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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Video: Nokia Lumia 800 vs Nokia Lumia 710
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
N9Hacks: Make Opera (or others) Default Broswer (Terminal)
- Download my zip file here
- Connect your device in Mass Storage and extract it to the root directory of device
- In terminal, enter the command
cp -r /home/user/MyDocs/defaults.list /home/user/.local/share/applications/
If you want to change it to another browser not supported by the app, use the same file but then follow these additional commands
- cd /home/user/.local/share/applications/
- nano defaults.list
- Change operamobile-labs.desktop for the .desktop name of the browser (eg. fennec.desktop, web.desktop)
- ctrl + x, followed by y, then hit enter
Monday, February 20, 2012
Nokia Lumia 610 shows up ahead of MWC
Nokia is expected to showcase a number of new devices at Mobile World Congress next week and one of these is expected to be a new Lumia 610 budget model.
Rumours emerged of the Nokia Lumia 610, reportedly running the anticipated Tango build of Microsoft's platform, and The Verge reported it had passed certification for Indonesia.
Techradar has since claimed that sources ‘close to the matter' revealed the Lumia 610 would arrive in the UK and would be a budget handset priced ‘aggressively'. It was even suggested that it may be a pre-pay only model.
It's the Tango platform itself that will be keeping the price down too, allegedly it'll only support screen resolutions up to 800x480 pixels and will run on only 256MB of RAM, while cameras for such devices will top-out at 3-megapixels.
There's no exact word on prices just yet but considering the Lumia 710, the budget Windows Phone Mango model, retails for around the £200 mark, in some cases less, you can expect it to be cheaper still.
For that to be profitable something has to give, however, and you can bet it'll be materials and external build quality. Not that it'll fall apart or anything, but if you hold even the Lumia 800 and 710 side-by-side the difference is palpable.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Nokia Pulse heading to iOS and Android
Why put it on other platforms? Başak Özer, (previously of Quattro Wireless and TomTom) who leads Nokia’s Social and Location Based Applications division says, “To be social, you have to be on every platform”. It’s something that is complementary to the facebook and twitter experience (as opposed to being a new service attempting to compete with it).
Nokia Pulse brings your everyday conversations to life by automatically tagging photos and updates with your location.
Every conversation, from pickups and drop-offs to meet-ups, is as instant, private, and simple as sending a text, but far more useful and engaging. Nokia Pulse is integrated with Maps, so finding people nearby, discovering new places, and getting directions is a snap.
Group Conversations:
Keep it Private. Keep it Personal. Keep it Real.Live Places:
- Private check in – All your conversations stay private and safe
- Photo check in – Automatically tag your location to all your photo updates
- Private by Default – No complicated privacy settings needed
One tap and they know where you are. Two taps to get you there.Your People:
- Bring your favorite places to life – Post a favorite place to a conversation
- Discover what’s nearby – Make and view recommendations of nearby places of interest
- Getting there is a snap – Get directions directly from the recommended place
Your Family. Your People. You Decide.
- Instant: Receive instant on-device notifications of all new updates
- Open: Everyone with an email address can participate
- Easy: Sending and receiving messages with Nokia Pulse is as easy as SMS
- Powered by the cloud: Your conversations are saved in the cloud for as long as you need them
- Accessible from anywhere: Nokia Pulse is available on multiple touch-points – desktop web, mobile web, Windows Phone and Symbian devices
Friday, February 17, 2012
A bright future for the Nokia N9, indicates ‘Internet Marketing Services’
I wasn’t sure exactly how to post about this but a few of you have been asking me to share it so here it is. Please try to keep discussions constructive, on topic and non-inflammatory. Please read the post before commenting.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/2/prweb9202508.htmThis info was released by a PR firm who report on some ‘research’ undertaken by ‘Internet Marketing Services’. I’ve not heard of PRWeb before but it is AlexaRanked top 1000 in the US. The research firm say the N9 is one of the most popular phones made by any company.
