Tag: nokia world

All About… Metro UI

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One of the talks at the recent Nokia World was Microsoft’s Joe Belfiore talking about the design of Metro UI – which drives Windows Phone Windows 8, the Zune HD, the Xbox and more. The three main principles? “People first” – your friends and loved ones (and what they’re up to) should be front and centre in the interface. Being ‘people first’ is. Joe contends, fundamentally different to iOS, Blackberry, Symbian and other mobile operating systems, which all force an “application by application” basis. “Celebrate me” – Joe contrasted the effortless celebration of ‘you’ to Android’s customisability, where you have

Podcasts of social vending machines, CTO’s and Nokia World

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[audio:http://mediafiles.allaboutsymbian.com/aas_podcast_20110926_249.mp3] All About Symbian Insight 185 starts with a discussion of the news that Henry Tirri has been confirmed as Nokia’s CTO, after replacing Rich Green earlier this year. David then brings us his thoughts of Swype 2.0 (available through Beta Labs), which leads to a range of responses from the rest of the team. Ewan talks about Nokia’s experimental social vending machine, part of the activities at Glasgow’s Social Media Week, Steve talks us through the highlights of JoikuSpot Premium, and in the final part of the podcast the team look ahead to Nokia World.

Sea Ray leaks, N9 Strategy, and let’s all meet in Docklands

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[audio:http://mediafiles.allaboutsymbian.com/aas_podcast_20110627_236.mp3] This week’s All About Symbian Insight podcast, as Rafe, Steve, David and myself tackle the announcement of the Nokia N9 and the strategy behind it, the Sea Ray Windows Phone leak, 6 million downloads via the Ovi Store, and the upcoming Nokia World conference.