My Dream Nokia: Nokia Lumia 90

This is my first Photoshop work ever. I have only installed PS a few hours ago and start playing around with the features it has and this is what I come out with. Pardon for the poor PS skill. Introducing the Nokia Lumia 90!

As a heavy user, I have always been fascinated by the idea of a dual-screen phone-tablet transformer concept. There are a few examples in the market and most noticeably the Kyocera Echo (a dual screen phone) and the just released Sony Tablet P (dual screen clamshell tablet). Both of them shared one major downside which is the thick bezel between 2 screens.

Inspired by the curved screen on Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia N9, I come up with an idea that theoretically will eliminate or minimize the bezel between two screen. For those who had their hands on a Nokia N9, they should have noticed that those icons appeared to be floating on the screen. While the Samsung Galaxy S2 is using S.AMOLED screen that is comparable to the contrast of Nokia CBD, it doesn't has the illusion of floating icons. I believed it is because of the curved screen. Just like the glass on top of (expensive) analogue watch, they magnified anything below it, thus creating the illusion of floating icons (or larger watch face on an analogue watch).

So what I am thinking of is what happened when two precisely cut curved screen locking into each other? Since it magnified the image below so it appeared that the image is on the glass itself (probably slight distortion on the image as well), will it able it able to turn 2 individual screens into one huge, bezel-less, unified touchscreen? No one would know the result until someone make this a reality. Before that happened in real life, let's enjoy these poorly made illustration and renders. :)

The reason I named in Lumia 90 is to remember those internet tablets Nokia used to have back then. When Nokia is using the 4 digits naming scheme, all of their Maemo running internet tablets have a 3 digits name. Since Nokia is using 3 digits name for their phones now so I make it a 2 digits name for their tablet.

Imaginary spec:
- Quad-core Tegra 3 processor
- 2x 4" 1280x600
- Clear Black Display
- 1GB of RAM
- Dual boot
*Windows Phone 7 (just imagine it is Tegra 3 compatible)
*Windows 8 (ARM compatible mode)
- Around 18mm (Nokia N900 reborn!)
-Additional feature
*Micro sim slot, MircroSD card slot and 3.5mm audio jack on top of the phone. (or left in tablet mode)
*Back cover with 8mp autofocus camera, dedicated camera and volume keys. (has to be detach in tablet mode)

Lumia ad campaign. Fun or flaw?

I was a Nokia fans, and still like Nokia until today. As a regular reader of mynokiablog.com, I have been bombarded by everything about Nokia Lumia series Windows Phone. I don't think I have to repeat how important Lumia series is to Nokia the moment Stephen Elops decided to jump into the icy ocean of Windows Phone and leaving Symbian altogether.

Phone, to case or not to case

Surfing around my Facebook homepage this morning as usual and I saw one of my friend sharing an interestingly titled article from Gizmodo here.
That whole article is about how the author Jamie Condliffe disagree with the idea of using a phone case on a mobile phone. He described it as "Putting a case on your phone is a little like painting your Ferrari with rust-proofing paint, then wrapping it in burlap. "
I am absolutely disagree with his opinion on that article. Those whole article are pointless and way too emphasized on his personal experience.
There are several type of people who uses a phone case.

Android: Tired of forgetting Pickle Club (Melbourne) offer today?

Anyone who live around Caulfield Melbourne should know that one of the most amazing thing in Caulfield is the Pickle Club in Mcdonald where we can get ridiculously bargain deal. What happened to me all the time is forgetting what is the codeword and offer for today and have to pull out my phone and wait for the darn slow Android facebook app to connect and view the offer today which is pretty annoying. And so, I decided to put a Pickle Club widget for my Android smartphone. Here's how.

Nexus S Ice Cream Sandwich update battery issue

About a week ago I have installed the T-Mobile ICS firmware on my Vodafone Australia Nexus S (SCLD) and everything works pretty well. Not until I realized the phone heated up so fast and the battery drain like a V12 monster truck. After digging around with the setting I finally found a simple fix for my Nexus S and now it has about the same battery life as it was in Gingerbread and extra speed from ICS!