Category: Android

Joe Belfiore Forgets Which OS He’s Supposed to Be Using

Joe Belfiore Forgets Which OS He’s Supposed to Be Using

| February 9, 2013 | 46 Replies

It seems Joe sometimes forgets what phone he’s supposed to be using; especially seeing how he’s the head of the Windows Phone team. One of his latest tweets, boasting about how cool a Windows Phone device was (the 620 I assume) came from Android. I fully understand that OS developers need to use their competition’s devices, to [...]

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Opinion: Why Nokia Should NOT Release a Tablet….Yet.

Opinion: Why Nokia Should NOT Release a Tablet….Yet.

| February 4, 2013 | 85 Replies

We’ve heard plenty of rumors about a Nokia tablet coming soon; with most mouths pointing to this month at MWC. Without beating around the bush, I DON’T think Nokia should release a tablet just yet. Not that I wouldn’t absolutely love one (heck I’m dying for one!) but looking at it from a marketshare/profit point of view I can’t see it [...]

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Nokia Purity HD Wireless Up For PreOrder on Amazon For a Whopping $350

Nokia Purity HD Wireless Up For PreOrder on Amazon For a Whopping $350

| January 27, 2013 | 10 Replies

One of the cooler accessories announced alongside the Lumia 920 and 820 (in fact slightly before them at IFA) is the refreshed line of Nokia Purity Headsets. The Purity HD Wireless by Monster sheds the wires and adds bluetooth connectivity and active noise cancelling; but apparently all these cool add-ons raise the price bar as well; seeing how it’s [...]

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Lumia Design Ripped Off Again; Re-Packaged With Android On Board

Lumia Design Ripped Off Again; Re-Packaged With Android On Board

| January 27, 2013 | 44 Replies

Once again the Lumia range has fallen victim to copycats in the mobile industry, this time it’s a bit more than simple “design inspirations” like HTC; but the whole  phone including the color. I present to you the Cloudfone Thrill 430G, this repackaged Lumia comes with Android 4.0, a 5Mp camera and a 4.3″ screen; [...]

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Weekend Watch: Sony Xperia Z vs Nokia Lumia 920

Weekend Watch: Sony Xperia Z vs Nokia Lumia 920

| January 26, 2013 | 42 Replies

  Here’s a quick comparison between Nokia’s Lumia 920 and Sony’s Xperia Z. Sony’s Xperia Z and Nokia’s Lumia 920 are both camera phone supremes. One has a brand new Sony Exmor RS sensor capable of HDR video while the other is loaded up with optical image stabilisation for the best night time shooting there [...]

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Why Are Windows Phone Adopters Going with Devices other Than Nokias?

Why Are Windows Phone Adopters Going with Devices other Than Nokias?

| January 18, 2013 | 97 Replies

When it comes to Windows Phone OEMs Nokia have a clear advantage in terms of software (crazy amount of exclusive apps, Nokia Drive, Cinemagraph etc.) and some of the coolest hardware innovations out there (Pureview, Puremotion, Super sensitive touch etc.); it always seemed like a done deal to me that anyone who considered Windows Phone would instinctively go for [...]

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Update: Nokia Denies All Android Phone Rumors; Blame Bad Translating

Update: Nokia Denies All Android Phone Rumors; Blame Bad Translating

| January 8, 2013 | 91 Replies

Yesterday we posted about Elop stating “Anything is possible” about a Nokia Android phone, well apparently Gizmodo just really sucks at translating their own stories (I do take some blame for trusting them). WP Central contacted Nokia about the rumor and here is the response as well as the word for word response given by [...]

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Elop On an Android Nokia Phone: “Anything Is Possible” [Updated]

Elop On an Android Nokia Phone: “Anything Is Possible” [Updated]

| January 7, 2013 | 226 Replies

In an interview with Gizmodo Stephen Elop let some surprising words out, when asked about the possibility of a Nokia Android phone in the future he said “Anything is possible”; just that there probably won’t be one right now  Do you discard launching an Android phone next year? Elop: In the current ecosystem wars we are using Windows Phone as our [...]

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First iPhone 5S/6 Mock-Up Concept Looks Like a Blatant Lumia Rip-Off

First iPhone 5S/6 Mock-Up Concept Looks Like a Blatant Lumia Rip-Off

| January 6, 2013 | 23 Replies

At first when I saw this picture I thought “who on earth tried photoshopping MacOS onto one of our DreamNokia designs , turns out this is one designers concept of what the iPhone 6 should look like (stress on the fact that it’s a fan made design and probably not official). Still this design above looks WAY [...]

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News Roundup: Google Says no WP Apps, Dell Quits Smartphones, Smasung ATVI S Goes on Sale & More…

News Roundup: Google Says no WP Apps, Dell Quits Smartphones, Smasung ATVI S Goes on Sale & More…

| December 17, 2012 | 54 Replies

Occasionally we need to take a break from Nokia dedicated news and take a look at what else is happening in the mobile world; after all ignoring the competition is partially what got Nokia in the hole it’s been in for the past few years. So hears a mini-roundup of related news to both Nokia [...]

