Archive for July 13th, 2012

Lumiappaday #241: Super Monkey Ball 2 demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900 XboxLive

Lumiappaday #241: Super Monkey Ball 2 demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900 XboxLive

| July 13, 2012 | 2 Replies

Here’s a sequel to Super Monkey Ball (#208), with much improved controls over the first iteration.   #241) SMB2-SE Price:  £2.29/ $2.99 Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/9fac66ac-f085-4d5c-b651-5c7ce7e7ad42 Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF8ZWoXUMHg Developer Blurb:   Super Monkey Ball™ is back. Everyone’s favorite monkeys keep the ball rolling with this exclusive version of the arcade to console classic for your smartphone. Roll around the Far East, [...]

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Video: Ask the CEO: Stephen Elop at TechEd Amsterdam

Video: Ask the CEO: Stephen Elop at TechEd Amsterdam

| July 13, 2012 | 101 Replies

  Stephen Elop answers some questions from TechEd Amsterdam: Phones with QWERTY. People who experience touch prefer Nokia touch over QWERTY. Why did Nokia leave Symbian? Conclusion of management team – not battle of devices but…dun dun dun, come on everyone…”War of ecosystemsssss” . Basically it’s a long term play. How can WP/Nokia make it [...]

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Nokia Releases Exclusive “Batman Origins” app for Lumias

Nokia Releases Exclusive “Batman Origins” app for Lumias

| July 13, 2012 | 7 Replies

Last night Nokia published yet another Batman related exclusive app for WP (found only under Nokia collection); “Batman Origins” is a pretty sweet comic book reader that has the origin stories/comics for the main characters in the upcoming “Dark Knight Rises” (Batman, Catwoman, Bane, Scarecrow). the app itself is pretty cool as it transitions from pane to pane like [...]

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Nokia India FB Page Opens Preorders for Lumia 800 Dark Knight Edition

Nokia India FB Page Opens Preorders for Lumia 800 Dark Knight Edition

| July 13, 2012 | 8 Replies

The Nokia India page just tweeted a Link to pre-order your very own engraved TDKR Lumia 800 (in black of course), apparently there are only 200 of these available, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they decided to make more. Anyway here’s the page for those of you who want a lit bit of the “Worlds Greatest Detective” [...]

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Video: Nokia Transport with detailed line view and multiple tiles

Video: Nokia Transport with detailed line view and multiple tiles

| July 13, 2012 | 10 Replies

Nokia’s uploaded a video showing Nokia Transport, an app that helps with public transport, on the Nokia Lumia 900. Nokia transit factors in walking times to stations as well as giving directions to those stations, and apparently some more as it guides to your final destination. They’ve got someone called Josh who lives in New [...]

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Vanjoki not involved in Jolla Mobile

Vanjoki not involved in Jolla Mobile

| July 13, 2012 | 41 Replies

Since Jolla Mobile were not yet ready to detail their partners/investors, some had been speculating that perhaps Ex Nokia Hero (well to many Nokia fans), Anssi Vanjoki might be an angel investor that would provide some funds for this new startup. According to the story below, whilst Anssi is happy with what Jolla Mobile is [...]

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Nielsen’s Q2 2012 US Mobile Subscriber market share estimates.

Nielsen’s Q2 2012 US Mobile Subscriber market share estimates.

| July 13, 2012 | 72 Replies

Here’s a report from Nielsen showing marketshare numbers for USA. Whilst there have been news that Nokia was selling the most out of the current gen Windows Phones, Nielsen shows that they are still behind Samsung/HTC for overall phones in US. Total marketshare for Windows Phone in USA is 1.3%, still less than the 3% [...]

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