PC Magazine notes that Nokia is planning to open stores in the US. A “flagship store” will be opened in Chicago on June 21, with a New York store in the “Fifth Avenue region” opening before the end of 2006. Both stores will sell phones not available directly through US carriers. The stores will sell…
Archives for April 2006
Can we install OS in our mobile phones ourselves?
Have you thought about it? It seems reasonable to think that way. After all Apple had its operating system on their own computer and they’ve managed to get only the tiny piece of the market share in the long run. IBM PC is the dominant platform on the market today, since everyone can make it.…
Wayfinder Earth: Leaked Video
There’s a leaked video on the Esato forums of something that looks very much like Google Earth. The Real’s 3GP video file contains a very brief demonstration of the product done on a Nokia (N70 as far as I can tell). Rumor is that it’s the Wayfinder‘s new product – Wayfinder Earth. If you are…
iPass and Nokia Develop Wi-Fi Connectivity Client
iPass Inc. and Nokia Enterprise Solutions today announced they are developing iPass wireless connectivity software for the Nokia 9500, the Nokia 9300i and the Nokia Eseries devices. Based on the award-winning iPassConnect universal client, this software will extend availability of the iPass secure remote access service to users of Nokia Business devices. In addition, Nokia…
Palm's going down – a chance for Symbian
After two years since the release of the last major upgrade to the Palm operating system for mobile devices, CNet’s News.com notes that Palm OS may be losing its mojo with software developers. Some larger developers of mobile applications are looking elsewhere when launching their new multimedia applications and both Symbian and Windows Mobile emerge…
Porting Applications from Windows Mobile
Forum Nokia brings us an interesting document which examines the issues involved in porting existing C++ applications from the Windows Mobile platform to the S60 platform and in creating new, highly portable applications that target both platforms. Porting applications from Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 to the S60 platform makes sense, because both platforms are feature-rich…
Nokia Shipping Six S60 3rd Edition Devices
Nokia recently started shipping four S60 3rd Edition devices: the Nokia N91, Nokia N80, Nokia N71, and Nokia E61. Taken together with two other devices that Nokia has already been shipping, the Nokia 3250 and Nokia E60, there are now a total of six S60 3rd Edition devices shipping to customers. The three new Nseries…
Canalys Q1 2006 global smart mobile device research
The latest market estimates from Canalys show some major changes happening in the worldwide market for smart mobile devices, with new names appearing in the global top five. Highlights High Mitsubishi and Sharp Q1 2006 shipments in Japan boost Symbian Nokia’s year-on-year growth of 60% meant it increased its market share slightly, helped by demand…
Convergence comes of age
In his latest insight article just published online, David Wood, executive vice president of research at Symbian, explains the reasons increasingly powerful and useful smartphones are spreading ever more widely in the real world. Pointing out the different categories of device that smartphones are likely to supersede, such as music players, games consoles, messaging terminals…
Nokia Nseries Studio
Award-winning actor and film-maker, Gary Oldman today unveiled a pioneering new mobile video initiative, the Nokia Nseries Studio, and announced plans to shoot a short film with the new Nokia N93 multimedia computer, also introduced today. Advanced mobile video devices like the Nokia N93 offer the unique ability to capture and share spontaneous instants in…