Archive for December 14th, 2011

Nokia Preparing for “Operation Rolling Thunder” at CES This Year

Nokia Preparing for “Operation Rolling Thunder” at CES This Year

| December 14, 2011 | 42 Replies

CES, the Consumer Electronics Show which kicks off on Jan 1oth in Vegas can’t get here soon enough, especially for Nokia who plans to have a huge presence there, as a hit CES expo is surely the best way to worm your way into the US market. According to a Nokia US spokesman Chris Weber: “We will [...]

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Nokia Pulse Updated for Symbian, WP & Web.

Nokia Pulse Updated for Symbian, WP & Web.

| December 14, 2011 | 3 Replies

Nokia Pulse, sort of Nokias social check-in/photo/message sharing service which was released a couple months ago has now been updated for Symbian Windows Phone and the Web version. The Update can be grabbed over at Nokia Beta labs, it contains mainly stability updates and little UI tweaks, but the Symbian version has increased support for newer versions [...]

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T-Mobile Lumia 710 Press Release Leaked; Still Not Real LTE!

T-Mobile Lumia 710 Press Release Leaked; Still Not Real LTE!

| December 14, 2011 | 43 Replies

I guess the people at Nokia U.S. were a bit over-excited about the news they were supposed to release later on today, about what most of us had probably guessed; the Nokia 710 entering the US market (Via T-Mobile). According to the leak the 710 is set to hit stores on Jan 11th with a [...]

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Windows Phone Messaging Hub Crippled by SMS Bug

Windows Phone Messaging Hub Crippled by SMS Bug

| December 14, 2011 | 26 Replies

Careful! there’s a evil text message making it’s rounds on Windows Phones (sadly including Nokia WPs) which contains a ‘certain text’, once you open this message it will automatically restart your phone, upon reboot the Messaging Hub is completely locked up, making it near impossible to do anything. In the video demo below by WinRumor [...]

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Rumours flare up as ‘analyst’ reignites Microsoft buying Nokia smartphone division rumours. Nokia says not true.

Rumours flare up as ‘analyst’ reignites Microsoft buying Nokia smartphone division rumours. Nokia says not true.

| December 14, 2011 | 60 Replies

Why? If you’re following the blogosphere right now, the rumours have sparked up all over again that Microsoft are looking to buy Nokia’s smartphone division according to analysts at Danske Bank. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-12-14/nokia-rises-as-danske-says-microsoft-may-buy-smartphone-unit.html Nokia Spokeman, Doug Dawson quashed the rumours by email saying, “We put these rumors to rest a long time ago”. You’d be tired [...]

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Nokia 803, Nokia 820, 830, Symbian and WP Lumia Nokia N8 12MP successors? Pic?

Nokia 803, Nokia 820, 830, Symbian and WP Lumia Nokia N8 12MP successors? Pic?

| December 14, 2011 | 70 Replies

The PocketNow guys have apparently received a manual about the Nokia N8′s successor. Clear in the image is a large hump. That’s apparently a Nokia 803 with Symbian Belle. However, it’s not squircle like the N9 shaped case we saw before and is not in keeping with the Nokia N9′s design. If the screen is [...]

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Special Edition Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800

Special Edition Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800

| December 14, 2011 | 57 Replies

Very quickly as we have to go, special edition Batman: The Dark Knight Rises Nokia Lumia 800

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Video Collection: Amazing Everyday activities from Italy, Hong Kong and Singapore

Video Collection: Amazing Everyday activities from Italy, Hong Kong and Singapore

| December 14, 2011 | 4 Replies

I kept putting each of these videos in a todo document but I’ve only just seen them so here they are in one video post since they’re all about some Nokia Lumia Amazing every day type thing.   First up, something in Italy at Stazione Central Milano, they get the massive arch of the station [...]

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Off to London for Dark Knight Rises Prologue and special edition Nokia

Off to London for Dark Knight Rises Prologue and special edition Nokia

| December 14, 2011 | 12 Replies

    Hi folks, I have the Nokia N8 with Joikuspot (which other than spazzing on me and making the phone restart has been quite awesome) going right now because I’m on a train to London. Why? Well from the title it’s apparently to see The Dark Knight Rises prologue in London. It was very [...]

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Lumiappaday #28: Helium Voice demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Lumiappaday #28: Helium Voice demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

| December 14, 2011 | 4 Replies

As you know, I like to share a mixture of app types. Since it’s coming to Christmas time, that usually means seeing family and that might mean coming across some of the younger members of your family. This is the kind of app that would really entertain them as they can change their voice to [...]

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Windows Phone 8 (Fan Concepts)

Windows Phone 8 (Fan Concepts)

| December 14, 2011 | 18 Replies

 Jay: Hey guys, Jozef is here again with his concepts for Windows Phone 8. He’s done quite a bit of work, sticking within the Metro frames but spicing things up a lot. I think they’re looking great and I hope Nokia and MS are watching out for this guy. It’s great watching his work evolve. [...]

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Video: Nokia N9 ad?

Video: Nokia N9 ad?

| December 14, 2011 | 19 Replies

Here is a Nokia N9 advert that folks with lactose intolerance should be weary of, it’s rather cheesy. Not sure if it’s a fan made advert.   http://vimeo.com/33463859 Nokia commercial. from Benoit Lelievre on Vimeo. Cheers Jimsee for the tip

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Symbian Anna available for Rogers Canada? (+some thoughts on Fresh Anna)

Symbian Anna available for Rogers Canada? (+some thoughts on Fresh Anna)

| December 14, 2011 | 39 Replies

Reader Jean-Paul said he’s finally received the Symbian Anna update for his Nokia N8 for Rogers Canada. Apparently he wasn’t able to do it over Nokia Suite but had to do it over OTA. I’ve been playing with a new N8 with Anna today, and boy, as I mentioned yesterday, it feels so totally different [...]

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Nokia Lumia 900 coming by the end of February 2012 to Swisscom

Nokia Lumia 900 coming by the end of February 2012 to Swisscom

| December 14, 2011 | 8 Replies

In just over 2 months, Swisscom (a major network/carrier in Switzerland) are apparently going to be getting the Nokia Lumia 900 on their portfolio. That thing isn’t even announced and confirmed as a real product (although given all the rumours and sightings, it’s pretty much certain) so it’s interesting Swisscom’s customer care account on twitter [...]

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