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It’s been quite a year for the the Nokia Lumia 920 with accolades coming from far and wide. If you’re lucky enough to own the world’s most innovative smartphone you’ll understand why. But if you’ll still yet to get your hands on it, here’s twelve more reasons to consider taking the plunge.
The Top Smartphone of 2012, V3, UK
V3.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading websites for technology professionals, awarded the Nokia Lumia 920 it’s top smartphone prize. Here’s what they had to say.
“Nokia surprised us all releasing the Lumia 920, a device that in our mind is one of the most innovative smartphones ever created.”
The Best Mobile Phone of 2012, Readers Choice Award, Gizmodo, Australia.
With 49% of the vote the Nokia Lumia 920 overcame the iPhone 5, which gained 13.5% of the vote, and the Google Nexus 4, which scored 8.97% of the vote.
iF Award for Outstanding Design, International Forum Design, Germany
For sixty years, International Forum Design, has assembled a jury of renowned designers from across the globe. These experts look at thousands of products, every year, to decide which deserve to be recognized for outstanding achievements in design. This year the Nokia Lumia 920 got the nod.
Mobil Award for Best Smartphone Design, Mobile Magazine, Denmark
The Mobil Awards are the most prestigious in Denmark. In 2012, the Nokia Lumia 920 won the awards for best smartphone design and best smartphone camera.
Best Smartphones of 2012, The Next Web, USA
The Next Web considered the Nokia Lumia 920 as one of the best smartphones of 2012, and was especially enamored by the camera.
“The Lumia 920′s camera is exceptionally good, including a f/2.0 8.7-megapixel sensor, but the magic is in its optical image stabilisation and low-light sensitivity.”
Top Score Award, Mobil, Sweden
Mobil, one of Sweden’s most popular tech blogs, and gave a ton of love to the Nokia Lumia 920 awarding nine out of ten for material and quality, OS and technology. Combined, this led to it being awarded a coveted Top Score Award.
The Best High End Smartphones for the Holidays, CNET, USA
CNET considers the Nokia Lumia 920 to be “The most advanced Windows Phone yet”. And here’s why.
“It has a gorgeous display, a speedy dual-core processor, and its 8.7-megapixel camera masters low-light shots. In addition, it integrates voice navigation and wireless charging, not to mention a music service that saves music offline for free.”
Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best Mapping Phone, Best Windows Phone, Runner up, Arstechnic, USA
The Nokia Lumia 920 might not have taken gold at Arstechnic, but it swept the board in silver, underlining what an incredibly versatile smartphone it is.
Top 25 Tech of 2012, Mashable, USA
The Nokia Lumia 920 also made it onto Mashable’s prestigious tech list ranking higher than marvels such as the Mars Rover, Curiosity, and Google’s augmented reality specs, Google Glass. Mashable said of the Lumia 920.
“Here’s Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 handset — decked out with a curved 4.5-inch screen that can display 720p resolution with aplomb. The star of the show? Its killer camera, one of the best ever built into a smartphone. “
Top Smartphone of the Year, Mybroadband, South Africa
South Africa’s top technology gurus voted the Nokia Lumia 920 as one of the top three smartphones of the year.
Best AT&T Smartphones of 2012, BGR, USA
One of the five best handsets of the year on US carrier AT&T, BGR clearly had a lot of time for the Nokia Lumia 920, saying:
“Microsoft’s platform is a breath of fresh air in a market dominated by two giants and for those looking to veer away from the crowd, the Lumia 920 is one of the best Windows Phones that has ever been built.”
“Probably the most advanced smartphone on the market”, The Independent, UK
Okay, so it’s not an award as such, but it’s a very big endorsement from one of the UK’s best newspapers.
Tech editor, David Phelan says “This is arguably the best smartphone Nokia has built, and probably the most advanced phone available. It mixes solid reliability with moments of surprise and delight.”
A new year will doubtless bring new accolades, but what do you love best about the Nokia Lumia 920?
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It has been a lot of fun over the last few days looking back on some of the highlights of 2012. The year went so quickly that it’s easy to forget how busy it has been!
We’ve been reviewing all the Asha phones that were launched, all the smartphones and we didn’t forget all those great accessories either.
Just as important has been our round up of the most popular and talked about stories of the last 12 months here on Nokia Conversations.
It’s a great reminder that it is you, our readers, who make this blog what it is.
With that in mind, I would like to personally wish you all a very happy, fulfilling and prosperous new year.
