22 August 2012

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Lumiappaday #279: Groupon demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:21 PM PDT

This is Groupon. Explanation of app in video (feeling rather nauseous at the moment)

#279) Groupon 

Price:  Free

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/47878950-105f-e011-81d2-78e7d1fa76f8

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya1iDOWEaHM

Developer Blurb:

 

Groupon features 50%-90% off deals on the best stuff to do, eat, see and buy. Discover your town and the world with Daily Deals, Now! Deals, and Getaway deals. Groupon is available in more than 500 cities around the world, and we add new cities and deals every day. With our Windows Phone 7 app you can: – Discover great Daily Deals and Getaway Deals near you – Find Now! deals to buy and use right away – Purchase deals directly from your phone – Keep track of all your purchased Groupons by location and expiration date – Redeem deals from your phone and never print another Groupon!

 

What’s new in Version 2.7: Log in using your facebook account.

Rating:

Design: 7

Usability: 8

Performance: 8 

Price: 10

Nokia Malaysia hinting at 4.5″ Nokia Lumia?

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 01:35 PM PDT

 

For a long time since last year, I’ve heard rumours from various sources about a possible 4.5″ Lumia. The closest we’ve come to so far is the 4.3″ Nokia Lumia 900.

4.5″ is big but it isn’t too big, with 4.8″ and 5.4″ proving popular too (from ‘other’ manufacturers), so 4.5″ is very realistic. (I’d like something bigger).

Anyway, it seems that Nokia Malaysia are also hinting about 4.5″ coming soon. In a recent poll, they seem to have produced a poll asking about screen size preference. Two options are already available. 3.7″ (Nokia Lumia 610/710/800) and 4.3″ (900). However, 4.5″ is not yet a Lumia screen size.

There are also possible options of either smaller screen than 3.7″ or a larger screen than 4.5″. That’s what I would want for me. I want a phablet.

Currently however, 4.3″ is winning it for Nokia Malaysia fans, though 4.5″ is a close second with a significant third place for bigger than 4.5″.

Cheers @rollakid for the tip!

Thanks @rollakid for the tip

Infographic: Why people switch to Lumia

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:49 AM PDT

We got an email from Katie of 1000Heads/WOM/NC who shares this infographic about the recent campaign ‘Why people switch to Lumia’. You may have seen a couple of videos earlier showing two folks switching from a BlackBerry and a Moto.

This time, NC asked the community why they switched and that’s presented as the infographic above.

 We recently asked the twitter community why they switched to Lumia and the response was overwhelming! We put together an infographic (see attached) based on the feedback and as you can see, it gave us some pretty interesting results :)

Thanks Katie!

My Dream Nokia #65: Luxury Louis Vuitton Nokia Lumia WP8 Concept #Gold

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:39 AM PDT

The name Edgar Mkrtchyan is becoming synonymous for MDN now with several dream Nokia concepts under his belt. What’s great of course is that Edgar’s quite open to reader suggestions, so for those who might not have the skills to make such concepts, you could see your imagination come alive.

Specs wise, I’d be happy with it. Price wise, haha, I’ll wait until I’m a doctor.

The design looks great to me. Not the usual rectangle with rounded corners, more curved lines.

 

I am excited that you post my last work (the device with a qwerty keyboard is still not finished until I started another project)
 
Louis Vuitton Nokia Edition
This will be a first! A very luxury device with windows phone 8.
 
We are in a world where luxury is everywhere, that’s why I thought Louis Vuitton + NOKIA, and the two go together very well I think. This reconciliation can bring new customers, but also mean that Windows Phone NOKIA + on other devices is something high-end and quality OS that is the case, the other advantage is for louis vuitton, this could give them a new market with Nokia more they can sell throughout the world. There are probably other advantages and disadvantages can be the same that I have not thought of, so if you want you can add.
 
Characteristics are shown on one picture.
 
(translated with google translation, so it is possible that there are mistakes)

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N9 Enthusiast Shares Marketing Ideas

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 06:02 AM PDT

Over at EverythingN9, Andy has posted up a great article about his travels over the last month with his Nokia N9, and ideas he has had with regards to revamping Nokia marketing. The article doesn’t necessarily focus on the N9 itself, but more Nokia’s strengths, and their downfall when it comes to publicising those strengths. It is something we constantly talk about, when mentioning why Nokia isn’t in a great place right now.

Andy mentions how he was at a car rental, and a customer needed some directions. The employee wasn’t helpful at all, so Andy but in and let his Nokia save the day. He used offline maps to help this complete stranger find directions. Their reaction was along the lines of most of the general public these days; Nokia? But they only make bricks.

This again shows just how important it is for Nokia to make non-Nokia fans aware of the great things Nokia has to provide. We recently saw how Nokia has the desire to become THE “where” platform. To do this, besides having great services, they need public awareness. Here is where Andy’s article comes in to effect.

He discusses how Nokia has probably left it late, but it doesn’t mean it is the end. All adverts for Nokia devices recently have been sub-par, relying on the devices aesthetics to sell, and not showing off features. The same thing you read over and over every time a new ad is put out. Here are Andy’s ideas for ads that Nokia could put out, which would show off Nokia Services.

