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- My Dream Nokia #69: Nokia Lumia 3310 WP8 Concept, Peta pixel PureView camera, 7 billion GHz, 56 core, meteor proof
- Nokia seals mapping deal with Oracle?
- Pic: Nokia Lumia 900 Proto with a curved screen
- Weekend LOL: Dropped a Nokia in the toilet?
- MS/Nokia – Watch out for BlackBerry/RIM – Thorsten Heins out to get you
| Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:30 PM PDT
Taking some design hints from the original 3310, aka, the indestructible Nokia, here we have the Nokia Lumia 3310 as My Dream Nokia, number 69. Note whilst in the 3series there are four digits, suggesting it might be super highly advanced. And so it is. The designer of this phone suggests the following features (quire rightly so in order to be 3310)
Well with those specs, lemme throw some money at the screen! Source: Concept-Phones Via: @Camb078
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| Nokia seals mapping deal with Oracle? Posted: 30 Sep 2012 04:17 PM PDT
WSJ (and thus Reuters/Yahoo news) reports that Nokia has sealed a mapping deal with Oracle.
It’s not yet official, but WSJ says it was confirmed by a Nokia spokeswoman on Sunday. WSJ notes that since oracle sells to enterprises, Nokia could introduce their mapping solutions to a new channel of users. Nokia execs are said to see this, “important step in expanding the appeal and capability of its maps.”. Location is growing in importance, as evident by Apple’s entry into the mapping game. Fortunately for Nokia, Apple has stumbled with a poor offering that fails to meet Apple’s claims of being the ‘best’ maps (sure, best for getting you to drive off a bridge). Nokia is continuing to gain and maintain partners for its mapping solutions as well as expand their location services offering. WSJ adds that one of Stephen Elop’s key objectives has been to better utilise the NAVTEQ business, and we’re seeing that more and more as we hear about new location services, new location apps, and new mapping deals with big names for Nokia’s mapping data. Location & Commerce, is the division that brings together NAVTEQ and Nokia’s services business, is seen as a critical element in Nokia’s future plans. In a recent interview, Stephen Elop said:
Nokia is huge in the mapping business, but silently in the background. I hope to see Nokia location/Nokia maps become more of a household name in the future. Source: WSJ Via: @Joaoluisc
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| Pic: Nokia Lumia 900 Proto with a curved screen Posted: 30 Sep 2012 08:43 AM PDT
The Nokia Lumia 800 and N9 were highly praised for their design, with one of the main characteristics being the seamless curved glass front screen. This was expected in the Nokia Lumia 900 but we were told that Nokia was unable to do this as the integrity/strength of the screen was compromised or words to that effect. Evidently, having a curved large screen was solved as we will soon see this on the market again with the Nokia Lumia 920. However, for those interested, above is what appears to be a prototype of the Nokia Lumia 900 but with a curved screen. I think it’s already a lot prettier than the flat 900. The screen appears to bulge out a lot more. BTW, Nokia produces a lot of variants of their devices, different protos that as part of the usual design process does not make the cut. It could be as small as a curved screen or an old Windows button (as opposed to the new one) to something as great as a totally unreleased, unseen device on a totally different OS. Source: WMPU Via @cambo78
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| Weekend LOL: Dropped a Nokia in the toilet? Posted: 30 Sep 2012 05:31 AM PDT
Hope you’re enjoying and chilling on your weekend. Just to add a bit of extra hmour, Nokia’s facebook just posted the above picture. You know how it goes down when you or even a friend has dropped a phone down the toilet. The horror! What happens when it’s the internet popularised Nokia?
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| MS/Nokia – Watch out for BlackBerry/RIM – Thorsten Heins out to get you Posted: 30 Sep 2012 03:55 AM PDT
Never underestimate the competition. Nokia and MS must be alert and on guard at all times, especially for Nokia who ignored the advancing competition. For Nokia, this resulted in a change from the undisputed king to the perpetual underdog. Someone else in their situation is RIM, also once highly regarded in the smartphone space is a shadow of their former self. They’re also looking for a comeback, but this would be at Nokia’s expense should BB10 overtake WP. I mean, it won’t exactly be difficult as WP is no where. For some of Nokia’s vocal Symbian/MeeGo fans, BB10 actually offers an interesting alternative (more so because it seems to ‘borrow’ a lot of things from the Nokia N9/Swipe UI whilst calling it their innovation). It won’t be a walk in the park for either side. Whilst BB10 looks promising, and BB does have mindshare, WP8 has manufacturers like HTC, Samsung and of course Nokia pulling out some very interesting hardware (well, maybe not Samsung). WP8 still has hope on its side that it will also deliver some promising consumer features that have yet been announced. But ignoring that, WP8 will finally get assistance from the launch of the new version of Windows: A metro filled W8. We shouldn’t really discount the fate of either. BB10 should not be dismissed but neither should Nokia Lumia WP8 (the go to WP). We need MS to continue full steam on Windows and Windows Phone whilst Nokia continues to deliver innovation in hardware, location and value added apps/services. Source: smh Cheers Paul Grenfell for the tip!
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