05 March 2013

My Nokia Blog

My Nokia Blog

Name that Nokia Ringtone! (Funky monophonic remix!)

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:04 AM PST

Screen Shot 2013-03-04 at 17.59.17

 

 

Yet another very entertaining Fan made Nokia related video. This used to be one of my favourite ringtones; one because it was quirky and two because it sorta sounded like a polyphonic tune.

Do you remember what the name was?

MrStereotypeMusic

Cheers Mikey for the tip!

Video: Nokia Lumia 920 Fan Rap video Benji_SwitchPitch

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 10:04 AM PST

Screen Shot 2013-03-04 at 17.57.44

 

 

A fan of the 920 has put together this music video rapping the virtues of the Nokia Lumia 920′s features such as the super sensitive screen and wireless charging. Great effort!

benurfi

Cheers Manu for the tip!

Chromed Nokia Lumia 900?

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 09:53 AM PST

 

Chrome Lumia 900 back

Remember the wooden Nokia Lumia 920?

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/01/22/lumia-user-creates-wood-veneer-shell-for-his-nokia-lumia-920/

Now check out this Chromed 900. At first it looks like an additional case but it’s the shell that has been chromed.

http://www.wpcentral.com/chromed-nokia-lumia-900-impress-your-highroller-friends

Would you like your metal lumia to be mirror shiny? Perhaps brushed? Other textures?

Chrome 2 Chrome Lumia 900 Front

Cheers Jules for the heads up

AAS: Gallery and Camera update hits the Nokia 808 and other Belle FP2 smartphones

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:46 AM PST

Screen Shot 2013-03-04 at 12.44.17

Steve Litchfield reports that there’s a Gallery and Camera update available for the Nokia 808 PureView.

http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/flow/item/16967_Gallery_and_Camera_update_hits.php? 

New features include:

  • multi-select photos and share them to Facebook, Flickr or Twitter
  • multi-select photos and email them en-masse to specific recipients
  • long press a photo from the main gallery thumbnail view, to send, share or delete it

Steve’s asking if you can spot any camera improvements.

Integrated Skype in people hub coming; aluminium catwalk Lumia confirmed?

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:39 AM PST

belfioreA couple of things from WMPU.

First up, Belfiore’s sharing more update news for WP indicating that Skype integration to the people hub is on its way. Finally. :)

http://wmpoweruser.com/skype-people-hub-integration-on-the-way-on-once-again/

Next up, confirming what we’ve heard from dsmobile and calming contrasting rumours that an aluminium/metal lumia is not coming, ElMu claims to have seen the metal lumia. For some reason, this was apparently shown early in MWC to some select ‘journalists’. Was Catwalk meant for an MWC launch but set back for later? Fingers crossed for a post MWC launch event happening soon eh? :p ElMu says that this aluminium device is a great one and possibly the most popular of the year.

http://wmpoweruser.com/eldar-nokias-aluminium-flagship-could-be-a-great-device-the-most-popular-this-year/#

It has been a while since we heard from ElMu. Probably won’t be long till he reiterates his favourite rumour (Someone buying Nokia again)

Via: Reddit

 

 

Notification Centre Concept (volume controls)

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:30 AM PST

notification centre

 

You may have seen a few concepts already for a notification centre for Windows Phone. The two main concepts that work with the Windows Phone UI utilise either a swipe to the left (thus three homescreen view) or volume control buttons as opposed to pull down notification in other OSes.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/3/4060498/my-notification-centre-concept-volume-controls

This one on TheVerge forums uses the volume control option. The notification look like your notification in the people hub/Me tile. The volume control option is accessible throughout the whole UI, more so than a swipe from the main screen. That’s what I love about the music controls. Ideally perhaps there might be some other shortcut controls?

Via: Reddit

 

Monster Pinball HD available for Windows Phone

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 04:20 AM PST

Screen Shot 2013-03-04 at 12.13.08

 

 

Monster Pinball HD is available for WP for 2.49EUR/USD or 1.99GBP.

One of the most successful and loved pinball apps has not only had a massive upgrade with new graphics, goals, achievements and single table play modes…it’s now on Windows! Simply the most action packed pinball game you have ever played! Six linked tables bring you into the mind boggling pinball world of Monster Pinball HD sending you into a spin at every flick of your paddles.

“Awesome” — it's a word you hear a lot from fans of Monster Pinball. Monster Pinball HD offers stunning graphics, zany sound effects, automatic table switching, high scoring, fast action, and hours of fun that will keep you coming back for more.

Source: Windowsphonino

Cheers il principo for the tip!

Nokia Meltemi: Homegrown Platform’s Features Detailed

Posted: 04 Mar 2013 01:10 AM PST

MELTEMI

We were sent a very interesting slide from an anonymous tipster to our tip line, that we are unfortunately not at liberty to publish - but we are fairly confident the slide is a legitimate Nokia document. The actual slide detailed the planned features to be integrated in all 3 of Nokia’s OSes at the time as well as the Essential/Basic phone features, below is a rundown of what it detailed:

MELTEMI

 

Also included was a list of “Signature Features” :  Voice, SMS, Internet, Color Screen, Camera, inter-connectivity (BT), Battery life, Design Story, MP3.

There has been a lot of speculation regarding the top secret OS, Meltemi that Nokia never went through with, mainly in regards to what it was or could have been. The slide did clarify a decent bit up in terms what sort of devices would have been expected under the Meltemi route, so here’s a breakdown of what I could gather about this ill fated OS.

  • Meltemi was never as many claimed, a sole companion to Meego or Windows phone, the slide clearly shows a road-map  that has room for both Lumia devices as well as Ashas alongside Meltemi.
  • Meltemi was set to have the same core Nokia features found in Windows Phone and S40, including Nokia Maps and Music.
  • Meltemi was supposed to have a lot of “smartphone” features, things that you wouldn’t usually find in a low end/budget phone, such as a CBD, video calling, cloud storage and the renowned Carl Zeiss camera lenses.
  • “SkillShare.com” which as far as I can gather is just that,a site for people to share their own skills/talents with others. This could possibly be an evolution of the “Life Apps” available on Asha devices. – Skillshare.com was positioned on the slide as a Meltemi equivalent to “Office 360″ in the Lumia’s meaning it’s possible  it’s some form of document editor/reader. (the “?” in both Asha and Essentials also corresponded to Skillshare.com & Office 360).
  • “Social Integration” is listed as a feature but given Nokia’s track record it’s difficult to understand how deep this “integration” goes; seeing how Nokia considered the “Social” app on S^3 as social integration, so this could mean anything from a shoddy Facebook and Twitter app to full blown integration like that in Windows Phone.  
  • Slam Bluetooth sharing, Xpress browser, Journal, Gaming apps and internal storage. 

What I find most interesting is the fact that most, if not all these features that should have come in Meltemi have already been implemented within the cheaper, and already available Asha devices. If this slide is accurate then many Asha features that are already available were supposed to be kept in store for Meltemi, such as Slam Bluetooth sharing which has been out for a while now. In fact with the latest Asha design leaks we can see more and more of these features, such as the “craftsmanship” in the dual shot cover, and that 5mp camera might very well be a Carl Zeiss.
Should this be true then it’s easy to see why Meltemi was cancelled, if the Lumia range can go as low as it has with the Lumia 520, without “diluting” the Lumia name and losing integrity: and the Ashas achieving everything they have in terms of features. A 3rd OS that just mimics what both the high end and low end devices are capable of doesn’t seen to have a place, especially not in the new cost efficient Nokia.
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)