Archive for December, 2011
Microsoft and Nokia were in talks to jointly bid on RIM?
Did you hear the hubbub about Amazon supposedly being interested in buying RIM? What’s that got to do with a Nokia blog? Well it’s quite big news but something closer to home is that apparently Microsoft AND Nokia were going to make a JOINT bid on BlackBerry makers RIM. According to WSJ, Nokia and Microsoft [...]
Video: Facinate demoed on Nokia N8
Early on in the week we saw an app called facinate. Here it is demoed on the Nokia N8. It’s looking pretty slick, no. Great free app that you can download right now at Nokia Store: http://store.ovi.com/content/230063
Special Edition Nokia N9 packaging from Nokia Philippines
Nokia Philippines sent over a review unit to Neil but it’s a special packaging, not the usual small cuboid box. The phone itself, whilst being standard is of course still very, very special. More pictures over at: http://www.misterjonjon.com/2011/12/unboxing-special-nokia-n9.html Cheers incognito for the tip!
Rumours: Nokia Tango for CES/MWC, Nokia Apollo for Nokia Connection (June) as well as Windows 8 tablets
We had a few tips on this yesterday but I didn’t have much to go on other than trusting ‘an industry insider’. That post was later updated to show that the source is someone who works at Nokia. Exactly what, we’re not sure. Could be the cleaner. Joke. Point, take with pinches of salt. [...]
Nokia Lumia developer gifts… Launchpad members getting their free Nokia Lumia 800s
We got an email forward from Jason yesterday showing that he has received an email from Nokia telling him about his free Nokia Lumia 800 that he’ll be getting because he’s a developer who signed up for Nokia Launchpad. I’m sure some folk who weren’t developers told me they signed up for this for free [...]
Lightweight QtWebKit-based browser, Orange Helium by Orange Labs.
There’s a new Qt browser from Orange Labs called Orange Helium. Orange Labs began working on this around 2010 ad the result is a light weight Qt WebKit based browser. At the time Orange Labs was working on this, the only mobile port of Qt Quick was on the Nokia N900/Maemo 5 so that’s [...]
Chris Weber: Why Lumia’s a hit (+more lumia on other US carriers, with many more announcements in coming months)
President of Nokia US, Chris Weber is on Nokia Conversations explaining why Lumia’s a hit. Differing from competition with that clear black display, Nokia Drive, Nokia Music and Nokia’s amazing industrial design (plus WP is different to iOS/Android) He talks a lot of the great things in WP. I think he should stick to talking [...]
Lumiappaday #34: Pulse demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800
You guys loved the Horus Qt news reader on Symbian, well Pulse is what inspired that app to come about and here it is on the Nokia Lumia 800. #34) Pulse Price: Free Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/ccf41a44-0b37-4dd9-bb1f-287e1ae5e7ea Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McS2YKFbXBA Developer Blurb: Meet Pulse. A beautiful award-winning application that makes reading news fun and engaging. Pulse is a beautiful [...]
Philippines Nokia Store now has paid apps and operator billing with V20.50 Nokia Store.
In November we heard that paid apps was in some form in the Philippines with Operator Billing to follow. According to Stound, V20.50 of the Nokia Store app brings both paid apps AND operator billing to the Philippines. This should make purchasing paid apps much easier as you don’t have to tie yourself in with a card if [...]
Video: Little Amazing Show – Episode 5: Paris
Ooh the Little Amazing show is hitting episode 5, this time in Paris. This is another Nokia feel good with the Little Amazing Show. Mmm I love folks that speak French . The theme seems to be that happiness is around the corner. You’ve got these floating bubbles everywhere and the video says to let [...]
Nokias CES Conference Gets Official With Press Invite.
We’ve speculated more than enough about what’s to come early next year once Nokia plan to bombard the US shores with the magical unicorns hidden inside the mysterious Lumia 900/Champagne or the possible Lumia 719, we;ve heard about the spy-film named “Operation Rolling Thunder”. All that’s possibly left is for Nokia to ship one of these [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 battery issue easily fixable with software update in early 2012. Nokia will replace it if you can’t wait.
