25 June 2012

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Video: Unannounced WP8 Lumia/Proto in NFC demo?

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 05:21 PM PDT

 

Hey, check this out. It’s that proto Lumia in an ugly mystery mask of a box (so you won’t actually see the final design). This is NFC capable, as evident by the NFC demo in the video.

This has very little space wastage at the top. Much less than the 900 even with that case to hide what it looks like.

 

Though the bottom is larger. You can see the very Lumia style of black glass melting into another material below. The bottom corner looks to taper in. It looks silvery.

Here’s a tablet on show. I don’t recognise what this is.

At the end, we see both together. Is this the same handset as in the video? The tablet is different. It looks like the ASUS Slate from last year. Based on the spacing of the capacitive keys it’s neither the 800 or 900.

The phone doing the NFC demo may very well not be a Nokia though it does have various stylings to suggest it is a Nokia. Also I believe I read some comments saying it was mentioned in the WP8 announcement that a Nokia was being used in the demo – and hidden in a very similar case.

Lumiappaday #222: CountdownTile demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 01:16 PM PDT

I’ve demoed a similar app before (DueDate) but I find this one much simpler to use, better implemented and it works properly (the other one kinda stopped working).

Anyway, what CountdownTile does is allows you to have a tile for a specific event, telling you how many days you have left until a particular event. I have various ways to remind me of things – calendar appointment, to do list and a reminder tile. The latter is something that reminds me on a daily basis how close something is. Great for reminding myself to buy a present for someone’s birthday or to pack or how many revision days I have left, etc.

Each tile shows you how many days you have left, but it also allows you to add a picture which can further differentiate that event (and also pretty up your tiles).

The app is free allowing one  tile as a reminder. If you want more there is a paid version but I can’t seem to find it. I seem to have bought the paid version since I have several tiles going on.

#222) CountdownTile 

Price:  Free (trial)

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/8bca35bd-0a1a-41df-8f6a-87bfe3fa93b3

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHfxIfzijg

Developer Blurb:

 

CountdownTiles is an app that lets you create countdowns to your favourite events and pin them on you homescreen. Live Tiles for your events will update everyday showing you the “days until” your event.

Features:

- Create as many countdowns as you want (only ONE in trial mode)
- Assign a custom image to your countdowns
- Pin your countdowns to the homescreen
- Live tiles will auto-update

Rating:

Design: 8.5

Usability: 9

Performance: 9 

Price: 10

My Dream Nokia #51: The Amazing Nokia Air Tablet, Phone Symbian/MeeGo concept (is this an actual Nokia concept piece?)

Posted: 24 Jun 2012 09:10 AM PDT

A while back there was a Nokia promo video showing the seamless integration between a tablet, a phone and a little pocket phone companion (no, not the morph one). I can’t seem to find it in google anymore (it seems to have an issue searching these days)

Anyway, it reminds me of this random video. It may be a fan concept, though it says confidential at the bottom left and provides a link to somewhere in Nokia (which my browser says doesn’t exist).

Anyway, it looks to be some kind of MeeGo device.

The tablet has a kind of weird wedge like that ugly Sony tablet.

 

The phone adopts the same design. It’s certainly different.

And then they have another phone which folds.

The app arrangement looks like Symbian.

But that’s just the homescreen

Here’s something interesting. Apparently there are ‘no more menus’.

Apps to try. No need to update as the latest version is served directly.

The calendar shows this concept is from 2011.

Upcoming Notifications

Very pretty pull down

Respond from the notifications

Look at the caller.

FACE ON, the tablet.

Who ever made this, fantastic job.

It’s certainly not Windows Phone  - or even a hint of being Nokia’s UI on Windows Phone. It’s something entirely different. Kudos on the UI design.

Here’s a video:

About "My Dream Nokia"

I'm sure you've dreamt up your PERFECT Nokia device/UI. What it would look like, what it would feel like, what features it would have. Why don't you share it with the world? Or at least with other Nokia fans :D .

It could be your own photoshopped or rendered work (seriously, you don't need mega skills in either, basic paint job is often enough to convey a concept) of your dream product.

SEND this in similarly to tips@mynokiablog.com with the title "My Dream Nokia" and perhaps the model number (and a little description, maybe a few specs in the message area? Though this bit not necessary).

Who knows, maybe an image might flutter over to Nokia and through whatever route end up being real

Via ST

“Play To” DLNA App for Lumia’s Already Available in Marketplace

Posted: 23 Jun 2012 10:00 PM PDT

A second app that was promised in the WP Summit besides the “camera extensions” which were released yesterday was the Nokia Play to DLNA app; which allows you to share content from your phone onto any device that’s connected to your wireless network (Tv, Laptop, tablet etc..).

   The Play to app was also promised to come “in the following weeks” yet has made it to the store in under three days, so once again Kudos to Nokia for the fast action, if only the phones were deployed this fast :)

One Point I’d like to make that might sound a little silly is the name of the app, not that there’s anything wrong with “Play to” I just wish it was called “Nokia Play To”  that way it would be grouped Under the letter “N” along with Nokia Tv,Music, Reading, maps, Drive, Transport (you get the idea); acting as a simple reminder that Nokia offers SO many services to their users; like I said… Kind of silly.

To find the App you might have to “see all apps by Nokia corporation” as it currently sin’t showing up under the “nokia collection” of the marketplace; alternatively you could just scan the QR code below and save some time.

QRCode

 

 

 


Thanks to everyone who tipped this off in the tip section and on the previous posts :)


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