Nokia Communications Centre BETA
Posted on May 7, 2008
Filed Under Applications, Nokia Beta Labs, PC Suite | 3 Comments
The great guys and gals over at Nokia BETA Labs, are doing what they do best, and providing us with some great applications to make our lives just that tad bit more geeky.
Since ‘Geeky’ is the new ‘Black’, I’m bringing you news of a new application called Nokia Communications Center (yes, I know ‘centre’ is actually spelt wrong according to the Queens English).
Nokia Communications Cent(re) is a new way simplified way that contacts and message are going to be handled in future versions of PC Suite, and we are being given the first look.
N82 Has Landed
Posted on May 6, 2008
Filed Under N82 | 5 Comments
Wow, Wow, Wow.
I finally overcame my reservations about the N82, and went ahead and shelled out on one.
Quite a surreal story about how it came to be in my hands. A quick overview:
Steve rocks up at Nokia Store, Banbury.
Steve asks how much a SIM-Free N82 is.
Sales Chap says £420
Steve almost spits his Starbucks Grande White Mocha with whipped cream all over said Sales Chap.
Steve informs the Sales Chap that Nokia’s online store is knocking the N82 out at £315, with a free rucksack.
Sales Chap looks annoyed that a customer comes into his store armed with information.
Steve informs the Sales Chap that he will only pay £315.
Battery Charging - Top Tip or Tosh Tip?
Posted on May 1, 2008
Filed Under n95, nokia | 3 Comments
I’ve been playing with the idea of putting this post up for a while, as I think opinion is quite divided, and there is sure to be someone quoting laws of physics as to why I am wrong, but sod it.
We all know how bad the N95 battery can be in some circumstances. This is a well documented phenomenon. This isn’t exactly what I’m getting at here. What I am going to challenge, is the way that we are told to charge the battery.
Now, since the dawn of time, I have always let batteries in any of my portable devices, from my laptop to my mobile phone, run right down, out of juice before I stick them on to charge.
This habit derives from the Ni-Cad batteries of yesteryear (haven’t used that word in ages!) which used to suffer from the “memory effect”.
Now then, here is where my problem starts.
DVD Quality Video on the N95. Really?
Posted on April 30, 2008
Filed Under Thai Tech Tour '08, n95 | 1 Comment
My N95 is rumoured to have ‘DVD Quality’ video recording. Well, in actual fact, looking at the specification sheet from Nokia, there is no mention of the term ‘DVD Quality’ so where has that reference came from?
Well, I don’t know the answer, but I was sure someone on Jaiku would be able to help me. So, I asked, and I got an answer. Basically, the N95 can record video at a resolution of 640 x 480 at 30 frames per second. That resolution and frame rate, are what quantifies the N95 as to be able to record DVD Quality video.
I’m sure that you are all, by now, sick to the back teeth of hearing about my trip to Thailand. If you are, just hold out through this final post about it, then tell me to shut up.
Uh-Oh! N95-4 To Get New Firmware???????
Posted on April 30, 2008
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I know I shouldn’t be starting a new firmware post with the words ‘Uh-Oh’ but I am.
I use ‘Uh-Oh’ because that is what Nokia will be saying when (or rather, if) they realise how angry N95-3 owners are going to get.
AllAboutSymbian bring us news of the (maybe) just released new firmware, and it would seem that some of thier forum members have downloaded the new firmware, and others are not able to. This would seem to be a product code issue, as which dogs the EURO and APAC N95’s.
I somehow hope this isn’t true, as I can read the forthcoming headlines from here.
Are you an N95-4 owner? Have you got the update? Let us know.
Skype Mobile Client - Finally Available
Posted on April 28, 2008
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There is only a few Java based applications that I like. The Gmail mobile app, and Opera Mini. Even these have all the bad Java traits of being slow to load, slow to connect, slow to respond…. Just slow.