The ‘research’ by Internet Marketing Services apparently indicates that along with the iPhone 4S and SGSII, the N9 is one of the most impressive phones around. The article feels very odd, from the way they are unaware of how MeeGo is one word, to claims of the N9 apparently having the best camera out of all the phones on the market. There’s no mention of the clearly obvious Swipe UI, but they do claim that face detection and touch focus makes it a favourite with photographers -!? It says it’s better than the Lumia because it has 1024 MB RAM and UMTS/GSM? What? I can tell you the N9 is better because it has a front camera, it is a more purer design (no buttons) the screen is bigger, you can get 64GB version, it is Linux and the multitasking is pretty awesome. Of all the things to big up, 1024MB RAM?
I’m sorry, the article reads like one of those content filler posts of fluff – you know, one where they pay someone who’s never heard of the product to write about it, and I’m frankly rather annoyed that they call it research when it seems like they’ve done none, possibly just to link to the site that keeps popping up on ‘Nokia N9′. The site that they link to say that they’re not an affiliate of Nokia, they just love the product and apparently have spent ‘many weeks’ researching its features. Furthermore the site they link to has odd text such as “Buying Nokia N9, you can also expect to win several interesting and exciting incentives and offers”. What? Regardless of what device they’re talking about, the whole thing kinda sounds fishy to me.
There is so much more to the N9. The supreme design, the innovative swipe UI, the amazing combination that is a testament of Nokia hardware, Nokia design and Nokia software. Anyone with an internet connection and google could have found that out.
Actually the more I look into it, the more it seems like it’s a plug by the site that prweb links to. The purpose to get their story onto several places on the net (like Yahoo). http://service.prweb.com/why-prweb/ I’m not even sure I should post this spam. Some have linked the Yahoo story, which is of the same spam.
http://news.yahoo.com/market-survey-internet-marketing-services-indicates-bright-future-120249564.html (via deepspacebar)It doesn’t really help the N9 when the content used to praise it appears to be spamfluff. It’s not even some blogger with an agenda or faboyism. Just random string of words connected to the N9.
We can recite so many more, from actual authorities online that have shown much genuine affection for the N9. Did I read the article wrong? It seems enough of you linked it to me recommending me to post it so there must be something here I’m missing. Was there actual credible research that they haven’t seem to have linked to? Or is it actual spamfluff? SEO fluff? >_< It’s odd because people have linked this and are discussing it but it seems they only read the title unless, as I’ve mentioned, I’m completely missing the key part in the articles themselves :S
Here’s a link to genuin people tweeting about how awesome the Nokia N9 is: https://twitter.com/#!/search/nokia%20n9%20awesome. Chris Davies from SlashGear was sad he had to give his trial N9 back.
https://twitter.com/#!/c_davies/status/169347273233403905Anyway, cheers all for the tip. As incognito said about this story, “take everything they say like all good things in life – with a grain of salt… a slice of lemon, and a shot of tequila!”
TELUS Nokia Lumia 800 to launch March 9th?
The Lumia 800 will be Nokia’s 2nd Windows Phone device in Canada, Rogers has the entry-level Lumia 710. Specs wise, the 800 has a 3.7-inch display, 1.4Ghz Snapdragon processor, 512MB RAM, 16GB internal storage and an 8MP Carl Zeiss camera. TELUS also notes on their site that it’ll come in black, magenta and cyan
Nokia Lumia 710 price drop at Vodafone
Vodafone is reportedly selling the Nokia Lumia 710 for £150.
A deal found by a HotUKDeals forum member reportedly saw a brand new Nokia Lumia 710 sell for £150, making it the cheapest Windows Phone handset - if not, the cheapest - on the market and a bit of a bargain considering the spec.
To get the deal you need to head into Vodafone and ask for a Lumia 710 outside of a contract - prepay as it's known. In theory, assuming the deal is still going (we've approached Vodafone for clarfication), you should get your shiny new phone for the promotional price.
Bear in mind you may need to top-up £10 if you aren't already a customer of Vodafone's, bringing the total to a still reasonable £160.
