Nokia’s 701 firmware version 111.030.0609 has started it’s over the air updates rollout around the world.
Unofficial changelog
Nokia Startup Sounds changed to a robotic SoundNew Application Nokia recommendsSome Widgets have been Updated (Download Update for search Widget after installing this Upgrade)New Bouncwboing Game IncludedMap version 3.08 (0.2.44.110)Phone does Feel optimised, especially camera.After uppate you get new version you are able to download new version of Search Widget
Nokia Conversation giving some love to N9 by sharing their 9 must-have apps for N9. List includes even couple of apps that i did not know about so continue below to see the list and remember to check out the Nokiagadgets The Essential N9 apps
Foursquare client: 4squick. I was very happy to see my favorite N8 Foursquare client 4squick in the Nokia Store for the N9. Being a Qt app, 4squick is cross-platform and runs fluidly on the N9. With 4squick, I can check-in to locations, see where friends are, responds to requests and even upload photos along with my check-ins.
Podcast client: gPodder. I’m a huge podcast fan and like a typical American, I have plenty of time during my commute to listen to them. gPodder handles my podcasts, including subscribing, automatic downloads and upkeep of my nine or so favorite podcasts. gPodder supports YouTube and SoundCloud subscriptions, as well
Music while on the go: Spotify. Spotify, as I wrote last week, has a very capable app for the Nokia N9, with this application, I can easily download playlists for offline playback, view and add to my music inbox and consume all the music I want, because I have a premium subscription. AMericans who have hopped on the Spotify bandwagon will love the N9 app.
DropBox access: DropN9. DropBox is my cloud-based storage locker. I keep so many files in DropBox and it’s a great way to exchange images, music and videos with your mobile without having to use a USB cable or Bluetooth exchange. Check outDropN9 – a fully featured DropBox client for our MeeGo phone.
Google Reader: NewsFlow. I’m an avid Google Reader user as RSS is my main way to keep up on the mobile universe. Mobile clients for Google Reader are hard to come by, so we’re lucky to have NewsFlow as a good Qt based option for news reading.
Enrich your life: TED. TED videos are updated daily and every one brings a unique perspective or challenging viewpoint. TEDhasn’t been forgoten about on the N9 and the TED application lists and gives useful summaries of each video. Then, playing the full video is a matter of a click.
Find your car: Parking. When I go to my local mall, sometimes I lose track of my car. My wife bears with me and is a good sport, but it is annoying to forget where your car is. Parking serves three amazing uses: geo-tagging where your car is, finding your car, and a timer to help track how long you left on your meter.
For the health nuts: Sports Tracker. Sports Tracker is a legacy application that I’ve been using since my N82 days. this application lets you track and manage your workouts, whether it’s biking, walking, skiing or some other action-packed sport. For me, I track my cycling trips and compare my times from outing to outing.
Google Voice usage: qgvdial. While qgvdial has the worst name of any application on this list, this handy little utility will be a boon to any Google Voice user who is utilizing an N9 as their main phone. With qgvdial, you can dial out and SMS from your Google Voice number, check your Google Voice voicemails and SMS messages, and even view your Google Voice contacts, with avatar images.
T-Mobile and Nokia’s today Lumia 710 announcement is not the Nokia’s second coming to U.S. It is a mid end Nokia Windows Phone, from a brand that’s known from it’s lower end phones in North America. What Nokia needs in U.S is a high end phone to excite the market again. Nokia is to announce devices across a range of price points and if this portfolios internal name is anything to come by, Operation Rolling Thunder, it’s to be awesome.
Chris Weber, Nokia’s Head of Markets in North America also mentions that Lumia 710 (That was announced today for T-Mobile U.S.) is meant most of all for those who have avoided smartphones so far.
We will be launching a portfolio of devices in the U.S. across a range of price points, user experience and operators
The rollouts are referred to internally as “Operation Rolling Thunder” – Chris Weber
Weber gives us some of the first hyping material for CES, that’s just under month a away.
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting Jan. 10, we’ll have a very large presence and it’ll be clear that Nokia is back in a quite strong way in the U.S. – Chris Weber
Nokia will have it’s own big booth in CES and is the main sponsor of the hall. Lumia 900 announced, more services, like own Video Call app and much more?
The big entry is when they do this with LTE on Verizon and AT&T. – Roger Entner, an analyst with Recon Analytics in Dedham, Massachusetts
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Nokia has it’s own booth at CES 2012
Nokia and T-Mobile where to have event today, most of us expected to see Lumia 710 to be announced, and that’s exactly what we got. Lumia 710 on T-Mobile will cost you $49 on two-year contract and will be exclusive to T-Mobile in USA, where it’s capable to roam on HSPA+ 14.4Mbps speeds. Availability in January 11th.
Other than the specifications are unchanged
3.7? screen, Clear Black TFT display119 x 62.4 x 12.48 mm125.5 gMSM8255 Snapdragon /Scorpion, 1.4 GHz3D Graphics HW AcceleratorA-GPS5.0 Megapixels camera, f/2.4Video recording is 1280 x 720 pixels 30fps8GB ( Plus 25GB SkyDrive)BP-3L 3.7V 1300 mAh
Lumia 710 will come pre-installed with apps like Drive, MS Office, ESPN, T-Mobile TV and Netflix. I believe Nokia Mix Radio is not available in U.S yet, so it’s to be seen if Nokia can work it out by that time to be included on Nokia Music app.
