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- Secret behind Nokia’s fatboy wireless charger for Nokia Lumia 920… is a Pikachu?
- Confirmed: Amazon is using Nokia’s Location Platform, shuns the Google.
- Is Nokia at it again? A small hint towards a Cyan 920?
- Papercraft Pikachu Yellow Nokia Lumia 920 – Make your own!
- Video: The World of Red Bull app, coming exclusively to Nokia Lumia and soon to S40
- Lumia 920 Yellow Unboxing (Parts)
- Yahoo! employees who get the innovative Nokia Lumia 920 will also get a free wireless charging plate from Nokia.
- NokConv: Nokia Lumia 820 comes out of its shell
- Molome confirmed for WP; Symbian & MeeGo will continue to get support
- NokConv: Nokia’s Sustainability excellence recognised
| Secret behind Nokia’s fatboy wireless charger for Nokia Lumia 920… is a Pikachu? Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:00 PM PDT
Perhaps it’s a sign that I should go to sleep already, but I was just pondering about the luscious electric pikachu yellow Nokia Lumia 920 and thought about that soft, squidgy wireless charging pillow (an alternative to the charging plate/stand) reminded me of a Pikachu too. It’s sort of like a big old fluffy mouse. An electric charging mouse. Like Pikachu. I would actually love for someone to make a charger in the shape of a sleeping Pikachu. Here’s another picture of the fatboy from engadget. Note, it does not actually have a Pikachu face.
You could alternatively opt for that other charging mouse. Well plate. It reminds me even more of a mouse.
This one is a neat accessory. I’m really interested in getting this or that new JBL Play up.
This isn’t a repeat of the charging plate, this one is a charging stand. Nice to leave on a desk or bedside table. Could make use of those additional clock apps (we probably won’t get a constant on screen on LCD). My HP Touchpad when on the touchstone automatically turns on a screensaver clock.
A nice host of Nokia wireless charging surfaces. Hopefully we’ll see more third party ones as well as a spread of charging plates in public places, like Virgin Atlantic lounges and Coffee Bean. The cutest sound ever. Kawaii!
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| Confirmed: Amazon is using Nokia’s Location Platform, shuns the Google. Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:17 PM PDT
Remember the news that Nokia and Amazon were teaming up for maps? I was in lectures at the time when I received a tip that questioned whether or not Nokia’s location services were really the back bone of Amazon’s mapping services. Since then, it has been confirmed by Nokia to TheNextWeb (via Engadget) that they are Amazon’s map provider. Nokia for 4 out of 5 sat navs. Nokia for Yahoo! Maps. Nokia for Bing maps (and thus Facebook). Nokia for Windows Phone. Nokia for Amazon.
The next web says it’s becoming a 3 horse race for location between Apple, Nokia and Google. Becoming? Well it’s nice at least that Nokia is being recognised as such. Source: thenextweb.com Via: engadget.com Cheers James Scott for the tip.
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| Is Nokia at it again? A small hint towards a Cyan 920? Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:13 PM PDT You have to be amazed at some eagle eyed people out there, having an eye for some of the most amazing details in otherwise bland pictures or videos. Today there was another one of those hidden gems. This is one some of you have been yearning for ever since the announcements of the 920 back on September the 5th: a Cyan colored Lumia 920. Originally rumoured by Tom Warren and now it got a little more substantiated with this:
The above image is taken from a video about a Red Bull app coming to the Lumia line on the official Nokia channel. It is pretty hard to pause at the right time but it is there around the 38 second mark. It could very well be an error in the video, but Nokia has been known to ‘accidentally’ show new colors or accesories in images or videos before. On the other hand why wouldn't a Cyan Lumia 920 come, after all we have seen the color in a multitude of first generation Lumia's, the N9 and it is even a prominent color in the upcoming Surface (as little as it has to do with Nokia). We'll just have to wait and see what happens.
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| Papercraft Pikachu Yellow Nokia Lumia 920 – Make your own! Posted: 17 Sep 2012 01:05 PM PDT So you’ve seen the plasticine Nokia Lumia 920
Followed shortly was a 3D Printed Nokia Lumia 920
Now you can easily make your own with very minimal effort – with this papercraft Nokia Lumia 920. Print it, cut it, glue it, DONE!
Source: WMPU Cheers pezman726 for the tip!
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| Video: The World of Red Bull app, coming exclusively to Nokia Lumia and soon to S40 Posted: 17 Sep 2012 12:55 PM PDT |
| Lumia 920 Yellow Unboxing (Parts) Posted: 17 Sep 2012 12:21 PM PDT
You may have seen Jay’s post earlier this week about the special package he received from Nokia Connects; as it turns out I got one myself, this time in the electric yellow (I’m thinking it’s a Zapdos Yellow-*Hint: Pokemon reference), but the best way to describe would definitely be as Dean put it “Violent Yellow”. Personally I had at all costs avoided ruining the surprise for myself so I hadn’t even seen Jay’s video or anyone else’s; unfortunately the surprise was spoiled on instagram of all places (the one place where I let my guard down). I had filmed an unboxing video but as it turns out Jordanian Customs absolutely LOVE playing with other people’s shipments, which would explain the large greasy fingerprints all over the Camera module, lens and body; as well as the fact that the cards were mismatched and the Gorilla glass was in the wrong place (which had me believe the Magnifying Carl Ziess lens was a gorilla glass sample).