The Lumia 710, which is the cheaper of the two Windows Phone devices from Nokia, gives you the latest Mango update, a powerful 1.4GHz single core processor, a respectable camera, interchangeable backplates for adding a bit of colour, and Nokia's excellent ClearBlack display.
You also get apps like Nokia Drive, which is a free turn-by-turn SatNav app, Nokia Music, for buying and discovering new tunes, and a few other bits and bobs.
We've got to be honest, the Nokia Lumia 710 deal makes the Lumia 800 seem expensive (and we love the device) considering there aren't many differences between the two.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Nokia 601 may be a super-cheap Pay as You Go Windows Phone
Reports that their sources have confirmed Nokia will be showing a “budget” Windows Phone at "Mobile World Congress 2012 which will be “be priced very aggressively in UK shops.”We have speculated before that price point is one of Nokia’s main differentiating features. Do our readers think this is the best approach to get Windows Phone volume? Let us know below.
Awesome Belle Skin for S60 Phones
If you have any install problems or the program does not start, please read here how to fix it: http://goo.gl/T7AGT
Application launcher with 3 to 6 home screens. You can place shortcuts (including folders) and widgets on the home screens. There is also a pull-down panel that allows quick access to the LED flashlight, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and silent profile. The widgets include digital and analogue clock, calendar, contact and profile widget. You can arrange widgets at will.
Note: get the free Nokia Evolve theme from the store for better icons.
Note: this IS NOT Symbian Belle – it just looks similar to it.
Belle Shell app works on all Symbian 5th edition phones: Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia C6, Nokia X6, Nokia 5530
Get this app form the Nokia store here: http://store.ovi.com/content/251264
Nokia 500 gets a Belle update starting today
It will be released in phases, country by country as soon as each relevant variant of the latest Symbian software is available. So the schedule will vary according to where you live and which network operator you are with.
The majority of Belle enhancements will be available for the Nokia 500 including a visually
improved browser enabling high-quality Web video viewing.
Menus have been simplified and a notifications bar has been added to make accessing key settings or features, very fast. And a new larger live widgets display puts what’s really important to you on the homescreen.
This version of Belle has been specifically tailored to match Nokia 500’s hardware performance. You can personalize your Nokia 500 with up to four home screens leaving all your favourite applications and services only a few taps away. You will also get Nokia Maps version 3.06.
Get Nokia Belle on your Nokia 500 via Nokia Suite. For a step-by-step download tutorial, there’s a video available that tells you everything you need to know.
Check the availability for your Nokia 500 in your country at our support pages.
You can also see if Nokia Belle is available for your Nokia 500 by connecting your phone to Nokia Suite via USB. Software updates will be prompted to you.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Nokia's Mobile World Congress Lineup Revealed
As for the Windows Phones, we've already seen the 900 introduced at CES for AT&T; moreover, we were tipped a few months back on a handset that claimed to be the Lumia 601 (not 610), but whose renders appeared somewhat suspect. That imagery had the phone looking very much like a keypad-less X3 which, while certainly a possibility, doesn't seem to fall in line with the company's latest smartphone design language
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Rogers Nokia Lumia 710 Review
Standing upon a small metal platform in the heart of the ExCeL convention centre in London in October 2011, I first glimpsed the heroic Nokia Lumia 800 and its comely stewart, the Lumia 710. Casting my mind back to that day it never occurred to me that I would have it in my hand, launched by a Canadian carrier for less than $300 outright.
