Apple is not going to port MeeGo OS onto iPhone, it just dreamboard of Nokia N9 that wrote by Modmyvi.
It has the three identical homescreens notification, menu icons and multitasking view. Beside that it also got the 4 quick icons launcher when you swipe up on lockscreen.
Check out the Dreamboard Nokia N9 theme in action below
Features
N9 Weather and Clock Widgets
N9 Lockscreen
N9 Lockscreen Notifications
N9 Feed Widget (only twitter for now)
N9 Icons
N9 "multitasking" page (the tiles currently do not move but we are working on it)
N9 Continuous scrolling between pages
N9 Lockscreen wallpapers (dreamboard does not have a way to change lockscreen wallpapers so they have to be changed manually)
This dreamboard only applicable for jailbroken's iPhone.
The long waited Untethered Jailbreak iOS 5.0.1 is now available for all iOS A4-based devices. Unfortunately A5 devices such as iPhone 4S and iPad 2 is not available.
This is how to can jailbreak your A4 iOS devices
Before this you need to make sure you have updated ur iPhone / iPad / iPod Touch to iOS 5.0.1. You can update it thru iTunes.
Step 1: Download the latest version of Redsn0w from the links given below.
Step 2: Start Redsn0w, select "Jailbreak" then check "Install Cydia". Follow the onscreen steps to place your device into DFU mode.
Step 3: Wait for Redsn0w to apply the full untethered jailbreak!
Once done, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch will be rebooted into fully untethered jailbreak mode!
As you know Nokia N9 has 4 colours which are Cyan, Magenta, Black and the latest White.
Nokia Lumia 800 also has the same colours except white. During a Windows Phone event by Microsoft Fance, Nokia Frances said that they might considering new colours for Nokia Lumia 800, might white and sporty yellow.
a image was secretly taken by a France blogger
There were no official announcement on these new colours.
What do you think about the new colours on Nokia Lumia 800? The sporty yellow does eye catching tho.
Nokia has just rebranded their Symbian OS to Nokia. The all new Nokia Belle (previously Symbian Belle) user interface will be available to updates to some existing smartphones.
The updates will be available starting in February 2012 for Nokia N8, Nokia E7, Nokia E6, Nokia X7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7 and Nokia Oro through FOTA.
The Nokia N8, Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01 will be pre-installed with Nokia Belle from factories before send to the shops.
Unofficial Evernote app has released for MeeGo client, Nokia N9 & Nokia N950. Unfortunately it's only able to read notes that created on desktop and does not allows to create notes through the phone.
Hopefully the official version will be available soon. The unofficial Evernote is now available to download for FREE at Nokia Store.
Every wonder how does you look like on your friend body or even different gender? Sound fun?
Microsoft Research has released Face Swap for Windows Phone users. Face Swap allows you to swap people's face on a photograph.
It uses multiple face detection to identify eveyone's faces on a photo and with a shake on your phone, the app will swaps the faces around. Once it's done, you can save it to your Photo Hub or share it to Facebook or Twitter.
Today SamsungTomorrow has just made a statement the offers of Android Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade to Samsung GALAXY devices in the first quarter 2012.
The ICS-upgradeable devices are the GALAXY SII, GALAXY SII LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus.
Official Statement from Samsung
Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for GALAXY devices. The platform update for GALAXY S II and GALAXY Note will start in the first quarter 2012, and other GALAXY devices will soon follow.
The ICS-upgradable devices are the GALAXY S II, GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY Note, GALAXY R, GALAXY Tab 10.1, GALAXY Tab 8.9, GALAXY Tab 7.7, and GALAXY Tab 7.0 Plus.
For upgradable models, Samsung will make separate announcements on details of OS updates schedule for each market according to market situation and carriers’ requirements.
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Samsung GALAXY Nexus, the first Ice Cream Sandwich powered smartphone, were first unveiled at a Google/Samsung joint news conference in Hong Kong on October 19th.
