There’s been a recent surge in the unlocked GSM mobile phone market. But, for the most part, you would have to pay your carrier or a third party retailer to get you some unlocking codes or to actually unlock the handset for you. Another possibility would be to buy a whole new phone outright. But…
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India passes Britain in Nokia phone sales
Business Week: India has overtaken the UK in terms of mobile sales for the world’s biggest handset manufacturer, Nokia. Nokia, who sells one in three of the world’s mobile phones, has revealed the growing importance of sales in India in a recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The phone maker’s filing revealed that…
Nokia Scandinavia’s Web 2.0 Sales Store awarded for eExcellence at CeBIT
CeBIT starts on the 15th so think of this press release as something from Back to the Future: European Multimedia Associations Convention (EMMAC) has awarded Nokia the "Platinum Seal of eExcellence" – the highest of its European Seal of eExcellence awards – for the company’s Scandinavian Web 2.0 Sales Store. The European Seal of eExcellence…
The Smartphones Show 26: A must for all Nokia fans
Steve compares the Nokia N73 to the HTC STRTrK and talks about some of his favorite freeware S60 applications. I wouldn’t have compared a candy bar to a flip phone, but that’s just me. Bloglines is also something I’ve long since forgotten thanks to Google Reader. If you aren’t subscribed to his program then make…
All About Symbian reviews the Nokia N73 Music Edition
All About Symbian: As with each ‘Music/Internet Edition’ that Nokia produces, the end result is mainly an exercise in marketing, at least in that those who bought the original device certainly don’t need to upgrade, since their hardware can almost certainly be used for the same purposes. But full credit to Nokia for making the…
Video: Nokia 8910i commercial
The days before every Nokia commercial comprised of that ear wrenching Moby track were certainly grand:
Twitter: I don’t get it
Can someone show me, on video, a compelling reason why I would want to use it? Do you really care that I’m: 08:02: Eating tomatoes and feta cheese09:34: Bored in Organic Chemistry II class11:12: Protein bar and espressoetc.etc. Jonathan Greene I’m looking straight at you.
Video: Microsoft’s vision of the future
If you haven’t seen the Nokia future concept videos already then you’ve missed out on a lot. Microsoft just released their vision of what mobile communication will be like in the future. I like the projector concept and having an input device embedded into my clothes, but the whole flying doll thing creeps me out.…
Pictures: How a Nokia mobile phone is born
When I posted my "Pictures: Inside a Nokia factory" article I didn’t think it would attract this much attention. After Jaggle picked it up my traffic soared. Welcome everyone from the Netherlands! Someone left a comment on that post telling me to check out this Business Week article called: "The making of a Nokia phone"…
Another Google Phone – iPhone Killer!
Apparently, a subscriber of a paid-survey website got his hands on a survey that could shed some light on the rumored iPhone killer dubbed the Google Phone. The phone may be manufactured by Samsung and sport a 2 mega-pixel camera, wifi, and 3G on a google interface. Of course this could all just be another…