Hey guy! I got something really cool to show you guys today, as you may or may not know for the last 4 weeks+ I have been super busy with work, testing out the lumia 800 and taking shots for this video that I have to show you guys today but before we get to the video i just want to share the idea I had when making this video.

So first off I wanted to crate a very very small scale version of the nokia Lumia 800  Amazing Everyday Video (I like that video so much!!) So I tried to get the cools shots I could find to put into the video, I went to bars, parties, shows,mountains and even to a local news station with the lumia 800 trying to get cool stuff to put into this video and I did to a point but with all that said I wish I had more time with the device so I could get all the cool shots I wanted but I did the best I could with the time I had, Hope you guys enjoy the video!

Please leave your comments letting me know what you think! Have a good day!

Now we all love the nokia n9 swipe unlock feature where you swipe from the edge of the screen to unlock the phone, The feature is something nokia came up with specially for the meego OS, long with the double tap feature but now all of you/us symbian fans can  get that same swipe unlock on our device! (well something pretty close to it anyway)

It’s a pretty nice app! it’s called “SwipeUnlock” and you can buy it now at the Nokia Store

We have all heard that catchy music for “The Amazing Everyday” videos, well now you can have that same catchy tone as your ringtone on your nokia Lumia, Symbian or Meego device. My self personally has had it as my ringtone for almost 3 months (maybe more), download link after the video!

Download Here! 

Hey Guys, I have got three (3) really cool videos from the nokia team for you guys today!

As we all know MWC was recently held in Barcelona (one of my favorite places)  where nokia announced their amazing 41mp beast known as the Nokia 808, but while they had everyone inside MWC mouths open and on the floor there was some pretty amazing going on outside as well, They challenged  a skateboarder,a free runner and a BMX  rider to take the social features of the Nokia Lumia 900 to the extreme! things like “checking in” on a rooftop and sharing photos on the run were all part of the fun and games! check out these amazing videos!

Hey guy I just ran across some really nice wallpapers for your nokia touchscreen device

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Hey boys &  girls, Im sure you have all seen the press shots of the new nokia 808 PureView and if you’re like me you would have seen that there is a image that shows up in the camera ui which showing off the new Facebook sharing option (as shown above). It looks like an image that was taken witn the 808 pureview it self, my self personally just really likes the image and i think it would make a good wallpaper, so after a little photoshopping here it is! Free for you to download and i must say it does look pretty good on my n8!

Also here are the new wallpapers that will come with the Nokia/Symbian belle Fp1 update. Enjoy!

Nokia Belle FP1 Wallpapers: Download Here

Nokia 808 Bonus Wallpaper: Download Here

Nokia Q4 results are out and things are looking a bit better for people’s company (yes.. i said the the people’s company) with well over 1 million lumia 800 & 701 devices sold, it’s  less than the 2 million targets that they had but if you ask me  , it’s a good start for a company that changed Os and focus and with in 6 months made an amazing and sexy device such as the lumia 800. So with that good start and a cool $250 million this quarter from Microsoft all i have to say is keep it up nokia!

you find other numbers here (including how much money they lost in 2011)

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Yes boys and girls!  according to the latest online rumors the nokia lumia 900 will be out on march 18th for $99.99 on  a two-year contract. The information came from Boy genius report who said that it came from a source close to the carrier (AT&T), so we don’t know how true it is but nokia did say they will be marketing the nokia lumia 900  aggressively so the rumors may have more truth to it then anything else we have heard so far.

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Good news for everyone on facebook (so good new for everyone pretty much) Nokia has  launched a new competition on there Lndonesia facebook fan page, where you could win a lumia 800 or lumia 701 windows phone.

The best thing about  the “Nokia Time Machine” competition is however  how easy it is to enter, all you have to do is share your best memories of your first nokia device….that’s it! to enter just go to nokia’s Lndonesia facebook fan page

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Guess who is back?

As you have heard for weeks, the new Nokia Phone is now out. Today here, I shall tell you what I liked, hated and loved from this Smartphone that kindly Mr. Nokia sent me a couple of weeks ago. In this while, I tested it and took photos, social networking and all capable a Nokia would. Let’s think that the Lumia 800 is N9’s lost half brother, both of the same father, different mother.

Firstly let me tell you, the design is just awesome. Same as the N9, it also looks and feels like a fine jewel. That the screen is shiny and beautiful for the eyes and fingers alike, smooth as silk. The body is soft plastic, called polycarbonate by Nokia, which is another fancy word for it.

The Lumia comes in two storage variants 16 and 64GB and in 3 colours: Nokia Blue, Black & Pink, each one of them look trendy and hot. On the upper side  the jacklead input slot can be found, next to it, you find the microUSB slot for charging and sync purposes & finally in the last place you’ll find the microSIM slot. Unfortunately there is no expandable micro SD port, so you will be stuck with whatever storage variant you pay for. On the right side of the phone you find 4 buttons. Going from up to down the first two ones are the volume controls, which in fact are made of metal, next to them is the lock/unlock control and in the far side you find the dedicated camera button. On the bottom side there is a speaker, which I have found to be fairly good and loud. The left side is clean of buttons. On the back side you’ll find the Carl-Seizz camera of 8MxP, above it you can see the dual-led flash, useful during those night events and parties, but be warned, the king of camera phones is still the Nokia N8. This Smartphone comes with a AMOLED 3,7 inch screen, 480x800p, process at 1.4GHz, , Wi Fi, 3G capable, GPS  and Bluetooth. Weird, no NFC.

