Why Windows Phone failed (video)
The Business Casual YouTube channel has an interesting video up at the moment, with an overview of what went wrong for Windows Phone and, by extension, Nokia. Going from the Symbian glory years (60%...
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PureView battle: Nokia 808 and 1020 vs Google Pixel 3
With the Pixel 3 in for review for a short period, and with a glimpse of sun here and there in November in the UK, I wanted to pit PureView phase 1 (Nokia 808) and phase 2 (Lumia 1020, adding OIS) with...
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My all-time 'SteveMark' camera phone top-ten list- but interactive!
You may recall that IÂ picked my top 10 all-time best smartphone cameras over a year ago? Well, the idea's back and this time I've made it interactive (with a little help from Javascript wizard Indrek)...
View ArticleThe Nokia 808 takes on the iPhone Xs
Regular 808 enthusiast Martin Roth has been at it again, this time with an imaging comparison against the brand new iPhone Xs. See below for the video, though notably he only had the latter for an...
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Why I/we pixel peep - Quality Gives Options
A debate on Twitter earlier in the week (see below) put up one of THE most frequently asked questions about phone imaging. Why do I/we both pixel peeping when most phone-shot photos are only ever seen...
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The MiniPC for 2019 - not a Communicator, but...
Although not actually a retail product yet, I think GPD is onto something with its latest MiniPC design. Definitely a tool for professional engineers more than prosumers, it's geek porn for anyone who...
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Released: Delight 1.7 Symbian OS update for the Nokia 808 (and N8 and E7)
The SIStore team, the most active developer team in the Symbian world, has just released - as a Christmas present to the world(!) - a whole new Delight Custom FirmWare (CFW) OS release for these three...
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Days of Future Past - part 1
Guest writer By Michael 'Mivas_Greece' (surname withheld by request) brings us the first part of a tale of prototypes (one of which he has access to) and what might have been, featuring some of the...
View ArticleMeanwhile at MWC 2019: Nokia launches the '9 PureView'
Rafe's over at MWC, though you don't have to wait for his comments to know that there is a new 'PureView' device released, exactly seven years after the Nokia 808 and six years after the Lumia 1020 -...
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PitlaneOne UWP updates for Symbian and Windows 10 Mobile - ready for F1, 2019!
We're heading into the first full week of Formula 1 testing for 2019. New for this year are slacker fuel restrictions, leading to more time at full power. And I'd like to note that the third party...
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Meanwhile at MWC 2019: a new Qwerty communicator, inspired by the Nokia E7/950
Back in early 2010 I was part of a panel of people giving feedback on different aspects of phone functions, software and hardware, run on behalf of Nokia. The latter section was about handling a...
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The importance of zoom, and continuing the PureView brand
MWC 2019 has wrapped, but not without echoes of MWC 2012, where Nokia took the wraps off something it had been working on for five years, the 808 PureView, much to everyone's astonishment, not least...
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PureView showdown: Nokia 808 (Symbian), 1020 (WP8.1), 950 (W10M), 9 (Android)
I've simplified the title slightly, of course. The Lumia 950 wasn't a 'Nokia' product, but a Microsoft branded one by the ex-Nokia engineers. Still... the last one, the Nokia 9, is named accurately,...
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Stop, you're Folding it wrong...
With Microsoft sadly pulling development of the Surface Mobile project mid 2018, for reasons which did (in fairness) seem reasonable, it did rather leave the patented and much-rendered hardware design...
View ArticleMoving on from (Symbian or) Windows... my May Top 5
Knowing what to jump to is important, I feel, when thinking about legacy mobile platforms winding down and needing a replacement device/OS that is both suitable and well recommended. With my Phones...
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Samsung debuts 64MP camera sensor for smartphones
Hot off the press today, Samsung just announced a 64MP sensor for camera phones. Anyone else remember when 41MP (Nokia 808) was a mind blowing number? It's amazing how technology progresses - many...
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Android 7 to 8: Revisiting the Planet Gemini communicator
In the spirit of continually keeping an eye on what the wider mobile world can offer, and especially looking at form factors which are interesting and marry up with what AAS and AAWP readers might be...
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All About... Quad Bayer. It's no PureView...
One of the interesting trends in phone imaging in the last couple of years has been the rise of 48MP 'Quad Bayer' sensors, trumping even the Nokia 808 PureView and Lumia 1020 pixel counts. But what...
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Contrast and sharpening are overrated: purity should be the end goal...
I realise I'm the lone voice shouting in the wilderness here, but after multiple comments on multiple imaging features here on AAWP I wanted to respond - with a real world example - of why higher...
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Real world (2x, 3x) phone imaging zoom tests: a variety of approaches!
Yes, the likes of the Huawei P30 Pro have brought 5x telephoto lenses to the smartphone world. But for casual, real world zooming, i.e. modest zoom on likely subjects at 2x and 3x, what are the pros...
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