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- Nokia 808 PureView with Android! #Clone
- Nokia Lumia support with Nokia Suite update v3.6.11
- Nokia Lumia 920 PureView phase 2 trumps Nokia 808 PureView in low light without flash. 920 available ‘later this year’.
- LG Moves Away From WP; Probably Won’t Be Missed
- Nokia Lumia 920 Cartoon – What to do to get attention?
- AAS: Branding Issue of Symbian & Symbian vs Android Smartphone
- NokConv: Bloomberg comes exclusively to Nokia Lumia
- Video LOL: Nokia Lumia 920 spoof video pokes fun at the 920.
| Nokia 808 PureView with Android! #Clone Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:58 AM PDT
From tech blogosphere reviewers to more naive commenters of the YouTubes, a common response to the 808 was that the camera was mind blowing, but they’d rather the oS not be Symbian. Whilst a different type of effective pureview is now in Lumia (920) some may still want oversampling type of PureView sans Symbian too. Here it sort of is with Android. It’s a China clone so you can ignore the camera altogether. Specs wise, it’s pretty ‘meh’ but what do you expect? :p
Cheers cache for the tip!
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| Nokia Lumia support with Nokia Suite update v3.6.11 Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:49 AM PDT
In addition to Zune, it seems you can now use Nokia Suite when connecting your Nokia Lumia to your computer. v3.6.11.0 apparently allows you to copy contacts, calendar and photos TO a Nokia Lumia phone. I’ve never needed to copy contacts or calendar because all of that wirelessly syncs so easily on my lumia device. Photos is welcome. It would be nice if you could transfer in reverse. Source: BetaLabs Via: ST Cheers Muerte for the tip!
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| Posted: 18 Sep 2012 10:36 AM PDT
I’m not sure about you but one thing we haven’t seen is how the Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView phase 2 does against the phenomenal Nokia 808 PureView (phase 1). Against competitor smartphones, I knew that the 920 would blow them away but I thought it would concede to the 808.
Colour me surprised when I see that the image stabiliser does wonders in absolute low light sans flash. There are situations where even my favourite xenon just isn’t enough (close up/people shots within 2m are great though).
In this video you can see the 920 performing wonderfully.This doesn’t mean the 808 is bad, it just means there’s certain conditions where the 920 would be a more appropriate device. Note, there is no flash. The initial white light coming from the 920 is the focus assist only.
The OIS floating lens PureView 2 in video is stunning. I keep thinking the demo guy stops shaking his hand because the picture becomes really smooth, but he’s still actually shaking! Lumia 920 is said to be ‘available LATER this year’
by Steve Chippy Paine <<( I didn’t realise I was already subscribed to Chippy’s alternative channel until I saw it in my feed :p) I think I will still enjoy the 808 more for night outs when it’s super dark, people may be moving and I’d need the power of xenon and fast shutter speed to freeze the moment. PureView 2 isn’t so much about freezing, but getting light in the camera where flash wouldn’t really help. It would be very interesting to see how much the improved LED light helps given that the camera is super sensitive in low light. PureView 2 may be better for scenic shots, shots where subjects are quite far away and it’s dark (so flash won’t help) and for smoother video. As a fuller smartphone experience for me, I’d go for the 920 (I still carry both 900 for smartphone stuff, 808 for camera) but that’s because that’s what I’m used to. There will also be others for whom, 808 is the perfect camera smartphone.
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| LG Moves Away From WP; Probably Won’t Be Missed Posted: 18 Sep 2012 08:48 AM PDT
You may or may not be aware of this but LG actually has two WPs out there, released all the way back in 2010 the Optimus 7 and Quantum are their only current (and seemingly future) contributions to the OS. Earlier today during an Android event their CEO (Park Jong) went on record stating that they had: ”no specific plans for other mobile platforms (besides android)”. I haven’t been following LG very closely but I assume that they are at the very best “struggling”, having cast the majority of its lot into Google’s platform seems to have backfired a bit; yet they insist on sticking to the platform due to LTE & UI patents involving Android. Has Android really become a show for only the “big dogs”? HTC (who own the second best selling Android smart selling smartphone- the One X) are also undergoing serious sales problems competing in that realm (hence the rumored strong “reappearance” with WP8). At this point it seems Android has become synonymous with Samsung just as much as Symbian was to Nokia in its final days (before being fully acquired by Nokia). LG were never really dedicated to the WP platform, and never truly tried pursuing a proper foothold in the OS; not releasing a single phone ever since the initial launch (they never released a WP 7.5 device, only 7.0 that were later updated). As of now only 7% of Windows Phones run on an LG device (keep in mind that they were with WP almost a year before Nokia joined), meaning that LG’s problems probably aren’t coming from a failed WP push since they never really bothered with it. So what does this mean for Nokia? Probably not much since LG were never a true competitor (I still relate them to dishwashers and TVs more than smartphones); the dynamic of WP probably won’t be affected either, especially since Huawei are reportedly planning a WP8 device of their own; which should more than make up for LG’s abandonment. What interests me more is how long Nokia’s success in WP will last, of course leading the OS share is great; but having a landslide percent might discourage other OEMs from committing to WP; which is possibly why LG decided to go back to Android. Does WP = Nokia in people’s minds? More so than Android = Samsung? If so Nokia might be headed down a slippery slope of being left all alone once again, but it seems they’ve learned their lessons; namely by holding out on skinning WP8 to their advantage to keep the playing ground fair….for now.
