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- Black update for Lumia 520/720 brings double tap to wake
- YELLOW Nokia Lumia 1520 Unboxing Video & Gallery
- WP8.1 Blue, Release to Manufacturers March, Devs – April, Users May
- Stunning: Sheridan01′s, Superb, Scenic panoramas (@Nokia_Connects MVC) shot on Nokia Lumia 1020
- Digitimes’ MWC 2014 expectations from Nokia: WP8.1 devices, Nokia Lumia 1820, 1525 and 1520v?
- Forbes: Just How Much Brand Damage Is Microsoft Doing To Nokia?
- Kantar Worldpanel: WP 10.3% EU sales, 3rd month EU double digits
- Nokia X/Normandy Specs Leaked
| Black update for Lumia 520/720 brings double tap to wake Posted: 28 Jan 2014 02:42 PM PST I loved the Nokia N9, it was a device with so many experimental UI innovations that along with WebOS shaped the new smartphone UI experience across all operating systems. (you should know that the main guy behind WebOS is actually the guy who led the team who made the Nokia N9) Pictured Nokia N9 with a double tap to wake joke :). See before the Nokia N9 I would hold my Nokia N8 and press the home button and notice how uncomfortable it is to press something physical and then switch to the air like navigation of a capacitive touch screen. User feedback convinced Nokia to reintroduced this feature again both on its 5xx Asha line and on select Lumia phones later on via the amber update. Sadly low-end Lumias didn’t get a piece of the action that is up until Nokia Black update which added “double tap to wake” to even more Lumias including the Lumia 625 which got the feature to the surprise of many but today as the rollout for Black update started we are glad to report the “double tap to wake” feature now made it to the Lumia 520 and the Lumia 720 too. This feature will give the Lumia 520 new found bragging rights, it already have super sensitive touch which is only found on top Samsung models (and few other flagships), now they’ll have double tap to wake too which is only available on top LG models too and is starkly absent from any Samsung. So tell us did you get the Black update for your Lumias? are you enjoying the double tap to wake too? Shout off about your experiences in the comments bellow. Have a good day and happy updating.
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| YELLOW Nokia Lumia 1520 Unboxing Video & Gallery Posted: 28 Jan 2014 07:01 AM PST Although Jay beat me to posting an unboxing of the Lumia 1520, here’s my video and gallery of the gorgeous yellow Lumia 1520 unboxed. It seems that me and Jay have switched sides however, as he was the face of #TeamYellow while I was all for #TeamRed when it came to the 920; but I think the matte yellow finish on the 1520 is irresistible (much nicer than the glossy finishes.. just look at the 920 in the pics below to see why).
Which do you guys think looks better? The Lumia 152 in red or yellow? or perhaps you’re more partial to the White or Black? In terms of size, true the 6″ 1520 isn’t for everyone, but the larger screen size and higher resolution is killer; look at the gallery for example, you can see almost 3X the amount of albums in the same screen than you would on any other phone, same goes for the start screen of course. Weight wise at around 200 Grams it’s not the lightest phone in the world, but it is certainly amongst the lighter phablets out there, and the weight distribution is quite nice; so if you’re worried about that, don’t be.
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| WP8.1 Blue, Release to Manufacturers March, Devs – April, Users May Posted: 28 Jan 2014 06:19 AM PST This was just tweeted by Nawzil8. Tom Warren from TheVerge confirms that the source is from Mary Jo Foley. Is this update wise? As Nokia already has 8.1 devices appearing in February according to rumours. https://twitter.com/Nawzil8/status/428150748145549312 So much is expected of WP8.1. Nokia’s done what they can and more with Amber and Black. It feels like Microsoft has slacked so much. We better see some significant improvements in 8.1.
Cheers WinPhan for the tip! |
| Stunning: Sheridan01′s, Superb, Scenic panoramas (@Nokia_Connects MVC) shot on Nokia Lumia 1020 Posted: 28 Jan 2014 05:44 AM PST Another Nokia photographer that isn’t a stranger to our audience. Richard Dorman aka Sheridan01 has some mesmerising panoramas in this collection.
Rich is blessed with a photographer’s eye and living in one of the most beautiful locations to snap pictures. I came across some 925 Helsinki photos that iPhoto swiped a copy of and had to check the EXIF to make sure it wasn’t from my 60D. There’s a couple of shots of the Grand Canyon there too. @Nokia_Connects is tagged to nominate Rich for MVC award. |
| Digitimes’ MWC 2014 expectations from Nokia: WP8.1 devices, Nokia Lumia 1820, 1525 and 1520v? Posted: 28 Jan 2014 05:33 AM PST
Should the 1820 exist, then the naming of these Nokia devices feel utterly stupid. qHD? qHD? Erm, what?
Yes, I understand it’s more powerful than the 1520, but any particular reason to go to 1820? The ’1320′ is ‘just’ dualcore with entry level specs but is ‘up there’ in the nomenclature due to screen size. Something called the 1525 supposedly has a 6″ display. Based on what @evleaks has spilled before, Moneypenny should be expected as well as gesture based goldfinger, both tipped as the first WP8.1 devices. Source: Digitimes
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| Forbes: Just How Much Brand Damage Is Microsoft Doing To Nokia? Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:44 PM PST
Tero Kuittinen, contributor at Forbes asks: Just How Much Brand Damage Is Microsoft Doing To Nokia? The question arises after Nokia’s surprise Q4. Expected continued growth met possibly with opposition to the Microsoft acquisition of Nokia’s D&S? Is it a consumer reaction to the news or just continued elevated competition? Was this something Nokia had predicted and thus sold of D&S?
Cheers Janne for the tip!
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| Kantar Worldpanel: WP 10.3% EU sales, 3rd month EU double digits Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:44 PM PST
AAWP reports on Kantar’s data that WP has garnered 10.3% of EU sales. This is oddly higher than the 10% of last month despite Nokia’s sales reports. News on the radio here say that Q4 has been pretty tough, so much so that even Sammy had to issue profit warnings due to stronger competitors this month.
Cheers all for the tip! |
| Posted: 27 Jan 2014 11:37 PM PST
With just under a month until Nokia hits the MWC stage in Barcelona, to announce new devices, one of which is the heavily leaked Nokia Normandy, otherwise known as Nokia X. We have seen screenshots of the UI and a variety of colours, but little was known about specs until now. Evleaks has tweeted that the Nokia X will have a dual-core Snapdragon Processor clocked at 1GHz, 4″ WVGA screen, 512MB RAM with 4GB internal storage and microSD slot. It will feature a 5MP shooter on the back, powered by a 1500MAh battery. As we saw earlier, there will be six colours, and dual-sim. Nokia Store will be on-board as well as “third-party” (apps or store?).
Not the first time I had seen these specs pop up though. Earlier I was linked to a vietnamese site (since taken down) that has the Nokia Normandy listed, and has these specs. Does that validate the leak? Or just show where evleaks’s source got the info from?
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