I honestly loved the Flashcards idea, I think it’s brilliant; a clever way to get all that nerdy information out (nothing wrong with indulging us geeks); I was expecting some mention of the PureMotion HD+ but I assume that would require having the screen in the package as well (I don’t mind! Hell send a second package and I’ll build it myself!).  Canadian Hockey reference made me chuckle; influenced by Elop’s roots? The box when layed out looks like something that might exchange hands during a shady multi-million dollar deal, it surely is beautiful enough (and innovative) to warrant that pricetag.
There hasn’t been any mention of what type of Gorilla glass is on the Lumia 920, I assume it’s the newer “Gorilla Glass 2″ which allows for thinner sheets of glass with the same strength; unfortunately no amount of Gorilla glass can make up for the laws of physics which dictate that a curved screen is MUCH more likely to shatter if it falls than a flat one (Flat screens have a larger contact area = shock is spread over a larger area rather than a single point of impact).
IF I had any doubt about the color I was getting before that’s all gone now, it’s definitely going to be this electric yellow. The color is extremely difficult to reproduce in images (even with the pureview), the closest color to describe it to would be a florescent (but not annoyingly flashy) yellow. Edit: My only complaint with the phone being glossy is the same one I have with my stormtrooper, the glossy surface doesn’t affect my grip on the phone at all; but it does show all your grease and fingerprint marks, making it very unsightly.. PLEASE Nokia, dip them in a vat of Oleophobic good stuff before shipping.
The camera module itself is quite impressive, you can clearly see that this is one of the main factors dictating the thickness of the phone, it’s almost as thick as the Lumia 900 on its own! Size wise it does look alot like the N8′s module that we saw during the 808′s presentation.
That’s about it, HUGE shoutout to the guys from Nokia Connects for sharing the excitement with us, I can’t wait to get my hands on the real thing!
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| Posted: 17 Sep 2012 07:37 AM PDT
Remember the post this morning where we learnt that the Nokia Lumia 920 would be one of the handsets offered to Yahoo! employees as part of their ‘get a smartphone’ scheme (not actually the name). Well for those choosing the more innovative Nokia Lumia 920, Doug Dawson emailed and tweets that Nokia will throw in a free wireless charging plate too. Like my HP Touchpad, that touchstone was an optional accessory but really something very useful (and should be part of every owners pack). You can always charge up by the universal standard that is the microUSB, but the charging plate is an added mega convenience (which is making its way to coffee shops, airports and further). Cheers Doug Dawson for the tip!
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| NokConv: Nokia Lumia 820 comes out of its shell Posted: 17 Sep 2012 05:07 AM PDT
Nokia Conversations have posted up a nice article on the innovation in the Lumia 820′s interchangeable shell. Besides the fact these shells are interchangeable, whilst still having a premium feel, they can be swapped to enhance the device. Take a look at the Charging Shell. Swap the original shell, for one with wireless charging compatibility, and now you have an added feature; wireless charging. The post also details a “ruggedised” shell. I never knew about these before the post. This is something awesome, as a lot of the time, getting cases for your device to make them stronger, often makes them extremely thick and ugly. These still have the vibrant colours many fans like. The shells are set to be available upon the Lumia 820′s launch. Source: Nokia Conversations Cheers Glenn for the tip!
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| Molome confirmed for WP; Symbian & MeeGo will continue to get support Posted: 17 Sep 2012 04:14 AM PDT
Today MOLOME was announced to be coming to ALL major platforms, in the form of “MOLOME V3 codename “Phoenix” “. They released a pretty interesting video, to accompany the whole “Phoneix” theme. It makes sense, as Symbian, the original platform of MOLOME, and also MeeGo, are now “burnt”, which would link to the ashes part of the whole Phoneix metaphor.
MOLOME will be on WP, as well as iOS, Android and BB10. The first version will come out some time in September. For Symbian & MeeGo, they may not get V3, but still have support for V2. Here is the release from their blog.
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| NokConv: Nokia’s Sustainability excellence recognised Posted: 17 Sep 2012 02:44 AM PDT
Sustainability, sadly, it’s not top priority for most consumers. But it is for Nokia and for pretty much forever have been taking sustainability pretty seriously.
According to the Carbon Disclosure Project, Nokia is one of the world's top 10 companies when it comes to climate change disclosure and performance. Nokia was one of the companies praised for “improving their climate accountability, achieving higher average disclosure scores year-on-year”. Nokia also improved their rating on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index ranking, coming joint second in 21 communications and technology companies on the list.
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