12 June 2012

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My Nokia Blog

Video: 17 minutes with Nokia 808 PureView (Italian)

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 04:08 PM PDT

A new day a new video with the Nokia 808 PureView.

Brush up on your Italian to fully appreciate this 17 minute demo.

Favoloso.

The browser concerns me a little. Why does the Asha 311 demo of browser look smoother than the one shown here :/.

Accompanying sample video:

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Cheers Jill for the tip!

So here’s Nokia Maps 3D…in iOS

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 01:12 PM PDT

We were absolutely astonished and so proud to see Nokia Maps 3D’s mind blowing photorealistic 3D maps. It was unlike anything we had seen before. We begged for it to appear in mobile devices. Did it? No.

Later we heard that the future was rather bleak given that Apple had gone and acquired C3 – the folks behind the 3D coolness of Nokia Maps 3D.

http://mynokiablog.com/2011/10/31/now-apple-owns-c3-the-folks-behind-nokia-maps-3d-what-happens-now/

Today, Apple announced iOS 6, from their ’200′ features includes a slap to both google and Nokia’s face. Apple as expected is going their own route with navigation and is doing it with some style. You would not expect anything less from them. Every time they enter something they have a purpose about them and they do deliver something just that little bit extra.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/11/3076745/apple-maps-google-maps-replacement

:/ Three cheers again for Nokia. You see good ideas here first and then Apple and friends will see that to market and make it popular!

Lumiappaday #209: TIME Mobile demoed on the Nokia Lumia 800

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Randomly came across this app from App Highlights (Nokia Collection). It’s TIME Mobile, a pretty decent news app, free for your Lumia.

#209) TIME Mobile 

Price:  Free

Link:  http://www.windowsphone.com/en-GB/apps/6e9f62b3-3a78-4378-9181-cf107753e21e

Video:

 

Developer Blurb:

Reading TIME’s trusted journalism anytime, anywhere just got easier for Windows Phone users.  Get the latest news, read opinion and analysis from TIME influential bloggers, and browse through award-winning photography and TIME’s hugely popular lists.

 

Rating:

Design: 8

Usability: 8

Performance: 8

Price: 10

Press Release: Seton Hall University provides Nokia Lumia 900 to incoming freshmen

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:34 PM PDT

 Seton Hall University freshmen are all getting Nokia Lumia 900s.

Now before we here the whingers cry that Nokia are having to give away phones, it’s not at all a new thing for university students to be getting ‘free’ devices. Leeds Uni gave away free iPhones to Med students, according to my housemate who’s sister goes there. Manchester Uni started a project last year that now means my colleagues and I in med school will be getting a free iPad. Supposedly they will be tools of ‘learning’.

Seton Hall’s mobile computing initiative means the entire class of 2016 gets a WP7.5 Lumia 900 that will also apparently ‘enhance the student experience’. The school already has existing Windows infrastructure to expand into as well as a SHU app.

I think that’s a pretty awesome project. Freebies are always welcome and it’s good exposure for the brand. Perhaps in the next cycle we’ll see Windows 8 Nokia tablets being given away. This definitely needs to happen if Nokia/MS want to stop the march of iOS everywhere. Deep integration with current Windows Systems is still a big advantage.

What about getting a small art photography/film/band class some PureViews, huh? :D

Seton Hall University provides Nokia Lumia 900 to incoming freshmen

Nokia’s Windows Phone smartphone on AT&T extends the Academic Learning Environment

Orlando, FL – Nokia, AT&T, Microsoft and Seton Hall University announced today a step forward in Seton Hall’s Mobile Computing Initiative, whereby all incoming freshmen will receive a Nokia Lumia 900 each for extensive use across the University. The entire class of 2016 will receive a Nokia Lumia 900 powered by the Windows Phone 7.5 operating system, to support the university’s mission of providing state of the art technology tools to enhance the student experience and prepare students for success in a rapidly changing world.

Since 1997, Seton Hall has provided mobile technology to its students and faculty to support the integration of technology into the curriculum. Enhancing the University’s philosophy of open-ended exploration, students discover new opportunities for learning with mobile computing, sharing ideas and collaborating with peers and faculty while learning how to utilize technology effectively in their academic professional and personal lives. Mobile technology provides a means of enhancing all aspects of university life, and encourages students to engage with each other and the university community from orientation through graduation.