When I say slow, I should really quantify that in some way…. the slowness is probably an absolute maximum of a second or two. This may not sound like much, but it’s 2 seconds of my life that I will never get back. By the time Opera Mini has loaded up and asked me about which connection to use, I’m a bit closer to being dead. This irritates me, like you wouldn’t believe. I could have spent those precious seconds doing something productive, such as trimming a toenail.
Anyway, enough of my usual moaning, lets get onto the new Skype BETA application.
N82 (Black!) and N95 8GB Coming to Orange UK
Posted on April 25, 2008
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Yep, you heard it here first folks, both these devices are officially listed as ‘coming soon’ in the Orange UK online shop.
This has actually taken me by a slight surprise. I was expecting the N82 (albeit the silver one) to surface on Orange, and Carphone Warehouse have had info on it for a while, but the N95 8GB, I really wasn’t expecting.
No details, as yet, as the when exactly ‘coming soon’ means, but check back for more updates.
No doubt, Orange will have completely butchered both devices into oblivion with their own completely awful firmware, with many functionalities ripped out. However, don’t fear, debranding is a fairly painless experience, and should right any wrongs Orange have made.
Let me know in the comments if you have any more accurate information, and I’ll update this post.
Is Sony Ericsson “Doing a Motorola”?
Posted on April 24, 2008
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Yes, yes, I hear you. What has this got to do with S60/Nokia/Samsung etc etc etc?
Well, nothing. Apart from the fact Nokia could sweep up even more market share, because of it.
By now, most people will know the mobile device side of Motorola is up shit creek. Without a paddle. It’s been losing money hand over fist for some time now, due to the ineptitudes of the board, and their “I’m alright, Jack” attitude. The mobile division has finally been cut lose, maybe or maybe not to baste the turkey ready for a takeover. If ever a deer gets caught by a tiger, it’s always the lame one at the back, with the dodgy leg (or in this case, legacy) which get swallowed up.
Beside the blatant frivolities of the Motorola board, buying such items as private jets, and probably wining and dining anyone who walked within 20 feet of them, there must be another reason for their demise.
N95 Camera - Good Enough?
Posted on April 23, 2008
Filed Under Nokia Beta Labs, Thai Tech Tour '08, n95 | Leave a Comment
So, I decided to do away with taking my normal camera away on holiday with me last week. Instead, I opted to solely rely on the camera built into my N95. How did it get on?
To start with, I have spent a little while looking back at some of the reviews of the camera on the N95, written by other people over the last 12 months or so. There is one problem with this, by way of the fact that most of these were written about an N95 on early, or even pre-release, firmware.
There was quite a bit of criticism leveled at the N95 camera due to sluggish start up time, slow processing time, too aggressive compression, and a whole raft of other things.
This makes me glad that I am writing about it from a different point in time. Further down the life cycle of the N95. The latest version of firmware for the N95-1 is V21.something. The software for the camera has been significantly improved since the early days, so how does it square up now? Is it any better?
From the beginning, you open the shutter cover……
Nokia 5320 XpressMusic Handset Announced
Posted on April 22, 2008
Filed Under Nokia Music Store, S60, nokia | Leave a Comment
Today, Nokia unveiled their latest S60 handset at a Nokia Music event in London, UK.
The device is to be named the 5320, and is the latest addition to their music-centered lineup.
This isn’t just another boring handset release though. It does have a new cool feature called “Say and Play”. Now, this should do exactly as it says on the tin. You say the name of a track you want it to play, and it goes ahead and plays it. Simple, huh?
Features of note are dedicated music keys, HSDPA support, 2.0″ screen, 3.5mm headphone jack, upto 8gb of optional storage, and it sports S60 FP2.
Other than that, it’s a run of the mill type device. Rubbish camera, stupid single LED flash, and a lowly 890mAh battery.
Overall though, it looks pretty nice, and the keypad certainly looks a lot more useful than some of Nokia’s latest offerings.
Prices should start at around £175 or $350, but seeing how there is no US 3G device being announced (par for the course of normality) then I don’t see take up in the US to be particularly massive.
Nokia PDF datasheet on the handset can be found HERE
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