01 October 2013

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Nokia Lumia pushes Windows Phone passed 9% in Europe. Growth at expense of iOS and BB. 12% in UK.

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:37 PM PDT

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The August 2013 results for Kantar Worldpanel shows that Windows Phone, thanks to Nokia Lumia, exceeds 9% in the big EU5.

Almost there for double digits?

We last looked at their July results here.

http://mynokiablog.com/2013/09/02/thetelegraph-windows-phone-and-ios-surge-as-android-and-blackberry-shrinks-in-europe/

Blackberry continues to shrink from 2.4% now to 1.8%.

iOS also shrunk from 17.9 to 16.1%.

In the UK, WP is now 12%, up from 9.2% in July.

Here’s WPC’s summary:

  • Germany: 8.8% (+5.0% YoY)
  • GB: 12.0% (+7.5% YoY)
  • France: 10.8% (+5.2% YoY)
  • Italy: 9.5% (-0.8% YoY)
  • Spain: 2.2% (+0.1% YoY)
  • USA: 3.0% (+0.4% YoY)
  • China: 2.1% (-2.6% YoY)
  • Australia: 6.5% (+2.8% YoY)

New Android handsets and iPhone 5S/5C might shift things again for September/October. Nokia’s really the only one pushing WP.

Source: Kantar

Via: WPC

Cheers Alvester for the tip

 

Video: Syncing Studio flashes with a Nokia Lumia 1020 – Studio Photography

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:20 PM PDT

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In this video, Nokia details how to sync the Nokia Lumia 1020 with a flash.

Now when using my DSLR (60D) for ‘studio’ shots, I like being able to control my lighting as opposed to working around what’s available. Being able to bounce some flashes around off the wall/reflector/through diffuser etc helps to accentuate the best parts of your subject to make the most interesting picture.

http://conversations.nokia.com/2013/09/30/studio-photo-shoot-with-the-nokia-lumia-1020-2/

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Cheers stylinred for the tip

 

Nokia Glee is Nokia Lumia 525, Expected line up, 2520, 1520, 525, 503, 502, 500.

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 01:05 PM PDT

 

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@evleaks tweeted earlier that the Nokia Glee is an entry lelvel Nokia Lumia 525. Why Glee? Tom Warren mentioned it might be something music related a while ago and he might be onto something.

Evan/evleaks later tweets his expected line up. The tablet, 2520, the phablet 1520, Glee, 525 and 503/502/500.

Cheers prashant for the tip

Nokia Sends “Extraordinary Meeting” Notice to US Shareholders to Approve Sale of Devices & Services Division

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 11:48 AM PDT

BVbnbTTIcAA-2-VApparently US Nokia shareholders have received a notification for an “extraordinary meeting”. One of the segments of the meeting is the “Proposal of the board of directors to confirm and approve the sale of the devices & services business”. I’m not entirely sure what that entails but I guess that means that they’re presenting the sale to shareholders after the board of directors have already approved it (back at the original sale of course). Unfortunately this doesn’t mean much as it’s highly unlikely anyone with a financial stake in Nokia would oppose the sale now, after the stocks relatively huge surge after the sale.

Still a bit of interesting information, thanks for tweeting us DesinDC

 

Finnish F1 Star, Heikki Kovalainen twitpics a selfie shot on the Nokia Lumia 1020. Share your Nokia Selfies :P

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 03:23 AM PDT

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Here’s Heikki Kovalainen, Finnish F1 Racing Driver posting a selfie shot on the yellow Nokia Lumia 1020.

Speaking of Nokia shot selfies, Last week Ali said I should update my twitter pic (previously showing 4 1020s).

I don’t have four 1020s so here’s 5 individual ones.

#TeamYellow!

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Share your Nokia Selfies :) You might need to post a link to something like imgur as the embed pics don’t work (if you can even get a comment through anyway. Still trying to see why some people are having issues on the comment system)

Cheers Ian Kirk ‏for the tip!

Helsingin Sanomat on Stephen Elop

Posted: 30 Sep 2013 02:30 AM PDT

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Quick heads up on this story at Helsingin Sanomat about Stephen Elop. It’s in Finnish and for some reason, won’t pass through a translator. Thankfully, jiipee provides a brief summary below.

http://www.hs.fi/sunnuntai/Mies+joka+teki+myyj%C3%A4n+ty%C3%B6n/a1380341110125?ref=hs-hitaat-e-1

It basically tells Elop's story: what he did before, why he probably joined Nokia (was asked to) and what was his relation to the Board.

  • The story is that he is not Trojan, but was asked to join Nokia – I very much agree
  • Then it goes stating that Meego was not ready as a platform, only as a product (ie they could not ship enough devices). This is told eg. by Jo Harlow and I wouldn’t buy her opinion alone. Also, who thinks that WP7 was ready?
  • The article stated that the strategy work was open and thorough. Elop made the last call for WP and according to colleagues did not show personal preference towards WP. Board approved.
  • Nokia couldn’t have multi-OS strategy since they didn’t have enough software competence
  • Öistämö was supporting WP choice strongly. (We have heard nothing of him for ages)
  • Ollila got angry on Elop after his burning platform memo. In general Elop was doing a lot of stuff independently after joining, which caused frustration among the board. Later the co-operation improved.

What is the most surprising to me that eg. Jo Harlow was allowed to comment choosing between Android, WP and internal OSs. Afterall she should also be under NDA just like other Nokians.

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Cheers jiipee for the tip!
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