My Nokia Blog

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• Video: Instagram for Windows Phone with 6tag, demo of insta-video
• Chris Weber said to confirm Instagram for Nokia Lumia WP; Nokia’s aims for taking Samsung’s top spot
• 41MP Nokia Lumia 1020 coming to Rogers Canada for October
• GDR3 coming with notification centre and “Appetite”?
• How to take the perfect photo with less shots & Nokia Pro Cam
• Video: Finnish Marching Band filmed on Nokia Lumia 925
• Enrique Iglesias thanks Nokia for their support in Turn the Night up Video starring Lumia 925
• Video: Nokia HERE Maps bringing Map Data to life – improving road safety
• Delta Airlines chooses 19,000 Nokia Lumia 820s for use by their Flight Attendants – comes with Card Swipe accessory
• Don’t Fight, Switch to Lumia Part II

Video: Instagram for Windows Phone with 6tag, demo of insta-video Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:45 PM PDT   Unlike other third party Instagram applications, 6tag is said to be supported by Instagram. It’s pretty cool to see 6tag on video demoed by Michael Fisher as I wasn’t aware of the other cool stuff it did, despite having downloaded it yesterday morning. 6tag has more filters on top of the official instagram filters as well as the ability to upload video. You can also see it next to Instance. pocketnowvideo

Chris Weber said to confirm Instagram for Nokia Lumia WP; Nokia’s aims for taking Samsung’s top spot Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:21 PM PDT   BangkokPost has been speaking to Nokia’s Chris Weber who has spilled the beans on Instagram for WP. Not that Nokia Geeks like us care since we have various alternatives (the most recent to the store being the awesome 6tag) but for regular Joe, having the official app there may be comforting. Plus it’s an easier sell to say “yes, it has instagram” vs “yes you can publish on instagram using these other apps”. The post is prevocatively titled, “Nokia plots to take Samsung’s top spot”. A few years ago, the reverse was said by Samsung of Nokia. A comeback of such magnitude whilst theoretically not impossible is unlikely at this point. But we can all hope and it’s always good to aim high eh? :p Source: BangkokPost Cheers Viipottaja for the tip!

41MP Nokia Lumia 1020 coming to Rogers Canada for October Posted: 22 Aug 2013 04:05 PM PDT Canadian mobile site, MobileSyrup reports that the Nokia Lumia 1020 is heading to Canada and it might be exclusive to Rogers, the ‘flagship WP8 carrier’. This is said to be due in October. Erm, I think someone needs to hurry up and get the 1020 out to as many people as possible around the world please. Source: MobileSyrup Thanks mike o for the tip!

GDR3 coming with notification centre and “Appetite”? Posted: 22 Aug 2013 01:23 PM PDT not the actual notification centre, just for thumbnail purposes   It’s there, it isn’t there, who knows? TO the dismay of Nokia Lumia fans, the notification centre that MS said they were working on but didn’t implement in time for WP8 was supposedly pushed back to Blue instead of GDR3. But now it’s supposedly there again according to tests being undertaken on GDR3 in India. We have more to add ourselves as we heard through whispers whilst in New York from “people in the know” whilst complaining about Notification centre to “Watch out for October”. Now with a Nokia event expected at the end of September, it would be good timing to announce some GDR3 devices. I’m not sure if there’s been a concrete date yet for the GDR3 announcement but I guess Nokia can’t be showing GDR3 goodness before its released. What could the “appetite” feature be? Source: NPU Cheers Viipottaja for the tip!

