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Archive for January 13th, 2012

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450 Nokia Patents (mostly wireless related) Acquired by Sisvel,

450 Nokia Patents (mostly wireless related) Acquired by Sisvel,

| January 13, 2012 | 18 Replies

Advertisements You may have read that Sisvel Acquired 450 patents from Nokia (from 47 Patent families). From what I gather, Sisvel, kinda like Mosaid, will manage and protect Nokia’s patents and become a source of revenue for Nokia. Patents allow a company to protect its technology, increase the commercial value of its product offerings, and […]

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#N9Hacks: Volume rocker as Shutter Button (App)

#N9Hacks: Volume rocker as Shutter Button (App)

| January 13, 2012 | 24 Replies

I came across some chatter about this last night on IRC, but was waiting to post it until it was confirmed. Thomas Perl (aka thp ) has made a “quick and dirty” camera hack, that allows you to use the Volume up key as a dedicated camera shutter button. Not much to explain about it, […]

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What would you have changed about the Nokia Lumia 900?

What would you have changed about the Nokia Lumia 900?

| January 13, 2012 | 93 Replies

There are many praises and also some skepticism about the Nokia Lumia 900. It’s not even out yet but if you had the powers, what would you have changed about the Nokia Lumia 900? (No, changing the OS is not an option, I can already hear some snarky remarks on that. :)) First and foremost, […]

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fMobi updated with tons more new features! Already eyeing up even more speed improvements in next version.

fMobi updated with tons more new features! Already eyeing up even more speed improvements in next version.

| January 13, 2012 | 10 Replies

fMobi now lists 18 changes for the v2.5, from things like background customization of the menu, chat notification and refined icons to belle style dialogue boxes. And there is so much more! I suggest checking fMobi’s full blog post that details them along with screenshots. http://jiikoo.com/2011/12/19/fmobi25/ There’s tons of new features right? Lots of refinement […]

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Videos: Smoked by Windows Phone, Ben the PC guy’s CES Challenge

Videos: Smoked by Windows Phone, Ben the PC guy’s CES Challenge

| January 13, 2012 | 34 Replies

Ben the PC Guy set about a challenge of performing certain tasks on his Windows Phones against competitor phones. If they win, they get $100. If they lose, they have to accept defeat and admit to being smoked by Windows Phone. They have the option of swapping their phone for a new Windows Phone. Oddly […]

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Nokia Lumia 710, free limo rides with Nokia Drive Navigation

Nokia Lumia 710, free limo rides with Nokia Drive Navigation

| January 13, 2012 | 6 Replies

I had something like this planned but not as elaborate. Nokia gave some people in Las Vegas a free limo ride. However, this is on the condition that: 1) They use Nokia Drive on the Nokia Lumia 710 2) They are NOT allowed to tell the driver where they are going (so he can’t just […]

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Video: Nokia Drive demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Video: Nokia Drive demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

| January 13, 2012 | 3 Replies

Nokia Maps then Ovi Maps back to Nokia Maps is fantastic. There’s a spin off separate app called Nokia Drive specifically for driving mode. Navigation on Nokias has come a long way from being a gimmick on devices like the N95 to being incredibly useful on the N97 and so much more so from the […]

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