Although we haven’t talked about Nokia Diagnostics when it was initially released, we decided to give it some space now when it’s updated. The application is now in version 1.74 and comes with “more extensive set of tests” to help Symbian S60 5.0 smartphone owners figure out what’s the problem with their device. In addition…
Nokia learns a lesson from Apple and Microsoft, implements their own push notification service
It doesn’t matter how smart your smartphone is, if the battery is dead then you can’t use the damn thing. Apple and Microsoft know this, and it’s why with their respective mobile operating systems they allow developers to build applications that are push enabled, but that push has to come from a central server. Instead…
Nokia plans to cut 800 jobs in Finland home base
Things aren’t looking terribly bright for Nokia in the coming months as executives are either on their way out, or their absence is already being felt by those missing the long-time Nokia heads. Now there is word that the Finnish mobile manufacturer is planning to cut 800 jobs in Finland, where Nokia has its home.…
Nokia details the four or five upgrades they’ll make to Symbian and their devices in 2011
According to IDG News, who sat in on a presentation given by Nokia Senior Manager Gunther Kottzieper at the 2010 International Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, Nokia is planning to do the following things over the next 12 to 15 months: In Q1 they’ll release a software update for their Symbian^3 devices that features an…
Surprise of the Century: Nokia delays their flagship E7 smartphone to “early 2011”
Nokia announced a successor to the highly popular, and insanely expensive, E90 at Nokia World back in mid September of this year. Today, exactly 3 months after the announcement of the E7, they’ve told Reuters that their highly anticipated smartphone is no longer shipping by the end of this year, but has instead been delayed…
Nokia owned NAVTEQ bought Trapster, aims to help you avoid getting speeding tickets
Many investors are still wondering why Nokia coughed up over $8 billion for NAVTEQ over 3 years ago, was it really just to save on map licensing costs? So it’s interesting to see that NAVTEQ is not only working as a separate entity, but they also have their own mergers and acquisitions department. According to…
Video: Nokia puts math homework on mobile phones in South Africa, sees test scores rise 14%
While students in North American schools are using their mobile phones to ignore what the teacher standing at the front of the class is saying, that and trying to successfully score enough alcohol for the party on Saturday, something different is happening in South Africa. The government asked Nokia in 2008 if they could help…
Nokia X6 and E71 get a firmware update; version 30.0.003 and 501.21.001 respectively
Two Nokia devices recently got firmware updates: the long in the tooth, but what some consider to be the last great handset out of Finland, the E71 (pictured above), and the first capacitive touch screen device out of Espoo, the X6. The X6 is now running version 30.0.003 and All About Symbian say that several…
Nokia E7 hitting Three UK in January 2011
Three UK announced that it will start selling the Nokia E7 in January next year. Price was not unveiled, but we think the phone will be available starting from free on a two-year 35 GBP a month contract — which is the price of its all-touchscreen brother, Nokia N8. The Nokia E7 is arguably the…
Nokia: MeeGo will get significant facelift in 2011
Marko Ahtisaari, Senior Vice President of Design and User Experience at Nokia, recently gave a talk at LeWeb where he revealed that the Finnish firm is going to build an entirely new user experience on top of MeeGo and that it will ship at some point in 2011. Decoding Nokia language, that’s probably going to…