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Video: Nokia Lumia 900 torture test
SymbianApps: New Toshl out for Symbian with a heap of new features
Video: Innovative Nokia Lumia 920 vs New iPhone 5 body comparison (WP8 demo on October 25)
Nokia Sweden edits date from Lumia YouTube video, “21.10.12″?
Video: Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5 (Actual Footage)
Interview With Elop (Filmed with Lumia 920!) Thoughts on HTC, Pureview & Ashas
Introducing Nokia Xpress Web App Builder: Create engaging Series 40 web apps in minutes
Nokia N9 much? BlackBerry’s BB10 Alpha B
Coming soon to Nokia India: Nokia Lumia 920/820, Nokia Asha 308/309
Engadget takes a trip to Nokia House, reminisces the great Nokias

Video: Nokia Lumia 900 torture test

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:05 PM PDT

This was filmed, possibly a few months ago, but it’s completely new to me, so it might be to a few others.

It’s a torture test from CNET. The first few tests made me doubt it was real and not a spoof about invincible Nokias.

Freezer for 2 hours. Survives
Oven for 200 degrees. Survives. (This really had me doubting it until I realised, US video, Fahrenheit perhaps?)
Hammer test (like that viral video) actually can hammer in a nail with it. Phone not cracked not even any scratches even after hammering in another nail. He says ‘unbelievable, you can’t do that with an iPhone” though he doesn’t like that it’s a WP. Polycarbonate took some hits but the glass hasn’t smashed unlike some other phones when you look at them wrong.
Drop test. Survives. Screen unscratched, not broken. Nice bit of GG action.
Pool test. Not turning on. Rice drying probably needs more than 20 minutes. Ah water, Kryptonite of some Nokias (not all.

by CNETTV

We need a bit of the classic ruggedness in future Nokia smartphones perhaps.

At least it’s strong enough that a 2 year old can’t scratch it.

Phil Schiller from Apple does not offer any help to affected iPhone users who’s iPhones scuff easily or even out of the box. Apparently it’s normal.

Over time perhaps but not immediately from the box. N8′s anodised Aluminium was quite good. It stood up to scratch tests but it was’t anywhere near as good as matte polycarbonate on the non white N9/800/900.

http://9to5mac.com/2012/09/25/apple-marketing-svp-comments-on-iphone-5-scratches-and-chips-that-is-normal-for-aluminum-products/

SymbianApps: New Toshl out for Symbian with a heap of new features

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Matic, CEO from our favourite (and possibly best cross platform) finance app and finance tracker app, Toshl, mailed us to share the huge update for the Toshl app.

This service is free but if you wanted to go for the Pro account, the first 12 readers from MyNokiaBlog who use the code ‘MyNokiaBlog” when upgrading to Toshl Pro. Apparently there’s a tweeting feature and if you use that, you get an additional 20% off too.

Toshl Finance 1.7 for Symbian Is Here. Incomes, Sum Up, Monsters!

We’ve just released brand new versions of Toshl Finance for Nokia Symbian phones https://toshl.com/symbian/expense-tracker-app/. There’s a heap of new features, Toshl monsters wander around the app a lot more often and the whole app is much more robust and reliable.

Already convinced? Download Toshl Finance 1.7 from the Nokia Store. http://store.ovi.com/content/61300

Let’s see what’s new:

Incomes
Finally! We’ve all been wanting this natural part of keeping personal finances for a long while and they’re finally here. They work just like expenses. Enter the number, tap the tag. done! Multiple and repeating monthly incomes are only available to those with Toshl Pro https://toshl.com/getpro, though. The Toshl monsters have to eat something…

Sum up
Wouldn’t it be great if you could just glance over your current financial state on one screen? That’s exactly what Sum up is for, plus there’s a cute monster to help you explain it all.

Planned
Expenses coming up in the future get a special treatment now and help you think ahead. All the repeating expenses are better marked too, so you’ll never be confused when they’ll be coming up.

Rollover budgets
You want to rollover the remaining budget funds into the next month? Budgets for all tags except the ones you don’t want? Your wish is our command.

My financial month & custom timespans
When you get your paycheck is when your financial month starts. You tell us when that is and we’ll adjust accordingly. If you want to see any date range in particular, no problem, set up a custom time span.

More data, more fun on toshl.com
Don’t forget you can always log in to toshl.com where your data is automatically synced. There’s more graphs, export options and the like to help you understand your finances better. All that with the comfort of a larger screen.

Toshl Pro
Get the best out of Toshl with multiple budgets, automatically repeating incomes, search on the web, more formats to export… Check out all the benefits! https://toshl.com/getpro Plus you support the Toshl team so we can work on more stuff to make your life easier. You can upgrade ontoshl.com https://toshl.com/getpro using PayPal or your credit card. Sign up for the 3 year plan and we’ll send you an awesome T-shirt too!

Video: Innovative Nokia Lumia 920 vs New iPhone 5 body comparison (WP8 demo on October 25)

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT

TheUltimat111/Eugen for the English speaking audience of WP7Forum.ru records a very nice side by side comparison of the innovative Nokia Lumia 920 and the new iPhone 5.

