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Archive for April 18th, 2012

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Staska – Symbian not smartphone, but smarter phone?

Staska – Symbian not smartphone, but smarter phone?

| April 18, 2012 | 103 Replies

Advertisements Here is a long but an interesting read from Staska of UnwiredView. http://www.unwiredview.com/2012/04/18/nokia-didnt-have-any-smartphones-until-late-2011-only-smarter-phones-and-whats-a-smartphone-anyway/ He discusses whether Symbian phones were ever ‘smartphones’ or ‘smarter phones’, and how Nokia was disrupted. Staska says Nokia knew far in advanced what mobile phones were transitioning into (mobile computers) but allowed their own cash cow (Symbian) to strangle Nokia’s […]

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Nokia 808 PureView Samples

Nokia 808 PureView Samples

| April 18, 2012 | 30 Replies

    There are some more samples from the Nokia 808 PureView on Flickr. If they look familiar, it’s because we saw these at a Nokia 808 demo video. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nokiaofficial/sets/72157629481343582/ I can’t wait to see some N8 vs 808 comparisons. Source: @Partinen via Sirasjsoft via Bharadwaj         Advertisements

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Nokia to hire 10,000 new workers for New Vietnam Factory

Nokia to hire 10,000 new workers for New Vietnam Factory

| April 18, 2012 | 57 Replies

It’s been over a year now since we heard about the plans from Nokia to produce a factory in Vietnam. The last I heard, there were some delays due to negotiations with the Vietnamese government but newer reports say that all seems good to go. Nokia are reportedly spending $300M to build a new factory […]

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AllThingsD: Nokia Building Lumia 900s as fast as they can.

AllThingsD: Nokia Building Lumia 900s as fast as they can.

| April 18, 2012 | 44 Replies

All Things D reports that apparently Nokia are very much still in demand in the US. Good marketing to let consumers be aware the product exists has seen very good responses state side. The recent out of stock notices are apparently NOT because Nokia were taking phones off the shelves to update with the connectivity […]

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Lumiappaday #155: Squirrel demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Lumiappaday #155: Squirrel demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

| April 18, 2012 | 4 Replies

Squirrel is a pretty cool 3D runner where you as a squirrel must run up a tree, collecting fruit and nuts. The controls are either accelerometer based (tilt) or touch (sliding your finger). Avoid hitting the branches or it’s game over. If you carry an acorn, you can take a hit (like Sonic when he […]

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Chris Weber gives a Nokia fan some awesome Nokia Accessories?

Chris Weber gives a Nokia fan some awesome Nokia Accessories?

| April 18, 2012 | 14 Replies

Remember that guy who went crazy happy after getting a Nokia Lumia 900? http://mynokiablog.com/2012/04/11/guy-goes-crazy-happy-after-getting-his-nokia-lumia-900/ I don’t actually know what happened since but somehow Chris Weber (Noki US President) apparently gave him a bunch of Nokia accessories as a gift, including Monster Nokia Purity Headphones, a Play 360, a Nokia shirt and some screen wipes. Neat. […]

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Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) going on EVERY WP phone

Windows Phone 8 (Apollo) going on EVERY WP phone

| April 18, 2012 | 137 Replies

  One of the newer concerns that seemed to stack up against Nokia’s Lumia phones was – could it get the new update, WP8? For a long while it was assumed it would be the case, but recently there was a growing worry that it would not. This uncertainty has led to some sites not […]

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