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NokConv: A COLOURFUL History of Nokia

NokConv: A COLOURFUL History of Nokia

| September 17, 2013 | 6 Replies

Advertisements Quick heads up on this post at NokConv that looks at the colourful nature and history of Nokia, dating back 20 years. Colour is nothing new but in a world where phones followed the one that was just black and white, it’s nice to see Nokia pushing everyone back to taste the rainbow. http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/09/17/a-colourful-history-of-nokia-phones/ […]

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Spotted: Windows Phone in Grand Theft Auto V?

Spotted: Windows Phone in Grand Theft Auto V?

| September 17, 2013 | 17 Replies

How cool is this? The much awaited Grand Theft Auto V featuring a WP as the cell phone device at around the 00:50 mark. My connection is too slow to play a video. 🙁 Source: Kotaku Via: WPC Thanks Alvester for the tip! Advertisements

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Video: Alleged WP Blue/8.1 In Action; Shows Quick Toggles and Expandable Notifications

Video: Alleged WP Blue/8.1 In Action; Shows Quick Toggles and Expandable Notifications

| September 16, 2013 | 33 Replies

Just a few hours ago Jay posted about some alleged WP Blue/8.1 screenshots making the rounds on the internet; well now the same poster has made a video demoing what the major changes are. You can watch it on Dropbox at the link below: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55343799/WP/windowsphoneblue-ep1.html The big changes are: Pull from the left –> Me […]

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Press Release: Jolla’s Sailfish OS runs Android apps natively without modification.

Press Release: Jolla’s Sailfish OS runs Android apps natively without modification.

| September 16, 2013 | 196 Replies

Whilst this is a Nokia blog, we do also talk about anything Nokia related. And Jolla has roots in MeeGo/Maemo and of course, Nokia peeps in the team. An interesting press release from Jolla shows that their Sailfish OS runs Android apps natively without any modification. In comparison to say, BB10, apparently, at least from […]

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City of Oslo Orders 3,000 WP Devices

City of Oslo Orders 3,000 WP Devices

| September 16, 2013 | 6 Replies

The municipality of Oslo, Norway has just put in an order of 3,000 WP devices to be provided for the nursing staff caring for the elderly there. The reason for specifying that the devices run Windows Phone is that their Finnish-made filing system only supports WP. The reason for this somewhat exotic demand is the […]

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Possible WP8.1 Blue screenshots (and Bittersweet shimmer showing previous notifications?)

Possible WP8.1 Blue screenshots (and Bittersweet shimmer showing previous notifications?)

| September 16, 2013 | 17 Replies

Some interesting screenshots from twitter account https://twitter.com/qXerro. It may be faked, it may not. I’ve not followed the Blue screenshots that have been appearing every now and again so I’m not sure what you’ve seen before. WPC posts about a possible notifications as indicated by screenshots from the same username, but the latest tweet suggests it […]

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Finnish MÃ¥rten Mickos suggested as another name for MS CEO, Elop still top candidate

Finnish MÃ¥rten Mickos suggested as another name for MS CEO, Elop still top candidate

| September 16, 2013 | 11 Replies

I read in our of our reader comments that Business Insider had suggested that Finnish MÃ¥rten Mickos, maybe a good candidate for the next CEO of Microsoft. If we’re looking at the right story, there are some other points of note in what they call bar stool gossip http://www.businessinsider.com/whispers-about-microsofts-ceo-search-2013-9 Stephen Elop is still most likely candidate […]

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Nokia #FightBoredom Twitter Campaign

Nokia #FightBoredom Twitter Campaign

| September 16, 2013 | Reply

Nokia (and @Nokia_Connects) have been putting a different spin on the Lumia 625, building it up as an anti-boredom device. They even asked us to switch up our unboxing a bit to help fightboredom, which we gladly did. Tomorrow the Nokia people will be helping fight boredom by transforming random mundane pictures into something fun: […]

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Video: Nokia Lumia 1020 – 41 x 41, infinite zoom

Video: Nokia Lumia 1020 – 41 x 41, infinite zoom

| September 16, 2013 | 8 Replies

Here’s an interesting video composed of 41 photos from the 41MP Nokia Lumia 1020. These photos are carefully stitched together so that when you zoom into one photo, you blend into the next creating what appears to be an almost infinite zoom in a static photo that travels from night through to day. Nokia

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