Ice Cream Sandwich brings an entirely new look and feel to Android. It has a redesigned user interface with improved multi-tasking, notifications, Wi-Fi hotspot, NFC support and a full Web browsing experience. Ice Cream Sandwich also features a new People App which lets users browse pictures, messages and social network updates from friends, family and co-workers.
Ice Cream Sandwich also introduces innovations such as Face Unlock, which uses facial recognition to unlock the smartphone. Using NFC technology, Android Beam allows users to quickly share Web pages, apps and YouTube™ videos with friends by simply tapping two phones back-to-back. Users can even use fun effects while shooting video or video chatting with Google Talk™.
Today - Nokia has just responds and issued a statement in respond to battery life problem faced by some Nokia Lumia 800 users. Nokia has clarified the problem its a software and it can be easily resolved with software update which will be coming early 2012. Apparently there's a glitch of the software that limiting the phone to use the full available battery capacity.
Official statement from Nokia
On Monday 12th December some of our customers started to comment in various social media that the preloaded diagnostics tool in some of the Nokia Lumia 800 phones was showing lower battery capacity than expected. We immediately started to investigate these reports and can now confirm that while the battery itself is fine, a software problem on certain variants is limiting the phone’s ability to access the full battery capacity. We want to stress that this issue has not been found to affect the recently introduced Nokia Lumia 710.
The good news is that as this is a software problem it can be easily resolved. The planned software update in early 2012, as well as including many performance enhancements, will also include a fix that will enable the affected phones to access the total battery capacity. For anyone who does not want to wait for the software update, Nokia can arrange for a replacement phone. Anyone who requires any further clarification should contact Nokia Care (Care contact details and locations can be found at www.Nokia.com/support).
Anyone who wants to know if their phone is affected can run the battery status test from the diagnostics tool already installed on their phone. (The tool is designed for service use and only displays approximate values.) Dialling ##634# opens the diagnostics tool. By accepting the disclaimer and then selecting ‘Battery Status’ from the list of options, anyone will be able to see their available battery charge capacity. If your full charge capacity reads less than 1000 mAh then your phone is affected with this specific issue and you may find it is necessary to charge your phone more frequently than normal. Once the software update has been applied, you should experience much better battery life. In the meantime here are some tips on how to increase your battery performance and you should also make sure you are using the charger that came with the phone, as older chargers may not be as effective at charging the new Nokia Lumia 800.
Here is another viral video from Hong Kong pokes-fun at the Apple's iPhone fans standing on queue to purchase the iPhone 4S.
The video is leaded by one of an Indian-Hongkie famous comedian, Vivek Mahbubani.
In the video he asked Siri an alternative of a smartphone that would have bigger screen, slimmer, faster connections, better colours display and at a same time can have video chat with nine friends. Siri replied "Samsung Galaxy Nexus"
Wonder how tough is Nokia Lumia 800's Gorilla glass cornering? TGIS of Singtel has performed few stress tests such as key scratches, wall dragging and several drop tests on a Magenta Lumia 800. She invited few artists and performances during the Nokia Lumia Launch Party at Clarke Quay few weeks back to perform the drop tests.
According to her there are no scratches as there was no post-drop closeup of the Lumia 800.
Today Sports Tracker has launched Sports Tracker for Windows Phone and hold a mini contest for you to win a brand new Nokia Lumia 800.
Sports Tracker helps you to monitor and track your fitness training. It has a training diary for workout with data analysis.
Features of Sports Tracker
Tracking
Distance
Duration
Speed
Average speed and pace
Max speed
Energy spent (kCal)
Training Diary for workout data analysis
Diary sync to sports-tracker.com service for further analysis
Sharing of workouts to Facebook, Twitter and the Sports Tracker community
This is how you could win a Nokia Lumia 800, head to Sports Tracker's Facebook Page and submit "Win a Nokia Lumia 800!" form before 21st December 2011. Winner will be announces two days after the contest ended. All the best!
