Simply testing publishing, please ignore.

It may look neat and tidy, but its giving me some right headaches here today, it won’t even allow me to update my bloody About page so I can remove info which is no longer relevant now.

Proporta.com kindly sent me this TurboCharger Back Pack for review several weeks ago, and during that time I have been testing it out in various conditions during my travels.

I am happy to report that not only does this TurboCharger Back Pack performs well when used, I can also confirm it also holds its full charge for long durations also. This is something that I have found other power cases failing to do, losing their charge after just a matter of days. I found that when my iPhone was down to 38% battery, the TurboCharger Back Pack would fully charge it within half an hour, which is impressive!

The TurboCharger Back Pack not only offers you power when your iPhone needs it when away from a charging point, it also offers great device protection too. Having dropped my iPhone twice with this case fitted, the only issue I had, was with the secondary part, unclipping.

There are two parts to the TurboCharger Back Pack, the main body which houses the slim 500mA battery backup, and the top part which holds your device in securely.

You can recharge the Back Pack when fitted, or standalone.

Being made of a hard, tough plastic, with a silicon type feel material, the TurboCharger also offers a nice non-slip grip to your iPhone without adding too much bulk.

Fitting your iPhone into the TurboCharger Back Pack is very simple. Remove the top part, and slide your iPhone into it, sliding down fully to the built in 30 pin connector in the base.

Once homed, then you simply slide on the top cap, which has cutouts for both your on/off power button, and headphone jack. There is also an area cutout for your volume buttons, and silence switch too.

To find out more about the Proporta TurboCharger Back Pack for iPhone 4, check out their video below. To go direct to the Proporta’s webpage to purchase, click here.

Price £29.95
Micky’s Star Rating (out of 10) = 9

Here’s an interesting Official Nokia Press Release that hit my inbox this morning, and thought it worth sharing with you all today!

Nokia announced that it has signed a patent license agreement with Apple. The agreement will result in settlement of all patent litigation between the companies, including the withdrawal by Nokia and Apple of their respective complaints to the US International Trade Commission.

The financial structure of the agreement consists of a one-time payment payable by Apple and on-going royalties to be paid by Apple to Nokia for the term of the agreement. The specific terms of the contract are confidential.

“We are very pleased to have Apple join the growing number of Nokia licensees,” said Stephen Elop, president and chief executive officer of Nokia. “This settlement demonstrates Nokia’s industry leading patent portfolio and enables us to focus on further licensing opportunities in the mobile communications market.”

During the last two decades, Nokia has invested approximately EUR 43 billion in research and development and built one of the wireless industry’s strongest and broadest IPR portfolios, with over 10,000 patent families. Nokia is a world leader in the development of handheld device and mobile communications technologies, which is also demonstrated by Nokia’s strong patent position.

This agreement is expected to have a positive financial impact on Nokia’s recently revised outlook for the second quarter 2011 of around break-even non-IFRS operating margin for Devices & Services.

What can I say, for a small start up firm that was founded when I was just 6 years old, 1st April 1976, Apple has indeed pushed the boundaries of not just technology, but changed the ways people use portable devices today.

From the iPad innovation, which I personally couldn’t quite get my head round at first, but now seeing schools, and even medical professionals using iPads on a day to day basis, I get it now.

All of this without even mentioning the iPhone, iPod, or MacBooks.

Today I have just watched the video embedded below, where Mr Steve Jobs puts his proposal to the Cupertino City Council of plans of a new Apple Campus building, which can only be described as a spaceship type designed building.

Not only would this building house 12k+ Apple staff, it also reduces on surface car parking, with underground parking, but also increases the landscape surrounding it, with forest, and newly planted trees.

I’m no Apple fanboy, as you can see, this is my Nokia blog, and I on more than one occasion posted about Apple related content here simply because ever since I purchased an iPhone 4 to learn from, and see what Nokia’s competition were up to, I have been nothing but impressed

Check out the video below, and I’m sure you too will agree, that Apples footprint on our planet we call home, just made history!

So today there is an update available for the popular Photo app, Molome, so why no option to update In ovi store on your Nokia device?

This is crazy. Molome Dev lets their users know via facebook that there is a new version available in Ovi Store.

