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Nokia 6600-esque device in Emirates Airlines Private Suite
Portico Update currently downloading on my Nokia Lumia 920 (UK, Orange/EE) Screenshots of the WP8 update process
Portico Update Rolling out to Carrier Unlocked Devices in Italy & Germany + EE Branded Lumia 920s in UK
Nokia City Lens for WP8 Updated; Brings SightLine Vision & Freeze View
Videos: 3D Printing Functional Nokia Lumia 820 cases
TVCatchup app for WP8 brings more Live Streams
Video: Four Finnish Professional Photographers and Nokia Lumia 920 – Nokia Suomi
Nokia Conversations: The Graphene Initiative; Helping With New Lightweight Devices?
Video: Nokia Music+ Walkthrough
Rich Recording: Pokemon, Zelda and Guild Wars Orchestral recording on Nokia 808 PureView (+N8)

Nokia 6600-esque device in Emirates Airlines Private Suite

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 01:26 PM PST

James Burland tweeted the above picture of the Emirates Airline Private Suite. What a sweet way to travel (pun intended…oh dear…)

The first thing I noticed however was the device next to the coffee. What does it look like to you? I thought it had an uncanny resemblance to the Nokia 6600, albeit, now hulk-like/morbidly obese.

It’s got the two tone colouring, as well as what looks like a joy stick with two soft keys on the side.

If you tilt your screen to it squishes the image, it sort of just looks like a 6600 :p.

Portico Update currently downloading on my Nokia Lumia 920 (UK, Orange/EE) Screenshots of the WP8 update process

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:50 PM PST

As Ali just posted, Portico is being rolled out to users in UK, Germany and Italy. I just assumed I didn’t have it yet as I was accustomed to a notification message telling me to update.

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I didn’t get that at all. After Ali messaged me about the update, I checked Settings>Phone update and checked for any updates. I wasn’t expecting anything but lo and behold, it begins to automatically update as soon as it found there was an update. I didn’t see if it mentioned what it was as I just left it in the background to reply to Ali and when I came back it was already downloading. It’s currently installing as we speak.

Version before.
This is my first time updating on WP8. This is all OTA at the moment. Still preparing to install (100%) 20:56.

Hurrah, update ready to be installed. It was stuck on 100%. I thought it would automatically do something but tapping it seems to have engaged it.

If you postpone it, you can come back to it later so you can install it at your own convenience.

The Phone is now restarting (21:07).

Got some Cog action going on.

Restarting. And DONE 21:17

21:20 Hmm.. It’s now saying migrating Data.

Now it’s done

Or almost. It says it wants to restart one more time.

Oh now it’s done.

Portico Update Rolling out to Carrier Unlocked Devices in Italy & Germany + EE Branded Lumia 920s in UK

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 12:31 PM PST

The flood gates have been opened on Windows Phone 8′s first OTA update, as the first stream of update begins to roll out to unbranded devices in Italy and Germany; as well as Lumia 920′s in the UK from Everything Everywhere. Hopefully it won’t be much longer for us users in the rest of the world, but for now if you’re one of the lucky few get updating.

Source 1, Source 2

Nokia City Lens for WP8 Updated; Brings SightLine Vision & Freeze View

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 10:31 AM PST

Nokia City lens just got a update on my lumia 920 (now version 2.0.17.592), I’m not sure what this update brings; but under the description it mentions:

Sightline: Only shows buildings in your line of sight

Freeze View: lets you pause your view and study the options

Pin searches to homescreen

Quick information from within camera view

Videos: 3D Printing Functional Nokia Lumia 820 cases

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 08:59 AM PST

With a bit of trial and error on the materials for 3D Printed Nokia Lumia 820 covers, imaterialise found one that looks good, but has functional buttons.

They went from materials that may be too brittle, to ones that are strong but the buttons are too hard and don’t work (as they’re on the case). They found the solution, which was to double print (as well as do a bit of engineering). The result was functional buttons that also looked good with the two tone design. I also liked the clear resin – hopefully there’ll be a dual printed version with working buttons (that they say is very good, nice and easy to push – btw, 820′s buttons feel much nicer than my 920s I think).

