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Evernote was the very first service that introduced me to the concept of cloud computing. It was, to my feeble mind, a revelation and quickly became one of my most treasured tools.

For the uninitiated: Evernote lets you clip text from websites, or even whole pages, write notes and store images and PDFs. 

So far, so ordinary, but the killer feature is that you can then access all those assets on any computer and on any tablet or smartphone device – with an Internet or data connection, of course. Evernote is good, but it can’t perform magic.

As with all the best ideas, the real secret is how simple and straightforward it is. You write a note on your computer, check the Evernote app on your smartphone and there it is.

Make an amendment to the note on your smartphone and it will then appear updated on your computer. 

The addition of a browser extension, the Evernote Web Clipper, meant that you could clip whole web pages with a single click of the mouse. I found it invaluable for saving articles for reading offline – or just for saving articles that I wanted to use as a reference in the future.

That’s the background to Evernote. Why am I discussing this now?

Just over a week ago, Evernote’s Windows Phone application got a substantial new update. So, if you’ve never used it before, there’s no better time to download the app for your Nokia Lumia smartphone.

Getting started

First you will need register and get yourself an Evernote account. Keep in mind that your username and password will be the ‘keys’ to all your notes so make sure it is something that you can easily remember, or use a secure password manager.

You can register on your desktop computer or directly from the Evernote app on your Lumia.

Once you’re up and running within Evernote then you will notice some of the features can help to keep your notes, clippings, images and PDFs organised.

You can create different ‘Notebooks’ such as Work or Bills that will make it easier to find specific notes. You can also add tags to your notes. The more notes you create, the more useful you will find these simple features.

There is also a search function so you can quickly locate a note that way as well. Even better your searches can be saved.

Evernote app 

There is a serious case to be made that Evernote on your Lumia offers a better experience than using Evernote on a computer.

For example, within the app you can use your Lumia’s camera to take photos that can then be stored directly in Evernote. Same with voice recordings.

A further advantage of using Evernote on your Lumia is that the location of your photos and notes can be tagged. Make sure the location is enabled in the settings though.

You can swipe across different screens either looking at all your notes – the new update now presents the notes in a Windows Phone-style tile arrangement. It’s a very nice touch.

Alternatively, you can swipe across to another screen to look at your Notebooks.

Adding a note on your Lumia is easy as well. Just press the ‘+’ button and you can then type away and choose to attach photos, voice recordings or other files.

Tiles

You can pin any Notebook or a specific note to your start screen for easy access. There are four shortcuts that you can also pin that will let you quickly create a new note, a new text note, add an image or add a voice recording.

If you find yourself creating a note that follows the same pattern, for example it’s kept in the same notebook and has the same bullet-point format, then you can create a template that will save this layout. These layouts can also be saved to your start screen.

Finally, being an app on your smartphone, you can also share your notes with friends on your social networks.

Once you’ve explored the app or the desktop version for a while, Evernote really does become very simple to use. It has some superb functions and means you will never have to forget anything ever again!

Do you use Evernote on your Nokia Lumia? Let us know what you think about the app in the comments.

image credit: whatleydude

Today we’re delighted to announce the Nokia Lumia 510. It’s our most affordable Lumia so far: a stylish, entry-level smartphone that comes in five eye-catching colours: red, yellow, cyan, white and black.

Unlike many smartphones at its price point, though, the Nokia Lumia 510 sports a generous 4-inch display. This gives you plenty of space to view pictures, videos and the Internet, and makes precise tapping and swiping easier.

On the back, there’s a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, ideal for snapping pictures of friends and family and then quickly posting to social networks right from the camera interface. You can also send pictures to your Microsoft SkyDrive account, where you can take advantage of 7GB of free, online storage you can access from anywhere.

As with all our Lumia smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 510 is powered by Windows Phone with its signature Live Tiles giving you at-a-glance updates and speedy access to everything you need to do. The power of the People Hub brings together everyone you know in one place, their latest social updates, as well as the ability to get in touch across a whole range of methods, from talking to tweets. There are Microsoft Office Mobile apps installed and the IE9 web browser guarantees a smooth web experience.

On top of that, you’ll also have instant access to the best mobile navigation and location services available today, in the form of Nokia Maps, Drive and Transport.

The Nokia Lumia 510 will be available to buy starting in November in India, China, South America and Asia. It will cost approximately USD199, before any local taxes and operator subsidies.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Now there’s another good reason to switch to Lumia.

When it’s time to upgrade from your current Lumia to the new Nokia Lumia 920 or Lumia 820, there’s one simple way to reinstall all your apps or games to the new device. Reinstaller downloads them all for you, saving you the time and energy.

Reinstaller is one of the first apps you’ll want to install when you get your new phone as you’ll want to spend all your time enjoying the actual phone, rather then searching through Windows Phone Store for all your favourite apps and games.

When you run Reinstaller, you’ll be welcomed by four tiles: Connect, Install, Review and Share.

