Nokia Lumia 900 preview

Jan
23

00:21 am

It lit up CES 2012 by winning more awards than the Nokia team could carry home (this, of course, isn’t true – the team treasured each and every one of them) the Nokia Lumia 900 has been undeniably the highlight of the new year.

via GSM Dome Tech Radar's Nic Vargus was at CES and managed to get some time with the Lumia 900 and his thoughts form a comparison with the Lumia 710 and Lumia 800 that he had previously spent some time with: 'Unlike the 800, the 900 comes with a gorgeous 4.3-inch AMOLED - a noticeable step up from the 800's 3.7-inch screen. Both have a 800 x 480 pixel screen resolution. While opinions on the extra size will be divided, we thought it felt even better than the 800 in our hands and made Windows Phone 7 more crisp and exciting than on the 800. [...]

Nokia camera quiz – the answers

Jan
22

02:28 am

Yesterday I gave you a bit of a task – matching up photos to the Nokia that had shot them.

A huge 'WELL DONE' to llaadd who was the first to correctly pair up the snaps like this: 1. N82 via Titanas 2. N9 via Tech Pinas 3. Lumia 800 via Chris Davies 4. E7 via Clinton Jeff 5. N8 via Matthaeus Paulus Did you get them all? As Richard pointed out, it was pretty evil, but, you know, just for fun :)

The Big Debate: hardware keyboard or on-screen qwerty?

Jan
22

02:00 am

Form now on, here at Nokia Connects, Sunday is not a day of rest, it’s a day of fierce debate.

We'd like to share with you some topics each week that will get you talking, agreeing, disagreeing, arguing and questioning. Some of these topics could be quite light and some of them may touch on more 'prickly' subjects. As this is the first one though, we'll start off nice and slow. via techcodex To qwerty or not to qwerty? When we look at form factor in today's mobile phones it's clear that two or three form-factors are ruling the roost. [...]

National Hugging Day + Free Hugs + HugTrainUSA = HUG!

Jan
21

15:57 pm

All you need is a big hug!

So if you are reading this, stop what you are doing and give the closest person to you a big, warm, affectionate hug, like you've never hugged anyone before... via improvintoronto ....if there isn't anyone near you then don't hug yourself because that's just weird. Although this girl has found a solution to the problem. 'How can there possibly be a National Hugging Day' I hear you ask? Well I wouldn't be surprised, there is a day for everything now, i'd be more concerned about Disaster Day (February 5th), Clean Up Your Room Day (May 10th) and Take Your Pants For A Walk Day (July 27th). [...]

Inside the Nokia Lumia 710 – thoughts and reactions

Jan
21

15:49 pm

Since CES, the Nokia Lumia 710 is now in the hands of many more people around the world.

So we thought we’d share what people have been saying about it. via Ubergizmo In this unboxing video from Techno Buffalo, Noah Kravitz takes us through the set-up process, reviews the hardware and specs including the 3.7” ClearBlack LCD Display and 5 MP camera. He demonstrates some of the pre-installed apps including ESPN, Netflix and Slacker Radio along with the '50,000+ apps in the Windows Marketplace'. [...]

Think you know your Nokia camera shots?

Jan
21

03:14 am

Well, here’s a challenge for you (just for fun, no prizes) – match these photos to the Nokia they were snapped on.

Sounds simple, but is it? They are all cropped and at the same resolution....just call me evil. In the comments, put the phones next to the numbers 1-5 The line up: N8 E7 N9 Lumia 800 N82 The photos (I'll credit them tomorrow, doing it now would give you clues!): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Over to you. Looking forward to seeing who gets this right first :) Check back same time tomorrow for the answers. [...]

NokiaTube: where in the world?

Jan
20

18:51 pm

I’ve scouted Nokia Spain and The Nokia Blog this week for NokiaTube.

From España I will show you how Nokia are helping people see their amazing city and the guys at TNB will demonstrate the app Pano; a handy tool for taking panoramic photos. The Nokia Blog We start today at The Nokia Blog, the first non-country specific NokiaTube content we've shown to you since this feature started. Previously we've covered video content from France, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Germany, Indonesia, India (twice) and Croatia (**Pause for breath**). [...]

Nokia X marks the spot

Jan
20

11:02 am

A couple of video reviews for you to feast your eyes on now, looking at the X1-01 and the X7 – two very different phones and two different ways of looking at them.

via TechPinas Starting with the Dual SIM X1-01 and the video from motormotor22 Now you may have noticed that there's no description on the video, but it's a great look round the hardware, and if you're anything like me, you'll provide your own voiceover. Mine started like this: 'Well that's either a very small box, or this guy's hands are huge!' It got more sensible from there, don't worry. [...]

Future Tech: C.E.S. edition

Jan
20

02:03 am

Many CES attendees will look back on their Vegas experience as one big head-spinning blur of high octane tech-induced intensity.

via VentureBeat ‘What on *earth* just happened? ’, their gadget-overloaded brains strain to deduce. Fortunately, fans of Nokia with Windows Phone didn’t need to suffer this haze. The Lumia 900 announcement saw to this; enabling said fans to know exactly what they took away from the event. For these folks it was not ‘just another year’; it was a seminal year in the evolution of the company. [...]

Welcome to CES by Nokia Connects

Jan
19

21:07 pm

I want to rewind back to CES today on Nokia Connects.

We have a short video for you to check out from Las Vegas that illustrates our random acts of kindness with community members. At the start of this week Paul brought you the 'first thoughts' of the Lumia 900 from CES, today though I want to show you how we welcomed community members to CES. First up, hypothetically speaking, what five items would you love to see in a hotel room when you arrive at an event like CES in Las Vegas? Let us know below or at @Nokia_Connects (think more CES/Nokia rather than THE HANGOVER!). [...]