But before we showcase YouTubers’ thoughts, please put your hands together for the tune of the Suomi summer, more than your ears can hear, Something Real  – by Koobra feat. Joanna.

And here’s what YouTubers, one of the internet’s most discerning audiences, thought of it.

As you can see, both the song and the Nokia Lumia 925 look like they’ve been a huge hit with the YouTube faithful. And they’re not alone. The music lovers over at SoundCloud have been lovin’ this tune too. But what about you? Let us know downstairs whether you think it, and the Nokia Lumia 925, are worthy of all these accolades.

Top tune!  

Here’s just a few of the dozens of people who wanted to know more about this top tune.

We’ve always known that Nokia lovers have fantastic musical taste helped, we hope, by 24 million free songs on Nokia Music.  So, in celebration of this, the song itself and, of course, the smartphone that made it all happen, we’ve made a Something Real music video.  Filmed entirely upon the Nokia Lumia 925, it features vocalist, Joanna Sulonen, the main man himself, DJ Koobra, on snare drum and some slinky dance moves from girls in golden hot pants, all in exuberant Nokia Lumia colours.

We think it rocks. To see for yourself, grab your dancing shoes, switch on the disco lights and press play.

We hope you enjoyed this as much as we did.  It certainly is an incredibly catchy tune, but where exactly did the inspiration for it come from? To find out the answer to this question and more, we hooked up with Kalle Wahlberg aka DJ Koobra. Here’s what he had to say.

1. Your track has been a massive hit. Where did you get the inspiration for it from? 

I was trying to write something catchy and more pop influenced than I usually do. I guess there’s influences in there from the 80′s synth pop and dance music aesthetic and modern stuff as well.

 2. Who is the vocalist, Joanna, and how did you find her? 

Joanna Sulonen is a talented singer from Helsinki. I met her three years ago while recording her vocals for a project of a friend of mine. I really liked her voice and at some point we ended up working on a bunch of tracks together. 

3. What do you like best about the video and why? 

I like the vivid candy store colors. The song is the most pop track I’ve ever written and the video fits the mood perfectly. I also like the close-ups of random things, like the rolling marble etc.

 4. It’s the first music video to ever be shot on a Nokia Lumia 925. How do you think the camera did and do you see a future for smartphone shot music videos? 

 I was amazed how good the video ended up looking. Especially the detailed close-ups of different objects. I can’t really say if there’s a future since I’m not a filmmaker, but if the end result looks like this, I guess why not!

5. If you could have any band or musician in the world play “more than your eyes can see”, who would it be and why? 

 I don’t know, such a tough question. Maybe Yellow Magic Orchestra, because I’m listening to them right now. Also, we’re releasing a bunch of remixes later in the summer, so you’ll get to hear other artists/producers interpretations of the song.

A fascinating insight into the mind of a music maestro. Next week, we’ll be taking a closer look at the making of the video and get a better insight into how the Nokia Lumia 925 performed. So, if you’ve got any questions about that or the song itself, let us know in the comments below.  In the meantime, why not have another listen. Go on, you know you want to!

While we’ve yet to come across a Nokia meme that reaches those heady heights of interwebz fame, there’s a thriving community of memesters coming up with great new memes all the time. Here’s five Nokia themed ones that made us chuckle loudest this week.

Overly Attached Girlfriend

Success Kid

Sudden Clarity Clarence

Condescending Wonka

Success Kid

We hope these gave you a good giggle. If you think you can make us laugh louder, we’d love to see what you can cook up. So, why not head on over to Quick Meme and create some meme magic for yourself, then share down below.

Get the low-down

The first step is to go out and capture your own urban aesthetic in ‘low light’ conditions —think lamp lights, shady characters, neon signs, late-night street parties—simply submit your photo online by July 10th. Then, Nokia, DAZED & CONFUSED and London-based photographer Tyrone Lebon will get together to pick their fifty favourites. These lucky folk will all get sent trial Lumia 925 smartphones, and will be sent out again to capture some more fabulous low-light urban snaps using the Lumia’s on-board camera.

