The Nokia X hasn’t necessarily taken the world by storm, but then again, Nokia wasn’t really planning on it. The company was planning on making this a new strategy to reach emerging markets with a non-compromise experience, and it has reached that to a certain level. It’s hard to tell if Nokia is doing enough to sell the phone the way it should, but at least we notice that the company does want to fix some of the major issues many hate about it.
One of the biggest complaints about the current Nokia X is its home button. According to many users, the user [...]
Watch today’s Pocketnow Daily as we talk about AT&T’s continuos teasing of the Asus PadFone X, even though we still don’t have pricing or dates for a launch. Nokia follows the news as we go through a hilarious ad the company has published, which shows just how many apps you can find on the Nokia X. We then talk about the HTC One (M8) mini, which also seems to be in the works according to carriers. Google is next as we go through the progress of Android 4.4.3, and also some possible new requirements for phones to say “Powered by Android” according to [...]
Awwwkward. Ever have one of those times when you’ve had to make up for someone else’s mistakes? Maybe they blurted out something that you hadn’t intended to make known to the general public and now you have to change your whole disposition. Maybe your little sister accidentally blurted out your impending wedding plans to your future in-laws, the Capulets. Similarly, at MWC Nokia introduced us to the Nokia X Microsoft is now saddled with.
It’s embarrassing and now you have to explain things earlier than planned and where are you going to get a bottle of poison at this time of [...]
Even though the Nokia X keeps some of the design language from Windows Phone, its similarities are actually not that many. As a matter of fact, once you hop into the settings, you can clearly see that this is stock Android with different buttons and a different font, but Android in every other way. Nokia executives are famous for constantly repeating “beautiful live tiles” every time the company announces a new Lumia, but it seems the company doesn’t want the Windows Phone modern UI to reach the Nokia X.
Nokia’s own style guide for developers [...]
