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High Fashion Photography with the Nokia 808 PureView
Lumiappaday #283: AppVegas demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900
Keep WiFi Connected on Your Lumia Even When Screen is Locked with “Keep Alive”- Now in Marketplace
Nokia Phi 6 Fabulous Color Renders; Looking Good
Gallery: 808 PureView takes a trip to the Red Sea ( +video)
Video: 5 EA Games Demoed on Nokia Asha 311

High Fashion Photography with the Nokia 808 PureView

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:39 PM PDT

Well, well. We’ve seen a glimpse of the 808 doing some fashion photography before but I was blown away by these professional high fashion shots. Regardless of camera (whether professional grade or 808), shots like these require precision lighting control and great models. I can’t wait to see the full portfolio.

A short tease to demonstrate the possibilities of shooting both Hi definition video and Photos on the Nokia Pureview 41 Megapixel Camera

Shot & Directed by Kunal Jankee
Clothing : Lionnet et Fauzou
Assistant : Arvind Mattadeen & Jeeten
Models : Sheliz Wanbui & Demie Fourie
Make up Artist for Demie Fourie : Charlene Chan

Source: PureViewClub

Via: ST

Lumiappaday #283: AppVegas demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 12:39 PM PDT

AppVegas is another fantastic app for finding even more apps. I was quite surprised how nice it looks as I thought it was only a ‘one arm bandit’ type thing where you spin the app wheel to reveal a random app at random but there’s a really nicely laid out featured section, categories, and app layout.

In the screenshot above the top two rows actually slide left/right. In the app wheel, you can shake the phone to spin the wheel.

#283) AppVegas

Price: Free

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/bf68cdb0-647d-4ec3-8285-43247567e681

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8tjLMuqYo8

Developer Blurb:

Feeling lucky? Let AppVegas find you the best apps and games in the marketplace! Spin the slot machine, browse categories, hot/featured apps of the day, and more – AppVegas makes finding apps FUN again!

From the creators of the popular Windows Phone News and Weave apps, comes AppVegas. Like a mashup of UrbanSpoon and the Marketplace app, AV lets you use a slot machine style "guided search" to find the best apps you may have missed. Apps are grouped by meta-categories such as "gaming" or "fun", and then classified by "hot", "new", "all-time", or "any" and lastly by being free/paid/trial.

We pre-filter ALL the apps in the marketplace to get rid of the junk so you don't have to look at it! Any app served up to you has been pre-screened to pass a minimum user rating. Now you can spend more time finding awesome apps!

Full list of features:

• Shake your phone to spin the slot machine and find new apps

• Featured and new and trending apps of the day

• Browse categories, viewing hot apps, all-time best apps, and sorted by download rank

• Search for apps by name/keyword

• View detailed info, reviews, and screenshots for any app in the marketplace

• Link to download the app

• Gorgeous interface with multiple backgrounds, and smooth animations!

• Beautiful design by acclaimed Metro expert Yanko Andreev

If you enjoy AppVegas, please check out our other apps – search for "Seles Games" in the marketplace! We have the best news readers in the marketplace, including "Windows Phone News" and “Weave”, which Maximum PC calls "our paid RSS reader of choice" for WP7!

For all inquiries, suggestions, and feedback, please contact us at info@selesgames.com.

Rating:

Design: 9

Usability: 9

Performance: 9

Price: 10

Keep WiFi Connected on Your Lumia Even When Screen is Locked with “Keep Alive”- Now in Marketplace

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 04:39 AM PDT

Keep Alive

One of the more annoying qualities of WP is its preference to switch off WiFi when the screen is locked, meaning that any applications running on Push updates will use your data, and if you don’t have a data plan then you’re out of luck. “Keep Alive” does exactly what it should, it keeps the WiFi running even when the screen is locked, this sort of application has been available before but this is the first time it’s been made available through the Marketplace, meaning there is no need for a developers unlock of any kind to run it. Pick it up for free by scanning the QR code below or by following the link, but either way hurry because I don’t see this lasting very long in the marketplace (mainly because of the incorrect description of the app; as well as some other possible violations).

*Note- I’m not sure exactly how WP manages WiFi when the screen is locked, I think it connects at random intervals to check for updates, as sometimes I get a notification when my data is off and using WiFi only; but that could be app specific.

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/cfabf92c-79ca-4015-a385-ef1a9edd085f

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Nokia Phi 6 Fabulous Color Renders; Looking Good

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 03:31 AM PDT

Let me start off by saying that by no means is this official, I’m not sure who made this but I saw it tweeted by Cambo and thought I’d share it. Here’s a render of the Nokia Phi (approximately 4.65” if the rumors are to be trusted) in 6 gorgeous colors. So which one do you prefer? I think this time around I’d take a pass on the white and either go with the orange or the red (The yellow and green are to florescent for my liking, and look like dirt magnets).

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Gallery: 808 PureView takes a trip to the Red Sea ( +video)

Posted: 25 Aug 2012 01:54 AM PDT

I thought I would schedule this one for some leisurely weekend viewing. No matter how many times we see images come from the 808PV, it is mind blowing. So, over at Nokioteca, they have taken the 808 PureView to Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, which lies on the Red Sea, and taken some amazing photos with their 808.

The gallery consists of photos taken on the beach, and they’re quite stunning! I don’t think any further introduction is needed. Click the link to check out some really nice photos, and also take a look at the video below.