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Video Unboxing: Nokia Good Things delivered in Little Packages

Video Unboxing: Nokia Good Things delivered in Little Packages

| October 20, 2009 | 7 Replies

Advertisements This morning, the DHL man and Postman delivered several Good Things…some books, cheques from the lettings agency…and: train tickets to London and back WOMWorld Package with Good Things box  (actually a pretty big box), containing: a euro-uk converter; Nokia N97 box; and a green Good Things arrow. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iejIkXSH3Xg] Here’s an itinerary of what we’re […]

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'Secret' Nokia Event: Something BIG is brewing in London – Good Things? The Nokia Signpost?

'Secret' Nokia Event: Something BIG is brewing in London – Good Things? The Nokia Signpost?

| October 8, 2009 | Reply

On Monday I got an email from WOMWorld inviting me to a “top secret” event happening in London and it’s supposedly taking place around 22nd/23rd October. [link – wordpress in chrome sucks] I wanted to wait until I knew more about what was happening, but even after the phone call from WOMWorld’s Katie this afternoon […]

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How to: Calibrating the Nokia N97's compass in 3 seconds.

How to: Calibrating the Nokia N97's compass in 3 seconds.

| July 12, 2009 | Reply

The Nokia N97 has a compass mainly for rotating your maps to align with the roads/surroundings as you turn your phone. It doesn’t rotate instantly towards north like a real compass – and so, needs a bit of calibration, which according to the manual, the method is to swing your phone in an 8-shape like […]

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Applications: Ovi Maps 3.0 (on the Nokia N97)

Applications: Ovi Maps 3.0 (on the Nokia N97)

| July 6, 2009 | 23 Replies

Ovi Maps 3.0 is the latest edition of Nokia’s free Sat-Nav software. Below is a screenshot taken from Ovi Maps 3.0 on the Nokia N97. The improvements with Ovi Maps 3.0 are well worth the time to upgrade because the interface is much improved, requiring much less menu wading and button pressing than the previous […]

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Demo of the N97 compass

Demo of the N97 compass

| April 11, 2009 | Reply

This video demos the widgets and the N97’s compass.(Note to self, get screen wipes for the N97) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbIIn5l7TY0] The point of the compass is to orientate your map in the direction which your facing. From the video, you can see it’s very sensitive thus a very promising addition to Nokia Maps. No more looking at […]

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