31 December 2013

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My Nokia Blog


Video: Hands on the 6″ Nokia Lumia 1320 (Vietnamese)

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 09:00 AM PST

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Here’s a buttery bokeh hands on look at the Nokia Lumia 1320, Nokia’s second phablet after the 1520 but gunning for a very affordable sector.

Tinh Tế

Nokia-Microsoft deal held up by China?

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:51 AM PST

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I thought this story was already written but it seems not. It’s quite an old one now but in case you did miss it too, the Nokia-MS deal is facing some delay in China. China fears that when the D&S division is under MS control, Nokia will have no problems asserting their IP rights.

Thus for the deal to go through, China may be looking for a guaranteed limit on patent fees.

The US and Europe have approved the deal already. Europe however will be closely monitoring Nokia for post-merger licensing practices under EU antitrust rules.

Source: Bloomberg

Cheers All for the tip

FossPatents: Nokia wins German patent injunction against ALL HTC Android devices. Enforceable against 400 million euro bond.

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:45 AM PST

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HTC is getting hit left right and centre, by Samsung on Android, by Nokia in WP (and patents) and internally with their VPs leaking things.

The latest bash comes in from Nokia again who has won a German patent injunction against ALL HTC Android devices.

Cheers Prashant for the tip!

Leakyleak: Nokia Lumia 635 screenshot (4G, 1GB RAM?)

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 08:43 AM PST

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Here’s a screenshot from the single sim variant of Moneypenny. Note that it shows a single sim 4G, 6:35 in the name. Prashant notes that Asphalt 8 is shown which might indicate that the device has 1GB RAM due to to Asphalt 8 not yet being optimised for 512mb(?). However, given that the 525 has 1GB RAM, we should expect the newer refresh to have this too.

As noted, below, the on screen buttons are also visible.

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/417623674091352064/photo/1

Cheers Alvester and Prashant for the tip.

The Nokia Class of 2013

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 04:29 AM PST

Nokia just tweeted a pic of all of their 2013 handsets. 13, unlucky for some might be the last year of a Nokia branded smartphone. Anyway, here they are.

It’s nice to see a solid line up of some great devices. Whilst it looks like a lot, remember back when Nokia was launching 30, 40+ devices a year? That was ok in the time Nokia was hyper dominant as Nokia catered for various consumers. The choice wasn’t Nokia vs Motorola vs Siemens (remember them?) but Nokia vs Nokia vs Nokia.

Unfortunately with complacency Nokia’s offerings weren’t as compelling and folks started looking elsewhere. We needed Nokia to focus on getting the basic recipe right first. In 2013 it felt like Nokia was on the right path. Hailing of positive reviews…the main issue was just being able to get these devices into people’s hands.

Anyway, I’ll leave it at this (posting from 1020 :) )

Video: Brighter low light video with Lumia Black on Nokia Lumia 1020?

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:44 AM PST

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Steve does a quick comparison with the Nokia Lumia 1020, one on Amber, the other on Lumia Black. In daytime, performances are pretty much the same but in low light, there are some slight changes.

The performance improvements lie in how the software chooses exposure, which made the video much darker than it could be.

Video capture under Nokia Black seems to use a higher ISO per video frame, resulting in higher digital noise but a brighter image to the viewer. Note in the street footage that the caravan across the road isn’t even visible in the Amber video footage but can be seen clearly with Black.

http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/features/item/19007_Low_light_video_capture_improv.php

Steve notes that he is using two different models of 1020s from different continents but he doesn’t think that should cause an issue. Well, as long as they’re roughly the same age batch. If you remember before, Marc from PVC had a replacement over his first batch 1020, and the newer one was significantly better.

Cheers Alvester for the tip!

Lumiapps: Grab Amazing Weather HD for FREE today only

Posted: 30 Dec 2013 12:34 AM PST

 

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I’m not sure quite how long is left, but for today, Amazing Weather HD is available for FREE. it’s one of the best looking paid weather apps out there so grab it today.

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http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/store/app/amazing-weather-hd/c7ac43c5-5d99-4e65-913d-e92e253e9e99

Via WMPU

Cheers Alvester for the tip!

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