The first batch ran out in less than hour. But since you asked so kindly, here’s the second batch for the next 50 people. (sorry, we really can’t ship more at this point…)
Original post by Tommi Vilkamo
Aug
26
More stickers available - just tell us where to ship them
posted by: in 2981 on 08 26th, 2008 | | No Comments »
Aug
25
Sighting: Nokia N82 Shown In Official Girl Video With Cassie feat. Lil Wayne
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 25th, 2008 | | No Comments »
Cassie’s new video “Official Girl” featuring Lil Wayne also featured a silver Nokia N82… numerous times. You can see Cassie using the N82 in the bedroom taking videos and pictures with it. At almost 5 minutes length, the Nokia N82 was shown a total of 11 times. Pretty cool!
Nokia N82 in Official Girl video
I usually like songs with Lil Wayne, but I’m not a fan of this one. Here are the times the Nokia N82 was shown: 1:21, 1:25, 1:38, 1:52, 2:34, 2:45, 2:52, 2:56, 3:07, 3:15, 3:27. That’s a lot of screen time for the Nokia N82! Did I get it right? How many times did you spot it?
Thanks Stefan for the tip!
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Aug
24
Nokia N95 8GB Photos At Red Bamboo Restaurant
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 24th, 2008 | | No Comments »
We went to Red Bamboo restaurant for lunch today in Soho. I had my Nokia N95 8GB to take pictures of the fake-meat vegetarian food they offered. I’ve been carrying the Nokia E71 the past week, and the poor camera on it made me really miss the better one on the N95 8GB.
Click on each photos to see the larger versions. You get to see the picture quality better.
Appetizers
For appetizers, we had salmon roll and buffalo wings. Both are made of fake meat… even the salmon. It tasted just like… salmon. The wings were definitely not close to looking like the real deal. They were still delicious, though.
Salmon Rolls
Buffalo Wings
Entree
For the main entree, I had Thai Soy Beef Curry. It was spicy, but bearable. From rating of 1 for slightly spicy to 5 for volcanic spicy, it was around 2. It looks like beef, but you’ll know the difference when you start chewing. It doesn’t have that ‘meat juice.’ Nonetheless, I can’t complain about the taste. It was pretty good.
Sheila had Voodoo Sticks from the menu, which is grilled soy beef and peeper kabobs. She said it needed more seasoning. The portion is also smaller compared to our appetizers and the beef curry I ordered. We probably wouldn’t order it again.
Nokia N95 8GB Camera
I really enjoy using the Nokia N95 8GB’s camera. It’s a lot better than the Nokia E71, which is unfortunate because I love that QWERTY keypad. I don’t want to carry two devices, so it looks like I’ll be using the Nokia N95 8GB more often this week… until I start missing the E71 again.
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Original post by Mark Guim
Aug
23
Evening With S60 Party At Nokia New York Flagship Sept 17th
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 23rd, 2008 | | No Comments »
Hey New York Nokia/S60 fans! There’s a party at the Nokia Flagship on the night of Sept 17th. There’s going to be food, drinks, people like you and of course cool new phones to play with. During the last Evening with S60 NY event, they gave away a Nokia N95 before it was generally released! I’m predicting a Nokia N96 giveaway this time? Who knows… better show up!
I had fun at the last event and wish I can make it to the party this year. Unfortunately, I can’t be at two places at the same time. I’ll be in Berlin that week for another event, the Maemo Summit, and learn more about the people and platform behind the Nokia internet tablets like the N800 and N810. I’m excited to visit another city, but wish I did not have to miss Evening With S60 in New York City.
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Original post by Mark Guim
Aug
22
Stuff of interest elsewhere
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 22nd, 2008 | | No Comments »
Quick note: earlier this week, we had a good chat with Mike Cooper from Nokia Conversations. And he already wrote a story about us: Inside the brain of Nokia Beta Labs. But hey, I just got a wild idea… To get an outside-in perspective to the same thing, would somebody from active Beta Labs contributors be interested if Mike interviewed you?
Quick note II: Nokia is experimenting with virtual product launches - with live chats, videos, Q&A sessions with product managers, etc, etc, etc. Check out http://events.nokia.com. And see you there on August 26, 2008 @ 11am Finnish time (GMT +3h).
Original post by Tommi Vilkamo
Aug
22
Beta Labs stickers shipped to you, for free
posted by: in 2953 on 08 22nd, 2008 | | No Comments »
Yay! They just printed us a big box of Beta Labs stickers. In case you want a bunch too, say ~20, just tell us where to ship them. Gratis, of course.
Note: this offer applies only to the 50 fastest ones, and it is valid only for 1 week (deadline = 29 August). If you weren’t fast enough, you can try to seek comfort by taking the official Beta Labs community wallpaper into use: wallpapers.zip.