How to take the perfect photo with less shots & Nokia Pro Cam Posted: 22 Aug 2013 01:19 PM PDT Digital Photography is hard, it involves so many hardware & software inconsistencies that make learning it, a very time consuming job. Luckily Nokia’s hardware is the best out there for “mobile” digital photography so the rest will be up to the software or what Nokia calls it: Nokia Pro Cam: It comes preloaded on the Lumia 1020 and just got released to all Lumia 92x phones that have the “Amber/GDR2″ update and it is a huge step toward making digital photography easier. Its UI is easy and very cooperative with lots of tricks that make the experience a lot more easier, an interactive manual for every setting is available right in the app with a handy dictionary explaining photography jargon to get you started. But even with Nokia Pro Cam’s ability to preview end results, and its cute little red warnings that your picture may become ruined. It might still be over whelming for some to get the best shot of their subjects, and this is where this article comes into play through this step by step procedure: Take a photo in Auto mode, personally I discourage using flash, focus assist comes in handy if you’re shooting a night time closeup but otherwise its useless and irritating to everyone. Be sure to use a Framing Grid, the option is located at “…” > Settings > Framing Grid. Rule of thirds is a very attractive grid and its the most recommended. In this procedure we’ll take two or more shots so when you frame your shot make sure to use the grid as a frame of reference for the next shot (so you wouldn’t get a different scene in the next photo) Don’t go for subject-less shots almost no one wants to look at your backyard for the sake of it, your subject doesn’t have to be beautiful but it has to be a little bit meaningful. Examine the reasons why you hate the picture? too much light? underexposed? too blurry? too noisy?screwed up colors? and so on. Open that photo in Nokia Pro Cam, and click on the 3 dots “…” then choose “PICTURE INFO” Look for two values in particular : Shutter Speed, ISO. Open Nokia Pro Cam and take a new picture using the same settings auto suggested and then change the value related to your problem to your liking.  (Don’t use auto mode again in the next picture instead mimic the data found in your picture info. because auto mode can spit out different results) Solving common problems: If your photo turned out blurry let the shutter speed be faster eliminating the chances of hand shakes. ( don’t change values radically a 1/8 shutter speed is very different from a 1/4 shutter speed.) If your photo is very dark and/or noisy try putting some effort in a home made rig that holds your phone still, Nokia thought of your input shaking the camera so it made a delayed shutter button option Nokia Pro Cam > … > Shutter delay. This way you could set the shutter time for 4s without creating unwanted shadows or light trails. If you want a long exposure photo (traffic light trails) but there’s too much street light your picture could become over exposed, use the lowest ISO setting possible, to have a darker result use a sun glasses over the lens to reduce the light even further. If your problem is an over exposed portion of the pic try leaving all the settings the same as auto but dial down exposure compensation. (works great for shooting the moon and other light based subjects like city lights.) If your subject isn’t standing out in your picture, use the same settings but with manual focus, and if you have too many subjects just use the infinity focus (its the infinity sign in the manual focus dial) this mode will work great for group/kids photo setting because you’ll not have to wait for a focus lock. If you want extreme close up use the manual focus dial and try not to move your phone out of focus by accident. If your daylight pictures are a little blurry for your liking, make sure to use (infinity) in your manual focus dial, also try  to limit your handshakes and use a very fast shutter speed. If colors are not accurate change the white balance to the most accurate setting.  If you want to create an amazing long shutter image with your friends consider forcing flash to get your friends body (the room should be dark) and then let him go crazy with a light source anything from a led light to a full light saber. ( this way you get your friend’s pic and the cool light effects with it)  Try to take advantage of your miss advantage in some situations, some neat stuff pics could be had by being a little bit creative CLEAN YOUR LENS, solves most problems specially at night.     Disclaimer: All the photos above were taken in a pre-amber Lumia 920, they were taken using Proshot App which has almost all of the advantages the Nokia Pro Cam offers now and some more too. If you’re interested in the full versions of the above pictures click here. I’ll try to answer any photography questions in the comments to the best of my ability and if the question is hard but interesting enough, I’ll try pass it on to some friends who do know what they’re talking about. Thanks for reading and have a good day.

Video: Finnish Marching Band filmed on Nokia Lumia 925 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:46 AM PDT They’re all so very blond and blue eyed I found this clip on my laptop of a Marching band that appeared whilst we were in Helsinki. The sound quality is pretty awesome and that stabilisation is working a treat for a hand held video (it’s so steady!). This reminds me that I’ve still got tonnes of videos from the 925 on the day we went to Suomenlinna, Sea Fortress. They’re on my external hard drive which I haven’t got at the moment (swiping some library WiFi cos my three SIM is a waste of money getting zero internet). There was a funny incident actually the day before when we thought there was a statue (dressed similarly like the guys above) standing outside a building. At first we thought it was real but as we got closer, the face looked too perfect/shiny and concluded it was a statue. Jason and I ran to it for a photo op only for the armed statue to strike a defensive STOP position. Holy Moly that was a scare and a half! Everyone else found our shock and wussiness hilarious.

Enrique Iglesias thanks Nokia for their support in Turn the Night up Video starring Lumia 925 Posted: 22 Aug 2013 11:25 AM PDT Famous pop star/celeb and also son of Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias’ Fan Page on Facebook which has 32M fans, sends a thanks message out to Nokia for their support in the ‘Turn the Night Up” video where you spotted the Nokia Lumia 925. https://www.facebook.com/Enrique/posts/10151674962643124 via Nokia Facebook Hopefully that ‘support’ did not cost too much, though it’s always worth getting yourself out there in placements. 1020 ones would be awesome due to that stellar 41mp camera that none of the competition offers.

Video: Nokia HERE Maps bringing Map Data to life – improving road safety Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:43 AM PDT   Here’s Myriam Joire looking at how Nokia brings HERE Maps data to life. Check out how Nokia can use this data to work out breaking points of cars as they take bends in roads, which can be used to improve safety on the road.  The company’s researchers are also using anonymous smartphone, PND and even CAN bus data to further our understanding of traffic flow and driver behavior in different conditions. Beyond improving maps and navigation, the goal is to make our roads better and cars smarter. Here’s another post showing Nokia HERE Maps taking data on board in a different way from their own vehicles. Here’s a post about Here Maps coming to life with living cities. Source: Engadget Cheers ms.nokia for the tip!

Delta Airlines chooses 19,000 Nokia Lumia 820s for use by their Flight Attendants – comes with Card Swipe accessory Posted: 22 Aug 2013 10:35 AM PDT NokConv reports that Delta Airlines have chosen to go with Nokia Lumia 820s to give their 19,000 flight attendants. This can be used to improve on board payments (note the card swipe thing pictures above) and to ‘improve the experience for customers’. As well as card transactions with emailed receipts, Delta flight attendants can also use the 820s to read coupons on the screens of customer’s mobile device. Source: NokConv Via: WPC Cheers Viipottaja for the tip!

Don’t Fight, Switch to Lumia Part II Posted: 22 Aug 2013 07:01 AM PDT A while back Microsoft made a video advert that went viral, pitting Android fans against Apple lovers at a wedding reception. Well they’ve done it again, this time at a school play (with slightly less violence), but once again it’s pretty damn funny! https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2vR4LeL0yzE What do you guys think? Is this another viral video in the making?

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