Grand Theft Auto III has released for iPhone, iPad and Android devices in celebrating Rockstar Games's 10th Anniversary.
Rockstar Games celebrates the 10th anniversary of one of the most influential games of all time. The critically acclaimed blockbuster Grand Theft Auto III comes to mobile devices, bringing to life the dark and seedy underworld of Liberty City. With a massive and diverse open world, a wild cast of characters from every walk of life and the freedom to explore at will, Grand Theft Auto III puts the dark, intriguing and ruthless world of crime at your fingertips.
With stellar voice acting, a darkly comic storyline, a stunning soundtrack and revolutionary open-world gameplay, Grand Theft Auto III is the game that defined the open world genre for a generation.
Features
Visually stunning updated graphics, character and vehicle models
Another cool campaign of the Nokia Lumia by Nokia Germany where they have put a Nokia Lumia 800 in a think block of ice and whoever manage to break the block of ice will walk away with a free Nokia Lumia 800.
Nokia just unveiled a limited edition Nokia Lumia 800 in-collaboration with coming soon Batman: The Dark Knight Rises movie.
This limited edition Lumia 800 features a laser-etched Batman logo on the rear of the device and only 40 of this headsets produced for the new Batman's movie. There's no word from Nokia to bring the device to market outside of the 40 limited edition.
Check out the hands-on video below;
I guess will be expecting Nokia Lumia 800 appear on the big screen just like the Green Lantern featured Nokia N8.
Microsoft has just released SkyDrive App for Windows Phone (Mango onward) and iOS devices.
SkyDrive from Microsoft is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device. Windows Phone has built-in access to SkyDrive right from the Office and Pictures hubs. It can also automatically upload pictures you take to SkyDrive for easy access.
Now the SkyDrive app for Windows Phone also lets you manage and share files – all in one place. You can:
Browse your entire SkyDrive including files shared with you
Shah Rukh Khan, an Indian film actor, producer and TV host has just tweeted "Nokia Lumia is an awesome phone" but it was tweeted from his BlackBerry device.
Here's the thing, it may sound wrong but probably there's a reason from it. Maybe he has yet to receive the phone from Nokia but he is very excited for it. I believe a non-Nokia can also think the Nokia Lumia is great! :)
Apple iPhone 4S has become a trending topic when Celcom, Maxis & DiGi releasing the news of pre-orders & ROI. Apple Store Malaysia is also offering iPhone 4S on the coming launch day as others telcos without any contract-bonding.
For those who are tied with contract but you would like to get the iPhone 4S, now you can purchase if off-the-shelf from authorised Apple resellers.
There is no words on the price or will it be selling ont he launch date. Do keep your eyes on Apple Store or subscribe to theidealmobile or follow me on twitter @tallboyz for more news and info.
UPDATE 16/12/2011
You can now buy contract free iPhone 4S directly from Apple Store Malaysia.
Black & White is up to choose from and it come with all 3 variants storage 16GB, 32GB and 64GB.
16GB - RM 2,199
32GB - RM 2,499
64GB - RM 2,799
It will only take 1-2 weeks for delivery which I found the stock availability in Malaysia is quite good comparing with the previous model launch.
Instagram has always been an exclusive to iOS device and has about 14-15 millions worldwide and the number is still increasing.
The popularity growth of Instagram is said to be releasing to Android platform and there are two developers working on it right now. There is no actual date on the availability but it's confirmed coming soon.
7th of December marked its first official appearance the Nokia's first Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia series landed in Singapore.
There was a keynote session took place at TheatreWorks before the official public launch held at the popular nightspot, Clarke Quay Read Bridge.
The keynote was kicked off by Mr. Niklas Savaner, Excutive Vice President, Markets, Nokia and unveiled the Nokia Lumia series. Nokia Lumia 800 & Nokia Lumia 710.