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Advertising Goofs: Samsung Galaxy S3 920 in Red, Exclusive from Walmart

Advertising Goofs: Samsung Galaxy S3 920 in Red, Exclusive from Walmart

| November 28, 2012 | 37 Replies

Every now and then we stumble across an add that makes us scratch our heads, and wonder what on earth the person in charge was doing; today is another one of those days. With the launch of the Walmart Exclusive Samsung Galaxy SII 920 in RED! Which just happens to look exactly like a Lumia 920, but [...]

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Exclusive: Q&A With Nokia’s Mapping Team on “Here”, iOS/Android Apps, City lens, WP8 and Much Much More

Exclusive: Q&A With Nokia’s Mapping Team on “Here”, iOS/Android Apps, City lens, WP8 and Much Much More

| November 14, 2012 | 68 Replies

Earlier today we had a chance to chat with Nokia’s Mapping team regarding yesterday’s launch of the newly branded location service “here”; check out what they had to say down below, but most importantly a small note to anyone who was wondering about bringing Nokia’s services to its competitors: One very important note, a lot [...]

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Nokia Taking HTC to Court With 32 Alleged Infringements

Nokia Taking HTC to Court With 32 Alleged Infringements

| November 13, 2012 | 42 Replies

It’s no secret that Nokia have a very large wealth of patents under their belt, in fact some say that Nokias patent portfolios worth more than the actual Smartphone business. Regardless Nokia have never been overly aggressive with their patents, usually preferring to settle with who-ever chooses to infringe on them, rather than risk long and expensive court trials. The [...]

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First Ever Instagram Client for N9 “Instago”

First Ever Instagram Client for N9 “Instago”

| November 6, 2012 | 52 Replies

It would seem the Meego community doesn’t like being left out of anything; either that or when they hear an app developer say “No, we don’t have any plans at the moment” that translates into “I dare you to do it yourself”. Either way we should all be thankful for the skilled guys out the who are clever and savvy enough [...]

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Nokia Possibly Holding Back Android Development by Owning Patent for Multiple Users on Phones.

Nokia Possibly Holding Back Android Development by Owning Patent for Multiple Users on Phones.

| October 30, 2012 | 57 Replies

Yesterday among the hubhub of the Windows Phone event, Google held an event of their own, in which besides announcing the latest Nexus device (the Nexus 4 at a crazy unlocked price of $300) also announced JellyBean 4.2 for Android. Which carries among a set of new features the ability to have multiple user accounts on tablets; allowing each [...]

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Showdown: Apple maps vs. Nokia Maps

Showdown: Apple maps vs. Nokia Maps

| September 28, 2012 | 44 Replies

Last week we saw an interesting inphographic detailing how Nokia Maps matches up to it’s competitors (Google and Apple Maps); unsurprisingly it held it’s own and beat them in most stats (funny how that’s happening more and more now with the “new” Nokia, specs and graphs were always their downfall- where as a Nokia fan I would have to constantly [...]

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Visualized: Nokia Maps Vs. the Competition

Visualized: Nokia Maps Vs. the Competition

| September 20, 2012 | 64 Replies

Here’s a really nice infographic showing a comparison between Nokia maps, Apple’s new maps and Google Maps. It’s obvious that Nokia have the advantage in Most fields only losing to Google maps when it comes to traffic updates; but the one thing I really enjoyed about this infographic was that it didn’t try to spin [...]

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Quick Comparison: Nokia Lumia 920 vs iPhone 5 vs SGS III vs One X vs Droid RAZR MAXX HD

Quick Comparison: Nokia Lumia 920 vs iPhone 5 vs SGS III vs One X vs Droid RAZR MAXX HD

| September 13, 2012 | 32 Replies

@Panhead93/Keith Francis tweeted this picture to us above (not sure where it’s from) but it compares the Nokia Lumia 920 against the new iPhone 5, iPhone 4S, One X, SGS III and the ridiculously named Droid RAZR MAXX HD. It’s interesting to note that Nokia could mention in future that their 920 has a higher [...]

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Video: Nitdroid sees N9 running Jelly Bean before most Androids

Video: Nitdroid sees N9 running Jelly Bean before most Androids

| August 20, 2012 | 42 Replies

Honestly, I’m not surprised. The Nitdroid Project managed to get ICS on to our N9s before lots of Android devices were updated or even released with that update, and now, it has happened again. Although no official release has been made, there is a video showing the N9 running the latest iteration of Android, Android [...]

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Nokia N9 with Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1)

Nokia N9 with Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1)

| July 19, 2012 | 49 Replies

Ahead of pretty much every other actual Android device, here’s the Nokia N9 with Jelly Bean. It’s just a photo for the moment. It has v4.1.1 installed. I’m not quite sure what is working and what isn’t (with N9 Android ports, you  can’t be sure that everything is fully functional). Source: GSM Arena Cheers ‘USER’ [...]

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Nokia N9 gets Nitroid Alpha Release 4 “Despite” (Android 4.0.4_r2.1)

Nokia N9 gets Nitroid Alpha Release 4 “Despite” (Android 4.0.4_r2.1)

| July 10, 2012 | 27 Replies

The folks working on Nitroid for Nokia N9 now have the Alpha 4 release available. You will be needing PR1.3 for this. http://forum.nitdroid.com/index.php?topic=493.0 .Instructions available in the link above What is working: – based on Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) v 4.0.4_r2.1 (IMM76L) – Google Applications (GApps), PlayStore (Android Market) – dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability [...]

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