Advertisements
Advertisements

Archive for April, 2015

Advertisements
Press Release: Nokia reaffirms it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets

Press Release: Nokia reaffirms it currently has no plans to manufacture or sell consumer handsets

| April 26, 2015 | 16 Replies

Advertisements In the latest will they won’t they, Nokia says they have no plans to “manufacture” or “sell” consumer handsets. Does this necessarily stop them selling the license to the Nokia name for smartphones or even designing the smartphone and have someone else manufacture and sell them? They take back claims supposedly made by the […]

Read More

Lumia 640 XL Vs. Lumia 1520

Lumia 640 XL Vs. Lumia 1520

| April 25, 2015 | 2 Replies

With the Lumia 640 XL being Microsoft’s first phablet, we thought we’d compare it to Nokia’s first flagship phablet, the Lumia 1520 (true the Lumia 1320 would be a more apt comparison, but I didn’t have one on hand). Here;s a video comparing the design, specs and hardware of the two devices. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oRJGZ30n4g Although the […]

Read More

Nokia China confirms Android Nokia Smartphones?

Nokia China confirms Android Nokia Smartphones?

| April 25, 2015 | 20 Replies

GSM Arena says that the president of Nokia China, Mike Wang, confirmed that they’re working on Android smartphones. Akin to how the Nokia N1 was produced, the Nokia designed smartphone will be produced in a similar manner. Nokia’s R&D it seems will move permanently to China (is that for consumer devices only I take it? […]

Read More

Who’s gonna buy HERE? Apple, Amazon, Baidu, Facebook?

Who’s gonna buy HERE? Apple, Amazon, Baidu, Facebook?

| April 23, 2015 | 9 Replies

Bloomberg reports that Nokia is looking for suitors for their HERE Maps section, at a cost of about 3 Billion Euros. Nokia is focusing more and more on Networks, with a huge merger with Alcatel-Lucent to organise and close. There’s also some small work in Nokia technologies that is said to be attempting to get […]

Read More

Lumia 640 XL Unboxing Hands on & First Impressions

Lumia 640 XL Unboxing Hands on & First Impressions

| April 22, 2015 | 13 Replies

  Over at GeekOnGadgets we got our hands on the Lumia 640 XL, Microsoft’s latest Lumia device and the first Lumia phablet since the flagship Lumia 1520 and the 1320. In hand the 640 XL feels quite nice, not too big in fact (but then again I handled the Lumia 1520 comfortably, so maybe I have […]

Read More

Nokia Returning to Phone market in 2016 – great stuff in development, people will be blown away

Nokia Returning to Phone market in 2016 – great stuff in development, people will be blown away

| April 21, 2015 | 88 Replies

Coming across such a title would make most ignore it. But the source of this post is Re/code and the writer is Ina Fried, so it’s worth paying attention. The move is driven by Nokia Technologies which has so far released Nokia Z Launcher and of course, Nokia N1. Former Nokia exec, Richard Kerris said […]

Read More

Nokias in history #ThankYouNokia N1

Nokias in history #ThankYouNokia N1

| April 19, 2015 | 5 Replies

A little random Nokia promo I came across the other day. First it cycles through some iconic Nokias, finishing off with the latest Nokia device, the Nokia N1.  

Read More

Video: Nokia 5110 LCD Display for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Projects

Video: Nokia 5110 LCD Display for Arduino and Raspberry Pi Projects

| April 19, 2015 | 1 Reply

Eric uses the Nokia 5110’s LCD display for his Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects. He finds the LED placement quality stuff.  

Read More

Wow – Windoge Phone

Wow – Windoge Phone

| April 19, 2015 | 1 Reply

Someone’s a fan of the doge. Much wow. A dev actually made a doge weather app too: https://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/dogeweather/9759483c-be89-4d87-a135-fc54ddc07da5? Credit – David Kimball Source: Reddit

Read More