04 January 2013

My Nokia Blog

My Nokia Blog

Nokia is aware of “cog wheel” issue plaguing Lumia 920, PR 1.1 supposed fix? Some updated users still suffer

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:47 PM PST

Courtesy of Jamie Haggett

Courtesy of Jamie Haggett

Not too sure if the Lumia 920 “cog wheel” issue has ever been posted here, most likely as I don’t think Ali or Jay have encountered it, and since I have the Lumia 820.  If you are not aware, the “cog wheel” issue is caused by the Lumia 920 freezing, and needing to be “unforzen” by using the hardware keys to perform a battery pull (like the 8sec power hold on Symbian apparently), anyway, it is this that makes your Microsoft Account (and linked social networks) stuff up.
To fix it, you need to do a reset. It is this reset that causes the screen to display the image you see at the beginning of the post, and not respond to anything. Most people took their devices to Nokia Care points to be fixed, however the more courageous simply used Nokia Care Suite’s Software Update Tool to reflash the device on their own. It seemed to fix it, with the vast majority of users reporting it happening again.
Since this has been a relatively widespread issue, I figured it was about time we reached out to Nokia about it. Below is their official comment on the situation.
You might have already seen that we have started to deliver a software update to the Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920 just before Christmas. You can read the full story in the Nokia Conversations. I'm happy to let you know that the issue of the phone occasionally freezing up will be fixed with the software update. The delivery of the update has started for the AT&T and Rogers customers and it will be made available to other countries and consumers during February.
So it seems that the PR 1.1 (Portico) update is supposed to fix it. That’s great! Well, it would be if it weren’t that there are still some users who have the update and still having issues. Admittedly, it seems the number of affected handsets has dramatically decreased, but why have all devices not been “cured”?
Have you gotten the update and still suffering? Please get in touch

Slim, Svelte, Light, Aluminium Nokia Lumia 920 successor in the works. Codename: Catwalk

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:12 AM PST

Tall, slim, light, beautiful and elegant. Things you may associate with a Catwalk and something hopefully we’ll see in the high end Nokia Lumias this year.

Whilst people are loving the innovation, the one main criticism seems to be thickness and weight. Well, no more if rumours are to be believed. Nokia may move partially from the Polycarbonate body back to aluminium.

Not only is it slim, but it’s meant to be the 920′s successor. So that puts away some thoughts that it’s just slim for the sake of it. There should be some nice innovations there too.

I love polycarbonate. I’ve found it to be much more durable than the aluminium on my N8. Reception is also better through a premium plastic body. But the cool, cold touch may please many.

Source: TheVerge

Cheers Muerte for the tip!

Gadget Show (UK) compares the top 3 High End Smartphones (the Loving Nokia Lumia 920, hating on the iPhone 5)

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 09:02 AM PST

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The gadget show looks at the top 3 high end smartphones in the UK, which includes the Nokia Lumia 920 along with the iPhone 5 and HTC One X (Surprised no SGSIII). The design of the 920 is loved, but the weight is apparently an issue.

What kills me is that when going on to speak about the special camera in the Nokia Lumia 920, they say it’s because it has DUAL LED. I think I died a little inside there. The Gadget show. Gadget.

The picture quality really pleased them. HTC was ok and the iPhone stood out! But for all the wrong reasons. The iPhone stood out because, apparently, it had the most bland colours. The photographs don’t stand out, there’s no life in the pictures.

Looking at the innards, the gadget show loved the Nokia’s tile system. They think it, it does it. Jason liked the OneX but pretty much on paper due to the specs (quadcore). Polly liked its functionality. It’s big, easy, big icons, colourful, can’t go wrong.

Battery wise, the HTC lasted a lot longer. The iPhone 5 is supposedly really bad. The Nokia’s innovations are supposedly charging ahead, with wireless charging praised as a genius idea.

On call quality, they’re finding a design flaw with the call speaker. iPhone 5 is an absolute nightmare apparently.

iPhone 5 gets GGG for No innovation and poor battery life.

HTC wins GGGG due to its processor.

