Nokia PR: Nokia has filed its annual report on Form 20-F with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The report is available in pdf-format at www.nokia.com/financials. Shareholders may request a hard copy of the report free of charge through Nokia’s Internet pages. Best press release ever! A link, a direct explanation of said link,…
Archives for 2007
Why isn’t S60 as snappy as S40?
That seems to be the argument going on over on Howard Forums. It’s a reasonable question too. The perception of a products snappiness is directly proportional to how quickly something changes on the screen after a user hits a button NOT how fast it takes a certain task to come to completion. This is yet…
Developers: A real Carbide C++ blog
Creating Carbide C++: Whereas this blog focuses on a lot of the end-result product and the gathering of requirements to get there, Ken Ryall from our team blogs about the work we do around Eclipse and CDT to get it to work for Symbian. As one of our most senior developers and and as a…
Nokia BH-800 Review
If you like Bluetooth headsets then check out Mobile Burn’s review of the Nokia BH-800. Some snippets: We found the MFB was easy to use and gave good feedback without causing even the slightest amount of discomfort whilst wearing the headset. The power button was a bit small for our tastes and a person with…
Nokia 6300 launched in India
Tech2: Nokia has launched its mid range mobile handset, Nokia 6300 in India. The mobile handset manufacturer also announced the offer of Nokia 6300 ‘limited edition’ wherein the first 2500 consumers across India can get their names etched on the phone, choosing from a range of fonts and designs. Sunil Dutt, Director, Sales, Nokia India…
Nokia employees love wikis
Business Week: Today, Nokia estimates at least 20% of its 68,000 employees use wiki pages to update schedules and project status, trade ideas, edit files, and so on. "It’s a reversal of the normal way things are done," says Stephen Johnston, senior manager for corporate strategy at Nokia, who helped pioneer the technology. Where Nokia…
More information on the Chennai factory expansion
Economic Times: World’s largest mobile maker Nokia, which shipped 25 million handsets from its Chennai handset plant last year, is readying itself for a bigger expansion that includes increase in exports and ramping up of its ecosystem at its SEZ here. "We are going to produce more handsets of more models in the Chennai plant.…
Carnival of the Mobilists: 64
This weeks carnival is all about … damn near everything! Definitely one of the more interesting weeks. I’m keen to learn about how mobile phones are changing the way we learn. My University is particularly backwards; finding a teacher who posts their notes online is like winning the lotto. Check out episode 64 over at…
Buy Nokia N80, get “The Da Vinci Code” for free in South Africa
Sony Pictures and SterKinekor Home Entertainment, along with Nokia, announced the release of the first movie on a memory card in South Africa. The 512MB miniSD movie card features the movie “The Da Vinci Code”, and will be given exclusively for a limited period of time, starting from 3rd of March 2007, to customers when…
Red Blackberry Pearl and Palm Treo 680 announced by Cingular/AT&T
AT&T (Cingular) today introduced two eye-catching devices – a dark ruby-colored version of the BlackBerry Pearl (nicknamed “CranBerry”), and a striking crimson iteration of the Treo 680. Both devices have been available for some time, and not surprisingly AT&T doesn’t sell their (comprehensive, by the way) features. The company underlines their color, their cool look,…