Nokia announced that it has completed the acquisition of Novarra, which [acquisition] was initially announced on March 26, 2010. The plan now is to integrate Novarra’s mobile browser and services platform (and deliver enhanced Internet experiences) into Nokia Series 40 mobile phones. The way I see it, this might actually work for Nokia. The Finnish…
Continental and Nokia team-up to connect your mobile phone with an in-vehicle display
Continental and Nokia are joining forces to enable drivers to connect, display and control mobile phone applications via an in-vehicle dashboard display. The name of the game (technology) is Terminal Mode and the goal is to improve the usability of services such as telephony, navigation, social networking and music in an automotive environment “while keeping…
Digital Chocolate scores 4 million game downloads on Nokia’s Ovi store
It’s not like every day we have some Ovi Store success story to share. Unfortunately for Nokia, they haven’t been able to repeat Apple’s AppStore success. If you look at Shazam’s example, it has hit 1 million Ovi Store downloads after 7 month, compared to 1.5 million in 2 months on AppStore. To be fair,…
Nokia buys MetaCarta, Massachusetts based mapping company with more than 30 employees
Just Landed – 36 Hours from blprnt on Vimeo. The recession must be over, because Nokia has brought 2 companies so far this year. Just 2 weeks ago the Finnish giant purchased Novarra, which provides the infrastructure to do something similar to what Opera does with Opera Mini. Today Nokia has announced that they’ve purchased…
Rumor: Nokia N97 Mini Due at Rogers in May
Mobile Aficionados north-of-the-border are going to get a little more Nokia love, at least, according to a tipster over at MobileSyrup. Rumor has it that the Nokia N97 Mini is due at Rogers sometime during the first or second week of May. That’s not so long from now… cool. Other details such as an exact…
Nokia X3 heading to Verizon?
FCC has recently approved a mysterious Nokia phone marked as RM-687, featuring CDMA and EV-DO connectivity. According to Engadget, this baby is most likely heading to Verizon, due the fact that Sprint for some reason doesn’t carry a single Nokia device. Further research (from Bluetooth SIG’s website) suggests the RM-687 is also known as the…
Nokia Comes with Music comes to China, without DRM [Who cares? Piracy is rampant over there!]
“Yue Sui Xiang”, or “Comes with Music” in Chinese, has launched in the land of little factories, dotted across the entire region, pumping out everything from your television set to the shampoo you use. It’ll be available on one of eight devices initially: Nokia X6 32GB and Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia 5230, Nokia 5330, Nokia…
Ovi Maps free navigation hits Nokia E71 and E66
Nokia is extending the reach of its free walk and drive navigation service to two additional devices – Nokia E71 and E66. In order to take advantage of the deal, you’ll need to download and install the latest version of Ovi Maps for PC, and then install the application on your phone. Please note that…
Motion-based apps get a special section in Nokia’s Ovi Store, sort of
If you’ve been looking for motion-based games for your Nokia handset, look no further. You can find some of them from store.ovi.com/publisher/eyeSight. As you can guess from the URL, it’s not a page dedicated to motion-based games, but a page listing all titles from publisher – eyeSight. However, you should know every eyeSight’s title is…
Nokia mounting iPad offensive with new Nokia Tablet offering?
Before Apple blitzed the world with its iPad, burning the notion of tablet computing into the mind of mainstream consumers, there was another company making tablet computers powered by lightweight and battery-friendly mobile operating system. Those tablets came from Nokia, and they largely failed to capture any significant market- or mind-share outside hardcore Nokia enthusiast…