Nokia also snaps GGGG, nearly 5. User experience with wireless charging is ace, but lacking apps and a bit too heavy (if only they knew about the other cool stuff, like Super Sensitive Screen, PureMotion HD+ and PureView 2 OPTICAL IMAGE STABILISATION! Are these not written clearly enough on the boxes?

http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/gadget-show/blog/episode-5-christmas-high-end-smartphones

Thanks Grazy for the tip!

Skype for WP updated: Can now receive calls/message notifications when app is closed.

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 08:43 AM PST
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It took its time but now, Skype for WP (on my Nokia Lumia 920) can now receive Skype calls/message notifications even though it’s not running.

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The In Depth Story of Meego (Part 2) & WP Transition/Lumia 800 production

Posted: 03 Jan 2013 05:46 AM PST

We previously read an interesting article about the future/past of Meego and what happened behind the scenes before it was scrapped; titled as the In depth story of Meego/Maemo. Well part two has been published (in Finnish) and covers a wide range of topics, mostly the transition phase from Meego to WP and the production of the Lumia 800; Jippe was kind enough to translate/summarize some of the key points in our tips section so read those below.

Or if you like read the original Finnish article here: http://taskumuro.com/artikkelit/nokia-meegon-tarinan-jalkeen-osa-2

– Searay was originally N9 version for Verizon (RM-716). It was changed to L800 after abandoning Meego. This was worked together with Qualcomm since Intel had not support for LTE.

(Remember the first Sear-Ray unveiling? By Elop to the press where he said “No Pictures”- taking a second look at it it doesn’t seem to have any of the WP buttons on the bottom of the screen which might help support the fact that it was based directly off the N9 with minimal change)

– Verizon N9 was designed around Qualcomm Snapdragon system and they were already working on hardware adaptation.
– It was easy to change the Verizon N9 after Feb'11 to WP since they were running the same Snapdragon system on a chip.
– That is the reason, why Elop can boast the speed of creating L800, it was mostly ready by then and he was able to show it just days after the launch of N9.
– The challenge in Intel partnership was that their chip was power consumption. (as it is widely known). LG had a device running on intel chi and had planned to install Meego on it, but decided against it Spring 2010.
– Nokia has several tablet on the drawing board and the Senna code named device – that was mentioned in the previous article – was the most ready. Ceberus was the most interesting of those tablets (http://plaza.fi/s/f/editor/images/X-2013010312510196565.jpg) It was scrapped since it was thought that developers would not be interested. Qualcomm had patented the device in the picture while they were cooperating with Nokia on N9 hw adaptation.
– Nokia also had e-ink devices on the drawing board. Those were scrapped quickly
– Ditching Meego was done in a very small group of people. LG was given no importance during the decision even though they were interested in adopting Meego. Samsung was approached, but according to one source, Samsung was never given real option to give final answer before moving on to WP.
– Carriers were thought to be the biggest opponents to moving on to Meego.
– Total chaos around ecosystem and developer relations. Ovi Store was worried that there should be sufficient amount of apps available for Meego. The plans kept on changing and decision had to be done in the wild.
– Target segments and key features of Meego devices kept on changing through time. In one meeting something was decided and in the next meeting everything was changed. Developers were unaware what was expected and which application should be developed. The pressure to have huge amount of apps during launch was heavy.
– Meego also had an impact to Symbian development. One day it was said that Meego and Symbian would have same UI/UX, the next day it was said that they should be different. Information exchange did not work over the organizational silos and common meetings were canceled often. As an example, a person working on Symbian told that they tried to find info on Meego UI from sites like TechCrunch.
– Alongside Meego development of Meltemi took place from 2010 to 2012. One of the planned names was Meego lite, but it was never decided upon.
– Meltemi was supposed to be 100% compatible with Meego. The goals were:
– To get it run on low specced devices
– To have UI to run on 60FPS throughout the UI
– To start app in one second
– To manage data in one database so that a lot of information could be retrieved at once (would allow nice hubs similar to WP)

– There were massive trouble related to everything: database, firmware versions, functionalities, new chip… According to their sources, Meltemi was not ready to ship.

They might be publishing more info on Meltemi later in 2013.

Thanks for the tip-off/Translation jippe !

