Nokia’s Q3 numbers are out and they’re bloody. This is the first quarter I can remember in a long time when the company did not post a profit. Update: This is Nokia’s first loss in a decade. They lost 426 million EUR ($636.57 million), compared to this time last year when they made 1.469 billion…
The Boy Genius has a Motorola Sholes, he is calling it the MOTO DROID
The above photo is from The Boy Genius’ Twitter account, which is set to private so I can’t link to the particular tweet in question: ok, just a special for my twitterers. HELLOMOTODROID http://twitpic.com/li49c Stay tuned to The Boy Genius Report website, something tells me he is going to post more pictures pretty soon. For…
Something I just learned today: The Nokia N900 doesn’t have MMS support
That’s right, the Nokia N900, the best and brightest Finland has to offer, doesn’t do MMS and it is one of the most requested features according to Nokia Conversations. If you’re a Nokia fan who made fun of the iPhone for not doing MMS back in 2007, then you pretty much have to shut your…
Finland becomes the first country to make broadband a legal right
Finland, the place that I’ve been calling home since July 2007, has just become the first country in the world to make broadband a legal right. Here is what YLE (think of them like the Finnish BBC) had to say on the subject: Starting next July, every person in Finland will have the right to…
Nokia: We have $350 million to invest in payments, analytics, advertising, gaming and virtual worlds
At the VentureWire Technology Showcase in Redwood City, California today, Nokia Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer Mary McDowell, openly said that the company’s internal investment group called “Nokia Growth Partners” is looking to pour some money into companies that are working on “payments and transactions, analytics and advertising, gaming and virtual worlds”. Nokia…
Sean Moss-Pultz, CEO of failed startup OpenMoko, launches WikiReader; AAA-battery powered encyclopedia
Raise your hands, how many of you remember OpenMoko? It was an ambitious open source project lead by Sean Moss-Pultz to create a complete, 100% open source Linux powered mobile phone. When I say 100%, I mean 100%, even the cellular software was open source. Not only was the hardware open source, but the schematics…
Nokia Booklet 3G: BestBuy exclusive for $599 unlocked or $299 on a 2 year, $60/month plan
Blogger, and long time friend Jonathan Greene, is at a Nokia press event in New York City right now and is live tweeting. So far here is what has been announced: Nokia Booklet 3G should have 12 hours of battery life with Windows 7 (which I believe to be bullshit, and I can’t wait to…
Becoming a better blogger, reader and helping me take out the trash: Trimming in Public: Episode 24
Trimming in Public is a series where I go through my list of 293 RSS feeds, 10 feeds at a time, give some detail as to why I subscribed to a particular feed, and then decide whether or not to keep on consuming that feed. In Episode 1, I explained what RSS is and how…
Video: Nokia N900 unboxing
Mandatory unboxing videos for the few of you who get off on this type of gadget pornography. Call me when someone takes a screwdriver to the N900 and does a tear down. Reminder: the N900 is shipping soon, either by the end of this month or the beginning of the next, depending on territory. Price…
1 in 5 Bluetooth devices to use Bluetooth 3.0+HS in 2010, 3 in 5 by 2011
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (aka Bluetooth SIG) is estimating that 23% of all Bluetooth enabled devices shipping in 2010 will use the new 3.0+HS (high speed) specification, and that by 2011 that figure will jump to 61% of devices. Bluetooth 3.0+HS, which Will covered in greater detail in April, uses the 802.11 radio that…