By JBC on 21 October 2009
GLOBAL – Grand Vals, more commonly known now as the Nokia ringtone, is the single most played tune in the world. Every day the tune blasts out an estimated 1.8 billion times. For the majority of people, it means one of two things – pick up, or hang up. For millions, perhaps billions, more it induces a sudden panic pocket check which usually results in “no, not mine, must be someone else’s”.
By JBC on 20 October 2009
GLOBAL – Dip a hand into Ovi Store’s pocket and you’d be surprised what old treasures you might find. Rotary Dialer is an app that turns your touchscreen device into a traditional (old school) rotary dialer telephone, allowing you to dial numbers like you did in the good old days (assuming you were born before 1985, that is). It’s a cool little app, costs nothing and will surely keep you amused whilst you’re trying to get hold of someone. Or something. But what is our fascination with old school tech?
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By JBC on 16 October 2009
GLOBAL – We had a tremendous response to our call for what you’d like to see in the N900, and what you’d like to see the N900 do. We filtered through the latter and have a list of 82 separate functions you’d like to see performed on an N900! However, one comment jumped out this week which broached the subject of introducing another technology in the N900 – Near Field Communications (NFC). There’s been plenty of research and testing going on around NFC, and I’m afraid we’ve no idea about any plans to introduce it in the N900, but ARJWright’s comment is a solid one, which is why he’s picked up this week’s Comment of the week gong along with the second last license we have for Gravity (don’t worry, we have something else lined up for the week after next!)
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By Mike on 14 October 2009
GLOBAL – Last week we posted a reader poll here on Conversations based on your suggestions, asking you what extra functionality would you most like to see in the Nokia N900? Now, we never imagined quite so many of you would be so keen to get involved, but the response has been amazing – we just closed the poll a few minutes ago, with well in excess of 5,000 votes stuffed into our digital ballot box, making this officially the biggest poll yet to appear on Conversations.
Earning the top slot on your Nokia N900 wish list with 12% of the vote is the ‘ability to run everything on the N900 in portrait mode‘. Read on to find out how your other most-wanted suggestions fared in the popularity stakes.
By Mike on 12 October 2009
GLOBAL – Last week news surfaced on the first official release date for the Nokia Booklet 3G, with Germany primed to welcome it onto its soil from October 22 on O2 (read the full story), amplifying the buzz across the web for Nokia’s debut mini laptop PC. Like its smaller sibling, the Nokia N900, the Booklet 3G has been the hub of heaps of discussion and eager debate, particularly around the specs, and we’re as itching as many of you are to get hold of it, flip the lid, and get stuck into seeing what it can do.
Last week we asked you tell us what you’d like us to do with the N900 when we get ours (any day now folks), and the response continues to be phenomenal (131 suggestions and counting!). So we thought we’d apply the same tried-and-tested treatment to the upcoming Booklet 3G, as we’re sure many of you have smart suggestions on what we should do with it once it lands on on our doormat. Click through to leave your comments and share your suggestions.
By Mike on 09 October 2009
GLOBAL – It’s been another mammoth week for comments on Conversations with hundreds of great new opinions scrawled across our walls. The most commented story being tell us what to do the Nokia N900, closely followed by another N900 piece focused on a new in-depth video exploring the Maemo browser and some smart tips and tricks. Read on to find out who has earned comment of the week and a copy of the Gravity Twitter app.
By Mike on 08 October 2009
GLOBAL – Yesterday we posted a story calling for your suggestions on what we should do with the N900 when we finally get hold of ours. The response has been overwhelming – in less than 24 hours over 80 of you have shared your ideas, leaving heaps of smart suggestions (read them all here), and they’re still flooding in. Thank you, it’s an awesome response, and please keep those ideas coming. Alongside many great suggestions of what you’d like us to do with the Nokia N900, a bunch of you offered up some pre-launch feedback on functionality that you’d like to see in the N900. We thought this would make for a great reader poll, particularly as the N900 is built on the open source Linux-based Maemo platform, meaning that the development community is often eager to latch onto the best suggestions in order to bring them to life quickly, and into our open palms.
So, here’s a list of extra functionality that a number of you have said you would like to see for the Nokia N900, but which is the most important? Leave your vote, or if you have a suggestion that isn’t listed, select ‘other’ option and scribble down your what you’d like to see. And as always please share your comments below.
By Mike on 07 October 2009
GLOBAL – The excitement barometer monitoring the upcoming launch of the Nokia N900 is now swelling to bursting point. So as the needle bends and glass begins to bulge, we want to find out what it is that you want us to explore related to Nokia’s debut Maemo phone – we’re expecting to receive our very own N900 shortly, and want you to influence how we bring it to life here on Conversations.
Many of you have been peppering Conversations with great comments on the N900 – many in response to our recent piece highlighting the latest N900 video – but we’re keen to get your ideas on what we should do with the handset when we receive it. So please read on and share your thoughts on what you want to see us do with the N900 over the coming weeks.
By JBC on 07 October 2009
GLOBAL – That’s right folks, this Friday we’ll be pulling down the reader survey, tucking our statistical napkins into our shirts and digesting all the data. We don’t know yet, but there might well be wine involved as well. Finding out what you think of this site is the best and fastest way for us to give you more of what you want. Be honest, be concise, or in depth, but most of all tell us what you think.
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By Mike on 06 October 2009
GLOBAL – Tucked away in a lesser-visited corridor on the Nokia Beta Labs site live a collection of exciting experimental apps. Last week we drew your attention to them in our video poll (a couple of which we know have already triggered your enthusiasm), to find out which of these innovative shards of software earned your vote as best in show. Read on to find out which app stormed to the top of the class.
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