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TVCatchup app for WP8 brings more Live Streams

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:52 AM PST

Well, hello there, TVCatchup app! I was rather excited to hear this app my friends love to use on their iPad is making its way to WP8 in the next couple of weeks.

AAWP has the scoop as well as several screenshots.

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/flow/item/16721_First_look_at_TVCatchup_on_Win.php

via WMPU

You can use either WiFi or 3G/Mobile data to watch live streams. This means on the go TV when you’re away from home – make the most out of long train journeys (provided you have signal, though some trains have WiFi on board) .

Video: Four Finnish Professional Photographers and Nokia Lumia 920 – Nokia Suomi

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 03:21 AM PST

A promo video from Nokia Finland. I think it’s about Pro Photographers taking a look at the Nokia Lumia 920.

Neljä suomalaista ammattivalokuvaajaa lähti mukaan uudenlaiseen haasteeseen, jossa luodaan valokuvataidetta Nokia Lumia 920 -älypuhelimella. Tiedossa on neljä erilaista viikkohaastetta, joita jokainen kuvaaja tulee tulkitsemaan omalla tavallaan. Lumian kameraominaisuudet pääsevät siis ennennäkemättömään syyniin ammattilaisten hyppysissä. Haasteiden suorittamisen jälkeen teokset kootaan kaikille avoimeksi, ainutlaatuiseksi taidenäyttelyksi Helsinkiin.

Tutustu kuvaajiin ja heidän tapaansa katsella maailmaa tästä videosta — katsojille on jaossa myös loistovinkkejä kameran käyttöön.

This is roughly translated into:

Four Finnish professional photographer embarked on the new challenge of creating photographic art Nokia Lumia 920 smartphone. Known to have four different week challenge that every graph will interpret in their own way. Lumian camera features an unprecedented level of access, therefore, some realistic professional hands. After completing the challenges of the works assembled open to all, a unique art exhibition in Helsinki.

Check out the graphs and their way of looking at the world from this video – is a division of the viewers also a great tips for the camera.

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I have no idea what they’re saying but it’s a very beautiful language to listen to.

Nokia Conversations: The Graphene Initiative; Helping With New Lightweight Devices?

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:55 AM PST

I’ll be honest I don’t know much about graphene, in fact the first time I heard of it was on this blog last year when people were suggesting what new innovations could come with the N8′s successor, where the word “graphene sensor” was thrown around a lot. Well it seems Nokia have been working with graphene in some research, What’s so special about graphene? Well first of all it’s a material so thin that it’s classified as 2 dimensional (only one atom thick), yet still manages to be immensely powerful

Measuring only one atom thick, graphene is classed as a 2D structure with super-useful properties. While thin, it's also the strongest material ever tested, having a breaking strength 300 times greater than steel. Oh, and it's also the lightest and best intrinsic conductor, too.

But instead of me blabbing about it, check out this cool video explaining it:

Hearing all that makes me want a graphene bodied device right now, but I don’t even know if that’s possible? (how expensive is it?); regardless this article reminded me of the rumors of an aluminum bodied lightweight 920 sucessor that might show its face at MWC.

Perhaps I’m reading too much into this, but I don’t see why Nokia Conversations would post about it, unless they were somehow going to use it later?

Read the full article here: http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/01/28/big-step-forward-for-european-graphene-initiative/

Video: Nokia Music+ Walkthrough

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:42 AM PST

Yesterday we covered the new announcement of NokiaMusic+; which brings users new features such as unlimited skips, higher quality and more for $3.99 a month. Here’s a quick video of Dean from Nokia walking you through the changes:

Rich Recording: Pokemon, Zelda and Guild Wars Orchestral recording on Nokia 808 PureView (+N8)

Posted: 28 Jan 2013 02:28 AM PST

Here’s a great collection of Audio recordings that show off the Rich Recording prowess of the Nokia 808 PureView, with famous sound tracks from Pokemon, Zelda and Guild Wars!