09 November 2012

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Nokia Letting Mall Shoppers Test-Drive Lumia 920s for Free While Shopping

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Lumia-stand-Gruppenfoto

Here’s an interesting new take on advertising, Nokia are opening booths in malls all over Germany, allowing shoppers to stop by and pick up a 920 for their own personal use while they hang out/shop at the mall. Which sounds like a pretty cool way to get potential customers to fall in love with the Lumias design and WP simplicity before taking the plunge, pretty clever!

In more than 15 shopping centers throughout Germany, you have the opportunity to test one of the new Nokia Lumia models extensively and if you like, even for a few hours easy to carry.

Yesterday and today started the tour in Munich, more precisely in the “PEP – Perlacher shopping malls.” What's next, a glance at our long list of upcoming locations.

The handsets will be available in 15 shopping malls on these dates below:

 

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Ke$ha Shows off a Fabulous Yellow 920 in New “Die Young” Music Video

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 11:51 AM PST

Here’s another bit of obvious product placement by Nokia, showing off the gorgeous Yellow Lumia 920 in Ke$ha’s latest music video “Die Young”. The 920 gets a decent amount of screen time, first showing up in some steroid munching bad-boys surprisingly small hands (it makes the phone look huge), then popping up a couple more times while sending a text and just swiping down the home screen.

One of the greatest advantages of the awesome Lumia colors is that they’re almost instantly noticeable, no other phone can stand out and catch your eye lie they do; which is always a good thing. Also is it jut me or does that screen look rendered? does the text in the message seems a bit too large?

If you’re brave enough check out the video down below, my only word of advice to Ke$ha is to stick to auto-tune….. because this sure aint any better.

Thanks for the tip Nabkawe

 

Angry birds Star Wars Launched for WP8, alongside iOS & Android

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 06:47 AM PST

Angry Birds Star Wars

The latest installment of the very Angry birds, Angry Birds Star Wars was officially launched by Rovio today; the latest version of the game covers the birds voyages in what I can only assume is a non-Disney star wars spin-off. The app is available for all WP8 devices right now (sorry all WP7 users :/ , but check out the trailer down below:

The best part about this new release is the fact that the game was released the very same day the Android and iOS versions were released; which is hopefully the start of a new “equality among ecosystems” trend; seeing as the $.99 pricetag was also matched! (note: WP7 users are still awaiting the promised Angry Birds Space).

If you happen to have a WP8 device download the game here:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/angry-birds/7f48eacf-1239-4877-88a4-abe9d3ddfad7

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Cut The Rope Now Available for Windows Phone

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 06:38 AM PST

Cut The Rope has for a long time been one of the largest games on Android and iOS; bringing with it loads of awesome levels, and even more spin-off games such as “Cut The Rope Experiments”. Cut The Rope also appeared on Symbian earlier this year (check out the video review of the Symbian version down below).

Well now Cut The Rope has landed on Windows Phone shores (WP 7.5 & 8), clocking in at a very reasonable $.99; which thankfully is equal to prices on other platforms, shedding the very unfortunate trend of higher prices on WP than other platforms.

Download the link from the QR code/Link below:

http://windowsphone.com/s?appId=4c0cf9f4-31f0-444e-9321-0237d04f6a38

QR: Cut the Rope

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Wazapp for N9 Updated to Version 0.9.12; Major Preformance Updates and New Features

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 06:15 AM PST

Wazapp which is possibly THE most important unofficial client for the N9 has just received a major push bumping it up to version 0.9.12. bringing with it the following updates:

