Lumia 800 & CC-3032 hard case review

Jan
5

01:59 am

Getting your brand new Lumia 800 to play with and use the pants off is one thing.

Another, is how you'll give it the protection it deserves. I have two reviews here, one of the phone itself and another of the Nokia CC-3032 Lumia 800 hard case. Shall we? via technochat From being a happy N8 user, Saugata decided that after the Lumia 800 was announced he was going to 'take his chances' and pre-order one. Sounding a little sceptical to begin with then - however - it seems like all is well with his new arrival. [...]

10 cool things that happened in December

Jan
4

23:03 pm

It’s 2012.

Leap Year. Year of the Lumia. Now is not the time for looking forward, however, but for a little look back at what happened in December. Last year. With so much to choose from - December is always a busy month as people relax into the holidays - I've been scratching my head trying to leave things out. But the task is complete, and the top ten drawn up - including NokiaTube, Design Week and the #AmazingBackground competition (that's ongoing, so may well appear in next month's cool things list). [...]

Weekly regional spotlight: Germany

Jan
4

21:18 pm

I have plenty of community-generated content for you today - straight out of Germany.

Our good friends in Deutschland have been busy compiling some Lumia 800 reviews, creating apps for the Nokia Store and testing out some Nokia Purity Headsets by Monster. Ah, hopefully a bit of whale song is soothing his headbutting headache! Welcome to our weekly regional spotlight, the post that uses a regional wheel of fortune to select a different Nokia country to talk about each week. [...]

Nokia Lumia – new day, new fans

Jan
4

09:38 am

Another day, another couple of posts from new Nokia Lumia users sharing their excitement at using the phones.

So what better chance to bring you thoughts on the Lumia 800 and an unboxing of the Lumia 710 (rubs hands). First up is Earl Migrino and his reactions to being 'Lumianized'. A perfect term, I think, for the process of shifting to the brave new world of a Nokia packing the Windows OS. The superlatives are liberally spread throughout his report: On the design "I love its simplicity and elegance" The ergonomics are perfect "The buttons are just in the right place too. [...]

Nokia Connects #Amazingbackground

Jan
4

00:45 am

Apart from a large Happy New Year from myself, I’m going to share some of the great pictures shared in our first round of the Nokia Connects #amazingbackground story.

Courtesy @brookswealth So, the story began last year in December (I could say last month but I think this way sounds more dramatic) when we asked you guys to submit some amazing photos we could use for our Twitter background. Taken with a Nokia, the photos had to be something a bit out of the ordinary or spectacular to compete for the bragging rights. This time it was Vauhti who took the top spot with his ace picture of a wintery, bright and somewhat volcanic skyline. [...]

Nokia N8 – *still* the imaging king!

Jan
3

20:01 pm

A couple more people today who are eager to declare the Nokia N8 as the ‘king’ of imaging among the panoply of cameraphones out there in today’s market.

Chris has been going through the photos that he has snapped over the past 12 months on his N8 and reflecting on the "great year having the beautiful N8 in my pocket. This device although over a year old, is still considered the world’s best camera phone, if you want to read more about those views ... just use Google." Instead of trying to give an opinion on the N8, he invites his readers to look at some of the quality pics that the N8 has captured over the last year and draw their own conclusions (it's worth checking his Flickr stream too): It's almost as if Chris had read the most excellent guide from The Tech Bishop on how to take better photos with a cameraphone. [...]

WRC Live competition: Lumia 800 WINNER!

Jan
3

17:12 pm

The wait is over, time to pick a winner!

For those of you unaware of the competition - we asked the community to download the WRC Live app, review it and then post the review link to us. We had some fantastic entries and it was really tough for us to settle on just one winner. The WRC Live app is packed full of content so we wanted to see a comprehensive dissection of everything contained within it. As always, there can only be one winner. [...]

Seven signs you have what it takes to be a Nokia designer

Jan
3

12:46 pm

In 2011 alone, Nokia launched 25 mobile devices and more than 50 mobile device accessories.

Every one of those products was the result of thousands of man-hours of design expertise. If, like us, you’ve often fancied yourself as a designer, you might have wondered what it takes to create amazing mobile tech like this. We spoke to Juha Kosonen, Principal Designer for Nokia’s Advanced Creation Team, to find out. 1. You trust your intuition Unlike the Nokia Luna Bluetooth headset, which made it from concept to production line practically unchanged, most designs are rejected at the sketch stage. [...]

Nokia Lumia 800 – up close and personal

Jan
2

19:27 pm

In-depth review time now on Nokia Connects.

And by in-depth we mean. In. Depth. The phone in question? The Nokia Lumia 800. Following on from the unboxings featured in an earlier post, a couple of guys are one step further along with their thoughts, and have taken the trouble to share them with their readers. First up, Vaibhav over at The Handheld Blog and his frankly epic effort. It includes not one, not two, but four (count them) videos (an unboxing, review, video sample and Nokia Drive demo), arty snaps of the device and a lot of Vaibhav's thoughts and opinions. [...]

12 things to look forward to in 2012

Dec
31

01:00 am

So yes, 2012 is here at last and, with the final remnants of 2011 falling away behind us, it’s time to look ahead and see exactly what the New Year has in store for us…

.. via Nokia Review 1. NFC Near-field communication is coming next year and it's coming in a BIG way. In 2011 Nokia already had the C7, 701 and the N9 all rocking NFC (to name but three) and next year seems set to build on that success with even more NFC-enabled phones coming very soon. 2012 will be the year of NFC. 2. Nokia World 2012 In 2011, Nokia World delivered not just the much talked about Lumia series of handsets, but also the super accessible Asha range as well as the uber-cool Monster accessories. [...]