Nokia introduces the Nokia N8, their latest smartphone that intuitively connects to the people, places and services that matter most. The Nokia N8 enables people to create compelling content, connect to their favourite social networks and enjoy the latest on-demand Web TV programs and Ovi Store apps. Read the rest of this entry »

As many of you will know by now, I have been working with the Official WordPress Nokia Development team for a little while now, testing out various Alpha, and Beta versions of the Symbian version of WordPress, which is written in qt.

Pekka over on the WordPress Blog has been busy working on the Graphic Design, and UI side of things with this project, and of the Symbian version of the WordPress Client, which you can see samples below. Im sure you will agree its starting to take shape now in the all familiar WordPress look.

Planned Market Introduction:
• Q3 2010
Category:
• NSeries, Smartphones

Nokia N8 Highlights:
HD quality imaging and cinematic sound
• Shoot and edit photos and video with supreme clarity of a 12 MP camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Dolby Digital Plus Surround Sound and HDMI connection to a home entertainment system
Personalization capabilities for a truly individual experience
• Personal touches come to life on three fully customizable home screens
• Instant access to Ovi Store’s apps, games and other cool content
• Web TV delivers local and global TV favorites right to the home screen
A seamless and fully integrated social network experience
• Get live updates from Facebook, Twitter, and RenRen pushed right to your home screen, with feeds visible at a single glance
• Connect from anywhere on your phone—your home screen, contacts, or map
• Enrich your social network experience with content from your phone including pictures, location and more
Free navigation, forever
• Free worldwide satellite car and walk navigation from Ovi Maps in over 70 countries
• Built in premium guides from Lonely Planet and Via Michelin for tips on travel, restaurants, weather, and hotels

Operating times:
• Talk time (GSM/WCDMA) – 12/5 h 50min • Standby (GSM/WCDMA) – 390/400 h • Video record – 3 h 20 min • Music playback – 50 h
• Video playback – 7 h • Video playback with HDMI – 6 h • WebTV–3h20min

Nokia Original Accessories:
• Nokia Stereo Headset WH-701 (in box) • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905 • Nokia Bluetooth Headset BH-608 • Nokia Extra Battery DC-11 • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-214 • Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-505 • Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9

Well it’s here, the New Nokia N8, boasting HDMI, a whopping 12MP Camera, and that all important Xenon Flash that I and many of you had been waiting for, but will the New Nokia N8 be the N82 true successor? Lets wait until we start seeing the N8 actually in action.

Being an all touch device the N8 won’t be the right device for me personally, and you can blame the N97 for this, as the QWERTY on the N97 is one of the great things to have come out of the current Nokia flagship device.

Will the N8 handset be right for you? I’m guessing it will be a good seller, with its main focus on its Camera, and Video capabilities, let along that beautiful 3.5″ capacitive touch screen.

Coming in a series of colours too, there is a colour for almost everyones taste, be its Silver, Blue, Green, Orange, and Black.

More details to follow in another post.

If you are interested in taking part, and helping the Official WordPress near its final release, head over to the WordPress Development Blog and download the latest Development Build of WordPress for Symbian.

http://dev.nokia.wordpress.org

This latest Dev Build seems to have issues adding a live url, so I have just let the WordPress team know about that.

Its the WordPress Nokia Developers team’s openness about building the Official WordPress Application for Nokia which makes helping, and taking part in testing there work on my Nokia fun, and quite interesting. You don’t need any technical knowledge as such to take part and help build this application, so why not head over to the link above, and start testing.

The sooner issues are ironed out, the sooner the WordPress for Symbian will be finished, polished, and ready for primetime.

If you do decide to help, and test this software, please report any issues you may have in the threads within the WordPress Blog, or submit a bug ticket. Remember to include as much information about your issue, or bug found, detailing which Nokia device you are using to test the software on, which firmware its running, and of course if you could supply screenshots, and a breakdown of how the bug, issue, or error was found.

Good Luck!

Earlier today whilst out and about, I was quite surprised to still see a number of iPods, and dedicated MP3 players being used, and even noticed one young girl chatting on her mobile, whilst playing with her small MP3 player. Her phone looked like a Nokia N81, or N96, but cannot be sure.

So this begs the question. What feature do you use on your Nokia the most?

If you answer “Telephone Calls”, then I guess I asked for that lol. seriously though, I personally use my N97 to listen to my massive Music Library the most, with Gravity a close second, then “Telephone Call”, and of course texts, and WordPress, which I’m using to write this post.

Seeing what I observed today got me thinking. Is the Nokia Music Player that non-user-friendly for many to prefer a dedicated MP3 Player?

What are your experiences with Nokia Music Player? Do you use Playlists? Have you successfully organised all your tracks, or are they completely random on your mass memory/memory card?

My Music Library consists of over 1000 tracks, and I have some audio books too, which I now have these audio books set up as playlists, but compiling these lists really was a PITA. So maybe its this time consuming process of customising your music in a mobile phone that puts most people off?

Let me know your thoughts on this, as Im interested in getting some feedback on your experiences with the default Nokia Music Player. Look forward to your replies.

So Facebook is down, and has been for a few hours now, but can you cope without your facebook fix?

I know I can, but doesn’t it appear strange that after the day of all those news stories claiming facebook was going to take over the web, it crashes. meh.