We look forward to continuing the Conversations with you in 2013…
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If there’s one industry that mirrors mobile tech when it comes to ingenuity it’s the movie business. Just look at The Hobbit now blazing a trail in cinemas around the world. It’s the first film to make use of the TS-5, a two-camera system that behaves like a single camera for better 3D. While this revolutionary tech is stunning to the eyes, The Hobbit is far from the first blockbuster to dramatically change the way movies are made.
Star Wars (1977)
Heard of an animated 3D wireframe graphic? You would have seen it for the first time during the trench run briefing scene in the first Star Wars film. It had been formulated by Larry Cuba working at the Circle Graphics Habitat – later the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL) – at Illinois University. Ridley Scott would later use the same technology in Alien, when the ship flies over the alien planet. Star Wars was also the first to use Dolby Stereo – so the Force really was with you.
Tron (1982)
OK it wasn’t technically a blockbuster at the time but it was the first extensive use of 3D. The 3D cycle race was a neon wonder. Triple-III, who had pioneered CG in Westworld, were also on board. Pre-internet – computer animation was outsourced to a number of different companies. Polaroids of progress were posted to director Steve Lisberger, who admitted that ‘…the biggest computer we had on the whole movie was 256K……you have more computing power on your cell phone than we had on the whole first movie.’ Still looked fab though!
Jurassic Park (1993)
It’s hard to imagine that first reveal – dinosaurs that looked as if they might step out from the screen. It was a brave advance demanded by director Steven Spielberg – the first physically textured CGI. Film crew also used stop-motion miniatures and animatronics. The whole enterprise would succeed or fail on the power of digital characters – another first. In an astonishing twist, Ray Harryhausen, the genius of stop-frame animation, was visiting the studios at the time. He was shown some footage of the dinosaurs and exclaimed ‘Now there’s the future!’
Toy Story (1995)
Only 27 animators worked on this Disney/Pixar production, the first full 3D animation. Disney had been an innovator, but computer-generated animation fast replaced the traditional hand-inked method. Experiments in 3D – in Beauty and the Beast’s ballroom scene and the Wildebeest stampede in The Lion King – excited a whole industry. A palette of thousands of colours could be used. Toy Story’s technical director Bill Reeves proudly said ‘We were essentially kick-starting an industry in terms of CG films.’ Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of Dreamworks (later, Dreamworks Animation) would later say that ‘more is never enough.’
The Matrix (1999)
Call it time-slice or bullet-time – there are a number of other special effect names – it was used first in the super cool The Matrix. Green screen technology, lasers and high-speed full-motion cameras – where the action slows down or freezes as the camera seems to circle 360 degrees around the characters. Actors are placed on wires, with wires erased in post-production. It wasn’t completely about the special effects –actors still had to do over a year of martial arts training, as well as having a zen-like reading list.
Of course films are now astonishingly tech-savvy and keep making amazing advances – but will we ever again have that child-like ‘wow’ feeling that these films gave us at the time? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Another year has rolled by, and what a year! We’ve written loads of stories for you to read, covering wide range of topics. Let’s look back at this year’s stories and see what you read the most.
We’ve split the year into months to bring you 12 of the most read stories of 2012.
January
Nokia Lumia 900 – Born for the USA (update)
At the start of the year, Nokia announced the new Nokia Lumia 900 – CNET’s choice as ‘best of CES smartphone’ – and that it was coming to AT&T customers in the United States. Fortunately for Lumia lovers, it started rolling out to other countries a little while later.
February
Nokia 808 PureView – revolutionary camera technology; great smartphone
It’s really no surprise that this was February’s most read story. The innovative Nokia 808 PureView stunned consumers, fans and analysts alike. The 41-megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and Nokia’s pixel oversampling technology left people’s jaws on the floor.
March
Best of show: Nokia wins prestigious MWC award
Following on from the successful launch of the Nokia 808 PureView, the high-performing cameraphone went on to win the Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012. It’s no wonder; PureView was five years in the making. A lot of effort went into making this game-changing technology happen.
April
Putting people first
Soon after the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 in the US, Nokia had identified a software issue in the device that lead to some people experiencing data connectivity loss. To acknowledge this and to try to rectify this issue, Nokia advised that anybody who had already purchased a Nokia Lumia 900 could swap their current Lumia 900 for an updated one, or update their software themselves.
Additionally, as a way of saying sorry for any inconvenience caused, every individual who purchased a Lumia 900 would receive a $100 credit on his or her AT&T bill from Nokia.
