| Inforgraphic: 41 Reasons Why the Lumia 1020 is One of a Kind Posted: 26 Jul 2013 05:05 PM PDT  Nokia US have just shared the image above on their Facebook page, and as infographics should this one does a nice job in summing up why the 1020 is such an awesome phone. Interesting to include the “High Quality images for large printing” when as far as I know Windows Phone doesn’t support any kind of printing (does it?).
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| How Nokia is changing the industry innovation after innovation. Posted: 26 Jul 2013 11:38 AM PDT 
First what does innovation mean ? Innovation is the application of new solutions that meet new requirements, inarticulate needs, or existing market needs. While something novel is often described as an innovation, in economics, management science and other fields of practice and analysis it is generally considered a process that brings together various novel ideas in a way that they have an impact on society. Innovation differs from invention in that innovation refers to the use of a better and, as a result, novel idea or method, whereas invention refers more directly to the creation of the idea or method itself. Innovation differs from improvement in that innovation refers to the notion of doing something different rather than doing the same thing better. *wikipedia, Nokia is quite a bit of a warrior , usually companies on the edge tend to follow the easiest road so they would achieve a speedy recovery, Nokia didn’t do that instead it focused on creating brilliant software and hardware innovations even on a less than friendly OS. - Nokia saw the need for a major re-branding and went with brightly inherent colored phones made from high quality polycarbonate materials , in an era your phones were limited to white or black it was a welcome change indeed.
HTC immediately followed suit and only in its Windows Phone line up which lead to the feeling that they intentionally went for colors to get Lumia sales. Samsung followed with colors too releasing 5 new colors for the Galaxy S3 and later for Galaxy S4 (though the colors were dim and ugly for the most part) , even the next budget iPhone is rumored to come in colorful plastic. - Nokia has always been the leading OEM in the camera technology with exclusive Carl Zeiss optics, They ushered three eras of mobile photography , the first was the era of optical zoom 6 years ago in the Nokia N93 and the second was with the unheard of 41MP on smartphones with oversampling, and most recently Optical Image Stabilization (both less than six months apart). HTC also immediately put OIS in the ”HTC ONE” although their implementation was half-assed at best, Samsung also felt jealous of the 41mp on the 808 and the 41 + OIS on the Lumia 1020 and ended up releasing two mediocre camera bulked phones.
Sony is also trying to fight the 41mp with leaks about an upcoming 21mp Honami phone everywhere. - Nokia emphasizing the cloud based nature of WP and the Microsoft ecosystem with its minimalist Fabula design thought of a future where wires are almost completely extinct , It pushed wireless charging with built in support and snap on covers and over 5 exclusive wireless chargers , HTC followed suit , Google nexus 4 and recently Google new Nexus 7 also their wireless chargers is a bit hated.
- Nokia was the first to put NFC in a commercial phone , and even in smartphones , its the first company to forget about mobile payments and instead focus NFC on pairing easily with gadgets and other phones. Google followed suit immediately.
Nokia created the dual antenna method to get better reception in metallic phones , Apple claimed it designed it in their Iphone 4S , they settled the case against them and Nokia got lots of perks from Apple. Edit: unfounded for the dual antenna , thanks for the awesome commenter that corrected me.- Nokia pushed for a swiped gestured mobile experience; Harmattan , it was so successful that it was followed and improved upon by Blackberry10 and later on Jolla/Sailfish. (also on the Nokia N9 they created a beta app called Air UI , which basically is the father of the Samsung Galaxy S4 air gestures.
- Nokia introduced the first phone with Synaptic’s Super Sensitive Touch technology. Samsung followed.
- Nokia bought Scalado an imaging software company that made lots of cool tricks , Blackberry licensed their tech and used it in Blackberry 10 , while Samsung bluntly copied almost all of the imaging suit in the new Galaxy s4. (even Zoe in the HTC one copied a feature or two (lets say imitated because its not completely the same and obvious as the Samsung.
- Nokia jump started high quality audio recordings in videos , which made shooting concerts and nature scenes AMAZINGLY rich and wonderful. HTC seeking the same experience used a chip designed by Nokia with St Ericsson however it turned out ST Ericsson was the one who was in fault.
