Here’s a demo of Nemo running on the HP TouchPad, and a Qt based game, Flying Bus on top of it.

The touch screen doesn’t work yet and the performance is laggy but it means a lot to.. well, may be nobody.

Nokia Lumia 800

Early this morning at Nokia World 2011, Nokia announced their first two Windows Phone devices, which will ultimately replace the retiring MeeGo platform.  The Lumia 800 is a dead ringer for Nokia N9, while the Lumia 710 is a little less appealing, designed for a budget market.  Nokia is calling them the first “real Windows phones”.  The Lumia 800 features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved WVGA display, 1.4 GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 25GB of free SkyDrive storage, an 8 megapixel camera with f/2.2 Carl Zeiss optics and LED flash (capable of 720p HD video capture), 1450 mAh battery, and it comes in black, cyan or magenta color options.  The 800 will run Windows 7.5 Mango, and also features turn-by-turn navigation software known as “Nokia Drive”.  Through a partnership with ESPN, Nokia is including the ESPN Sports Hub app, as well.  The 800 will retail for 420 EUR, or about $585.  It will begin shipping in November to France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, and UK retailers.  Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore, and Taiwan will get it before the end of the year. Additional markets, including the US, will see it in 2012.  You can find several videos showcasing the features at the end of the post.

From the Press Release:

Nokia Lumia 800 Features:

• Nokia Fast USB Charger AC-16
• Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-185CD
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-902
• Soft cover, color match to phone
• Quick Guide, User Guide and Product information leaflet
• Nokia Original Accessories
• Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster (in-ear), Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster (on-ear)
• Colourful and exciting portfolio of Bluetooth headsets, wireless speakers, car holder, charger, protective pouches, soft covers and functional cases
• Colors: Black, Cyan, Magenta
• Technical Profile
• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Speed: HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps
• Display: 3.7” WVGA (800×480) AMOLED capacitive touch ClearBlack display with pinch zoom, 2.5D curved glass seamlessly integrated to unibody
• OS: Windows Phone Release – Mango
• Memory: 16GB internal user memory, 512MB program memory
• Camera: 8Mpix auto-focus Carl Zeiss, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps
• Size/Weight: 116.5 mm x 61.2 mm x 12.1 mm (LxWxT) / 76.08 cc / 142 g
• Connectivity: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector, Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, ALS
• Processor: 1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA)
• Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, m42, m4b, wma, EVRC, QCELP
• Battery: 1450 mAh
• Operating times: Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 13 h/9.5h
• Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 265h/up to 335 h
• Music playback: up to 55 hours
• Additional features and Services:
• Nokia Drive with turn by turn voice navigation available for more than 100 countries. Nokia Maps available from Marketplace at sales start
• Nokia Music and Mix Radio: Enjoy music from the world’s most locally relevant catalog (14 million tracks). 100 great radio channels with something for everyone. Nokia Music Store available in 20 countries and Mix Radio in 12 countries.
• Contacts transfer help users migrate phonebook contacts from other devices and platforms
• App Highlights promotes locally relevant apps and content
• Excellent camera. Superior shooting with Carl Zeiss optics and HD video
• XBOX Live Hub offers cool games, capability to see friends’ presence and leaderboards, 3D Avatar control and creation
• Outlook Mobile for corporate email and private email support
• Best social experience – instant social and image sharing:
• Instant combined Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn feeds, chat and SMS messages in one conversation
• From pocket to photo to Facebook in seconds
• Best browsing experience with IE9:
• New Internet Explorer 9 just like on your computer
• Buttery smooth experience, lightning fast performance, broad support of Internet standards for HTML5 applications

The Lumia 710:

Nokia Lumia 710

The Lumia 710 is a more budget-aimed Windows phone.  It features a 3.7-inch WVGA ClearBlack display, 1.4GHz single-core Qualcomm MSM8255 processor, 512MB of RAM, 8 GB of storage, 5 megapixel camera with LED flash (720p HD video capture capable), 1300 mAh battery, and, of course, it runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango. The handset will be available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers.  It will retail for 270 EUR, or about $375.  It will begin shipping first in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan near the end of the year. Like the Nokia Lumia 800, more markets will receive it in early 2012.

