16 July 2012

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My Nokia Blog

Lumiappaday #243: Putt In – Golf demoed on the Nokia Lumia 900

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:07 PM PDT

Simple 3D mini golf type game. Looks decent.

#243) Putt In – Golf 

Price:  Free

Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/77a4a3c9-ed15-e011-9264-00237de2db9e

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_FEKuzkT0g

Developer Blurb:

 Play a round of 18 crazy courses with Putt In – Golf or try your skill on the obstacle or trophy courses.
Upload your scores to the online leaderboard and see how well you’ve done against the rest of the world.
One of the best golf games on the Windows Phone platform!

Now with an additional 18 bonus courses!

Features

* 36 holes!
* Three unique game types
* Realistic physics
* Online leaderboard
* Easy to use controls
* Lush dynamic scenes

Trial version limits online leaderboard and only two courses are playable.

 

Update V1.2
———–
Doubled graphics resolution.
Fixed hiscore download failure.

 

Update V1.3
———–
Added SFX on/off
Added music on/off
Changed icon

 

Update V1.4
———–
Improved in-game frame rate.
Fixed music button disappearing
Changed icon, again

 

Update V2.0
———–
18 fresh new bonus courses!

 

Future Updates
————–
More options so you can play the game you want to play it.

Rating:

Design:  8
Usability: 8
Performance: 8 
Price: 8

Nimbuzz Chat Client now Available for WP

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 12:28 PM PDT

Some prefer whatsapp, others prefer plain old SMS, but there are quite a few that use Nimbuzz; and if you have a Lumia device well so can you, today Nimbuzz for WP went live bringing connectivity with all 98+million users to WP. Personally I’m a whatsapper but Nimbuzz is pretty cool for using other IM networks (MSN & Gtalk) so here’s the link hit it up and enjoy:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/dbff9b0e-7c9d-4914-b56a-9d6052a9a7c2

 

Nokia Pakistan Holding App Event Centered on S40

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 12:18 PM PDT

Here’s a little event one of our readers tipped us off about, Nokia Pakistan are holding an “app summit” where they are supposedly going to discuss developing applications for the S40 platform while showcasing the full touch ashas; specifically the 306, 305&311, along with some pureview fun (Maybe some talks about future Nokia Belle updates?). Anyways since meltemi has “un-officially” been scrapped it’s S40 all the way, hopefully we’ll be seeing more interesting things to come.

Nokia Pakistan Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/416292051751022/

 

Tip of the hat to Sibt Ul Hasnain Ashmal for letting us know about this, cheers :D


Nokia 808 PureView available in South Africa

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 07:37 AM PDT

Quick heads up on something we missed. Over a week ago now, the Nokia 808 PureView was made officially available in South Africa.

Are any of our readers from South Africa now 808 owners (or soon to be?).

Source: Nokia

Cheers Sonny for the tip

Hints of Bluetooth File Transfer and USB Mass Storage/OTG for WP8?

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 05:26 AM PDT

 

When we saw the WP8 developer preview, we were immediately informed that more consumer features would be unveiled at a later point. This isn’t quite official just yet, but a couple of related stories hints that two of the most requested user features by some of our readers appears to be coming.

The pocket-lint post suggests USB mass transfer and hosting capabilities whilst thenextweb article indicates BT file transfer. Neither of these features are anything new to shout about, but they’ll be welcome by those users who are adamant that they cannot use the platform until it has it.

Cheers Manu for the tips!

Qt lead team: Elop has brought lot of fresh ideas how to do things

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 04:22 AM PDT

Here’s a comment from jiipee at our comment section.

Suprise, suprise!

I've got something positive on Elop ;) I already posted this to a blog, but here it comes:
"Don't agree with guys who claim Elop is the worst CEO ever. He has brought lot of fresh ideas how to do things."

https://twitter.com/eeropenttinen/status/224141846354468864

Eero used to be a key person for Qt (eg team lead on Qt for Symbian) and he posted also this earlier:
"@tomiahonen thanks Tomi, we did our best. We gave all we had with best guys to make a dream become true, but now that's over."

@WindowsPhone, get your act together. Toshl Publishing Nightmares (@benthepcguy)

Posted: 15 Jul 2012 01:23 AM PDT

 

Toshl (finance tracking app) is a great app that I first used on Maemo 5, then Symbian and finally Windows Phone. They’re currently on my todo list for lumiappaday.

After taking the time to put their app out to Windows Phone, it is very disheartening to hear they’re having problems publishing their apps to marketplace.

https://toshl.com/blog/why-publishing-on-the-windows-phone-marketplace-is-like-walking-barefoot-on-broken-glass/

I’ve not encountered similar stories yet from other developers so I’m not sure if this is a widespread thing. The ones I’ve heard are Nokia related wp developers who Nokia helped and they’ve had a more pleasant time with Nokia support. MS, with Nokia’s critical help has made Marketplace relevant, boosting its app numbers to over 100,000. Developer support is utterly important for Windows Phone’s success. So much so that they were prepared to throw Nokia under a buss with the WP8/WP7.8 early announcement.

Why make things difficult for your developers too, MS? Perhaps they’re learning too much from Nokia’s book of ‘making everything as difficult for yourself as possible”.

Cheers outdated os for the tip
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