Archive for August 14th, 2012

Rumor: Surface RT to Be Priced at $199

Rumor: Surface RT to Be Priced at $199

| August 14, 2012 | 36 Replies

There’s no doubt that the Microsoft Surface is one heck of a tablet, it has got all it needs to succeed, great design (the likes of what we’ve grown accustomed to from Nokia), intuitive features and that little something different; however for a while now the big question has been pricing. According to Microsoft the point of [...]

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Nokia City Lens updated for Windows Phone but still in beta

Nokia City Lens updated for Windows Phone but still in beta

| August 14, 2012 | Reply

City Lens from Nokia helps in locating the various places like restaurants, hotels, ATM, etc tag, share, save your location in a visual way, in short we can say it as visual exploration/navigation. Nokia had recently updated its Augmented reality app to version 1.1 but it still lives with beta tag. Change log from Nokia: [...]

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Nokia X2 Hero story makes it to Reddit.

Nokia X2 Hero story makes it to Reddit.

| August 14, 2012 | 14 Replies

Look what made it on Reddit? It’s a story of Prashant’s facebook friend which he shared a couple of days ago. http://mynokiablog.com/2012/08/12/nokia-x2-vs-bullet-a-life-saved-and-x2-a-real-hero/ You know how much Reddit loves the super strong Nokias. The indestructible Nokia meme, The hammer Nokia Lumia 900, and now this. Of all the manufacturers, because Nokias tended to be everyone’s first, [...]

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Predictive Locations: Nokia’s Where platform knows not only where you are, but where you’ll be.

Predictive Locations: Nokia’s Where platform knows not only where you are, but where you’ll be.

| August 14, 2012 | 15 Replies

  Anticipation technology – things that will predict what you’re going to do, before you’re going to do it, and intuitively behaves in a way that makes your life just that little bit easier. Forbes and Business Insider talk about Nokia’s algorithms that aims to know not simply where you are, but where you will be. [...]

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Leaked: Nokia Lumia WP8 frame

Leaked: Nokia Lumia WP8 frame

| August 14, 2012 | 43 Replies

What you’re looking at is apparently a frame of an upcoming Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 8. The screen measures about 10.9mm (4.3″). Check out the new Windows Phone logo. I hope there’s not a lot of additional excess borders. What amuses me more is that people are getting excited over seeing parts of an [...]

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Accessories: Proporta Pocket Power Emergency Charger – hides in wallet for low battery power emergencies

Accessories: Proporta Pocket Power Emergency Charger – hides in wallet for low battery power emergencies

| August 14, 2012 | 13 Replies

I’ve been a long fan of the folks at Proporta. Being a tech geek requires my gadgets to be juiced up and whilst it’s great to have a spare battery if you can, normally that limits what can be charged. i.e. only where that battery is compatible. I have so many old spare batteries I [...]

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StuffMagazine on the Nokia 808 PureView.

StuffMagazine on the Nokia 808 PureView.

| August 14, 2012 | 32 Replies

  Here’s Lucy Hedges from the UK StuffMagazine giving a quick review of the Nokia 808 PureView. Whilst you might stop listening once the disappointment of Symbian is mentioned, Lucy gives PureView quite a good explanation. Much better than I had expected. Whilst overall pleased with the camera, ‘no denying the quality of these snaps’, [...]

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Lumia Tips: Find your Nokia Lumia with Find My Phone, + Remote Ring/Lock/Erase

Lumia Tips: Find your Nokia Lumia with Find My Phone, + Remote Ring/Lock/Erase

| August 14, 2012 | 6 Replies

I’ve been meaning to film this a long while ago and I’ve finally got around to it this morning. In the video I show some useful remote features (not all, will demo remote app install another time) where you can find your phone’s very precise location, ring it, lock it and erase it. You might [...]

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Nokia World 2012 – Collaboration Day, September 25th, Finland. Invitation Only.

Nokia World 2012 – Collaboration Day, September 25th, Finland. Invitation Only.

| August 14, 2012 | 60 Replies

The original Nokia World dates were Sept 25-26th in Finland. We heard soon after that it would be pushed early for an invitation only, partners/non media event (September 5-6) http://mynokiablog.com/2012/05/23/nokia-world-2012-taking-place-earlier-september-5-6-change-in-format/ Now there’s something called ‘Nokia Collaboration Day 2012′, taking place once again on September 25th, Helsinki Finland. Michael speculates it might possibly be the blogger [...]

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Lumiappaday #273: Clearer demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900 – Slick, Gesture based to do list

Lumiappaday #273: Clearer demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900 – Slick, Gesture based to do list

| August 14, 2012 | 1 Reply

108 Lumiapps ago, we demoed a pretty cool gesture based to do list called Zero. Clearer has similar gestures but goes a few steps further (and also, quite importantly, seems to be more stable and doesn’t go about deleting my lists at random). The app is pretty much full screen. You have your different lists [...]

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Nokia Asha 305 – “sold out in several stores soon after its debut” – Delhi

Nokia Asha 305 – “sold out in several stores soon after its debut” – Delhi

| August 14, 2012 | 125 Replies

According to BGR’s sources, Asha phones have apparently been successful in Asia in the recent weeks. http://www.bgr.com/2012/08/13/nokia-feature-phone-business-analysis/ Delhi – sold out in several stores after debut (now we know ‘sold out’ is no clear indication of sales numbers) Newspapers in Philippines and Singapore refer to these phones as smartphones. (Media might call them dumbphones but [...]

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Leaked: Nokia Document listing features of WP8 coming (or not) to WP7.8

Leaked: Nokia Document listing features of WP8 coming (or not) to WP7.8

| August 14, 2012 | 64 Replies

This just popped up on twitter, apparently from yesterday. Word is, that SmartPhone France have gotten hold of this leaked document. Here it is: So what does it tell us? Quite a bit actually. Until now, the only thing we have known for certain was coming, was the New HomeScreen. It also looks like there [...]

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