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As you already know, my name is Andre and I'm currently a student based in Atlanta. Much like Jay, I pretty much blog here in my free time.
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Well fresh off the back of Microsoft’s release of the Windows Phone developer tools Beta for Mango (which I’m toying with as we speak), developer Rudy Huyn has decided to create what I can only describe as an epic widget/live tile. Using the updated Windows Phone 7.1 live tile back-end, the new background agents (described in [...]
I know guys, I haven’t written much if anything lately, and even less about Symbian lately (partly because I no longer use it and thus can’t speak much to its merits in the present tense) but one of the common criticisms that was leveled at iOS when it introduced its version of “multitasking” was that [...]
In case you’ve been living under a rock or simply don’t care, Microsoft just had this little press function today to officially announce their latest mobile OS release. Most of the features shown off are those we’ve already covered before and a few others we neglected somewhat but the general message was the same. Fluidity, [...]
I know this will be met with the usual, cursory derision, trolling and vehement denial of any good that could possibly come from this event and Nokia’s involvement but for the first time in 2 weeks I actually feel like blogging and I won’t have your negative feedback taking that from me!! Anywho, Microsoft is [...]
As the title suggest, Nokia-Siemens Networks seems to be making some headway into acquiring network build-out/maintenance contracts across the world. Not only are they significantly involved in the LTE build out being performed by LightSquared but they’ve just announced their involvement in maintaining the second-largest mobile operator in China. Hopefully they’ll become profitable in the [...]
Wow!! whomever it was that stated you couldn’t bully your way into relevance with enough money was clearly wrong. Kara Swisher from AllThingsD has confirmed that Microsoft is on the brink of completing what would be nigh-on the most significant coup in recent history (Just above RIM’s ascquisition of TAT). It seems that tomorrow is [...]
Lars Knoll over at Qt labs has just put up a post discussing the upcoming developments surrounding Qt. Seems that there’s a new, massive version of Qt on the way! While the technical information will probably be lost on many of us anyway, the most important takeaway is that there will be no legacy support [...]
A lot of negativity has been made of Nokia’s decision to adopt the Windows Phone software ecosystem as their primary smartphone platform going forward. A decision seen as frivolous and ignorant to some while seen as a last ditch move by what’s seen as an utterly failing company ( a sentiment I disagree with). The [...]
You remember that 3D mapping stuff we saw examples of WAY, back showing off some pretty cool implications for the future of maps under Nokia and Navteq’s tutelage?? Well Nokia have made good on that promise, announcing their Ovi Maps 3D beta for browsers everywhere. Imagine Google maps 3D on steroids and you should have [...]
On the back of the Indian government (and a few others), threatening to ban RIM’s Blackberry email service on the grounds that the emails could not be adequately screened, the Indian government is leveling a similar accusation at Nokia. While it’s easy to understand the Indian governments concern with protecting the populace but the level [...]
The folks at Rovio keep on going, with another updated version of their hit game, Angry Birds. The new update comes with an Easter/Spring theme and a few new levels, get to downloading people! Follow the following link or hit the search button in your respective Ovi Store clients.
I know this post is going to lead to a lot of derision from readers but to be perfectly honest, brutal honesty is necessary from time to time. Yesterday, Nokia announced their update to Symbian, named Anna which brought to the platform a number of key improvements including a new browser, updated homescreen animations, the [...]
The first thing I thought when I saw the announcements made at Nokia’s Symbian event was “wow, that E6 sure is a looker; Wish the X7 was as exciting as this is.” Strange that I’d think that, especially given the larger screen and more expansive, touch-based interface on the X7 as opposed to the E6 [...]
One of the main complaints about Windows Phone 7 upon its release was its utter lack of text selection and/or copy and paste, a dire failure if ever there was one; Especially in light of the fact that almost every smartphone platform has had such a simple feature since their inception. Having been running a [...]
Nokia Beta Labs has just gone through what must be the 2nd UI overhaul in the past year or so and I must say, these guys have really been on the ball lately. In addition to the initial wow factor, there also seems to be a growing degree of consistency between Nokia’s websites with Nokia [...]
We here at MyNokiaBlog are always trying to improve the experience of our readers. As such eliciting feedback from you all is an important and intrinsic part of the process. As the title suggests we want to know, how would you like a MyNokiaBlog Forum? It’s an idea that we’ve toyed around with for [...]
One of our commenters, Jii, has managed to dig up the UAProfile pages for the upcoming 601T,602T and 702T destined for China. All 3 devices appear to pack TD-SCDMA radios as well as 3 megapixels cameras in addition to the regular Symbian fare. The 601T and 602T appear to have 640 * 360 pixel displays and [...]
So what happens when you have a bunch of bored guys, a van and one of Nokia’s Symbian^3 smartphones. Run it over of course! The Astound was placed on a concrete surface and run over TWICE as the video below shows. What was left was a fully functional and rather unblemished device for all intents [...]
Ooooo was my initial response to seeing this video that cropped up on MeeGoExperts courtesy of the fine folks at CyberComLab. This video shows a small bit of UI tweaking to the dialer application, cleaner looking task switching interface, a slick looking music player and a notifications section. Of course performance is not the best [...]
This is pure conjecture based on the recent rumblings of Nokia stepping away from the negotiating table with Microsoft but most people in the know were of the opinion that Elop was brought in to broker the deal with Microsoft on Nokia’s new smartphone strategy. Having backed away from that course of action, with Nokia’s [...]
This may seem like a rather insignificant matter to quite a few of you that neither use and/or have become accustomed to warranties lasting for the full length of the life of your device. In countries like the US, Singapore and formally Australia, unfortunately, the default warranty available was 12months with an extra year available [...]
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