Loaded with Windows Phone 7 Mango (7.5 actually) makes it tempting. Will it be good, will it be bad? In a world that has embraced iOS & Android as the main platforms because everyone talks about them, WP7 feels like a kind of outcast from the new world order. So let’s find out what makes this phone so special.    As told before this phone is charged with a Windows Phone 7 OS; to untrained eyes will think, at first glance, it is just an N9, but this is the son of the two biggest tech companies in the world. Along with Nokia services such as Nokia Maps something Nokia excels at, you will also find the world-famous Microsoft services inside such as the Microsoft Marketplace, Internet Explorer, Office and the Xbox Live, to mention some. What some people may like and some not is the absence of a physical keyboard, but coming from a QWERTY device, myself didn’t find the virtual keyboard bad. Everything in the screen looks vivid and colorful, and looks better compared to my Nokia N9 or previous Nokia phones I have owned, which is much saying.

To use the Microsoft services and as well, the marketplace in a more smooth way in the PC you have use the Zune software given by Microsoft for free. This is very much like iTunes, you can use it for playing and syncing your multimedia and also to purchase new content as movies, tv shows, music and apps all for your phone. The experience with this mix is great.

Previously mentioned, the Marketplace is where you can find the apps. Let’s dig some apps I have found good and useful.

From the most known & popular to the lost jewels. The most popular messaging known is Whatsapp. This was recently presented to be available in the new ecosystem, which is an advantage compared to N9’s MeeGo . One of my personal recommendations is Tango, a videochat whatsapp-like app. Your contacts using tango will automatically synch with your phone;  its easy and has good video quality, but it is a shame there is no front facing camera on the Lumia, this app would be a killer app, just like FaceTime is for Apple, but cross-platform (there is a Symbian client).

If you get lost easily, the Nokia Maps can get you out of that despair and send you back to your home, this is Nokia’s selling point. Nokia plans to offer Nokia’s turn by turn navigation only to those phones made by the Finnish company, this way it helps differentiate Nokia from other Windows Phone manufacturer. To let you know, many apps are free, some cost and others offer a demo before you get convinced.  Wanted to recommend Netflix, but since it is not available in my region I couldn’t try it. With the forementioned Office you can read, view and edit all your .doc, .docx, .pps, .ppsx or .xls on the go. There is a strong ecosystem here, pushed mostly because of Microsoft’s name.

The homescreen seen in the first picture can be editable as you feel pleased, as well it can be coloured as you like and how ever is your mood. There are different tiles which the users may add, change or remove as will, they will work like widgets as in other Symbian phones.

An assistant is aboard in your Nokia Windows Phone 7, who I like to call “Luminia”, and since it is a woman’s voice I can feel some kind of attachment to her (if you like women voices, that is). Mostly of the time she will hear correctly,  like 87% of the time, on other occasions, she will ask you to repeat your order again, which can be frustrating (can be set to various languages). All apps can be opened with the voice-command, to talk to Luminia just hold the Windows Logo and she will ask what is your command. Your incoming Facebook messages or sms can be read by her with an understable voice, just as your secretary would do. Manual texting on the Lumia is very easy and while you write the message there is an autocorrect list that will show your possible word, in case you are writing it wrong. Browsing is a great experience, there is no flash support, but this is something some may not care.

Battery life is something to consider, while I have some more tests to do, I have managed to make 12 hours on average at work with some use which include data connection, email reading, scarce web browsing, reading tweeter, a few calls, some whatsapp texting and no video, no music at all. There is room for battery improvement , but I will be satisfied as long as the phones makes it home after a complete 8 hour work shift.

To wrap it up, I can say that this is Nokia’s best shot in some years. I’m one of those hard Nokia fans who doubted on Elop’s strategy dumping MeeGo and embracing WP, I even bought a N9 just  because I thought this would be ‘last’ real Nokia’s flagship, but after trying the Lumia 800 I can tell that I’m very satisfied with what the deal of Nokia and Microsoft has done. There is much room for improvements, but the system is stable, and fun to use. If there is something we have learned in these years is that people are not completely interested in specs or looks, but with the overall experience;  most consumers will love the simplicity of the Lumia and will adore the breath-taking design, which makes it stand out of other Windows Phone vendors, while retaining Nokia’s footprint enough to make us Nokia’s hard fans happy. There are still some improvements to be done on the system, but today Nokia has released a phone that will catch the attention of the regular consumers.

See it this way: it’s just a win-win-win situation. Nokia needed an OS with a strong ecosystems for developers and consumers to regain market share, Microsoft needed an OEM to distribute their small-shared OS, and us people will get an awesome device, combining the best of both companies’ world.

by Luis Castro

edited by dcastrog