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Video: Canon EF Mount for Nokia N8 (and sample)

Video: Canon EF Mount for Nokia N8 (and sample)

| January 21, 2012 | 1 Reply

Advertisements Do you remember Michael’s Telescope Mod for the N8? He mentioned you could pretty much put any type of lenses. This time he’s made a connector for the Canon EF style Lenses. It’s just a proof of concept, his mount is made of cardboard, rubber bands and the screw cap of the lens is […]

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Nokia N8 on BBC’s Hustle. Making calls in offline mode.

Nokia N8 on BBC’s Hustle. Making calls in offline mode.

| January 21, 2012 | 12 Replies

This is the last series of Hustle, and as always they’ve got a bunch of Nokia phones appearing (as is their history). On the latest episode, I saw the crowd favourite, the Nokia N8. What’s special about it is that one of the main characters, Ash, is making a phone call on the N8. The […]

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#N9Hacks: Zoom While Recording Video (Terminal)

#N9Hacks: Zoom While Recording Video (Terminal)

| January 19, 2012 | 20 Replies

I was reading Ali’s excellent post on his experience with the Lumia 800 (which I agree about entirely) and remembered I haven’t shown you the first hack I placed on my N9. This hack allows you to zoom in and out while recording video. I found it quite annoying to have choose a distance and […]

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Amazing! Nokia N8 Astrophotography – modified N8 looks out to the stars.

Amazing! Nokia N8 Astrophotography – modified N8 looks out to the stars.

| January 17, 2012 | 22 Replies

From one star looking out to another. Check this out, Michael’s Nokia N8 has been modified for Astrophotography. the innards are taken out so it can take pictures of the stars! Michael says he was drawn to the N8 because of the size of its sensor. It’s fairly large (and larger than many dedicated digital […]

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Nokia N9 64GB for £444.99 at Expansys UK (or Amazon UK via Expansys)

Nokia N9 64GB for £444.99 at Expansys UK (or Amazon UK via Expansys)

| January 16, 2012 | 8 Replies

    The Nokia N9 64GB is apparently available at Amazon UK for £444.99 via expansys. Nokia N9 64GB at Amazon for £444.99 (via eXpansys) That’s possibly the best UK based price we’ve seen so far. There’s £9 shipping and this is via Expansys UK limited. You could just go through expansys themselves: http://www.expansys.com/nokia-n9-smartphone-black-64gb-eu-plug-with-uk-adapter-225748/ Not […]

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Meego Harmattan PR1.2 coming soon for Nokia N950

Meego Harmattan PR1.2 coming soon for Nokia N950

| January 16, 2012 | 10 Replies

The Nokia Developer site says that PR1.2 is coming soon for the developer unit, Nokia N950. So soon for N9 too. Sorry rushing, exam week :S. For a heads up on what’s coming, take a look back at this post of PR1.2 screenshots from the N9. We will be shortly releasing a developer edition of […]

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Windows Phone Mango Review, Starring the Lumia 800

Windows Phone Mango Review, Starring the Lumia 800

| January 15, 2012 | 64 Replies

The amazing people at Nokia Connects were nice enough to send me a Lumia 800 to trial out for a while, so first off a shout out them for making this possible, they have some truly wonderful people working for them. Now a bit about the extent of my relationship with OSes other than Symbian/S^3, […]

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#N9Hacks: Change Font (Terminal)

#N9Hacks: Change Font (Terminal)

| January 15, 2012 | 20 Replies

It is actually extremely simple to change the font on the N9. You simply place the font files you want into /home/user/.fonts . Use System Info to make sure the fonts are correctly installed and find out their config name. Next you locate the css files relating to the UI element you wish to change, […]

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HowTo: Nemo on the Nokia N9

HowTo: Nemo on the Nokia N9

| January 15, 2012 | 14 Replies

I’ve brought you information on MeeGo 1.3 CE aka Nemo for the N950, and told you there was talk about it on the N9. Well, a few weeks ago, I found a guide on how to install it to the N9. With this method, the N9 installs Nemo, without removing the Meego-Harmattan OS. It is […]

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