Archive for July 29th, 2012

Lumiappaday #257: National Flags Quiz demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Lumiappaday #257: National Flags Quiz demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

| July 29, 2012 | 2 Replies

This app has been around for a while, and with the Olympics going on, it might be quite timely to see how much of these world flags you can name. The app has a practice mode and a timed mode. You choose from the whole world or a particular continent. A flag is presented at [...]

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topolino70′s Flowers of Arboretum and more Nokia 808 PureView user submissions

topolino70′s Flowers of Arboretum and more Nokia 808 PureView user submissions

| July 29, 2012 | 3 Replies

It’s a topolino70 weekend. Let’s check out another beautiful piece shot on the Nokia 808 PureView and vibrant colour bursting flowers. Also, from our last post, we asked for you to highlight some other PureView users. Links after the video: I went to Tampere Arboretum (Finland), hoping to catch some nice shots of butterflies. Unfortunately [...]

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Nokia N9/Lumia resemblances to iPhone in 2006?

Nokia N9/Lumia resemblances to iPhone in 2006?

| July 29, 2012 | 40 Replies

For some reason, prototype iPhone pics supposedly from 2006 have been published. You can see a gallery from TheVerge below. http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/26/3189305/2006-iphone-prototype-images#3597477 ICEman who tipped this in noted that it resembles the N9 (Or Lumia 800), albeit without the slightly tapering edges. There’s definitely some resemblance. Who knows what Nokia’s own unpublished protos look like? I know they [...]

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Nokia City Scene updated for Nokia N9

Nokia City Scene updated for Nokia N9

| July 29, 2012 | 13 Replies

  Beta labs has issued a small update for Nokia City Scene on the Nokia N9 http://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/nokia-city-scene Notice 2012-07-27: Some of you have reported application start-up problems with version 2.0.4 of City Scene, which is now rolling out in an update from Nokia Store. We will try to resolve those issues as soon as possible. Minor [...]

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Salo Factory in Finland closing in September

Salo Factory in Finland closing in September

| July 29, 2012 | 37 Replies

YLE reports that the Salo factory in Finland was shut down on Friday and will close permanently in Autumn (September). http://yle.fi/uutiset/nokia_to_close_salo_plant_in_september/6232672?origin=rss The last phone built there was made on Wednesday. This is part of Nokia’s cost cutting measures, which means phones can be built more quickly and efficiently hopefully meaning Nokia can adapt better to [...]

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