Archive for November 17th, 2011

Nokia Lumia 800 sells out at ThePhoneHouse, Netherlands

Nokia Lumia 800 sells out at ThePhoneHouse, Netherlands

| November 17, 2011 | 66 Replies

Another bout of good news for Nokia Lumia sales – the Nokia Lumia 800 was apparently sold out at the Phone House in Netherlands. The Phone House is the largest mobile retailer in the whole of Europe, and even before it was available on sale, the Nokia Lumia 800 already topped the sales chart for [...]

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Unannounced Nokia Lumia Windows Phone edited out of developer video (replaced with 800 instead)

Unannounced Nokia Lumia Windows Phone edited out of developer video (replaced with 800 instead)

| November 17, 2011 | 12 Replies

Remember the other day, reader thaijoni spotted a new Nokia Windows Phone handset that was neither the Lumia 800 or 710? It seemed to have quite a large screen. If that was intentional, then Nokia would have just left it there, like they did with their concept NFC Belle phones. However, not only did they [...]

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Yahoo goes all Nokia Lumia 800 – play the Amazing Snake too! What’s your best score?

Yahoo goes all Nokia Lumia 800 – play the Amazing Snake too! What’s your best score?

| November 17, 2011 | 8 Replies

  Mark Squires just tweeted to his followers to follow the snake. I was a little perplexed. “Follow the snake! Yahoo today: http://uk.yahoo.com/ I’m still stuck on 5/10 “ Clicking the link you’ll notice the UK homepage is all about the Nokia Lumia 800. A little like the Channel 5 push but this time you also get an [...]

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Win tickets for the 4D projection spectacular in London with DEADMAU5

Win tickets for the 4D projection spectacular in London with DEADMAU5

| November 17, 2011 | Reply

  A couple of days ago we posted about Nokia’s gig on Millbank Tower where DeadMau5 will be performing live whilst stunning visuals are projected onto the tower. I think I missed the part on their facebook page where it says you can actually win tickets to be a part of it in person.  Nokia [...]

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All you can eat Nokia Music Unlimited for S40 launched – Asha phones first.

All you can eat Nokia Music Unlimited for S40 launched – Asha phones first.

| November 17, 2011 | 7 Replies

  Apparently, Nokia Music Unlimited has been launched for S40 phones. The service will be bundled with the phones allowing an all you can eat bonanza on 6 million DRM free tracks. Renewal subscription are available in 3, 6 or 12 month options with just a 1-click activation. Nokia has apparently partnered with labels and [...]

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Thoughts on Nokia N9 PR 1.1 + Review of changes

Thoughts on Nokia N9 PR 1.1 + Review of changes

| November 17, 2011 | 101 Replies

We’ve brought you articles on the PR 1.1 FW being rolled out, available on NaviFirm and also Jason from SmashPop. After watching the video I thought I’d post up my thoughts on the update as well as details about the changes I have noticed. I’ll talk about a few things in this post. New Features [...]

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Paid apps now in Philippines, operator billing to follow.

Paid apps now in Philippines, operator billing to follow.

| November 17, 2011 | 13 Replies

Neil reports that Paid Apps can now be purchased in the Philippines. However he notes that the it’s currently not in the local Peso but in Euro so you might have to pencil in the higher prices (and possible conversion charge if there is one). Later in the post, there’s talk of operator billing eventually [...]

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Video: Stephen Elop speaking at the Nokia World 2011 Developer Opportunity stream

Video: Stephen Elop speaking at the Nokia World 2011 Developer Opportunity stream

| November 17, 2011 | 27 Replies

  Nokia Conversations just uploaded this video recorded during Nokia World Developer Stream. This was just near the entrance of the experience areas. Elop notes that since the partnership was announced, the number of applications and developers has gone up in anticipation of what Nokia launched on 26th October (and zomg, it was already on [...]

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Video:  Nokia N9 PR1.1 Update demo: Music player lock screen controls, camera filters, swype keyboard and more

Video: Nokia N9 PR1.1 Update demo: Music player lock screen controls, camera filters, swype keyboard and more

| November 17, 2011 | 37 Replies

Jason of smashpop takes a look at the Nokia N9 firmware update Music player improvement – with lockscreen music controls. Camera improvement with photo filters. Swype keyboard. (Was swype not there already? I thought there was a video during the launch batch that showed swype) When activated you can then quickly switch from normal keyboard [...]

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Nokia Singapore site updated

Nokia Singapore site updated

| November 17, 2011 | 1 Reply

Looks like the Nokia Singapore site got updated too (just after Nokia India). You can see the beautiful backdrop of the iconic architecture at Singapore. The Lumia handset (Available yesterday in some countries) is prominent, but the product page also shows as usual, Belle, NFC, Business Nokia devices as well as accessories. Check it out [...]

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Nokia Lumia 800 review from TechnoBufallo and MobileIndustryReview

Nokia Lumia 800 review from TechnoBufallo and MobileIndustryReview

| November 17, 2011 | 31 Replies

OK a couple of different review formats. First up is the very well known TechnoBuffalo. Jon Rettinger puts the Nokia Lumia 800 to his audience and shares his findings in video whilst Ewan MacLeod from Mobile Industry Review has a very long piece of text. Both are iPhone users (though Ewan more into the BlackBerry [...]

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Looking at the next generation EDoF – closer shots possible, almost Macro?

Looking at the next generation EDoF – closer shots possible, almost Macro?

| November 17, 2011 | 66 Replies

  Steve Litchfield on his crusade to investigate the EDOF cameras looks at the new generation available in the 701. You may remember us being surprisingly impressed with the EDoF samples in the 600 (now discontinued). Interestingly this same camera is not on the 700 (Steve calls it in fact, “Rubbish” in the comments). http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/features/item/13635_The_Nokia_701_and_EDoF_generat.php [...]

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