08 May 2012

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Nokia 603 and Nokia Lumia 610 NFC get Mastercard Paypass Certified

Posted: 07 May 2012 04:00 PM PDT

 

The Nokia 603 and the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC have both received Mastercard Paypass certification. This provides

‘consumers with devices capable of making fast, secure contactless payments at hundreds of thousands of PayPass merchant locations around the globe.’

http://engadget.com/2012/05/03/mastercard-paypass-ready-certifies-17-phones/

Nokia is honored that the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC will be one the world’s first smartphones to include MasterCard’s PayPass Ready brand mark,” said Andrea Bacioccola, NFC Lead Program Manager, Nokia. “This sends a clear message to operators, banks and other service providers that Nokia is able to quickly enable their payment services on this smartphone

By working closely with standards bodies including EMVCo and the NFC Forum, MasterCard continues to lead the industry in testing and certification processes for mobile payment devices. Devices certified by MasterCard go through a rigorous testing process by a MasterCard-accredited laboratory to ensure devices are functionally reliable and interoperable.

“In the near future, millions of phones will ship with NFC technology embedded within them. The new PayPass Ready identifier will help consumers make informed device purchasing decisions by providing a visual mark that indicates devices are certified to make simple, smart and secure payments via the MasterCard PayPass network,” said Mung Ki Woo, group executive, Mobile at MasterCard.

Source: engadget.com

Cheers Prashant for the tip!

GSMArena: RIM’S BB10 OS screenshots…Nokia N9′s Swipe UI?

Posted: 07 May 2012 10:13 AM PDT

Over at GSM Arena, they’re looking at the new BB10 screenshots and reckon it looks like the N9 Swipe UI. It kinda looks like Samsung tried to touchwiz-up Swipe UI :/

By the looks of it the new OS looks and behaves very much like the Swipe UI found on the MeeGo-running Nokia N9.

Here we've laid out a comparison between the UI on the N9 and the one on the BB10 device from the leaked image. Looks very similar, doesn't it? The first screen is the app launcher, a swipe to the left reveals the task manager, while a swipe to the right will take you to the unified notifications screen.

http://blog.gsmarena.com/rim-internal-documents-leak-show-more-of-blackberry-10s-os/

 

Source: GSMArena - CrackBerry

Cheers KF for the tip

Nokia 808 PureView confirmed to not be coming to Australia

Posted: 07 May 2012 08:14 AM PDT

Some upsetting news has just come up on my screen. CNet Australia has put up an article saying that the 808 will not be coming down under. I can’t say I am surprised, but it would have been nice. It is clear that Nokia Australia want to focus on the Lumia portfolio, as mentioned in the launch I attended in February.

The official statement from Nokia is as follows

We’re not bringing the PureView 808 to Australia; our smartphone focus is on Nokia with Windows Phone, which we believe is the best fit for this market. You’ll see variations of PureView imaging technology delivered to several Nokia products in the future

Source: CNet Australia

Michael

Part 1: Transcript Nokia AGM: Stephen Elop on Skype (Updated with Video)

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:40 AM PDT

 

 

I got contacted by John, communications director with Nokia in Espoo. John had a video of Stephen Elop’s actual comments about Skype.

There was some confusion that day from another source that ended up with a different conclusion from the meeting. Our reader Janne tried to clear it up in a post below.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/05/04/mnb-reader-generated-fact-checking-what-was-said-at-nokia-agm/

The only thing that could possibly really clear it up would be perhaps other attendees confirming what happened or possibly the video of the AGM meeting. This is the transcript (Verbatim) of the video that is currently rendering. Looking at Janne’s write up and the transcript, this seems more in line, no?

 

 

Update: Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpgYc2MRE_Q

Stephen Elop: So, thank you for your question about Skype. Indeed, Microsoft did buy the Skype company as part of the ecosystem that comes with Windows Phone and Windows and so forth, so that's quite correct. The feedback from operators is they don't like Skype, of course, because for those operators who have a traditional wire-line business, traditional telephone business, it could take away from revenues.

And, so what MSFT has done – and we've been part of these conversations as well with operators – is as you correctly say, if operator doesn't want Skype installed on a Windows Phone from Nokia or any other company, then the operator can make that decision.

