Archive for March, 2013

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Pendrell acquires several patent portfolios from Nokia, launches Helsinki Memory Technology subsidiary in Finland.

Jay Montano | March 25, 2013 | 49 Replies

Advertisements Patents expert Florian Mueller tweeted the story below (not yet on Nokia’s own press release pages). It indicates that Nokia is continuing to monetize their patents by making a deal with ‘patent assertion entity’ Pendrell. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/199847671.html http://www.pendrell.com/about/overview The acquisition is for 125 patents and patent applications applying world wide. Nokia declares 81 of these […]

Video: Nokia Lumia 900 vs Nokia Lumia 820 (WP7.8 vs WP8.0)

Jay Montano | March 25, 2013 | 11 Replies

A couple of 4.3″ Lumias from Nokia, one the previous ‘flagship’ and the other, the supporting act for the 920 (though for its time, the latter seems to be better positioned givenÂ pricingÂ and expectations). AUDIOVISOR An older video looking at app performances (but with the 800 and 7.5) WinVasyaÂ· Advertisements

PureView: Swedish House Mafia (with Nokia Lumia 920) and Ferraris (with Nokia 808 PureView)

Jay Montano | March 25, 2013 | 3 Replies

PureView double bill, first up with the Nokia Lumia 920 recording Swedish House Mafia. Ratchtastic CheersÂ Tobias HÃ¥kansson Next, Marc from the PureView club has taken some pictures of some beautiful cars with his Nokia 808 PureView and put it in video. You can see the individual photos as well as some crops . The […]

Lumia 810 to Be the Only T-Mobile WP to Support LTE + Free Completely Today Only! (8X Owners Sob Quietly)

Aliqudsi | March 24, 2013 | 6 Replies

According to a statement by T-Mobile, the Lumia 810 will be the ONLY Windows Phone device on their network that will be upgraded to support true 4G/LTE. The Lumia 810 is the only other LTE-capable device on T-Mobile aside from the Note II, and we will share timing of that LTE MR at a later […]

Tab Syncing Across IE11 Coming to Windows Phone in Future Updates (Blue)?

Aliqudsi | March 24, 2013 | 17 Replies

With all the rumors of a unified update experience coming to Windows RT/8/Phone here’s an interesting feature that we might see. In the video above demoing IE11 (I think); there’s an option for “synced tabs”; this might refer to being able to push and sync tabs across your Windows devices, which might be one of […]

Patents: Nokia Vs Google, WiFi Tethering and WebM/WP8 codecs

Jay Montano | March 24, 2013 | 68 Replies

A couple of legal/patent related Nokia stories for you guys to gloss over. I don’t know very much about the patent system but the gist I’m getting is that firstly, it appears Nokia has a patent on WiFi Tethering (or at least key aspects). Secondly, more google-free riding as it tries to get some […]

Weekend Watch: Nokia Lumia 920, iPhone 5 And Galaxy S3 Camera Comparison

Jay Montano | March 24, 2013 | 23 Replies

Check this out, it’s a very thorough video comparison of the cameras of the Nokia Lumia 920, Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S3. It’s amazing to think that it’s now a Nokia that’s getting picked up on oversaturated colours. I do distinctly remember when it was the N8 producing the most lifelike colour […]

MNB RG: Manufacturing Concept – Phone, Phablet, Tablet #MyDreamNokia

Jay Montano | March 23, 2013 | 12 Replies

Here’s a concept byÂ Mkrtchyan Edgar inspired by the ASUS Padphone. It discusses a main component that can be ‘transplanted’ to other devices so only one set is produced for different device types _____________ First adaptable phone Â Â Â AutomakersÂ do notÂ produceÂ a new frame forÂ eachÂ theirÂ cars,Â theyÂ reuseÂ oneÂ thatÂ alreadyÂ exists,Â whyÂ notÂ adoptÂ theÂ sameÂ strategyÂ in theÂ marketÂ of smartphones?Â The conceptÂ consistsÂ ofÂ transplantingÂ theÂ brainÂ and vitalÂ organsÂ inÂ anotherÂ body. ThisÂ ideaÂ comesÂ fromÂ AsusÂ withÂ theirÂ Padphone WhyÂ not goÂ furtherÂ on theÂ integrationÂ of links? […]

Lumiapps: Scruff available at store, Modern Combat 4 and Subway Surfers coming

Jay Montano | March 23, 2013 | 5 Replies

Here’s a WP app news roundup from reddit. First up, Scruff is now available in store. We last heard about this in February as something coming soon and it’s nice to see it actually manifest itself into a real thing (eh, eh, eh Viber voice? :p). LINK Source ______________________ Next up, coming in […]