New Camera Extras and Cinemagraph For Nokia Lumia 900, 800, 710, 610 and 510

Nobody is left behind, a promised fulfilled as Nokia announce new Camera Extras and Cinemagraph for the initially released Lumia devices.

Cinemegraph is an exclusive Nokia application for Windows Phone that lets users add animation and movements to a picture taken. The app is one among the most talked about and widely received by users of the Lumia 920 and 820, now every Lumia users will get to enjoy and share the cool animated images with friends and love ones.

Some of the aforementioned Camera Extras on the other hand were the Panorama and Smart Shot. Smart Shot uses a burst mode to take a sequence of photos were users get to choose the best shot, edit it to put a smile in everyone's face or remove unwanted objects. Panorama on the other hand allows users to take continuous shots per frame and combined this shots into one.

We might be seeing other exclusive Nokia Windows Phone 8 apps ported to older Lumia devices in the future, a move that will surely make early Lumia adopters and enthusiasts happy.

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Nokia Bagged Seven Awards For Outstanding Design Achievement In 2012

People are always after the latest and greatest technology that powers smartphones. Each year, millions of purchases are made to upgrade to the latest smartphones. However, technology is just a part of the reason that fuels the mobile crowd to upgrade their gadgets. Design is also and important factor. It’s not just the design of looking good but design being functional for everyday use.

Who gets to judge the greatest designs in the world? One of the prestigious awarding bodies is the International Forum (iF) Design based in Hannover, Germany. For the last 60 years, they have assembled an authoritative body composed of experts to judge a slew of products to recognize design excellence and award merit fordesign functionality.

Here is a list of what iF Design judged to be creative and bold and wowed the jury:

Lumia 800 and Lumia 920

Despite its launch two years ago, the Nokia Lumia 800 still resonates a visually stunning look to this day with its sleek form and curved 3.7” AMOLED screen. The phone runs on the still relevant Windows Phone 7.5 OS and is powered by a 1.4 Ghz processor. The classy design is not just a visual delight; it also provides comfort when using the phone due to its thin form factor and solid engineering.
 

An improvement over its predecessor, the Nokia Lumia 920 continues to dazzle consumers and the iF alike. The use of vibrant colors and a slight curved back plate is both easy on the eyes and in the users hands. The comfort in design is both functional and attractive. It gives each phone a personality with the best innovative technology that measures up to how it is perceived. The Lumia 920 has a slightly bigger screen at 4.5” and runs on a 1.5 Ghz processor that backs the design with the latest and greatest on mobile technology.

Wireless Charging Plate

If science fiction authors, H.G. Wells and Jules Verne were alive today they would certainly be amazed by how far technology has progressed. These days, it is certainly obvious if a device is left alone near a wall socket – it requires charging among a mess of cables. With the advent of wireless charging, Nokia has paired color, function and design with these wireless charging plates. Mobile users do not have to worry about where to place their mobile phones for charging. Nowadays, one can just simply place the device on the wireless charging plate and your phone starts charging.

Bluetooth Headsets

For the better part of the last decade, wireless is no longer a buzzword. Connections made sans the wire makes mobile lifestyles easier and untangled. The iF awarded Nokia’s Bluetooth Headset BH-118 for its colorful and subtle design. Listening to music or having a conversation without worrying about the cables that may strangle you are no longer a concern. Absolute clarity is essential when listening and talking on your mobile device with crystal clear signal without interruption. The BH-118 makes it seem effortless with color and design that match your phone.

JBL PlayUp and JBL PowerUp

Portability and convenience is one of the core design goals of a mobile device. JBL recognizes what Nokia brings to the world of design and its no wonder this great accessory bagged another award from the iF Design awarding body. Form and functionality is very important for both companies so they have come up with two stylish products that seamlessly integrate with their surroundings. The JBL PlayUp is a portable speaker that has several colors to match the color of your phone. Additionally, the design echoes the best sound quality that JBL is known for and includes wireless transmission of music from phones to speakers. Great tonality, a solid bass and balanced treble makes Nokia phones a great music device you can easily bring around.

JBL PowerUp for Nokia is another result when great minds think alike. Besides piping music from a mobile phone, it also features a tap-play option when you place your phone on the speaker surface. Taking its cue from JBL PlayUp, it also features wireless charging while playing music. Simply placing the phone on the top surface charges the phone and the ability to play music continuously without cables is a very innovative idea that merges design and function in one product.

