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• Nokia the true innovator: How Europe’s biggest tech company miniaturized an imaging monster in the Nokia Lumia 1020
• Nokia Lumia 1020 appears for $735.50 unlocked in all colours at NegriElectronics
• Engadget: Samsung SIV Zoom ‘Messy Marriage of Smartphone and Camera’ – might want to hold out for Nokia Lumia 1020
• Nokia Lumia 1020 manual reveals all its magic inside
• How Nokia and Microsoft collaborated to create the groundbreaking new Lumia 1020 with Windows Phone 8
• Damian Dinning on the Nokia Lumia 1020: vs 808 imaging quality; has most of what he hoped for in final product
• Stephen Elop explains again why Nokia is not with Android but with Windows Phone
• Poll + Gallery: What colour Nokia Lumia 1020 do you want? Yellow, White or Black? Or….

Nokia the true innovator: How Europe’s biggest tech company miniaturized an imaging monster in the Nokia Lumia 1020 Posted: 15 Jul 2013 01:50 PM PDT   A very interesting read from the folks at TheRegister who seem to be all hats off to Nokia’s engineers, the folks who are pushing the boundaries of tech. It’s the same author, Andrew Orlowsk, that gave so much praise for the 808‘s imaging. So it's almost shocking in 2013 to see real engineers pushing the limits and producing something with the capacity to startle. Last week we saw Europe's biggest tech company, Nokia, do just that, with its Lumia 1020 phone http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/07/15/nokia_lumia_1020_technical_walkthrough/ Products like these is why I’m a Nokia fan. Engineers that produce these innovations at Nokia is why I’m a Nokia fan. It’s that potential to create truely ground breaking products is what set Nokia apart for me. Competition may have caught them on the wrong foot but they’re picking themselves up and continuing to do what they do best. Create products that astonish. It was nice to read someone that understood the product Nokia announced last week and because of it, they truly appreciate what Nokia accomplished. I don’t know if this is just internal speak, but apparently WP is not limiting Nokia in terms of the 808 style imaging. Windows Phone is not limiting us in any way. It's the other way around -  Alakarhu, Nokia Orlowski says it’s been quite some time since journalists came away impressed: Comparing notes after technical sessions, I would say it's some years since journalists came away from a launch quite so impressed. Seee. Good products, need great communication for people to understand why your product is so good. That’s why we harp on so much about having clarity and effectiveness in things like your keynotes and ads (which btw, the little promos thing that was released on launch day where we have some more artsy farsty stuff…I’m gonna need to lay in on you again for that, Nokia) http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/11/congratulations-nokia-your-keynote-was-epic-your-product-was-awesome-and-your-people-were-fantastic/. Cheers James Scott for the tip!

Nokia Lumia 1020 appears for $735.50 unlocked in all colours at NegriElectronics Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:50 AM PDT Online retailer, NegriElectronics lists all three colours of the Nokia Lumia 1020 for $735.50 unlocked. This appears less than a day before official pre-order begins with AT&T. http://negrielectronics.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=nokia+1020#inline The price with a contract is $299. Do you remember stories from readers where sales consultants tried to say the likes of the 8X was the more premium device over the 920 because it cost more? Let’s see if that might switch things up a bit here (if, hopefully, they don’t try to be pseudo geeky and say the 41mp is useless and it isn’t all about megapixels because they fail to understand oversampling and zooming reinvented – aka reframing). Cheers Alvester for the tip!

