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Chat With Juha Alakarhu; Nokia’s PureView Magician

Chat With Juha Alakarhu; Nokia’s PureView Magician

| January 11, 2013 | 66 Replies

Advertisements Although a lot of people seemed to have linked Pureview and Nokia imaging to Damien Dinning (who joined Jaguar late last year) there’s a whole lot more to Nokia’s imaging team. WPC had a sitdown with Juha Alakarhu at CES and chatted about PureView and the 920 and others; below are some of the interesting points that […]

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Swype Beta For S^3 & S60 Updated at Beta Labs

Swype Beta For S^3 & S60 Updated at Beta Labs

| January 11, 2013 | 11 Replies

Swype was definitely my favorite way to enter text in Symbian (until it was never updated to show your text box while typing); but for those faithful to swype will be glad to hear that the beta version at the Nokia beta labs has just received an update. Hey there Symbian users. We’ve made a small patch for those of you […]

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Nokia Sales “Exceeded Expectations” With 86.3 Million Total Units; 4.4 Million Lumias, 9.3 Million Ashas

Nokia Sales “Exceeded Expectations” With 86.3 Million Total Units; 4.4 Million Lumias, 9.3 Million Ashas

| January 10, 2013 | 449 Replies

Nokia seem to be quite happy with their latest sales figures, seeing how they released some figures before their quarterly earning report. Nokia claims to have delivered “underlying profitability and that sales unit delivered better-than-expected results, We are pleased that Q4 2012 was a solid quarter where we exceeded expectations and delivered underlying profitability in Devices & Services and record underlying […]

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Nokia Factory in India Raided After Allegations of $543 Million in Unpaid Taxes

Nokia Factory in India Raided After Allegations of $543 Million in Unpaid Taxes

| January 8, 2013 | 33 Replies

Earlier today Indian authorties “raided” the Nokia factory in Chennai India with claims of 30 billion Ruppes/ 543 Million dollars; worth of tax evasion charges. Although the factory was not shut down it’s unclear how this will affect the productivity of the factory. In response to the raid Nokia replied: Earlier today, tax officials visited Nokia’s […]

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Speaker Output Test: Lumia 920 vs. Lumia 900 vs. 808 PureView

Speaker Output Test: Lumia 920 vs. Lumia 900 vs. 808 PureView

| January 7, 2013 | 55 Replies

In my opinion the N8 was one of the last Nokia phones to have a decent speaker; but of course the awkward placement on the back of the phone didn’t help. After that the Lumia 800 has a pitiful excuse of a speaker, and the Lumia 900 although better still wasn’t up to par with the past; […]

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Rumor: Additional Update In the Works for First Gen S^3 Devices (Belle Refresh Devices)

Rumor: Additional Update In the Works for First Gen S^3 Devices (Belle Refresh Devices)

| January 6, 2013 | 45 Replies

Here’s an interesting rumor that’s come up; after all had lost hope of getting any further updates after Belle Refresh a source claims that an additional updates is in the works. The Update which is said to carry version number 111.050.0003 (hint: Belle refresh was 111.040.1511) has no change-log nor any ETA but it certainly is interesting to […]

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The In Depth Story of Meego (Part 2) & WP Transition/Lumia 800 production

The In Depth Story of Meego (Part 2) & WP Transition/Lumia 800 production

| January 3, 2013 | 163 Replies

We previously read an interesting article about the future/past of Meego and what happened behind the scenes before it was scrapped; titled as the In depth story of Meego/Maemo. Well part two has been published (in Finnish) and covers a wide range of topics, mostly the transition phase from Meego to WP and the production […]

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The Gadget Show UK Reviews the Nokia 808 PureView

The Gadget Show UK Reviews the Nokia 808 PureView

| January 3, 2013 | 76 Replies

In their Camera Phones episode, the Gadget Show (UK) includes the unequivocally best camera phone in the universe, The Nokia 808 PureView. I’ll be disappointed if the camera receives anything other than adulation. They’re wondering which camera phone is able to fullfil your camera needs. Urgh, the 808? If not that, then the N8? “41…yes […]

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The Telegraph Asks: Can anything replace the Nokia N8

The Telegraph Asks: Can anything replace the Nokia N8

| January 3, 2013 | 69 Replies

An odd question posed by the Telegraph a week ago. A reader asked whether anything could replace their Nokia N8. The last post about the 808 reminded me that the answer is so simple. It’s the 808. I have just come to the end of a two-year contract on my Nokia N8 phone. I was […]

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