Nokia is bringing its Comes With Music (CMW) scheme to India under the name Ovi Music Unlimited. As far as I’ve understood, it’s not some separate, new service but the one the Finnish giant is already offering in other markets around the world. That made me think – are we about to see the global…
Vertu unveils 4 golden phones in Japan
Japan may not be Nokia’s turf anymore, but there’s Vertu – the Finnish giant’s luxury arm that not only sells its super overpriced pieces of jewelry in the Land of the rising Sun, but also operates as (again) an expensive MVNO. To celebrate the first anniversary of its flagship store in Ginza, Tokyo next month…
Let Nokia Bot widgets do all the thinking, so you don’t have to
Nokia Beta Labs released a set of small apps (widgets) that learn how you use your phone to automatically personalize the experience. Nokia Bots is the name of the game and they work on your device’s homescreen like widgets, doing all the customization in the background. There are four Nokia Bots available: Profile Bot –…
QWERTY keyboard devices compared (video)
Recently I had the opportunity to take a look at the Nokia E72 and INQ Chat 3G, and compare them with another QWERTY keyboard device, in the form of the BlackBerry Curve 8900. We take a quick tour round the devices, starting with dimensions, then moving on to look at keyboards. Check out the video…
Nokia E72: Software Hands-on
I’ve been trying out a number of devices recently, both in terms of hardware and software. One example of this is with the Nokia E72. I Checked out the hardware in this video post, whereas below you’ll find another video where I’m having a look over the Software (OS, UI, Apps, etc). If you want…
Nokia E72 to be stocked by 3UK due to popular demand!
Check it out! The power of the crowd comes in once again, as 3UK decide to reverse their decision not to range the Nokia E72, and instead bring it on to the network for a May 2010 timeframe! Apparently 3UK were getting so many comments on their blog, that it convinced them it was the right…
Nokia buys yet another company you’ve never heard of, and said company’s website is down
Nokia just bought Novarra, who according to the press release is a privately owned company of over 100 people based out of Chicago. This blurb is also attached: Novarra, the Internet Mobility company, provides high performance mobile internet browsers and platforms for operators, handset manufacturers and internet brands to create new services and revenue streams…
QotD: “Palm’s intellectual property is along the same order of magnitude as Apple”
The future of Palm isn’t looking very good. Their stock price is hovering at around $4 giving it a market cap of a little over $672 million. They’re sitting on tons of excess inventory, and their hardware isn’t exactly known for its robustness. People are saying that the company will be acquired sooner rather than…
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo gets paid 5.3 million EUR in 2009, up 68% from 2008 figures
When a dog brings you your newspaper in the morning, you give him a biscuit for doing a good job. When Nokia fires several hundred people over the course of a year, the CEO gets an extra 2 million EUR for doing … what exactly? In an age when Motorola’s CEOs both took a 25%…
Nokia to cut 60 more jobs (50 in Finland, 10 in Germany), this time in the Accessory Unit
Talous Sanomat reporter Aleksi Moisio has discovered that Nokia plans on cutting 60 more positions. The cuts impact the Accessory Unit, which currently employees 200 people, and is spread out over Finland, Germany and China. Of those 60 cuts, 50 are to take place in Finland, and 10 in Germany, and assuming this figure of…