The Nokia Lumia 925 is particularly effective in low light conditions, with its enhanced software, Carl Zeiss lens and effective ISO settings that have shot up to 3200, so the finalists will state-of-the-art equipment to work with.

Dazzle Dazed

Once these Lumia 925 portfolios have been uploaded, DAZED & CONFUSED and Nokia will pick their top three photographers and this lucky trio will get an all-expenses-paid VIP trip to the Burton High Fives in August 2013, where they’ll get to take even more photos with their Nokia Lumia 925 in stunning New Zealand! Peter Jackson, eat your heart out. The cherry on this already delicious cake? Their final shots will get published in the September issue of DAZED & CONFUSED!

Vote Lowlight! 

That’s a lot, but it’s not all—Nokia are, as you know, all about listening to the public, and so, even if you don’t win, you’ll still get to vote on your favourite of the submitted images. The photographer with the lion’s share of the public vote will win a Burton snowboard and a brand new Nokia Lumia 925 smartphone! Not bad, eh?

It’s all that easy. Get yourself into some low urban lighting and get snapping! Submission period runs from 12th June and 24th July, 2013 and voting runs between July 10th and 17th 2013. The winners will be announced on August 1st, just in time to get whisked off to New Zealand #Lumia925 #NokiaxBurtonNZ

1. Make your music sound better

Nokia Lumias are famed for being amazing music making machines. But did you know that if you pop in your headphones you can adjust the sound quality via the audio option under general settings? You have the option to choose a selection of pre-determined settings, or fiddle about with the equaliser yourself. Otherwise, you can go full DJ and enable Dolby playback by swiping right and hitting playback. Nokia Music just got even funkier!

2. Create a Group Live Tile

Groups are a brilliant way to mange your social networking stuff and stay in touch with the people who matter, whether that’s your footballing buddies or your family. When you create a Group, it shows up at the top of your contact list. Tap it, and you’ll see the Group members’ Live Tiles and social networking updates, along with options for group email, texting, and chat. You can also pin it to your Start screen. What’s more, it’s super simple to create. On your Start screen tap People, flick to All, tap New and then tap New Group. Tap a contact name then Save and you’re off and away!

3. Change your text size

No matter how big the screen size, sometimes it’s nice to have your font a little bigger too. If you want to resize your Nokia Lumia’s text, simple Go into Settings then Ease of access and you’ll find five different size settings for the text. You need never squint again.

 4. Share your location in a text

Meeting a buddy in a bar or hooking up with your girlfriend for afternoon coffee, but they don’t know how to get to your location? Don’t worry. Write a text message and you can add a map of your location. Just tap the paperclip icon and choose location. If your buddy or girlfriend has a Nokia Lumia it will open your location in their HERE Maps, otherwise it will open in their browser.

5. Hide your caller ID

Sometimes you’d just rather not have people see your caller ID. If you happen to be in one of those situations you can change your settings with in a couple of taps. Just go to caller history, tap the fullstops icon at the bottom right, and hit Settings. Then choose who gets to see your caller ID by default, everyone, your contacts, or no one at all.

6. Get a room

Imagine if you could get a digital room where all your nearest and dearest could share pictures, chat, make appointments or broadcast their locations to everyone inside. Well, imagine no more. Go to the People Hub on your start screen, side swipe and you’ll find the word together. From here press the ‘+’ key at the bottom and then select room choose a name and hit the floppy disc save button at the bottom. Windows Phone 8 will now set the room up. When you’ve added everyone you want to include, press the tick and your friends with Nokia Lumias or other Windows Phone 8 devices will now be invited to join.

7. Search a web page

Find the info you need from a web page isn’t always a straightforward task, especially if you’re using a smartphone screen. Fortunately, with Windows Phone 8, within the browser,  is a search tool called find on page. When in Internet Explorer, press the fullstops icon and select find on page towards the bottom of the list. Type in your search query and press enter. Hey presto! All text found in the search will show up in your chosen accent colour, and there’s an arrow key to scroll through all the findings at the bottom of the display.