Hitting the Connect tile asks you to log into your Windows Live account so that the app can trawl through your download history from Windows Phone Store. We tested it on a Nokia Lumia 800 and it took less than a minute to produce a Final App Count of 116. Installing all of the apps and games would obviously take longer, but its speedy retrieval impressed us.

If you want to install all of those apps or games there and then, pressing install will do just that.

Alternatively, if you want to pick and choose what you want to install, press back and cherry-pick the items by unticking the boxes, followed by install.

Unfortunately, the installation of all the content isn’t automatic from this point and you’ll be asked to confirm each install – which means that you can’t just press install and leave the app to do its thing. We’re hoping the developers are working on making this more automatic. Even taking this into consideration, this is still much easier than manually searching for all your downloaded content.

Whether you’re moving from one of the current Nokia Lumias to the new Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, or moving from one Windows Phone to another, Reinstaller app is a must-have.

Have you used Reinstaller, or do you think you’ll use it when you upgrade to the new Lumia smartphones? Let us know, in the comments below.

The standard of entries in the #NokiaCardboardChallenge was incredible. Amazing. Awesome. We were so impressed with the level of dedication, attention to detail, accuracy and sheer creativity that we’d love to be able to give each and every one of you the prize. There was much deliberation, discussion and debate over the shortlist. Those that came close but did not win were:

Emilia

Wlademar

John Paulo

Ericson

We managed finally to choose two winners. So without further ado…

Dhaval N Damar – wins a Nokia Lumia 900

This cardboard Nokia Lumia 920 not only showed great skill with the cardboard and the craft knife, but amazing creativity to have the icons pop up in such a way:

Amazing effort, well done.

Davide ILvicino Marin – Wins a Nokia 808 PureView –

Davide went the extra mile here and not only created his own cardboard Nokia Lumia, but his own Monster headphones. The details on the phone’s screen is also worth paying attention to.

There were many, many more that we’d like to be able to feature. Each and every entry took time and we loved seeing them all.

Well done to both our winners, we’ll be emailing you soon

Evernote was the very first service that introduced me to the concept of cloud computing. It was, to my feeble mind, a revelation and quickly became one of my most treasured tools.

For the uninitiated: Evernote lets you clip text from websites, or even whole pages, write notes and store images and PDFs. 

So far, so ordinary, but the killer feature is that you can then access all those assets on any computer and on any tablet or smartphone device – with an Internet or data connection, of course. Evernote is good, but it can’t perform magic.

As with all the best ideas, the real secret is how simple and straightforward it is. You write a note on your computer, check the Evernote app on your smartphone and there it is.

Make an amendment to the note on your smartphone and it will then appear updated on your computer. 

The addition of a browser extension, the Evernote Web Clipper, meant that you could clip whole web pages with a single click of the mouse. I found it invaluable for saving articles for reading offline – or just for saving articles that I wanted to use as a reference in the future.

That’s the background to Evernote. Why am I discussing this now?

Just over a week ago, Evernote’s Windows Phone application got a substantial new update. So, if you’ve never used it before, there’s no better time to download the app for your Nokia Lumia smartphone.

Getting started

First you will need register and get yourself an Evernote account. Keep in mind that your username and password will be the ‘keys’ to all your notes so make sure it is something that you can easily remember, or use a secure password manager.

You can register on your desktop computer or directly from the Evernote app on your Lumia.

Once you’re up and running within Evernote then you will notice some of the features can help to keep your notes, clippings, images and PDFs organised.

You can create different ‘Notebooks’ such as Work or Bills that will make it easier to find specific notes. You can also add tags to your notes. The more notes you create, the more useful you will find these simple features.

There is also a search function so you can quickly locate a note that way as well. Even better your searches can be saved.

Evernote app 

There is a serious case to be made that Evernote on your Lumia offers a better experience than using Evernote on a computer.

For example, within the app you can use your Lumia’s camera to take photos that can then be stored directly in Evernote. Same with voice recordings.

A further advantage of using Evernote on your Lumia is that the location of your photos and notes can be tagged. Make sure the location is enabled in the settings though.

You can swipe across different screens either looking at all your notes – the new update now presents the notes in a Windows Phone-style tile arrangement. It’s a very nice touch.

Alternatively, you can swipe across to another screen to look at your Notebooks.

Adding a note on your Lumia is easy as well. Just press the ‘+’ button and you can then type away and choose to attach photos, voice recordings or other files.

Tiles

You can pin any Notebook or a specific note to your start screen for easy access. There are four shortcuts that you can also pin that will let you quickly create a new note, a new text note, add an image or add a voice recording.

If you find yourself creating a note that follows the same pattern, for example it’s kept in the same notebook and has the same bullet-point format, then you can create a template that will save this layout. These layouts can also be saved to your start screen.

Finally, being an app on your smartphone, you can also share your notes with friends on your social networks.