1. You head to Ovi Store on your device, then go to My Stuff, find the app, only to find no option to Update.

2. You then have to manually go to Settings, Installed apps, then uninstall the Molome app, but then before heading to ovi store again…

3. You need to uninstall that bloody smart installer in installed apps on your device, because if you don’t, you will be faced with Ovi Store My Stuff still telling you the Molome app is still installed! Stupid stupid!!!!

4. Once downloaded new version, you have to sign in again. So frustrating, I can only imagine non geeks who are not familiar with Nokia devices giving up on such antics!

Thanks to my good friend Staska for his sharp eyed investigation work over on Unwiredreview, he has uncovered that Nokia World 2011 will indeed be held in London this year. It’s unclear at this time however which venue Nokia will be holding Nokia World 2011, but it’s confirmed to be held in October, a month later than usual, indicating this years event has been pushed back.

Last year the event was held at ICC in London, a relatively new venue with lots of space, and central location which was easy to reach from most parts of London.

To read Staska’s full post about how he uncovered the venue of Nokia World this year, (clue in screenshot above) head across to UnwiredReview where you will find all the details, which confirmed our early predictions on location. I personally was hoping Nokia World this year would of been held in either North America, or China, but hey ho.

I’m not going to promote the new Anna devices that have started shipping today, but would like to mention just how insulted I feel right now, and I’m sure many other loyal Nokia enthusiasts feel the same too.

Nokia, dear Nokia, you really dropped the ball today, ignoring those who matter most to you. You should have released Anna to existing Nokia users, ie> E7 and N8 owners who have already waited for Anna far far too long now!

I love the form factor of my E7, it has great form factor, but is crippled with it’s current OS!

If Nokia had released Anna to existing Nokia users first, we could, and may of found existing bugs that Nokia may of missed, and reported them, ensuring the New Anna devices were indeed perfect, but releasing Anna devices ahead of existing Nokia E7 & N8 owners is a complete insult.!

Nokia today announced their latest new smartphone. The Nokia Oro, a pimped up version of the Nokia C7 that is a beautiful device as it is, but the Oro pushes beauty to the next level, and is 18k Gold Plated, and the back bound by Scottish leather, but that’s not all.

It’s also the first mobile device of it’s kind to feature a thumb friendly home button too, which is actually made from sapphire crystal.

The Nokia Oro is a device that’s clearly intended for someone who doesn’t want their mobile device to look the same as other people’s. The main markets for this sort of device are the Middle East and Russia, where they have been best-sellers for some time.

Nokia’s General Manager for Russia, Gabriel Speratti, told us that, “premium products like Nokia Oro have always been best sellers in Russia. We have a large number of users who are looking for products with a build quality and superior materials that attest to their success and social standing. In some areas, possession of such premium products is the passport to being taken seriously.”

The Nokia Oro comes with a stunning matching theme, and gold icons, which really do suit the black version in my eyes, it’s lovely. It’s also running the very latest Symbian Anna.

Nokia Oro will start selling in selected countries across the Europe, Eastern Europe, China and the Middle East in Q3 2011. Before local taxes and operator subsidies (neither of which you’re likely to be too concerned about if you’re a customer for this device), it will cost upwards of EUR 800.

For full details on the new Oro from Nokia, head over to Nokia Conversations, Nokia’s Official blog.

Well, I can confess, I too was skeptical, but after being contacted a few months back by a company informing me that I had won a mystery prize related to the great outdoors after RT’ing their link on twitter, I was then hopeful.

Today my prize finally turned up, sent registered so had to go and pick it up from the post office. What could it be I wondered? A tent? Maybe a GPS Navigation system? No, I got this when I unpackaged my prize.

So what is Memory-Map Marine Charts?

Exactly what I thought, it’s great for anyone with a yacht, or some sort of boat.! Sadly I own neither.

Oh well, at least we have learned something now, and that is that those RT links competitions on twitter do have winners, but in my case my prize is about as much use to me as a babies nappy.!

Not that Im ungrateful though.

Any boaters out there interested in this? More info on it can be found here. RRP £50.00 RRP

http://www.memory-map.co.uk/maps_uk_atsea.htm