Update: bang!! It’s over, folks. We got those 50 addresses in less than hour. Wow. That was fast…
Update II: seems that we’ll be able to ship these already today (image from our mailroom)
Original post by Tommi Vilkamo
Aug
22
Name Any Tune With Shazam iD - The Most Amazing App For Nokia S60
posted by: in 2965 on 08 22nd, 2008 | | No Comments »
My latest discovery is Shazam iD, an application that gives you the title and artist of any song playing wherever you are. Your phone listens to a few seconds of the song, analyzes it, searches some database online, then shows the information all within a few seconds. I’m dumbfounded how it’s possible, but this really cool to show off!
Shazam iD analyzing a song for information.
I’ve been trying it several times using my own song collection, the radio, and even some random ones from Last.fm. Shazam iD found a match almost every time. It couldn’t find some matches when I tried random foreign language songs. It surprisingly found some foreign songs too so don’t completely disregard that category!
After analysis, it tells you title, artist, and album art. Cool!
Other than showing it off to my friends, I can use Shazam iD to find info of:
- the song playing on the radio to download later
- background music playing on a video or movie
- song playing at a club to download later
Download
The official Shazam site says it is only available to UK users and can only be downloaded by sending an SMS first. But there are other ways to download that app if you are not in the UK… try this Nokia Mosh download link or this S60 download link.
Special thanks to Amir from Phone-Rush for letting me know about this app!
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Original post by Mark Guim
Aug
21
Nokia Maps 2.0 Upgraded to Version Build 3204
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 21st, 2008 | | No Comments »
Go download the latest build version 3204 of Nokia Maps 2.0 at maps.nokia.com. There were no changelogs, announcements, or autoupdate notifications so I actually found this version by accident after reinstalling apps for the Nokia N95 8GB. The previous version I had was build 2602. Nokia should really try to put update notifications on Nokia Maps for us.
Latest build for Nokia Maps 2.0
As far as changes go, I noticed it was a lot faster to calculate routes after choosing “Drive to.” I had problems with 2.0 build 2602 taking too long to calculate the route. I’d already be halfway done by the time it found out how to get me there. I’m not sure if this was a problem with the application or the Nokia servers, but the calculation is quick on the latest build.
I’ve used it today with the Nokia N95 8GB and it worked like it was supposed to. If you haven’t tried it yet, the voice navigation is really useful. My buddy in the passenger seat was surprised asking, “Is that your phone?!?” Here are some screenshots.
Driving only 10 mph over the speed limit
Nokia Maps automatically zooms in or out depending on your speed.
Searching addresses or places on Nokia Maps is still not as good or fast as the Google maps application, but having voice navigation makes it very useful. As long as Nokia Maps can find the place or destination, it is much better to use than Google maps.
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Aug
20
Nokia Ships Bluetooth Headsets To Limited Edition Nokia N96 Buyers
posted by: in Uncategorized on 08 20th, 2008 | | No Comments »
Our readers, Dario and Pedro are going to be the first few to own a limited edition Nokia N96, and they’ll also get a bluetooth headset to compensate for the wait. Some buyers felt that the Face The Task website was misleading making customers wait longer than advertised. Nokia soothes the pain by delivering free Nokia BH-503 bluetooth headset for their patience.
Nokia BH-503 headsets for Nokia N96 limited edition buyers
Here’s the email from Nokia:
Dear customer,
We sincerely apologise for the fact that we cannot at this moment state the exact delivery date for your limited edition Nokia N96. As soon as we have shipped your Nokia N96 you will receive an email through which you can track your parcel and the date of its delivery.
In the meantime, in appreciation of your continued patience, we’ll be arranging a delivery of a free Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-503 in silver colour which you’ll be able to use with your Nokia N96 multimedia computer.
Our customer care is the best contact point for you to help with any questions you have. You can find your local customer care contact details at http://www.nokia.com/support.
Once again, we hope you accept our apologies. We assure you that we are doing everything we can to have your device shipped to you as soon as possible.
Respectfully,
Nokia
I wonder if all the 96 buyers are getting the headset or if it’s just Pedro and Dario who notified us about the email. Are you one of the limited edition Nokia N96 buyers? Did you get an email about receiving a headset?
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Aug
20
Nokia E71 Review By Dial-a-phone
posted by: in 2925 on 08 20th, 2008 | | No Comments »
Andrew Boxall from Dial-a-phone, one of our sponsors, have written a review of the Nokia E71 calling it one of the best business phones period. SMS messaging also makes the QWERTY keyboard welcoming to those non-business users who love to text.
It’s inevitable but Andrew compared the Nokia E71 to the iPhone as well. Test showed the Nokia E71 was more reliable with the GPS signal. Flash on the web browser enables full access to the YouTube site on the E71 unlike the iPhone.
In the end, the small 2.3 inch screen might be a letdown, but in every other way thinks it equals or betters the iPhone. Read the whole article, Nokia E71 - The Gadget Show Hero by Andrew Boxall.
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