Author Archive: Aliqudsi

Heyyo, names Ali- Currently a third year Dental Student from Chicago; studying in Jordan. I love all sorts of gadgets (Have = Green Nokia N8, Cyan Lumia 800, Black N9; Want: White 808 & Stromtrooper Lumia 900- yes I'm greedy) oh and cookies.. don't forget the cookies. Follow my twitter handle '@AliQudsi' - no pressure. Thanks.

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Symbian Roadmap Redefined: FP1 IS Carla; N8 To get Both FP1 & FP2

Symbian Roadmap Redefined: FP1 IS Carla; N8 To get Both FP1 & FP2

| May 23, 2012 | 176 Replies

The following bit of information comes from NokiaLino.it- An Italian blogger who recently attended a Lumia 610/900 launch event in Italy; he got some very interesting pieces of information regarding practically all the current Handsets that were announced last February. The most interesting of which is the fact that “Nokia Carla” Which was supposed to be the successor to Nokia Belle is no [...]

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Windows Phone 8 Leak/Concept

Windows Phone 8 Leak/Concept

| May 22, 2012 | 94 Replies

Here’s a nice long Render of either a fan-made concept of what WindowsPhone 8 will include or hopefully this is a Leaked UI guideline interface, there are some really interesting changes that are hopefully coming, most improtantly to me is the inclusion of the notification bar alongisde the media/volume popup bringing multiple toggles (Battery, Wifi, 3G, Lock [...]

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Camera Test: Asha 302 (Surprisingly Good) #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

Camera Test: Asha 302 (Surprisingly Good) #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

| May 22, 2012 | 24 Replies

To be honest I wasn’t expecting much at all from this little feature phone, I was completely dismissive of it’s camera and even cheated on my No Lumia week by taking a couple pictures of a document with the 800 to avoid having to use the Ashas camera. So you can imagine that I was [...]

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Wazapp for N9 gets Minor Push to V 0.2.4

Wazapp for N9 gets Minor Push to V 0.2.4

| May 21, 2012 | 26 Replies

Just a minor heads-up- the recently released unofficial whatsapp client for Meego has gotten it’s first Update mostly fixing some minor bugs that users would face while signing in. Changelog includes: Added support for displaying received Emoji Fixed interpreting login failure as a connection error, resulting in reconnect loop then segmentation fault Fixed crash during sync because of [...]

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808 Pureview up for Pre-Order in India

808 Pureview up for Pre-Order in India

| May 20, 2012 | 31 Replies

Quick tip, anyone itching to get their hands on the 808 can now register online via Nokia India to preorder/be informed once it’s available; frankly I’m surprised it hasn’t launched yet in India, but from what I understand the first countries to get it will be the MEA region (Lebanon, Jordan…)- first time we ever get [...]

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Days 1-3 with the Asha 302 #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

Days 1-3 with the Asha 302 #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

| May 19, 2012 | 8 Replies

Hey guys, so this is just a random update on how things are coming along with #SmartPhoneLiteWeek; for those of you who missed out on the last episode it’s where I only use an Asha 302 for the next week or so, here are some random points about my transition so far. I quickly became [...]

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Whatsapp For WP Updated to V2.0 – Brings Profile Pictures & Bug FIxes

Whatsapp For WP Updated to V2.0 – Brings Profile Pictures & Bug FIxes

| May 19, 2012 | 17 Replies

Not to be outdone by the release of it’s unofficial Meego client whatsapp for WIndows Phone has been updated to the big two-O, (honestly I cheated on my #SmartPhoneLiteWeek a bit today cause I had to upload some images of a document- and the Ashas camera is unbearable), as I was using the Lumia I spotted [...]

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Wayne Brady Gets a Lumia 900- “Can’t Let Go of It’s Big @$$ Display”

Wayne Brady Gets a Lumia 900- “Can’t Let Go of It’s Big @$$ Display”

| May 17, 2012 | 22 Replies

Wayne Brady (IMDB Link for Y’all)- well known actor and Emmy winner; for me he’s known as Barney’s Gay Brother (HIMYM reference)  just picked up a Lumia 900 (in stormtrooper white *please stop torturing me*) and is flaunting it on twitter along with his matching On Ear Purity Headphones. Wayne Brady‏@waynebrady Sorry about the bad link:( sucks! [...]

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Wazzap for N9 Available to Download NOW!

Wazzap for N9 Available to Download NOW!

| May 17, 2012 | 49 Replies

The wait is over, go download it now! http://www.wazapp.im/ Nothing else to add really. Update: I felt bad about calling those two sentences a post so I’d just like to add that unfortunately I won’t be able to try this out until my #SmartPhoneLiteWeek is over; so enjoy.

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Video/Gallery: Asha 302 Unboxing + Asha Challenge #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

Video/Gallery: Asha 302 Unboxing + Asha Challenge #SmartPhoneLiteWeek

| May 17, 2012 | 25 Replies

Hey Guys, Today I received  my trail 302 from the Nokia Connects guys (shout out!), basically the whole reason I have one is because me @psychomania666, @alsiladka  and a couple other guys on twitter are doing this challenge thing were the only phone we’re going to sue all week is this piece of S40 goodness, the Asha 302. So here’s an [...]