8. Make searching simpler

If you’ve got a lot of friends in the People Hub or a lot of apps in your apps list it can sometimes take time finding what or who you want. For quicker navigation you can just tap the header letter of a section, the “a” at the top, for example, and get a large overlay of all the letters in the alphabet. Tap one and hop over to that section for all your contacts beginning with each letter. It really makes searching simple.

These are just a few of the cool features that you might not have known about. If you have any others you’d like to share, please drop them in the comments below.

Makes you a mix master

The killer attraction has to be Nokia Mix Radio—a smartphone music streaming service that offers you access to millions of songs without having to sign up, sign in, or listen to endless, disruptive adverts between tracks. When you click through to Mix Radio, just select your preferred genre—indie, jazz, country, spoken-word comedy, chart, rock, just to name a few—and you get to listen to a free mix-tape that’s been especially compiled for Nokia listeners.

Keeps on discovering

Bristol Musicologists Jethro Borthwick, Mark Lampo and Nick Pointon are the brains behind most of the mixes, and these data-crunching genuises, and their support team, are keen to make sure Nokia customers get a satisfying musical experience that’s both global and locally oriented, with artists and tracks sourced from all around the world. The mixes are continually updated, and they’re a great way to discover new music.

Fires your creativity 

If you want a slightly more personalised experience, you can Create a Mix by selecting three artists and letting the virtual DJ tailor a totally new playlist based on those choices. And if you like what you hear, you can download up to four mixes at a time to your handset to listen to offline any time you like, so you don’t have to worry about WiFi connections and data allowances—and none of it will cost you a penny!

Puts you in store for more

There’s a regular music Store, too, of course, in case you fall in love with the latest chart-topper and want to feast your ears on more; simply click through and use your Nokia account to purchase individual tracks or the whole album. While you’re in the Store, you can play samples from any song, and meanwhile take note of all the quick info you’ll need to show off your advanced musical knowledge (artist, genre, label and release date).

 Tells you all you need to know

Click on the artist’s name, and you’ll get a flood of useful trivia: not only convenient lists of all their albums, singles, most popular tracks and related artists, but a bio and image gallery as well, courtesy of Wikipedia, not to mention a handy Artist Mix, plus a list telling you which Mix Radio playlists that currently feature that artist. Back to the tune you’re actually listening to, though: scroll right and you get another list—this time, other music recommended to you based on the tune you’ve navigated from. Talk about comprehensive…

Gets you to gigs

So, now you’ve heard the single and downloaded the album—but no respectable music junkie would call themselves a true fan unless they’ve seen the band live. Not a problem: with Nokia Music’s Gig Finder, your smartphone can search for local live music listings based on your GPS location. Once you’ve found a kick-ass concert, you can pinpoint the venue using HERE Maps, get directions, buy tickets, check out what else is happening at that venue, and, in case this gig has sold out, you can see where else that band or act is playing. Phew! A one-stop-shop for gig-goers.

Gives you something extra special

Finally, if that isn’t all enough, for a teeny monthly subscription fee (€3.99/$3.99), you can access Nokia Music+, which is an enhanced version of all the above. It lets you skip unlimited tracks in the Mixes (as opposed to the free version’s six skips an hour), download as many Mixes as you can fit on your phone, listen at a higher quality, and see the lyrics to your favourite songs, karaoke-style, on your smartphone’s screen.

With all this combined, you’ll be a new music maestro before you can say top tune. And if you’ve already been using these brilliant features, we’d love to hear what new music gems you’ve unearthed so far.

Image credit: Ian Ransley

Engadget

“It’s design is great for this price, the social features will please many, and there’s just about everything you might need for photos and sharing.”

CNET

“The handset is compact and has a sleek, minimalistic aesthetic that’s similar to the Lumia…I especially welcome its smooth, almost chalky feel as well.”

Unleash the Phones

“Build quality is very solid, and I’m pretty sure this little phone can survive quite a lot of drops and falls. There were no creaks or loose parts on our unit, which isn’t really a big surprise considering it’s a Nokia mobile phone after all.”

