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Nokia has finally started to ship its flagship smartphone but is the N8 enough in a world full of the iPhone 4 and killer Android devices? Don’t get me wrong, the Nokia N8 is no slouch. It has drool-worthy features like a 12-megapixel camera and pentaband radio chips. That’s really cool for U.S. users because…
While we’re used to seeing Apple get sued by everyone under the sun, the Cupertino based company is now suing Nokia. It has been an ongoing legal battle between the two, but Apple is suing the Finnish smartphone maker in the U.K. for nine cell phone technologies. According to Nokia spokesman Mark Durrant, “We are…
Bernstein Research analyst Pierre Ferragu cut his rating of Nokia’s stock today to underperform. Citing recent changes in management structure, most notably the new CEO, Stephen Elop, and the departure of Anssi Vanjoki, Pierre says that Nokia is starting the 2010 holiday season and the whole of 2011 off on the wrong foot. Pierre also…
Several years ago a concept video (below) went around the internet that showed a future Nokia device bending, folding, and doing things that today are still not possible due to limited advances in both circuit and battery technology. Now that doesn’t mean Nokia isn’t trying to make fantasy into reality however. In the video above…
Nokia and AT&T are joining forces and starting a “Calling All Innovators” competition that runs between now and the end of January 2011. Nokia’s mission for developers: Make applications that people want for Symbian^3 devices, because everyone is making stuff for Android and iOS, but not us, and we’re number 1 … at least in…
Last week Stephen Elop began his new job as the CEO of Nokia. He’s the first non-Finnish CEO in the company’s over 140 year history. When The New York Times went digging to find out why Nokia stumbled just a few short years after the start of this century, and what he can do to…
The folks behind Nokia’s Ovi unveiled Oxfam Donate app for select Nokia touchscreen smartphone owners in the UK. Among devices supported, we find the following Nokia models: 5228, 5230, 5233, 5235 Comes With Music edition, 5250, 5530 XpressMusic, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, C6, X6, N97 mini, N97 and N8; with support for more devices (I presume)…
Nokia is offering few games for free in the Ovi Store, most of which were made by the Finnish Giant itself. Here’s what they got: Ovi Maps Racing – an awesome game that allows users in Europe and U.S. to specify tracks and then actually race them in real world. The game uses the phone’s…
Take this one with a grain of salt, but a new rumor is circulating which says Nokia may consider making Windows Phone 7 devices. The folks over at VentureBeat are quoting an unnamed source who says that new CEO Stephen Elop has been given the green light by the company’s board to consider all options,…
Nokia and AT&T have just given a huge incentive for developers to get coding: $10 million in cash and prizes. Both of the companies will be selecting the top mobile applications for prizes and cash, along with consumers who will help pick winners. This also gives me the feeling that the Nokia N8 might be…