Wow, what a Friday, what a weekend! Yesterday Nokia announced that WP7 will be their smartphone OS of choice, that MeeGo is just for learning and Symbian will be phased… Wow, what a Friday, what a weekend! Yesterday Nokia announced that WP7 will be their smartphone OS of choice, that MeeGo is just for learning and Symbian will be phased out, based on customer demand and the time needed to get WP7 ready for the low-end. God was I pissed. You can see it in my first reaction here and on Twitter. But what a surprise, when I woke up this morning most of my anger was gone and through the day a few things came together to change my view completely, more or less.
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NokMsft – Why It Makes Me Happy
So today was the day, Nokia has announced, that they “will adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy”. We are going to get another 6-18 months of transitions and… So today was the day, Nokia has announced, that they “will adopt Windows Phone as its primary smartphone strategy”. We are going to get another 6-18 months of transitions and a MeeGo device will (probably) be launched this year (we heard that before). MeeGo will be part of Nokia’s “far-far-away-in-the-future”-strategy. Wow, that sounds exciting.
Symbian^3 PR 2.0 Keyboard Wish
Today The Nokia Blog gave a “Sneak Peek: Symbian PR2.0 Portrait Keyboard & New Browser Screenshots“. I am really looking forward to this update, even if my stupid *#!$~*-Swiss CV…Today The Nokia Blog gave a “Sneak Peek: Symbian PR2.0 Portrait Keyboard & New Browser Screenshots“. I am really looking forward to this update, even if my stupid *#!$~*-Swiss CV has not even gotten PR 1.1. But one thing which bothers me (also in PR 1.0), is that the row for special keys (Left, Right, Okay, Options,…) is at the bottom of the screen. I think, that is not the right place for this keys and I prepared a mock-up for suggesting a better solution.
The Tablet Factor
As we know, Nokia is going to announce a cooperation with Microsoft on Friday (11.02.11). Details are not known and so The usual rumors are growing: Nokia will dump one… As we know, Nokia is going to announce a cooperation with Microsoft on Friday (11.02.11). Details are not known and so The usual rumors are growing: Nokia will dump one of their OSes and will build WP7 devices instead. This is shouting from so many corners that even me starts to think that it could happen. So let’s just pretend it’s true. The big question is: Which OS will be gone after Friday?
[AppMe] Create Bookmarks for your Homescreen
AppMe fills a gap in the Symbian OS. Even the newest iteration has not the possibility to add web bookmarks like an App to the startmenu or the homescreen. With…AppMe fills a gap in the Symbian OS. Even the newest iteration has not the possibility to add web bookmarks like an App to the startmenu or the homescreen. With AppMe you can easily create an App which opens the desired web page. You can also modify the icon to make your App even more tailored. Here I demonstrate how to use this service to create a Picasa Baby Seals Widget. A video says more than a thousand words:
Stuff You Should Know When You Are Writing About Nokia
Hi there. This blog post has the telling title “Stuff You Should Know When You Are Writing About Nokia” and was created because I often read and blog about Nokia…Hi there. This blog post has the telling title “Stuff You Should Know When You Are Writing About Nokia” and was created because I often read and blog about Nokia and it’s not uncommon that there are some easy facts simply wrong. I don’t know why, but errors are human and I want to believed in the good in man. So if you found a link to this post under another blog post, it could be because there was some mistake. Feel free to link to this blog post when ever you see some of the common mistakes. If this post has an error in it, please inform me via the comment system. I’ll fix it as fast as I can. If you know other common
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