During a webcast on the S60 platform, Nokia let slip some pictures of a Communicator-class device packing a touchscreen. Before you get too excited, just keep in mind that these are just concepts showing what could possibly be coming next for the S60 Touch UI. Nokia’s E90 series has found quite a following among those…
Qik available on Nokia Tube
Qik was quick to hope on the XpressMusic 5800 bandwagon by offering support for their video sharing service just in time for the device launch. With a native app ready to go already, users will be able to record and stream video from their device to the web. I’m a bit stingier about my bandwidth…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic video demos
Nokia’s big touchscreen contender launched today, and along with it came a bunch of video demos. Not only do we have the above video rundown of the Tube, but we also see Nokia Music in action. It looks just about on par with iTunes or Zune in functionality, but of course we’ll let the people…
Nokia Comes With Music announced – Apple should be scared
Nokia’s long-expected unlimited subscription-based music download service has just gone official. With the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Tube getting a little more official today, Nokia has announced that they’ll be bringing their “Comes With Music” offering to the handset next year. But, while the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Tube might be the brighter-shining star, Nokia has more…
This is the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Tube
Espoo’s first touchscreen S60-powered handset is nigh here. Well, the Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Tube isn’t Nokia’s first touchscreen mobile phone, but the Nokia Tube is the first touchscreen offering that’s actually worth mentioning. Not to be outdone by the flood of mobile phones coming on market with touchscreens in tow, Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Tube will…
Nokia Tube “Comes with Music”?
Apparently the Nokia’s “Comes with Music” service will be available on the touchscreen Nokia Tube 5800 in 2009, giving folks who pick one up a whole year of unlimited tuneage. If reviewers are getting their mitts on a Tube now, then there’s still a good chance that it’ll be out this week, although we might…
Nokia tips hat to Apple, RIM
Nokia talked a bit about competitors today and was generally cool with throwing them a bone, while of course remaining confident in their own progress. For example, they respected RIM’s ability to work into the enterprise back-end while still claiming Nokia would overtake their numbers in the next couple of months thanks to a recent…
Fido Releases Nokia 3500 in Pink
Well, actually… There’s not too much pink about this Nokia 3500. However, the directional pad is pink, and the keyboard does light up in a pink color when a button is pressed. Sorry to disappoint those that were hoping for a full-on pink device. There are no pricing changes on this model, which was originally…
Nokia launches metro targeting for top U.S. areas
Nokia announced a new offering to let advertisers target their mobile campaigns to consumers in 10 major metro areas of the United States on the Nokia Media Network. The Nokia Media Network’s Metro Targeting maximizes the return on advertising investment for national and large regional advertisers by serving ads to mobile users in specific geographical…
Nokia to acquire email and instant messaging provider OZ Communications
Nokia is about to acquire Montreal, Canada based OZ Communications, a privately held company that delivers access to popular instant messaging and email services on mobile devices. By acquiring OZ, Nokia will enable easy-to-use, fast access to leading instant messaging and email services, including AOL, Gmail, ICQ, Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger and Yahoo!.…