Heyyo, names Ali- Currently a fourth year Dental Student from Chicago; studying in Jordan. I love all sorts of gadgets almost as much as I love my cookies! (Have: Green Nokia N8, Cyan Lumia 800, Black N9, Stormtrooper White Lumia 900, Black 808 PureView, Red Lumia 920). Follow my twitter handle '@AliQudsi' - no pressure. Thanks.
Our buddy CJ over at UnleashThePhones is reporting that the Windows Phone 8 logo/button on the Lumia 925 will active as a breathing/charging indicator when the phone is juicing up. Till now no Lumias gave any real indication of this (only the HTC 8X had a notification light for that sole purpose), so it’s definitely a nice [...]
Nokia have just announced that a future update coming to all WP8 Lumia devices will be receiving a new software update in the summer called Nokia Lumia Amber. Amber will debut on the Lumia 925 with Smart Camera and soon following on other WP8 devices. According to the verge this update will come packaged with the GDR2 update which will also [...]
Here’re a collection of videos showing off the new features in the Nokia Smart Camera:
To avoid having a billion posts we’ll be sure to post all hands-ons,comparisons images and everything else here (and update regularly) so be sure to check back. On a related subject the Lumia 925 was the #1 subject trending worldwide pretty cool huh! #Lumia925 trending No. 1 worldwide on Twitter! — John Pope (@JohnatNokia) May 14, 2013 BBC’s first look at [...]
The Lumia 925 is confirmed to be landing on T-mobile’s doors, as well as the rest of the world priced at 469 euros before subsidies and tax. The phone will launch in June and bringing with it the GDR2/Nokia Amber. * O2UK Will have the White version as an exclusive *Vodafone UK, Germany will have the 32GB [...]
Nokia have announced their latest lens/camera pp called Nokia smart camera which combines most of Nokia’s existing lenses such as smartshoot and others into one app. The app achieves this by taking multiple 5 Mp shots rather than a full sized 8Mp single shot (which still gives you a better result than apps like Blink) The app [...]
Finally an official answer to the missing Instagram issue, Nokia with Hisptamtic & oggle will enable uploading to instagram as well as other networks. The app brings filters and social networking between others and a whole lot more. For sharing, Oggl will connect to Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram. Developing….
Nokia US has just posted the image above along with the announcement about today’s event, which is obviously going to be about the catwalk/925. We’re announcing something exciting in London at 2am PDT. Catch the live buzz on conversations.nokia.com, and watch our newest Nokia Lumia ‘steel’ the show! Get a sneak peek here: One “option” [...]
After Mark’s unboxing of the 928 earlier, both the Verge and Engadget have released a “hands on” with Verizon’s latest Lumia; the 928. Although admittedly there isn’t much new to the 928 short of its Xenon flash and sharper edges Engadget seems to be lamenting the loss of the bright colors and curved glass (possibly [...]
After falling in love with the Lumia 720 at MWC (and writing it love letters) the folks at Nokia Connects were kind enough to ship one over to Jordan for me to trial; in gorgeous Cyan as seen above! I played around with the 720 in Barcelona and fell in love with its size as well as [...]
We’ve previously shown some of Victor’s work here on the blog (the tangible alarm concept) as well as the 3-D printed house key cover for the Lumia 820. Well today he’s shared his Laser Cut tripod for the Lumia 820 made out of a few pieces of acrylic. Check out the finished product above and [...]
Amazon Warehouse is my favorite way to shop electronics, you get “like-new” (and sometimes brand new products) at a fraction of the price, well today’s killer deal is almost a $100 off the PlayUp speaker. The speaker is listed as white (although the image is for a yellow); and is “used Very Good” or “Like [...]
A user over at the WPC forums claims to have had a Lumia 928 for a while now, and was nice enough to share some images and videos, and WOW! The results of the High Fidelity recording are mind-blowing! The sound reproduction is astounding! (put on a pair of headphones and check out the videos below, and lets not forget [...]
Zinio is basically an app that brings magazine subscriptions and news feeds to your phone, the app (although I honestly have never heard of it) was promised a couple months ago; and is now officially available in the Windows Phone marketplace as a Lumia exclusive. You can grab the app for free from the link below: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/zinio/236cc9f0-a250-4f1a-8f3a-b532d7a60b23 Via
Quick FYI, anyone using the Nokia Play TO DLNA app will be happy that the app has now graduated from Beta status and is officially available in the marketplace (*wipes away a tear*) . You can grab the app from the link below: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/play-to/8257b398-f4bf-4483-97c7-6fd6a1e60bbf?signin=true
In case you haven’t heard of celebrities reading mean tweets, it’s a mini segment on Jimmy Kimmel live were celebrities read mean things tweeted about them. In the latest edition Both Andy Samberg (star of SNL) and Jessica Alba (wanted for stealing our hearts) were rocking some 920s. It’s nice to see that Jessica is still using her 920 [...]
For those interested you can compare the official specs of the Lumia 928 vs. the 920 over at the official Nokia site: http://www.nokia.com/us-en/phones/compare/?action=productcompareaction&products=2300520-1809776#internet Interestingly the 928 is only available in Black and White, although the red would go great with Verizon’s logo (plus it looked awesome in the photo-realistic renders we saw): Also according to [...]
Here’s the first official promo of the Lumia 928, showing off the usual slew of Nokia features, plus the low light performance. (Video is unlisted so you might have to follow the link to view it) http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mg7RiWMYwUg Unfortunately there’s no mention of tap to unlock, nor any new apps :/
About time! After endless leaks and teases the Lumia 928 destined to Verizon has finally been made official. Nokia US posted the above image with the folling caption on their facbook page: Introducing: Nokia Lumia 928, arriving May 16 exclusively on Verizon Wireless: http://nokia.ly/149WIen http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/05/10/introducing-nokia-lumia-928-bringing-pureview-to-verizon/ The Nokia Lumia 928 will be available on May 16th at VerizonWireless.com and at [...]
One of the woes of buying a phone on contract these days (at least in the US) is the fear that you can’t use the phone when you decide to travel abroad, since it’s rudely locked to your carrier provider. Well great news for anyone who purchased a Lumia 920 (and I guess the same [...]
The Ultra cheap Lumia 521 is set to receive a software update on the 20th of May to activate WiFi calling on the T-Mobile network. The huge benefit of this being that users can call overseas and use the phone while roaming without incurring the wrath of ridiculously expensive phone bills. This update would make the Lumia 521 the first Lumia (and possibly [...]
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