The Lumia 710 may not have the panache, nor the aesthetic fluidity, of its polycarbonate sibling, but I can safely say that if you are in the market for an inexpensive smartphone on Rogers, this is the one to get. Forget Android, don’t even look at the iPhone 3GS: the Lumia 710 is a full-featured, capable and, above all, speedy piece of tech that, when judged at this price point, has few real competitors.Specs:
- Windows Phone 7.5 Mango
- 3.7″ 800 x 480 ClearBlack TFT display with Gorilla Glass
- 1.4Ghz MSM8255 Qualcomm Snapdragon processor
- 512MB RAM / 8GB internal storage
- 5MP camera with flash
- WiFi (b/g/n) / Bluetooth / GPS (GLONASS)
- Accelerometer, Compass
- HSDPA 14.4Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps
- GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 850/1700/1900/2100 Mhz
- 1300mAh battery (replaceable), microSIM slot
- 119 x 62.4 x 12.5 mm
- 125g
The Phone
Like the porridge from the fairy tale, the Lumia 710 is not too hot and not too cold: it’s just right. While certainly thicker at 12.5mm than your average disappearing high-end Android phone, the phone is curved around the back in such a way that any excess girth seems to fall away. The edges taper enough to be geometric, but the appearance is more positive in person; I’ve come to enjoy its odd design. Made entirely of a sturdy, fingerprint-happy matte plastic, the back of the device takes with it the camera and volume buttons when removed. These back covers are interchangeable, though none are included in the sparse box.
Around the front, the 3.7-inch ClearBlack TFT display is crisp and colourful, with superlative contrast for a non-AMOLED screen. When turned off, you can barely tell where the screen ends and the bezel begins; when turned on, this is similarly true, though a seasoned veteran will not mistake the rather listless reds and sedate blues for a the crisp and beautiful AMOLED of the Lumia 800. Whites, too, are hued with a touch of grey.
This is not to say that the colours are inaccurate, nor the whites drab. Rather, the lack of vibrancy owes its debt more to the colour accuracy of the TFT technology, as we’ve been spoiled and rather brainwashed to believe that such overextended AMOLED hues are natural. Still, blacks are the displays true strong suit, and for a device priced well below those with screens half the resolution and a quarter the effervescence, it’s hard to fault the Lumia 710.
Below the screen is a single piece of translucent plastic, home to three hardware buttons: back, home and search. The protrusion is slight, making it frequently difficult to engage; one hopes it loosens over time. There is also an aesthetic incongruity to the hardware buttons: they are unsightly. While it certainly would have been more expensive to include capacitive buttons, the single row primps like a diva sprawled on a settee, distracting from the unbroken nature of the front.
The Gorilla Glass-festooned face also covets fingerprints and oil, so be prepared to be constantly wiping off the screen. On a positive note, though, the glass itself has an almost matte-like finish, lending itself to superior typing on the fantastic Windows Phone keyboard.
The phone’s size is just right. Adjusting from the gargantuan workspace of the Galaxy Nexus was easy, and I’ll reiterate my previous invocation: displays between 3.7- and 4.3-inches are the sweet spot. However, like the Nexus One before it, the Lumia 710′s screen size is perfectly suited to its WVGA resolution.
Performance
With a Windows Phone, you’re lucky enough to know what you’re going to get. This is true of the Lumia 710: with a 1.4Ghz single-core processor and 512MB RAM, its internals are equal to every other second-generation WP7 device on the market. Where it takes liberties is with internal storage: there are 8GB of non-expandable memory here, so beware you music hoarders and movie watchers. Though Microsoft is claiming that each device is augmented with 25GB of free Skydrive storage, nothing replaces cold hard NAND.
Like the Lumia 800, the 710 is spritely, smooth and charming in its performance. Here we come to the section of the review where I should “defend” the 710′s single-core processor against Android’s onslaught of dual- and quad-core behemoths. But they’re two different beasts entirely. Visually, Windows Phone is simpler; fundamentally, it is smoother. Like iOS, Windows Phone was developed to commit what is on the screen to highest-priority, relegating background tasks to predefined APIs in a highly-controlled environment. This is both a blessing and a curse, since apps cannot run in the background; once the home button is pressed, the apps’s state is saved and, holding the back button to engage the multitasking menu, can be resumed in half a second or less.
But this does translate to poorer performance where it counts, and it is not to be overlooked. While overall UI smoothness is one thing, taxing web pages take noticeably longer to load, while games available in the Marketplace, though pretty, cannot push the number of pixels, nor offer the same 3D experience, as you’d find in many of the high-end iOS or Android games. Microsoft’s Xbox Live products are robust, and there are plenty of great games to choose from, but we’re unlikely to see an Infinity Blade 2 or Grand Theft Auto 3 ported to Windows Phone until at least the next generation of devices.
