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Apple and Nokia have been in a patent battle related to smartphones but the International Trade Commission has just issued a ruling in favor of Apple. According to BusinessWeek: A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington today said Apple isn’t violating Nokia patent rights. The judge’s findings are subject to review by…
Nokia’s C7, which launched in Europe last fall and became the second smartphone to ship with Symbian^3, was recently announced for the American markets under the name “Astound“. It’s going to be sold by T-Mobile for $80 with a 2 year contract, which is cheap, but not cheap enough if you ask us, and one…
Nokia has a lot of key strengths that many technology publications glance over. They make devices that are available at price points that many of us have a hard time believing are real. Several rounds of beers at a bar in your typical rich Western country can buy one ultra low end handset such as…
Despite the fact that Nokia won’t give Symbian the attention it once has, there are still quite a few people digging the platform. Moreover, the same folks can’t wait to get their hands on the Nokia E7, which is definitely the single best product ever made by the Finnish company. I’ve had a few minutes…
Poynt, the location-based search app, has found its way onto Nokia’s Qt operating system today, following on successful BlackBerry, Android, iPhone, and Windows Phone 7 products. Support geographies for the Qt app include Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia Poynt not only helps you find the lowest nearby gas prices, closest restaurant,…
A juicy leak from Three UK has revealed a bunch of release dates, as well as our first look at the Samsung Galaxy S2 Mini. The original Samsung Galaxy S Mini is still just getting its feet wet in the UK, but the S2 Mini definitely bumps things up a notch. The screen has been…
It looks like Canada beat the U.S. to getting the Nokia C7. Wind Mobile is now selling the Symbian^3 handset for $350 off-contract, and if you pick one up this weekend, they’ll throw a Nokia 5230, because they’re nice like that. As far as plans go, Wind Mobile has recently announced an awesome new Unstoppable…
Just when I thought I’d grown completely sick of Angry Birds and hearing and seeing the game almost everywhere I turn, Nokia and Rovio put something together that made me think, “OK. I guess that was kinda neat.” Straight from Nokia’s YouTube page: Nokia and Rovio have combined forces to bring you this world exclusive…
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that the world’s largest smartphone maker is already working on Windows Phone 7 devices and he shot down notions that this is just the beginning of an eventual acquisition by Microsoft. If this was just the beginning of an acquisition, Nokia CEO Elop said his company wouldn’t be able to…
Several documents filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Nokia reveal a rough sketch of a tablet device that looks remarkably similar to the N8 that was released last autumn. This isn’t the first time we’ve heard rumors that Nokia was working on a tablet. Back in November of 2010 the “Z500”…