A little over a month today, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs told Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat that by the end of this year there will be a Nokia product out on the market using the company’s well known Snapdragon processor, and that it would run Symbian. When Business Week asked Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kalasvuo about the…
Hardware Hands-on: Nokia Booklet 3G
I’ve been on a roll recently – having seen the N900, X6, and E72 up close, I thought it was time I saw the Booklet 3G – which is a departure for Nokia from their usual devices, squarely in to the land of Laptops (well okay, sub-notebooks, or netbooks, or whatever you want to call…
Nokia helps you celebrate this St Patrick’s Day in style
Whether you are Irish or just a little bit Irish at heart, St Patrick’s Day is often the best party of the year (especially if you’re sampling the local drink of choice :-)). If you are heading out to celebrate this St Patrick’s Day (17th March), Nokia wants to help you with four free Irish…
Nokia E72: Hardware Hands-on
So you know that the E72 is used by two very successful UK businesswomen, but Nokia have also very kindly lent me an E72, in order that I could get a feel for their latest business-centric device – and boy is the hardware nice! What looks like a laser-etched metal backplate complements an excellent piece of…
Strictly for the UK: The Nokia E72 is Karren Brady and Savannah Miller’s phone of choice
Want to learn how successful UK businesswomen juggle hectic work schedules and glamorous social lives? Two of the UK’s most successful businesswomen, Karren Brady and Savannah Miller, will be available to discuss this age old dilemma on Twitter this week- as part of the Nokia E72 In Action campaign- providing tips and advice on ‘best…
Microunity sues the entire mobile industry over obscure patents – HTC, Google, Apple, Samsung, Nokia, AT&T, LG and more!
Patents are big business. Just ask Microunity. The obscure “tech” “company” (read: patent troll) has up and filed a far-reaching patent infringement lawsuit against all the biggest players in the mobile space. Microunity’s lawsuit, filed today in a Texas court, reads like a who’s who of influential actors on the US mobile stage – the…
Shorthand Mobile uses SMS to bring apps to non-smartphones
We’re always looking at the next great smartphone, but it’s easy to forget that most people are still rocking feature phones or dumb phones. Shorthand Mobile is trying to bring apps to the masses by launching a service that will utilizes SMS for web content. “While there is incredible buzz around mobile app consumption, in…
Smartphone sales up in the fourth quarter
It looks like these smartphones aren’t just a fad, as a new report from ABI Research said the smartphone market boomed in the fourth quarter of 2009. The fourth quarter is always good for cell phones and smartphones because it’s the holidays and many people get a shiny new iPhone or Droid as a gift,…
Nokia launches “Design by Community”, because “Design by Committee” is already trademarked
Nokia Design is looking to mess with your mind. They want you, oh humble blog reader who is either A) addicted to the internet to such an extent that you’d kill yourself if Facebook went away, or B) someone in India who has an unhealthy obsession with the Nokia brand because you’ve fooled yourself into…
Photo: Nokia C6 press shot leaked, it’s got a touch screen with a side sliding QWERTY keyboard
What you’re looking at is a leaked press shot of the Nokia C6, the second device in Nokia’s new Cseries. If I had to guess the specifications, and this is purely speculation here, I’d say the C6 has a 3.2 inch screen, WiFi, GPS, and will not cost more than 250 EUR ($345). It’s supposed…