10 September 2012

My Nokia Blog

My Nokia Blog

Lumiappaday #298: Hello! demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 03:59 PM PDT

Almost missed this one. Video was available at the YouTube page but I forgot to do the written bit. Anyway, it’s a basic app from Hello Magazine. This was again, recorded on the 808. I’m also trying out some new LED lighting, but I think the 808 copes better without it.

#298) Hello 

Price:  Free

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/apps/8d164d8f-c923-4df8-9b4d-308333a542a1

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVvD8zyyjgo

Developer Blurb:

Introducing the official Hello! and hellomagazine.com app for Windows Phone.

 

Stay up to date wherever you are with Hello! magazine’s latest news and photos from the worlds of Celebrity, Fashion, Royalty, and Health/Beauty.

 

With the Hello! app, you can read hellomagazine.com’s articles in full, and browse gallery photos in full screen mode, so you'll never be out of touch again!

 

Rating:

Design: 6

Usability: 8

Performance: 9 

Price: 10

Weekend Watch: Rich Recording with Coldplay and Nokia 808 PureView

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:26 AM PDT

Here’s another great example of Rich Recording and PureView (phase 1) as filmed on the Nokia 808 PureView.

Listen to the sound recording – all from a phone. And also check out the clarity of the video, especially given that it’s zoomed in.

In situations like a concert, you’re not gonna want to be carrying a lot of things with you. The less things the better. So it’s great to have your phone and camera in the same package.

You might be a fan of Coldplay, you might not. Either way, you can’t deny Stereo Rich Recording.

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NOTE: Now frankly, I don’t care if you’re tired of me sharing 808 PureView videos :p. I’m not and there are certainly many Nokia fans out there who would find them interesting so please utilise your ability to not click things.

We need to showcase PureView and Rich Recording as much as possible as these are breakthrough products in Nokias that aren’t getting the attention from Nokia that they deserve.

For your troubles, let me show you a meerkat.

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Weekend Watch: Nokia 808 PureView multitasking – 40 apps

Posted: 09 Sep 2012 02:14 AM PDT

Here’s a video showing the Nokia 808 PureView multitasking 40 apps. Apparently with no lag. Not bad. I’ve only just had to remove the battery on my 808 after it froze whilst only having the gallery in the background :/

They note that the apps don’t tombstone or suspend like WP7.5 or iOS. For some people real multitasking is essential. Things run in the background so they continue to do what you set them to (play music/load web page/install/download something) and resume instantly (for games, those tend to be frozen too. Understandable though).

This weekend I’ve been playing with the iPad Manchester Medschool gave the students. Some things like music ran in the background fine, but other things like the app store were suspended. Each time you install something and try to put a new app on app store, the app store has to reload itself and doesn’t even remember the last section of apps you scrolled to. It was very annoying.

I think WP7.5 on the Lumia does a better job with instant resume, especially on the core apps. It’s not technically ‘true’ multitasking but it is real fast switching. These limitations in part help with the overall stability of the device. Multitasking is both about being able to do many things simultaneously and switch quickly between tasks. For some where both is important, we have Maemo/MeeGo/Symbian.

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