Archive for December 8th, 2011

Lumiappaday #22: Mega Tile demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Lumiappaday #22: Mega Tile demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

| December 8, 2011 | 14 Replies

This app was suggested by Richard – it allows you to customise your homescreen with photos/images of your choice. These aren’t then just static images – they can be a shortcut to a whole host of things. #22) Mega Tile Price: £0.79 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/99257287-1047-451d-a519-c2eabe45385d Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ6ewWNuQ-c   Developer Blurb: MegaTile allows you to use a picture to [...]

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Nokia Social Pulled From Nokia Store!!!

Nokia Social Pulled From Nokia Store!!!

| December 8, 2011 | 29 Replies

Oh Nokia Social Where Art Thou?? Not that I care really-quite happy too, as of today I can no longer find the Nokia Social app on the Nokia/Ovi store. In fact if you do some digging and find the link for the app on the Beta Labs site (after graduation they forward you to the [...]

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Unicorn (White 64GB) N9 Available NOW on Difficult to Pronounce Finnish Site!

Unicorn (White 64GB) N9 Available NOW on Difficult to Pronounce Finnish Site!

| December 8, 2011 | 41 Replies

It’s a snowy Christmas for sure this year, guess what’s made it just in time to land in your stockings (provided you have large~ish feet). YES! the Amazingly Beautifully Awesome White 64GB N9 is HERE NOW! Availble through Finish store “verkkokauppa.com”  (If you pronounce it properly on your first try you get a free N9 ). Anyways [...]

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Nokia-Siemens Unveils Uber Advanced LTE Radio Head!

Nokia-Siemens Unveils Uber Advanced LTE Radio Head!

| December 8, 2011 | 6 Replies

Nokia-Siemens (Nokias’ Telecommunications/Radio antenna providers sector) unvieled a new type of TD-LTE/CMDA that would significantly reduce the cost of providing LTE to areas by merging three antennas into one. (In all honesty there’s alot of technical jargon involved which I DID NOT understand) but I guess the gist of it is that it boosts coverage and network capacities while cutting the [...]

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Nokia Lumia gaining momentum in Google Trends? Lumia, Lumia, Lumia!

Nokia Lumia gaining momentum in Google Trends? Lumia, Lumia, Lumia!

| December 8, 2011 | 22 Replies

  Ah very quickly…Antti emailed suggesting we should check out the Google Trends data for the Nokia Lumia. Note, that before Lumia was announced, no one knew to expect such a thing so understandable there would be no mention of it. However, some analysts took it upon themselves to judge the 6 days after where [...]

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Secret, mystery package unboxing – clue, it swooshes.

Secret, mystery package unboxing – clue, it swooshes.

| December 8, 2011 | 101 Replies

  Wow, I wasn’t really expecting this. Knowing on my door what delivery. That could have either been Tesco or Amazon (Royal Mail). It was neither. It was DHL. The only people that send me things via DHL is this textbook company and WOMWorld/NokiaConnects – I haven’t ordered any books nor has NC mentioned anything [...]

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Nokia Lumia, Welcome to Singapore!

Nokia Lumia, Welcome to Singapore!

| December 8, 2011 | 12 Replies

And so, it’s finally here for those hundred lucky people who queued up for the beautiful Lumia 800. Well, they certainly deserved it as they had to brave the rain and the sun and one guy actually waited since 5am in the morning. Now that’s what I call passion, iSheeps! For the rest of us [...]

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Nokia looking to sell Luxury Subsidiary, Vertu?

Nokia looking to sell Luxury Subsidiary, Vertu?

| December 8, 2011 | 58 Replies

  What now? I thought this division was doing well? Reuters is saying that Nokia are looking to sell its super luxury subsidiary, Vertu, as it focuses on its smartphone efforts. “Finnish handset manufacturer overhauls its business in an effort to compete with other smartphone makers” Goldman Sachs is apparently going to oversee the sale, [...]

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Clarity on Nokia N9 FW versions

Clarity on Nokia N9 FW versions

| December 8, 2011 | 24 Replies

It seems after we posted about a new N9 FW being available on Navifirm, many claimed it to be Pr 1.2, others a bug fix for PR 1.1. This post is to settle the dispute. Sorry for an image that looks sketchy, it is all I can reveal without sharing the developer’s details, but the [...]

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Lumia 710 for T-Mobile confirmed by FCC Manual

Lumia 710 for T-Mobile confirmed by FCC Manual

| December 8, 2011 | 10 Replies

We have seen the Lumia 710 posted on Nokia USA’s website since the Lumia was first launched. We have also had posts, with regards to T-Mobile announcing a Nokia Windows phone next week. This NWP has all been but confirmed to be the Lumia 710, until now. FCC listings, show the user manual of the [...]

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Nokia N8 with Leaked Symbian Belle has updated Nokia Search widget through Nokia Suite

Nokia N8 with Leaked Symbian Belle has updated Nokia Search widget through Nokia Suite

| December 8, 2011 | 40 Replies

Martin Bergesio from Argentina emailed us some images of an update he got for a Nokia Search Widget. Significance? He’s running non-official/leaked Symbian Belle on his Nokia N8. And here it is on the Nokia N8 with leaked Belle… In possibly related news, I was messaged by Yash who yesterday mentioned that the Social Widget [...]

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Symbian Belle confirmed for “early next year”. No more Q4 2011

Symbian Belle confirmed for “early next year”. No more Q4 2011

| December 8, 2011 | 81 Replies

Following the news that Belle might not be out as an update until February 2012 (for Thailand) Nokia UK tweeted yesterday that yup, it’s not coming in Q4 2011 at all. This confirms what my other source had been suggesting but obviously could not fully disclose. Furthermore a couple of days ago we got forwarded [...]

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Nokia 710 January 6th, 2012 (UK?)

Nokia 710 January 6th, 2012 (UK?)

| December 8, 2011 | 8 Replies

Carly mailed us yesterday that the Nokia 710 might be coming to the UK possibly in January 6th 2012. The Nokia Lumia 710 is a cheaper version of the 800, though it is just as powerful, just as quick, same screen size. The screen isn’t AMOLED though it’s IPS LCD Clear Black, the camera is [...]

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