Now using Yowsup!    * Credits page modifications    * Added polish, Ukrainian, Urdo, and Hungarian    * Updated description    * Added first run checks    * Fixed emojify subject when changed after login    * About page adjustments    * Updated notification icons    * Switched to organiser feedback to make use of LED    * Skip loading duplicate conv in db    * Fixed fetching grp subject and picture when added to a group    * Fixed group set picture, that prevented returning to created group conversation    * Fixed group create busy indicator display when tried again after failure    * Fixed setting group subject in Conversation UI once created    * Subject textarea is now disabled while group create is in progress    * Now Handling connectionClosed during group creation    * Fixed destruction of osd_notify when CreateGroup is destroyed    * Fixed disabling of createbutton when all selected participants were removed    * Fixed group set picture, when prevent returning to group when created    * Fixed group create busy indicator display when tried again after failure    * Fixed setting group subject in Conversation UI once created    * Subject textarea is now disabled while group create is in progress    * Fixed profile binding when not a contact    * Fixed default profile picture when not a contact    * Fixed tr string in support page    * Now handling group create error, fixes #157    * Disabled request presence when app loses focus at an active conversation    * Catche exceptions in maskImage    * Adjustments to credits page    * Credit page adjustments    * Updated support icon    * Adding missing ImageButton and wazapp128 icon    * Updated support icon    * Fixed remove button in WAListView    * Disabled send audio recording until its interface is fixed    * When a message is received, getOrCreateConversation instead of getConversation    * Set invisible to BusyIndicator of refreshPics until activated again    * Interface version now propagates to UI    * Connect auth_fail received signal to UI    * Hiding refresh picture button for now    * Enhanced getConversationGroups function, now it's much faster    * Merge with dev 60ea0e0876109b003308bfa482f80b99bfbfb2f5    * missing file from previous commit    * Removed Squircle Mask in chats and contact lists, switched to real squircles    * Now using global defaultPicture variables    * Use enhanced default user and group pictures    * cleaned imports in contacts.py    * Added WAImageProcessor, to which any image processing is delegated    * Removed unused Utilities import in wadebug    * Modified role    * Switched to 128x128 logo    * ImageTextLink buttons are now invertible    * Now using inverted colors for buttons in About    * Switch to a real 128x128 logo in WASupport    * Added enhanced About Page    * Moved About button back to main menu    * Add Support Wazapp Page    * Added color property to GroupSeparator    * Added Tests for new pages    * Added Credits Pages    * Moved items to Column, separator fixies    * If profile picture or contact picture do not exist, fetch it, otherwise ignore refetch    * Contact profile items position fix    * Profile page flickable height fix for toolbar height value    * Group conversation user profile page fix    * Fixed default pictures in main    * Set lastseenon to now when received unavailable for a contact    * + symbol added to number    * SMS compose fix    * Fixed caching of last seen when received during online    * Fixed picture in notification feed for non-contacts    * Fixed emoji display in status and group subject textinputs    * Contact Page improvements    * Media list    * Groups list    * SMS sending fix    * Number displaying fix    * Fixed contact phone picture overwriting profile picture thumbnail    * Now using absolute path to defaultProfilePicture and defaultGroupPicture set in WAConstants    * Fixed #163 Profile Images misbehaviour    * Added WAImageViewer for profile picture viewing, to support realtime updating of the picture    * Now using groupIcon of conversation    * Fixed rebind function in Conversation    * Fixed double calling of getInfo for group    * Cleaned groupProfile code    * Added test page for WAImageViewer    * Removed creation of same default picture for each contact with no picture (duh!)    * Now passing group conversation icon along with conversation data from backend, if exists    * Forced fetching of picture in case it does not exist (deleted) in cache    * Now listening to typing/paused signals    * Fixed emoji regex which resulted on ignoring some emoji    * Added a UI Tests folder to be able to quickly test components    * Fixed GroupSeparator height    * Now passing path to emoji dir as an argument to emoji.openDialog, to set current path to emoji relavent to the textarea which summoned it    * Global.getCode now scans for any images, to support dynamic emoji paths. Should be enhanced though.    * Global.emojify2 is currently best candidate to replace other redundant emojify functions    * Fixed indents in WATextarea    * Fixed last seen issues    * Now using a single source for userstatus (typing/paused)    * Fixed preview not stopping when selected an audio to send    * Fixed chinese support which was broken by new emoji    * Added missing SectionDelegate    * Emoji dialog gets a makeover    * Now using a single emoji dialog instance    * Emoji dialog now handles parsing and insertion into the textfield    * Emojis are now loaded only once, on first demand, increases emoji category switching performace    * Emoji dialog adjusts the number of columns according to current device orientation    * Fixed multiselection in walistview when there are not rendered items    * Now setting BusyIndicator size throuh BusyIndicatorStyle, fixes many warnings thrown at startup    * Fixed sections showing when they contain only no-render items    * Removed BusyIndicator from WAHeader and create a global one in WABusy triggered by setting 'busy' property of a WAPage to true    * Now create group shows a busy indicator    * Fixed groupSubjectChanged signal parameters    * Now sendMessage, changeSubject and changeStatus strip the text first    * Fixed emoji initial emoji insertion on initial status change or group subject changes removing all existing emoji    * Now resetting status in textfield to current one each time settings page is opened    * Now resetting group subject in textfield to current one each time group subject change page is opened    * Merge pull request #151 from CepiPerez/new-issue    * New emoji    * Fixed emoji insertion in GroupSubject and Status Change    * Fixed Group subject change    * Fixed open conversation profile from Chats list when conversation was never opened    * Disabled progress bar in splash screen for