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Video: Nokia Zero – Why the next flagship needs a proper name.

Video: Nokia Zero – Why the next flagship needs a proper name.

| December 21, 2009 | 27 Replies

Advertisements This is a video for the Nokia Zero: The new Nokia phone to rule them all. This post is meant to demonstrate the importance of having a “memorable product name”. This goes for services as well as devices. Here I’ve taken “Zero” as an example. The rest of the post after the video explains […]

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Video Review: Nokia N97 Mini Review – The Phones Show – Episode 94

Video Review: Nokia N97 Mini Review – The Phones Show – Episode 94

| November 10, 2009 | 2 Replies

This episode by Steve Litchfield reviews Nokia’s N97 mini. The mini is the baby brother of the original N97, (seemingly) created to rectify to abysmal mistakes when Nokia succumed yet again poor compromises which rendered the original N97 somewhat ever so frustrating in general day to day use. There are several positive notes that Steve […]

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Video: Stephen Fry says Nokia (and Sony Ericsson) are way behind the curve

Video: Stephen Fry says Nokia (and Sony Ericsson) are way behind the curve

| November 5, 2009 | Reply

In this video interview, UK celebrity, high profile tech personality and self confessed mac evangelist, Stephen Fry talks briefly about smartphones. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cb6qSgtolc] Fry: “It’s a shame for dear old Symbian which has not kept up with the times at all, and Sony Ericsson and Nokia are revealling themselves giants as they were to be so […]

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Video: Symbian UI Concept

Video: Symbian UI Concept

| November 3, 2009 | Reply

This video was shown in Symbian CEO, Lee William’s keynote at SEE 2009. It’s supposed to be an artist’s concept of what Symbian UI will look like in the future. Note, this is apparently NOT in the Symbian roadmap. It’s about a mashup of information – integration of social network/services. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yQv18fS660] …hmm a little rant… […]

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Video: Nokia Ovi Store Add claims thousands of apps for Nokia N97 when there are less than 1000. False advertising much?

Video: Nokia Ovi Store Add claims thousands of apps for Nokia N97 when there are less than 1000. False advertising much?

| October 16, 2009 | 4 Replies

Nokia uploaded an advert on YouTube about the Ovi Store: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9704QIgF4] In the video, Nokia claim that you can “GET THOUSANDS OF APPS FOR YOUR N97 AT THE OVI STORE” Now, “THOUSANDS” implies at multiple thousands, at least 2000, right? Are there at least 2000 applications for the N97 at the Ovi Store? NO! Are […]

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BBC Documentaries: (1) Life and Death of a Mobile Phone and (2) Upgrade Me

BBC Documentaries: (1) Life and Death of a Mobile Phone and (2) Upgrade Me

| October 7, 2009 | Reply

The BBC recently aired a couple of technology focused documentaries, one called Life and Death of a Mobile Phone and the other Upgrade Me. They’re available to watch/download on the BBC iPlayer (Sorry, UK residents only – er, unless you know how…) I always find it interesting to see technology related programmes designed for the […]

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My Nokia N97 Won't Start!!! I don't want to Hard Reset. (Rant)

My Nokia N97 Won't Start!!! I don't want to Hard Reset. (Rant)

| October 2, 2009 | 66 Replies

UPDATE: Since installing V21.0.045 I have no more hard reset problems! I thought V21 didn’t fix it, but that was because I was just getting impatient and staring at that damn “Nokia” Screen too long. It does take about 50 seconds, where before it would only take around 28 – anything past 40s meant you […]

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Ovi Store Rant: 7 things wrong with the Ovi Store

Ovi Store Rant: 7 things wrong with the Ovi Store

| September 26, 2009 | 11 Replies

I just watched Episode 91 of Steve Litchfield’s “The Phones Show” where in this episode, he covers Application Stores: Apple’s App Store Nokia’s Ovi Store Google’s Android Market. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4r4t5t31EY] The Ovi Store is supposed to be Nokia’s one stop shop for Applications, Games, and other content such as ringtones, videos, wallpapers and themes. I’ve been […]

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Nokia N920 Concept – How Nokia should approach a QWERTY keyboard?

Nokia N920 Concept – How Nokia should approach a QWERTY keyboard?

| September 12, 2009 | 17 Replies

Nokia N920 Concept This was just a 20 minute MS Paint job I did a while back. I have NO skill in photo editing, as is evident in the images – it is just a raw idea. The AIM was not to design a phone, but to show that within a given (compact) space, you […]

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