subraj found this video demo by Jade of Symbian World showing the differences between the Nokia C7 and Nokia 701 which share a very similar appearance. Even just looking it, your eyes are attracted more to Belle. She’s just hotter, smarter, quicker than Anna (not to mention the CPU/GPU/RAM improvements in 701 also help a [...]
Angry Birds Seasons update: Summer Pignic
What a glorious day today, I finally received my Symbian Anna update and the components that are related to it and while checking out the (updated) OVI store there was an update for Angry Birds Seasons as well! It was to be expected that the succesful bird slinging game by Rovio would see another saga [...]
Video: Nokia 600 FM Radio (without headphones) demoed
A cool feature in the Nokia 600 Symbian Belle handset is the internal antenna for radio meaning no longer do you require plugging in headphones to listen to radio. It’s not that much of a chore to plugin some headphones but it is really convenient not to require it for FM Radio to work. I’ve [...]
fMobi available at Ovi Store (and featured on Nokia Conversations)
You guys have been following and supporting the progress of fMobi so very closely, downloading the latest versions, submitting bug info/requesting new features. A reader named vale tipped us to say it’s now availabe in Ovi Store. This is a great thing as folks who don’t read blogs or keep up with the twitter buzz [...]
Nokia 703 Windows Phone?
Like the Nokia 800 that appeared on a manufacturer list for a Windows Phone App, WPCentral notes that the Nokia 703 makes an early appearance on an app called “I’m a WP7″ that can collect user model data (it’s pretty cool, you can find WP7 users/developers around your area, and it’s surprisingly quite a lot. [...]
Poll: Submit Name idea for Nokia series of Windows Phone (USA) asks Chanse from Nokia
I saw @ChanseArrington, (Head of Developer Marketing – North America – Nokia.) ask on twitter: “New Names or Submit your own idea! -> Poll: What should Nokia call their series of Windows Phones in the US?http://bit.ly/ou3QSW“ Wow, does this mean that in addition to the new numbers convention, as begged, Nokia may also award their [...]
Videos: Nokia 701 hands on
GSM Arena have put their hands on of the Nokia 701 up, showing the new Belle interface. As to what they think about it – they’re not letting on much but it seems to be positive. “ In fact, the Nokia 701 felt quite intuitive to use, unlike the early Symbian^3 devices, which were still unable [...]
TwimGo updated to v3.0.6, fMobi updated to 1.3.3
Tommi Laukkanen’s TwimGo gets an updated: It has a nice new feature (seen on other platforms) of pulling down timeline to refresh your twitter feed. Also becoming more common is opening older tweets just by scrolling down (no need to press more). This is, I think, for Maemo/MeeGo/Symbian. Pull down timeline to refresh Scroll [...]
Nokia 801 – Possible 16mp Belle or make believe?
Get that bag of salt and throw it over your shoulder. The same person who claimed to have info on upcoming Nokia Windows Phones – Nokia 900 – has said their source has divulged some more information. Ignore the actual MS paint design job there. That is probably just to give an idea of [...]
Nokia 3D World Gaze updated at Nokia Beta Labs
Remember the app Nokia 3D World Gaze? It has just been updated at Nokia Beta Labs with quite a few new changes. There’s some pinch zooming and inertia to make scrolling that little bit nicer, imperial units, new Anna app and more: Added pinch zooming and inertia scrolling for the globe view. A loading spinner [...]
My Dream Nokia #31: Nokia 902 MeeGo Concept
Just after I wrote the first My Dream Nokia post today, by coincidence, shihuzaan who has also made some great Nokia concept designs has produced something that I found to be very eye catching. The shape reminds me somewhat of the X7/that concept windows phone. This however is powered by MeeGo – and it looks to [...]
Pastel Green and Orange Nokia N9?
I’m not sure where pocketnow got this, it could easily just be a photoshopped image. That could be why the Joker is there. Here is possibly two more colours for the Nokia N9, a pastel light green and orange. I vaguely remember a different screenshot of some N9′s with different colours other than the original [...]
Calling All Innovators – $10M Prize Winners
Asif and Dinesh pointed out that we hadn’t yet covered the story on the Calling All Innovators campaign from Nokia, where together with AT&T, Nokia called upon developers to make some great apps for Symbian. In this 10M project, there are tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars of prize money available in several categories, [...]
My Dream Nokia #31: Nokia 950 Windows Phone Touch and Type (E6 design)
Good Morning. It’s Monday. Let’s start with a refresh of the My Dream Nokia. It’s an Alberto Pietrobon design, and thus it is another touch and type model, his favourite form factor. This is a Windows Phone version of the Nokia E6 and he calls it the Nokia 950 (aiming quite high there, I’d [...]
fMobi updated to 1.3.2 – wins best facebook app from All About Symbian
On July 5th, we received an email from a developer named Juuso Kosonen, letting us know of a new facebook app called fMobi. It had made a bold claim of trying to be the best facebook app on a Nokia phone, and it looked very promising. Following it’s progress closely, there has been many quickly [...]
Firmware Updates for Nokia 5800, 5530, X6 NOT cancelled, just delayed.
I had some emails about some updates being cancelled for the Nokia 5800, 5530 and X6. These were the updates Nokia Conversations told us about, providing new maps and new Anna browser amongst the other additions. Note, the official word from Nokia is that these updates are still coming for those devices, BUT it will [...]
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