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Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

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Posts by Stefan Constantinescu

Qualcomm demos the quad core APQ8064 at Uplinq 2012; new GPU onboard

Qualcomm, like every other technology company on the face of the planet, hosts an annual event for press and partners. They call theirs “Uplinq”. This year the company is showing off the APQ8064, which is a quad core processor that’s basically a Snapdragon, minus the built-in cellular connectivity. Why is the APQ8064 important? Chances are it’s going to end up in a huge number of Windows RT tablets. What makes the chip special? It’s the first to feature Qualcomm’s new graphics processor, the Adreno 320. How fast is it? Jason … Read more

qualcommbooth 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

European operators are ordering mountains of nanoSIM cards due to the iPhone 5

When Apple launched the iPhone 4 back in 2010 it was the first smartphone to require a new smaller SIM card called the “microSIM”. Lots of people complained about the change and thousands of YouTube videos demonstrating how to cut your SIM card down to size with a pair scissors suddenly appeared. Earlier this year we heard about an even smaller SIM card standard, the so called “nanoSIM”. It’s roughly 40% smaller, making it damn near microscopic. The nanoSIM standard officially became a standard on the first day of June, … Read more

shrunkkids 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung’s first Windows Phone 8 device to have a WVGA screen?

Phones running Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 operating system are due to hit the market later this year. The world will be paying attention to what Nokia is going to be announcing, but let’s not forget that there are other companies who are also making Windows Phones. According to data from Nielsen, Windows Phone penetration hit 1.3% in the United States during Q2 2012. When you break things down by vendor, Nokia’s Windows Phones are in the hands of just 0.3% of smartphone owners. Meanwhile, HTC’s and Samsung’s Windows Phones both … Read more

sammy 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Video: Nokia Transport out of beta, only works on Lumia Windows Phones

Nokia has just announced that Nokia Transport, think turn by turn navigation for those who rely on public transportation, is now out of beta. The video below demos how the app works, and it looks amazing, but, and this is a big but, it only works on Nokia’s Windows Phones. According to data from Nielsen, Windows Phone powers 1.3% of the smartphones currently in use in the United States. That’s small, but things get worse: Just 0.3% of those devices are actually Nokia Windows Phones, the rest are made by … Read more

transport 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Even Finnish investment firms have given up on Nokia

Most people put their money into savings accounts that have terrible interest rates because that’s the safe and boring thing to do. Others are a little bit more adventurous and play the stock market. There’s a third category that exists, people who invest in funds. Funds are basically a fancy way of saying a portfolio containing multiple stocks. The phrase “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” comes to mind. According to a report from the Finnish news organization YLE, Nokia shares at the start of 2010 made up … Read more

nokia 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

The Nokia Lumia 900 on AT&T is now half off, just $49 with a 2 year contract

Nokia’s 4.3 inch 4G LTE enabled Windows Phone for the American market, dubbed the Lumia 900, launched on AT&T on April 8th for $99 with a two year contract. Here we are, two months and one week later, and the price has now been halved to just $49. This isn’t a sale price, this is now the new official price. The obvious question here is why has AT&T decided to do this? Answering that is a bit tricky. We could say that sales of the Lumia 900 weren’t meeting expectations … Read more

attceo 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

The New York Times confirms that a cheaper smaller iPad will launch this year

What do Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times have in common? They’re all highly regarded news organizations that have each independently confirmed what the internet already knows: Apple is going to launch a smaller iPad this year in order to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Google Nexus 7. Now yes, those two devices have such a small share of the market that it’s laughable, but that’s not the point. Apple, for all intents and purposes, created the tablet market. In order for them … Read more

minime 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Jolla signs distribution deal with D.Phone, China’s largest phone retailer

Jolla, the small startup company composed of former Nokia engineers who worked on Maemo/MeeGo and who want to bring their own device to market, has just announced via Twitter that they’ve signed their first sales deal. Since Jolla doesn’t have an official website yet there’s sadly no press release we can link to, but somehow the Finnish website Androidistica got their hands on the following: Jolla Ltd. and China’s Largest Smartphone Retail Chain D.Phone Sign Product Sales Agreement Jolla Ltd., a rising Finnish smartphone product company, has signed a Sales … Read more

n9pics 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Anssi Vanjoki on JollaMobile: “It’s nice that the boys are giving it a shot.”

Anssi Vanjoki, or Dr. Evil as I like to call him because his square jaw and crisp suits make him look like a James Bond villan, was supposed to be the next CEO of Nokia. After he found out that Stephen Elop was going to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, Vanjoki immediately resigned. For those who don’t know about Anssi, he was one of Nokia’s coolest employees. The guy is tall, gigantic even, and he loves playing basketball. He’s famous because of a speeding ticket he got while riding his Harley around … Read more

anssi 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012 Episode 2 to happen on August 30th; Galaxy Note II?

When Samsung announced the Galaxy S III in London in early May, they dubbed the event “Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012“. According to the South Korean publication Digital Daily, Samsung is going to host “Samsung Mobile Unpacked 2012: Episode 2″ on August 30th in Berlin, Germany at 19:00 local time. What are they going to show off? We’re confident in saying that it’s likely going to be the Galaxy Note II. According to the rumors that we’ve been collecting over the past few months, here’s what we know about the second … Read more

mobileunpacked 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu

ZTE to show off the “most advanced gaming smartphone” in 5 days

ZTE, the Chinese telecommunications company that’s widely known for their cheap Android smartphones, sent out a tweet yesterday that said: “The countdown has begun! 6 days left until you can have one of the MOST ADVANCED GAMING SMARTPHONES in your hands!” Poor use of capitalization aside, what could they possibly be talking about? Are they going to release a smartphone that’s similar to the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? That device was famous for two reasons. One, it was the first to have dedicated gaming controls. Two, almost no one bought … Read more

zteguy 10 months ago

Stefan Constantinescu