From the Press Release:

Nokia Lumia 710 features:

• Networks: WCDMA 900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Speed: HSDPA cat 10: 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA cat 6: 5.76 Mbps
• Display: 3.7” WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch ClearBlackTM display with pinch zoom
• OS: Windows Phone 7.5 – Mango
• Memory: 512MB RAM, 8GB storage
• Camera: 5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 720p @ 30 fps
• Size/Weight: 119mm x 62.4mm x 12.5mm (LxWxT) / 81.1cc / 125.5g
• Connectivity: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector
• Processor: 1.4 Ghz Single Core MSM8255 (WCDMA)
• Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma
• Battery: 1300 mAh
• Operating times: Talk time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 6.9 h/7.6h
• Standby time: (GSM/WCDMA) up to 400h
• Music playback: up to 38 hours
• Nokia AC-10 MicroUSB Charger
• Nokia Battery BP-3L
• Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-190CD
• Nokia Headset WH-208
• Nokia Original Accessories
• Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster (in-ear), Nokia Purity HD Stereo Headset by Monster (on-ear)
• Colourful and exciting portfolio of Bluetooth headsets, wireless speakers, car holder, charger, protective pouches, soft covers and functional cases
• Colors: Front- black and white; Back- black, white, cyan, fuchsia, yellow
• Personalize it
• Change covers to suit your mood – available in black and white with covers in five different colors
• Personalize your start screen the way you want it
• Group people based on how they fit into your life and pin individuals to the start screen for group conversations and photo sharing
• Designed for instant social experience and
• image sharing
• Keep in sync with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
• Chat and SMS messages in one conversation
• Shoot, share and see photos easily
• Best browsing experience with IE9
• Browse with the fast and familiar Internet Explorer 9
• Pin individual web pages to start menu
• Instant search from Bing as you type
• Switch smoothly between tasks
• Additional features and Services
• Nokia Drive with turn by turn voice navigation available for more than 100 countries. Nokia Maps available from Marketplace at sales start
• Nokia Music and Mix Radio: Enjoy music from the world’s most locally relevant catalog (14 million tracks). 100 great radio channels with something for everyone. Nokia Music Store available in 20 countries and Mix Radio in 12 countries.
• Contacts transfer help users migrate phonebook contacts from other devices and platforms
• App Highlights promotes locally relevant apps and content
• XBOX Live Hub offers cool games, capability to see friends’ presence and leaderboards, 3D Avatar control and creation
• Outlook Mobile for corporate email and private email support

http://youtu.be/jcvH3rP4O4c

Nokia N9

At first glance the Nokia N9 looks to be a pretty impressive piece of hardware, and it is.  The 3.9-inch curved glass AMOLED screen lacking any front hardware buttons is certainly flashy.  The NFC chip is ready to start making mobile payments.  It’s powered by a 1 GHz TI OMAP processor, has an 8-megapixel rear camera (with a rumor that says it could be 12), and comes in 16GB and 64GB models.  It also comes in Black, Cyan or Magenta.  So the hardware’s on par with pretty much any high-end device out there right now.  So what’s the trouble?

The real problem is MeeGo.  MeeGo might have been a decent operating system at one time, but it’s certainly not gotten better with age.  And with the dominance of Android and iOS, other mobile OS’s are really having a tough time of it.  MeeGo is an all but dead OS, and Windows Phone 7 is going to become Nokia’s system of choice going forward.  MeeGo doesn’t have the apps to really be a contender in the new mobile space, nor can it hope to match the dominance of Google, Apple, or even Microsoft.  The move to another OS is a good one, and with the upcoming Mango version of Microsoft’s mobile OS, Windows Phone is about to get a bit better.

You could certainly do worse with a smartphone than the N9, but the fact is you could do a whole lot better.  Only time will tell if Nokia’s move to WP7 is the right one, but packaging such a hardware-rich device with an all but dead OS is, in this writer’s opinion, not a great move.

Windows Phone

We don’t talk much about Windows phones here.  That’s mostly because, well, it’s Windows phone, and you can probably count the number of WP7 users on 1 hand.  In all seriousness, though, the platform has been picking up speed lately.

With the introduction of the Mango update, WP7 got a heck of a social network overhaul.  You can now carry a single conversation across text, email, Facebook, Windows Messenger and use group texting conversation tools.  Your Twitter feeds are also more integrated into your contacts and messaging system, and you can link multiple e-mail inboxes to a single box for easier access and control over e-mail.  Gotta say that’s a very nice feature for someone like me who uses at least 5 e-mail addresses.

The Mango update also improved app management, made them easier to search, and added better memory management for multitasking.  Then they updated the browsing experience with IE9 and revamped the search features with Bing.  And with Microsoft’s recent purchase of Skype, you can bet that future iterations of the platform will see native integration of that service as well.

Now, according to Reuters, Nokia is getting set to release 2 new WP7 devices with the preloaded Mango update.  Leaks reveal that one device will be a touchscreen-only, while the second will feature a sliding keyboard design.  In order to push devices out more quickly, Nokia is going to reuse a couple of their existing form factors from past Symbian devices, load them with WP7 and rush them to market.  Rushed to market doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, but if you’re a hardcore Windows user and batty for the next WP7 device, then watch what Nokia is doing this year.  The world’s largest handset manufacturer has made a commitment to the Windows Phone platform.

