My Nokia Blog

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• Nokia’s Aluminum Bodied Catwalk Surfaced?
• Video: Lumia 920 vs. 820 OIS Shootout on a Bumpy road
• Accessories: Nokia charging plate into DIY wireless car charger
• WP head’s focus is to keep current model with OEMs and get to 200m phones a year. MS’s Myerson says Android is a mess, insinuates stale iOS.
• GSM Arena reviews the Nokia Lumia 520 – “Best Buys…can’t match the Finnish value for money”
• Video: Unannounced Nokia Lumia 928′s screen compared with that from the 920
• Video: Display comparison of the WP8 Nokia Lumia family
• TheVerge reviews the Nokia Lumia 720 – “The Lumia Design I’ve been waiting for”
• Lumiappdates: FlashVideo (+TubeMusic) Updated for WP7/WP8

Nokia’s Aluminum Bodied Catwalk Surfaced? Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:20 PM PDT What we’re looking is supposedly the first ever pictures of Nokia’s lightweight answer to the Lumia 920; the catwalk, an aluminum bodied device that brings a fresh change on the fabula design. All I can say is I hope not; in my opinion this is one of the ugliest things to grace the internet; it reminds me of Huawei’s windows phone (yeah I forgot they had one as well): Interestingly it seems to have a uni-body design without the wireless charging internals, instead it has the same 3 pin connector on the back that we see on the Lumia 720; obviously a weight cutting measure. Also note the re-positioned micro USB port at the top of the device, which would make this the first WP8 to NOT have a micro USB port at the bottom. It’s possible I’m being a bit too harsh, but the ugly grey on the back of this phone is honestly repulsive; maybe it’ll look better in black or white? Or maybe it’s because I wanted it to look like this so bad? What do you guys think? hot or not? Via

Video: Lumia 920 vs. 820 OIS Shootout on a Bumpy road Posted: 17 Apr 2013 02:08 PM PDT Our buddy SamPullen did a nice video comparing the Lumia 920 with its OIS video recording, against the lumia 820 on one of the Shire’s bumpy roads; check out the results down below: For the sake of science here’s the same recording but with the 920 and 820 clips reversed

Accessories: Nokia charging plate into DIY wireless car charger Posted: 17 Apr 2013 09:08 AM PDT   More and more people are getting into the creative mood and embedding their Nokia wireless charging plates into all sorts of places. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen one done for a car but it is (for me) the first time they’ve done it embedded into the car parts. Not bad Via @Nokia

WP head’s focus is to keep current model with OEMs and get to 200m phones a year. MS’s Myerson says Android is a mess, insinuates stale iOS. Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:50 AM PDT     It was back in July 2011 when we heard of MS’ ambitions of getting 100 million Windows Phones per year. I’m not sure they sold even half that for 2012 but even so, MS is still aiming high and now apparently to 200 million per year (not sure what year – they never did say when the 100m/year would be achieved either). When asked about making their own phone, Terry Myerson says they’ll keep the current model with the OEMs, not producing their own phone unless Nokia/HTC does not meet the consumer experience WP needs (ahahahahaha, MS. YOU are the one not producing the consumer experience WP needs. YOU are the only one hampering your own damn Windows Phone experience. YOU and your 1st gear, handbreak on approach at life! Maybe You should get someone else to improve and develop WP for you at the pace it needs, with the awareness it requires to implement experiences that should have been there, what, years ago?) MS is apparently also working with facebook to bring Facebook Home to WP. On the app front, Myerson’s keeps pushing on about how WP has the top 48/50 apps (It should have the top 200 – or more!). Moreover, he apaprently disses the stagnant iOS and the mess in Android. Well that’s all well and good if YOU are making SWIFT progress yourself, Microsoft. Are you? Are you really? Is your WP team of one sloth ever going to leapfrog what you clearly saw was a stagnant iOS and a messy Android or are you somehow, knowing the enemy’s weakness, continue to lock your feet on the ground so you can perpetually stay behind and enjoy the half-arsed attempt at playing catch up? Source: ATD Via: WMPU

GSM Arena reviews the Nokia Lumia 520 – “Best Buys…can’t match the Finnish value for money” Posted: 17 Apr 2013 08:28 AM PDT The Nokia Lumia 620 wowed all with it’s high end approach to the entry level smartphone. At MWC Nokia pushed that further, not with new flagships but higher quality than normal entry and mid range devices. The Nokia Lumia 520 is the most affordable WP8 phone, but is it simply just cheap? No – GSM Arena calls it Best Buys, comparing it against the likes of the 8S from HTC which has similar specs, GSM Arena says copypasta can’t match the Finnish value for money. Not simply the hardware alone, but Nokia’s suite of exclusive apps. http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_lumia_520-review-920p11.php Cheers Lud and Alvester for the tip!

Video: Unannounced Nokia Lumia 928′s screen compared with that from the 920 Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:55 AM PDT   Here’s another look at the screen of the unannounced Nokia Lumia 928 in comparison with that from the 920. 928 is taller both have 4.5″ screen 920 uses front housing to attach digitiser with LCD 928 attached all three layers directly together Note the mic grille at the bottom for the 928 928 screen Keeps out unwanted dust and unwanted light reflections etradesupply· at http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-nokia-lumia-928-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly.html Via:  Cheers Imperial Dynamics for the tip!

Video: Display comparison of the WP8 Nokia Lumia family Posted: 17 Apr 2013 05:44 AM PDT   Rafe Blandford is back to compare the Nokia Lumia WP8 screens.   Rafe looks at: Resolution Size Display type (LCD/AMOLED) Clear Black Display PureMotion HD Viewing angles Super Sensitive Touch RafeAAS

TheVerge reviews the Nokia Lumia 720 – “The Lumia Design I’ve been waiting for” Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:54 AM PDT     Quick heads up – TheVerge have reviewed the Nokia Lumia 720. http://www.theverge.com/2013/4/16/4226108/nokia-lumia-720-review Check it out – Nokia – thin and light in the pros section :p. Easily a 2 day battery life.   Overall scoring Tom Warren is loving the deisng of the 720 and wishes Nokia’s future high end fits into a similar package, resulting in a winner.   Cheers all for the tip!

Lumiappdates: FlashVideo (+TubeMusic) Updated for WP7/WP8 Posted: 17 Apr 2013 12:45 AM PDT Although like iOS and new batches of Android, WP doesn’t support flash but it doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t watch flash videos. (Various sites, like youtube have updated to HTML5 so the player can view them). Anyway, we’ve shown an App called FlashVideo that allows you to watch a whole range of Flash videos – both can either be streamed or saved onto the device for later viewing. It just finds a link to a flash video and off you go. The update dated yesterday makes the app use more streamlined. You can drag that timeline anywhere and it resumes pretty much instantly.

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