14 July 2013

My Nokia Blog

My Nokia Blog


Swapchat, Unoffical SnapChat Client Pulled From WP Marketplace due to Copyright Complaint

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 12:42 PM PDT

SwapChat Screens
Swapchat, one of the unofficial clients for the wildly popular “self destructing after ten seconds image sending app has been pulled from the Windows Phone marketplace due to a copyright claim.
The developer speculates that the copyright claim came to make way for the official app.

On the other hand anyone who has already downloaded the app has nothing to worry about (besides the lack of updates). At least we still have instance right?

Nokia EOS meets Canon EOS

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 12:29 PM PDT

eos to eos

Nokia just sent this tweet joking around with the Canon guys. Codename Nokia EOS, the Nokia Lumia 1020 boasts a superb camera that like the 808, began giving some DSLRs a good challenge in some scenarios as shown by GSMArena.

https://twitter.com/nokia/status/356129937406689281

I’m a Nokia Fan, but I also looove my Canon. They have their own uses. The Nokia Lumia 1020 will be my everything camera as it will always be with me. Going to uni, working at the hospital, taking lecture notes, time with family and friends, night outs etc. The Nokia Lumia 1020 will be capturing my memories. It will be there for spontaneous moments. It has the convenience of always being at my side and being connected to my online world. It’ll take over the job for doing video demos (although video demoing the 1020 itself would require two of them :/).

The canon will be there for me for more planned occasions perhaps, when I’m ready to do some lifting or want to look more professional :p. Haha.

Different need, different devices. It’s good to have choices.

 

Accessories: Lehmann Aviation creates 41MP UAV Drone using Nokia Lumia 1020 (@haikus/@heremaps)

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 09:21 AM PDT

Screen Shot 2013-07-13 at 17.21.26Ooh, lack of sleep caught up with me when I got back! Some interesting news though in the tips to wake up to.

With the release of the Nokia 1020 and its obscenely high detailed 41mp camera Lehmann Aviation have created an ‘accessory’ take advantage of that.

In one the hands on demos for the Nokia Lumia 1020, I was told that satellite imagery inspired it and certainly from the sample overhead images of New York, you can certainly see the Nokia Lumia 1020 being that eye in the sky (and one can actually zoom into the same picture and see all that detail).

Well, Lehmann Aviation have produced a Nokia Lumia 1020 specific unmanned aerial vehicle that would bring it to the sky to take pictures remotely. I guess video would be possible too?

http://www.lehmannaviation.com/la/la300.php

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I tagged Nokia’s Pino in this post because we recently talked about Here Maps and their new high resolution aerial maps. 1020 and LA300 drone for crowd sourcing high resolution up to date Aerial maps! ha

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/06/28/nokias-new-high-resolution-aerial-maps-covering-90-global-landmass-coming-to-smartphones-too-satellite/

 

Cheeers Navster for the tip!

BTW this was Navster’s take:

It’s amazing that an application like this, and dedicates build of a drone (!), has already been made for the Lumia 1020. It’s the kind of thing that one normally expects to see for iphone first then slowly trickled out to other devices (normally Android).

But this looks like it has been specifically developed with the Lumia 1020 in mind. Also, the LA300 doesn’t look like a typical toy drone (e.g. Parrot AR drone) but one with some specific industrial applications, making use of the 1020′s high res photographic capabilities. Shame about the price though!

Still, given the timing of this, I wonder how closely Nokia might have already been working with business partners, like Lehman Aviation, behind the scenes in the run up to announcing the 1020. Will we see more interesting ‘accessories’ coming to market soon?

Nokia CR-200 Wireless Car Charger Now Available on Amazon ($89)

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 06:13 AM PDT

5115Q4DIlbLIn my opinion the coolest accessory available for the Lumia family (short of the PowerUp speakers) is the CR-200 car charger. Announced back at MWC with its awesome car mode app with quick features and weather.

You can now grab the car charger over at Amazon for $89 at the link below:

Wireless Car Charger CR-200

 

LumiAppDates: Whatsapp (again), Here Transit, Here Drive, Accessories, Facebook beta

Posted: 13 Jul 2013 03:21 AM PDT

wp_ss_20130713_0002A nice bunch of updates came into my Lumia 925 today, Whatsapp has been updated for the second time in less than 12 hours (probably bug fixes). Facebook beta has also been updated (no word on the actual changes, still no support for sending images).

Whatsapp:

Scan with Windows Phone

Facebook beta:

Scan with Windows Phone

Here Transit and Here Drive have also been updated (Here Drive + loses the beta name tag) and gets a redesigned UI plus traffic view while driving and a couple new features.

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Here Drive:

Scan with Windows Phone

Here Transit:

Scan with Windows Phone

The official nokia accessories app has also been updated with support for the car charger/CR-200 (or is that old?)

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