Author: Gustave Monce

  • Long Forgotten Codenames

    Long Forgotten Codenames

    During 2014, Nokia was working on several products which never saw the light of the day, while some got publicly shed light upon during the past few years separating us from 2014, not all of them got out either. We are bringing you, the list of some phones Nokia was…

  • Meet Microsoft Guilin, the short lived Lumia 730/735 successor

    Meet Microsoft Guilin, the short lived Lumia 730/735 successor

    In September 2014 Microsoft Mobile, the newly re-branded Nokia Mobile division, revealed the Lumia 730/735 & the Lumia 830 to the world at IFA Berlin. The new Lumia 730 was marketed as a super selfie phone. Being the only phone in the Lumia lineup with the biggest front camera sensor…

  • The first Lumia Icon

    The first Lumia Icon

    The Lumia Icon was one of the first Nokia phones to feature a brand new design trend. Codenamed Vanquish, it featured a completely different design, made of new materials, compared to previous Lumia devices. A premium metal frame with a colorful polycarbonate back shell made the phone feel solid and…

  • Meet Vega, Nokia’s stepping stone into the world of tablet computing

    Meet Vega, Nokia’s stepping stone into the world of tablet computing

    In 2012, Nokia released the Lumia 920 to the market, one of the first Lumias to run Windows Phone 8.0, using the Windows NT technology. At the same time, Microsoft released Windows 8, and specifically Windows RT, the version of Windows designed to run on ARM processors. The Microsoft Surface…

  • Windows 10 on Hapanero (and more) ARM64 – [UPDATED 07/09/2018]

    Windows 10 on Hapanero (and more) ARM64 – [UPDATED 07/09/2018]

    You probably saw recently pictures of Windows 10 on ARM on many devices including Hapanero. This article will guide you on how to run Windows 10 on ARM on Hapanero with some drivers working. This guide will also provide download links for the separate driver pack without the whole firmware.…

  • RDC Authentication required: How we recovered Mclaren from a hardware failure

    RDC Authentication required: How we recovered Mclaren from a hardware failure

    Screw ups happen, even for us. With this post we’re starting a series that will focus on our brick and recovery stories. Today we’re showing you how we recovered our McLaren after our attempt to update it to a newer firmware didn’t go as planned… Some backstory We love to…