The recently announced N-Gage Future Watch website revealed the date of the platform launch – September 2007. From that point and until the end of the year, N-Gage fans can see many popular titles hitting the market. EA Mobile and Gameloft will be among the first to bring a number of its top-selling, award-winning titles…
Sony Ericsson completes acquisition of UIQ Technology
Following the full regulatory ratification, Sony Ericsson completed the acquisition of the Swedish UIQ Technology AB from Symbian Ltd. Sony Ericsson is already a UIQ licensee, and has been working closely with the company on UIQ version 3.0, which is included in Sony Ericsson smartphones. Under the arrangement, UIQ Technology will operate as a separate…
Some site changes, I could use your input
I want to make my page load quicker, in order to do that less content has to be on the front page. Before this blog post I had Typepad show all my posts up to 4 days back. There is a balance I must reach between content versus load time. I embed a lot…
Video: Fan made spin off Nokia N93 commercial
Here is the official Nokia commercial: Direct link to video Here is what this creative individual did: Direct link to video I love that he loves Nokia enough to make such a vid in his spare time. Way to go!
Thank you Alex Albrecht for being a realist on Diggnation in the iPhone vs Nokia Aeon debate
Diggnation, one of the most popular videocasts on the net right now, is something I used to watch. I can’t pin point the exact date and time I grew discontent with it, but I think it happened shortly after the show stopped being shot in Kevin and Alex’s apartments. When Kevin Rose gave up his…
Is Symbian a bad OS?
I’ve been debating posting this article since I first read it this morning. My main issue is that the author has yet to say one negative thing about the company he loves: Apple. He has a lot to say about everyone else, a whole lot, but I’ve yet to see him critique the company that…
Video interview with Marja-Leena Nurmela and Rachael Sleight: Designers of the Nokia 5500
Little bit of back story to this: When I found this scoop it was split up amongst 9 videos on youtube. I ripped the flash, converted to avi, and then merged them. For the past hour I’ve been trying to get the audio to properly sync and I can’t quite do it. The video is…
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo talks about the iPhone
"I don’t think that what we have seen so far (from Apple) is something that would any way necessitate us changing our thinking when it comes to openness, our software and business approach," Nokia Chief Executive Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told a conference call with analysts. "But the fact that Apple is entering the market, in general,…
Nokia: Failing to connect developers and consumers Part 2
Part 1 of this post was created a mere 5 days after I started this blog. With very little traffic it got very little attention. Things have been getting better though, and I know of at least 3 Nokia employees that have subscribed to my RSS feed. This makes me very happy since the entire…
Image quality comparison between the LG KG920, SE K800, and Nokia N73
Recently we’ve got LG K920 for testing; this is one of the first 5MP camera GSM phones available on the market. We’ve decided that it’s a good idea to test it against one of the best currently available 3MP camera phones, and also great rivals – Sony Ericsson K800 and Nokia N73. Source: GSM Arena…