Nokia and Alpine are teaming up to bring the strengths of a smartphone to in-car systems. The technology is dubbed “Terminal Mode” and it connects your Nokia handset with the car’s system via Bluetooth and USB. While many cars can connect to phones, this partnership should lead to deeper integration that can provide entertainment, be…
Mobile patent lawsuits explode
Apple’s not the only one getting sue-happy over patents, as this brilliant infographic from The New York Times shows that pretty much every major player is involved in a patent lawsuit. Google says the smartphone will overtake the desktop within the next three years, so many companies are trying to carve out their space. Patents…
Verizon BOGO: Two Nokia Twist 7705 Devices for $29.99
Received a little promo email in the ‘ol inbox this morning from Verizon. They wanted to let me (and you) know about a new buy-one-get-one (BOGO) promo that has just been launched. The deal? Get 2 Nokia 7705 Twist devices for $29.99. Of course, you have to sign up with brand spankin’ new 2-year contracts…
Nokia X6 Launches for Vodafone UK Customers
Previously I had reported that the Nokia X6 was available on 3UK – well guess what, now it’s available to buy from Vodafone UK! The Nokia X6 has a big, bright 3.2 inch touchscreen that’s great for games, browsing the web and videos – which is lucky really, since the third series of Gavin &…
QiK Premium and Skype come to Nokia’s Ovi Store, which is getting 1.5 million downloads a day by the way
When it rains, it pours. Three big pieces of news relating to Nokia’s Ovi Store his the net over the past 24 hours: QiK Premium was released. It’s $5/year. What does that money get you? Higher quality video playback. What do I think about live streaming video services? Waste of time. Nothing you do, NOTHING,…
Fring video calls now available on Nokia Symbian 9.3 devices, too!
10 days ago Fring announced that it has expanded the list of supported devices to include additional Nokia Symbian S60 smartphones. Now they’re going one step further and again it’s Nokia S60 users they are targeting. However, this time their focus is on Symbian 9.3-powered phones such as the Nokia E72 and E75, both of…
Nokia 5230 hits American shores, called the Nuron [UPDATE: $70 w/ 2 year contract]
The Nokia 5230, which was announced over 6 months ago, has finally made it across the Atlantic ocean via a steam boat operated by an alcoholic one legged sailor. The only thing new in the American version of the device is preloaded Ovi Maps, and support for T-Mobile’s wacky 1700 MHz 3G band. The guy…
HTC HD2, Motorola CLIQ XT and Nokia Nuron Priced for T-Mobile
A flurry of T-Mobile-bound handsets have been priced by this screenshot of internal documents. What is most striking here is that the HTC HD2 is an altogether reasonable $199.99 on contract ($449.99 with no strings), which is a stark contrast to the $349.99 T-Mo was asking for the TouchPro2 at launch. That’s a great price…
Nokia C5: $185 will get you 3.2 megapixels, GPS, HSPA, and Symbian [UPDATE: Video!]
Like clockwork, Nokia announced the C5 today. It says a lot that the company used their press bulletin site, and not their official press site, to make the announcement. When that usually happens, the device is seen as something not too important to the company’s portfolio. Maybe there are more Cseries devices lined up, more…
Nokia to announce new Cseries devices tomorrow at CeBIT
CeBIT is the European version of CES, and I don’t mean that in a good way. It’s huge, it’s noisy, and everyone I know who went there said that they’ll never, ever go again. That being said, Nokia is dropping some hints, via their first Nokia Conversations newsletter, that there will be a new Cseries…