now    * rm .gitignore    * Fixed view contact profile initiated from contact list    * Fixed contact data in contact profile    * Fixed notification ringtone selectors    * Fixed playing 'no-focus' notification ringtones initially when the app has never lost focus    * added ContextkitProvider    * added ContextProvider    * added ContextProvider    * Update src/accounts/qtc_packaging/debian_harmattan/control    * Fixed set my profilepicture    * Removed symlink to client    * Catching unicodedecode exception in debug    * Added missing groupprofile js helper file    * Fixed set picture    * Fixed groupParticipants signal args    * Fixed inclusion of client dir to work on windows    * Update src/client/wazapp_init    * Logging in wazapp_init cause incoming messages not receiving    * Update src/client/messagestore.py    * Removed strange utf operations, now export conversation working good for Russian    * Fixed Emoji insertion    * Added norender property if not real contact    * Added landscape supposrt to CreateGroup and GroupProfile, which was removed when moved to walistview    * Now removing self from contacts before passing it to frontend    * Fixed syntax error in invoker execution    * Fixed link checking instead of file checking    * Fixed MCC to Country by C++ (i like c++ much more than qml and python)    * Edit group now uses walistview    * Components now use a unified source for a contact picture    * Added showNotification function for InfoBanner notifications    * Changing profile picture now shows a BusyIndicator while updating    * Group Profile is now instantiated inside group conversation    * Settings is instatiated once in main, instead of new instance on every request    * Dumped the retarted global variables: selectedPicture, selectedGroupPicture, bigProfileImage, and more soon    * myAccount is passed on UI init now    * OnPictureUpdated now updates directly ONLY the related components, instead of having every fucking component listen to a signal    * onGroupParticipants now updates directly related conversation, instead of having all conversations listen to a damn signal, same for onGroupInfo.    * Enhanced WAListView, added more functions    * Created a generic SyncedContactList page to be used in any component instead of rebind contacts over and over again    * Changed Add Participants in create view to use SyncedContactList    * Now checking if there is media.size first before binding    * Resend unsent vcards and location back to working    * Interfacehandlers initial commit    * changed setPicture back to setGroupPicture for groups    * fixed picture changed notification bubble text    * removed unsused imports    * Increased mediabubble width to show size    * Now showing size info on media send/receive    * Now checking if new count is None before incrementing    * Removed setting group picture to default group picture    * Now not explicitly specifiying that picture type should be image    * Replaced setPicture with setMyProfilePicture (takes no jid) and setGroupPicture for groups    * Removed for using newbackend: connengine, exceptions, protocoltreenode,    * Removed unused methods from class Key    * Removed unused waclasses.py (again!)    * Removed waeventbase    * Removed waexceptions    * Removed unused WAVCardHandler    * Now WAHTTPHandler uses a normal socket.socket instance    * Added message and key existence checking in messagestore    * Fixed spaces/tabs in waservice    * WAEventHandler is now using the Library interface    * Now connmon checks isOnline before actually saying it went offline    * MessageBase wasn't calling super constructor, now it does    * Implemented more methods    * Removed calls for InitialConnCheck    * Fixed bind error when local_path for a media object is not set    * Changed vibra to False    * Fixed set background qml file    * Replaced wazap_init with tgalal's one    * updated dirs    * Accounts plugin improvements:    * Black (inverted) theme    * Country detection by MCC (need fixies for multi-mcc countries)    * Toolbars and small design fixies    * Transitions hacky fixies    * Send chat history and status presets    * Added PresetDialog.    * Modified ContactProfile.    * Added DBUS calls to ShareUI after export to ASCII text file.    * Path has to be inside Documents to play nice with Tracker.    * Now checking first if there is a Ringtones directory, fixes blank ringtones    * Now directories are created by the manager on initilization    * Added breathe signal which invokes processEvents at python side, solving UI not-responding at long processes issue    * New splash screen    * Splash screen shows what is currently being loaded    * Now preloading phonecontacts on init    * Fixed group default picture    * Added packaging files    * Fixed registration error: fail-old-version    * Added conversation export method, invokable from UI    * fixed group set picture    * Location send button is no disabled until location is resolved    * Disabled sending composing to group    * Added reset function to walistview    * Now getSelected in walistview returns selected index along with the returned data    * removed project user file    * ignore project user file    * Created reusable componets for fastscrollable listviews    * Voice recorder fix    * Fixed Group add/remove participants    * Fixed Groups add/remove participants    * Added voice recording (no mp3 encoding yet)    * Fixed issue #105    * Updated Setting panel    * Fixed change status function (using funXMPP now)    * Removed status.py and warequeststatus.py (useless now)    * Changed loadConversations function to fix #108 - Fixed blank Chats screen when a new chat is created - Little fix for groups    * participants modifications - Added new contacts bubble counter    * Fixed #103 Incorrect last seen when sending to not-online contact    * Now displaying cached lastseen until new one is retrieved    * Fixed #109 Conversation are opened when profile picture change    * Fixed #107 Wrong bubble notification when user changes profile picture    * Profile picture working again, fixes #104    * activated updater    * Version bump    * Exposed WAConstants to UI    * Now using paths defined inside WAConstants    * Received media is now stored in /home/user/Wazapp/    * Merged with Cepi    * Now registering with token, solves "fail-too-many" in case not entirely blocked by Whatsapp    * Moved vibra triggering back to Notifier    * Changed vibra enabled/disabled datatype to boolean    * Custom ringtones for notifications finished    * Reverted console debug (for ascii chars) accidentally broken    * Changed hardcoded file paths to use variables inside constants    * Now MediaType reference constants, instead of constants referencing MediaTypes

