Category: Lumia

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Qualcomm shows off metal Lumia looking Nokia tablet with 16 camera sensors? Lytro-style? With Android or Windows?

Jay Montano | August 5, 2013 | 21 Replies

Advertisements Remember the imaging company that Nokia bought invested in, Pelican Imaging? http://mynokiablog.com/2013/06/19/video-pelican-imaging-3d-video-with-3d-model-print-function-as-well-as-lytro/ http://www.pelicanimaging.com/news/press-releases/pelican_seriesc.html Pelican Imaging, the inventor of groundbreaking array camera technology for mobile devices, has announced the closing of $20M in Series C funding. New strategic investors include Qualcomm Incorporated, acting through its venture investment group, Qualcomm Ventures, and Nokia Growth Partners, […]

Steve Litchfield AAWP Reviews the Nokia Lumia 1020 camera

Jay Montano | August 5, 2013 | 38 Replies

Here’s a rather in depth look at the camera from the Symbian maestro, Steve Litchfield, who also writes for AAWP as well as AAS. http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/reviews/item/18067_Nokia_Lumia_1020-the_camera.php Even with the issues listed though, I was very impressed by the Lumia 1020 – it’s a tantalisingly slick piece of engineering. There’s no denying that the 1020 does take […]

Lumiapps: TweeCoMinder for #WP8 – Track your tweet count

Michael Faro-Tusino | August 4, 2013 | 1 Reply

Over the past 6 weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to be on the beta of an app called TweeCoMinder. As an avid tweeter, this was a pretty cool app to have. What the app does, is tracks your tweet count and will notify you when you are close to a certain count. For example, some […]

Video: @JasonAtNokia demos 4 Nokia Lumia 1020 Camera Features

Michael Faro-Tusino | August 4, 2013 | 13 Replies

Jason Gregory, a Nokia employee, took to his youtube channel to share some amazing tips for capturing great images on the Nokia Lumia 1020, by showing off 4 of its features. I’ll let the video speak for itself, but my favourite demo is the Shutter Speed one! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUUkpMhikDw Cheers, Glenn for the tip!

Video: Quick look at #6tagram Beta for WP8

Michael Faro-Tusino | August 4, 2013 | 11 Replies

The beta for 6tagram, Rudy Huyn’s Instagram client finally went live, and we are fortunate enough to be on the beta list. I’ve quickly put together a little hands-on look at the first release and hot damn is it promising! Besides the fact it looks good, it is pretty much 1-1 with Instagram on iOS […]

Deal Alert: Nokia JBL PlayUp (MD-51W) on Sale Again, $99 on Amazon (Cyan, White, Black) Update: $59.99 at At&t

Aliqudsi | August 3, 2013 | 8 Replies

Quick heads up guys, the Nokia JBL speakers are on sale again, this time the PlayUps rather than the larger more powerful Powerups. Grab the portable speakers for $99 (plus $5 shipping) on Amazon in white black and cyan (no deal on the yellow, sorry). Nokia MD-51W JBL PlayUp Portable Wireless Speaker – Retail Packaging […]

Dual Sim Variant of the Lumia 625 on the Way?

Aliqudsi | August 3, 2013 | 45 Replies

Until today Nokia have yet to release a single dual sim “smartphone” (read: No Ashas, I want a Lumia); something they seemed to have chalked down as a feature phone feature (read about my thoughts on that here). Recently however Qualcomm released a new chipset that supported dual sim capabilities in Windows Phone, the Snapdragon […]

Instagram Uploads Come to Asha/S40 Thanks to Instagraph!

Aliqudsi | August 3, 2013 | 18 Replies

Instagram has always been called out as an “important” social network and as a “must have” on your phone by its fans, many avoiding WP for the single fact that it doesn’t have it. Well now not only does Â WP have multiple Instagram clients, but Nokia’s low end low cost OS does too! Instagraph (the […]

Ars Techica: Nokia Lumia 1020, the smartphone to render point and shoots obsolete!

Jay Montano | August 3, 2013 | 15 Replies

Quick heads up: Quite strong praises from the no nonsense Ars Techica who say the Nokia Lumia 1020 is the smartphone to render point and shoots obsolete. Just anecdotally, yesterday watching folks at a tourist area, pretty much everyone was snapping pictures on their phones, not a separate camera. It’s another well written article that […]