Once you’ve explored the app or the desktop version for a while, Evernote really does become very simple to use. It has some superb functions and means you will never have to forget anything ever again!

Do you use Evernote on your Nokia Lumia? Let us know what you think about the app in the comments.

image credit: whatleydude

Today we’re delighted to announce the Nokia Lumia 510. It’s our most affordable Lumia so far: a stylish, entry-level smartphone that comes in five eye-catching colours: red, yellow, cyan, white and black.

Unlike many smartphones at its price point, though, the Nokia Lumia 510 sports a generous 4-inch display. This gives you plenty of space to view pictures, videos and the Internet, and makes precise tapping and swiping easier.

On the back, there’s a 5-megapixel autofocus camera, ideal for snapping pictures of friends and family and then quickly posting to social networks right from the camera interface. You can also send pictures to your Microsoft SkyDrive account, where you can take advantage of 7GB of free, online storage you can access from anywhere.

As with all our Lumia smartphones, the Nokia Lumia 510 is powered by Windows Phone with its signature Live Tiles giving you at-a-glance updates and speedy access to everything you need to do. The power of the People Hub brings together everyone you know in one place, their latest social updates, as well as the ability to get in touch across a whole range of methods, from talking to tweets. There are Microsoft Office Mobile apps installed and the IE9 web browser guarantees a smooth web experience.

On top of that, you’ll also have instant access to the best mobile navigation and location services available today, in the form of Nokia Maps, Drive and Transport.

The Nokia Lumia 510 will be available to buy starting in November in India, China, South America and Asia. It will cost approximately USD199, before any local taxes and operator subsidies.

Click here to view the video on YouTube.

Now there’s another good reason to switch to Lumia.

When it’s time to upgrade from your current Lumia to the new Nokia Lumia 920 or Lumia 820, there’s one simple way to reinstall all your apps or games to the new device. Reinstaller downloads them all for you, saving you the time and energy.

Reinstaller is one of the first apps you’ll want to install when you get your new phone as you’ll want to spend all your time enjoying the actual phone, rather then searching through Windows Phone Store for all your favourite apps and games.

When you run Reinstaller, you’ll be welcomed by four tiles: Connect, Install, Review and Share.

Hitting the Connect tile asks you to log into your Windows Live account so that the app can trawl through your download history from Windows Phone Store. We tested it on a Nokia Lumia 800 and it took less than a minute to produce a Final App Count of 116. Installing all of the apps and games would obviously take longer, but its speedy retrieval impressed us.

If you want to install all of those apps or games there and then, pressing install will do just that.

Alternatively, if you want to pick and choose what you want to install, press back and cherry-pick the items by unticking the boxes, followed by install.

Unfortunately, the installation of all the content isn’t automatic from this point and you’ll be asked to confirm each install – which means that you can’t just press install and leave the app to do its thing. We’re hoping the developers are working on making this more automatic. Even taking this into consideration, this is still much easier than manually searching for all your downloaded content.

Whether you’re moving from one of the current Nokia Lumias to the new Nokia Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, or moving from one Windows Phone to another, Reinstaller app is a must-have.

Have you used Reinstaller, or do you think you’ll use it when you upgrade to the new Lumia smartphones? Let us know, in the comments below.

Od jutra wprowadzamy nowe urządzenia do oferty na życzenie BlackBerry Bold 9790 BlackBerry Torch 9810 oraz Microsoft Xbox 360 4GB + kinect   Cennik

Od jutra wprowadzamy nowe urządzenia do oferty na życzenie BlackBerry Bold 9790 BlackBerry Torch 9810 oraz Microsoft Xbox 360 4GB + kinect   Cennik

Guys, today we bring you some good and some sad news…

Firstly, the sad – the Xperia Product blog is going quiet for a week….

But the good? We will be returning next week with a whole new platform to give you greater, more convenient access to Sony Mobile.

Sporting a fresh new look, our social newsroom will feature posts and news releases integrated in a single content flow – this way, we bring our latest announcements, views and info together to provide you with all the latest content in one, easy-to-access place.

It’s a dynamic platform that allows us to be more open and consistent – giving you regular access to key figures, establishing a dialogue around your feedback, inviting input and keeping you in the loop with hardware, software and platform development.

Some of the features will include:

• Product, Greenheart, software, brand (and anything in between) blog posts
• Live-blogging from tradeshows and conferences
• More live webchats, interviews and personnel profiles
• Official news releases with visual assets
• Global and local market news
• Global PR and communications contact information

Since its creation five years ago, the Sony Mobile Product blog has become our online mouthpiece. Thanks to the work of our colleagues Rikard, Cristina, Martina, Gustaf and Mattias, the blog has built up a loyal audience of both consumers, bloggers and media – so a BIG thank you for your support.

From today, there won’t be any posts for a week during the crossover – here’s to a new chapter and we look forward to seeing you on the new site!

Cheers,

The Sony Mobile Blog Team.