May
Video proof: Nokia Lumia 900 can take a beating
With its Corning Gorilla Glass, the Nokia Lumia 900 is one tough cookie. So much so that two of Nokia’s engineer wanted to test just how tough it is.
Using a hammer and nails, they put the screen of the Nokia Lumia 900 through some tough tests. They then used the phone as a hammer to pummel some nails into a piece of wood. The result? Find out for yourself and check out the video.
June
New Nokia apps & Zynga games to make your Lumia even better
One of the exiting new partnerships of the year was with Zynga who create social games for people around the world. This partnership saw the availability of Draw Something and Words With Friends to Lumia owners.
Nokia also announced a bunch of apps to enhance your smartphone experience, such as; Camera Extras, Contact Share, Counters, and PlayTo. There was also room to include a software update for Lumia 710 and 800 owners, bringing Internet Sharing, Flip-to-Silence and media streaming from your phone.
There was a lot happening in that post – something for everyone.
July
10 things you never knew your Lumia could do
The title says it all really. The Nokia Lumia smartphones are so full of features that you might not know about all of them.
Did you know you could take a photo without unlocking your phone? Well, you can.
And, did you know you could use your own voice to perform certain tasks of your Lumia? You can do that, too. Plus, 8 other things.. Check it out.
August
Nokia World gets new format and date
The month before Nokia World 2012, we gave details about a new format to the event. Nokia held a series of smaller – more intimate – events, targeting specific audiences.
There’s always much excitement around Nokia World each year and this was no different. This story became the month’s most popular story.
September
Benchmarking mobile maps
This was a very busy month for us on Conversations, and also for you readers, it seems.
We brought you news on the new Nokia Lumia 920, the Nokia Lumia 820 and more. It was our post on comparing the brilliant Nokia Maps to our competitors that really caught your attention.
October
Nokia Lumia 510, our most affordable Lumia yet
In October we announced a new entry-level smartphone that comes in red, yellow, cyan, white and black. This was the Nokia Lumia 510, our most affordable Lumia to date.
November
iOS, Android, Firefox OS: HERE is available everywhere
For years, Nokia smartphone users have been able to use our top-notch navigation software to get from A-to-B. In November, we announced that our Nokia mapping service would be heading to iOS, Android and Firefox OS users – powered by HERE platform.
December
The Family is growing: Nokia Lumia 620
Our family of Windows Phone 8 smartphones is growing and the Nokia Lumia 620 becomes the third member to join that family. It’s also currently the most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone. Following the same CMYK colour palette as the rest of the family, Nokia has created a new blend of colours – called Dual Shot – by overlaying a transparent CMYK colour over a CMYK base colour to bring new colours.
We’ll be going over some more stories of 2012, so keep reading over the coming days.
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Juha Alakarhu is one of the crack team that came up with the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView, launched back in February. And more recently his know-how had a key role to play in developing the amazing low-light performance capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 920.
You might suspect that his Start screen would be full of camera and imaging apps, and you’d be half-right. But let’s take a look.
Well, yes there are definitely cameras and pictures in there. But at the end of the day, everyone needs their phone to connect with other people.
So, as he told us, he has given the first tiles to the most important people in his life – so he “can see their updates at a glance”.
The first tiles also include calendar, music hub, photos hub, and some news applications.
“I like the Aukio app, because it collects news from several sources and and has a live tile. I also have the airplane mode and cellular data connection on the top because I travel a lot.”
For social media, his weapon of choice is Twabbit, a “nice Twitter client”.
“Then there are some maps and apps, and of course a big chunk of imaging apps. Most of the tiles are small because there are so many of them in the Start screen. My favourite image editing apps are Nokia Creative Studio and Thumba,” says Juha.
“I also spend a lot of time with Cinemagraph, but I start it from the camera lens picker, so I don’t have a tile for it in the Start screen. Regarding imaging and photos, I have synchronized the ‘white flag’ photos from Lightroom to Skydrive, so my photo archive travels with me.”
“The latter part of the Start screen has various applications: news from various sources, battery level, Shazam, World clock, etc. Most of the tiles at the bottom of the Start screen are big because it makes them quicker to notice when scrolling the screen.”
Which app is your guilty pleasure?
“Well, none of the apps specifically, but maybe I’m spending too much time with my phone 
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How many smartphones do you think Nokia unveiled this year? I’ve been taking a look back at the last 12 months and I’m amazed at how busy they’ve been!
The year started with a bang – most people still had their Christmas decorations up when the Nokia Lumia 900 was unveiled in early January.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
Such was the excitement around this device that there was even a concert in Times Square with Nicki Minaj to announce its arrival in the USA.
