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I was sent the Chef Sleeve (for iPad) for review all the way from the US. The Chef Sleeve is essentially a transparent plastic bag that you can place your iPad in when you are using it in the kitchen when cooking or baking.

This ensure that your iPad will not be dirtied by the grease on your finger or flour on the table when you need to use it in the kitchen (for checking recipes online or even watching YouTube for cooking/baking tutorial).

Li Xiang even mentioned that it is good for girls who use their iPad on the makeup table (watching their favorite Korean videos on YouTube while having their makeup on). The Chef Sleeve will ensure that their makeup powder will not dirty the iPad.

Some other use cases includes hospital & clinic, car workshops and you can even bring your iPad to the beach without worrying the sand getting into the ports of your iPad.

The Chef Sleeve will work for all generations of iPad.

Some of the Chef Sleeve features:

• Effortless Protection – A re-sealable strip makes it easy to close the sleeve. When you’re done making a mess, just dispose or recycle. It’s as simple and worry-free as that.
• Ultra-Clear Material – Unlike other plastic bags, you will hardly know Chef Sleeve is there.
• Touch Sensitive – You can still use all your favorite apps while making a mess. Your iPad’s touch screen works perfectly under the thin protective film.
• Designed Specifically for the iPad – The sleeve fits perfectly, allowing you to easily grip your iPad while providing coverage for all output/input ports.
• Packaging Doubles as a Stand – The sturdy packaging has a trick up its sleeve. It can be used as an iPad stand.
• 100% Recyclable – Chef Sleeve is good for your iPad and the environment.

If you are living in Singapore, you can get the Chef Sleeve for SGD$35 per box at Hip Product Factory. If you order online, do remember to quote my name “Lester Chan” and you will get SGD$5 off =)

Alternatively, you can get it from Howards Storage World located in Harbourfront, Millenium Walk and Parkway Parade. It will be available soon at other stores such as Sprint-Cass (Changi Airport), iStudio, Juzz1, Takashimaya, etc.

If you live in the US, the Chef Sleeve will cost about USD$20 and you can get it at the following locations.

Facebook: Chef Sleeve – Singapore

Chef Sleeve – Box

Chef Sleeve – Box

Chef Sleeve – Box As Stand

Chef Sleeve

Chef Sleeve – With iPad (Front)

Chef Sleeve – With iPad (Back)

Before the summary, lets check out some of the videos that is filmed during Mobile World Congress 2012 by Nokia Connects featuring a skateboarder, free runner and BMX rider using the social features of the Nokia Lumia 900!

• Pip Andersen free running Barcelona with the Nokia Lumia 900
• Jed Cullen skates Barcelona with the Nokia Lumia 900
• James Ivett BMX in Barcelona with the Nokia Lumia 900

Summary

• Blog Links
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Pre Event
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 01
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 02
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 03
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 04
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Asha 202/203/302
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Lumia 610
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Lumia 900
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia 808 PureView
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Summary (This Post)
• Flickr Gallery Links
  • Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 00
  • Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 01
  • Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 02
  • Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 03
  • Mobile World Congress 2012 – Day 04
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Asha 202/203/302
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Lumia 610
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia Lumia 900
  • Nokia At Mobile World Congress 2012 – Nokia 808 PureView
  • Photos Taken By Nokia 808 PureView
• Nokia Products Data Sheets
  • Nokia Asha 202
  • Nokia Asha 203
  • Nokia Asha 302
  • Nokia Lumia 610
  • Nokia Lumia 900
  • Nokia 808 PureView
  • Nokia BH-221 Headset
  • Nokia DC-16 Universal Portable USB Charger
• Nokia Products Pricing & Availability
  • Nokia Asha 202 – €60 (SGD$99) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia Asha 203 – €60 (SGD$99) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia Asha 302 – €95 (SGD$156.60) – Now
  • Nokia Lumia 610 – €189 (SGD$311.60) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia Lumia 900 – €480 (SGD$791.30) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia 808 PureView – €450 (SGD$742.30) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia BH-221 Headset – €59 (SGD$97.30) – 2nd Quarter 2012
  • Nokia DC-16 Universal Portable USB Charger – €25 (SGD$41.20) – 2nd Quarter 2012

Before we start the post, lets take a look at one of the photo taken by Nokia 808 PureView:

Nokia 808 PureView – Photo Taken (Click To Enlarge)

How about one more?