The Gadget Show UK Reviews the Nokia 808 PureView

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:06 PM PST

Screen Shot 2013-01-03 at 06.50.50In their Camera Phones episode, the Gadget Show (UK) includes the unequivocally best camera phone in the universe, The Nokia 808 PureView. I’ll be disappointed if the camera receives anything other than adulation.

They’re wondering which camera phone is able to fullfil your camera needs. Urgh, the 808? If not that, then the N8?

  • “41…yes 41MP camera.”
  • ‘Feels so much more like a camera than the other two”
  • “One thing this has that puts it in a class of its own is the flash” – “oh that is a good flash” Yes. Praise the xenon. “It’s a xenon flash. It’s the REAL Deal!” And the huge sensor.
  • “It also has Carl Zeiss – the quality claimed to be similar to a DSLR”
  • They found the resolution really low and poor.
  • Next was a high speed test.
  • “The Nokia produces some excellent 1080p footage, as you’d expect from its mammoth 41MP camera” Looks much better than the HTC with “stabilisation”
  • “There is no doubt that the Nokia’s camera is excellent, impressing us in tests”
  • “But it’s supposed to be a phone with a camera, than a camera on a phone and on that front it’s a bit of a let down. At the same price, you’re stuck on clunky Symbian” :/
  • If you want a snappy smartphone, stay clear of the Nokia :/

Erm. Lolwut.

“Which PHONE can fill your camera needs”

“The Nokia is the BEST camera phone”

“Stay away from the Nokia”

Odd conclusion. They disliked Symbian so much to ignore their own test conclusion. Well, let’s hope Nokia can shoe horn this into Lumia. Though I bet they’d still find something or another to complain about.

 

http://gadgetshow.channel5.com/adv/the-all-new-gadget-show-episode-8-london

Cheers Grazy for the tip!

The Telegraph Asks: Can anything replace the Nokia N8

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 11:05 PM PST

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An odd question posed by the Telegraph a week ago. A reader asked whether anything could replace their Nokia N8. The last post about the 808 reminded me that the answer is so simple. It’s the 808.

I have just come to the end of a two-year contract on my Nokia N8 phone. I was hoping to go to an iPhone but find that there is no facility for recording telephone calls or transferring text message to my PC. Both of these features are available on the Nokia. Mobile phone sales people I have spoken to were unable to offer a new phone with these facilities. So for the moment I am sticking with the N8. Is there an alternative?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/advice/9769832/Can-anything-replace-the-Nokia-N8.html

Their need is a little less camera intensive, but rather reliant on Symbian’s features of being able to record phone calls (via an app) or transfer text messages to PC.

Cheers Dan and Alan for the tip!

NokConv: 12 Awards won by the Nokia Lumia 920 in 2012

Posted: 02 Jan 2013 10:47 PM PST

Nokia Phones, particularly the Nokia Lumia phones are no stranger to awards. In 2012, the Nokia Lumia 920 (announced in September, available end of November in a few places) won at least 12 ‘awards’ according to NokConv:

  1. The Top Smartphone of 2012, V3, UK
  2. The Best Mobile Phone of 2012, Readers Choice Award, Gizmodo, Australia.
  3. iF Award for Outstanding Design, International Forum Design, Germany
  4. Mobil Award for Best Smartphone Design, Mobile Magazine, Denmark
  5. Best Smartphones of 2012, The Next Web, USA
  6. Top Score Award, Mobil, Sweden
  7. The Best High End Smartphones for the Holidays, CNET, USA
  8. Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best Mapping Phone, Best Windows Phone, Runner up, Arstechnic, USA
  9. Top 25 Tech of 2012, Mashable, USA
  10. Top Smartphone of the Year, Mybroadband, South Africa
  11. Best AT&T Smartphones of 2012, BGR, USA
  12. "Probably the most advanced smartphone on the market", The Independent, UK

Well, with so much praise and apparent demand, it’s just a shame really that Nokia couldn’t up the ante and actually make enough of these to sell to customers. It’s all good making a desirable product, but it’s even better when you can put that in the hands of consumers, no? No point at all making the most innovative smartphone if you’re too damn slow to make them and put them out to market whilst people still want them. Ah, that’s Nokia for you. Always making things difficult for themselves.

Source: NokConv

Cheers asdf and krishna sarma for the tip
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