The Lumia 900’s reputation was also given a hammering (but in a good way) when a video emerged of someone trying to put some nails through its screen. Not just a great smartphone, but a tough one too.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
Two other Lumia 900 highlights on Nokia Conversations was an interview with designer Stefan Pannenbecker and a look at how engineers gave the Lumia 900 its terrific audio performance.
How many megapixels!?
If it’s February then it must be the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. In 2012, Nokia announced a couple of smartphones in the Spanish city.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
The Nokia Lumia 610 gave teenagers on a budget the chance to get the full Windows Phone experience with social networking, music, Web browsing, gaming and apps.
However, the star of the show was undoubtedly the Nokia 808 PureView with its revolutionary imaging technology and headline-grabbing 41-megapixel sensor.
This amazing device picked up awards throughout the year and critics were quick to herald a new camera phone revolution.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
It was so good that many people (not just me) were comparing it favourably with compact digital cameras and one man even set up a website devoted to it.
It wouldn’t be the last time we heard about PureView technology in 2012.
A new generation
Another highlight of the year was the unveiling in early September of Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 devices in New York.
The Nokia Lumia 920 came with a raft of technological innovations and its gorgeous industrial design quickly won a host of admirers.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
As well as wireless charging, the Lumia 920 introduced everyone to PureMotion HD+, which meant it had the fastest and most sensitive smartphone touchscreen coupled with good sunlight readability.
Not to mention, of course, the latest evolution of PureView technology with its low-light capability and optical image stabilisation.
The Nokia Lumia 820 also featured wireless charging, with the help of its exchangeable wireless charging shells, and in my humble opinion was the best looking phone of 2012.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
A lot of the credit for that must go to Nicola Ralston and her team at Nokia’s Colour and Material Design Team. She told Conversations about their design approach to these stunning smartphones.
The following months saw several variants of the Lumia 820 launching in the USA, such as the Lumia 810 and Lumia 822. They were all similar and yet somehow different, but still, essentially, fantastic smartphones.
Lumia for the masses
The end of October saw the launch of Nokia’s most affordable Lumia yet – the Lumia 510.
This entry-level smartphone still packed in plenty of features despite its great low price. It sported a 4-inch display, 5-megapixel autofocus camera and came in five eye-catching colours: red, yellow, cyan, white and black.
This was quickly followed by the Nokia Lumia 620, which like the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, was powered by Windows Phone 8.
The Lumia 620 also has exchangeable shells, and is made with a ‘Dual Shot’ technique, which gives its body a unique depth and translucency to its colour – of which there is a variety to choose from.
Click here to view the video on YouTube.
It is already becoming apparent that the Lumia 620 will be appealing to a wide spectrum of people – from teenagers all the way to business professionals.
By my count, that’s over half a dozen smartphones in the space of a year. I’m hoping that 2013 will be just as busy!
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It’s been quite a year for the the Nokia Lumia 920 with accolades coming from far and wide. If you’re lucky enough to own the world’s most innovative smartphone you’ll understand why. But if you’ll still yet to get your hands on it, here’s twelve more reasons to consider taking the plunge.
The Top Smartphone of 2012, V3, UK
V3.co.uk, one of the UK’s leading websites for technology professionals, awarded the Nokia Lumia 920 it’s top smartphone prize. Here’s what they had to say.
“Nokia surprised us all releasing the Lumia 920, a device that in our mind is one of the most innovative smartphones ever created.”
The Best Mobile Phone of 2012, Readers Choice Award, Gizmodo, Australia.
With 49% of the vote the Nokia Lumia 920 overcame the iPhone 5, which gained 13.5% of the vote, and the Google Nexus 4, which scored 8.97% of the vote.
iF Award for Outstanding Design, International Forum Design, Germany
For sixty years, International Forum Design, has assembled a jury of renowned designers from across the globe. These experts look at thousands of products, every year, to decide which deserve to be recognized for outstanding achievements in design. This year the Nokia Lumia 920 got the nod.
Mobil Award for Best Smartphone Design, Mobile Magazine, Denmark
The Mobil Awards are the most prestigious in Denmark. In 2012, the Nokia Lumia 920 won the awards for best smartphone design and best smartphone camera.
Best Smartphones of 2012, The Next Web, USA
The Next Web considered the Nokia Lumia 920 as one of the best smartphones of 2012, and was especially enamored by the camera.