“Nokia has a long history of innovation and their partnership with Microsoft allows us to extend the core academic and community resources of the University into the pocket of our students,” noted David Middleton, Executive Director, Center for Mobile Research and Innovation, and Assistant Vice President of Administration at Seton Hall University. “By providing our new incoming students with the Nokia Lumia 900, Seton Hall University can expand our existing Windows services and infrastructure while providing a unique, high quality, dynamic and engaging mobile experience.”

All Seton Hall students have access to SHUmobile, an app available across multiple platforms that provides access to campus news feeds, directories and maps. However, Seton Hall freshmen will have access to a custom Freshmen Experience component of this app exclusive to the Lumia 900.  This personalized element adds customized social media integration and direct communication channels with their freshmen peers, peer academic advisors, housing information and roommates. Additionally, the University will leverage Nokia Data Gathering, recently made available for Windows Phone, to communicate with the incoming freshmen beginning this summer by conducting polls, providing information to help students prepare for college and to learn how  the Lumia 900 and other technologies are being used.

“Mobile technology has become ubiquitous and pervasive, but we are just beginning to understand the breadth of its impact across campus. Smartphone use in higher education has tended to rely on finding a specific app to fulfill a specific curricular purpose. With the close collaboration between Nokia and Microsoft on the Lumia 900, the phone itself takes center stage” added Michael Taylor, Academic Director, Center for Mobile Research & Innovation.

Professor Taylor explains that the seamless integration of core academic tools such as Microsoft Office increases the opportunity for faculty and students to connect, collaborate, and create. The synthesis of Windows Phone features and Lumia 900 hardware are a natural enhancement to the University’s commitment to teaching and learning with technology.  Utilizing AT&T’s 4G network, these partnerships will help foster new opportunities for learning, content creation and experimentation. Teaching and learning can now take place not just in the classroom but virtually anywhere, providing a more engaged and integrated learning experience.

Nokia provides the business market with a portfolio of compelling, high-quality devices at every price point that meets the needs of people both as consumers and business users. With business productivity tools and applications to ensure that business decision makers and employees have access to the information they need within the framework of a well-governed IT environment and an ecosystem of partners and providers, Nokia ensures the long-term viability of businesses’ IT investments.

Cheers Dan for the tip!

Nokia 808 PureView available at Nokia Flagship Store, Finland, Tomorrow

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 12:11 PM PDT

 

Janne messaged us to say that Finnish folks were getting SMS indicating that their pre-ordered Nokia 808 PureView would be ready for pick up tomorrow.

This is confirmed by users on Finnish forum:

http://www.matkapuhelinfoorumi.fi/f18/nokia-808-pureview-n8-n-seuraaja-41-mpx-69295/index42.html

Cheers Janne for the tip!

Rumours: MS Looked into buying Nokia but walked away; Nokia didn’t want to sell anyway!

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 10:14 AM PDT

I read this post earlier today but I waited around to see if it would be picked up elsewhere and what they’re reaction would be.

The take everyone is getting is that Microsoft looked into buying Nokia but walked away.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/11/microsoft_nokia_merger/ via slashgear

No one seems to want to reiterate the point however that Nokia wasn’t looking to sell anyway.  

 Nokia didn’t want to sell, and Microsoft didn’t want to buy

theregister.co.uk/2012/06/11/microsoft_nokia_merger

So good on that front. Nokia does not want to sell, MS does not want to buy, and according to some resent denials, Samsung doesn’t want Nokia either.

Does it look sad that no one wants to buy Nokia? No not really. Now everyone can go about again on their merry way again until the next set of rumours. Any bets on how many days/weeks before the next ‘will MS buy Nokia’ again? :/.

The sneaky undertone are suggestions that MS should still go and buy Nokia anyway, when Nokia is much cheaper after letting it bleed more. :/ Indeed I’m oversimplifying things but it’s probably better all around if Microsoft did their darnedest to get them and Nokia out of this pickle now. Make sure Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 is successful for all their partners. MS’s aim should be to get to the point where they can drop Nokia because WP is strong enough on its own, and likewise Nokia is strong enough that it doesn’t need MS’s help for their WP line of products. If they are trying to be sneaky and purposefully letting Nokia fail just to make them cheaper in a few years, well, they’re just closing the window of opportunity for themselves. If MS want Nokia that much, well they can have advance tickets to iOS/Androids hurrah party to the death of Microsoft and Nokia.