"Let's talk about the significance of the Nokia Lumia devices to us from a strategy perspective, we are delivering our first Nokia Windows Phones within eight months since we announced the collaboration with Microsoft earlier this year. And we have introduced Nokia's signature services which make these phone much more desirable and relevant to consumers. This is a significant step forward as we continue to drive innovation throughout our entire portfolio, and the new range of Nokia Lumia smartphones is a testimony to our capabilities in balancing technology innovation with optimal user experience" said Mr. Niklas Savander.
Ms. Tracey Fellows, Area Vice President, Microsoft Asia Pacific shared the features and new user experience on the new Windows Phone Operating System.
Combining familiar Nokia element such as leading imaging capabilities, navigation and music, The Nokia Lumia delivers the best Windows Phone experience on the market.
Product demonstration was carried out by Mr. Andrej Sonkin, Head of Smart Devices Southeast Asia Pacific of the design, hardwares and user interfaces of the new Nokia Lumia series.
A quick specifications and features of the Nokia Lumia series;
Nokia Lumia 800 The stunningly social Nokia Lumia 800 features head-turning design, vivid colours (cyan, magenta and black) and the best social and Internet performance, with 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 graphic processor. 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 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for storing images and music.
Nokia Lumia 710 The purposely built, no-nonsense Nokia Lumia 710 can be personalized with exchangeable back covers and thousands of apps to bring the Lumia experience to more people around the world. The Nokia Lumia 710 is designed for instant social & image sharing, and the best browsing experience with IE9. It is available in black and white with black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers. With the same 1.4GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 delivers high performance at an affordable price.
Both Nokia Lumia smartphones are included the signature Nokia experience optimized for Windows Phone, including Nokia Drive, a full-fledged personal navigation with free, turn-by-turn navigation that will be only be available to Nokia Lumia users to differentiation over non-Nokia Windows Phone products as a pre-loaded application.
There is also Nokia Music, the service developed first for the Nokia N9 and now optimised for Windows Phone.
Also announced are accessories to go with the new range such as the on-ear Nokia Purity HD stereo headset by Monster and the in-ear Nokia Purity Stereo Headset by Monster, a new Bluetooth headset that comes in complemeting colours and some others.
After the keynote, we are leaded to the Experience Corner to have hands-on of the devices.
Microsoft XBOX 360 with Kinectic were demo-ed with XBOX Live Hub that available on the Nokia Lumis offers cool games, capability to see friends' presence and leaderboards, 3D Avatar control and creation.
After that we had a bumboat ride down the Singapore river to reach Clarke Quay Read Bridge where the consumer launch party held.
To celebrate the occasion, Nokia Singapore offers the Nokia Lumia 800 (SGD $775) with FREE XBOX 360 with Kinect to the first 100 customers at the launch party and as well invited to the exclusive unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 800 with thrilling live performances by the Nokia Style and Entertainment challenge and a brightly-lit stacked cubes to look like a giant Nokia Lumia phone.
A short video of the launch event.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is priced at SGD $775 (around RM1,830) and the Nokia Lumia 710 is priced at SGD $505 (around RM1,260). The Lumia 800 will be on sale by this coming Saturday, 10th December together with the telco's package offers. The Nokia Lumia 710 will made available in the following week.
There is no news or actual date of the availability for Malaysia, only an official estimation somewhere in the first quarter of 2012 by Nokia.
The promotion of FREE Xbox 360 with Kinetic that will be carried out today has started with an early long queue on the event's venue.
Be the 1st 100 to buy a Nokia Lumia 800 will get a free Xbox 360 with Kinect worth $568 on the spot and get party in VIP style at the unveiling of the Nokia Lumia at Read Bridge, Clarke Quay.
Check out the queue which I believe started 8-9 hours early before the event.
The Nokia Lumia 800 is selling at Sing $775 and in return you are getting a Xbox 360 with Kinetic worth Sing $568. Hmmmm I wish I'm there NOW!
If you are planning to get one today, I guess you should make your move to Clarke Quay like now.
