Every 2 weeks Google is nice enough to update a chart on their website that shows the current distribution of Android devices by what version they run. It’d be nice if other smartphone manufactures did this. Apple obviously doesn’t need to do this since they only sell one device at a time, and even then…
Apple: iPhone 4 isn’t even on sale yet, and we already took 600,000 preorders [I’m rich, bitch!]
Apple just issued one of the most smug press releases I’ve ever read in my nearly 4 years of blogging. It’s pretty self explanatory: Yesterday Apple and its carrier partners took pre-orders for more than 600,000 of Apple’s new iPhone 4. It was the largest number of pre-orders Apple has ever taken in a single…
Nokia: We’re not doing too hot so we’re lowering our Q2 2010 and full year expectations
Nokia is in a pickle. They’re one of the few companies that make devices that span the sub 100 EUR part of the market, to over 500 EUR with flagship smartphones, and over 5000 EUR if you include the Vertu lineup. Unlike the other companies that have such a wide product portfolio, Nokia doesn’t have…
Nokia 5530 hits firmware v30 and has new updated browser plus kinetic scrolling everywhere
The Nokia 5530 is what the Nokia 5800, the Finnish company’s first touch screen device, should have been like. Now granted, S60 5th Edition doesn’t scream brilliant user experience, but at least the 5530 had a little bit of polish, plus came in a sleeker and smaller metal body. Shame it doesn’t have 3G or…
Leak: Photos: Nokia C7: It looks like a Samsung, has an 8 MP camera, 3.5 inch capacitive screen
Here are some images of what is supposedly the Nokia C7. Now hide the Nokia logo on the front and tell me this thing doesn’t look like a Samsung device. It has zero resemble to the design language of the Nokia N8, which makes sense since it’s a Cseries device and not Nseries, but there…
Finland: Elisa playing with LTE in Helsinki, TeliaSonera doing the same in Turku
Finland has traditionally been a leader when it comes to mobile telecommunications. They were one of the first to go digital, and don’t even get me started about what Nokia did to the world in the 90s and 00s. So what about next generation LTE networks? Norway’s capital, Oslo, has LTE courtesy of TeliaSonera, and…
Germany gets the Nokia 5228: It’s a 5230 without GPS and 3G
Call me confused, but I always thought of Germany as a fairly well off country. Why are they getting a cheaper, stripped down version of the Nokia 5230 is something to ponder. Yes, the Germans have a reputation for being cheap, but damn, not this cheap. The Nokia 5228 is exactly like the 5230, but…
Brief: Spotify for Symbian gets an update, now supports offline caching and social networks
Spotify for Symbian just received an update today. If you’re a Symbian user, and a Spotify Premium subscriber, you’ll want to check this out. Since I’m neither I can’t really review this application, which breaks my heart. I’ve made my issues with Spotify public in the past. I’ve got 2 credit cards, each with plenty…
Nokia Siemens Networks: We totally just made O2’s network in London suck a whole lot less
Want to make a mobile operator fall to their knees, cry, and curl up into the fetal position? Ask them how their network is doing after they started offering the iPhone. Thanks to Apple’s water into wine device we’ve seen the damage caused to the likes of AT&T, but what about across the pond? European…
Nokia Notifications Beta brings missed calls, emails, apportionments to your home screen
One of the most frustrating thing about Nokia’s portfolio of devices is the lack of consistency on lots of little things in the software experience. From icon placement, to font sizes, to ways of locking your phone so you don’t accidentally dial someone just by sitting down. One thing that’s driven me up the wall…