Nokia 808 PureView – Photo Taken (Click To Enlarge)

Here are more photos taken using Nokia 808 PureView:

The photos are not edited in any way, they are taken straight from the Nokia 808 PureView and uploaded to Flickr and of course the photos embedded in this post has been re-sized to 640px by Flickr.

Now, lets start.

The Nokia 808 PureView was Nokia’s flagship phone announced during Mobile World Congress 2012. It won the Best New Mobile Handset, Device or Tablet at the Global Mobile Awards 2012.

Nokia 808 PureView – Front View

Nokia 808 PureView – Back View

Nokia 808 PureView – Right View

Nokia 808 PureView – Top View

The Nokia 808 PureView has a 41MP (yes 41 megapixels) camera. The sensor size itself is capable of taking pictures up to 7728×5368 (41MP) and it can take photos up to 7152×5368 (4:3 38MP) or 7728×4354 (16:9 34MP). For video recording, it is capable of capturing full HD video (1920×1080) at 30fps and of course HD (1280×720) at 30fps.

Specifications

• Operating: Symbian Belle (with Feature Pack 1)
• Processor: 1.3 GHz ARM11
• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1700/-21001900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• 4″ ClearBlack Display AMOLED screen (640 x 360 pixels, 16.7 million colours) (Corning Gorilla Glass)
• 512MB RAM
• 16 GB internal user memory with support for up to 48 GB with an external microSD memory card
• Primary (Rear-facing): 41 megapixel camera sensor with Nokia PureView imaging technology and Carl Zeiss optics
• Photo Resolution: 7152×5368 (4:3 38MP) or 7728×4354 (16:9 34MP)
• Video Resolution: 1920×1080 @ 30fps or 1280×720 @ 30fps
• Secondary (Front-facing): 0.3 MP megapixel camera sensor (480p @ 30fps)
• Xenon flash with operating range up to 3.5m
• Bluetooth 3.0, HDMI, DLNA, Secure NFC, WLAN, A-GPS, FM transmitter
• BV-4D 1400 mAh high voltage Li-ion battery
• Volume: 95.5cc
• Weight: 169 g
• Dimensions: 123.9 x 60.2 x 13.9 mm

Availability: Q2 2012
Retail Price: €450
Nokia 808 Pure View Colors: White, Black, Red

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The Nokia Lumia 900 was announced back in CES 2012 which supports LTE and exclusive to AT&T. During Mobile World Congress 2012, Nokia announced that the Nokia Lumia 900 will also be available in a HSDPA+ Dual Carrier (DC-HSPA) variant, for high speed data connection (42Mbps download) in countries where LTE is not available (like Singapore).

It seems that for the upload part, we are still stick with HSUPA instead of HSUPA+ Dual Carrier (DC-HSUPA) as it has not been completed.

Specification wise, it is exactly the same as the LTE variant right down to the dimensions and weight. Interestingly, when Nokia announced the Nokia Lumia 900 in CES 2012, the white color was not mentioned.

Nokia Lumia 900 (White) – Front View

Nokia Lumia 900 (White) – Back View

Nokia SIM Door Key

Just want to highlight one of the more prominent change as compared to the Nokia Lumia 800 is that Nokia Lumia 900′s SIM tray design has been redesigned. Now it requires a SIM Door Key (as what Nokia calls it, similar to iPhone’s SIM Tray Eject Pin) to open the SIM tray. Because of this, the micro USB port is now easily accessible without opening any flip.

