All posts tagged with smartphones

The future that everyone forgot

Lovely write-up of all the nice things Danger, Inc. brought to the (by then not yet called like this) smartphone table in the early 2000s, before it quickly evaporated after being snatched up by Microsoft.

Nokia Lumia 1520 review: Finnish fable

Smartphone batteries finally reach ranges useful to heavy users, too. Nokia Lumia 1520 is the first to break the 100h GSMArena Endurance Rating barrier.

Yesterday, I open-sourced “Lock With A Clock”—a small BlackBerry™ application I originally had developed three years ago.

As the process of setting up a build environment on Mac OS X (without using a Windows VM, or using Rosetta to run old PowerPC binaries) is somewhat dreaded, I took the liberty to fully document all necessary steps in the accompanying README file.

Be sure to check out the app—it’s really the best way to lock a BB against accidental key presses, et al.

More one the Lock With A Clock website.

How do current smartphones fare when it comes to accuracy of the determined location? Can we really throw our standalone GPS devices away now?

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Did I show you this fantastic shot of BlackBerry OS 7.1’s About screen yet?

Booting Nemo/Mer on the Nokia N9

This comparison video may be done very bad, but substantiates that you absolutely have to go with the Lumia 800, if you’re actually lusting for the N9. Windows Phone 7 is way snappier than MaemoMeego Harmatton with everything you do. It looks just as lag-free as the iPhone 4s—something I’ve always thought I’d never see.

PS: Pay close attention at around 6:40 to see what the best use for the N9’s FFC seems to be. :)

Xperia Studio’s fantastic 360° video

This interactive video 360° video video was recorded using six Sony Ericsson Xperia Neos. Fantastic work.

iPhone 4s or Nokia N9? I’m still unable to decide between these two: Everything works out-of-the-box vs. Debian-based UNIX system. Siri vs. perfect signal strength, …

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nokia_fan/sets/72157627767168629/with/6243710252/

How the hell are people using the current 4.5" monsters?

http://dcurt.is/2011/10/03/3-point-5-inches/

Nokia N9 UX Guidelines: Tone & Language

It’s not what you say, but how you say it.

I really love this attention to the detail. You wouldn’t believe that it’s Nokia who designed this phone.