After several European countries, Nokia has started the N8 pre-orders in China. The Finnish company has a somewhat different offer for people of the world’s fastest growing economy, bundling the phone with several accessories. Basically, you can pre-order the N8 in two packs, both costing a small fortune. The first one, available for 4868 RMB…
Nokia, India’s Reliance Communications team-up on mobile services
India’s Reliance Communications (RCOM) and Nokia are teaming up to promote the Finnish company’s mobile services, including Ovi Life Tools and Ovi Music. As part of the deal, RCOM will offer rural and semi-urban segments of their users Ovi Life Tools, which is a range of services covering agriculture, education and entertainment. Reliance will offer…
Intel and Nokia open 24 man joint laboratory in Oulu, Finland for researching future of mobile UI
Intel and Nokia have announced that they’ve opened a joint laboratory in Oulu, Finland, which is about 600+ km from where I’m sitting right now, that will be exploring the future of mobile user interfaces. The lab will employ 24 people and they’ll be using MeeGo as their test bed for experimenting with what we…
Nokia Siemens Networks: We are not responsible for what Iran did with our technology
Late last week we reported about a lawsuit brought against Nokia Siemens Networks by Iranian journalist Isa Saharkhiz and his son Mehdi Saharkhiz. They claim that technology sold by Nokia Siemens to the Iranian government was used to violate basic human rights and capture Isa Saharkhiz, who is still a prisoner by the way. NSN…
Nokia 5250: 2.8 inch touch screen, 115 EUR, Guitar Hero 5 bundled
Nokia has introduced their smallest touch screen device today, the 5250. With a 2.8 inch screen it isn’t as tiny as the Sony Ericsson X10 Mini’s 2.55 inch display, but having played with one recently I’m quite confident in saying that it’s too tiny. Back to the 5250, it’s only 115 EUR (145 USD or…
Video: Using the Nokia N900 to track your face [The machines will kill us all!]
Dr. Philip Tresadern from the University of Manchester has plenty of time on his hands because he took a Nokia N900 and programmed it to identify faces via the front facing camera that’s traditionally been used for video calls. Using your face, neat things such as authenticating who you are can be accomplished. What the…
Rumor: Nokia N9 Specifications: 4 inch OLED screen, Qualcomm 1 GHz Snapdragon, 512 MB RAM
Last Thursday we brought you some photos of a Nokia N9 prototype running MeeGo, and today I’ve got something even better to share; a full list of specifications. Now if the rumor given to NokNok by some guy named “Lee” is right, then this puppy is supposed to have a 4 inch OLED screen with…
Indian man killed by exploding mobile phone
In a country where remote farmers and corporate suits share a similar passion for mobile phones, a lot of strange things can happen. Such is the case in Bandha village where a 23-year old man was killed by an exploding cell phone. The man, identified as Gopal Gujjar, was tending to grazing cattle and reportedly…
Ultrabrief: Leak: Video: Nokia C7 smiles, dances, and wins our hearts
Yesterday I shared some images with you of the yet to be announced Nokia C7. Rather than updating that post, since many of you are not going to read it, and rather than writing a new post, because there is only so much I can write about a device I know nothing about, I’m just…
Leak: Photos: Nokia N9 [MeeGo, QWERTY, Finland’s next flagship?]
The Nokia N9, a device that we’ve been hearing about for a while, but haven’t seen up close and personal until today, is supposed to be the cock of the walk; the device that brings the company back some well deserved respect for making 4 out of every 10 mobile phones sold. We can’t tell…