Bob Iannucci is the new Chief Technology Officer of Nokia. Between his work at NRC, IBM and DEC the man has seen a lot. He likens the mobile space right now to the PC world of the early 80’s. This is definitely a must read interview to truly appreciate the new mission Nokia is currently…
Brief: Nokia plant in Romania opened on Monday
In other news around the world, one that I’m not sure why OPK didn’t choose to highlight, the Nokia Factory in Romania opened on Monday according to Reuters. Update: “Official” press release from Nokia here.
Samsung G810 announced yesterday, already reviewed
Samsung announced the G810 yesterday. It is their answer to the Nokia N95. It runs the same operating system (S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1), has the same WiFi, GPS, HSDPA, TV out, but what makes it special is the 3x optical zoom and Xenon flash. Eldar from Mobile Review has had his hands on…
LG KT610: Confirmation: VGA resolution screen is a typo
The KT610 was thought to have a VGA screen. That is incorrect. It is actually QVGA, same old resolution we’ve had for years. It just went from interesting to useless, but it is a step in the right direction. LG is targeting the mid range market with a QWERTY device, a form factor in a…
Nokia at Mobile World Congress: N96, N78, 6220 Classic and 6210 Navigator
Nokia launched 4 devices at the Mobile World Congress here in Spain, all of them run the latest version of S60: 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. The Nokia N96 is the new flagship, think of it as an N95 8GB with DVB-H, 16GB inside, microSD slot and not as fat; due out in Q3 for…
Google search to be built into future Nokia devices
Starting with the devices Nokia announced at Mobile World Congress yesterday Nokia plans to integrate Google Search into the most awesome Search application. I’m glad they choose to dump Yahoo!, only old people use that search engine. Full Press Release after the jump. [Via: All About Symbian]
Symbian powers 7% of all the mobile phones being sold today
Symbian just announced their Q4 2007 and full year 2007 results, the numbers are certainly impressive. 77.3 million Symbian powered devices shipped in 2007, up 50% compared to 2006, yet revenues were up only 17% compared to last year coming in at 194.3 million British pounds (261 million euros; 378 million dollars). Around 7% of…
Brief thoughts on 3GSM Day 1
Notice how I used the term 3GSM instead of Mobile World Congress? That was intentional. Everyone is calling it 3GSM, the new name is not being incorporated into people’s lingo. This is my first 3GSM, I was expecting a lot, but in all honesty it is just like every other conference I’ve been to in…
Nokia Research Center working on Debian based Linux phone
Mobile Monday Boston is lucky to have Nokia’s Research Center close by, but this sounds like something you wouldn’t want to tell the world. They [NRC] is apparently working on a mobile phone platform derived from the Debian Linux distribution.
LG KF700 spotted at Barcelona airport
No specs, just a model number and a picture, looks like it will be announced in less than 24 hours: [Via: Unwired View]