Archive for October, 2011
Nokia Developer Conference, Bangalore, Be a Nokia Blue Revolutionary
Rohan sent us a link to a Nokia Developer Conference page where it wants devs to register and ‘evolve to the blue Re-volution’ whatever that’s supposed to be. They note creating Apps for S40, Symbian and Windows Phone (no MeeGo). http://www.nokiadeveloperconference.com/ This event takes place in Bangalore, India, on November 4th. Other events lined up: [...]
Video: Foursquare, now in Qt, demoed on Nokia N8
Camb078 from blog-n8.fr uploaded a video demo yesterday showing the Foursquare app in Qt on his Nokia N8. Looking pretty good, no?
Video: N9 Review – NFC
Something that we haven’t seen demoed outside of Nokia launch events, is the NFC capabilities between two phones. There are a few videos showing it working with the Play 360 speakers, but not too many with two phones. I managed to get a loan N9 from Nokia, and have recorded a little NFC demo. (Sorry [...]
Nokia N9 Spotify Client, MeeSpot, available for free at Nokia Store (+Video)
Now there’s news the official Spotify client would come to N9. Nevertheless, we already have QSpot and now MeeSpot http://store.ovi.com/content/208888 MeeSpot brings Spotify music streaming to the N9. Listen to music whenever you like by streaming it over 3G, 2.5G and Wi-Fi. Access your playlists or search for new tracks, albums and artists. You [...]
Video: Matthew Miller’s Nokia N9 MeeGo Tips, tricks, and FAQ
After a week with the Nokia N9, Matthew Miller provides a video showing some tips and tricks, as well as answering questions from his readers. Video by palmsolo Cheers AmmAR for the tip!
Vlad’s Nokia N9 Review (ThisIsMyNext/TheVerge, ex Engadget)
Back in June during the Nokia N9 launch, we collected the myriad of positive Nokia N9 reactions. One that sticks to mind is from Engadget and Vlad – Nokia (more Symbian) often having snide jibes there, with one particular N8 camera comparison against the N8 causing great controversy. So it came as such a surprise [...]
Nokia Q3 Results: beats estimates
Nokia Q3 results were published today. You can check out the pfd report below: http://www.nokia.com/results/Nokia_results2011Q3e.pdf Before the Q2 and Q3 results were ever available, it was thought that things would only get worse from Q3 with turn around beginning again in Q4. Last week however, some sources indicated possible stronger outlook for Nokia than expected, [...]
Nokia Sabre spotted somewhere in the wild
Oh my !!!…….. what do we have here then Pocketnow which have been on sort of a roll in recent Nokia leaks have post a picture of what seem like the rumoured Nokia Sabre. Form the picture here you can see a predominately white device. Pocketnow are also saying this device will come with [...]
Video: Nokia N9 Multitasking 33 apps
The N9 carries the N900′s legacy of being the ultimate multitasker, both in the ability to run simultaneously a ridiculous number of apps whilst pairing it with a great multitasking UI that made it very quick to change between running applications. It was once said to be capable of running 100s of apps at [...]
Elop Conspiracy Theories – Are Nokia Employees and the rest just in complete denial?
Business Insider (also posted for Yahoo Finance) an article saying that some long term Nokia staff are still in denial about Nokia going with Windows Phone. http://www.businessinsider.com/nokia-employees-are-in-serious-denial-2011-10 They talk about the theory of some employees (and even some fans) that Elop is a mole, a saboteur planted to kill Nokia for within and prepare it [...]
3D Photocamera available at Nokia Store
Developer Oleg Derevenetz emailed us to say his new app, 3D Photocamera is available at Nokia Store (still with Ovi URL btw) for £1.50 and equivelant. http://store.ovi.com/content/210873 Even without dual 3D cameras, this app lets you take 3D anaglyph photos which you can experience with Red/Blue 3D glasses. You just need to take [...]
N950 software update available over the air (v39.5)
The Nokia N9 developer page says that there’s a software update for Nokia N950 (the MeeGo-Harmattan Devs) which is available to download over the air. http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Blogs/blog/n9-developer/2011/10/19/n950-software-update-available-over-the-air The following are changes from Beta 2 (34-2) to N950 PR1.1 (39.5): Application close by swiping from top to bottom is now always on. Improved memory handling [...]
Nokia 800 Windows Phone Press pics – comes with Nokia Navigation.
In case you missed it (as I pushed back publishing this for Thursday) what you’re looking at are the first proper press pictures of the Nokia 800. It’s under a week now until it is unveiled at Nokia World. As seen before, it looks like the Nokia N9 with Windows Phone buttons, and it’ll come [...]
Vertu Constellation officially launched.
Early this month, we heard about the Vertu Constellation, the first full touch Symbian phone from Nokia’s super premium luxury subsidiary, Vertu. Today it has apparently been officially launched. You can check out the details on the product page. http://vertu.com/en/collections/constellation.aspx There seems to be a “standard” Vertu Constellation (top row) and a special “Constellation Precious” [...]
Ballmer: A “bunch” of Nokia Windows Phones next week at Nokia World?
Winrumours is reporting that next week at Nokia World, we may see a “bunch” of Nokia Windows Phones. Who’s saying that? Apparently, Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer. He’s looking forward to it, saying “they should be pretty good”. We know possibly two windows phones launching, but a bunch indicates more than that. Might we see Windows [...]
Video: Nokia N9 vs HTC Radar: MeeGo Harmattan vs Windows Phone Mango
Just after the Symbian Belle vs Windows Phone Mango post, (with Nokia 701 against the HTC Radar), Bas tipped in a video comparing that same WPMango HTC against the Nokia N9 MeeGo Harmattan phone. It’s interesting then to see in some ways the two OSes which Windows Phone is supposed to displace (perhaps with [...]
Video: Nokia 701 vs HTC Radar, Symbian Belle vs Windows Phone Mango
This video takes a look at the new Symbian Belle Phone, the Nokia 701 and compares it with the Windows Phone Mango device from HTC: Radar. Both made with metal, HTC unibody, 701 backplate Reflections are worse on HTC screen, hardly visible. Interface very different. Metro working really smoothly, looks really nice, great interface in [...]
Nokia N9 – Two Weeks On
So I told you all I’d bring you a review after about two weeks with the device. Here it is. I’ll tell you what I’m enjoying, what needs some work, and just some other ideas I have. So first we have what I enjoy: The build quality of the device is better than I expected. [...]
Videos: Nokia being Green
You might have seen these videos last week (it got stuck in our drafts section). In case you haven’t it shows some Green related Nokia activities. Minimizing ecological impacts in Nokia’s factories Making ecological choices in Logistics It’s easy to be green (about recycling) – I think this video itself was recycled as we’ve seen [...]
5 Billion Euros on Nokia R&D for 2010
Nokia’s spending on R&D have been reported quite a few times before, mainly for the significant expenditure in comparison with the competition. This startles many wondering, “where is all this money going”. It should be worth noting that Nokia doesn’t just make phones but also invests in infrastructure (which so far had kept them number [...]
Toshl now available for Nokia N9 MeeGo-Harmattan
Matic Bitenc emailed us yesterday to tell us that the awesome looking Toshl, the expenses tracker app,, is now available for MeeGo. They’ve got a special/weird blog post with tons of screenshots. http://toshl.com/blog/post/20/presenting-toshl-limited-edition-for-nokia-n9-with-meego/
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