Keep in mind that the 1.4Ghz Snapdragon processor inside here is the same one that’s in the Sony Xperia Play, so don’t count out the Lumia 710 as a gaming machine just yet. Rather, embrace the platform’s bias towards 2D platformers and puzzle games. As for the browser, though theoretical speeds are slower than the equivalent Chrome for Android or Mobile Safari for iOS, in practice pages render very quickly over Rogers’ network. Since the introduction of Mango, Windows Phone uses a branched version of IE9 with extensive support for HTML5. While most desktop pages look great, and text realigns to the screen well, there were a few times I noticed peculiar rendering tendencies, such as Twitter loading the basic mobile page (and not its new HTML5-laden version).
The Lumia 710 recorded 6853.6ms on the Sunspider 0.91 Javascript benchmark, a fair amount slower than the equivalent Android device at that speed. IE9 is to blame more so than the single-core CPU, but you’re looking at a score nearly three poorer than the Galaxy Nexus or iPhone 4S.
Camera
Though its flash is ineffectual (see the left Optimus Prime photo), giving indoor shots a fishbowl-like gloom, the 710 takes nice outdoor photos with sufficient light. The dedicated camera button can be activated even when the screen is off, and the two-step function allows you to set focus and white balance before taking the photo. The shutter button curves slightly with the battery cover, so like the ones on the front it can be a pain to activate. I often ended up taking an unfocused shot when my intention was to press the shutter half-way down.
Software Experience
Windows Phone Mango 7.5 is a huge upgrade over the original Windows Phone 7 release, though to the naked eye its Metro stylings are unchanged. Big-deal features such as multitasking, threaded emails, an improved browser and tight integration with Twitter are the headlines here, but there are a number of other improvements and tweaks that improve the experience.
Let’s start with what Mango is still missing, though. At the moment it is impossible to share multiple photos in a single email; you must click on, and share, each one manually. Windows Phone’s notification system, too, needs work: once a “toast” message appears and quickly disappears from the top of the screen (which is admittedly quite attractive) there is no way to get it back. You must rely on either having a Live Tile on your main screen to indicate you have an email or SMS, or hope you see it in time. Multitasking could use some improvements, too, since unless you return to a “saved-state” app via holding the back button it will restart. This means if you open Facebook,leave it to check Twitter and return to the homescreen to open it again it will purge the Facebook app from memory and start again; you must hold down the back button to return to it from its previous state.
But what Windows Phone does well is a much longer list than what it doesn’t. Live Tiles are a brilliant, quick-glance way to see weather updates, missed calls and unread email counts. The People Hub consolidates updates from Twitter, Facebook and Windows Live not only with your public timeline, but for individual contacts. You don’t need a third-party Twitter or Facebook application to update your status, or upload a photo: these are all done swiftly with built-in controls.
If music is your thing, the $9.99 Zune Pass is a great choice as long as you’re fine being confined to the Windows Phone ecosystem. It integrates beautifully with the rest of the operating system, with lock-screen controls and background listening support.
The email experience is one of the best in the game: it can sync contacts, calendars and tasks with Gmail through Activesync (though it doesn’t do Gmail labels well), and of course its Hotmail integration is perfect. The email UI is austere but very usable, from its conversations layout to the fantastic keyboard. Windows Phone has the best keyboard behind iOS, period. Even though I’m a big fan of the Galaxy Nexus’ Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard, it too can sometimes slow down with longer emails; the Lumia 710 not only keeps up with my frantic fingers, but WP7′s autocorrect is usually more accurate than any other OS.
If you’re a gamer, the platform’s Xbox Live integration will sync your gaming achievements, badges and avatar with the console, and maintains each game’s state in its portal. Your multiplayer matches are consolidated in the Requests tab, too, so you’ll have an easy time remembering to complete that game of Word Feud.