These seven innovative products from Nokia certainly made an impact on the International Forum Design 2012 jury.

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Top 5 Most Read Articles of 2012: Double, Righteous, Lights and Everything in Between!

2012 is coming to an end ladies and gentlemen and one of the best way to cheer the departing year is to feature the best of the its best, the blogs most read articles.

Just like the trend in 2011, all articles that made it to the list were related to mobilephones, quite reasonable enough, having wrote almost 80% about it. I should consider balancing my articles for next year, the blog is not just about mobilephones, its about everything that life has to offer.

My written posts also shrink this year, my schedules were really getting hectic day by day specially that my law school gets tougher, but even so, I still manage to post 326 out of 364 days, not bad but it may get worst in 2013.

So back to the topic, which articles were the most viewed this year? Lets begin!

5. Conversations with Nokia Lumia 800, First Take

I posted this article in March 27, 2012 detailing part one of my three parts review of the Lumia 800 which Nokia Conversations lend me for trial, few weeks before its official release in the Philippines. The device was quite popular that time which in turn channeled a lot of page views but perhaps the main reason why the article earned so much attention was because the review was featured by Nokia Philippines in their official website alongside other review articles from top tech blogs and websites in the country. It was frantic then, I never thought anybody would take my reviews seriously. Up to now I still believed that they just made a serious mistake in featuring my review, like really!

4. Confirmed! Nokia Lumia 920 and 820's Philippine Release Date

Immensely popular, the least two words I can bests describe the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 since this article already made it as one of the the most read article of the year even if I only posted it 4 weeks ago! What more, the article even made it to #10 of the blog's all time view lists making the fastest climbing article of all racking down 3-4 year old ones in short span of time and breaking record views in unimaginable phase. The overwhelming page views came from search inquiries which would only mean that tens and hundreds of thousands were searching for the phones release date and maybe eagerly waiting to buy one. Its starling, very much unexpected.

3. Nokia Asha 200 Pep Talk Part 2, Software, Browser, eMail, Camera, Wrap Up

I brought this phone to serve as my business reloader device for teo of the country's leading telecom networks, but it gave me more than what I expected, a lot of blog visitors and page views via my review article on the phone. This also proves how popular the phone is besides the fact that its one of Nokia bestseller in 2012. As of the moment, I'm just glad that I bought the phone for myself.

2. Nokia 110, The Most Affordable Dual Sim Internet Device

I also brought this phone as my reloader device last June 2012 before the Nokia Asha 200 with the review article posted on the 29th of the same month. The phone was a fine one but it did not settled well enough for me as a perfect reloader device so I have to ditched it a week after. That was just me though, the phone rocks in popularity and the blog is riding along with it.

1. Nokia 101 Review, Basic and Staunch

The run away winner actually since the page view difference of this review post and that of  Nokia 110 was more than half. I posted the article February 2012 and since then, up to know the back links were still outrageous that it now scored #4 on the all time hit list and still growing. Who in the world wont be curious and attracted on this phone, its very affordable and well built and its the first Dual SIM running phone from Nokia. For the same reason as Nokia Asha 200 and Nokia 110, the phone serve as my reloader device but of the 3, I've used this the longest.

Well, their you go folks, the blog's most popular articles of 2012. As you might noticed, most of which are entry level Dual SIM phones and by reason of finding the person reloader device, well I guess I need continue this madness because its good for the blog. I already had my eyes on the new breeds of Nokia Dual Sim phones at the moment, lets see if they'll invade the top lists again next year. I'm also looking forward to the Nokia Lumia 920, the phone would definitely bring a lot more visitors to the blog as it begins to roll out internationally. Lets see how everything plays, 2013 is in 2 days.

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A Krispy Kreme Holiday Treat From Nokia

Here’s a treat to top off your sweet cravings! When you purchase select models of Nokia Asha or Nokia Lumia smartphone from the Nokia Store in SM Megamall and Robinsons Galleria, Nokia is including an extra holiday treat with a gift certificate from Krispy Kreme!

When you purchase a Nokia Asha 305, Nokia Asha 306, Nokia Asha 309 or Nokia Asha 311, you get a PhP200 gift certificate from Krispy Kreme. If you purchase a Nokia Lumia 610, Nokia Lumia 800 or Nokia Lumia 900, you get a PhP300 gift certificate from Krispy Kreme. The promo is valid from December 15, 2012 to January 15, 2013 only.

