Tag: "Rant"
New Social Applications for Belle & Updates for X7, E6, 500 before the rest? + Minor Rant
Random screenshot of Belle I found on Nokias official Belle website :http://www.nokia.com/sg-en/products/featured-phones/belle/ as you can see there seems to be two new widgets dedicated to Facebook & Twitter. The Facebook applications seems to have notification support FINALLY!!! how does anyone make a Facebook app that doesn’t even support notifications??? Groups or Pages and Events I might understand but notifications are the core [...]
Asphalt 6 HD: Symbian^3 and Android graphical comparison.
Hello fellow Mynokiablog readers! Today we present an honest (harsh?) video comparison of Asphalt 6! The nitty-gritty details can be found in the video description below. From MrNokiaTech: “NOTE: Gameloft “ported” Asphalt 6 to the Symbian^3 OS. It appears that they were not able to harness the power of the Broadcom GPU and [...]
Windows Phone 7: Impressions and opinions
In recent weeks we’ve been through a ton of ups and downs regarding Nokia’s decision to adopt another software platform in their smartphone strategy. In my post on Nokia’s options in the near future I outlined what I believed to have been problems and associated solutions within Nokia and their current smartphone strategy. I outlined [...]
Dual Core Symbian Phones with revamped UI and "True Zoom" for 2011 (and Nokia E7 release )
Engadget reports that Nokia will be shipping Dual Core Symbian Devices next year with a revamped UI. Well, Symbian has always been open about its roadmap. Back in February this year they mentioned this in exact detail (when they were still Symbian Foundation and Symbian^N was still the norm). Now Nokia has taken Symbian development [...]
Nokia's Smartphone Strategy in the right direction? – Intellectual exchange between Robert Scoble and Tomi Ahonen
If you’re not familiar with the name Tomi Ahonen then you should be. Calling Tomi simply one of the best mobile industry analysts would not do him justice and is one of the rare few to see the light at the frequently mentioned “doomed” Nokia tunnel. In this still major transition stage at Espoo, it [...]
Rant: The Nokia Social App – Please stay signed in! (And a bunch of other annoyances)
Before I begin my coursework I’ll let off some steam and rant about the social app. The Nokia Social App It really feels like a half baked offering when compared to something like gravity: Scrolling – why the hell is it so crap? You’ve got smooth scrolling in browser, photos, contacts, apps yet here it’s [...]
Rant: Fixing Nokia's Symbian Touch Camera UI – Perfecting the Nokia N8 Camera experience
The Nokia N8 undeniably has the best phone camera on the market. It also has a pedigree of great flexibility in terms of camera options – white balance, colour tone, camera grids, scene modes, ISO, exposure, contrast, and sharpness (note lack of continuous shooting mode as seen in the likes of the N95). However, like [...]
RANT: 5 Reasons MSNBC tech writer is clueless about Nokia. Refutation to 5 Reasons Nokia's N8 Won't Beat the iPhone 4
I was in the middle of my PBL Case research of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia when I saw this post on MSNBC 5 Reasons Nokia’s N8 Won’t Beat the iPhone 4 It’s not meant to. The Nokia N8 is just a starting foot in the door. Look at the darn price, dammit! And beating in what way [...]
Nokia and the Long Term Strategy – It's NOT all gloom and doom. Awesome things coming soon.
It’s not all gloom and doom as “analysts” and certain blogs would have us believe. Today, 22nd July 2010, Nokia reported Q2 earnings. Despite the fierce competition from all fronts, and without their best fighters on the front line, their smartphone market share still went up to 41%. Some other numbers are less flattering, and [...]
Poll: Does Nokia need to change their default icons and fonts? (#N8 #Symbian)
Symbian icons and fonts – does Nokia need to change them? (Did you also know that YOU can change both icons and fonts easily with themes?) Scroll at end or click here to vote at the poll The Nokia N8 received rapturous applause in its multimedia prowess and strength of design. The resounding notion was [...]
What Nokia needs to learn from Apple Keynotes. Pointers from Steve Job's iPhone 4 announcement.
This is mainly a tongue in cheek rant, written very late so it probably may not make sense. Note – if you are reading this, you are not the “public” which is described in this article. Again, press X now or prepare for walls of text. Perception, perception perception. What Nokia needs to learn from [...]
Why the Nokia N8 WON'T be like the Nokia N97. Nokia N8 vs Nokia N97.
Click X now or prepare for a mighty wall of text. This time last year, we were all in anticipation of Nokia’s hottest flagship – the Nokia N97. A year later, N97 is a dirty word, encapsulating Nokia’s failure to understand the high end. Unfortunately, many N97 users got burned. Myself included. Although there was [...]
Nokia RANT: Response to Ovum's "Report" on Nokia's 'failures'.
Hmm, I doubt anyone will read this but I couldn’t sleep (trying to finish off some presentations…meh, they want us to use OHP :[) and seeing these “reports” circulated got me kinda worked up. I haven’t made a proper Nokia rant in a while. Nokia’s been churning a lot of awesome sauce since N900 (Free [...]
Video: Nokia Zero – Why the next flagship needs a proper name.
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 why [...]
Video: The Phones Show – Episode 96 – mynokiablog have a cameo appearance with N900!
I’m an eager fan of Steve Litchfield’s the Phone Show [aka The Smartphone Show] and was honoured to be asked to help out in Episode 96 where Steve gives an introduction to the wonderful N900 and Maemo 5. There’s some Symbian news and top 10 apps for something called an iPhone – what is that? [...]
Video Review: Nokia N97 Mini Review – The Phones Show – Episode 94
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 [...]
Video: Nokia Ovi Store Add claims thousands of apps for Nokia N97 when there are less than 1000. False advertising much?
Nokia uploaded an advert on YouTube about the Ovi Store: 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 there [...]
My Nokia N97 Won't Start!!! I don't want to Hard Reset. (Rant)
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 [...]
Ovi Store Rant: 7 things wrong with the Ovi Store
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. 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 using [...]
Video: Nokia shrinks s60 5th edition's (N97's) annoyingly fat sidebar? Well at least in Ovi Maps (Nokia rant/suggestions on S60 icon layout/rotation)
Theme of Rant/Suggestion: 2 parts – Sidebar & Icons in menu Have you been watching Nokia World 09 Online? Perhaps you’re actually there? Some big announcements of devices we’ve already heard of (Booklet 3G /N97 mini/n900), and some new ones too (X6, X3). But something a lot more interesting for current S60 5th edition owners [...]
Engadget asks – How would you change the Nokia N97?
It’s a hot topic over at Engadget as Darren Murph asks the Engadget readers, “How would you change the Nokia N97?”. Oh dear. Where to begin? Its biggest flaw is that it simply does not live up to the hype. 6 months after announcement, waiting for “From the desktop to the laptop and now to [...]
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