Engadget: Samsung SIV Zoom ‘Messy Marriage of Smartphone and Camera’ – might want to hold out for Nokia Lumia 1020 Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:44 AM PDT Engadget have just reviewed the Samsung Galaxy SIV and they don’t seem to be all that impressed! Despite the SIV name this isn’t actually an SIV with the extra camera. The screen is smaller, and actually has even less pixels on screen than the 1020. 960×540 vs 1280×768. But that’s not even where it matters. You can’t even see the screen properly on the SIV zoom on a cloudy day let alone a sunny one. This is meant to be a camera centric device – a view finder is sort of important. BTW, the SIV zoom is thicker and heavier than the 1020.  I remember the 920′s weight being used against it a lot. 208g is what the SIV Zoom weighs. They haven’t reviewed the Nokia Lumia 1020 yet but say if you’re ok with Windows Phone, you should consider the 1020. If you want Android, they don’t seem to be all that eager recommending this one.  If you’re willing to give Windows Phone a try, you may also want to hold out for the Nokia Lumia 1020, though the jury’s still out on image quality there. Instant access is phenomenally convenient, but if you care about performance and accuracy, there simply isn’t an Android camera yet that we can recommend. http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/12/samsung-galaxy-s4-zoom-review/ The Nokia Lumia 1020 reviews will come out soon. Given how quickly Nokia’s got this out after announcement (as opposed to the many months wait we’re accustomed to) reviewers will get Amber to play with and so none of the significant changes we’d have hoped MS to have brought out. Thankfully, Samsung seems to have dropped the ball in the SIV zoom. During regular use, the device felt incredibly sluggish. Dual core – ok on other devices but not for Android. “ Launching menus within apps or the OS came along with a sometimes seconds-long delay, and jumping from one activity directly to the camera app to capture a shot sometimes meant uncomfortably long holds. Unfortunately, this puts the Zoom at a serious disadvantage compared to just about any dedicated point-and-shoot.” Mediocre Image Quality (MNB drinking game, a shot when this word is seen online) Plasticky design, doesn’t feel like a premium device And how do the stills look? Not so great, unfortunately. Image quality is fairly inconsistent, even when shooting in bright daylight, with color balance and exposure shifting from shot to shot Android running on a point-and-shoot, but for now, the drawbacks of sluggish performance and poor battery life far outweigh the benefits. But, as Nokia and MS should know, don’t ever take the competition lightly. Source: Engadget Cheers ms.nokia  for the tip!

Nokia Lumia 1020 manual reveals all its magic inside Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:35 AM PDT Here’s a look at the innards of the Nokia Lumia 1020, courtesy of a manual. This teardown shows the guts inside. These pictures gives us a bold look onto the components bundled in this wonderful Lumia 1020. It’s quite a surprise seeing camera components like the hull segment and its gigantic lens, etc. Good to see, but of course it’s not for the purpose of making our own repairs (though we do look forward to seeing video disassemblies/reassemblies which some readers have found useful in replacing things such as the screen). Source: Windowsmania.pl Via: Wpcentral Edit/ Jay

How Nokia and Microsoft collaborated to create the groundbreaking new Lumia 1020 with Windows Phone 8 Posted: 15 Jul 2013 09:06 AM PDT   This was tweeted by Damian Dinning. It shows what Nokia and Microsoft went through to put the Nokia Lumia 1020 on Windows Phone 8 with that incredible 41MP camera. Many said it could never happen. The 1020 says otherwise. http://blogs.windows.com/windows_phone/b/windowsphone/archive/2013/07/11/q-amp-a-how-nokia-and-microsoft-collaborated-to-create-the-groundbreaking-new-lumia-1020-with-windows-phone-8.aspx Belfiore, who recently ‘accidentally’ published photos from the 1020 in advance of the launch, one of which is in this blogpost, says Nokia came to us with the idea for building this amazing camera, and we had to find the right ways to improve the platform so they could deliver the best imaging experience on any phone, anywhere. It’s easy for us to moan and say MS are doing jack-shizzle with the platform. Actually, I can’t defend MS as despite the 1020 existing, the rest of the platform needs developing in various areas which it seems Nokia is doing most of the leg work. It’s still however interesting to read that Nokia is making the Windows Phone team actually do ‘stuff’. Belfiore says the Windows Phone code got some new features to improve zooming capability in the photo viewer. We know the OS deeply and add that kind of thinking to the mix. So we spent time together working on the architecture so the 1020 camera can capture two images at once—a super high-res shot and an oversampled 5-megapixel version for easier sharing. And we shared early builds of software and hardware so we could give each other feedback on the work in progress—I think I wrote more than 10 pages of feedback myself on the Nokia Pro Camera app as it was being developed. We also added new features to the Windows Phone code— improving the zoom capability of our photo viewer, for example, so you can zoom in further on a larger-resolution image. A lot of the work we do in Windows Phone is "under the covers"—but the results show both in the killer new phones that have been coming out month after month and in the software that Nokia has delivered on the platform. Kevin Shield’s chat on Lenses/uploading to facebook/live tiles doesn’t do anything for me. But later he does talk about the 808: The notion of putting a sensor that big inside a phone—much less a camera—is a little bit crazy. But the sharpness that it delivered was spectacular. What you see in the Lumia 1020 is the combination of those two things, and a whole lot more: It has all the benefits of a huge sensor combined with the incredible sharpness of next generation optical image stabilization technology that we spearheaded in the Lumia 920. So the 1020 is bringing together a number of powerful technologies that haven't been delivered together before. Another key point is that while some DSLRs have sensor technology that's competitive with what's in the Nokia Lumia 1020, a DSLR doesn't have the processing power a Windows Phone has. Joe chimes in that a DSLR can’t post pictures to facebook or twitter. Perhaps not the Nikon/Canon ones but aren’t Sammy pursuing Android in all their devices? Samsung Galaxy NX? When asked if the 1020 represents what Nokia was hoping for when partnering with MS, Kevin says: It's another milepost on a highway that's already littered with great mileposts. For example, the optical image stabilization work on the 920 that I just mentioned also required a really deep collaboration, and I'm super proud of how that turned out. Where does Nokia and MS go from here? Belfiore says : Nokia has been a terrific partner in dreaming up innovative new hardware and great services and apps—some you've seen and some still to come—and I'm looking forward to more innovative work together on the boundary of hardware and software. With the push MS has been giving Nokia on the 920 in the US, let’s hope they really do send it flying with the 1020. If they were proud of the imaging in the 920, their heads should explode with the 1020.

