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Archive for January 6th, 2012

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Are Nokia and Facebook up to Something? (Crazy Thoughts)

Are Nokia and Facebook up to Something? (Crazy Thoughts)

| January 6, 2012 | 31 Replies

Advertisements So a link from Nokia promoting Facebooks CES event… Interesting? There have been multiple rumors and reports of a “Facebook phone” which FB have continuously shot down FBs official response to the rumors: Facebook is not building a phone. Our approach has always been to make phones and apps more social There have also […]

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Lumiappaday #52: Finger Rugby demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Lumiappaday #52: Finger Rugby demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

| January 6, 2012 | 1 Reply

Finger Rugby is a very simple game that involves kicking the rugby ball across the goal post to score. To kick, you just flick the screen. Think of it like paperball style games but you don’t aim at a bin. It’s simple, fun and kinda addictive. (BTW, stay tuned for #53, it’s a pretty awesome […]

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Video: Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Purity in Tinchy Stryder/Pixie Lott Music video.

Video: Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Purity in Tinchy Stryder/Pixie Lott Music video.

| January 6, 2012 | 9 Replies

    Cue the next rap+melody to hit the UK chart. Very popular on the UK scene are Tinchy Stryder and Pixie Lott. We’re talking about them because, if you pry your eyes away from Pixie Lott, you’ll see that in their music video, they show both the Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Purity […]

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Nokia buys “Smarterphone” OS for smartphone-like OS in $25-$75 devices

Nokia buys “Smarterphone” OS for smartphone-like OS in $25-$75 devices

| January 6, 2012 | 75 Replies

  Just in case Symbian, MeeGo, WP, and S40 wasn’t enough back in November Nokia apparently bought a company called Smarterphone. Stefan of intomobile reckons it ties in with project Meltemi, the low end possibly Linux based OS by Nokia that may replace S40 when Nokia complete the whole Qt for Next Billion with Swipe […]

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Stephen Elop gives Heikki Kovalainen/@H_Kovalainen a Nokia Lumia 800, tweets that it’s “really cool and best phone I’ve ever had”

Stephen Elop gives Heikki Kovalainen/@H_Kovalainen a Nokia Lumia 800, tweets that it’s “really cool and best phone I’ve ever had”

| January 6, 2012 | 46 Replies

Finnish F1 racing driver Heikki Kovalainen got a Nokia Lumia 800 from Stephen Elop yesterday and he tweeted that he thought it was “really cool and best phone I’ve ever had”. Kovalainen’s also answered doubters, one suggested he’s just a happy Finn bigging up Nokia or was paid, ““@aleixpellicer: @H_Kovalainen you use it because you’re finnish and they […]

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N9Apps: MeeTor

N9Apps: MeeTor

| January 6, 2012 | 8 Replies

Just noticed this today (although this post is scheduled until later in the week). MeeTor has appeared in the Nokia Store. It is the first BitTorrent client (that I am aware of) for the Nokia N9. It is something I miss, as I used SymTorrent on my 5800 XM/X6/N8. Unfortunately, it isn’t free, but reasonable […]

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#N9Hacks: Live Clock Icon (App)

#N9Hacks: Live Clock Icon (App)

| January 6, 2012 | 9 Replies

I am liking these Live Icon hacks that have been popping up for the N9. First was the calendar and now we have a Clock. (Read somewhere more are on the way.) The clock displays the time. If the screen is not locked, the icon will be refreshed every five minutes. Simply install the app, […]

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Nokia N8 Successor Rumours galore: Sounds awesome, will make N8 users upgrade :D (it might still be Symbian)

Nokia N8 Successor Rumours galore: Sounds awesome, will make N8 users upgrade :D (it might still be Symbian)

| January 6, 2012 | 144 Replies

I take info about upcoming phones very lightly, often we have had to ignore tips on upcoming phones as we don’t know where the news is from. However, dsmobile should be no stranger to you. He told us back in JANUARY 2011, that the newly designed Nokia N9 was the, “ sexiest mobile ever done. It’s […]

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Nokia Stock upgraded to “Outperform” due to likely success of Nokia and Windows Phone as the third platform.

Nokia Stock upgraded to “Outperform” due to likely success of Nokia and Windows Phone as the third platform.

| January 6, 2012 | 56 Replies

  Forbes is reporting that Nokia’s shares are getting a boost from, here we go, an analyst from Credit Suisse, Kulbinder Garcha. He is raising Nokia’s rating from Underperform to OUTPERFORM, with a new target of 6 euros up from 4. http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2012/01/05/nokia-credit-suisse-upgrades-bullish-on-windows-phones/ Why? No, it’s not due to the reports of that other ‘analyst’ with […]

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