Onto their fourth generation of lapdock now, and keeping alive the Continuum vision, NexDock is persevering through pandemics, industry changes, and component shortages. This is the NexDock 360, just in for review, a Continuum/DeX (etc.) lapdock that adds an extra twist to 2020's NexDock Touch. Here's my first impressions and hands-on gallery, with both Lumia and Samsung as host phones, the full review will follow.
Another day, another new smartphone gallery, this time getting going with the Fairphone 4, the very latest from the eco-conscious Dutch company. As with the old Lumias, you get to replace the battery - and indeed almost everything else, with just a simple screwdriver - plus the specs are mid-range comparable for 2021. See also my previous Fairphone 4 head to head, plus there will be a full review on the way in a week or so.
The Duo 2 is in for review, and in timely fashion this year. Expect a few review parts and at least one imaging comparison (given the triple camera upgrade from last year's potato), but in the meantime here's our traditional image gallery, covering the unboxing and first impressions.
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In episode fourteen of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with news of the shiny white Lumia 800 and Nokia's decision to move its European device assembly operations to Asia. News of the Domino's Pizza and Vimeo apps leads to a more general discussion on how to find apps and the challenges of discovery. If that's still not enough apps, we finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode thirteen of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with news of Google's sync updates for Windows Phone devices. We also briefly touch on the release of WordFeud, the extension of Bing Vision's product recognition services to Europe and the release of the Amazon web services for Windows Phone SDK. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode twelve of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with a discussion of quarterly results from Nokia, HTC and Samsung. We also briefly touch on Lumia 900 availability, the 60k app milestone and Nokia branding on Bing Maps. In our second discussion point we look at the ZTE Tania, which was recently launched in the UK. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode eleven of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with a discussion about patents, prompted by the news that Sisvel has acquired 450 patents from Nokia. Our second topic is about the media reception to Windows Phone at CES, which leads to our third topic where each member of the team shares an area where they think improvements can be made. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode ten of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we bring you all the Windows Phone related news from CES. There's discussion of the Microsoft keynote, upcoming Xbox Live titles and the first Windows Phone LTE devices, the HTC TITAN 2 and the Nokia Lumia 900, both of which will be available through US operator AT&T. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode nine of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we kick off the new year with a discussion around to the 50,000 Windows Phone app news. Do these numbers have a meaningful impact? Our second discussion points is around the arrival on the Nokia Lumia 710 on T-Mobile US, but also touches on marketing spend, device positioning and a look ahead to CES. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode eight of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with a news round up: the latest on the Lumia battery, app reports from Distimo and the Nokia 710's arrival on 3 UK, David's HTC Radar review, and round up of the latest Xbox Live titles. In our main discussion point the team explain which presents they would give to the Windows Phone ecosystem for 2012. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode seven of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with a brief item of the recently discovered SMS / Messaging bug in Windows Phone. Then we focus on the Lumia 800's video camera capabilities and the recent update to HTC's Camera mode app. In the main part of the podcast we discuss the Nokia 710, which has now started shipping, and Microsoft's release of several apps for iOS. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode six of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with some thoughts from Steve and Ewan on the HTC Titan and Lumia 800 respectively. In the news in brief section we touch on a number of topics including Anlock's blog post comparing Windows Phone and iOS sales, Just Angel's new job with Nokia and the duplication of some platform functionality by third party apps. We finish, as usual, with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode five of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast, we start with a brief summary of some of this week's news stories: developer engagement, alphalabs.cc and Nokia's statement on Lumia battery life. In our main feature we discuss the Metro UI and ask whether it should be seen as constraining or flexible. We finish with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode three of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast we start with a brief summary of some of this weeks news stories: the ZTE Tania's arrival at SFR, Nokia's presence at CES, HTC Titan reviews and a few quick app mentions. In our main feature we discuss Marketplace reaching the 40,000 apps milestone and ask whether more apps are needed. We finish with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode three of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast we start with a brief summary of three news stories: IDC's developer engagement report, the Nokia Lumia 800's retail availability and arrival of Internet Sharing on certain second generation phones. In our main feature Ewan points out the tenth anniversary of Xbox and asks what we can learn about Microsoft from it, which gives Rafe and David a chance to debate the merits of Microsoft's software ecosystem building ability. We finish with an app pick from each of the team.
In episode two of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast we start with a brief summary of three news stories: the US launch event for the second generation of Windows Phone devices, the release of Kinectimals and the availability of the ChevronWP7 unlock service. In our main feature Rafe and Ewan share their first thoughts about the Nokia Lumia 800 hardware. We finish with an app pick from each of the team.
Our second Insight Special podcast from Nokia World features the core editorial team (Ewan, Rafe, Steve, and David) talking about the impact of Nokia's announcements and what it means both for the company, but also the consumer, Microsoft, the other Windows Phone partners, and the smartphone space as a whole.
Welcome to a special Insight podcast, with the whole All About team at Nokia World for Nokia's debut of their first two Windows Phone handsets, and a lot more! Starting with your regular team of Rafe, Ewan, David, and Steve, we talk about the impact of the announcements before inviting in some special guests from around the mobile world to find out their thoughts, including Ben Rudolph from the Windows Team Blog.
In this first episode of the All About Windows Phone Insight Podcast we introduce the podcast and the site. We also introduce ourselves (Steve Litchfield, Ewan Spence, David Gilson and Rafe Blandford) and talk about some of our background. In the second half of the podcast we look ahead to Nokia World, which takes place in London next week, and discuss some of the topics we will be covering in the future.