- Nokia came to the conclusion that using maps is most necessary in travel, which meant high data rates or out of coverage roads. this is why they were the first to offer true offline turn by turn navigation and maps , they made offline maps for entire countries !!! . Google only followed that by manually caching the areas you want , which works great for a town , not really for unplanned travel and the areas you can cache is very limited you’ll need to cache three of maybe 20 times if you’re on a big trip across Europe for example.
There are lots of areas where Nokia excels that go unnoticed. please share those i haven’t mentioned in the comments section Also we acknowledge that Nokia can and have followed other companies too, many design elements in the Nokia N9 were inspired by the simplicity of the Iphone , folders for example were almost taken out completely from the Iphone. P.S : image used above was taken from “http://www.rajeshsetty.com“ it was from an article about stealing ideas , I couldn’t bare stealing the picture without crediting them. |
| Hipstamatic Oggl Now Available to Download, With Instagram Sharing! Posted: 26 Jul 2013 09:58 AM PDT  The App Nokia announced alongside the Lumia 925 has finally hit stores, Hipstamtic Oggl the creative app for photography minded people can be had at the store for free. The app has multiple “filter” effects and frames to make your photos prettier as well as loads of sharing options, most importantly to Instagram!
A Community For Creative People To Capture & Curate Their Lives Through Photography. • Oggl isn't a fuzzy snap of cooking solo on Tuesday—it's dinner at French Laundry • Oggl isn't screenshots of your favorite album cover—it's when you hung backstage with the band • Oggl isn't ducklips or bathroom selfies—it's living like you mean it, your best creative work, and amazing life moments CAPTURE . Oggl is a "capture-first" shooting experience using Hipstamatic's beautiful lenses and films, and comes with 5 "Favorites" pre-loaded for situational shooting: Landscape, Food, Portrait, Nightlife and Sunset. For the first time ever, edit a photo after it's taken to experiment with different looks, and tap to preview effects before shooting. CURATE. Share your best photos to your Oggl profile to curate your personal story. With "My Collection," see your photos showcased next to photos you've curated from around the community. Enjoy All Gear for a 60 day limited time with this first releases of Oggl. Oggl is an experience designed for capturing and curating beautiful photos, not for showcasing advertising. To support this vision for the community, Oggl will going forward offer two subscription options: Quarterly for $2.99 & Yearly for $9.99. While Oggl itself will always remain free, each subscription comes with access to Hipstamatic's entire catalog of current lens and film gear, and guarantees new gear each month. COMING SOON. This is the very first version on WP8 and not only are we going to improve the experience of using the app shortly we also have a lot more feature coming. First up are more social media integration, improved image quality, post processing etc etc. Hope you love Oggl’ing as much as we have! Lucas, Ryan & The Hipstamatic Family Hipstamatic Oggl PRO includes a variety of exclusive features, including manual exposure control, white balance, ISO, and shutter speed, as well as an auto-level indicator and high-quality zoom. And of course, the app packs all of the original Oggl features, including five pre-set lenses and films, and the ability to easily snap, edit, and share via social channels. Grab the app from the link below and enjoy! (for some reason it’s listed as free only for the 920, 925, 928 and 820 = 1Gb ram devices) http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/hipstamatic-oggl/7e4e9622-6f64-4594-a921-72ff0930e572?signin=true 
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| Video: Nokia Lumia 1020 Unboxing, video zoom test (and night stabilisation) Posted: 26 Jul 2013 12:59 AM PDT 
The whole group of us are envious of Mark Guim from TheNokiaBlog because he already has his own Nokia Lumia 1020 to take photos/videos with and he can actually share them online! (We only touched them briefly yesterday and the photos had to stay on the device) Anyway, check this out. The OIS seems to help quite a bit when zooming in to reduce shakes at the telephoto end.
thenokiablog Here’s another video when Mark was in NYC. What’s pretty cool is Mark can now post the raw videos straight from the 1020 to YouTube via that uploader.
Oh heck there’s more. Check out Mark’s unboxing video.
Anyway, we have to go now  I’m not able to update my twitter as Orange have decided not to make my data bundle work anymore. |
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