Let’s get a few things into the picture: 1) The Nokia Lumia 800 has mixed reviews regarding battery life. Some stating good, some stating bad. Regardless, the fact some people are reporting bad battery life is bad, and there’s a sufficient number to make this an issue. 2) There was a recent update that supposedly [...]
Nokia N9 64GB for 499 EUR at notebooksbilliger.de
I’ve not heard of notebooksbilliger.de but it seems to be quite reputable, high reviews and a top 180 site in Germany. They have a listing for the Nokia N9, the 64GB version for 499 EUR. Not bad at all. http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/nokia+n9+64gb+schwarz?refcampaign_id=45c48cce2e2d7fbdea1afc51c7c6ad26 Thanks XYZ for the tip!
Lumiappaday #33: Fantasia Painter demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800
Hey folks, for Lumiappaday #33 I came across this really excellent image editing app. It is so feature packed that my camera ended abruptly when it reached the 4GB limit. As such, you can only see some of the features that this app offers, but even for just a handful of the myriad of things [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 tops ThreeUK’s Best Sellers list, also on Vodafone’s Best Sellers list for business
According to Three’s Best Sellers list, the’re a Nokia Lumia 800 on page 1. Go through Three>Store>Best Sellers and surprise, it’s still there. http://store.three.co.uk/Mobile_Phones/Pay_Monthly?sort=bestSellerRating-ascending&priceplan=PAY_MONTHLY&type=HANDSET Also of interest, from Vodafone. Nokia Lumia 800 is at the best sellers page for business. Their personal section doesn’t seem to have a best seller option. Hoever, the Nokia Lumia [...]
Rumours: June 2012 – Best camera phone on the planet, Nokia WP to replace N8…
Now we had first heard that the Nokia Lumia 900 was going to have a better camera than the Nokia Lumia 800. Pretty standard since we are still to reach the levels of the N8 again. Later there were rumours that the N8 successor would come in both Symbian and Lumia WP flavours. According [...]
Video: Nokia N8 v111.030.0609 leaked
OK Nokia N8 fans on Belle, there has apparently been a new leak to 0609 (previously 0607) for the Nokia N8. I’m told by users that 0609 us much better than 0607. Can’t say myself so we’ll have to take their word for it. Details and screenshots are available at: http://forum.dailymobile.se/index.php?topic=56775.0 As always, update at [...]
Nokia 803 – N8 successor fan made renders..
Hmmm… Remember that Nokia 803 N8 successor that you guys really did not want to be true based on the design? Here’s a fan made render (above) of what it could possibly look like if it was real. The way the back juts out is a little unnerving. The whole thing, whilst a good fan [...]
Elop: As long as I am the CEO, the headquarters are in Espoo
We got an email from Tommi that there was an interview on a Finnish TV show of Stephen Elop by Arto Nyberg. I don’t know what the video talks about as it seems to allow viewing only in Finland. http://areena.yle.fi/ohjelma/8206 Anyway, also from YLE, is a post saying that Nokia’s HQ is to stay [...]
Share With Us: Thoughts on Nokia Phones Build Quality…
It’s been a long known fact that all Nokia phones no matter what OS they run have one thing that makes them superior to any other brand; their build quality, and in all honesty that’s what really matter, who cares if your phone has a 23GhZ processor if it breaks the first time you toss [...]
Video: GSM Arena’s Nokia Lumia 800 review
This is GSM Arena’s Nokia Lumia 800 review with both video and written versions available: http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_800-review-686p2.php Easy to spot in a crowd high 251ppi pixel density (pentile thus not noticable) Great screen experience indoors and impresses outdoors N9 one of the brightest AMOLEDS, easily topping SuperAMOLED, at full brightness, 800 was apparently only half that [...]
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