Sentences like “I’m going to shiv on your ducking mother’s chest if you ever talk to my girlfriend like that again” will never need to be read again thanks to Nokia’s new “Custom Dictionary” application. Released earlier today on Nokia’s Beta Labs website, Custom Dictionary, as the name implies, allows you to add, edit, and…
Awesome Video of the Day: Nokia N95 + LEGO robot solve Rubik’s Cube
A promotional video for ARM’s processors was recently uploaded to YouTube that features a Nokia N95, used in conjunction with custom written application and a LEGO Mindstorm kit, solving a 4 x 4 Rubik’s Cube while set to a generic techno beat. It’s cute, it’s totally useless, but it’s awesome watching that little robot go,…
Ultrabrief: Nokia N97 and N97 Mini get firmware updates today [More RAM for all!]
The Nokia N97 and the Nokia N97 Mini, the flagships of Nokia’s current portfolio, have received updated firmware today. The N97, now up to firmware version 21.0.045, has more free RAM, better call reliability, smoother scrolling, browser improvements, and a more stable camera/camcorder application. The N97 Mini, 11.0.045, has the same changelog as its chunkier…
Nokia starting a price war by cutting prices up to 10% across their entire portfolio
Nokia’s Q4 numbers were good, but Samsung’s were out of this world, and that has the Finns scared. With Apple, Google and RIM eating Nokia’s lunch in the high end, Nokia didn’t really break a sweat since the mid range, and especially low end, market is their domain of excellence and is responsible for a…
Ultrabrief: NTT DoCoMo to show off LTE enabled device at Mobile World Congress 2010
Martyn Williams, IDG News Service, says that Japanese operator NTT DoCoMo will show off the world’s first LTE enabled mobile handset at Mobile World Congress later this month. NTT DoCoMo is spending roughly $4 billion on their LTE network and how to commercially launch it this year, but only for data devices. Why should you…
So when is Apple going to release a smart book? Not that many people want a smart slate. [iPad]
Say the iPad supported Flash, had a camera, and ran a new iPhone OS that had multitasking. It sounds great, but what about a keyboard? What is the iPad when you really sit down and think about it? It’s a device with a large display running an operating system designed for hand held devices. We…
Fashion Statement: Steve Jobs: Black turtle neck is out, black hooded sweatshirt is in [Hoodies rule!]
I, and everyone around my age who loves to dress casually, has and wears hooded sweatshirts, commonly refereed to as hoodies, on a fairly regular basis. The UK media portrays people who wear such garments as young vagabonds, hoodlums who are going to destroy decent society, but look at the video below and tell me…
Marketing Doesn’t Matter: Whether Apple or Nokia is #1 doesn’t mean a damn thing
When Steve Jobs got on stage Wednesday and told an audience of journalists that Apple was now the largest mobile company in terms of revenue, larger than Nokia even, you could hear Finland cocking their rifles and firing up the jets. Apple fanbois now have a sound bite that get to throw out every time…
Want an iPad, but instead of running iPhone OS you want Android? MSI can help you! [iTampon]
The iPad. The internet is still soaking it in, and I’ve already said what I have to say about it, along with my critical stance of this entire category of devices designed to fit “the gap” between laptops and smartphones and laptops. But say you would like such a device, that you need a 10…
FCC: Toshiba TG02, successor to the first 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon mobile device, passes through
The Toshiba TG01 sure didn’t get a lot of love when it was announced. Toshiba just doesn’t have the same brand recognition that HTC or even Samsung have when it comes to Windows Mobile devices. Yes, it was the first device to ship with Qualcomm’s 1 GHz Snapdragon processor, but the operating system sitting on…