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| Nokia Lumia 920 Cartoon – What to do to get attention? Posted: 18 Sep 2012 12:18 AM PDT
Here’s another funny look at the Nokia Lumia 920. This one is a cartoon which BEN left as a comment on the spoof video post. You can find the original at the link: As awesome as the Nokia Lumia 920 is, we want to know, when is it going to be available for us consumers eh? Cheers BEN for the tip!
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| AAS: Branding Issue of Symbian & Symbian vs Android Smartphone Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:45 PM PDT
Before I head off to lectures again, I wanted to share a couple of Editorials by Steve Litchfield at AllAboutSymbian. The first one discusses the Branding Issue with Symbian where we see snippets from Steve saying the war was already lost before the battle begun. Steve things Symbian should have been more prominent as a brand, not diluted by the various branches of different UI. It wasn’t made to be a selling point. It was just there.
Next up, Steve compares Symbian smartphones with Android smartphones.
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| NokConv: Bloomberg comes exclusively to Nokia Lumia Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:32 PM PDT
Nokia continue to do their bit in building up exclusive content for their Nokia Lumia devices. This next app is from Bloomberg.
Bloomberg Hub features:
Source: conversations.nokia.co Via: ST
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| Video LOL: Nokia Lumia 920 spoof video pokes fun at the 920. Posted: 17 Sep 2012 11:18 PM PDT
At first glance you might not be sure if these guys are joking or fully ignorant but either way, the Nokia Lumia 920 has inspired them to make a spoof tech demo video starring the Nokia Lumia 920. (Note: Yes, it’s a joke folks, hence being a spoof. They’re channel is a comedy channel). In the description they talk about the ‘faked’ video and photos as well as the additional innovative features they say are not particularly useful. The spoof of the picture comparisons are funny (the sad face in the iPhone pics vs the happy, sunglasses wearing one in the 920) as well as the obvious DSLR reflection in the mirror.
I like that they even tried to do a Finnish accent. City Lens gets a mention too (similar tech on iPhone has always been highly regarded). Finally of course, we have the infamous blue screen of death! :p (P.S. there’s no such thing on a Windows Phone).
To be fair, I think the paper Lumia is still more innovative than the iPhone 5 :p Don’t worry. The fact that they mention all of these features shows they actually recognise how innovative the new Lumia is. It’s more a spoof on blind iFans that might seek to regurgitate this as fact and reason to hate on the the 920. I think both are great devices.
by thisisfoxx I guess Nokia should have listened and made their phones longer and stripped it of things like, Super Sensitive screen that can be touched with fingernails/gloves, Optical image stabilisation with floating lens that ACTUALLY does work (and makes iPhones and Droid cameras cry because their pictures actually do look bad whilst you can see a picture with the 920), wireless charging which makes it just that slightly bit more convenient to just place your phone on a surface to charge (and yes, it is easier than plugging in that stupid iphone connector. Why stupid? Cos you can keep trying to plug it in the wrong way. I marked the charger on my iPad because I keep putting the charging connector the wrong way) The fact you have to keep plugging in every time is annoying. The wireless charger would need to be plugged in to a powersoure ONCE. If you’re travelling you can bring the small charging plate or even just a standard, universally used, MicroUSB charger.
Here’s live demoes to show Nokia’s innovative features actually do work. As much as iFanBoys would want to cry that it doesn’t. Sorry. Your long cat is waiting to be viewed on your long phone.
They’ve also spoofed a Siri video.
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