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Video: Burton US Open. Nokia Rookie Award – Nokia Social Compeititon Winners
Nokia Lumia 510 jumps in to Tesco at only £85 (‘lumiNa’ :/)
Aluminium Nokia Lumia 928 with Xenon Flash coming to Verizon launching in April
TheVerge calls HTC One UltraPixel Camera ‘MEDIOCRE’ (Remember, Nokia 808 PureView as Astounding, Breathtaking, Stupefying!)
NokConv: New protective shell for the Nokia Lumia 620 – CC-3061
Video: Nokia Lumia 820 Disassembly & Assembly – Digitizer Touch Screen & Display Replacement

Video: Burton US Open. Nokia Rookie Award – Nokia Social Compeititon Winners

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:16 AM PDT

The 2013 Nokia Rookie Award is granted to the best Rookies at the Burton US Open. We interviewed Stephanie Suchy and Jack Tomkins the winners of the Talent House Design, Film, Photograph for Nokia competition while they were in Vail at the Burton Us Open. In keeping with the Rookie spirit the intro artwork was originally drawn by Dana Bergstom who entered our Design, Film and Photograph competition. We filmed with Nokia Lumia 920′s, edited with Final Cut Pro 7 and did light color correction in Color. Our color correction process was to take out some saturation and balance the exposure and color levels. Coming soon, ‘The New Contenders’, The 2013 Nokia Rookie Award.

Nokia Lumia 510 jumps in to Tesco at only £85 (‘lumiNa’ :/)

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 10:13 AM PDT

Tesco Mobile has the Nokia Lumia 510 at just £85 contract free.

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-nokia-lumia-510-black/520-9141.prd?pageLevel=&skuId=520-9141

It comes with WP7.8 (despite the WP7.5 homescreen), 4″ screen, 256mb RAM, 5mp camera and 4GB memory.

It’s a very good price for this entry level WP. Although if you could afford it, I’d recommend either waiting for the WP8 520 or WP8 620 which seems to compromise much less on the WP experience.

Also, what’s “Lumina?”

Via: NokNok.tv via AAWP via WMPU

Aluminium Nokia Lumia 928 with Xenon Flash coming to Verizon launching in April

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:17 AM PDT

According to Tom Warren from TheVerge, Nokia will be launching an Aluminium Nokia Lumia 928 on Verizon with Xenon Flash this April.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/12/4093350/nokia-lumia-928-verizon-specifications

It’s supposedly got a 4.5″ screen but this time with an OLED display, 10.2mm at slimmest point, with a slightly curved back as well as support for Simultaneous Voice with LTE.

Although aluminium, it doesn’t sound to be the slim Catwalk. Could this be EOS? 10.2 at slimmest point could still have a hump somewhere or has Nokia minimised the big sensor? Or perhaps it’s not EOS either.

The appearance is said to be more like the 720, feeling a lot lighter too than the 920. A big plus since that seems to be the main bother in reviews.

It seems like a 920 upgrade for Verizon. An improved version makes sense since it’s appearing later. The only concern I might have is the screen. 720p is fine by me but some reviewers with microscope eyes will ask for paper-specs-fun 1080p. No quad-core and 1gb RAM is of course more than enough for WP8 at the moment (though again, nice to bump it up for spec-hungry-folks/marketing).

Cheers Meh for the tip.

TheVerge calls HTC One UltraPixel Camera ‘MEDIOCRE’ (Remember, Nokia 808 PureView as Astounding, Breathtaking, Stupefying!)

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 09:06 AM PDT

Since HTC dissed Nokia’s PureView technology found in the Nokia 808 PureView in favour of their supposedly wondrous UltraPixel, I think it’s always worth sharing the truth coming from the tech reviews (rather than HTC’s delirious bravado).

