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Update: We got some video of the C7 24 hours after this post went live. Nokia’s first device with an 8 megapixel camera, the N86, was nothing more than an upgrade to the N85 meant to catch up to the competition who at the time was already producing 8 megapixel and even 12 megapixel camera…
With Apple eating Nokia’s lunch at the premium end of the market, and Google stealing developer mind share with their open source Android operating system, and the South Korean duo LG and Samsung biting the Finnish company’s feet in the low end and emerging markets, what does Nokia decide to do? Release a dumb phone…
The Nokia N8 is now available for pre-order from Nokia’s web stores in France, Poland and Germany from where super-eager Nokia/Symbian enthusiasts can secure their units for 459, 469 and 479 EUR, respectively. I’m not sure why there’s such a price difference between the mentioned EU member states, but I guess Nokia’s sales folks know…
The European Imaging and Sound Association [EISA] have announced their top choices for the Mobile Devices of the Year and the list is just what you would expect. Apple wins the European Tablet award, cited especially for the ability to bring magazines and newspaper into the digital world. The Beyerdynamic T 50 p win best…
Eager to get your hands on Nokia’s first Symbian^3 handset? Good news as the flagship handset just became available for pre-order on Nokia’s US website. The N8 will set you back a cool $549 and boasts of five-band WCDMA 850/900/1700/1900/2100 capable of running on either AT&T or T-Mobile in the US. The N8 was rumored…
Nokia Mobile Communities, which as you may recall is the Finnish company’s attempt to bring social networking services to low-end feature phones, has been updated for users in India. The new version of the application packs several important updates, including: Simplified registration flow Ability to share streams and specific posts View posts for a specific…
Nokia Beta Labs is out with a new application/service for emerging markets – Nokia Listings. Still in beta, the new service is designed to connect buyers and sellers, as well as job seekers and employers. Moreover, it also allows local service providers to promote their offering to mobile phone users. Apparently, the majority (60%+) of…
There have been quite a few rumors involving a Nintendo phone. As we all know, something like that has never hit the market. Today we bring you the story that something like that could’ve happened if only Nintendo’s management was smarter. To be fair, they made tons of money with the DS, but if you…
Come one, come all, registration for the 2010 MeeGo Conference, previously called the Maemo conference, is now open. There are only 600 spots, it’s free to join, and trust me when I tell you that you want to act on this right now since this event tends to fill up pretty quickly. Having gone to…
Nokia have out done themselves this time by leaking one of their very own unannounced handsets. We don’t have any specifications, price points, or release dates. Just the image above. I’m going to make several assumptions based on what we do know, the model number. It’s a 5250, so you know it’s a low end…