The second Windows Phone device out of Nokia has now started shipping. The Nokia 710 is a lower end alternative to the Nokia 800 and packs a smaller 3.5″ CBD LCD display.
Continue reading “Nokia 710 starts shipping in Asia , Russia ; Heading to India next week !”
Over the past year, a lot has been said in regards to the Nokia N9 and Meego’s future, be it in Nokia’s portfolio or with other manufacturers. We all don’t really know what the future holds, but after a couple of weeks with the N9, a lot of joy and a lot of sorrow using it, there are some Nokia N9 ideas that I think are worth having in other devices _ Meego, Windows Phone, S40, Symbian, or whatever the future Nokia devices will run _ and some others that I believe should be locked away in a drawer for all eternity. I’ll take the liberty of loosely calling these ideas “novelties” even though some of them aren’t exactly new to Nokia or the mobile industry as whole, but these have mostly been made more prominent with the N9.
Continue reading “5 N9 “Novelties” Nokia Should Keep, And 2 It Should Kill”
Qualcomm has announced 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz chipsets in the Snapdragon S4 family. They announced 8 new Snapdragon S4 chips last month in addition to 3 chips that were announced previously. The new Qualcomm MSM8625 and the MSM8225 chips would come with Qualcomm’s Adreno 203 GPU and an integrated 3G modem. These are compatible with MSM7x27A and MSM7x25A family of chipsets that would let existing Snapdragon S1-based designs seamlessly migrate to S4 dual core-based designs. Continue reading “Qualcomm unveils 2 new Dual-core 1 GHz Snapdragon S4 chipsets”
Remember when my good friend Stefanos Kofopoulos tortured the screen of the Nokia N8 in his famous video about a year ago? Well, Stefanos is at it again and sent over this video, where he puts the Gorilla Glass of Nokia’s first Windows Phone, the Lumia 800 through it’s paces. This video, posted over at his pestaola.gr blog is not for the faint hearted though, Stefanos does not hold back, scratching all over the display with keys, coins and even a Swiss Army knife! I don’t know about you, but those scratching sounds just made me cringe. Horrible stuff. What happens to the display you ask? Check out the video after the break and make sure to watch in full HD for full proof and enjoy!
Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 Gorilla Glass Test: Oh no, he did it again!”
Idea Cellular has launched new voice calling vouchers for prepaid subscribers in Assam and North East. This would offer free local on-net (Idea to Idea) minutes and also off-net minutes for both existing and new customers. They launched similar offer for Kolkata and West Bengal subscribers last month. Continue reading “Idea launches new voice calling vouchers for prepaid subscribers in Assam and North East”
Vodafone has launched new ‘START STOP’ service for making VAS (Value Added Services) management easy. This would let customers subscribe to popular VAS products just by messaging START, and STOP for deactivating the service from collection of Value Added Services including, Astro & Devotional, Music & Movies, Entertainment, Info & Utilities and Sports. Continue reading “Vodafone launches ‘START STOP’ service for easier VAS management”
Twitter for Android has been updated to version 3.0 and the Twitter for iPhone gets updated to version 4.0 that brings new design and new tabs such as Home tab to view all the tweets, Connect tab to view your interactions and mentions, Discover tab to search for tweets, view stories and trends and Me tab to view your tweets, followers, following, lists, DMs and saved searches. Continue reading “Twitter for Android and iPhone gets new design and new features”
As part of a massive redesign effort , Twitter today unveiled new apps for iOS , Android alongside an improved web interface. The version 4.0 update for the iPhone is a huge change with a slick design, soothing graphics, more features and a whole lot of performance improvements. It has its own pros and cons. We’ll be doing a complete walk through the new app whilst comparing it with the previous (version 3.3.5) release. Unless mentioned , all images on the right are from Twitter for iOS version 4 and those on the left are from the older release.
Cloud gaming solution , OnLive , has finally made its way to Android and iOS. The applications for the two mobile operating systems will allow users to play their favorite console or PC game on their smartphones.
Initial reports indicate that the image quality is superior on the iOS version of the application. OnLive works by compressing and streaming the video component of the game by performing all the heavy crunching on a server in the cloud. This allows average users to play all the latest games without worrying about hardware updates. The mobile apps let users access the same games on the move and play them.
Apple unveiled its iTunes Rewind 2011 today. iTunes Rewind is Apple’s annual listing of the top applications. Under Apple’s Editorial picks, photo manipulation and sharing app Instagram won the ‘iPhone App Of The Year’ award.
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The elusive White Nokia N9 now seems to be available in select regions. The MeeGo powered handset is already one of the more difficult handsets to procure and the white unit is poised to become even harder to obtain !
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The extremely popular photo sharing iOS app , Instagram is finally coming to Android. In an interview with CNET , CEO Kevin Systrom mentioned that two engineers were already working on an Android port of the application.
Pictured above , Instagram 2.0 for iPhone
Instagram already enjoys over 14million users on the iOS platform ! The application lets users apply filters on captured images giving them a uniquely retro look. The company plans to generate a revenue stream via advertisements in the application. Continue reading “Instagram coming soon to an Android device near you !”
After the Deadmau5 promotional concert in London , Nokia seems to be taking its efforts to Paris. A 10 metre high Lumia 800 model has been installed on the Champs Elysées in Paris.
Continue reading “10 metre high interactive Nokia Lumia 800 unveiled in Paris”
Nokia has started rolling out new software update v1600.2479.7740.11451 for the Nokia Lumia 800 that brings performance and usability enhancements for the battery, voicemail notification and more. Nokia announced the Lumia 800 at the Nokia World this October, and this is the first update since its launch. Continue reading “Nokia Lumia 800 software update brings performance and usability enhancements”