Now, you're right: it can be circumvented. But of course it's on all Android devices, it's on iPhone devices, it's on iPad, it's on all of those devices. So in fact what we're doing with the operators is turning it around into an advantage. Instead of them just complaining about Skype on Android or Skype on iPhone, with Microsoft and Nokia, we can have a conversation that says "ok there, is this Skype thing, is there a different type of partnership we can do that recognizes that voice over IP like Skype is coming no matter what, but maybe we can do something creative that generates incremental revenue for you." Some operators are looking at bundling Lumia, Skype and their own services with higher-bandwidth allotments to actually charge the consumer more and generate more revenue for them. So by actually controlling the Skype asset, we can begin a conversation about how we can have a better Skype-based relationship, which was impossible for operators to do before. So it's actually quite a bit more advanced than whether operators like or don't like Skype; they actually want to engage in a conversation about what does this mean and how could we do something that we couldn't do before. Thank you.

Cheers John for the tip!

Nokia 808 PureView listing at Amazon UK

Posted: 07 May 2012 05:17 AM PDT

The Nokia 808 PureView is listed on Amazon UK. Temporarily out of stock at priced at £695.03 though you can ignore that price as I’d expect it to be lower

www.amazon.co.uk

Here is a sub 500EUR listing (402GBP). Hopefully UK prices will be nearer this.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/04/12/nokia-808-pureview-at-notebooksbilliger-498-99eur411gbp/

Cheers Metro for the tip

Video: Nokia Mail for Exchange for Asha 302 and Asha 303 available at Nokia Beta Labs

Posted: 07 May 2012 04:56 AM PDT

Quick heads up again (argh Revision), Nokia MfE for S40! Sync email as well as contacts (complete with pictures). Before it heads on over to Nokia Store you can find it at Beta Labs. Link in the description below.

Nokia Mail for Exchange for Series 40 Asha http://nokia.ly/IQDhkI is a mobile email application that utilizes widely used Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol. This protocol enables Email, Calendar and Contact data synchronization between compatible Nokia Asha phones and Microsoft® Exchange servers.

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Nokia Asha 303 firmware update to v.14.60.

Posted: 07 May 2012 03:02 AM PDT

Another quick heads up:

Nokia Asha 303 has a software update to v.14.60.

The translation says ‘bringing more stability, update applications and improved features.’

Source: Nokiatividade via ST

Cheers KF for the tip!

Nokia Lumia 610 available in Malaysia

Posted: 07 May 2012 02:55 AM PDT

Quick heads up: The Nokia Lumia 610 is available in Malaysia. Just over a week ago it was available in the Philippines. I’m not sure of all the countries where this is available, but it needs to be unleashed everywhere. It’s a very well priced budget smartphone – one that could really help boost sales of Lumia.

Source: WPCentral

Cheers Prashant for the tip!

Lumiappaday #174: Totemo demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Posted: 07 May 2012 01:39 AM PDT

Totemo is a cross platform puzzle game. As you can guess, there is a Totem Pole/Shaman theme. The aim of the game is to release/guide the spirits. Basically match things. Some spirits need to be paired (And can only be paired with those on the same vertical or horizontal axis). They may only need one or they may need three. There might be more aspects to this – I only showed some a few levels in the demo.

I like the look and the gameplay a lot. Definitely worth giving a go in the trial to see if you’ll like it too.

#174) Totemo 

Price:  £1.49

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-gb/apps/8640892d-15b0-4b03-af45-1f90cda968ec

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRotxpTlVMU

Developer Blurb:

 

Unloose the spirit, break the spell in a unique puzzle game.

 

Uncover the mystery hidden between the realms in a unique puzzle game. Travel to enchanted places of the past with your witch doctor guide and solve over 100 logic tasks.

 

Play at your own pace. Think hard and weight carefully your next move, or just stroke your moves intuitively and let the solution emerge in front of your eyes.

 

Play the survival mode for extra challenge, make your stand against the time and write your name into the on-line leaderboards.

Rating:

Design: 8

Usability: 9

Performance: 9

Price: 9

Screenshots: Wazzap on N9

Posted: 06 May 2012 09:46 PM PDT

Arie from EverythingN9 tipped me in that they have gotten an exclusive to demo Wazzap on their N9. I am quite jealous.

http://everythingn9.com/world-first-wazzap-for-the-nokia-n9/

They have posted up screenshots of the app UI. It looks quite good. I think I like it better than the official version. Take a look at the screenshots below.

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Arie says the app;

works flawlessly, and is pretty cool. It does everything the basic whatsapp client does. There is definitely a lot of work TGalal has put in to porting this app. I am impressed by the app and tgalal deserves all the credit. Future updates will get group convos, picture sending, and video sending.

I am looking forward to its public release, which should be soon. Keep your eye on MNB for the latest.

Michael

Source: EverythingN9
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