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- Why we LOVE Nokia…explained in a 2:05 minute video.
- Pocketnow share their favorite shots taken with the Lumia1020.
- Lumia 1020 ads on a roll second decent TV commercial from WindowsPhone
- Stunning Nokia Lumia 1020 pictures from Topolino70 and Belfiore
- Nokia ‘Treasure Tag’ Lumia accessory could stop you ever losing your keys
- Nokia Amber PR2.0 Lumia Update Changelog
- Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news
| Why we LOVE Nokia…explained in a 2:05 minute video. Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:23 PM PDT
Dear MNB Readers, Some of us LOVE Nokia…some of us LIKE Nokia…some of us may even be secretly loving them from AFAR (aka, using another OS or non Nokia phone) while there are others that simply HATE Nokia. I LOVE Nokia products. Just for a moment, let us put aside the current situations and happenings in the Smartphone world. Think back…to that moment that made you feel, in your heart or in your mind, that you love Nokia, their devices, their services (N-Gage 2.0 had so much potential), the Nokia experience. Just for a moment, think back on the experience that you had that made you say “WOW, this Nokia is amazing!!!” Think back to the moment that made you firmly believe that regardless of what Nokia device you bought, you had the assurance that it would be better than any other phone. I want to focus on those of us that LOVE Nokia. WHY do you love Nokia? I could say a lot of reasons why I LOVE Nokia (not a Biased love because I will call Nokia out when they are not delivering and I will give respect to the competition when they ARE delivering) but I will let this 2:05 minute video tell why I and presumably a LOT of you have loved Nokia at some point in your life.
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXsfP1mpig See, for a lot of us, our personal experience with Nokia devices planted an emotion in our heart and a thought in our mind that any other phone/smartphone, all of the competition would be battling for 2nd place: 2nd place in Audio, 2nd place in Video, 2nd place in Gaming, 2nd place in Screen Technology (Nokia was using 16 Million colors before the competition), 2nd place in Build Quality, 2nd place in Connectivity, 2nd place in Web Browsing, 2nd place in Mapping, 2nd place in Customer Service, 2nd place in Design and, 2nd place in Call Quality/Reception, 2nd place in delivering on their promises. I dare to say, that for many of us who have been using cell phones and smartphones for the last decade, Nokia brought us our first experiences with certain technologies (even if they were not the first to make feature X), many experiences and MANY 1st place finishes that were better than what was comparatively available at the time. In no specific order and in any given generation, at ONE POINT IN CELLPHONE HISTORY, the BEST mobile experiences could only be found on a Nokia device (usually an expensive Nseries), even if it wasn’t all in the same device or generation.
I have also noticed that almost ALL of the internet trolls that bash Nokia at every opportunity, never experienced Nokia when they were #1 in almost everything. Most trolls have started using smartphones in the last few years, most even well after the iPhone, HTC G1 and Nokia N97 and they simply don’t have an OUNCE of love in their heart for Nokia. They also cannot relate, remember or have any experience with the iPhone when it didn’t have an App Store at all, when it couldn’t do Copy and Paste, could NOT send a MMS and when Android phones had screens with only 65k colors, could NOT record Video AT ALL and the best games on Android Market were games such as Tic-Tac-Toe…..made by an unknown developer..usually by 1 guy or girl…..with crude 2D graphics and 8-bit mono sound. They never experienced any of the great things that WERE (not just could be) done at the remarkable high level of quality that Nokia provided in the SAME POINT IN HISTORY. By the time many of the current smartphone users got into the Smartphone arena, it was Nokia that was battling for 2nd in many, most and sometimes ALL areas. So, they have no love for Nokia. I understand that. Nokia never earned their Love nor their respect (especially with the media’s blasting around the same time they began using smartphones) I started out by saying that I wanted to focus on those of us that LOVE Nokia. Let’s be clear, ALL comments are welcome but I would really like to hear from anyone that would take the time to share what is it that captivated you about Nokia? What caused you to make up your mind and say, “Not only do I own a Nokia device now, my next phone will be a Nokia and then I am going to tell my friends about Nokia so they can buy a Nokia device!”. Those of us who troll, hate, dislike Nokia, feel free to comment too…….who knows, Nokia may have broken your heart, maybe you LOVED Nokia at some point and it just didn’t work out. At MNB, we welcome all respectful comments and who knows…..one day, you may just see an article titled “Why some of us HATE Nokia!” Yes, at MyNokiaBlog, we are fair like that. For those of us that Love Nokia, that 2:05 minute video was great and brought back a lot of fond memories. Because of those memories…here it is again…saving you time from having to scroll back up just to see it again.
YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXXsfP1mpig I can’t be the only person with a fond memory of Nokia…etched in my mind and as the song said…in my heart. What is your story? Let us know in the comments section below. Have a great day everyone and as always, thank you for choosing MyNokiaBlog, Deaconclgi
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| Pocketnow share their favorite shots taken with the Lumia1020. Posted: 29 Jul 2013 11:26 AM PDT PocketNow’s Michael Fisher doesn’t hide his love for the Lumia 920′s camera skills in his articles, in fact he carries it as his daily driver sometimes and he preferred it over the Galaxy S4 active for his vacation on the beach, he loved the pictures he took with it that he bragged about them last month
Much like all Nokia camera phones, after a while you’ll get an idea of how to capture great pictures, and it seems Michael Fisher has adapted to the new Lumia 1020 as PocketNow just published an article about their favorite shots using the Lumia 1020. (spoiler: they look terrific)
I’m very glad that the Lumia 1020 pictures impressed Michael so much that he had to do a post about them, though don’t take my word for it check out the rest of them on Pocketnow.com |
| Lumia 1020 ads on a roll second decent TV commercial from WindowsPhone Posted: 29 Jul 2013 09:19 AM PDT The Lumia 1020 seems to be on a roll with decent tv ads. It speaks clearly about the Lumia 1020 features. The video states it’s the first smartphone that puts the camera first, then goes on to show it through two amazing zooms. Nokia has always been horrible with ads focusing on UNKNOWN people with almost no screen time for their actual phones. This ad takes a different path than one of Nokia’s more recent adverts, the “Don’t flash Amaze” campaign showing off the Lumia 925′s low light performance; although it was bashing the iPhone 5′s low light capabilities, it’s never a nice idea to show too much of your competitors phones in your own products right? Anyways I’m glad At&t & Microsoft are doing a better job at it, their last ad was good too.
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| Stunning Nokia Lumia 1020 pictures from Topolino70 and Belfiore Posted: 29 Jul 2013 08:36 AM PDT
We’ve showcased Topolino70 (Tommi Vainionpää)’s work for many years, marvelling at how he pushed the likes of the N8 and then 808. Here he is again along with ‘Green Button‘ (JoeBelfiore and family?) to show us some beautiful photos. With cameraphones like the N8/808/1020, they take great pictures in Auto, and you don’t have to be a pro photographer to take good shots. But those with a good eye can really push them to the limit. http://www.flickr.com/photos/topolino70/with/9370172806/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/belfiore/sets/72157634793218731/
cheers AlOnE89 for the tip! |
| Nokia ‘Treasure Tag’ Lumia accessory could stop you ever losing your keys Posted: 29 Jul 2013 05:29 AM PDT
This reminds me somewhat of that indoor location tag Nokia had at one of their last Nokia Worlds. The Verge reports that Nokia will be officially releasing this accessory which combines bluetooth and NFC to track items from a phone (except this doesn’t seem to require additional sensors placed in the room itself). The app can display the location of the item on a map which even includes Nokia’s augmented reality viewer, LiveSight. If the phone is missing, you can hold down a key of a tagged sensor (or use the ‘Find my Windows Phone web service) which will make the phone alert when in range. The battery of these Treasure Tag units is said to last 6 months when left constantly on over that low powered BT 4.0. The amber update activates BT4.0 in Lumias. Source: TheVerge Via: Reddit |
| Nokia Amber PR2.0 Lumia Update Changelog Posted: 29 Jul 2013 03:27 AM PDT
This is apparently the full changelog for the Nokia Amber update (v3047.0000.1328.xxxx for the Nokia Lumia 920). ETA? Unknown really. I thought it was July but apparently next month. NEW FEATURES
Software Amber is the addition of Nokia, which is referenced GDR2 software from Microsoft.Below is a list of amendments in GDR2.