“The Lumia 920′s camera is exceptionally good, including a f/2.0 8.7-megapixel sensor, but the magic is in its optical image stabilisation and low-light sensitivity.”
Top Score Award, Mobil, Sweden
Mobil, one of Sweden’s most popular tech blogs, and gave a ton of love to the Nokia Lumia 920 awarding nine out of ten for material and quality, OS and technology. Combined, this led to it being awarded a coveted Top Score Award.
The Best High End Smartphones for the Holidays, CNET, USA
CNET considers the Nokia Lumia 920 to be “The most advanced Windows Phone yet”. And here’s why.
“It has a gorgeous display, a speedy dual-core processor, and its 8.7-megapixel camera masters low-light shots. In addition, it integrates voice navigation and wireless charging, not to mention a music service that saves music offline for free.”
Best Productivity Phone, Best Camera Phone, Best Mapping Phone, Best Windows Phone, Runner up, Arstechnic, USA
The Nokia Lumia 920 might not have taken gold at Arstechnic, but it swept the board in silver, underlining what an incredibly versatile smartphone it is.
Top 25 Tech of 2012, Mashable, USA
The Nokia Lumia 920 also made it onto Mashable’s prestigious tech list ranking higher than marvels such as the Mars Rover, Curiosity, and Google’s augmented reality specs, Google Glass. Mashable said of the Lumia 920.
“Here’s Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 handset — decked out with a curved 4.5-inch screen that can display 720p resolution with aplomb. The star of the show? Its killer camera, one of the best ever built into a smartphone. “
Top Smartphone of the Year, Mybroadband, South Africa
South Africa’s top technology gurus voted the Nokia Lumia 920 as one of the top three smartphones of the year.
Best AT&T Smartphones of 2012, BGR, USA
One of the five best handsets of the year on US carrier AT&T, BGR clearly had a lot of time for the Nokia Lumia 920, saying:
“Microsoft’s platform is a breath of fresh air in a market dominated by two giants and for those looking to veer away from the crowd, the Lumia 920 is one of the best Windows Phones that has ever been built.”
“Probably the most advanced smartphone on the market”, The Independent, UK
Okay, so it’s not an award as such, but it’s a very big endorsement from one of the UK’s best newspapers.
Tech editor, David Phelan says “This is arguably the best smartphone Nokia has built, and probably the most advanced phone available. It mixes solid reliability with moments of surprise and delight.”
A new year will doubtless bring new accolades, but what do you love best about the Nokia Lumia 920?
Image credit: Brad K
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It has been a lot of fun over the last few days looking back on some of the highlights of 2012. The year went so quickly that it’s easy to forget how busy it has been!
We’ve been reviewing all the Asha phones that were launched, all the smartphones and we didn’t forget all those great accessories either.
Just as important has been our round up of the most popular and talked about stories of the last 12 months here on Nokia Conversations.
It’s a great reminder that it is you, our readers, who make this blog what it is.
With that in mind, I would like to personally wish you all a very happy, fulfilling and prosperous new year.
We look forward to continuing the Conversations with you in 2013…
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Another year has rolled by, and what a year! We’ve written loads of stories for you to read, covering wide range of topics. Let’s look back at this year’s stories and see what you read the most.
We’ve split the year into months to bring you 12 of the most read stories of 2012.
January
Nokia Lumia 900 – Born for the USA (update)
At the start of the year, Nokia announced the new Nokia Lumia 900 – CNET’s choice as ‘best of CES smartphone’ – and that it was coming to AT&T customers in the United States. Fortunately for Lumia lovers, it started rolling out to other countries a little while later.
February
Nokia 808 PureView – revolutionary camera technology; great smartphone
It’s really no surprise that this was February’s most read story. The innovative Nokia 808 PureView stunned consumers, fans and analysts alike. The 41-megapixel sensor with Carl Zeiss optics and Nokia’s pixel oversampling technology left people’s jaws on the floor.
March
Best of show: Nokia wins prestigious MWC award
Following on from the successful launch of the Nokia 808 PureView, the high-performing cameraphone went on to win the Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at Mobile World Congress 2012. It’s no wonder; PureView was five years in the making. A lot of effort went into making this game-changing technology happen.
April
Putting people first
Soon after the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900 in the US, Nokia had identified a software issue in the device that lead to some people experiencing data connectivity loss. To acknowledge this and to try to rectify this issue, Nokia advised that anybody who had already purchased a Nokia Lumia 900 could swap their current Lumia 900 for an updated one, or update their software themselves.
