Apr 18
Where exactly am I? That’s the question Nokia is facing, not in its position following the Microsoft deal that will see it shed its phone business, but in how it’s … Continue reading
Apr 17
The recently concluded Microsoft BUILD 2014 (that saw Nokia’s presence there as well) had its fair share of moments when it came to 3D printing capability being paraded. The integration of 3D printing with the Windows Phone platform has not been refined just yet, but this does not mean that Nokia is going to eschew this potential market by fabricating edible technology courtesy of 3D printing tech, of course.
Considering how Easter Sunday is just around the corner, Nokia decided to take the 3D printing idea to churn out a worthy task, which would involve chocolate. After all, it is very rare to find someone who is able to resist chocolate, unless that person suffers from an allergy or is simply disciplined enough to stay away from such sinful calories.
Known as #Chokia, this happens to be the fruit of the most recent 3D printing research by Nokia. Chocolatier Mark Jones was tasked with producing the Nokia logo via a 3D printer which replaces “ink” with chocolate. Not exactly the easiest of tasks, considering how chocolate needs to be mixed correctly at the right temperature so that it does not clog up the nozzle. Gotta say that it looks like an extremely delicious effort!
#Chokia Is Just Desserts For Nokia’s 3D Printing Research , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, Nokia,
Apr 17
Nokia’s much awaited Windows tablet was released late last year. The Lumia 2520 received good reviews but so far it is not entirely known just how well the tablet has performed in the market. Today Nokia announced that it is suspending the sales of Lumia 2520 in Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the UK. The company discovered that the AC-300 charger it bundles with the tablet may cause an electric shock if touched when it is still plugged in a live socket. The company says its manufactured by a third party supplier.
Nokia estimates that approximately 30,000 chargers are impacted including 600 travel charger accessories sold in the U.S. Jo Harlow, EVP of Smart Devices at Nokia, said that there have been no “confirmed consumer incidents” related to this issue. The tablet is still being sold in the U.S. though Nokia has suspended sales of the travel charger accessory.
Nokia “strongly” advises customers not to use the charger until further notice. The company says that its working with suppliers to minimize the inconvenience as far as replacement chargers are concerned. Since the AC-300 charger is exclusive to the tablet the issue doesn’t affect other Nokia chargers, which can be used without any worries.
So if you happen to have the AC-300 charger with your Nokia Lumia 2520 its best to listen to the company. There have been countless tales of people getting injured and even meeting their maker due to faulty chargers.
Nokia Lumia 2520 Sales Suspended Due To Electric Shock Concerns , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Tablets, lumia 2520, Nokia,
Apr 17
Nokia launched its Lumia 2520 tablet late last year. We reviewed the Nokia 2520 and liked it well enough despite it running Windows RT. Nokia has made an announcement this … Continue reading
Apr 17
As if owning one wasn’t bad enough, Nokia has suspended the sale of its Lumia 2520 tablet due to ele
Posted in: Today's ChiliAs if owning one wasn’t bad enough, Nokia has suspended the sale of its Lumia 2520 tablet due to electric shock risk. (It’s actually the charger that is dangerous.)
Apr 17
Windows Phone 8.1 has yet to be released to the masses. As it stands only a Developer Preview has been released but at the same time, we’re sure more than a fair share of Windows Phone users have downloaded it anyway. That being said it seems that there are reports of how Windows Phone 8.1 has affected Nokia Lumia devices in a bad way.
According to reports, some Nokia Lumia users are experiencing issues with the power button. To be specific, the Lumia handsets affected are the Nokia Lumia Icon handsets where the power button is being unresponsive. Some have reported that it now takes about 2-3 presses of the power button in order to wake up the handset.
Assuming that this is affecting your handset, it looks like you will have to reboot your handset. For Lumia Icon users, this involves holding down the volume down and power button together for about 15 seconds, after which the phone should reboot itself. Hopefully this is an issue that Microsoft has been notified about because the last thing Microsoft would want is for the update to break any devices.
This is currently the second problem that we’re hearing about the Windows Phone 8.1 update. Previously there was a report about how Cortana could not set the alarm on Windows Phone devices, instead issuing an error message. However we should note that this is the developer preview and that the final version has yet to make its way to end-users, so hopefully Microsoft will deal with all these bugs and issues before then.