Today Google is offering 10 premium apps/games for only $0.10. Noticed that this 10 cents promo is available on all currencies where Singapore & US is also showing $0.10 US/Sing dollar.
This 10-cents promo is on going for 10 days in celebrating of 10 billion's app downloads, a milestone for Google.
Will be expecting a software update today 7th Dec as promised by Nokia which will improve battery life and bringing WiFi Internet Sharing. Do check out for it if you are a current Nokia Lumia 800 user.
Nokia Singapore hold an exclusive Nokia Lumia launch party tomorrow 7th December at Read Bridge, Clarke Quay. Be the first 100 to own one of the Nokia Lumia 800 and will receive a FREE Xbox 360 with Kinect.
Be the first 100 to buy a Nokia Lumia 800, get a free Xbox 360® with Kinect™ worth $568 on the spot and party in VIP style with us at the unveiling of the Nokia Lumia!
You’re invited to the exclusive unveiling of the Nokia Lumia 800, as a VIP! The stage is set for a series of electrifying live performances by the winners of the Nokia Style and Entertainment challenge, to be housed in massive, brightly-lit stacked cubes, built to look like a giant Nokia Lumia phone.
Get dressed in brightly-coloured checks to be eligible for entry. VIP passes are limited, so come early!
Nokia Hong Kong has created a giant Nokia Lumia 800 with 550 Nokia Windows Phones that consist of the Nokia Lumia 800 & Lumia 710 in celebrating the phone launch. Nokia Hong Kong has announced to delivered by mid December about weeks ago.
The event took place on Sai Yeung Choi Street in Mong Kok as a part of an electronic roadshow that held at there.
The giant size Nokia Lumia 800 is created out of 550 Nokia phones.
The roadshow is divided into three parts, one for the backdrop, gaming, one for the Windows Phone and one for general promotion.
Small series of "Nokia's Amazing Everyday" arrow is placed on the street to lead the passers to the roadshow.
The massive publicity has attracted a lot passers-by to stop by and play with the phone to get hands-on feel of the new Nokia device.
Great to see Nokia making an aggressive move and putting a lot efforts in their marketing.
Check out this interesting promo ad of the Nokia Lumia 800 by Hong Kong
After Hong Kong launch, there gonna be a Nokia Windows Phone launch in Singapore on the 7th of December. Let see what's waiting for us for Singapore and Malaysia.
Mark Guim from TheNokiaBlog has demoed to us a web browser for Windows Phone that found works better compare with the default IE.
Check out the video below demo-ed SurfCube 3D Browser on Nokia Lumia 800.
It has an interesting user interface where you can swipe from edges to open tabs, settings and address bar. Beside that, Surfcube 3D has the solution of failed web rendering with IE on Facebook Touch site.
Here's the features of SurfCube 3D;
Tab support
Portal reading mode: any page can be set to open links in new or background tabs by default
Full HTML5 compatibility
Share a page via email, Twitter, Facebook, Windows Live and LinkedIn
Supports landscape and portrait orientation
Orientation lock
Pin pages to start menu
Desktop Mode
Search (Google)
Private mode
Can run under the lock screen so returning after being powered off is instantaneous
History and favorites to help finding that website again
Bandwidth saver mode for sites that don’t have a mobile mode. Even images can be turned off for a truly fast and low cost browsing!
Save Images to your phone
YouTube video playback (to remove ad, buy the full version)
SurfCube 3D Browser is now available in MarketPlace for $1.99 USD for full version or you can download the free version with ad-supported.
Christmas is around the corner, another jolly festive season that everyone looking for to. Rovio. The creator of Angry Birds released updates for Angry Birds Season added a collection of boards full of snow and ice in "Wreck The Halls".
Wreck The Halls has added 25 new levels featuring gingerbread cookies, bells, twinkling lights and candy canes.