So how are we to look at things? The Register thinks that Nokia’s come back can’t be judged until we’re into the second cycle later this year, possibly even Apollo. For those who cry about moving goalposts, suck back those tears. We’ve been pretty consistent on looking out for Q3 2012 results too. If Nokia’s WP8/W8 devices suck then, well, adiós. There are good opportunities to be had. The plan/strategies often aren’t what fails Nokia, it’s the world’s worst execution that gets them.

Nokia’s comeback can’t be fairly judged until we’re into the second cycle of products later this year based on Tango – and perhaps even the third, based on Apollo. Elop has already halved the time it takes for Nokia to make a smartphone, simply by shifting to Windows.

theregister.co.uk/2012/06/11/microsoft_nokia_merger

The article ends saying there isn’t room for this third ecosystem. Yet that third ecosystem continues to grow and blossom. Ecosystem consisting not just of apps but the rest of Microsoft’s offerings. Success for Nokia relies on a domino of success of MS’s assets. Continued success of Xbox, Office, Skype, Hotmail, Windows (and other MS products) could mean a very strong ecosystem for Nokia’s Lumia range.

Even if the MS based ecosystem succeeds, it does not immediately guarantee Nokia’s. For one, Nokia’s got strong competition from Samsung – the king of adaptation. If Samsung sniffs success/competition they’ll surely mould themselves around Windows to snuff Nokia out. This is the kind of action Nokia could have and should have done to the upstart iOS and then Android – but of course, in Nokia’s eyes touch screens weren’t going anywhere, right?

What does Nokia need to do? Just focus on producing the best devices and make sure we’re not waiting months and months to buy them. Can they do it? Yes. But each day we wait for Nokia’s hero device is another day that arrow leans closer towards NO.

Source: theregister

Thanks everyone who sent this in!

Nokia Reaction, BH-907 bluetooth headset spotted again on Navifirm

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 09:51 AM PDT

The Nokia Reaction, BH-907 has appeared on navifirm again.

http://mynokiablog.com/2012/04/30/navifirm-leaks-nokia-reaction-bt-headset-rm-568/

This time you can see several updates and variants info.

As previously suspected, BH-907 are bluetooth headsets, possibly successors to the BH-905 (i). Can any of you make anything else out of this?

Cheers Prashant for the tip!

Videos: Amazing Rich Recording Nokia 808 PureView Kivenlahti Rock 2012

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 09:46 AM PDT

 

Let’s take a look at the latest ‘tests’ of the Nokia 808 PureView’s rich recording capabilities.

Video recording is more than just what you see, it’s about what you hear. Rich recording captures the audio around you so truthfully, when you close your eyes, it’s like you’re there.

There are more real life results people are getting from the 808.

It sounds amazing. The uploader noted editing the video beforehand and says there is some loss in quality after the process.

 

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How awkward would it be if you had to bring your DSLR and mic boom. Some gigs don’t even allow folks to bring semi-professional kit, just pocket cams.

Cheers ukko for the tip!

Video: Cool Nokia Asha 311 Swipey Lock Screen/notifications, N9 like gesture for Asha Touch S40

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 03:26 AM PDT

In this short video we take a quick look at the lock screen. In particular the N9 like swiping of the notifications.

In our other demoes, you saw that you can swipe the whole screen away. But you can also swipe directly to your notification, as shown here we went to a message or missed calls.

Pretty neat, no?

Video: Nokia Asha 302 QWERTY promo – “Step It Up! Life with Nokia Asha 302″

Posted: 11 Jun 2012 03:02 AM PDT

Check out this Nokia Asha 302 advert. In promoting the QWERTY candybar they show a fast paced life and how the Asha 302 fits with it.

The way the video is shot and put together, it feels a little bit like the N9Seconds ads no? Short clips spliced together.

It’s a little too fast for me, some bits of the video make me feel nauseous.  I do like how it goes in slow motion when you see the Asha 302, giving the viewer some time to focus on that device. The folks in the video also look young/trendy and the 302 doesn’t look too out of place with them.

It catches me off guard at times that this isn’t part of the E6/E7X lineage, but is actually S40 with QWERTY. It’ll be great to see this continuing with the new S40. Although that is designed for full touch, it is also a very nice S40 touch experience that could bring even more to touch and type as a whole.

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Now gimme some 808 ads please Nokia :)


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