Source: nokiawindowsphone.pl/ Cheers Michal for the tip! |
| Microsoft fights old mistakes, slows down Nokia? #rant + Important news Posted: 28 Jul 2013 11:57 PM PDT
Windows Phone is a Microsoft product that has an amazing vision of what a smartphone should be, not restricted by the common features that other smartphones have, it goes for a different target audience and experience so it operates differently. And so to understand why this vision is slightly misguided and needs to change. I’ll discuss how Nokia fits in Windows Phone and Why Microsoft is slowing Nokia down instead of give it a boost up. This article is not backed by facts, it’s a personal observation of facts . Microsoft Windows the versatile OS. Microsoft Windows is an OS that is hardware independent; It relies on drivers to run pretty much any hardware. Today people might marvel at the versatility of Android. Windows users take that versatility for granted; they don’t even think of it as a feature.
That versatility of Windows helped it build an unrivaled base of applications and hardware and lots of peripherals .
Your experience may differ. This was basically the end result of being hardware independent, your experience will always be different and not in a good way. It’s funny how Androids have this problem now. Android is Windows 10 years ago in terms of maturity. Advanced users would suffer to create a fluid experience and the rest will try their luck perhaps getting stuck with a bundled software or an annoying resources consuming IE toolbar. The fact that the hardware was different Microsoft couldn’t offer a common experience as some hardware couldn’t take it, MS even tried to force people into upgrading their machines but everybody hates Vista enough to know that this didn’t work out. BUT this is about Windows Phone and Nokia so that’ll be enough about Windows for now…
Windows Phone is the ANTI Windows. You see Windows Phone was Microsoft’s first stab at controlling the end experience; it’s the Nexus of Androids if you may.
Even in the way it operates
Nokia wants to play with WP. At the time WP7 was born, Nokia was shopping for a new OS or an “ECOSYSTEM” When Nokia got on the MS train the first thing it asked was to play around with the code! Right off the bat Nokia destroyed the very first thing Microsoft was aiming for, they wanted a perfect code where no one missed around so they’d have a fluid experience. Nokia had to push WP in the other direction. Nokia pushed the WP team to implement many things that they weren’t even considering (not yet anyways) they did so because of how fully featured Symbian is compared to WP, Nokia stood to lose its user base completely. So WP had to change for Nokia’s sake. Nokia had every right to demand basic features in WP. But WP wanted to be different from your average smart phone. It doesn’t care about geeky features OR the emerging markets with little to no internet connections. It cares about a tidy code and a social/grown up experience that is constantly connected to the internet and the cloud.
Nokia demands lower price points. There’s just no denying how well the Lumia 710 sold in comparison to all the other WP7 Lumias that came along with it. Hardware differences were non-existent. It was way cheaper than the 800/900 with the later offering a bigger screen in the same resolution which meant the PPI on the 710 was actually better than the flagship ! With low sales, Nokia pushed for an even lower price point, so it had to use 256 of RAM in a series of ironically successful phones: the Lumia 610 and the Lumia 510. both phones had major compatibility issues with apps (due to their low memory) And Microsoft yet again had to adapt to different hardware and still make sure the end experience wasn’t totally horrible. You can say that WP8 was successful of creating a great experience on low end hardware. But the fragmentation caused by WP8 upgrade was too drastic.
Nokia is running on all gears in WP8. Nokia not worried about the OS for once began focusing on hardware: Advanced camera technologies like OIS and special audio capturing mics (will record in mono until the Amber update), huge sensors like the Lumia 1020, wireless charging without a case for 920/928 & snap on covers for almost all the other Lumias except the 520/521, and the super sensitive touch for almost all lumias except the 620.
