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Tag Archives: Lumia 800
Nokia Design direction
Update: Marko Ahtisaari, Head of Design at Nokia on the Lumia 920 & Working with Microsoft [minipcpro YouTube channel, Oct 31, 2012] On the day of the official launch of Windows Phone 8 and http://www.mobilegeeks.com got a little behind the … Continue reading
Posted in "smart" feature phones, consumer devices, design, smartphones
Tagged Asha Touch, “heads up” design, “heads up” design principle, Bauhaus, CMYK color palette, Directions, Finnish design, Helsinki, Hi Design 2012, industrial design, London Design Museum, Lumia, Lumia 800, Lumia 900, Marko Ahtisaari, Metro, N9, Nokia, Nokia Design, Nokia phones, People Made exhibition, User Experience, user experience design, UX design, WDC Helsinki 2012, World Design Capital 2012
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The precursor of 2012 smartphone war: Nokia Lumia vs. Samsung Omnia W in India
Updates: Lumia 520 is the second bestseller on Flipkart, India’s Amazon.com (April 2, 2013) $385 $193 $129 $267 $105 $27 $250 $28 but still Samsung’s entry level Andoid phone (Galaxy Y) is leading in price ($105) and #5. – More … Continue reading
Posted in Geopolitics, smartphones
Tagged 2012 smartphone war, 3.5G, cloud client, India, Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, Mango, Microsoft, Nokia, Nokia Lumia, Qualcomm, Samsung, Samsung Omina W, SoC, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 7.5
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The leading ClearBlack display technology from Nokia
For better brightness, contrast and outdoor visibility In-Plane Switching (IPS) type LCD and AMOLED display panels are typically used. Nokia made a significant enhancement of both. First in September 14, 2010 with the announcement of its ClearBlack technology “for improved … Continue reading
Posted in Reflectivity/Sunlight readability
Tagged ALS, Ambient Light Sensor, AMOLED, Apple, Apple iPhone 4, brightness, CBD, ClearBlack, ClearBlack Display, contrast, HTC Mozart, HTC Radar, HTC Titan, In-Plane Switching, iPad, iPhone 4, IPS, Lumia, Lumia 710, Lumia 800, luminance, MeeGo, N9, nits, Nokia, Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 701, Nokia C6-01, Nokia E7, Nokia N9, Osku Sahlsten, outdoor visibility, Peter Nisula, polarizer, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S II, sunlight readable screens, Super AMOLED, Super AMOLED Plus, Super LCD, Symbian, Windows Phone 7
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Best practice industrial and user experience design – Nokia and Microsoft
Major updates: Marko Ahtisaari: smartphone evolution is only just beginning [The Guardian, Jan 31, 2012] … “There’s a point of view about design that all innovation in the interaction with the phone has been done,” Ahtisaari says. “Nothing could be … Continue reading
Posted in design, smartphones, tablets
Tagged Albert Shum, Axel Meyer, cloud client, design, IDEA, IDSA, Industrial Designers Society of America, International Design Excellence Awards, Kinect, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, N9, Nokia, Oscar, Steve Kaneko, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows 8, Windows Live, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Xbox
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Designing smarter phones–Marko Ahtisaari (Nokia) and Albert Shum (Microsoft)
Including Joe Belfiore’s “Building a different kind of UI” talk as well (for completeness): see that in the very end. Marko Ahtisaari interview: Nokia Senior VP of Design [The Verge, Oct 31, 2011] Nokia designer Marko Ahtisaari sits down with … Continue reading
Posted in design, smartphones
Tagged Albert Shum, cloud client, design, live tiles, Lumia, Lumia 800, Marko Ahtisaari, MeeGo, Metro, Metro design language, Metro UI, Microsoft, Nokia, UI, User Experience, user interface, UX, UX design pattern, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7
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