It’s rumored that work productivity has skyrocketed since it went down too;)

Upon leaving Nokia World last year, I was given a Nokia BH-214 to take away with me, and it came in really useful as I had actually forgotten to pack any headphones for my travel to Stuttgart, Germany where Nokia World was held last year.

During my return travel, the Nokia BH-214 Bluetooth headset solution was superb, and basically consists of a superb concept, and solution, which has more functionality than you would first assume, (I will expand on this later in this post).

The Nokia BH-214 consists of two parts, the Bluetooth remote itself, and the white matching headset, which are the in-ear type headphones. These come with three different sized silicon in-ear pieces, ensuring you get the perfect fit for your ears.

The great thing about the BH-214, is that you don’t actually have to use the supplied headset at all, and your free to use any other headset of your choosing thanks to the 3.5mm headphone jack on the Nokia BH-214 Bluetooth Remote. This is just as well, as just the other day whilst out for a leisurely walk, my right ear piece failed on me, so now I use my Nokia N97′s headphones with the Remote.

Getting back to the BH-214 remote itself, this little thing is great, and comes with a smart clip, so you can attach it to your clothing, or anywhere else you wish to place it whilst your out and about.

On the top of the remote you will find the central On/Off button, which is also used to pair the remote with your bluetooth enabled device. To the right of the On/Off button you have a multi-coloured led, which is your status indicator. This is used to indicate not only the status of the Remote during usage, but also acts as a charging status indicator too.

The Microphone is located to the left of the On/Off Button, and on the rear of the Remote you have the belt clip.

Onto the bottom of the device you will find the standard Nokia 2mm Charging socket.

The main face of the BH-214 is your control panel, and this boasts all the controls you will need for your music so you don’t have to reach for your Nokia mobile.

You can also use the BH-214 as an handsfree, with “Call Answer” button at the top of the front, then moving clockwise you have “Next Track”, or hold down for “Fast Forward”, at the six o’clock position you have the “Play, and Pause” button, and then finally at the 9′oclock position you have the “Back, and Rewind” button, and of course, the Volume rocker switch on the side.

Now as mentioned you can use theBH-214 as your handsfree solution, but as also mentioned at the start of this post, you can do even more with this great little device….

For example, whilst shooting videos with your Nokia device, if you are putting together, say a presentation, or alike where you are talking to the camera, you can actually use theBH-214 as a wireless Bluetooth Microphone, and with a great wire-free range of 30ft or so, its a sound solution for just this purpose, and saves having any wires getting in your way whilst shooting your video presentations.

BH-214 Specifications…

Dimensions
51 x 39 x 18 mm

Operating keys
On/off key
Send/End key
Backwards
Forwards
Volume Up/Volume Down
Play/Pause

Connectors
Additional 3.5 mm jack
Nokia 2 mm battery charger connector

Operating temperature
Operating temperature: -15 °C to +55 °C

LED indicators for status notifications
Green
Red
Blue

PowerPower supply
Rechargeable 160 mAh Li-Ion Polymer battery

Operating time (maximum)
Talk: 8 h
Music: 7 h
Standby time (maximum)300 h

Connectivity
Bluetooth version2.1 with enhanced data rate (EDR)

Bluetooth profiles
Handsfree profile (HFP) 1.5
Headset profile (HSP) 1.2
Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) 1.2
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile (AVRCP) 1.0.

Further information on the Nokia BH-214 can be found over at the Nokia Official Website.

As many of you will know, especially my twitter followers, Im currently in the process of relocating to a larger apartment, where I will finally get my own dedicated office space, but more importantly, my own desk.! Below is an image of my current setup, which due to living in a tiny apartment restricted me to our kitchen dining table, which as you can imagine, is far from ideal.

This cramped workspace has been restricting my workflow for quite a while now, so Im so excited to finally moving into a much bigger place, somewhere I can work in comfort, with plenty of workspace, and desk real estate for my photography equipment, various Nokia trial devices, and accessories.

The Nokia CP-322 N86 8MP Carry Case is a simple, yet effective way of protecting your prized Nokia N86, keeping it safe from scratches from daily transportation methods, be it in your pockets, to your car glovebox etc, this case will keep your N86 screen safe from scratches, and more importantly, protect that 8MP Camera too.

Now whilst the N86 is supposed to boast an glass anti-scratch screen cover, people are still managing to accidentally scratch their N86 glass, and we all know how frustrating it is when you get a small mark, or scratch on your favorite devices screen.

This stylish Nokia CP-322 Case from Mobilefun.co.uk may not completely protect your N86, as its more a sleeve than a case, as with your N86 fitted in the CP-322, the one side of the N86 is still open to the elements, and vulnerable, but is still a popular choice of protection for obvious reasons.

With your N86 fitted in theCP-322, you no longer have to worry about any work surface you lay your device on, as this case does protect front and back of your N86.

Sliding your White, or Indigo N86 into the CP-322 is very straight forward, and removing it, you have to push it out from the opposite side as its quite a nice, and tight fit.

Inside this case, the material is of very soft texture, offering optimal protection to your device.

This particular case Mobilefun.co.uk have sent me for review is the light grey version, but they do sell a black version also for the N86. More N86 Cases

Micky’s Star Rating (out of 10) I give The Nokia CP-322 Case a 7. (Mainly due to not a full protection case).