According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, "Lumi" is a noun little used and of uncertain origin meaning "prostitute", and like its variant "luminance" is also part of urban slang. The Finnish multinational looking for a name to name its new range of smartphones that sound good together with the Nokia brand and ending in a vowel to make it function phonetically. After selecting about 200 words, a group of linguists in 84 languages experts examined possible negative connotations of each of them and ease of pronunciation in all languages, until presented to the Nokia address a short list. "Lumia", derived from the Latin word "lumen" (light) was the name chosen, but before doing so made a study of official market in Spain to see if I really had pejorative connotations. "The results showed that over 60% of Spanish consumers thought it was a great name for a product of mobile technology. I suggested first "light" and "style" , instead of the other meaning, darker and negative " , the company said on its official blog. Last August, Nokia began to designate their new devices using names instead of numbers and letters as he had done so far, to symbolize the renewal of the company after its alliance with Microsoft in the mobile phone market.
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Sunday, November 6, 2011
Nokia chose the name 'Lumia' for mobile despite knowing that it means 'prostitute' in Spanish
The Finnish mobile phone manufacturer Nokia decided to christen its new range of Windows Phone devices with the name of "Lumia" despite knowing that this term means "prostitute" in Spanish , local media reported. After Nokia filed last week the Lumia Lumia 800 and 710 , its first smartphone equipped with the Microsoft operating system, various media, forums and social networks rated the choice of this name as a "grave blunder" of the company. However, Nokia said that he knew the meaning, but eventually chose the name because "Lumi" is "a very old Spanish word obsolescence long."
According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, "Lumi" is a noun little used and of uncertain origin meaning "prostitute", and like its variant "luminance" is also part of urban slang. The Finnish multinational looking for a name to name its new range of smartphones that sound good together with the Nokia brand and ending in a vowel to make it function phonetically. After selecting about 200 words, a group of linguists in 84 languages experts examined possible negative connotations of each of them and ease of pronunciation in all languages, until presented to the Nokia address a short list. "Lumia", derived from the Latin word "lumen" (light) was the name chosen, but before doing so made a study of official market in Spain to see if I really had pejorative connotations. "The results showed that over 60% of Spanish consumers thought it was a great name for a product of mobile technology. I suggested first "light" and "style" , instead of the other meaning, darker and negative " , the company said on its official blog. Last August, Nokia began to designate their new devices using names instead of numbers and letters as he had done so far, to symbolize the renewal of the company after its alliance with Microsoft in the mobile phone market.
According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy, "Lumi" is a noun little used and of uncertain origin meaning "prostitute", and like its variant "luminance" is also part of urban slang. The Finnish multinational looking for a name to name its new range of smartphones that sound good together with the Nokia brand and ending in a vowel to make it function phonetically. After selecting about 200 words, a group of linguists in 84 languages experts examined possible negative connotations of each of them and ease of pronunciation in all languages, until presented to the Nokia address a short list. "Lumia", derived from the Latin word "lumen" (light) was the name chosen, but before doing so made a study of official market in Spain to see if I really had pejorative connotations. "The results showed that over 60% of Spanish consumers thought it was a great name for a product of mobile technology. I suggested first "light" and "style" , instead of the other meaning, darker and negative " , the company said on its official blog. Last August, Nokia began to designate their new devices using names instead of numbers and letters as he had done so far, to symbolize the renewal of the company after its alliance with Microsoft in the mobile phone market.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Nokia has a flexible screen smartphones
A company representative explained that the intent of this technology is not to replace the touch screen but to complement it. It is intended for situations where the user can not use either the touch screen, and in extreme cold conditions that require you to wear gloves.
For the demonstration, the prototype had a display connected to a computer via a cable. That is, the circuits were not under the screen that was being bent. Failing to see how it solves it, the truth is that the image of the screen is not much resented that was folded and responded very well control.
The 'software' for the demonstration included a music player and an image gallery. In both cases the commands are very similar : up and down, just had to make twisting in different directions, to select a content had to bend in the center of the screen and go back, just had to doubling the center out.
All these commands respond with great sensitivity and precision amazing . It is difficult to imagine how you would control a 'smartphone' comfort with this interface.
On the other hand, the company also had a sample of another prototype, which in this case was not present in functional form. In this case a drop-shaped device, transparent, in which everything is screen and is flexible.
For the demonstration, the prototype had a display connected to a computer via a cable. That is, the circuits were not under the screen that was being bent. Failing to see how it solves it, the truth is that the image of the screen is not much resented that was folded and responded very well control.
The 'software' for the demonstration included a music player and an image gallery. In both cases the commands are very similar : up and down, just had to make twisting in different directions, to select a content had to bend in the center of the screen and go back, just had to doubling the center out.
All these commands respond with great sensitivity and precision amazing . It is difficult to imagine how you would control a 'smartphone' comfort with this interface.
On the other hand, the company also had a sample of another prototype, which in this case was not present in functional form. In this case a drop-shaped device, transparent, in which everything is screen and is flexible.
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