They were not allowed to demo WP8 features because Microsoft were still scoffing away at their donuts. You’ll see the features apparently on October 25, launch date for W8, a few days before Oct 29 launch of WP8.

Holding in the hand, apparently it’s a matter of taste. He says he won’t judge the UI before completely testing.

Also note the position of the arrow. I think it might be better this way because I still keep seeing folks pressing the arrow as a button when a swipe to the right is just easier.

by TheUltimat111

Cheers MNhut and Eugen. for the tip!

Nokia Sweden edits date from Lumia YouTube video, “21.10.12″?

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 02:22 PM PDT

I saw this on my break, and as did Ahmed Prince who took some screenshots of the original video title. A video from Nokia Sweden originally titled

Piskad av Nokia Lumia 21.10.12 – it seems to be another smoked by Lumia title wise, but I don’t understand the date of 21.10.12. It rings a bell because the new Nokia Lumia 920 was rumoured to appear on that date and it’s the first time that date has been recognised by a Nokia source. Whether that’s relevant to the Lumia 920 still remains to be seen.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/09/19/nokia-lumia-920-possibly-coming-sooner-than-end-of-the-year-october-21st-any-good/

I’m looking forward to smoked by Lumia when it’s with the 920 with some hardware tests. e.g. sensitivity of the screen, video stabilisation tests, dark room tests etc, as well as whatever enhancement MS might have bothered with (who knows, for all we know they’ve just been eating donuts and licking the sugar off their thumb. It seems based on the fact that we just keep seeing demoes of tile resizing, that’s all they’ve done).

Is it even a date or the score of the tally chart on his back?

Cheers Ahmed Prince for the tip!

Video: Lumia 920 vs. iPhone 5 (Actual Footage)

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 12:10 PM PDT

iPhone 5 and Nokia Lumia 920 face off with image stabilization test handson video

I think it’s fair to say that the Engadget people are having a blast in Espoo, playing with all of Nokia’s latest toys; here’s a video sample of the iphone 5 pitted up against the Lumia 920:

Honestly the quality on both videos suck so I’m assuming that they were compressed, if we’re only looking at stabilization then the 920 is amazing as expected (except towards the end it seemed to Jump/frames rather than shake?)- but once again it’s a prototype device.

Source

Interview With Elop (Filmed with Lumia 920!) Thoughts on HTC, Pureview & Ashas

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 11:19 AM PDT

Engadget have gone full out covering Nokia’s homeland and taking the tours, here’s an interesting interview with Elop filmed with the Lumia 920 (first ever video sample, sound is recorded on an external mic. though-still a prototype device though) the quality is pretty impressive, almost no shakes at all; as if it was filmed on a tripod crane.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/25/nokia-ceo-stephen-elop-lumia-920-interview/

Elop touches on HTC’s copy catting once again sating that alot more goes into a device than just the colors, but says this proves that Nokia are the new “trend setters” which honestly can’t be denied. When asked about the naming of HTC’s devices (Windows Phone 8X), he points out that Lumai devices are a special breed of Windows Phones, and that’s what Nokia have to offer, the Windows Phone experience on a Nokia. On the topic of the current range of Lumia devices NOT getting WP 8 Elop was quick to point out that these devices are NOT EOL (end of life), and that they will continue to improve these devices.

On the topic of PureView Elop hinted at newer versions of PureView coming to “lower price-points” calling the 808 & 920 “building blocks” for their Photography’s future.

Source

Introducing Nokia Xpress Web App Builder: Create engaging Series 40 web apps in minutes

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:33 AM PDT

This is hopefully a better version of the App Wizard but for S40. It’s the Nokia Xpress Web App builder for quickly making apps on S40. It takes updates from your blog or social network and allows you customise and publish at Nokia Store.

Join musician Ben and discover the power and simplicity of Xpress Web App
Builder. Ben wants to deliver content from his website and social media
accounts, to fans with Series 40 phones, in one simple to use app. Xpress Web
App Builder enables him to do this. With this simple online tool, Ben delivers
his content with engaging layouts that he just drags and drops into the app.
When he is finished, Ben distributes the app through Nokia Store. And when
he is ready, the code from his app can be passed to a developer for further
customisation in Nokia Web Tools.
Try Nokia Xpress Web App Builder for yourself:http://xpresswebapps.nokia.com

by nokiadevforum

Nokia N9 much? BlackBerry’s BB10 Alpha B

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:32 AM PDT

I thought it was just me but the top comment (and several others) on Engadget are commenting that BB’s dev unit looks like a Nokia N9.

There are certainly some resemblances. It seems there are two designs that apparently exist in the world. An iPhone or a Nokia.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/25/blackberry-dev-alpha-b-handset-bb10-hands-on/

For everyone else? Fire up the photocopier.

Coming soon to Nokia India: Nokia Lumia 920/820, Nokia Asha 308/309

Posted: 25 Sep 2012 10:01 AM PDT

Over at Nokia India’s page is a coming soon section showing both the newly announced Asha Touch smartphones and the innovative Nokia Lumia 920 and 820.