Via GottaBeMobile

Nokia Windows Phone 7

Nokia CFO, Timo Ihamuotila, at Nokia’s Capital Markets Day showed the above slide. Got it? Nokia will be all about Windows Phone 7 with the passage of time. No more Symbian! All Nokia needs is time to convert all of their devices to Windows Phone. We are not at all sure if the existing devices will be getting Windows Phone upgrade or only the new devices will enjoy the Microsoft yum. Apparently the transition will be completed by 2012 so it seems like only new devices will be having Windows Phone 7 on board – you know how quickly Nokia brings out new devices, older ones die at their own.

This is the only considerable development by Nokia in far past – the only reason we are covering Nokia here.  But well, transition to Windows Phone 7 is a smart move. We guess we will be covering more and more Nokia in coming future. But we still think Android could be a better option.

[Engadget]

While Android rocks my world, you might be an iPhone fan. At several points we find a tie between iPhone and Android. Though Android already outsells iPhone, iPhone users seem more loyal. Well, this is all confusing. So we decided to ask you guys to decide which has been the best Smartphone of the year.

Vote below but don’t forget to leave a comment supporting your vote. We are going to have detailed post on the results of this poll. Go ahead!

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Nokia N8

Nokia N8 is a 12MP Symbian^3 phone with a multitouch capable screen. You can pinch to zoom in the browser. It can record HD videos which are pretty cool. Nokia N8 can also be connected to an HDTV for HD video output through an HDMI port. The camera accompanies a Zenon flash for dim light conditions. Interestingly, Nokia N8 has got some great sound features too. It is world’s first phone to support Dolby Digital Plus. Imressive, isn’t it?

Nokia N8 will hit the European markets later this year at EUR 370 in different colors. No word on US release for now.

[TheNokiaBlog]

Nokia N900

MeeGo is an open source project backed by the Linux Foundation. It is aimed at saving apparently two failed Linux projects – Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo. It combines both of them and tries to bring them in one package. There has been some work going on it for quite a while now. It has been made to run on Nokia N900 successfully.

Here’s a video demo of MeeGo running on Nokia N900. Have a look:

We can expect more devices in the near future. Let’s see when it starts shipping pre-installed on phones. Who will be the MeeGo pioneer by the way? I guess Nokia, since Intel doesn’t have phones for now and HTC good with Android and Windows Mobile.

[via DailyMobile]

Arto Joensuu

Remember we told you about Nokia using Apple’s name in false advertising? Nokia was running an Adwords campaign that was misleading our readers by showing a heading “Apple Phone” and then leading them to Nokia’s site. Here’s our original post:

Nokia Using Apple’s Name In False Advertising To Attract Customers

After more than two weeks we have been officially contacted by Nokia. In an email to me, just moments ago, Arto Joensuu, Head of Digital Marketing, Nokia Middle East & Africa says:

Hi Owaeis

I saw your recent post about Nokia using Apple’s name in false advertising. http://gggadgets.com/technology-news/nokia-using-apples-name-in-false-advertising-to-attract-customers/

You make a very valid claim and I want to state that this is by no means a practice that we embrace or accept at Nokia. We were just as surprised to see this and it got us looking into the root of the cause immediately. The URL as well as the copy you referred to in your example are not the standard ones we use in our ongoing campaigns. After digging deeper we found out that the incident was caused by a technical glitch that had gone unnoticed by our media partner. We have contacted the responsible parties and taken the needed corrective actions.

I want to thank you for bringing up the topic and I hope this clarifies the situation.

Sincerely,

Arto Joensuu

Head of Digital Marketing, MEA

Nokia Middle East & Africa

Wow nice. I won’t comment on the ‘technical glitch’ but I am glad that Nokia admires it’s fault have most probably removed those ads from it’s campaign. Back to work Nokia!

I am not sure how many fraudlent Nokia ads are running on Adwords but I can tell you of what I just saw on a recent post on ‘the gadgets‘. Guess what? You won’t beleive! Nokia is using “Apple Phone” as the ad heading to advertise its own phones. Lo and behold! Is there any Nokia phone called ‘Apple Phone’??? Or even looks like an Apple?

Here’s a screenshot of the ad:

Nokia False Ads on 'gggadgets.com' - Click on image to enlarge

Look at the URL at the bottom of the ad! It is the official Nokia site link! When I clicked on the ad, I landed on Nokia’s official website for Middle East and Africa. There was nothing like Apple there. Nokia is using our readers interest in Apple products and drive them to their own site hoping readers to get deceived and order a Nokia device instead of an iPhone. Hell no, our readers are smart enough to not get deceived by false advertising.