Even on the software front, Nokia is troubling Microsoft as their imaging apps are so amazing, other OEMs running WP has nothing to compete with it in return:
The Nokia collection has 60+ apps most of them are still exclusive to Lumias. Microsoft in return didn’t deliver any software update on time, it actually destroyed the Lumia 920 launch. ( any user of the Lumia 920 would tell that its software was RUSHED, even my Lumia 720 operates better than my Lumia 920 !!!) Microsoft is slowing Nokia down because Nokia isn’t interested in WP’s advancement for all OEMs. It’s creating a skinless skin if you will.
Nokia’s profit margins comes from a diverse profile. Ever wondered why Nokia created so many phones back in the day ? Why 20+ phones a year at some point?. It’s all about supply and demand , not yours but Nokia’s. Instead of being forced in a demand for certain parts, it smartly created many phones that had different components so it wouldn’t be in a week position to negotiate prices. To clarify this further, I’ll take displays as a THEORETICAL example: See the Lumia 620 has a strange 3.8″ screen size, but it was launched at times where 4″ screens were a low end standard = high in demand = possibly higher prices. This meant that a manufacturer that created a 3.8″ screen would either sell it for dirt to a Chinese OEM or sell it for cheap for Nokia . The new Lumia 625 uses a 4.7″ screen just when every other OEM started pumping low end phones with 5″ displays. *important note: the above is a personal conclusion and is not backed by hard facts , its just an observation.
Microsoft however wanted to focus on each phone. Microsoft wanted to control every phone , it wanted to dictate the experience as I stated before and while it successfully managed to create amazing low end phones experience it just can’t keep up with Nokia’s pace and the fact that they started outsourcing some of the update process to OEMs shows that.
A new updates nightmare. You see, Microsoft is currently writing 3 updates !!! Its debugging GDR2 and perfecting it which seems to have a nasty phone bricking bug. It’s writing GDR3 that supports high end hardware like 1080p screens, and finally it’s writing Blue, a major WP redesign. And while this might sound like a good thing … Its not !!! By the time GDR2 reaches all Nokia WP phones it’ll be at least 2 months from now (due to branding & localization). which is the scheduled time frame for GDR3 !!! Developers will have to deal with 3 system updates! GDR1 phones, GDR2 phones and the new GDR3 phones! Some people would defend Microsoft by saying they didn’t give shipping dates for updates, the rule of thumb for updates is: if users were too eager to get it, you’re already late on your update.
Windows Phone is not playing with Windows. Windows Phone doesn’t have the synergy that you’d expect from a shared kernel with Windows. It doesn’t even do so with the ARM based Windows RT. I would think that once I had a shared Microsoft account, a Windows 8 will add my Windows Phone to the devices charm or to the share charm and I could interact with it in a meaningfully connected way. This didn’t happen. Not beyond the calendar and contacts. Microsoft is missing an amazing opportunity to create unique experiences. Instead they’re focusing on Xbox more than they’re doing on their OSes. The fact that they released Smart Glass to Android, is really sad and weird. Google have all but limited WP in every service it offers. Why Microsoft is not doing the same, I have no idea. Success of Windows Phone can create the now unrealistic experience later. This article has set off to say one thing. Windows Phone will have to stray away from its roots to be successful. It’s sad but it seems the world isn’t ready yet to accept the sacrifices WP demands in order to give you a first world specific fluid experience. And the more Microsoft delays that change, Nokia and Microsoft will have a horrible times in the future ahead. I don’t know what Blue will bring. What I do know that iOS has evolved and will continue to do so. Android will drop the old kernel that was slowing it down and break out of his bottleneck situation in Android 5.0 and with the amazing hardware it allocated it might outrun WP for ever. “This post is open to any form of correction and improvement.” this not an article to bash on Microsoft’s or Nokia’s decision, its an explanatory piece based on PERSONAL observations.
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