Once again the Lumia 928′s on contract price has dipped, this time to the super low penny-shy-of-a-dollar price tag. If you’re up for an upgrade now would be the time to splurge on this xenon monster; grab it at the link below:
Janne notes that some of the EOS proto pics mentioned simply ZEISS as opposed to Carl Zeiss therefore it wasn’t immediately fake as some implied (as all previous Nokia Carl Zeiss cameras mentioned the full name).
WPC have picked up on this and have an article here saying this news from ZEISS adds credibility to the EOS protos (which btw, I’ve read a few comments here from some guys that speculate certain leaks might have come from Nokia itself. Intriguing).
Keeping with the theme of testing the newest smartphones against the 3310, here’s the SGSIV.
It’s just for some light entertainment. It’s certainly making a lof of Sammy fans angry. It’s not actually a done deal that the 3310 always wins btw. I have seen one where it doesn’t. Funnily enough, there aren’t complaints there.
Interesting point to note for those who are in possession of an electric rechargeable toothbrush. It appears to be compatible with Nokia’s range of wireless charging accessories.
It does not work on the iBrush unless you jailbreak it.
With the Lumia 925 rolling out across the globe (except the US…) people have begun to wonder when we’ll get our own taste of the Amber goodness; with the glance screen and Nokia Smart Cam.
La actualización Amber para la gama Nokia Lumia con WP8 llegará en agosto dando la misma experiencia de usuario que el #Lumia925
In a bit of a surprise move today, the infamous @evleaks whom we can all associate with some of Nokia’s biggest leaks in the past year; notably the 920, 820 then the 720, 520 and 501 plus a slew of other phones from competing manufacturers decided to reveal his true identity.
*Drum roll*
Evan Blass, former blogger at multiple sites over the past decade including engadget and pocketnow; decided to take up the thrill of leaking some of the industry’s best kept secrets from all around.
Here’s his response to what I think some of you can relate to, how leaks can steal the “magic” of a product launch:
AP: Legal issues aside, do you feel as though you’re wronging these companies by outing their unreleased products?
EB: In some respects I do, sure. I’m well aware that products go through a very carefully planned journey from conception to release, and what I do interferes with that plan. I try to be as responsible as possible about it, but at the end of the day, I may have made someone’s launch a little less magical, and that sucks. I guess I take some solace in the fact that the same people affected by a leak one day are eagerly checking out a leak of their competitors’ product the next day. There’s great appeal in having insider information.
Check out his full interview with the folks at AndroidPolice.com:
A couple days ago we clued you in on an upcoming app for Windows Phone called Vixl, which allows you to add filters effects to your videos (while shooting) – very similar to the premise of Instagram video. Well check out a video demo of the app below (in beta phase) and let us know what you guys think:
One of the ground breaking devices in terms of Nokia’s strategy to “connect the next billion” announced last February at MWC has just become that much more interesting. Although the device is already carrying a dirt cheap suggested retail price of $20 it actually only costs $14.20 to get out the door, which amounts to an impressive 29% profit at the suggested retail price.
"The Nokia 105 carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $13.50. When the manufacturing cost is added in, the cost rises to $14.20. At a suggested retail price of $20.00—a new low for a ULCH cellphone—this gives the 105 an implied hardware and manufacturing margin of 29 percent, which suggests modest a profit margin for the Nokia 105."
I can’t find any solid number on the profit margins of the Lumia range, but some suggest that the likes of the 520 and 521 are selling to close to zero profit (if any at all). On the other hand most sites seem to agree that the iPhone 5 rakes in an insane 68-70% profit per device *jaw drops*
In case you need a refresher check out our hands on of the Nokia 105 in the video below:
As promised, here’s my unboxing of the Nokia Lumia 925 – filmed with the Nokia Lumia 920.
Box contents are as usual, earphones (white) and two part plug (black) The only real addition is that the tray it’s in has a recessed portion for the camera of the 925.
Part of the rig attachments were in use to keep the 920 on the tripods I was using. It’s pretty neat. You can detach them from the rig and attach to any tripod mount. Or you can keep attaching these vice-grippy bits to have 2 or 3 or however many grippy vice bits you can get onto the rig.
Rendering of the video took aages. I think I need to invest in a new computer haha.
Some nice big name updates today, including the official skydrive app (bug fixes only) and two big Xbox Live names, JetPack Joyride and Angry birds Space. Also updated is the super cool word hunting game “Ruzzle” and Pop Icon Quiz (which is one of those games that you download but never play).
Today Blackberry announced its quarterly results for the first quarter of the 2014 fiscal year. Normally I'm not that interested in what the competition does in terms of devices shipped, I care far more about the experience they deliver in both the hardware they sell and after sales. Hence I chose Nokia.
This time it is a little more interesting since quite a few people mentioned that Blackberry, with their Z10, might beat Nokia in terms of sales. Unfortunatly though the quarterly results are pretty bad. Even a Blackberry fan can't deny that the company is going through some pretty rough times. Blackberry managed to ship(!) 6.8 million smartphones, which in itself isn't bad but neither is it good. The real problem lies in the fact that only 40% (or 2.7 million) of all those shipments were BB10 devices, the full touch Z10 and touch keyboard equipped Q10. Which goes to show that early analysis (or analysts) can't always be trusted, since there were reports that the Z10 sold close to or over an estimated 4 million units.
Of course, it remains to be seen what Nokia did over the past quarter. It shouldn't be hard to beat that 2.7 million number, but the total amount of 6.8 million is a little harder since the sales target lies at only 7.1 million. The key is what kind of number Nokia will present next month, will it be devices shipped or devices sold? It'll be interesting to see how Nokia did, but we'll have to wait a while to see those results.
Nokia have announced that they’ve got some updated Aerial overhead maps that covers 90% of global landmass. The key thing is that this is said to be coming to smartphones too (hey Nokia Maps 3D :/).
It’s apparently starting with United States, Western Europe and South Africa, which make up 14 million of km2 of land area.
I think it’s selected by choosing ‘satellite’ view. This was one of my gripes in Here Maps (mobile) the satellite images were very patchy, either they were non-existent or you really couldn’t zoom in to overhead street detail at all.
I’m not quite sure what part of the UK is covered, e.g. Manchester. Not sure if that’s on the same level of detail I’ve come to expect (e.g. gMaps) but good enough to provide that overhead street view.
I think I need to invest in a new computer haha.
Phew, a bit more coursework done 