It's the most wonderful time of the year, but the pigs are up to their usual tricks! Use your best puzzle skills on the Angry Birds holiday calendar – 25 new festive levels featuring gingerbread cookies, bells,
twinkling lights, and candy canes. The newest Angry Bird will also make an appearance! And on the last day you'll meet the big pig himself... It's going to be an egg-citing holiday season!
Angry Birds Season - Wreck The Halls is now available for iOS and Android.
As expected announcement from Celcom and DiGi of carrying iPhone 4S after Maxis opened ROI on the iPhone 4S.
This has made all 3 big Malaysia Telco providers to carry iPhone 4S. Maxis and DiGi did not mentioned the actual date of the launch. On Celcom's hand, they announced the launch date on the 16th December and says will be the first to launch in Malaysia.
Let's see what's the plan will be offers by the respective telco and to see whether would there be any upgrade plan for current subscribers.
Would DiGi and Maxis launch it on the same date? 16th December.
Maxis has started accepting Registration of Interest for iPhone 4S. Maxis is the first telco in Malaysia to release ROI and will be expecting Celcom & DiGi to do so soon!
The iPhone 4S from Maxis is available in 3 variants 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. Both Black and White colors are available.
Do you guys still remember there was once well-known handheld digital pet, Tamagochi?
Cupuppy is a free iPhone game that you can have an adorable digital puppy on your iPhone which similar to Tamagochi. You can name it, feed it with Ginger Man and play with it. You can also take picture of it and share it to your friends by email.
Features
After eating the Ginger Man, Cupuppy will be able to mimic you in a cute voice.
If you spend time with Cupuppy, you will discover his heart-melting cuteness.
You can take pictures for Cupuppy, and share them with your friends.
Cupuppy will get hungry, tired, and moody. Please take good care of him.
He will leave for good if you don't pay attention.
liewcf highly recommended to parents to have it so theirs kids to sit still at any place.
Nokia has just shared a Nokia Lumia 710 promo video on their YouTube Channel. Guessing that they gonna start massively shipping Nokia's budget Windows Phone, Lumia 710 worldwide.
Nokia Lumia 710 - http://nokia.ly/ucry0b - is packed full of features to make life easier, faster, funner.
Access a constant flow of updates from, Facebook and Twitter straight from the Start screen, meaning all your OMG's are in one place so you'll never miss a thing. Plus photos and laughter can be shared from pocket to Facebook in seconds. Super fast browsing means more www without the zzz. Look it up, like it, and buy it in seconds.
Nokia maps are built in, and Nokia Drive will voice guide you turn-by-turn, to exactly where you need to be. Local scout functions mean you can discover new hidden gems, and will feel like a local anywhere.
Nokia Lumia 710 is knock, drop, and life proof, so fun is always guaranteed. It's coloured backs are changeable so you can change your phone to suit your mood, the music, a new outfit, destination, or well whatever really.
Let's recap back of Nokia Lumia 710's specification
Nokia is running another Nokia Lumia 800 giveaway campaign on their's Facebook Page.
This time you are not only stand a chance in winning a Nokia Lumia 800, there will be 9 more Nokia Lumia 800 to give out to your 9 closest Facebook's friends.
PROGRAM PERIOD
The Contest begins on 29/11/2011 at 16:00 p.m. GMT and ends on 20/12/2011 at 16:00 p.m GMT (hereinafter referred to as the “Program Period”).
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
For a chance to win a Nokia Lumia 800, simply invite up to 9 of your friends into the designated “People Hub” supplied on the entry page. Once you have done this, simply enter your name and email address into the “Enter Now To Win!” field.
PRIZES
The winner/winners of the Contest will receive a Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone (the “Prize”) for themselves and up to 9 other friends. Friends must be those included in the winner’s “People Hub”.
DETERMINATION OF THE WINNER
The winner/winners of the Contest will be determined by chance. 2 winners (and up to 9 of their friends selected in the “People Hub”) will be picked at random as the recipients of a Nokia Lumia 800 smartphone.