As usual for more information and installation instructions go tot he source: http://wiki.maemo.org/Wazapp

Thanks for the tip Stormtroller

Nokia Lumia 920 Reviews from Stuff, KnowYourMobile, V3, Gizmodo and TechnoBuffalo

Posted: 08 Nov 2012 12:20 AM PST

Here are a few more Nokia Lumia 920 reviews that we might not have covered.

First up, Sophie from Stuff Magazine emailed to let us know that their indepth review is live:

http://www.stuff.tv/review/nokia-lumia-920

 

The screen is a consistent big plus across reviews, great for viewing especially for browsing as it’s apparently a demon to browse the net on, with pages loading quickly, scrolling is smooth and snappy.

There’s a complaint over the camera (due to expectation from PureView) as they are apparently soft and over saturated. Over saturated huh. Vs overexposed? I kinda prefer the picture on the right which is supposedly the 920. I guess you can only prefer the over saturated photo when it comes from the iPhone.

Apps still bother them. Apparently spotify isn’t there. Strange. I’m using Spotify right now. Aren’t WP7.5 apps directly compatible? I wonder if they used search or is the App Store search still that dreadful? Sound quality from the speakers is apparently “very direct, very punchy and with plenty of detail”

Next up, KnowYourMobile.

 

 

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1665797/nokia_lumia_920_review.html

Cheers Stylinred.

They think the camera is stunning.

Picture quality is impressive to say the least, detail is sharp even when fully pinch-zoomed on a still photo and images rarely look de-saturated. The dynamic range is also excellent

 Seems they’ll contrast with these other reviews as they claim:
 amazing piece of kit with undoubtedly the best camera on the market.
Perhaps not on quality but possibly on usability as the 808 is acknowledged but is said to be more usable for the average user.
Now, this one from Gizmodo is instantly designed to be controvercial as it blathers on about the weight, crying that it’s heavier than the Note II. By 2 grams. 2 grams. If your hand can notice 2 grams, go to NASA.
Perhaps the bother is that they don’t think the weight justifies the performance of PureView which does slaughter everything in low light but is said to be beaten by the iPhone 5 in bright Sunlight. Why, Nokia?
I’ll wait around for GSM Arena for the final verdict. Some of the photos do look so soft on the 920 that they can’t have focused correctly (you can see how clear it can be in other shots).
Display is noted to be terrific. How about this display, large as it is, on a smaller, slimmer, lighter phone or if you’re going to make it slightly heavier, make sure something like PureView is unquestionably better.
Cheers spacemodel
This one is a video review from V3.
Apparently excellent for business.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNw75JSlWw&feature=plcp
Finally for now, TechnoBuffalo
Cheers Jesse Enqvist

Nokia Creates DVLUP for WP Devs

Posted: 07 Nov 2012 11:20 PM PST

Nokia have started a new initiative for Windows Phone developers and they are calling it DVLUP (a pun from developer level up as shown in the video). The aim is to “reward developers who complete challenges”. It is currently only open to WP developers in North America for now, and is still in a somewhat private beta.

DVLUP is a game and reward system created by Nokia for Windows Phone developers. Windows Phone Dev Center members in the US and Canada can complete challenges, compete with each another and earn points, badges and rewards.

DVLUP is currently in Private Beta. If you don’t have a code yet, stay tuned to http://www.facebook.com/dvlup to find out when more will be available! You can visit the site at http://www.dvlup.com

Check out the video below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2mPGB9k018

Source: DVLUP
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