Specifications

• Operating: Windows Phone Release 7.5 – Mango Commercial Release 2 (Mango + LTE)
• Processor: 1.4GHz Snapdragon APQ8055 + MDM9200
• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Speed: HSDPA+ Dual Carrier cat 24 (42 Mbps), HSUPA cat 6: 5.8 Mbps
• 4.3″ ClearBlack AMOLED display with WVGA 800×480 resolution
• 512MB RAM
• 16 GB internal memory (14.5GB user memory)
• Primary (Rear-facing): 8MP with f2.2/28mm Carl Zeiss lens and dual LED flash, Auto Focus, 720p, 30fps video capture
• Secondary (Front-facing): 1MP with f2.4, 30fps video capture (VGA video call resolution)
• A-GPS, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), USB 2.0 high-speed, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 3.5mm headset connector
• 1830mAh battery
• Accelerometer, Proximity, Magnetometer, light sensor, Gyroscope
• Volume: 90cc
• Weight: 160 g (5.6 ounces)
• Dimensions (max): 127.8 x 68.5 x 11.5 mm (5 x 2.7 x .45 inches)

Availability: Q2 2012
Retail Price: €480
Nokia Lumia 900 Colors: White, Cyan, Black

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Nokia Lumia 610 is the only new Lumia phone announced at MWC 2012 (Nokia Lumia 900 was announced at CES 2012). It is announced in conjunction with Microsoft’s strategy of lowering the minium hardware requirements and hence the cost of Windows Phone to consumers.

Windows Phone OS now supports a lower cost processor, the Qualcomm 7x27a “system on a chip” running at 600MHz with reduced memory of at least 256MB and hence making it more affordable to emerging markets.

Nokia Lumia 610 is the first Windows Phone to take advantage of this new scheme and ZTE will follow suit with the ZTE Orbit in Q2 2012. For the Nokia Lumia 610, the processor being used is Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 running on 800MHz which is better than the minimum specs while the RAM remains at the minimum at 256MB.

As with all Nokia Lumia devices, the Nokia Lumia 610 (being the fourth Lumia device) will also comes with Nokia Maps, Nokia Drive, Nokia Transport, Nokia Music and Nokia Reading.

Nokia Lumia 610 (White & Black) – Front View

Nokia Lumia 610 (White & Black) – Back View

Nokia Lumia 610 (Cyan) – Side View

The design of the Lumia 610 is slightly different from its family as it comes with beveled metallic edge (which is similar to the Nokia Asha family) to give users a feel that it is a premium product. It is using micro SIM and comes with 8GB of built-in storage. There is no expandable storage simply because (I am guessing) Windows Phone 7 does not support it. If it does support, I am willing to bet that Nokia will include it in.

Specifications

• Networks: WCDMA 850/900/1900/2100, GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
• Speed: HSDPA cat 7: 7.2Mbps
• Display: 3.7″ WVGA (800×480) TFT capacitive touch LCD display with pinch zoom
• OS: Windows Phone 7.5
• Memory: 256MB RAM
• Storage: 8GB storage
• Camera: 5Mpix auto-focus, LED flash, Video capturing MPEG-4 VGA @ 30 fps
• Size/Weight: 119.24mm x 62.18mm x 11.95mm (LxWxT) / 77.6cc / 131.5g (with battery)
• Connectivity: WLAN 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 2.1, A-GPS, micro-USB connector and charging, 3.5mm AHJ connector
• Processor: 800 MHz Single Core / Qualcomm Snapdragon S1
• Audio: MP3 player, Audio jack: 3.5mm, Supported codecs incl.: mp3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, wma
• Battery: 1300 mAh
• Talk time: GSM: 10.5h, WCDMA: 9.5h
• Standby time: GSM: 670h, WCDMA:720h
• Music playback: up to 35 hours

Availability: Q2 2012
Retail Price: €189
Nokia Lumia 610 Colors: White, Cyan, Magenta, Black

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