30 November 2012

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N8 vs. Lumia 920: Camera comparison

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:20 PM PST

Camera enthousiast? Stuck with your trusty N8 and are now looking to get something else but don't know where to turn? Maybe Steve Litchfield from All About Windows Phone can help.

As a former N8 owner  this is one I have been looking forward too, a straight comparison between the N8 and the new Lumia 920. The N8 has made some amazing pictures during the time I carried it and to be honest I missed it quite a bit when the Lumia 800 became my daily driver. The 920 could remedy that, but can it match the (still) excellent performance of the former cameraphone king that is the N8.

Steve's conclusion;

The big question we started this feature with was “I have a Nokia N8 and love the camera – if I did switch to a Lumia 920, would I be disappointed in the camera?”

I have to say that, based on my tests above, unless you take a lot of low light shots of moving people then the answer would be no, you won’t be disappointed. The Lumia 920′s camera isn’t really a leap upwards in quality from the 2010 imaging king, but then neither is it much of a downwards step, as is true of the rest of the competition (e.g. iPhone 5, Galaxy S III), Nokia 808-aside, of course.

Be sure to check out the full story (and images) over at AAWP.

Whatsapp Screwed Up for All; Don’t Fall for Spam Messages

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:56 AM PST

Whastsapp is having some server issues leading to all contact statuses being set as “Error: Status Unavailable”. However they are aware of the issue and are working on a fix, so no need to fall for the cahin whatsapps stating that it’s shutting down or becoming paid or whatever other BS some troll comes up with.

 

 

Multiple Nokia Apps Updated for WP8 Including Smart Shoot, Access Point, Phone Transfer

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 05:05 AM PST

Nokia have pushed out a bunch of updates for their Lumia exclusive apps, covering Smart Shoot, Access Point, Information Transfer  Extras and a bunch more. Unfortunately most of these are WP8 only updates probably bringing some new WP8 required features, or just higher screen resolution support; either way good news.

Thanks for tip Nabkawe

Nokia Lumia 920 popular in Hong Kong?

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:28 AM PST

 

There’s a been quite a bit of news on the Nokia Lumia 920s popularity. We haven’t got numbers from Nokia but it’s been plenty of reports on a figure of 2.5 Million for the 920 in the first month alone. Quite alright for a second gen version for the Lumia range.

If true, that’s a good start, along with news of it being out of stock in several places (though that might have more to do with low initial stock to begin with than actual sales).

The Nokia Lumia 920 is a genuinely awesome phone through and through. in design, in build, in features, in usability – it’s a fantastic all in one package for the majority of consumers and it’s no surprise to see how despite the abysmal marketing from Nokia, it seems to be selling quite well on its own. Wireless charging, Optical image stabilisation carl Zeiss PureView camera, Super Sensitive Screen, PureMotion HD+ With Clear Black Display, WP8 Nokia Drive, beautiful design and legendary Nokia build.

I can’t quite understand the garbled auto-translation but it appears to have some popularity in Hong Kong.

http://winp.cn/portalthread-106770-1-1.html

More exaggerated, Hong Kong Bank Lumia 920 at today is the seller Scoop 5600 yuan high price, sometimes for many consumers surprised.

All this shows that a phenomenon: Nokia Lumia 920 is so popular, Nokia virtue WP8 resurgent? Let the market data speak for themselves.

Tipper Keithium explains:

Lumia 920 has been launched in Hong Kong today for a price of about 4500 Yuan (722 USD) and , got "looted" by buyers and now stands sold out completely. As reported, many buyers returned empty-handed. Though the number of devices in the stock have been quoted to be 7000, still for a small market like Hong Kong and this being the first lot only, is very significant.

State-side, the Nokia Lumia 920 is said to be extremely popular at Walmart. In Sweden, an online retailer says the 920 has created a backlog of demand twice as big as for the very popular SGSIII.

The Phones4U stores at Preston have regularly been out of stock on the Nokia Lumia 920 for a while (hence my wait for replacement) but they only had small initial stock.

Fingers crossed Nokia helps the Nokia Lumia 920 gain some awareness from consumers, so that they’ll be informed about how awesome this phone is when considering their new phone options. Hopefully this is the start of the tide turning in Nokia’s favour, not just in sales, but over all public image of the once king of phones.

Cheers rishabh and Keithium for the tip!

Video: Jolla Answers Your Sailfish Questions

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:11 AM PST

Quick heads up: Jolla’s Marc Dillon Answers questions on Sailfish

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Cheers Pica pica for the tip!

Reader Reports: AT&T agent misleading over Nokia Lumia 920/HTC?

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 02:09 AM PST

 

 

This is a single case as far as I know but it’s not the first time I’ve come across a sales rep that knew next to nothing significant about the latest Nokia that’s on sale.

You know my feelings about the Lumiawannabe 8X. It’s good for a WP8 phone, and I’m only irked by the fact that despite the obvious stolen design from Nokia, HTC would create a video to say it’s all their own unique design. Sure it was HTC. Sure it was.

Like I didn’t need to get any more annoyed at HTCopyPasta, one of our readers said that whilst at an AT&T store, a rep was misleading a customer over the benefits of the HTC over the Nokia.

I am standing in an AT&T store in Portland, ME. The agent here is trying to sell a HTC to a customer by telling him that the HTC is more powerful than the lumia 920. He is telling the customer that HTC is expensive because it is much advanced than the nokia lumia. He even told the customer that the screen on the htc is better than Nokia
the worst thing, customer now wants put $50 more to get the "better" htc phone…

Reena Naik-Smith (abhay_naik) 

In my own experience in the UK, the couple of reps I’ve encountered had no idea about super sensitive screen, Clear Black display, or optical image stabilisation/PureView, or PureMotion HD+ or about Wireless Charging in the Nokia Lumia 920. It’s an absolute JOKE. And I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Is that really the reps total fault? Sure they might have a training video that explains it. Perhaps they do, perhaps they don’t.

But where are the mainstream ads that tell us exactly those things? Those unique and innovative Nokia things? Where on earth is the damn Nokia adverts that can connect with the consumer to tell them about these Nokia features and how these features can benefit their every day lives in ways competing smartphones can’t yet? Where are they? Must be stick with your wishy washy, arty, farty nonsense? Year after year? And any good advert that comes out of 99 awful ones is never replicated or seen by only a few?

Video: Nokia Asha 308 Dual-SIM Smartphone – Nokia India

Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:56 AM PST

Short quick advert from Nokia India and the Nokia Asha 308 Smartphone (Dual Sim)

Here’s presenting the Nokia Asha 308 dual-SIM Smartphone. Get faster web browsing on the super responsive 3-inch capacitive screen. It also comes with the all new Nokia Nearby app. Now discover places in a new way.
Know more about the phone here: http://bit.ly/SOyUWV

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Initial designs / prototypes / boxes for Nokia X5, E7, X3 etc?

Posted: 28 Nov 2012 11:57 PM PST

Some interesting packaging for the Nokia X5 and Nokia E7. For some reason these pictures look familiar but I’m not sure why.

Anywhoo, looking at the X5 and E7, you’ll note that they’re quite different to what was actually given that designation. These aren’t some clones or mishaps. They’re official from Nokia.

http://i.nokia.com/r/image/view/-/2001910/highRes/1/-/hero-jpg.jpg

E7-00 was of course the slider QWERTY, not the E72-esque monoblock. The Nokia X5 had two public designs, a square QWERTY slider and a monoblock.

There’s more. Check out the X3 and C1

Thank Reena Naik-Smith for the tip!
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