01 May 2013

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My Nokia Blog

Video: First Look at the Redesigned Facebook beta for WP8

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:13 PM PDT

Here’s a quick look at the new Facebook beta for WP8 that was released earlier today:

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGcPg6n247c&feature=youtu.be

Microsoft Redesigns Facebook App for WP8; Releases it as an Open Beta

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 09:54 AM PDT

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The Facebook app for WP is a bit of a conundrum, on one hand it deals with the metro layout very nicely; on the other hand it is occasionally usually, very clunk. In an effort to change that Microsoft have built up and redesigned a second app (called Facebook Beta for now). So far the app looks pretty awesome, it’s insanely smooth (relatively); and uses the dame design of the Android and iOS apps where swiping to the right brings you your dashboard/navigation and to the left shows you your online contacts for chatting (plus it has pull to refresh! yay). Unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a way to post images in chat…yet.

If, on the other hand, you want to see where we and the Facebook team are headed and want to provide engineers feedback during a time when it actually matters, you can grab the beta app here.  (To avoid confusion, the beta won't show up in Store search results and is only available via this direct link.)

As you'll see, the app is undergoing a major redesign and now includes several much-requested features, including new support for high-res photos, post sharing, and Facebook Timeline. Once you’ve put the beta app through its paces, we hope you'll pass along bug reports, feature requests, and other feedback by going to Settings>About in the app. You can also post a Store review. Your comments and suggestions will inform future releases.

By the way, the existing Facebook app (version 4.2.1) isn't going anywhere yet. So you can have both apps installed side-by-side on your phone. Happy hunting.

You can go ahead and grab the app from over here:

http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/facebook-beta/93da5d29-daf0-4783-9ed5-a87b33247ec6?appid=93da5d29-daf0-4783-9ed5-a87b33247ec6&signin=true
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Nokia Global Announcement/Event in New Delhi, India, May 9th

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 05:13 AM PDT

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Not sure how publicised this is already, but we should be having someone from the team heading down for this May 9th event in New Delhi :) . This comes before the London event on May 14th where a new high end Lumia is expected to arrive.

What should we see on May 9th? Perhaps the N9-like new ashas?

Source: BGR

Cheers Muerte for the tip!

Win a Nokia Lumia of your choice with Nokia Philippines @nokiapilipinas #SwitchToLumia

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 04:54 AM PDT

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Nokia Philippines on twitter will have a competition whereby on May 1st, you could win a Nokia Lumia of your choice.

Just tell @NokiaPilipinas on May 1st why you would #SwitchToLumia.

I’m guessing it’s for Filipino residents only.

 

 

Nokia reportedly investing in Lytro-style camera startup

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:20 AM PDT

Screen Shot 2013-04-30 at 08.11.08More in the way of Lytro news, BloomBerg reports that Nokia is said to be investing in lytro-style camera start-up pelican imaging.

You saw how one developer in WP had overcome this already with the ‘Refocus‘ app we had previously talked about.

Pelican is apparently one of the companies that have mastered this very complicated algorithm. This might mean pictures greater than 1280×720 resolution?

It’s funny that whilst Nokia understands the importance of Camera to the Nokia brand (to the point that even Microsoft advertises PureView against SGSIII) no one is addressing the WP8 camera UI at all. Please stop burying photo/video options in menus! Gah!

Source: Bloomberg

Via: TheVerge

Cheers Derrek and Muerte for the tip

 
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