Category: Reviews

Review: Nokia Lumia 820

Review: Nokia Lumia 820

| December 19, 2012 | 25 Replies

Its been two weeks since getting the Nokia Lumia 820, and firstly; WOW! The Lumia 920 has been getting a lot of intention, but the Lumia 820 is definitely not to be ignored. It sports a gorgeous 4.3″ AMOLED ClearBlack 480p screen, that makes web browsing, watching videos and playing games a delight. The only [...]

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PureView Club posts review of Nokia Lumia 920

PureView Club posts review of Nokia Lumia 920

| November 26, 2012 | 6 Replies

Marc over at PureView Club has posted a massive review of the Nokia Lumia 920. In the interest of full discretion, I worked on the translation for it, but that is NOT why I am posting about it. Marc covers pretty much every aspect of the device with great sample images and video. If you [...]

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Accessories: Nokia DC-16 Charging Stick

Accessories: Nokia DC-16 Charging Stick

| October 15, 2012 | 19 Replies

Recently got a DC-16 Portable charger, and I must say, it is super cool, and rather funky looking. The DC-16 is a portable charging stick designed to charge mobile phones and devices via Micro-USB connection. It contains a 2200 mAh battery, bigger than any of the batteries on Nokia phones.(The Lumia 920 has a 2000 [...]

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Review: Nokia Lumia 900 through my MeeGo-loving eyes

Review: Nokia Lumia 900 through my MeeGo-loving eyes

| August 19, 2012 | 51 Replies

It is no secret I love the N9 and MeeGo-Harmattan. It runs such a versatile OS. It may not be the most developed out of the box, but you don’t choose it for that. The possibilities are endless. Enable developer mode, and install a few mods and the device is unmatched (except by the N900). [...]

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Closer Look at Nokia Music/Mix-Radio #NokiaEntertainment

Closer Look at Nokia Music/Mix-Radio #NokiaEntertainment

| August 5, 2012 | 6 Replies

Here for the third (and currently final) installment of the #NokiaEntertainment series, where we take a closer look at the entertainment based apps for Lumia devices, previously we covered Nokia TV as well as Nokia Reading; today we’ll be taking a peek at the grad daddy of all entertainment apps, Nokia Music. From the times of Symbian Nokia [...]

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Review: One Month On With the 808

Review: One Month On With the 808

| August 4, 2012 | 91 Replies

So it’s been about a month or so since I first got the Pureview monster, the 808; here are some random thoughts on the phone: (Before we start honestly I wasn’t very fair I had first tried the 808 back at MWC so I knew what I was getting into, I never used the phone [...]

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Leaked: Meltemi almost 1:1 with N9 UI; C7-like Hardware, without buttons on screen

Leaked: Meltemi almost 1:1 with N9 UI; C7-like Hardware, without buttons on screen

| June 26, 2012 | 146 Replies

We all wish Meltemi had seen the light of day, or at least leaked images and info right? Well last night I received the latter, from a reliable source of mine, about Meltemi, the other Linux-based OS killed by Nokia’s reshuffling. So here’s what I’ve been told. Meltemi was less than 2 months from launching [...]

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Video: Half hour Lumia 900 review (in italian) w/ write-up & sample pics

Video: Half hour Lumia 900 review (in italian) w/ write-up & sample pics

| June 11, 2012 | 7 Replies

Windowsteca have done it again, this time bringing us a 30min video review of the Nokia Lumia 900. Like their video of the Lumia 610, it is in Italian and is accompanied with a lengthy write-up. They have also included some sample images. The general gist of if it as follows; very nice smartphone design [...]

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N9 Vs. Lumia 800: Camera & Camera UI #MeegoVsWP

N9 Vs. Lumia 800: Camera & Camera UI #MeegoVsWP

| April 17, 2012 | 74 Replies

As mentioned last time this was supposed to be part of the Video comparison- but the huge difference in quality called for a separate post for the videos – so here it is, a look at The Camera UI/Gallery on both the N9 and the Lumia 800 as well as some photo samples. Apologies in advance as [...]

