GLOBAL – The Nokia N8 packs a punch when it comes to taking amazing photos. That’ll be down to the Carl Zeiss, 12-megapixel camera that’s onboard. But sometimes, to get that extra-perfect shot, you’ll need some software. Today, we’re talking about HDR and the Nokia N8. Join us as we create our own HDR images, using HDR Photo Camera from Ovi Store.
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Monthly Archives: August 2011
GLOBAL – Harald Meyer is the main guy behind TeqUnique, famous for a long line of PhoneTorch utilities for every Symbian phone from the N95 onwards. In the last year he’s turned his attention to another hardware related function though – your phone’s camera, producing the well respected and polished CameraPro. I was fascinated to learn what makes Harald tick and how he created and manages this ambitious title. (more…)
GLOBAL – In big cities, traffic conditions determine how much time you get to spend with your loved ones against how much time you spend on the road.
And having the latest information at your fingertips means that you can optimize your time to your liking.
Given how much time we spend on commuting from one place to another as part of our daily lives, Nokia Maps has rolled out some new Traffic features in Beta. Now with the latest beta of Nokia Maps Mobile client, we have Live Traffic routing. Available in UK, France, Germany and Russia; it makes the life of those of us who drive that much more easier. Now, you can turn on “Avoid traffic” in the “Route settings” to take traffic conditions into account while you drive.
But what if you are at home, and want to have a quick peek at the traffic conditions before you start your journey? And what about the times when you wait at home for a loved one driving through the city traffic? No need to worry, now, maps.nokia.com brings to you the latest Live Traffic information to keep you in the know – before you go.
By clicking on the traffic icon on Maps.Nokia.com, you can now watch the live traffic flow in Germany, France and United Kingdom. The traffic information is refreshed every five minutes to provide you with the latest traffic data. It also covers all the highways and main roads in the three countries – which means all the important road networks are covered.
Try out the Live Traffic Flow on maps.nokia.com and let us know your thoughts. We will be bringing Live Traffic Flow to more countries in the future; hence your feedback is greatly appreciated.
ESPOO, Finland – The severe food crisis in the Horn of Africa has dominated world headlines the past weeks. Some 12.4 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. Famine has been declared in regions of southern and central Somalia and the situation is anticipated to degenerate. Between April and the end of June, tens of thousands of people have died in southern Somalia. Almost half of them were children under five. At least one in five children is severely malnourished in the area. The main reason behind this unparalleled catastrophe is the worst drought the region has seen in 60 years. Escalating food prices and general instability have also played a part. (more…)
PORTLAND, OR, United States – In an online universe where the world is at our fingertips, our social circle is no exception. With the likes of Facebook, we love to see what our friends and family is doing at all times as well as update them on our goings on as well. This is why Facebook on mobile phones is such a beautiful thing.
However, without a good Facebook client tucked on your phone, accessing the service can be rough. fMobi is a new and notable Facebook client that warrants a deep dive. fMobi is written in Qt which means it runs incredibly fast and nimble on my Nokia N8 and it has a stunning user interface as well. (more…)
GLOBAL – The new Symbian Anna software update has brought a new lease of life to many of the existing newest Symbian handsets out on the market, today. We’ve installed the new software, given it a test drive and thought we’d show you what you can expect when it comes to emailing and browsing the Web. Here’s what these two features now look like.
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GLOBAL – Last week we made some edits in the article published in June on the software updates for Symbian 5.0 and 3.2 devices. We have since then received questions about this topic from our readers, so we’d like to share some more information on the status of these updates. We’d like to confirm that the planned updates for Nokia X6, Nokia 5530 and Nokia 5800 are still to be released and we are currently working on getting the software ready to launch in some months. (more…)
GLOBAL – Our Blogbite – Nokia Conversations official podcast – goes out each and every Friday. This week, Dan and Phil have lots to talk about. There’s the launch of Symbian Belle, the launch of the Nokia 600, the Nokia 700 and the 701 – all running Symbian Belle. Plus the Nokia 100, the Nokia 101 and the Nokia Essence. Phew. That’s a lot. Stay tuned in to find out what you may have missed this week.
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