Lumia Icon Power Button Unresponsive After Windows Phone 8.1 Update , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, lumia icon, Nokia,
Apr 16
The Nokia Lumia 630 was announced and launched earlier this month, including the Dual SIM version, where it is said to retail for $169 during the announcement. Well, here is a closer look at the smartphone that allows you to make use of a couple of SIM cards in a single device, making it ideal for those who do a whole lot of traveling. After all, you can always keep one SIM card slot free for whatever foreign SIM card that you’re going to use, while maintaining your very own phone number in your home country.
Alternatively, how about compartmentalizing your life into work and play SIM cards? That might make it easier to differentiate between who’s able to contact you in the future. Save time and effort with the Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM, where this smartphone will run on the Windows Phone 8.1 platform that is capable of showing off both SIM accounts separately, labelling them clearly as 1 and 2, in addition to highlighting each with different colors so that no confusion will arise.
Not only that, another advantage of a dual SIM phone is the ability to overcome ‘not-spots’, since whenever one SIM loses its signal from the network, there is the other one which will in all probability, take over, unless you happen to be underground with tons of concrete blocking you from the outside world. [Press Release]
Nokia Lumia 630 Dual SIM Increases Your Versatility , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, lumia 630, Nokia,
Apr 16
Self-driving cars may need to show some self-restraint when it comes to their “better than human” reflexes and abilities, the Nokia HERE team working on autonomous vehicle technologies suggests, if … Continue reading
Apr 16
It is no secret that Apple didn’t invent the tablet, although it’s safe to say that Apple probably revolutionized the way we use tablets and made the device an extremely popular one. Now Nokia has a tablet of their own dubbed the Lumia 2520 but it’s hardly the Finnish company’s first and only tablet effort.
According to an interview that Finland’s ISTV conducted with Esko Yliruusi, a Nokia tablet prototype from back the day was revealed (pictured above). For those wondering who Yliruusi is, he’s a data communications specialist that worked at Nokia from 1996 until 2001 and who helped to develop the tablet you can see in the photo above.
Safe to say Nokia’s take on the tablet back in the day is very different from tablets we see today. For starters it appears to sport a variety of buttons in a layout that we can’t help but be reminded of the Nokia N-Gage device. The tablet also packs a kickstand much like the Microsoft Surface tablet and is a lot thicker compared to the devices we are used to today.
It has also been revealed that the display on the tablet only displayed monochrome colors, which is very different from today where users are spoilt for choice when it comes to display options from their tablets. We have no idea what would have been the results and response Nokia would have received had the device been released, but what do you guys think? Could such a device have revolutionized the industry, or were tablets still a little ahead of their time back in 2001?
Early Nokia Prototype Tablet From 2001 Gets Pictured , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Tablets, Nokia,
Apr 16
The Nokia Lumia 1020 is quite the smartphone. Not only does it pack some pretty decent hardware under the hood, but it comes with a whopping 41MP PureView camera attached with it. While Nokia’s hardware specs might not necessarily match up with Android at the moment (there are rumors suggesting that Windows Phone 8.1 GDR2 will add 2K display and Snapdragon 805 support), Nokia has made up for it with its camera technology.
Now if you’re wondering just how good and reliable Nokia’s camera technology is, it seems that it’s good enough where Nokia has teamed up with Fabien Cousteau on an underwater dive known as Mission 31, which will basically see Cousteau and his team spend 31 days underwater, a day longer than Cousteau’s grandfather did back in 1963.
Cousteau and his team will also document their entire dive using the Nokia Lumia 1020, but given that the phone isn’t water-resistant or waterproof, we can only assume it will be housed in a waterproof casing to be used during the mission. We’ve seen some pretty good photos taken with the Lumia 1020 and how it has been used to shoot fashion photography, so it will be interesting to see how it holds up in a documentary-like setting.
In the meantime Nokia is inviting users to share photos and videos of their own outdoors adventure and tag the photos with #NokiaMission31. The winner will be flown to a luxury hotel in Florida where they will be trained as an open water diver and with those skills, they will also get to participate in the dive with Cousteau himself. For more information, do check out the video above.
Nokia Lumia 1020 Used To Document Underwater Diving Mission , original content from Ubergizmo, Filed in Cellphones, lumia 1020, Nokia,
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