Damian Dinning on the Nokia Lumia 1020: vs 808 imaging quality; has most of what he hoped for in final product Posted: 15 Jul 2013 08:52 AM PDT Reader, arts, shared the tweet above from Damian Dinning who responds to some of the comments he’s read regarding the quality and noise for the Nokia Lumia 1020. Look what damian have to say about our residential photography experts?  https://twitter.com/PhoneDaz/status/355942856256520193 Reading comments on some forums about image quality and noise for #Lumia1020 has me wondering if these people are in a parallel universe Juha says 5MP oversampled images will look better than the 808   And… this is what the creator of the pureview idea have to say about the oversampling algorithms  https://twitter.com/jalakarhu/status/356030574051340288 And the oversampling algorithms are significantly improved so the 5MP images will look even better than 808 PureView. Since Damian has a lot of insight into the products Nokia was developing before he left, he knew what Nokia was trying to squeeze into the 1020. When asked what he thought of it, he says there’s a few cool things that didn’t make it this time. @ratkutti ….a few things didn’t make it however which I think will be pretty cool … @Harsh_Doshi96 @ratkutti well I’m biased of course, but so far it has most of what I had hoped would make it to the final product… @Harsh_Doshi96 I wonder what the cool things Damian was referring to that didn’t make it? 60FPS video? Android :p Jokes. Going through some other tweets, it’s clear Damian sees the 1020 as a complete progression and successor to the 808. 808 was the start of what I refer to as Pixels 2.0 whereas the 1020 really take that a big step further… (on which is better) low light for sure. Daylight I would imagine will be broadly similar. 1020 has lots of advantages enabled by Nokia’s lenses tho. Interesting rewtweet by Damian. Original tweet by Stefan, previously RingNokia, then became a writer and intomobile, then worked for Nokia, then left and became very critical of Nokia. Stefan Constantine ‏@WhatTheBit12 Jul Every demo video I watch of the Nokia Lumia 1020 has me more and more convinced that this company has invented the perfect camera UI/UX.   Cheers arts for the tip!

Stephen Elop explains again why Nokia is not with Android but with Windows Phone Posted: 15 Jul 2013 08:30 AM PDT With the launch of the new Nokia Lumia 1020, the question or phrases sprouting from the mouths of a few is ‘why not Android’. The Guardian has been speaking to Mr Elop who, yet again, has to explain why Nokia is with Windows Phone as opposed to Android. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/12/elop-explains-nokia-android When asked if he regrets the choice, Elop says he’s very happy with the decision Nokia has made. Essentially it’s the same concern that in Android, there’s one tough competitor, Samsung that dominates Android and leaves space for no one else. As Nokia Lumia, it becomes a ‘Third Alternative’ to carriers when going with Apple/Samsung. With partners like AT&T Elop feels Nokia is making traction and that this is the right decision. If only this massive software company, Microsoft, took the billions of cash reserves and personnel that they have to really push the development speed of windows phone and developer relationship. Cheers Sandun for the tip!

Poll + Gallery: What colour Nokia Lumia 1020 do you want? Yellow, White or Black? Or…. Posted: 15 Jul 2013 02:48 AM PDT For quite a few of you, the next major decision is now which colour Nokia Lumia 1020 to get. Currently it’s available in Yellow, White and Black. Are you #TeamYellow, #TeamWhite or #TeamBlack? The poll is below. I’m trying out something new in this poll where you can send your vote for your team again after 24 hours (or perhaps you’ve changed your mind :p) We have previously posted these galleries: http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/12/hands-on-gallery-of-the-nokia-lumia-1020-in-yellow-with-wrist-straplanyard/ http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/12/hands-on-gallery-of-nokia-lumia-1020-in-white/ http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/12/hands-on-gallery-nokia-lumia-1020-in-black/ Some wishful thinking led to this: http://mynokiablog.com/2013/07/14/render-cyan-lumia-1020-hot-or-not/

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