Rogers and Nokia have both included a few of their own apps, some better than others. Nokia’s Contacts Transfer and App Highlights are superfluous unless you’re new to the platform or coming from a previous Nokia device, but its Drive and Map apps are of huge import.
Nokia Drive is exclusive to the Lumia line of phones and brings free turn-by-turn navigation with free worldwide maps in perpetuity. These maps can be downloaded for offline use so even if you’re roaming you won’t need to rely on cell phone data. The Maps app improves upon Microsoft’s own Bing Maps in many ways, with a clean and simple interface.
Rogers bundles UrMusic, its music streaming and purchasing app, as well as My Account. Both are functionally identical to their iOS and Android counterparts, though they’ve taken on the Metro stylings of the operating system. Because Microsoft mandates it, you can delete any app you don’t want (unlike on Android), though they can be downloaded again from the Windows Phone Marketplace.
The third-party app story is a bit more complicated: as you can see from the home screen photos, there are plenty to choose from, but quality is inconsistent across developers. While Evernote makes a great Windows Phone app that is competitive with its iOS and Android counterparts, the official Twitter and Foursquare apps are sorely lacking in both features and performance. There are plenty of indie alternatives, such as Rowi for Twitter and 4th and Mayor for Foursquare respectively, but it’s hard to know without trying them first. To that end, the Marketplace supports either time- or feature-limited trials before purchasing, which provides indie developers a chance to show off their wares.
But as Nokia attempts to break into the crowded market, it will be this lack of marquee apps that is brought up again and again as a mark against the ecosystem. Why choose a Windows Phone if the other two platforms offer more, and better, choice? What use is having a smartphone with thousands of apps if none of them are any good? There are exceptions to the rule, but at this point even the well-known branded apps are of lower quality, and it appears the platform is of lower priority to developers. Until then, anyone migrating from Android or iOS may be disappointed at the app selection, even though there are plenty of good ones if you look hard enough.
Battery Life
The Lumia 710 has a 1300mAh battery that had no problem lasting me the entire day when used with my main line. Windows Phone is currently a market leader in smartphone battery by limiting the way that apps can operate in the background; with some exceptions, when an app is not in the foreground it is not using any resources. This allows things to stay smooth, and also prevents unwanted battery use.
I was able to get between 10-12 hours of moderate to heavy use in a single day. When leaving the phone idle overnight, it depleted less than 10%, so standby time is also very good.
In our video tests, in which we loop a single clip until the battery dies, the Lumia 710 lasted 5 hrs 24 minutes. Note that the Lumia is only connected to WiFi for these days as to not bias the 3G signal.
Call Quality and Network Speed
Rated at 14.4Mbps, the Lumia 710 is not the fastest HSPA+ device offered on Rogers’ network, but it falls under the 4G nomenclature, one of the only ones in the carrier’s Smartphone Lite category. Indeed, network performance is on par with the more expensive iPhone 4S, with average download speeds of 3-5Mbps and upload speeds of 1-2Mbps.
Call quality, as befitting a Nokia device, is excellent, with a powerful headpiece and sensitive microphone. Recipients’ voices were clear to my eye, and mine to theirs. At maximum volume, the headpiece is loud enough to hear on a crowded street, and there is a second microphone on the back for active noise cancellation. Headphone and Bluetooth quality were equally clear, with no clarity or distortion problems. The Lumia paired instantly with my Bluetooth headset, and had no problem interpreting my contacts’ names when voice dialling was engaged (hold down the home button to activate).
The back speaker, like most mid-range smartphones, is merely adequate with tinny highs and no lows to speak of. Though it looks as if there is the entire bottom half of the battery cover is a speaker grate, there is but one small mono speaker underneath it all; I’d imagine the design is more for sound diffusion than anything else.
Priced at $49.99 on a 3-year term, and $254.99 on a month-to-month plan, the Lumia 710 is a bargain, especially for those unwilling to re-sign a contract. Though its screen and camera are no match for the more-expensive (and coming soon) Lumia 800, this is a fantastic entry-level smartphone and one of the best examples of “the whole package” over individual components. Only when taking photos did I feel like I was missing out on the full smartphone experience, and even then the 5MP camera will suffice for most casual users.