Additionally, as a way of saying sorry for any inconvenience caused, every individual who purchased a Lumia 900 would receive a $100 credit on his or her AT&T bill from Nokia.
May
Video proof: Nokia Lumia 900 can take a beating
With its Corning Gorilla Glass, the Nokia Lumia 900 is one tough cookie. So much so that two of Nokia’s engineer wanted to test just how tough it is.
Using a hammer and nails, they put the screen of the Nokia Lumia 900 through some tough tests. They then used the phone as a hammer to pummel some nails into a piece of wood. The result? Find out for yourself and check out the video.
June
New Nokia apps & Zynga games to make your Lumia even better
One of the exiting new partnerships of the year was with Zynga who create social games for people around the world. This partnership saw the availability of Draw Something and Words With Friends to Lumia owners.
Nokia also announced a bunch of apps to enhance your smartphone experience, such as; Camera Extras, Contact Share, Counters, and PlayTo. There was also room to include a software update for Lumia 710 and 800 owners, bringing Internet Sharing, Flip-to-Silence and media streaming from your phone.
There was a lot happening in that post – something for everyone.
July
10 things you never knew your Lumia could do
The title says it all really. The Nokia Lumia smartphones are so full of features that you might not know about all of them.
Did you know you could take a photo without unlocking your phone? Well, you can.
And, did you know you could use your own voice to perform certain tasks of your Lumia? You can do that, too. Plus, 8 other things.. Check it out.
August
Nokia World gets new format and date
The month before Nokia World 2012, we gave details about a new format to the event. Nokia held a series of smaller – more intimate – events, targeting specific audiences.
There’s always much excitement around Nokia World each year and this was no different. This story became the month’s most popular story.
September
Benchmarking mobile maps
This was a very busy month for us on Conversations, and also for you readers, it seems.
We brought you news on the new Nokia Lumia 920, the Nokia Lumia 820 and more. It was our post on comparing the brilliant Nokia Maps to our competitors that really caught your attention.
October
Nokia Lumia 510, our most affordable Lumia yet
In October we announced a new entry-level smartphone that comes in red, yellow, cyan, white and black. This was the Nokia Lumia 510, our most affordable Lumia to date.
November
iOS, Android, Firefox OS: HERE is available everywhere
For years, Nokia smartphone users have been able to use our top-notch navigation software to get from A-to-B. In November, we announced that our Nokia mapping service would be heading to iOS, Android and Firefox OS users – powered by HERE platform.
December
The Family is growing: Nokia Lumia 620
Our family of Windows Phone 8 smartphones is growing and the Nokia Lumia 620 becomes the third member to join that family. It’s also currently the most affordable Windows Phone 8 smartphone. Following the same CMYK colour palette as the rest of the family, Nokia has created a new blend of colours – called Dual Shot – by overlaying a transparent CMYK colour over a CMYK base colour to bring new colours.
We’ll be going over some more stories of 2012, so keep reading over the coming days.
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Juha Alakarhu is one of the crack team that came up with the 41-megapixel Nokia 808 PureView, launched back in February. And more recently his know-how had a key role to play in developing the amazing low-light performance capabilities of the Nokia Lumia 920.
You might suspect that his Start screen would be full of camera and imaging apps, and you’d be half-right. But let’s take a look.
Well, yes there are definitely cameras and pictures in there. But at the end of the day, everyone needs their phone to connect with other people.
So, as he told us, he has given the first tiles to the most important people in his life – so he “can see their updates at a glance”.
The first tiles also include calendar, music hub, photos hub, and some news applications.
“I like the Aukio app, because it collects news from several sources and and has a live tile. I also have the airplane mode and cellular data connection on the top because I travel a lot.”
For social media, his weapon of choice is Twabbit, a “nice Twitter client”.
“Then there are some maps and apps, and of course a big chunk of imaging apps. Most of the tiles are small because there are so many of them in the Start screen. My favourite image editing apps are Nokia Creative Studio and Thumba,” says Juha.
“I also spend a lot of time with Cinemagraph, but I start it from the camera lens picker, so I don’t have a tile for it in the Start screen. Regarding imaging and photos, I have synchronized the ‘white flag’ photos from Lightroom to Skydrive, so my photo archive travels with me.”
“The latter part of the Start screen has various applications: news from various sources, battery level, Shazam, World clock, etc. Most of the tiles at the bottom of the Start screen are big because it makes them quicker to notice when scrolling the screen.”
Which app is your guilty pleasure?
“Well, none of the apps specifically, but maybe I’m spending too much time with my phone ”
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