 3g.co.uk

“On the front of the Nokia Asha 210 you have an extremely user friendly QWERTY keyboard where each key has a lifted raised contoured surface for ease of typing, and it feels good too.”

 Inspire2rise

” The battery life is what got us drooling. Nokia Asha 210 comes with a 1200 mAH battery. As claimed by Nokia the battery would last up to 46 days on standby on the Single sim version.”

 The Verge

“It’s dedicated social and messaging features will appeal to consumers in emerging markets, offering a low-cost alternative in markets where BlackBerry still maintains a decent market share.”

Pocket Lint

“In the end, the Asha 210 is a great little Qwerty feature phone, which is cheap enough to justify its shortcomings.”

Clash of the titans: Nokia Lumia 920 v Lumia 928

First up, a great video for anyone looking to get their hands on Verizon’s flagship Window’s Phone, the one and only Nokia Lumia 928.  The main man at Pocketnow, Michael Fisher, decided to do one of his fantastic comparison videos, this time pitching the 928 against its sibling the Nokia Lumia 920. It you want to get a great overview of how they differ press play.

The Nokia Lumia 925: A really super smartphone

You’ve probably heard that the Nokia Lumia 925 and Superman are now officially a match made in Krypton. Hardly surprising then that Superman’s super smartphone pops up in the latest trailer for the Man of Steel movie. See if you can spot it looking very indestructible amidst the earth shattering action.

Action Lens for action men and women 

One Nokia Lumia 925 feature that everyone’s itching to test out is the Actions Lens. This handy new camera software feature gives you tons of cool, simple to use, options that can transform your photos in a tick. To see for yourself check out this  useful video from My Nokia Blog showing the Action Lens in…well, action.  

Getting down and dirty with J-Lo

Not often we get the chance to showcase Jennifer Lopez’s moves in a Nokia Conversations blog post, so when we do we grab it with both hands. We all know J-Lo is a total fashion diva, admired for her stunning stye. However, the opening scenes of her latest music video shows she’s not only got impeccable taste in clothes.

24 hour low-light party people 

To keep things kicking, our final video of the week follows the hardworking DJ Lazy Rich. This Brit music maestro is one of those guys who’s job basically involves constant partying, all night long. No surprise then that to record his nocturnal adventures, he relies on the world’s finest low light camera smartphone, the Nokia Lumia 925. 

That’s this weeks fab five. An eclectic mix of super and sizzling, low light and high fashion as well as top, top tech. All worthy of a watch, but which does the business best for you? Let us know down below.

Nokia.com comparison page

First up, Nokia.com. As you’d expect there’s a ton of interesting stuff to be found on Nokia’s own site, but what makes its truly unique is the comparison tool. If you’ve ever found yourself wondering which Nokia Lumia is best for you, this website is ideal for helping to make the right choice. You can compare up to three different Nokia Lumia in ten different categories, including design, photography and hardware.

Xyo.com

Next up xyo.com, billed as a new approach to mobile apps search, it’s a fantastic way to find apps if you’ve switched from another operating platform. All you do is type in your region and the name of the app you’re looking for and it will showcase which app is either the same or most similar. Priceless!

Windows Phone Central forums

Thirdly, we’re taking our hats off to Windows Phone Central forums, probably the most extensive Windows Phone community site on the web. Not only does it have a tons of forums, including news and discussion, but Nokia Lumia specific phone forums too. Add to that the Stuff for your phone and Developer’s Corner sections and you’ve got everything any Lumia lover could ask for.

My Nokia Blog

Happily, there’s tons of fantastic Nokia blogs. But if there’s only one you should keep tabs on it’s got to be the big daddy of them all, My Nokia Blog. Set up by smartphone maestro Jay Montano in the mid 2000s, it is the perfect one stop shop for people to keep up to date with what’s happening Lumia-wise across the web.

Nokia Support Discussions

Whether you’re an old hand or a new Nokia Lumia lover, you might find yourself needing some help sometime. If so, one fantastic place to head to is Nokia Support Discussions. Here you’ll find questions on every conceivable topic being answered by a crack team of volunteer Nokia masterminds and Nokia employees. And if you can’t find the relevant topic, you can start your own. Simple as one, two, Lumia!

