March 15th 2010
Nokia’s last two QWERTY sliders, the Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 Mini, have been terrible additions to the handset giant’s already shaky line-up of smartphones, largely thanks to rubbery keyboards with a distinct lack of tactile feedback.
Nonetheless, Nokia’s looking to give the QWERTY slider form factor one last go, at least if this leaked [...]
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March 14th 2010
Six months ago, Nokia filed a complaint against Apple, claiming that Cupertino had ripped off a number of Nokia’s mobile phone patents wholesale in creating the iPhone. Apple immediately counter-sued. Now, both companies are immersed in a huge legal battle that will take years to resolve.
The heart of the issue is that Nokia says Apple [...]
March 11th 2010
Nokia was rumored to be building it, but according to the WSJ Verizon Wireless‘ first 4G handset will debut mid-2011, running on the LTE network that’s launching end of this year after Boston and Seattle guinea pigged the service. More »
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Tags: 4g Phone, Boston, Guinea, Handset, Nokia, Seattle, Six Months, Verizon, Verizon [...]
March 9th 2010
Keeping your gadgets juiced is a perpetual problem, and as gadgets become more and more power hungry, one that seems ever more intractable.
It’s not a big deal to plug in a gadget, of course, but when your smartphone only lasts five hours at a time, the added inconvenience becomes maddening. Various companies have played [...]
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March 4th 2010
I’m a big fan of navigation solutions on your mobile phone or separate GPS devices. The main reason is that I like the convenience of bringing my GPS capabilities with me. Unfortunately, that convenience comes with the hassle that you have to mount your mobile phone or GPS in a way that you can see [...]
March 3rd 2010
Nokia smartphone owners now have the ability to stay connected with their Skype buddies while on the go. Skype and Nokia have announced that a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform is now available. Skype for Symbian works over a Wi-Fi or mobile data connections including GPRS, EDGE and 3G. Best [...]
March 3rd 2010
Tags: Alpine, Cars, Focal Point, Hardware Company, Integration, Navigation Maps, Nokia
March 3rd 2010
Nokia’s picked the beta version of the Skype app up off the floor, dusted it off, and granted it a shiny new spot in its Ovi Store, for all Symbian^1 phones. More »
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Tags: Beta Version, Free Nokia, Nokia, Nokia Nokia, Nokia Phones, Nokia Symbian, Skype
March 2nd 2010
Along with the fairly staid C5 phone, Nokia today announced a new structure for its phone series—as we heard a few weeks back. Now, all Nokia phones will come in four different classes—the classic C-series, entertainment and media-themed X-series, business E-series and flagship “high end” N-series. [Nokia Conversations] More »
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Tags: C Series, [...]
March 1st 2010
Tags: Flash Nokia, Hack Phone, Nikon D40, Nikon Slr, Nokia, Nokia Hack, Nokia N900, Nokia Phone, Open Source
February 28th 2010
Tags: C Series, C5, C6, Cebit, Nokia, Nokia Cellphones, Nokia Phones, Series Phones
February 25th 2010
Tags: Last Stand, Memory, Modern History, Nokia, Palm, Unveiling
February 25th 2010
Why’d Nokia give away Ovi Maps for free to other OS users? Unless they’re…planning an Android phone themselves? We’ve already heard whispers they’re to release just one Maemo device this…
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Tags: Android, Maemo, Maps Free, Nokia, Nokia Free, Nokia Phone, Os Users, Whispers
February 24th 2010
The Nokia N97 was a major success for Nokia in terms of sales, but a complete failure in terms of user experience and quality. That’s what Anssi Vanjoki, EVP of Markets at Nokia, has admitted in the video interview you see above.
Nokia thought it had delivered a great phone with the launch of the N97, [...]
February 23rd 2010
So the Nokia N97 was a bit of a disaster. Normally, companies pretend that all of their products are great, even when they aren’t. But one Nokia VP is willing to admit that the N97 was a…
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Tags: Disaster, Nokia, Nokia N97, Vp
February 23rd 2010
The iPhone 3G may be the most popular phone in the US, but Gartner’s annual phone sales tally still puts Symbian as being the most-used smartphone OS worldwide. Snapping at its heels, BlackBerry’s OS…
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Tags: 3g, Blackberry, Gartner, Heels, Iphone, Nokia, Phone Sales, Symbian
February 22nd 2010
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) is on a roll with investigations regarding patent infringement by mobile handheld devices. We reported last week that the USITC was looking into RIM and Apple handsets over their use of a Kodak patent. Now two more patent related investigations have been launched which gives RIM a double whammy [...]
February 19th 2010
MoTR 198 is 34:30 minutes long and is a 31.7 MB file in MP3 format.
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.
HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
TOPICS:
Windows Phone 7 Series takes the big stage
Three new HTC devices — two Android and one WinMo — are looking hot!
Intel and [...]
February 19th 2010
MoTR 198 is 34:30 minutes long and is a 31.7 MB file in MP3 format.
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.
HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia)
TOPICS:
Windows Phone 7 Series takes the big stage
Three new HTC devices — two Anrdoid and one WinMo, are looking hot!
Intel and Nokia [...]
February 18th 2010
Both companies are dropping clues that Nokia and Intel are working on a new mobile chip—a move that could solve serious problems for both. Intel and Nokia’s love affair, it seems, is bigger…
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Tags: Guts, Intel, Love Affair, Mobile Chip, Nokia