The Lumia smartphones brought the Windows Phone OS back in the limelight. Windows Phone is different from other smartphone platforms thanks to Live Tiles, making it easy to see incoming messages and updates; People Hub, which bring together contacts and updates from across social networks into one location, and access to Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer 9 on the mobile. The Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 610 are all multi-awarded phones based on their design and features.

The Nokia Asha models included in this promo are full touch smartphones. Not only is the Asha range affordable, it also offers consumers the smartphone experience without racking up huge data costs. The phones feature the Nokia Xpress Browser, which offers up to 90% data compression, allowing Asha users to experience the power of the Internet at a fraction of the cost of other devices. The Asha range also has 40 free pre-loaded EA games and Nokia Maps which can be used offline, helping save on data costs.

These phones will help you stay connected to what matters most to you and let you satisfy your Krispy Kreme craving.

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Get The Perfect Christmas Gifts With Nokia’s Pre-holiday Sale

Just in time for the holiday season, Nokia is announces a pre-holiday sale with up to 50% off on 9 phones from December 1 to December 2, 2012 in select Nokia Flagship Stores.

Selected phone models starts from the entry-level Nokia 1280 which is geared for consumers that need a basic, no-frills mobile phone.

Next on the list is the Nokia X1-01, a slightly higher upgrade that provides the same simplicity but with an option to expand the memory up to 16GB with a microSD card.

Also included are select models from the Asha line, all with Easy Swap Dual SIM functionality like the entry model Asha 200 that features a full QWERTY keyboard and the Asha 202 with an intuitive touchscreen and the Asha 305, a full touchscreen phone with 40 free EA games ready for download from the Nokia Store.

A Nokia Belle full touchscreen device with 1Ghz processor, the Nokia 500 is also on the list. It has a 3.2 inch, expandable memory up to 32GB via a microSD card and 5MP camera plus all the Nokia Belle exclusive apps like Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive.

In the high-end phone segment, the Nokia Pureview 808 which boasts of a 41 Megapixel camera using Carl Zeiss optics with autofocus and xenon flash that can capture both photo and video at 1080p, is among the elite pre-sale list. The Pureview 808 also comes with 16GB internal storage and can expand its capacity to store media files up to 32GB via microSD.

Lastly, the Nokia’s Windows Phone 7.5 devices, the Lumia 800 and 900. Both models have the same unibody design with the Lumia 900 boasting a bigger 4.3” AMOLED ClearBlack display and 1.4 GHz processor.  They come in black and white and standout colors like cyan and magenta

The 2-day sale happens only in Nokia Store SM Mall of Asia, Nokia Store Festival Mall and SM Dasmarinas. First come, first serve rule applies and strictly no reservations allowed.  The sale is open for cash or straight card transactions and only those lining up in stores are entitled to avail the promo.  For more details,go to http://www.facebook.com/NokiaPhilippines.

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Why People Switch To Lumia, Survey Says!

More and more people are discovering the amazing experience of having a Nokia Lumia device. That is why a Nokia team conducted a survey on Twitter and traveled across the globe to know what people have to say about their new found love for Lumia.

From the responses gathered, the Nokia team made a special infographic. The colorful tiled graph showed that 20.8% of the mobile users switched to Nokia Lumia for its unique design. Without a doubt, Nokia Lumia’s sleek body, ClearBlack display, vibrant colors and personalized Live Tiles are sure to convince anyone to switch mobile phones.

Nokia Lumia users are also raving about the new software (20.5%) which gives top notch performance, quick social connectivity and entertainment. Equipped with the Internet Explorer 9, the Nokia Lumia phones offer the best mobile browsing. You can also easily access your social networks with its integrated communication threads.

To stand out is also another reason why people choose Nokia Lumia (20%). With many smartphones in the market, having a state-of-the-art image technology and camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, SkyDrive storage, and Microsoft Office programs on your Nokia Lumia phone sets you apart from the others.

Other responses on the survey include the availability and accessibility of Nokia Care Centers (5.5%), and the exclusive apps for Nokia such as the People Hub, Nokia Drive and Nokia Maps (7.6%).

With these information gathered, it is no wonder people are joining the Nokia Lumia craze. The Nokia Survey replies came from over 41 countries but most came from the United States, India, United Kingdom, Canada and the Philippines.

