Archive for November, 2011
To the ‘analysts’ that love to rain on the Nokia Lumia parade
News that’s exploding yesterday across the blogosphere is that Nokia+Microsoft’s attempts with the Lumia just might not work. That’s due to the amazing efforts of analysts that base the success of the Lumia on: 1) 5-6 days of sale 2) availability in 6 countries Amazingly, many have been reporting the Forbes article verbatim, pointing out [...]
Video: Steve the smartphone n00b and the Nokia Lumia 800: Day 0 – unboxing
The smartphone market is still growing, with significant growth still coming from mobile phone users moving up to adopt smartphones. This guy is Steve. He’s a student who’s using what techy folks would call a ‘dumbphone’ – just a generic, no nonsense mobile phone. I thought it would be interesting to follow someone from a [...]
Lumiappaday #2: 3D Brain demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800
This is Lumiappaday #2. If you don’t know what that is, that’s a segment where I’m showcasing all the WP apps I’ve been collecting but have been waiting for Nokia hardware to put on MyNokiaBlog.com. You can navigate to this by going to the Apps category and scrolling down to Lumiappaday. This time I’m [...]
Video: Nokia N9 and WiFi Controlled Car (with video stream)
Here’s a bit of MeeGo-Harmattan N9 fun. This is a remote controlled car (via WiFi), that’s broadcasting direct video feed. The N9 is the controller. You can see the N9 connected via TV out. Video by kirpasaccessory Cheers dip86 for the tip
Symbian Belle – redesign ideas.
I’m not sure if this is just an ideas project thing, I’ve not really been following it but there are quite a few good suggestions in this post as to the changes that could take place in Belle. https://projects.developer.nokia.com/Symbian_redesign Some welcome changes include increasing the grid view in apps to 4 column like MeeGo-Harmattan instead [...]
Compal shipments increased, Nokia the factor (but was the order volume actually 2M?)
It should be no surprise to hear the phrases ‘volume shipments in 2012″ for Nokia Windows Phones as that’s what Nokia have been saying since February. The aim was first to get the darned thing out to market first and it’s here. (There were fears it would not even appear until 2012). There were also [...]
Video: Comparing keyboards, Symbian on N8 vs Windows Phone on Nokia Lumia 800
Hi folks. This is a video I recorded in the bleak hours of Tuesday morning (file too huge on 60D even reduced to 720p to upload in time :S). It was a repeat of a test I did at Nokia World between the Nokia Lumia and the Nokia N8 keyboard. I seem to have lost [...]
Video: Mobile Phone Recycling Explained in 2 Minutes
Nokia just uploaded a video explaining recycling of mobile phones. They explain how the old junk that was once precious to us, still is 300X richer in minerals than natural ores extracted from the earth. You may have seen such videos where they extract gold from these old components (I’d never sacrifice my 3310 for [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 Sales numbers – what are they, Nokia?
It’s just a week in since launch and some places are already calling doom on Nokia’s Lumia efforts. Forbes has published a somewhat troubling article questioning who is actually going to buy the Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phones, which is launched in just 6 countries. An ‘analyst’ Pierre Ferragu from Bernstein Research (in quotations because I [...]
Symbian Belle ‘will soon be available’ page updated for Nokia N8/E7
Hmm, well last weeks rumour that Belle would be here in a week or so still hasn’t appeared (or have I missed something?). It’s still November…there’s still time. And Q4 doesn’t officially end until December 31:p. http://www.nokia.com/sg-en/products/featured-phones/belle/ It seems though that the Belle coming soon page has been updated with N8 and E7 along with [...]
Lumiappaday #1: Amazon Kindle demoed on Nokia Lumia 800
I’ve been waiting to share these apps with you guys for a long time. Since February I’ve been enjoying a lot of great quality apps but I put off reviewing them as I only wanted to show them Nokia hardware (so Nokia users can see exactly if it will run and how it will perform). [...]
Video: Nokia Lumia presents: The Little Amazing Show – Episode 1: Berlin
Hmm, I already thought we had Episode 1 of The Little Amazing show but I guess not. Here’s Episode 1:Berlin. They’ve got a bunch of things going on like this random piano that is set up for anyone to play. But it sneakily has a foot fetish (yes the piano does) and takes a photo [...]
Nokia N9 on Amazon.com with fulfilled by Amazon delivery (+Prime)
We’ve been following the Nokia N9′s appearances on Amazon.com for a while. It’s there again on various sellers, with one in particular giving a fulfilled by Amazon delivery + a super speedy Amazon Prime delivery option. This is quite different to most sellers as this will arrive to you in Amazon packaging (at least [...]
Nokia N90: The Retrospective
Howdy! Here’s something out of the depths of my heart… coming directly to your monitors (mobile screens?) – a retrospective featuring one of the very first Nseries crusaders.
Video: Comparison – Nokia N9 vs Nokia Lumia 800 – Speed and Lag test
After the speed comparison on the Samsung Omnia 7 and Nokia Lumia 800, there was a request for comparison against the N9. Here’s Edward to give you the details in a 3 minute 40 second video. Edward points out that Nokia Lumia 800 just has no lag though there is a little bit on the [...]
Video: What is life-enhancing? The balance between technology and user experience. Nokia’s Jo Harlow and Monster’s Noel Lee
Here’s an interesting video covering a topic that’s coming up frequently in the discussions here. The video is titled, “What is life-enhancing? The balance between technology and user experience” Here they talk about focusing now on user experience instead of just pure technology. Nokia has led in Technology before like no other, but along came [...]
Windows Phone for Qt, iOS and Android developers
Qt and Windows Phone in the same sentence. It’s not exactly what we’re hoping for. It’s actually (reverse things around) Qt, iOS, and Android developers – and Windows Phone for them. OK, apparently, just for Swedes, Microsoft is inviting you to a seminar on December 14. That’s just three weeks away if you’re wondering. That [...]
Nokia Lumia headed to China in Spring 2012
On the weekend you might have read Distro, Engadget’s Magazine where Stephen Elop was interviewed. He talked about sequential releases per market for the Nokia Lumia, noting China coming next year. Engadget reports that will be Spring 2012. Just to jog back on past news… China is a huge market for Nokia and in August [...]
Video: Speed Comparison – Nokia Lumia 800 vs Samsung Omnia 7
Here’s a video looking at one of the first gen Windows Phones against the Nokia Lumia 800. You will note that with updated hardware, the Lumia 800 is faster and smoother. Windows Phone has been noted particularly for its speed on ‘just’ single core. A little bit like Symbian Belle on 701 or [...]
Nokia UK HQ makes a move for Central London!
As part of the continuing cuts, The Independent reports that Nokia are apparently moving out of their Farnborough Head Office and into the middle of London. Well, my first thought was why weren’t they in London in the first place? Farnborough (if you know England) is not actually that far away though – maybe 30 [...]
Petition: Get WhatsApp for Nokia N9 MeeGo-Harmattan!
Got a couple of emails asking to highlight a petition to get WhatsApp on the Nokia N9. I don’t normally pay attention to petitions of any sort but I thought this one’s worth it, hopefully it might give the WhatsApp folks a nudge (despite replying to requests saying there are no plans for N9) [...]
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