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- Nokia Australia hosting #LumiaLuckyDip Twitter contest
- Nokia 3310 top of Reddit front page “Never Forget”
- Accessories: Nokia CR-200 Wireless Car Charger Review
- HTC One infringing on Nokia technology patents again
- LeakyLeak: Nokia Lumia 929 in White
- Qualcomm exec calls Apple’s 64 bit processor a gimmick – ‘zero benefit’ for consumers
- Is Windows Phone a threat to iOS?
- Delta Airlines chooses Windows powered Surface 2 tablets for Pilots
| Nokia Australia hosting #LumiaLuckyDip Twitter contest Posted: 02 Oct 2013 05:25 PM PDT Nokia Aus got in touch to let us know they’ll be having a twitter contest in which you can win some pretty awesome prizes. Here is what they had to say:
Good luck! P.S – Apologies for a crappy post, doing this from the 925 while on a bus. |
| Nokia 3310 top of Reddit front page “Never Forget” Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:05 PM PDT
Reddit, the “front page of the internet” has yet another Nokia on the top. This time, it’s to reminisce of the Nokia 3310, owned by a Redditors Dad who finally moved to a ‘smart’phone (iPhone :/).
I’m not sure there’s a phone brand that gets this much affection over such a long time. This post, I’ll write about tomorrow but I’ll include the link here (Cheers alvester) Powerful brand that still stands for quality. |
| Accessories: Nokia CR-200 Wireless Car Charger Review Posted: 02 Oct 2013 08:16 AM PDT
A while back I posted an unboxing and first impression of the Nokia CR-200 wireless car charger, and now the time has come for the full review. For the detailed blow by blow check out the video review below; but I’ll try my best to summarize my thoughts in text form too.
I was really excited to get the CR-200 as it’ pretty much essential for a daily commuter like me, I even bought it and had it shipped to Jordan just to get one a few weeks earlier. In terms of build quality the CR-200 is standard Nokia, meaning it’s awesome; with sturdy (non-cheap) plastic and a nice design. However I faced some issues, mainly with the dashboard mount not being able to handle the weight of the 920 + the cradle. Another issue was the lack of shock resistance in the “arm” of the cradle, where eventually after 30 minutes or so of driving the cradle would be pointing downwards rather than at you. All these are nuisances rather than major issues however (more like me nitpicking I guess?). THe major issue with me is slow charging time, in fact my 920 (and 1020) both ended up discharging when connected to the cradle and running Here maps, as apparently the output of the cradle isn’t enough to match the output need to run the GPS + Music.  4 Hours to fully charge (with only Music playing in background) The other problem seems to be a 1020 related issues, where the phone would stop charging at random times (especially after taking a bump or two on the road); it might have something to do with the Wireless charging cover being a bit loose, or perhaps the connector dots are just too small? Either way it would disconnect and reconnect at random, and sometimes take while to recognize it was on the cradle (although to be fair these seem to be an issue with the wireless charging cover and not the phone itself). Enough with the bad, and onto the good; the CR-200 is excellently thought out in terms of details, it comes with little cable clips to keep the charging cable out of the way of your center console and neatly stuck to the side (a beautiful thought in my opinion). And the secondary USB port means you can use this to charge more than one device at once (provided your car’s output can support it).
The major obstacle standing in the way of the CR-200′s success (besides the charging times) is the price. Currently it’s still around the $79 mark on Amazon, but I think I got it for around $75-$80 off Mobilefun. Of course if you don’t have a device that has qi wireless charging built in you’ll have to buy a charging cover which are around $30 depending on your phone model, so it all adds up. So if you’re looking for an answer, should I get this? That’s difficult to answer, the CR-200 has its drawbacks surely; such as the price and slow charging time; but if you want a premium phone cradle that also happens to charge your phone (and doubles as a secondary USB port) then this is your product. Hopefully the 1020 charging issue was only with me and isn’t wide spread, but if you have a 920 go for it! Grab the CR-200 off Amazon at the link below (associate link): Nokia CR-200 Wireless Charging Car Cradle Holder – Retail Packaging – Black Lumia Wireless Charging Covers
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| HTC One infringing on Nokia technology patents again Posted: 02 Oct 2013 06:47 AM PDT First HTC takes Nokia’s microphones, shoves it into their HTC One and talks about how awesome their audio recording is. Now the ITC has found HTC to have been infringing yet again on Nokia patents to do with improving radio chip reception and transmission. Nokia pretty much owns GSM, having invented a lot of the physical technologies around it as well as successive radio technologies. I think HTC’s used to this by now. Steal some things, sell stolen goods, be told not to sell, make profit in that time whilst changing item and repeat. Seems to have worked and they’re following the book of Samsung well. Once you do it enough times, you’re strong enough to need less copying. Source: WSJ Thanks Keizka and Alvester f0r the tip |
| LeakyLeak: Nokia Lumia 929 in White Posted: 02 Oct 2013 05:53 AM PDT
Source: Evleaks |
| Qualcomm exec calls Apple’s 64 bit processor a gimmick – ‘zero benefit’ for consumers Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:36 AM PDT Whilst Apple loved to talk about how their new iPhone 5S has the first ever 64 bit processor in a mobile phone, Qualcomm exec, Anand Chandrasekher, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, finds it all to be a gimmick.
The iPhone 5S has 1GB RAM. Some say that how well A7 and iPhone currently performs versus the fact it’s 64 bit inside aren’t the same thing. Perhaps there may not be any direct benefit now and next year for the end consumer but possibly there might be some longevity in the device in future updates to iOS? I don’t know. As well as Android, Qualcomm also powers Windows and Windows Phone devices including Nokia Lumia. The latest Lumias, expected at Nokia World are said to have the blazingly fast Snapdragon 800 processor. Does anyone know how the A7 performs against the S800 in relevant benchmarks? Source: Techworld Cheers Alvester for the tip |
| Is Windows Phone a threat to iOS? Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:21 AM PDT PocketNow’s Taylor Martin discusses Windows Phone’s advances at the cost of iOS and explores whether WP is a threat to Apple’s iOS. Superficially, whilst Android has been gaining ground against iOS from a broad wealth of device options from high end to super cheap, it was only until WP and Nokia Lumia produced a family of colourful entry level smartphones with praised high end UX did we see Apple buckle and attempt the same with iPhone 5C. Martin shows that in various markets, WP has either come very close to iOS or even taken over.
Read on for the full article. Cheers Alvester for the tip! |
| Delta Airlines chooses Windows powered Surface 2 tablets for Pilots Posted: 02 Oct 2013 12:16 AM PDT In the battleground for Enterprise, Windows and WP further solidifies their fight with Delta Airlines. Previously arming flight attendants with WP8 powered Nokia Lumia 820s, now their pilots are to get Surface 2 tablets for Pilots. Delta believes they’ll save 13M in fuel and other costs by not bringing 38lbs flight bag containing manuals and maps. The reason for choosing MS? The surface 2 is apparently easier to give pilots separate sections for company and personal use. Furthermore, Delta’s training software also runs on Windows. Delta has already done tests with iPads but has gone with Surface 2. |
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