With these five sites bookedmarked you’ll have a wealth of Nokia Lumia knowledge and expertise at your fingertips. Of course there are loads more Lumia focused sites out there, question is which ones do you think everyone should know about?

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Doom & Destiny

An old-skool RPG that’s already been a big XBOX hit, D&D stars four nerds who’ve been mistaken for heroes and have to now battle their way through a massive world and defeat a super-villian if they’re ever to get back home. It’s got magic and dungeons and pizzas and jokes galore, and the gamers love it. And where else would you find a kick-ass video-game character called Nigel?

Plants vs. Zombies

Watch out—the zombies are coming! And all you’ve got to defend yourself with is, well, your fruit and veg. Fifty levels of siege warfare with twenty-six breeds of relentless zombies and an arsenal of wall-nuts, cherry-bombs, mushrooms, sunflowers and more: this is a tower defence game that’s both cute and gross. It’s picked up numerous game design awards since its initial release in 2009. It even features a robot and a pet snail! If only real-life gardening were so addictive… 

Flow Free

Connect colour-coded dots to make a pipe; connect all the dots and fill the board without any of your pipes getting in the way of the others, and you beat the level. Choose between free play and time-trial modes.  A simple, strategic and brilliantly addictive puzzle game that’s good for adults and kids. We’re particularly find of the bright and uncomplicated interface.

 Cut the rope

For game lovers with a sweet tooth: little monster Om Nom has got a package with candy inside, but he can’t reach it! You have to figure out how to cut the right rope (as well as use other tools provided) to release his goodies and get them in his mouth. It’s a simple concept that uses basic physics and gets more challenging as you unlock more levels. Deservedly popular.

Dungeon Stalker 2

A 3D role-playing game in which you, the hero, have to battle the evil tyrant Overlord to save your homeland! Excellent dungeon game with plenty of space to investigate and an abundance of spells, runes, and melee combat. It’s built more around exploration than story, but that’s fine. There’s a free version, too, if you don’t mind ads.

Skulls of the Shogun

This is an arcade strategy game featuring—get this!—dead samurai fighting in the afterlife. It’s turn-based, as you try to defeat the enemy army’s general—then you eat their skulls to replenish your health. Yum. It’s got bright and cheerful animation, clever dialogue and a one-of-a-kind setting. You can even choose to hide in bamboo, or let your general meditate to gain back lost health. Amazing.

Modern Combat 4

A single- or multi-player action thriller shoot-em-up, this isn’t suitable for kids, but it’ll knock the socks off their parents. It’s got stupendous graphics, Hollywood-style voice acting, and it uses the Havoc Engine, which means you’ve got real-time collision detection for a realistic gaming experience. It’s pretty much nailed the big-screen experience on the smaller screen of a Windows smartphone. Plus you get to play as both the hero and the villain, for even more added value!

Wordament

If you like Boggle, you’ll love Wordament: find as many words on the grid as you can, travelling up, down, sideways, diagonally and turning corners before the time runs out. It’s harder than it sounds, so start memorising those words. It’s not one of the most popular puzzle games in the Windows Store for nothing…

Contre Jour

A stunning halfway house between a game and a work of art, we’ve seen nothing to match Contre Jour in terms of aesthetics. You have to help a creature called Petit to safety, but you can’t touch her; instead, you have to manipulate the landscape around her. The game’s all about precision and accuracy (and head-scratching thought, at times), the animation is gorgeous and subtle, and even the piano soundtrack is arresting. We’re in love.

Rag Doll Run

A frantic dash that lets you try out your parkour moves, this is relentless and compelling game with lovely cartoon characters that look very much like actual rag dolls. Leap over the obstacles in your path and grab coins and power-ups as you go, but don’t lose concentration, because this doesn’t let up at all. It’s an infinite game – rather than one with a fixed set of levels and an ending – so it won’t stop unless you do.

That’s ten fantastic games that promise literally days of fun, but are there any others that you think should be in the Windows Phone Game Hall of Fame. If so, let us know in the comments below.