We’re excited to team with Nokia in bringing its first Windows Phone to the U.S. with the elegantly designed Nokia Lumia 710,” said Cole Brodman, chief marketing officer, T-Mobile USA. “Windows Phone offers a compelling mobile OS choice for people who want a smartphone built around them, their family and friends. We expect it to play a more prominent role in our lineup and marketing efforts in 2012. – T-Mobile U.S
T-Mobile’s press release
Ok, usually many of the special edition movie licensed phones can be quite lame, be it Nokia or anybody else. Maybe it’s me being huge fanboy for anything Christopher Nolan touches or something, but i would pay some extra cash for this Lumia 800 Dark Knight Rises Limited Edition. The special edition comes with Batman symbol laser carved on that unibody polycarbonate shell and special high end box.
The bad part is limited edition, and when they say that, they really mean it. Only 40 will be made and they will be available on the Batman Dark Knight Rises premier day, for price that’s not yet closed.
If you remember Nokia also introduced it’s first mass market touch screen phone, 5800 on Batman The Dark Knight. Something that was way cool, though Nokia should have advertised it more. Maybe we will see something similar from the new batman movie?
Where ever Nokia goes, Sports Tracker follows. Sports Tracker is now ready to be downloaded for your Lumia 800 and 710 for free in Marketplace. It is a bit unclear does Nokia have some kind exclusive access for the Sports Tracker at first on Windows Phone as Sports Tracker itself hasn’t been promoting it’s Windows Phone release, but Nokia Conversation has been promoting it being available for Nokia’s Lumia 800 and 710.
Video of the iPhone app of Sports Tracker to get picture of what kind of app we are talking about here.
Sports tracker has quite of unique relationship with Nokia as it’s actually Nokia’s internal project from back in 2004. When it came available via Nokia Beta Labs in 2007, it was instant hit with millions of users. The creators of the app (Ykä Huhtala, Antti Sorvari and Jussi Kaasinen) took over the project as a spin-off from Nokia in 2009 spreading the app to other platforms as well. So some kind of exclusive treatment is possible, N9 also received Sports Tracker last month.
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Nokia’s official Bangladesh page showing N9 listed as Symbian^3 smartphones. C’mon Nokia, sure some clueless retailer might do a mistake or two once in a while, but you are not going to advertise the phone under wrong OS on your own site.
Link to Nokia Bangladesh page
This is again one more eye catching ads for Lumia 800 in Germany, one of the European countries to get the phone on it’s launch. In all it’s simplicity there where Lumia 800's put in to a thick block of ice that you where free to brake and keep the phone. Getting people out of their comfort zone when trying to brake that block of ice and gathering peoples attention.
That’s one quite sexy looking phone, isn’t it? Same source that confirmed the specifications i posted on the last rumor post (that many blog seem to be now quoting) has just confirmed that this is indeed the high end phone that is pushed by Nokia to be announced at CES 2012 and carried by At&t. According to him, Lumia 900 will come at least in black, but he does not have information about other colors. This press picture, or render for internal use still doesn’t prove that this color will ever appear. Good example is the leaked picture E7 almost year before it’s release that never never came in that green color.
Recap of the specification list.
16GB and 32GB versionsFront Facing camera4.3? Clear Black Display125.5 x 65.8 x 9 mm8mpx camera with single LEDLTE
Just like said on the last post, Lumia 900 will feature similar unibody design as N9/800 and have the same button placement as Lumia 800. it’s a bit unclear is the back as curvy as N9/800, you after all have 7 to 12mm difference on thickness from the edge to the middle. Front glass certainly seems like it’s curved, but probably more discrete because of the size of the screen. Top should feature SIM tray, 3.5mm jack, Micro-USB. Still to be seen will those phone indeed ship with Nokia’s own video call and some kind of image modification application.
Nokia announced today that it’s going to discontinue one more OVI service, or more accurately you are still able to sync and back up your data, but the web access to your contacts on ovi.com will no longer be available. You will still have access to Ovi Contacts website till January 24, 2012.
Here’s some instructions if you are still in a need for this kind of web-based contacts service.
Second, if you would like to continue using a web-based contacts service, here are the steps you need to follow so you can export your contacts to alternative services like Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook 2010, Yahoo! Mail, gMail or Apple Address Book (Lion OS):
Visit contactsui.ovi.com from your personal computer.Login to your Ovi account.Click the green button below the message text.Save the file to your local drive (take a note of the folder you put it in).Click on the file to review and access your data fileYour contact data is in .csv format.Once you have selected an alternate contact service, follow their import instructions.When you asked to select a file for import, select to your Ovi Contact data file.Further information on this transition is available on our support pages.
Why this change? This was a business decision to help us focusing on our core service offerings with the new business unit Location & Commerce, established in July 2011 at the center of our revised services strategy. Thank you for using Ovi Contacts on the web. We look forward to bringing you new and exciting services from Nokia in the future so check back here periodically for more news. And feel free to provide your feedback on what you would like to see from Nokia in the comments below.
