Category: Rant
Apple CEO Tim Cook acknowledges Windows Phone as the third horse in the race. Could WP grow to be a threat?
Saw this link in one of our reader’s (Mike) comment yesterday. TheVerge reported that Apple CEO, Tim Cook, acknowledged Windows Phone as a legitimate competitor and the third horse in this race. Recently we heard a few Apple fans sharing their praises for Nokia Lumia for focusing on user experience first, in both hardware design [...]
Nokia Lumia 800 top of TechnoBuffalo’s Sexiest Gadgets list for 2011 (+ramble on N9/Nokia design)
In the past, Nokia has always been known for head turning design, either by being bold and distinct or just being utterly beautiful. Nokia’s touch phones have looked nice but nothing to light the world on fire. Then came of course the Nokia N9 which gave a glimpse as to what the Lumia 800 [...]
Mango vs. MeeGo: Transition from N9 to Lumia 800 (and back)
If you follow me on Twitter you would know that Nokia Connects shipped me out a Lumia 800 to trial. (Yes, Nokia Connects. Shipped to Australia from the UK ) As you also know, Nokia Australia sent me an N9 to keep, so I can constantly bring new updates on the device and reviews. I [...]
Poll: Naming – Symbian Belle, Nokia Belle or something else? (and a little rant)
Yesterday the discussion was mostly about Nokia’s delivery times for updates. Now let’s look at that oh so subtle change of the legend of a name that was Symbian – the first to bring smartphone to the masses which now has been quietly dropped in line for the Nokia brand, Nokia Belle. It’s been almost [...]
Rant: Feedback on eBuddy XMS Beta
We already saw a quick initial review of the latest cross-messaging app for Nokia phones yesterday, from the perspective of a Symbian User. This is a post I have quickly drawn up, as a way to provide some extensive feedback to the developers, as well as gauge the opinion of the readers here at MyNokiaBlog. [...]
Clarity on Nokia N9 FW versions
It seems after we posted about a new N9 FW being available on Navifirm, many claimed it to be Pr 1.2, others a bug fix for PR 1.1. This post is to settle the dispute. Sorry for an image that looks sketchy, it is all I can reveal without sharing the developer’s details, but the [...]
Nokia Smartphone Market Share slumps at home in Finland (though still top)
It was something I’ve been fearing and has been reported through a lot of sources now (from IDC numbers). Nokia’s home market share is less than half what it was this time last year. What are the new competition beating phones in the Nokia portfolio? E7? X7? C7? Hello? What did we have against [...]
1 Million Lumia sold for Q4? (Since when is 6 weeks Q4? 1m/6weeks, same as SGS)
I don’t have the actual translation so just going on google translate which might skew some details. Apparently: “RBS estimates that Lumioita sold during the fourth quarter, a total of 850 000 to million pieces.” RBS arvioi, että Lumioita myytäisiin vuoden viimeisellä neljänneksellä yhteensä 850 000:sta miljoonaan kappaletta. Update: Thanks for the translation guys, it [...]
Olive is the first full length feature film shot completely on a N8!
Dear MNB readers, the Nokia N8 impresses once again. Say what you may about Symbian^3/Anna/Belle and even Nokia, but we cannot truthfully deny the craftmanship that went into designing and developing the N8′s 12 Megapixel 720p Carl Zeiss camera module. From GSMArena: The rapid progress that cameraphone have been making over the past few years is no secret [...]
Video: What is life-enhancing? The balance between technology and user experience. Nokia’s Jo Harlow and Monster’s Noel Lee
Here’s an interesting video covering a topic that’s coming up frequently in the discussions here. The video is titled, “What is life-enhancing? The balance between technology and user experience” Here they talk about focusing now on user experience instead of just pure technology. Nokia has led in Technology before like no other, but along came [...]
Thoughts on Nokia N9 PR 1.1 + Review of changes
We’ve brought you articles on the PR 1.1 FW being rolled out, available on NaviFirm and also Jason from SmashPop. After watching the video I thought I’d post up my thoughts on the update as well as details about the changes I have noticed. I’ll talk about a few things in this post. New Features [...]
Naming Rant (Again!) – Engadget cracks down on the crappy gadget names, says Lumia is a good start for Nokia
I love a good rant about product names. In particular, my favourite thing to rant about has been Nokia product names – especially since it’s something Nokia just doesn’t get. I got an opportunity to rant again about this since Engadget brought up the topic, discussing all the dreadful product names, as well as [...]
New Social Applications for Belle & Updates for X7, E6, 500 before the rest? + Minor Rant
Random screenshot of Belle I found on Nokias official Belle website :http://www.nokia.com/sg-en/products/featured-phones/belle/ as you can see there seems to be two new widgets dedicated to Facebook & Twitter. The Facebook applications seems to have notification support FINALLY!!! how does anyone make a Facebook app that doesn’t even support notifications??? Groups or Pages and Events I might understand but notifications are the core [...]
The Nokia Lumia 800 Rant. It isn’t for everyone, BUT it is an attractive option for the majority and an amazing job from Nokia.
It’s too early for anyone to be reading this right now I guess, but I’m taking a break from learning cranial nerves. :p Reading the comments on the Nokia Lumia 800 posts, there’s something that I keep repeating in replies. I thought it might be worth summarising my thoughts into one post and just linking [...]
Opinion: Nokia N9 does have superior signal
We have heard regularly that the polycarbonate body of the Nokia N9 is supposed to increase signal strength. Unfortunately, I’m not qualified to conduct proper RF tests, but I have conducted my “unofficial, unqualified and possibly inaccurate test”. My test was simple. Compare the signal strength of two phones (N9 and N8) operating on the [...]
Nokia N9 – Two Weeks On
So I told you all I’d bring you a review after about two weeks with the device. Here it is. I’ll tell you what I’m enjoying, what needs some work, and just some other ideas I have. So first we have what I enjoy: The build quality of the device is better than I expected. [...]
Nokia looking at youth market to rejuvenate brand?
According to marketweek, in order to stay competitive in the smartphone business, Nokia is realigning its brand towards younger consumers. Nokia’s head of Marketing for UK and Ireland, Jon Nichols says this would apparently help Nokia tap into the “next generation of mobile purchasers”. We’ve seen a lot of Nokia’s low-mid range phones with [...]
Rambling and Suspicion regarding N9 update
This is NOT my “two weeks on” review, a little rant if you may. Anything from here-on in is solely speculation.( And massive wishful thinking.) I was digging around in the system files, and came across the icons used throughout the system. Some of which I altered, such as Firefox(Fennec), which I swapped out the [...]
Nokia N9 Review – Summary and overall thoughts (Warning: Long read)
Okay so I know I haven’t done the best job out there and I’m the first to agree it was rushed. Mainly because people want to know everything about a phone before they buy it, and seeing as it’s being released already in many countries, there isn’t really the luxury of taking my time. Still, [...]
More Nokia (N8/E7/X7) shaped handsets from ‘other’ manufacturers. #MOTO
Touch screen devices – they all seem to be the same rectangle with rounded corners. Some more than others to the point that Apple is having their products banned. Some say there’s nothing much you can do – it’s the optimal use of space when a screen is rectangle. Nokia went a different way with [...]
Symbian Belle custom theme effects, “Anna” on 5230 and Animation/UI effects Rant
As well as all the new and pretty changes in Belle’s appearance, one of the things that won’t come across in screenshots are the lovely new animations/UI effects. These are pretty important as you’ll see in my mini rant after the videos. Anuj and Jill tipped these videos in of custom firmware in Belle with [...]
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