Archive for March 16th, 2012

Video: Nokia Lumia Live – Augmented Reality Lumia

Video: Nokia Lumia Live – Augmented Reality Lumia

| March 16, 2012 | 1 Reply

  Here’s something a little better than the other post about Nokia Australia’s Amazing Everyday stunt. Here you can see a giant augmented reality Nokia Lumia in music playback mode and a virtual person breakdancing to which the public can join and give it a go. I don’t know what’s happening here, maybe he’s trying [...]

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Videos: The ‘Amazing’ Everyday. Lame, try again Nokia Australia.

Videos: The ‘Amazing’ Everyday. Lame, try again Nokia Australia.

| March 16, 2012 | 35 Replies

  It seems that who ever is in charge of Amazing Everyday is running out of ideas (even though clearly there is so much that could be done). I haven’t shared much of the recent Amazing Everyday’s I’m seeing because they’re LAME! LAME! WTF. It’s like they took a leaf out of Nokia Belgium’s book. [...]

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Nokia 808 PureView coming to Norway (Expansys for UK folks)

Nokia 808 PureView coming to Norway (Expansys for UK folks)

| March 16, 2012 | 45 Replies

We can’t ever be sure what Nokia’s thinking and where it plans to launch what phone and where. Earlier today we heard Sweden would get the 808 (when previously it was not to be). http://mynokiablog.com/2012/03/16/high-demand-sees-nokia-808-pureview-coming-to-sweden Norway will also be getting some 41MP PureView Rich Recording love http://nyheter.nokia.no/nyheter/nokia-808-pureview-til-norge/ For now, UK folks will have to resort [...]

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Nokia 808 Belle FP1 widgets for Nokia N8 (and other older Belle phones)

Nokia 808 Belle FP1 widgets for Nokia N8 (and other older Belle phones)

| March 16, 2012 | 13 Replies

The extra Belle FP1 widgets have been extracted.  Check out that gallery widget. Instructions on how to do that here: http://digipassion.com/2012/03/get-belle-fp1-gallery-widget-in-old-symbian-belle-phones.html P.S. more Belle widget news coming your way in a mo. (Scheduled for Saturday reading). Cheers Stephen for the tip.

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Video: Nokia N8 – Ants Feasting on Fly Larvae

Video: Nokia N8 – Ants Feasting on Fly Larvae

| March 16, 2012 | 4 Replies

  This might be a little gruesome but it’s another piece by  topolino70 who has shown us some of the best clips from the Nokia N8.  This is shot with a Vivitar Macro lens, but it is important to note that although there is an addition,  the picture is good because of the ability of the N8 [...]

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Video: How to: Create a simple prototype for your next Nokia app

Video: How to: Create a simple prototype for your next Nokia app

| March 16, 2012 | 4 Replies

Here’s a neat little video showing how to turn ideas into apps, from sketching to designing. It’s pretty neat.   This video will show you simple methods for taking the idea for your next app, and getting it on paper. From there, you can utilize various software to make your prototype a reality. Adobe Illustrator http://www.adobe.com/products/illustrator.html is [...]

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High demand sees Nokia 808 PureView coming to Sweden

High demand sees Nokia 808 PureView coming to Sweden

| March 16, 2012 | 50 Replies

There were some reports that Sweden might not get the Nokia 808 PureView, but today Nokia has confirmed that it will be in Sweden. Following the fantastic response after the launch of the Nokia 808 Pure View from Swedish operators, retailers and consumers, we are now pleased to announce that the Nokia 808 Pure View will be [...]

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Lumiappaday #122: Untangle demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Lumiappaday #122: Untangle demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

| March 16, 2012 | 1 Reply

Untangle is a simple puzzle game where you have to untangle the strings. When tangled, strings appear read. Move the end points so that the strings no longer overlap and they turn white, but make sure you know what is where otherwise you might create more tangles. There’s a time component too and if you [...]

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Nokia Investigating (And Patenting) Tattoos that Vibrate With Your Phone- Creepy or Cool?

Nokia Investigating (And Patenting) Tattoos that Vibrate With Your Phone- Creepy or Cool?

| March 16, 2012 | 18 Replies

Okay so this one is a tad bit weird (make that REALLY weird) but still kinda cool; the premise of this is that you get some sort of special ink injected into your arm or hand or wherever and it will respond to specific haptic feedback signals from your phone (similar to your phone vibrating when you [...]

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Upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog for Windows Phone, resume playback on Xbox 360

Upcoming Sonic The Hedgehog for Windows Phone, resume playback on Xbox 360

| March 16, 2012 | 10 Replies

  Here’s the true integration of XBox Live that we’re really after – achievement scores are fun and being connected to XBoxLive peeps is cool but game integration is what we’re looking for. Well for me anyway. Here in the upcoming Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II, you can play the game on your Nokia [...]

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WhatsApp Beta coming next week for Nokia N9? [community project]

WhatsApp Beta coming next week for Nokia N9? [community project]

| March 16, 2012 | 42 Replies

Despite the huge support from the petition, Whatsapp is not coming officially to Nokia N9 yet. But it is coming in some form as the N9 community it seems are going to port WhatsApp themselves. The Beta supposedly is going to be available next week. Source: MeeGoExperts Cheers Rob G for the tip!

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[Homebrew] Lock Screen Widgets on Windows Phone with Lock Widgets

[Homebrew] Lock Screen Widgets on Windows Phone with Lock Widgets

| March 16, 2012 | 14 Replies

  Here’s something neat – more information for your homescreens – this time a quick glance without needing to unlock the screen. It’s neat to have information and activity on the homescreen, no? Amazing stuff to know Nokia were already leagues ahead in terms of the creative minds at their teams after finding out active [...]

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In-app advertising QML API beta now available, top developers making 40-60,000USD/month!!

In-app advertising QML API beta now available, top developers making 40-60,000USD/month!!

| March 16, 2012 | 17 Replies

The Nokia Developer blog reports that the in-app advertising API (QML) is now available. Apparently top developers are making as much as 40-60,000 a month with in app ads. Are those the bigger name devs or smaller individual persons/teams? I wonder what they’d be making. Nokia’s preferred in-app advertising solution provider, inneractive, recently announcedthat they have made [...]

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