Wireless charging with Fatboy pillow and Lumia 920

Here's a really short video of how easy charging can be with the Nokia Lumia 920. Just lay down your phone on the pillow and it'll start charging =) Check it out on YouTube:

Nokia Lumia 920 - my new phone!

I've got a new phone again - Nokia Lumia 920! I wanted it in yellow and boy it looks hot! Had my doubts about the glossy finish, but it's really neat. It's a nice, fresh contrast to the classy, matte black Lumia 800.

This time it's not about an actual need to take up years gap of advances as it was when I switched from iPhone 3G to Windows Phone a year ago, but more of an huge interest on the new, feature-rich WP8 flagship device from Nokia. Especially the low-light camera capabilities interest me since I like taking photos and on mixed/low-light, Lumia 800 can't do squat (see sample below).

Sample comparison. From the left: Lumia 800, Lumia 920 auto settings, Lumia 920 Night Shot mode (all lights are out inside unlike in the first two shots)

In addition to the image stabilization feature, the phone has been packed with so much cool stuff - the super sensitive, high resolution screen (yes it looks amazingly sharp compared to Lumia 800), it has WP8 with more speed, power and customization + apps (I can now play Angry Birds Space and Star Wars!) ;D plus NFC and wireless charging that I haven't had time to test yet!

Based on two days testing, I can say that yes, Nokia really delivers this time and the floating lens stuff is not a gimmick! Sure, the photos taken in really dark night condition tend out to have some blur when zoomed 100% but most of the time the photos are truly remarkable.

Click on the photos below to view a gallery with more nightly photos taken with the Lumia 920!

PS. the phone is a bit bulky if you compare it to other smartphones out there, but I think this has been made into a much bigger "issue" than it really is. The size and weight really doesn't bother me at all, if anything it feels really solid and fits perfectly to hand!

PPS. Don't get me wrong, Lumia 800 is still a very solid smartphone and takes great daylight photos. Will get WP 7.8 on it when it comes out.

Lock screen wallpapers for Nokia Lumia 920

Earlier this year I posted some lock screen photos for WP7 (480x800 pixels), but now that WP8 is out I figured I should post some of the wallpapers in higher resolution. I decided to set the images in 768x1280 pixel resolution because that's what the awesome Lumia 920 is sporting.

Unfortunately, I still have to wait for my phone since Nokia is having problems delivering the devices to retailers.. even it's own flagship store in Helsinki where I pre-ordered! =/

Anyway, click on the image below to get the wallpapers from my SkyDrive!

Lumia 920 lock screen wallpaper photos

Xbox 360 Halo 4 Limited Edition

For quite some time I've considered buying a new Xbox console because the old one was quite noisy and lacking with some ports and built-in wireless. So when Halo 4 was announced Microsoft also announced a special edition Xbox 360 console to be released simultaneously with the game on November 6th 2012. As a Halo franchise fan, that was the perfect time and excuse to finally buy the new console.

Even though the Xbox Halo 4 Limited Edition console is quite expensive and everyone is expecting a totally new Xbox hardware next year (rumored to be Xbox 720 or something), I thought what the heck! It looks great and unique, ships with two cool controllers, Halo 4 bundle copy and has huge hard drive. And yes, it's very quiet. No sound at all if you've installed the game, at least. On my old Xbox 360 Elite the humming was still quite loud even when game had been installed.

So here's just a few pics of the console and controllers. It has a mechanical looking, Forerunner-ish stripes in cyan and silver and the plastic cover is transparent both on the console and the controllers. Also all the lights are blue instead of the classic Xbox green. I'll write more about my impressions of Halo 4 on another post =)