Ricky shot me an IM and said that Google Maps now works natively on S60 and even supports the built in GPS on the N95, shenanigans I thought, then I went to the website on my phone and low and behold here it finally is! It isn’t as powerful feature wise as Nokia Maps, but…
Nokia slashes E65 price by 15% to prepare for holiday sales
Nokia dumping all their E65’s? You know what that means, refresh is due! Not surprised either, the Nokia E51 has already came and replaced the E50. The E65 is a fantastic device and it has the sales numbers to prove it, with over 1 million sold last quarter alone. WiFi, quadband GSM, 2100 MHz 3G…
Video: Japan thinks the future of mobile phones is augmented reality
And I hope they are right because this video kicks ass on more multiple levels. Japan’s NTT DoCoMo recently showed the press what they envision 4th generation networks will let them provide, check it out: [Via: Tech Digest] Nokia’s Research Center is also working on this, check out an article about augmented reality at MIT’s…
Ovi: Making devices that let you create content is not enough
Telco 2.0 has a great article on what Ovi is to Nokia and how it compares to the American automotive industry in the 1950’s and 1960’s. The conclusion is one I’ve shared before on this site, that today people are communicating in ways other than the traditional phone call and text message. The devices that…
Pictures: Sony Ericsson K850i unboxing
[Full gallery over at Daily Mobile] Phone Scoop has a great video preview if you’re interested in this device:
Sony Ericsson sold 26 million phones in Q307, ASP dropped to 120 Euros
Sony Ericsson had a healthy quarter with roughly 3.1 Billion Euros of sales and 25.9 million units being shipped. This increased emphasis on the mid to low end sector of the market, where all the volume is, has helped them maintain their 9% market share yet at the same time has brought the average selling…
Can you help Nokia find the BH-801 Bluetooth headset?
One of Nokia’s new interactive advertisements is for the BH-801 Bluetooth headset. It’s quite simple really, select whether you want to be a boy spy or a girl spy, walk into a hotel room, play a flash game and a few flash movies and then you’ve successfully accomplished finding a secret code used to open…
Mozilla wakes up, pouring huge engineering effort into Firefox Mobile
Chances are you use Firefox, have a few extensions installed and if you’re really hardcore you probably have a Firefox shirt somewhere in your closet. The browser that swept the internet by storm is coming to your mobile. While no time table was given, here are a few things Mike Schroepfer (Vice President of Engineering…
Motorola’s devices for 2008 have been leaked, 8 megapixel cameraphone anyone?
I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this leak was planned. Motorola has been kicked, repeatedly, in the nuts recently by technologists, financial analysts and the stock market in general. Many people said that Motorola fought a good fight, but they don’t have anything left in them to compete and take…
Brief: Non stop living mini site by Nokia, does your Bluetooth headset tell a story?
Cute marketing site, had the potential to be more powerful with actual videos of actual people instead of what it really is, flashing specs in a new and blinging way. Check it out here.