First idea:

Four friends on their way to a party, driving around in the middle of nowhere, (maybe at night to make it more of a desperate situation) and they are totally lost and panicky. They all ask each other questions such as, should they have turned by the gas station, or where is this intersection they should've seen by now, etc. One of them has an idea: our phones! We'll use the maps app! Three of them pull out their phones, all seemingly black slab Androids, and they all complain that they've got no phone signal. Oh dear, all is lost, they'll never get to that party now. But wait! Friend #4 pulls his phone out, it's blue! Looks different, looks cool, and what is he doing? He doesn't have any signal either but then..
"After 700 yards, turn right, and then – you will reach your destination."
HUH?! How did you do that? You don't have signal either, so how did it know?
What phone have you got?
The owner smiles and says, "I've got a Nokia."
The car drives off in the right direction, blasting some hip and happening tunes :)
Text on the screen reads something like: Enjoy free trip routing and turn-by-turn navigation. Even when there's no internet connection. Nokia. We're still connecting people.

Second idea:

The year is around 2004, at some big sporting event like the Super Bowl or similar, and friends are taking photos of the players on the field with their phones. We see the resulting photos close-up and they're just terrible, you can't see anything worthwhile on the screens. But the friends don't care, they're enjoying the game and having a good time.
The year is 2012 and it's a similar set up with friends at a big game. Friends are taking photos of the game with their black slabs and showing them off around to each other. The photos aren't all that bad, but as soon as they pinch-zoom to get close to a particular player in the photo, it's just a pixelated mess.
Friend with the Nokia 808 PureView takes a snap. His friends are gobsmacked when he zooms in on the screen to the player and the detail is ridiculous.
"Wow, that's amazing. What phone have you got?"
The owner smiles and says, "I've got a Nokia."
Text on the TV screen reads: PureView camera technology, created by Nokia, exclusively for Nokia. Nokia. We're still connecting people.

Although they are very basic ideas, they still emphasize what Nokia has over the competition. This is what Nokia needs to be doing. Apple and Samsung release ads where they show the device and their great features. Nokia shows one or two things, has some cool effects and that’s it. Not making me get off the couch and buy the phone.

If you have a spare ten minutes, I suggest reading the full article by Andy.

Source: EverythingN9

Nokia teasing Lumia PureView?

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:56 AM PDT

Quick little post here guys. MoritzJT retweeted something interesting earlier. It was a tweet from Nokia, telling a fan to “Just keep your eyes and ears open in the next coming weeks….” in response to them mentioning PureView technology on Lumia.

This probably doesn’t mean much, but it would be really nice if Nokia did bring a Lumia PureView w/ WP8 next month. So much anticipation for Nokia World.

Source: Twitter

New redesigned NokConv with Nokia Connects

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:40 AM PDT

About 4 days ago we heard that Nokia Connects would become part of Nokia Conversations.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/08/16/nokia-connects-to-become-part-of-conversations-by-nokia/

Today you may have seen several link backs from Nokia Conversations in our recent comments. Those are posts previously from Nokia Connects being integrated to Nokia Conversations.

I tweeted earlier that I’m really liking this change. One stop shop to hear about the Nokia news, both official from Nokia and those from the community. Nokia peeps are certainly very open to feedback so feel free to let them know what you think about the new change.

http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/08/21/nokia-conversations-now-with-added-connects/

http://conversations.nokia.com/2012/08/21/a-new-home-for-nokia-connects/

I mentioned Tom as he often wrote about our MNB posts during WOMWorld/Nokia Connects – those are the linkbacks you might have seen today. But Paul’s also there too :) .

Nokia Connects peeps are still doing trials, so if you ever wanted to try out a Nokia, get in touch with them :) .

Episode 2: Switched to Lumia from BlackBerry

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:13 AM PDT

Moving from Glasgow and Moto, we are going to Canada for the next iteration of Switched to Lumia, this time from a BlackBerry.

Previous post:

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/08/21/nokia-jab-back-at-moto-p-video-switched-to-lumia-from-motorola

Definitely an interesting series. They’re taking the angle of talking about the strengths in Nokia Lumia that addresses some weaknesses of their previous devices.

Watch this video to find out why Drew made the switch to Lumia.

We went to meet Drew in Toronto where he told us about why he made the switch from BlackBerry to Lumia.

Thinking about making the switch to Lumia? Head on over tohttp://nokia.ly/SMvGCo

SymbianApps: Protoxide: Death Race on Nokia N8

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 04:12 AM PDT

This is a pretty cool racing game demoed by none other than   of Nokia-Touch.fr on his trusty Nokia N8. It’s called Protoxide Death Race and it’s available for 2Euro/1.50gbp at Nokia Store

http://store.ovi.com/content/257734

 

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Nokia jab back at Moto? :p Video: Switched to Lumia from Motorola

Posted: 21 Aug 2012 03:28 AM PDT

Perhaps it’s just perfect timing that after Motorola’s cheeky jab at Nokia with their attempt to steal some limelight on the September 5th events, but Nokia seems to have a new series called ‘Switched to Lumia’ the first one switching from a Motorola handset.

Even if it’s completely unrelated this type of video is sort of welcome. At least, I’m really liking that they’re presenting more of the strengths of Lumia rather than just showing it quickly uploading a picture to facebook.

Watch this video to find out why Chris made the switch to Lumia.

We went to meet Chris in Glasgow where he told us about why he made the switch from Motorola to Lumia.

Thinking about making the switch to Lumia? Head on over tohttp://nokia.ly/SMvNOx

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