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Archive for August, 2014

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LeakyLeak: Superman Selfie Nokia Lumia 730/735 – a fabula mix of 920/1020/N9 – Still with Nokia branding

LeakyLeak: Superman Selfie Nokia Lumia 730/735 – a fabula mix of 920/1020/N9 – Still with Nokia branding

| August 29, 2014 | 7 Replies

Advertisements Pictures of the Nokia Lumia 730/735 have surfaced. This looks like a return to the original ‘fabula’ design first seen in the N9 and refined many generations later in Lumia. Pillowy appearance with flat bottom and top. The 730 is said to have a 5MP selfie loving front camera. The back is a mix […]

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Jolla Phone named Top 5 international handset by WhatMobile for August

Jolla Phone named Top 5 international handset by WhatMobile for August

| August 29, 2014 | 2 Replies

WhatMobile looked at some of the international smartphones available and has named Jolla Phone in their top 5. It’s a brand new OS with Sailfish. What stands out for them? The clean, flat, minimal look. They find, hardware wise that the specs doesn’t match the price. Fingers crossed as it might be a make or […]

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HERE Maps Comes Free to Samsung Galaxy Phones; Brings Offline Navigation and Smartwatch Support

HERE Maps Comes Free to Samsung Galaxy Phones; Brings Offline Navigation and Smartwatch Support

| August 29, 2014 | 26 Replies

Earlier we reported that HERE maps would be powering Tizen smartwatches, now according to a post by the HERE team, HERE maps and all their navigating power will be available for free on Samsung Galaxy devices. Nokia (the part that owns HERE), struck a licensing deal with Samsung to bring the HERE maps and navigation […]

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Employees from Nokia’s Oulu Office Create Polestar.fi; Showcasing Finnish Talent for Hire

Employees from Nokia’s Oulu Office Create Polestar.fi; Showcasing Finnish Talent for Hire

| August 29, 2014 | 5 Replies

We’ve seen many companies rise from the ashes of Nokia, whether it be CloudBerryTec, or Jolla, or the ones who tried but didn’t quit make it, like Nokita. Polestar.fi is here, and there ready! Polestar.fi is a company of collected talent who operated out of the Oulu facility. With over 500 employees, Polestar.fi are hoping […]

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Keyboard “The Other Half” for Jolla Phone, magnetic mock up

Keyboard “The Other Half” for Jolla Phone, magnetic mock up

| August 28, 2014 | 3 Replies

Here is a look at a keyboard option “The Other Half” for Jolla Phone. This is probably what Jolla Phone was meant to aspire to from the very beginning – an actual other half that brings something other than some ambience changes and more like the recent post with the OLED screen. It has an […]

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Even faster Android Nokia Z-Launcher

Even faster Android Nokia Z-Launcher

| August 28, 2014 | 6 Replies

Nokia’s brought about some more new changes for their Android Z-Launcher. This is the second big update and focuses mainly on performance. There are other improvements to design including new animations as well as improved contact search and web results. Performance improvements Speed improvements across the board! Faster startup Faster loading of apps, contacts, and […]

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HERE for Gear: Nokia’s maps on Samsung’s Tizen powered Gear S Smartwatch

HERE for Gear: Nokia’s maps on Samsung’s Tizen powered Gear S Smartwatch

| August 28, 2014 | 2 Replies

BGR reports that Samsung are reading a Tizen Gear S smartwatch. Nokia’s HERE is expected on it. Some say that the move to HERE signals some of the tension between Samsung and their reliance on Google – hence why a lot of Samsung’s actions seem to either replicate or hide google’s services. Samsung of course […]

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Lumia Cyan available on my Nokia Lumia 1520 (and update 8.10.14157.200)

Lumia Cyan available on my Nokia Lumia 1520 (and update 8.10.14157.200)

| August 28, 2014 | 2 Replies

Finally! Lumia Cyan made its way to my Nokia Lumia 1520. On a quick check, it seems I can use Project my Screen wirelessly (miracast) like the 930. But straight after it asked to update again as I’m on the developer preview. I still had the folders and all that jazz so hopefully it doesn’t […]

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Trippy Cortana – by Dave Whyte

Trippy Cortana – by Dave Whyte

| August 27, 2014 | 4 Replies

I thought Cortana was on the reddit homepage. I guess another commenter thought the same as they said the same thing. The above is a gif by Dave Whyte. It shouldn’t be long before the Blue circle on black becomes synonymous with Cortana, unless of course, they give her a facelift, as they have done […]

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