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N9Apps: FM Radio N9 (with Video)

N9Apps: FM Radio N9 (with Video)

| March 20, 2012 | 17 Replies

There is quite a few FM Radio apps for the N9 available now, but this is one of my favourite. Simple, good looking, and feature packed. It features; Auto scan function, The ability to save stations, Customisable station names Manual tuning Choice of headphones or speaker (although headphones act as antenna and must be plugged [...]

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MNB Reader Stories: Nokia 500 Nokia Belle review

MNB Reader Stories: Nokia 500 Nokia Belle review

| February 16, 2012 | 36 Replies

Hamdhan who let us know earlier about the Belle Update for Nokia 500 (providing us screenshots too) shares his review of his experience with Nokia Belle on his Nokia 500 with MNB’s readers. I thought it would be very interesting given the lack of GPU on the thing and the dependency of S^3 to offload [...]

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Windows Phone Mango Review, Starring the Lumia 800

Windows Phone Mango Review, Starring the Lumia 800

| January 15, 2012 | 63 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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App Review: Incredible Circus (S^3)

App Review: Incredible Circus (S^3)

| January 1, 2012 | 15 Replies

It’s been a while since we mentioned anything about Symbian apps so here’s a nice FREE one to keep you busy, Incredible Circus by Developers  INDT is a cute loosely physics based game where you star as a circus stunt performer, your objective is straight-forward: get to the top platform. But as always it’s not that simple, you have to bounce [...]

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Mango vs. MeeGo: Transition from N9 to Lumia 800 (and back)

Mango vs. MeeGo: Transition from N9 to Lumia 800 (and back)

| December 27, 2011 | 52 Replies

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 [...]

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App Review: Nokia World Rally Championship (Plus how to win a Lumia 800)

App Review: Nokia World Rally Championship (Plus how to win a Lumia 800)

| December 23, 2011 | 7 Replies

I’m not exactly sure how many of you are racing enthusiasts, even if you aren’t I suggest you try this app (Yes I’m recommending the app before even starting the review, here’s why). Personally I consider myself an above-average car fan, nothing over the top but just enough to get excited when I see a rare car [...]

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Share With Us: Thoughts on Nokia Phones Build Quality…

Share With Us: Thoughts on Nokia Phones Build Quality…

| December 19, 2011 | 60 Replies

It’s been a long known fact that all Nokia phones no matter what OS they run have one thing that makes them superior to any other brand; their build quality, and in all honesty that’s what really matter, who cares if your phone has a 23GhZ processor if it breaks the first time you toss [...]

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Kik Messenger Now Available on NOKIA Store + Initial Review

Kik Messenger Now Available on NOKIA Store + Initial Review

| December 1, 2011 | 17 Replies

About two or three weeks ago the developers of the cross-platform messaging application Kik promised us a impending ‘beta-testers’ version of Kik for symbian, to my surprise the link I got in my email was for the final official version being distributed over the NOKIA store. Wonderful fast job by all the Kik Devolopers! thank you. (Live-Profile I have nothing [...]

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Thoughts on Nokia N9 PR 1.1 + Review of changes

Thoughts on Nokia N9 PR 1.1 + Review of changes

| November 17, 2011 | 101 Replies

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 [...]

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Review: iWindows for Symbian

Review: iWindows for Symbian

| October 31, 2011 | 4 Replies

This review comes from our reader FireDragon. He installed iWindows on his N8 running Anna. Here’s what he thought. I was checking this application and I like it so far other than how it looks. iWindows brings a Windows Start Button to the Homescreen, over lapping the “Option” button. The Start Button’s graphic is horrible [...]

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The Nokia N9 review. Part 2.

The Nokia N9 review. Part 2.

| October 25, 2011 | 29 Replies

In the first half of my review, I was thoroughly impressed with the hardware aspect of Nokia N9. Now it’s time to dive into the software department of this unique phone, and things are starting to look even more intriguing…

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Nokia N9 – Two Weeks On

Nokia N9 – Two Weeks On

| October 19, 2011 | 70 Replies

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. [...]

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