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Lumia 900 Global Variant Running Tango Spotted on NaviFirm

Lumia 900 Global Variant Running Tango Spotted on NaviFirm

| May 17, 2012 | 1 Reply

Just a quick update- the Global variant of the Lumia 900 (Finland) has showed up on Navifirm running Tango (Mango Refresh); as far as I recall the 900 has yet to be released in Finland (supposed to hit shelves the 25th of May if I recall correctly) so hopefully this means it’ll be coming soon to all. [...]

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Nokia Rookie Award Prize

Nokia Rookie Award Prize

| May 17, 2012 | 14 Replies

A bit ago we posted about a nice and easy competition on Twitter with Nokia called the “Nokia Rookie Award: where you simply had to tweet the names of the two competition winners (seen above) and that was basically it. Plus, want to win an exclusive VIP Burton Snowboard US Open backpack, filled with Burton Snowboard gear? [...]

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Video: Nokia TV Released for Finland

Video: Nokia TV Released for Finland

| May 17, 2012 | 30 Replies

A while back we posted about a new upcoming Nokia entertainment service called Nokia TV, well know the app is officially available to download on all Lumia devices (people outside Finland are also reportedly able to download the app). So go ahead and check it out. Update: I was even able to get it on my Lumia here in Jordan- [...]

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White Phones: Glossy vs. Matte the Verdict. (Plus Stormtrooper Beauty)

White Phones: Glossy vs. Matte the Verdict. (Plus Stormtrooper Beauty)

| May 13, 2012 | 34 Replies

Just a quick point-out a lot of people where asking why the white Nokia phones are Glossy rather than having a Matte finish like the rest of the set (Cyan, Black, Magenta); well the reason can be seen in the photo above- one Redditor posted the above picture of his HTC OneX (which copies the [...]

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iBomber Defense for S^3 – Demoed on N8

iBomber Defense for S^3 – Demoed on N8

| May 12, 2012 | 17 Replies

Here’s a pretty cool game that was just released for Symbian devices- it’s called iBomber Defense and it’s pretty sweet. I think the N9 did a pretty decent job focusing on such small movements on the screen- quite impressive. http://store.ovi.com/content/224846?clickSource=search&pos=1 Source  

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Tango Demoed on Lumia 710

Tango Demoed on Lumia 710

| May 11, 2012 | 30 Replies

Lightning quick post here since I just discovered that there’s a complete chapter included in my exam tomorrow that I didn’t know about, here’s a video showing off Tango running on the Lumia 710 (coming soon hopefully to all) Current Changelog: Call forwarding – forward your calls to a designated number for (1) all calls (2) when I don’t answer (3) when I [...]

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Video: View the World in PureView

Video: View the World in PureView

| May 11, 2012 | 43 Replies

Here’s another amazing video Nokia just uploaded- it’s called “View the World in PureView” and it’s basically showing off the awesome video capture of the 808 in Iceland from beyond earth (using weather balloons and stuff) 34Kms above earth- Enjoy Thanks for the tip dabnism

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Siri Thinks You Should Get a Lumia 900 (in Cyan)

Siri Thinks You Should Get a Lumia 900 (in Cyan)

| May 11, 2012 | 34 Replies

This post is beyond hilarious, if you take an iPhone 4S (yeah the one that talks) and ask it “What’s the Best Cell Phone Ever” unsurprisingly the answer you’ll get is “Nokia Lumia 900 4G”. I don’t think there’s much more I can add to that (Siri uses wolfram Alpha for it’s answers- which based the best [...]

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Windows Phone Myths Debunked- The Truth

Windows Phone Myths Debunked- The Truth

| May 10, 2012 | 450 Replies

Okay guys, at the risk of being called out as a Paid Microsoft Fan-Boy; I’m gonna address the so-called “Devastating Problems in WP” that everyone has been talking about. First off I’d like to point out that some of them are just plain ridiculous, and the author obviously has never tried a WP and is [...]

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KONKA The Android Running Nokia You Never Wished for

KONKA The Android Running Nokia You Never Wished for

| May 10, 2012 | 21 Replies

Ok, So technically not true, alot of people out there might want an Android Nokia- But let’s be clear; this isn’t the one you want to buy; With a name Like KONKA (ditch the “I” from Nokia and scramble the letters) that uses the same Nokia font you can’t go wrong right? As is usual with these [...]

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808 Pureview Launching In Lebanon Today?

808 Pureview Launching In Lebanon Today?

| May 10, 2012 | 21 Replies

I’m not sure exactly what this tweet means but I take it to mean that the 808 is launching in Lebanon Today; earlier Jay posted that the 808 is up for pre-order in the UAE. After which the following tweet popped up in my twitter feed: Nokia Lebanon ‏ @NokiaLebanon Something BIG is launching tonight  http://nokia.ly/JhzcRf#NokiaPureView#Lebanon With a link [...]

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