Nokia 3D World Gaze is the latest application to arrive on Symbian^3 mobile phones from the Nokia Beta Labs, nothing more than an experimental mixed reality software that brings a 3D view of Earth to these handsets.
With the new application, users would be able to enjoy a brand new perspective on the world around them, in addition to bei… (read more)
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GLOBAL – On Thursday, we collected a bunch of screenshots from various apps from within the new Nokia N9. Nokia Maps, the calendar, the calling screen, the SMS screen and more are all on show. Today, we’ve got more images for you – showing some of the other screens with the likes of the incoming calling screen, the quick launch bar and the settings screen. Take a look.
In today’s gallery, we’ve got a selection of screenshots from the Nokia N9 that don’t necessarily fall into the apps category – like Thursday – and are mostly settings screens. We’ve got a couple of images that don’t fall into either settings or apps, but they’re here anyway. They’re less glamorous, but hopefully answer some more of your questions about how it works.
When setting up any Nokia phone, it’s always a good idea to activate your Nokia account, which will bring you the possibility to download your contacts from Ovi and also create scheduled backups.
Within the messaging menu, you’re first asked what it is that you want to do. Send an SMS or start a chat with Facebook, Skype or Google, for example. Here’s that splash screen.
From the text input settings screen, you can see some of the options at hand, like error correction and the insert with space key function.
When you’re phone is sitting idle, the screensaver is likely to be on. If you’re to receive a call or an email, you can see there are some icons on the screen to let you know – that’s a missed call and an incoming email shown. As well as the clock, of course.
At any point from within the phone’s system, you can bring up the quick launch tab by swiping the screen upwards slightly. From here you can make a phone call, send a text message, browse the Web or access the camera.
The next couple of images show the main settings screen, which is where you can set up everything on the Nokia N9.
As with all Nokia phones, there’s a battery indicator and the signal bars are on display on the top of the screen. When this area is pressed on the Nokia N9, you can change your profile, adjust the volume, see your Internet connection and other accounts you’re connected to. We’ve also got a screenshot of the calculator.
Our last set of screenshots show the device settings and the security settings, too.
What have you thought of all our screenshots? We hope they’ve given you an insight into what to expect from the Nokia N9. As always, let us know your thoughts about these images using the comments section, below.
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GLOBAL – New from Nokia Beta Labs, Nokia 3D World Gaze gives you a new perspective on the world, in 3D. With this app, you can learn about different cities or countries on the planet just by pointing your phone in its general direction, using GPS and the built-in compass. We’ve got the details, after the jump.
With this free experimental app, all you need to do to learn about foreign climes is to browse the world by pointing your phone in any direction. Your phone will know which way it’s pointing and where it is due to the built-in compass and GPS receiver – so, obviously this only works on devices with these features – and will then show you some information about that place – when you press on its name.
The information is piped in from services, such as: panoramio.com; wikinews.org; wikipedia.org; and geonames.org right to your screen on a 3D representation of this lovely planet. Bearing in mind that this app retrieves data from online sources, you’ll also need a cheap data connection of some type to use Nokia 3D World Gaze.
If, for example, you live in Birmingham and point the phone directly north, you’re likely to see detailed information of Edinburgh or Scotland, with the added bonus of being able to see geotagged media in the forms of images. So you know what you can expect to see, should you chose to make a trip there one day. Even pointing your phone directly downwards, will show you what’s on the other side of the world.
As Nokia 3D World Gaze is currently in beta phase, your input is really important to making this an amazing app. Head on over to Nokia Beta Labs and download Nokia 3D World Gaze, and leave some feedback on the app at their site. This app is available for the Nokia N8, Nokia C6-01, Nokia E7, Nokia C7, Nokia E6 and the Nokia X7.
Here’s some more screenshots of Nokia 3D World Gaze for you to look at.
And here’s the introductory video, so you can see it in action.
Download it from Betalabs and give it a try. Also, let us know what you think too, by leaving a comment below.
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