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/02/05/chief-potato-camera-maker-htc-disses-the-renowned-camera-of-the-nokia-808-pureview/

TheVerge join the ranks of several reviewers that don’t seem too pleased with the HTC One’s ultrapixel camera. Now it’s not potato camera bad anymore, but neither is it as brilliant as HTC made out. Certainly, it does not deserve the right to disrespect Nokia’s PureView.

it doesn’t change the fact that the pictures I took on the One just don’t look very good.

http://www.theverge.com/2013/3/11/4086390/htc-one-review

Credit where credit is due, the HTC One otherwise appears to be a very decent smartphone. Props HTC.

The point of this is that with regards to the camera where HTC shouted loud and proud and put down PureView (and various other manufacturers), well, it was all a load of baloney. It’s not even anywhere near the 808 or the nearing the best out there. It’s just MEDIOCRE.

htc

Nokia 808 PureView

Nokia has produced the greatest cameraphone
the one standout feature on the 808 PureView is so vastly ahead of anything we've seen before
I look at the photos I've taken with the 808 PureView and keep asking myself, where is the noise? Nokia, what did you do with the noise?
this sensor at 5 megapixels is simply untouchable
The 808 PureView is that good.
Choose your favorite exaggerated epithet and apply it to the 808 PureView's camera. It doesn't matter what it is, it'll be true.
This phone's image quality is so far ahead of the competition that it really has no competition
at 5 megapixels, the PureView camera delivers, without doubt, the most detailed and natural images of any cameraphone
it's capable of shooting 38-megapixel pictures that match or exceed the quality of most smartphones
Think about that latter point for a moment.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/25/3113460/nokia-808-pureview-review

Nokia

Isn’t it funny that HTC, after releasing a phone with 16MP one year, got trampled by Nokia’s 41MP Nokia 808 shortly after (not just in number but sheer quality), the following year decided to turn back on themselves as some truth-seeker wanting to re-educate all on the megapixel myth (only to fail against the 808 PureView again). It’s this sort of inconsistency with their message and morals that I dislike about HTC. That and their somewhat underhanded deceitfulness when disrespecting Nokia’s actual PROVEN accomplishments in the 808 PureView.

But a great camera isn’t enough to make for a great mass market smartphone. For the camera phone fanatics, yes. Look no further. But Nokia needs to match PureView with a great smartphone experience (Every review had something to say against Symbian in the 808). This was almost done with the Nokia Lumia 920 but of course, that’s PureView V2. It was great, superb in low light and enough to win the top Camera award from none other than Gizmodo. I love the camera in my 920 but it would be awesome to push the boat out and have the unrivalled detail, lossless zoom and xenon-ultra low light flash photography in V1 (or even just actually 920 with xenon. Heck 900 with xenon would have been fine). Here’s to Nokia EOS later this year.

Edit (Ali):

In case you missed it watch the HTC one get destroyed by both the Lumia 920 and its little brother, the 720.

NokConv: New protective shell for the Nokia Lumia 620 – CC-3061

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:49 AM PDT

If you ever wanted some more protection for your Nokia Lumia 620, look no further than the new protective shell, CC-3061.

Although it’s only the back cover, it improves the whole phone’s dust and splash protection.

"The Nokia Lumia 620 is such a beautiful device, we wanted to honour the design of the phone while maintaining the same shape and design that fits perfectly in the hand."

I love the lumias with replaceable shells. Should you some how scratch one, just replace it.

When the protective shell is attached to the Lumia 620, the rubber-like material wraps around the front slightly, more so than the non-protective shell. This raised 'lip' protects the screen more if phone is accidentally dropped.

"While the protective shell does not make your Lumia 620indestructible or 100% waterproof, it's ideal for people who enjoy active lifestyle where working up a sweat, getting caught up in a rain or dropping the phone can be a regular occurrence. It's also suits people who want to use their smartphone at work, even if it's a dusty, damp environment." Harri explains.

Not indestructible eh…? :p

Video: Nokia Lumia 820 Disassembly & Assembly – Digitizer Touch Screen & Display Replacement

Posted: 12 Mar 2013 06:34 AM PDT