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Author Archive: Andre

So you've read something I've written. yay!!
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.

Follow me on twitter @andre1989 or contact me directly at Andre(at)mynokiablog(dot)com.
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Windows Phone 7: Impressions and opinions

Windows Phone 7: Impressions and opinions

| February 28, 2011 | 41 Replies

Advertisements In recent weeks we’ve been through a ton of ups and downs regarding Nokia’s decision to adopt another software platform in their smartphone strategy. In my post on Nokia’s options in the near future I outlined what I believed to have been problems and associated solutions within Nokia and their current smartphone strategy. I […]

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Windows Phone 7 annoyances and bugs list

Windows Phone 7 annoyances and bugs list

| February 28, 2011 | 32 Replies

As mentioned at the end of my Windows Phone 7 impressions post I felt it important to give a list of all the issues, bugs, annoyances inherent to the OS that I was using. Hopefully this post will, with the right publicity get to all the right people at Nokia. So here I present Andre’s […]

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Mobile High-definition Link – HDMI and USB rolled into one

Mobile High-definition Link – HDMI and USB rolled into one

| February 27, 2011 | 21 Replies

One of the hidden and possibly well-ignored stories of MWC was the announcement of the Mobile High-definition Link (MHL) specification. This specification is the result of a consortium of mobile device and component manufacturers who decided that current implementations of video output on mobile devices were simply not enough. The end result is the creation of […]

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Video: Quick run through of PR 2.0 (Again) v020.033

Video: Quick run through of PR 2.0 (Again) v020.033

| February 25, 2011 | 69 Replies

Seriously convinced that Nokia have no intention of releasing this firmware to the masses. Here again, we have another video showing pretty much the same software features we saw on Alex68’s video many months ago. We see finally an implementation of a split screen qwerty and the new browser though I can’t say there’s anything […]

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Understanding Nokia’s smartphone strategy.

Understanding Nokia’s smartphone strategy.

| February 24, 2011 | 37 Replies

  Rafe Blandford, I tip my hat to you sir. In what must be the longest, most comprehensive summary and analysis of the recent switch in strategy by Nokia, Rafe has covered (very well I must say) a number of the issues raised both here, and by Nokia themselves in their interviews and Q&A sessions […]

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Developer feedback to Nokia-Microsoft partnership (video)

Developer feedback to Nokia-Microsoft partnership (video)

| February 23, 2011 | 23 Replies

While this is likely on the positive feedback from developers post-Elopocalypse and likely only a very small subset of the developers that are part of Forum Nokia but the fact of the matter is some developers are excited by the promise that Windows Phone on Nokia is bringing. In any case it’s probably important to […]

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Free Nokia Windows Phone 7 device and Nokia E7 for Nokia’s developers

Free Nokia Windows Phone 7 device and Nokia E7 for Nokia’s developers

| February 18, 2011 | 15 Replies

If you were a developer writing apps for Nokia’s Qt program over the last couple of days, you’d be remiss if you didn’t actually take a gander at the opportunity Nokia is providing to their obviously jilted devs. Nokia sent to following letter out to members of their Forum Nokia launchpad program with a message […]

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Nokia to use ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset in their Windows Phone handsets

Nokia to use ST-Ericsson U8500 chipset in their Windows Phone handsets

| February 17, 2011 | 25 Replies

The ST Ericsson U8500 was first announced with support for the Symbian platform and then subsequently presented with support for both the MeeGo and Android platforms in various events since it’s announcement a year ago. Reuters are now reporting that they Nokia has plans to use the U8500 chipset in their upcoming Windows Phone devices. […]

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MWC is just 2 days away, are you excited?

MWC is just 2 days away, are you excited?

| February 11, 2011 | 52 Replies

In the excitement leading up to, and the utter malaise following Stephen Elop’s announcements at Nokia’s Capital Markets Day, I’m sure quite a few of us may have forgotten about that little event known as Mobile World Congress which begins on Sunday with a number of pre-events by key manufacturers including Nokia. Are you excited […]

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