What Nokia has been able to offer is Windows Phone for the masses, and as such a powerful and capable smartphone for less than half the outright price of most equivalent Androids or iPhones. And, like all Windows Phones, it will more than likely receive major updates at the same time as its more expensive peers, something that, again, cannot be claimed by even the top-range Android smartphones.
The Nokia Lumia 710 is available from Rogers for $49.99 on a 3-year term and $254.99 on a month-to-month plan.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
White Nokia N9 hands on
Check out the link below for the gallery and video. It’s a shame the box is of the black N9. As we’ve seen before, instead of a white case, it comes in a classy leather case (which I think I’d use much more often as it protects the screen). The white plug makes the most sense as it’s shiny white like this unicorn N9.
It does look so much nicer in person. They somehow avoid making the shiny white gloss not look cheap or tacky. As Myriam said, it’s like some classy ivory white piano key. Why would you not want it? So true.
It does look so much nicer in person. They somehow avoid making the shiny white gloss not look cheap or tacky. As Myriam said, it’s like some classy ivory white piano key. Why would you not want it? So true.
Nokia planning Green and Red Lumia 800
A new video has been spotted created by AdContentMedia featuring the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset. And while that headset is itself pretty darn awesome what is really eye catching are those two new colors for the Lumia 800: Red and Green.
While we've seen fuchsia/magenta/pink before and we all know cyan and black, but green and red have not been shown off before and it remains to be seen if they are actually planned or just concepts at this point. Nokia has certainly experimented with other colors as described in yesterday's article on the subject and we've heard of yellow, green and white before back in December. Of course since that December interview, the white Lumia 800 (and maybe even a white 900) have come forward.
[Edit: As pointed out in comments, these could also be soft-shell cases which have nearly the same color offerings, though it would have been more efficient to advertise that fact. Still, it's plausible]
Check the video after the break and catch the new colors at about 0:40 and onward.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Windows Phone App Review: Call the World
Call the World is laid out fairly simple. You have a drop down menu to choose the country you are calling and the "+" extension is displayed in front of the dialing field. Call the World currently supports (automatically inserts the code) France, Germany, Spain, U.S. and the U.K. One would hope that more country codes will be added with future updates but in the meantime you can manually add the codes in the prefix field that aren't covered automatically.
It's a simple Windows Phone app that could come in handy for quickly adding country codes. The alternative is to manually add the codes in your contacts when you travel. Call the World is a free app that you can grab here at the Windows Phone Marketplace.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Nokia Lumia 710 arrives on Vodafone UK
The phone will be selling for £20.50 on 24 month plans – including 100 minutes, 500 texts, and 250MB of mobile data.
Users will be able to pick up the handset from Vodafone stores, where their contacts, photos etc can be transferred directly to the handset using Vodafone’s RED Box service, currently being promoted using the Nokia Lumia 800.
Buyers will also be able to get up to £270 for their old phone with Vodafone Buyback, and use Vodafone Data Test Drive for 3 months, which allows users to accurately estimate how much data they really use before committing to a data plan.
Vodafone says that the 710 has, “All the amazing features of the Nokia Lumia 800, plus fun changeable back covers.”
Read more about the offer at Vodafone here.
Nokia N9 and Android (ICS)
What you’re looking at is apparently Ice Cream Sandwich version of Android on the Nokia N9. Whilst this could possibly be a screenshot, it is from a reliable source (@Drunkdebugger) who has previously put android on Nokia Maemo devices.
https://twitter.com/#!/drunkdebugger/media/slideshow?url=http%3A%2F%2Fyfrog.com%2Fmmms5jj
Thanks Yakir Moshe for the tip!
TheVerge has also covered this story here:
http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/9/2786619/nokia-n9-ice-cream-sandwich-teaser
A dual boot is apparently in the works, this will allow you to perhaps have the beauty of Swipe and the apps of Android. Is it me or does that clock in the first pic resemble the N8 standby clock (though clocks are generally generic in design)
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