20 April 2013

My Nokia Blog

My Nokia Blog

Weekend Watch: Nokia’s twitter follower list into wall art – did you make it? :)

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 04:00 PM PDT

Screen Shot 2013-04-19 at 19.28.15Check this out! At first I was like, “What’s this artsy fartsy thing they’re doing now” but when it came to the reveal it turns out the graffiti was in the shape of the Nokia Logo, containing Nokia’s 400,000+ twitter followers. Can you see your name on there?

It’s a great idea. I might give this a go with our twitter and facebook follows :)

Check our Ricc Webb too, previously WOMWorld-Nokia/Nokia_Connects, now Pure Nokia :D .

 

Interactions Concept: Tangible Alarms Through NFC

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 02:40 PM PDT

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While at MWC a couple months ago I got a chance to meet up with the winners of Nokia’s 3D printing challenge; in case you missed it the idea was to make the most “useful” 3D printed shell for the Lumia 820. One of the winners was Victor, whose concept was 3D printing your house key into the back of the phone for quick and easy access; his winning design was made into an actual product.

*You might have spotted Victor in our race across Barcelona treasure hunt

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Victor shared his latest idea with me the other day, and I thought you guys would like to see it; the concept is for a tangible alarm clock on phones, by interacting with a “plate” through NFC, but rather than reading about it, check out the video demo below:

Using NFC-technology this Tangible Alarm clock eliminates the need for touch screen interaction in the morning.

Basically the plate beneath it changes the phone’s response depending on where it’s positioned, and changes the reaction accordingly; I personally thought it was a really cool concept, and would love to have this sort of thing in my future devices. However I couldn’t help but get bothered over the fact that the girl in the demo had to plug-in her phone, slap some wireless charging on this and you’d have an instant hit! In fact it’s almost the next logical step of progression after making wireless charging plates; make the plate even more useful! It does bring back some memories of flip to silence on the good ‘ol N8 (which is rumored to be making a comeback soon in PR2.0)

This is the sort of innovation that the mobile world could really use, rather than fighting over meaningless specs I think the little things like this make the bigger difference, where it’s obvious that the thought process behind it is to simply make your life easier.

Check out some more images and projects over at Victor’s site:

http://objectsandinteractions.com/2013/04/18/542/

 

LeakyLeak: More Nokia Lumia 928 Renders, in White

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 02:12 PM PDT

BIPek-JCYAAiZeSWell the floodgates have been opened, here are a couple more renders of the 928 in white, courtesy of @evleaks. I’ve only just noticed that second mic on the back; perhaps there’s some rich recording to go along with that Pureview goodness?

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GSM Arena battery tests the Nokia Lumia 520 – Nokia’s entry level Lumia beating almost all midrange Androids

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 11:26 AM PDT

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Here’s GSM Arena’s battery test on the Nokia Lumia 520 where it performs quite admirably against the competition.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-lumia-520-goes-through-our-extended-battery-testing-regime-see-how-it-managed/

Cheers Alvester for the tip!

LumiAppdates: Nokia Music Updated

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 06:56 AM PDT

 

 

 

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Heads-up guys, Nokia music has just received an update to version 3.9.15.759. The latest version brings some bug fixes and the likes, be sure to grab the update down below:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/nokia-music/f5874252-1f04-4c3f-a335-4fa3b7b85329

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Beta Labs: Nokia Storage App (extended functionality from 1308 update)

Posted: 19 Apr 2013 01:50 AM PDT

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Something many Lumia owners have been talking about lately is the new firmware update that brings Nokia’s Storage Check app. Over at Beta Labs, they’ve extended the capability of this app. One of the best features, in my opinion, is the ability to now move Maps to an SD Card (where SD Cards are present). This is a great option for people like myself, who have a Lumia 820, needing as much space as you can for Apps (until they allow you to install apps on SD Cards).

Note, you’ll need the 1308 update or higher!

Here’s what the Beta Labs site has to say about the new app.

Lumia Storage Check beta can be used to show a detailed breakdown of the phone memory usage and do something about it. The app shows you an overview and details on the second page, including space taken by:

  • Apps – with app data included and sorted by size on further detail page
  • NEW: Maps – you can now manage maps from here and store them on SD card if your device has one
  • Temporary files – temp files created by the system, some of which can be deleted with the
  • Photos – includes also videos you are shooting with the camera
  • Music+Videos – videos here refers to side-loaded vidoes
  • Office docs (including OneNote notebooks, copies of docs accessed from SharePoint and SkyDrive)
  • Email+contacts
  • Ringtones
  • System (fixed, usually 1.9 GB)
  • Other (this includes stuff that user has little control over)

Edit: the new feature to separate out space taken by Videos is depenendent on newer enabler components, which are not yet available.

Minimum firmware required

Check your firmware version from ‘settings – about phone – more information’, under the ‘Firmware revision number’ and see below if the preconditions for this app are met:

  • Lumia 820 or Lumia 920: 1232.5957.1308.0000 and higher
  • Lumia 920T: 2041.0009.1308.1002 and higher
  • Lumia 520, Lumia 620 or Lumia 720: 1030.6407.1308.0000 and higher

Source: Nokia Beta Labs

Cheers Derrek for the tip!

Accessories: DIY Nokia Fatboy pillow wireless charging bed for Nokia Lumia

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:26 PM PDT


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The Fatboy pillow is a luxury bean bag bed for your wireless-charging capable Nokia Lumia. Inside it, as we have shown before, is a regular Nokia Wireless charging plate. A Nokia Lumia 920 user’s wife thought she’s make her own and this is the result. The paperclips are there whilst they wait for some velcro.

These are just an old pair of trousers for material, and the inside is polyfill (just packing polyester, like the stuff inside a teddybear or a pillow. The actual fatboy have beanbag beans since Fatboy is a high end bean-bag company)

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Source: Reddit

LeakyLeak: All Angle Press Pic of Nokia Lumia 928 complete with Xenon flash and PureView for Verizon’s 4GLTE network

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:16 PM PDT

nokia lumia 928Hello, hello! It’s a press shot of the Nokia Lumia 928 complete with front, back and side views.

Check out the Carl Zeiss/PureView branding at the back, that gorgeous xenon Flash, the 4G LTE for Verizon (branded at the front). Mmmm.

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So…does this give any more strength to rumours that it will launch next week :) ? :p

 

Source: evleaks 

 

Metrogram and Instagraph join forces to make one Instagram app!

Posted: 18 Apr 2013 11:06 PM PDT

Screen Shot 2013-04-19 at 07.01.08Whilst we wait for Nokia to bring Instagram officilly to the platform we have some alternatives.

Metrogram was an app to view photos published on Instagram. Instagraph was a work around app that let people publish their photos to instagram. Both teams are said to be working together and with their powers combined we have Captain Planet…I mean…a more unified experience.

It appears that initially you might still need both apps but each will open the other automatically. This is to bring faster updates. Eventually there will be one app.

Source: WPC

Cheers Derrek for the tip!

 
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1 comment:

  1. UnknownOctober 24, 2014 at 11:16 AM

    I like Nokia,i have used it for many years.By the way,is there a qrcode reader app for Nokia Lumia?

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