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Days of Future Past - part 3: The McLarens
Following his intriguing part one, and detailed part two looking at 'Pre-Touch' technology, guest writer Michael 'Mivas_Greece' (surname withheld by request) brings us the third part of a tale of Nokia...
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Remembering the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
I spotted this nice little flashback article over on GSMArena - we covered the 5800 extensively back in the day as the first touch-driven S60 phone (of course, UIQ and Series 90 handsets had been...
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Myriam Joire and Steve Litchfield talk phone imaging
With phone imaging being so popular on AAS and AAWP, I thought the latest episode of Myriam Joire's Mobile Tech Podcast might be of direct interest. In it (recorded a month ago), she and I chat about...
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No sharpening please, we're British... A five way shootout!
When considering smartphone imaging, there are two end goals, depending on who you talk to. The populist opinion, catered to by the likes of Samsung and Huawei, is that the photos you take should...
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The F(x)tec Pro1 now up for pre-order
Back in March, I looked at the first hands-on videos with the F(x)tec Pro1Â prototype, inspired by the classic slide and tilt mechanisms from the Nokia E7 (and N97 and N950), with full QWERTY functions...
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Never mind 43MP, never mind 64MP, here's 108MP!
High megapixel phone cameras were a thing back in 2012 when Nokia announced the famous 808 PureView (43MP), then this got refined for the Lumia 1020 in 2013, but there was then a massive five year gap...
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Galaxy Fold: the Communicator reborn?
Last weekend I went hands-on with Samsung's brand new Galaxy Fold in London. Yes, it runs Android and this is being published on AAS and AAWP, but I believe it's a very relevant current data point in...
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A Nokia N82 with automatic lens protection!
Over on Instagram, a semi-legendary collector of old and retro tech has put up photos and a video of an unreleased Nokia N82 variant. The main - and intriguing - difference is that there's no manual...
View ArticleDark mode for the win again - for nine years in a row!
Nine years ago I posted on AAS about research from Forum Nokia about the relative power draws of OLED displays versus TFT/LCD when showing white material compared to black. The savings there were...
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108MP sensor in the Xiaomi Note 10, but opportunities missed
Going by two names, according to region, the Xiaomi Note 10/CC 9 Pro is now on sale, with the largest camera sensor in the modern age, 1/1.3" and 108MP. Early reports are that this five sensored phone...
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The Cosmo Communicator - first look
AAS and AAWP readers often love 'communicators', phones with built-in 'QWERTY', and I've now had my first hands-on with the Cosmo Communicator, in retail form (albeit the Japanese variant!), and can...
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Flashback: the Nokia 808 PureView was from the future
GSM Arena loves its retrospectives, fuelled often by a healthy respect for what Nokia did back in the day. And this week it has a look back at the futuristic imaging in the Nokia 808 PureView, see the...
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By popular request (really): 2012's Nokia 808 PureView vs the best of 2019
Yes, yes, this is being cross-posted on AAWP and yet there's no Windows Phone component. But in the AAWP comments on Lumia 1020 stories I've had a mountain of people wondering what the original Nokia...
View ArticleMy Top 5 Picks - and that 108MP phone camera again...(!)
Having shot a camera comparison between the Xiaomi Mi Note 10 and the Lumia 950 XL, last week, I've now shot a video review rounding out this new imaging contender as a full smartphone (summary: great...
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Mentions for Symbian and Windows Phone in decade round-up
It's always nice for classics to get recognition outside the world of AAS and AWWP. And in this case, although the Lumia 1020 didn't make the list, the Nokia N8, 808 and Lumia 520 did make GSM Arena's...
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Review: PONSINC Wireless 10000mAh charger
The number one hassle with power banks on trips is that you also have to remember to take with you the right charging cable for each family device that you might need to rescue. For most of us, this...
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Head to head: Lumia 950 XL vs f(x)tec Pro1 (plus Nokia E7)
It's... another head to head article for AAWP... with a difference. Because the smartphone here is different, a direct descendant of the Nokia E7 (2010, running Symbian) and N950 (running Meego, which...
View ArticleNot Xenon, but... Anker's new MFi flash unit reviewed
Decent flash is something I've written about for a decade and a half, starting with the likes of the Nokia N82, then the N8, 808 PureView and Lumia 1020, all with Xenon technology. Since then we've had...
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The Megapixel race and Samsung's S20 Ultra: Stop it, this is getting silly...
Cue a Graham Chapman (Python) voice for the end of the headline - but he'd be right, the Megapixel race just got very silly indeed. We've covered the 108MP sensor before, of course, but the confirmed...
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PitlaneOne UWP update for (Symbian and) Windows 10 Mobile - ready for F1, 2020!
We're heading into the first full week of Formula 1 for 2020. New for this year are the return of the chequered flag to end races, shark fins on the back to help fans work out which driver is which...
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