The current Lumia range of smartphones include the Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 800, Nokia Lumia 710 and Nokia Lumia 610.  Check them out at your nearest Nokia Store.

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Luscious Price Drop on Nokia Lumia 900 and 800!

With an the imminent invasion of Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 in the smartphone space, its outstanding predecessors, the Lumia 900 and 800 undergoes a natural price slide to give way to the current breeds to take the top spot.

Since its shipping date, the Nokia Lumia 900's price have been floating around the PhP25,000.00 ($630) price mark making it the most expensive among the Nokia breeds, now, the phone is currently being sold at roughly PhP20,000.00 ($500), thats more then a PhP5,000.00 off! Nokia Lumia 800 on the other had dropped almost PhP4,000.00 from PhP18,900.00 to PhP15,500.00.

Incredible offers here knowing that both phones had been well received by critics and users because of its unique and top of the line design, specs and exclusive features making it the premier Windows Phone 7.5 smarthphones in 2012. Truly, a super huge steal for value conscious buyers.

The Nokia Lumia 900 features features a 4.3 inch ClearBlack AMOLED display for a superior touch and viewing experience. It also features Nokia's highest capacity battery making it the perfect Lumia phone for enjoying media and entertainment on the move. The primary camera on the Nokia Lumia 900 has exclusive Carl Zeiss optics, a large aperture for improved performance in low light conditions and wide angle focal length for capturing full 16:9 images. It is also the first Lumia phone to feature a front-facing camera, with large aperture and wide-angle lens for sharp, bright images and video calling out of the box.

The Nokia Lumia 800 on the other hand boasts a one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9 giving the best social and Internet performance to users. It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor. The stunning Windows phone features head-turning design and vivid cyan, magenta, black and white colors. The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 5GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music. 

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Gold Design Award For Nokia Lumia 800 and 900

Nokia was recently recognized at the prestigious awards event, International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA). The group is dedicated to fostering business and public understanding of the importance of industrial design excellence to the quality of life and economy.

The Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 900 both received the gold award in design innovation in the 2012 IDEA Awards. The Jury chose to reward these two products of the Lumia series for its distinctive contribution to smartphone design.

According to the Jury, “in a market in which it is difficult to stand out, the Nokia Lumia brings a fresh perspective.” The Nokia Lumia series carries an iconic form that is personal and inviting without sacrificing precision. Its construction is also very modern, efficient and well-crafted down to the smallest details.

“It’s a bold, gold-worthy effort, and I’m glad to see Nokia reclaim its design swagger,” said Jonah Becker, Principal and Creative Director, One & Co.

IDEA is hosted annually by the Henry Ford Museum, official home of American ideas and innovation. Over twenty international design experts head to Dearborn, Michigan, for a two-day huddle that decides the winners.

Other awards in the Communication Tool category includes the HTC Rhyme bagging the Silver Award goes and HTC Droid Incredible taking the Bronze.

Entries for the IDEA included diverse ideas and objects from bathroom furniture to bicycles, smartphones to sports gear, commercial products and student projects.

See for yourself what the Nokia Lumia series is about. Visit your nearest Nokia Store and ask for a demo.

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Does your iPhone stand against the Nokia Lumia 800?

Apple's iPhone might be the most popular high-end phone in the mobilephone space at the moment but can it hold against the Windows Phone running Nokia Lumia 800? Find it out in this 3 videos.

The first video shows Nokia Lumia 800 pitted against the iPhone 4 in finding the nearest cafe. Will it be the Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows Phone or the iPhone 4 that's left out in the cold? In the Apps challenge, the Wikitude app on Windows Phone shows how user can search location through Augmented Reality (AR) to reveal the hottest places to go.



The second video compares the Nokia Lumia 800 against the iPhone 4 in turn-by-turn directions. Find out where it end up as the Nokia Lumia 800 goes up against the iPhone 4 en route to one of London's top landmarks. The Apps being focus on the challenge is the Nokia Drive showing how users can access free turn-by-turn voice guided navigation.



Last but not the least, the Nokia Lumia 800 being held against iPhone 3GS in finding a nearby deal. Watch magician Marco Tempest dazzle with his Nokia Lumia 800 with Windows Phone apps as he goes head to head with an iPhone 3GS in the search for a nearby deal. The Apps challenge shows how the Groupon Live Tile delivers deals directly to the Start screen without having to open the app.

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Nokia Lumia 800 and 610, Now Shipping! Official Philippine Price Revealed

There no stopping the Lumia Invasion in the Philippines!

After a highly successful grand launched from the country's two biggest telecom network, Smart Communications and Globe Telecom, Nokia Philippines official announced the local availability date and standard retail prices of Nokia Lumia's non-postpaid counterparts. The Nokia Lumia 610 and 800 will start selling at select Nokia Stores and retail outlets nationwide by the end of April with the following price tags, PhP10,980 for the Nokia Lumia 610 and PhP 23,500 for the Nokia Lumia 800.

Make your every day amazing with Nokia Lumia smartphones

Add some fun and excitement to your every day with Nokia Lumia smartphones! Have a more convenient and amazing mobile experience with the fastest and easiest connection to your friends, things and places.

Quick connections

Turn up the fun with the Nokia Lumia 610, a beautiful Windows phone that has a distinctive profile and finely beveled metallic edges, which comes in the colors of white, cyan, magenta and black. It is built to convey both quality and aspiration.

The fourth and most affordable Nokia Lumia smartphone, Nokia Lumia 610 is the perfect introduction to Windows Phone for a younger audience. It provides instant access to social networks and brings all mobile, email, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn contacts into one place, making it easy for you to keep in touch with friends. Browsing the Web is more convenient with Internet Explorer 9 and you can choose from thousands of apps in the Windows Phone Marketplace to further personalize your mobile experience. Nokia Lumia 610 comes with free extras like Nokia Maps and Nokia Drive.

Easier and faster social communications

Enjoy the best social and Internet performance with the Nokia Lumia 800 that boasts of one-touch social network access, easy grouping of contacts, integrated communication threads and Internet Explorer 9. It features a 3.7 inch AMOLED ClearBlack curved display blending seamlessly into the reduced body design, and a 1.4 GHz processor with hardware acceleration and a graphics processor.

This stunning Windows phone features head-turning design and vivid cyan, magenta, black and white colors. The Nokia Lumia 800 contains an instant-share camera experience based on leading Carl Zeiss optics, HD video playback, 16GB of internal user memory and 5GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.

Both Nokia Lumia smartphones were acknowledged by different award-giving bodies. The Nokia Lumia 610 was recognized by the Mobile World Congress, winning Best in show, Tom’s Hardware; Best budget smartphone, Laptop Magazine; and Best Windows smartphone, Computer Active. Meanwhile, Nokia Lumia 800 received the Editor’s Choice Award at the What Mobile Awards 2011.

With these new Nokia Lumia smartphones, you can make your every day amazing. SRP for the Nokia Lumia 610 is Php 10,980 and PhP 23,500 for the Nokia Lumia 800. These are available for purchase by end-April at select Nokia Stores and retail outlets nationwide.

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Smart vs Globe: Which Telecom Company Offers the Best Lumia Launching Party?

Competition knows no boundary, from pitching its individual plan package for Lumia Windows Phones, now, the Philippines top two largest telecom networks are vying to give the loudest and the coolest launching event for the hottest phones in tinsel town, the Nokia Lumia 800 for Globe Telecom and the Nokia Lumia 710 for Smart.

Globe Telecom draw the first blood by organizing its launching event tonight, April 18, 2012, at Beso in Fort Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. If your somewhere around the area, you can still make it to the party because it’s open to the public. Not only that Globe has set a grand party for everyone, they are also giving as well 35 Nokia Lumia 800 to lucky attendees. Now that’s cool to the 35th level!

If only I’m in Manila at the moment or Globe sent out invites a month earlier, I would have book a flight so I can attend, the Nokia Lumia 800 is worth my party time!

Smart, on the other hand, gave out invites to their April 19, 2012 party event at Republiq but only to limited participants; celebrities, media, bloggers and those who pre-ordered the Nokia Lumia 710.

Given this initial info’s, Globe Telecom party will definitely rock more with its open public scenario and freebies but who knows, Smart Telecom might have something unannounced on the sleeves. Also, on the Smart Telecom party, you might brush side by side with Smart celebrity endorsers like Anne Curtis perhaps, so it’s a pretty cool scenario as well.

Anyways, here’s a video of the Nokia Lumia 900 launching party in New York with Nicki Minaj for AT&T. Will Globe or Smart have a party as big and as cool as this one? Will see!

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