The Nokia N97 and the Nokia N97 Mini, the flagships of Nokia’s current portfolio, have received updated firmware today. The N97, now up to firmware version 21.0.045, has more free RAM, better call reliability, smoother scrolling, browser improvements, and a more stable camera/camcorder application. The N97 Mini, 11.0.045, has the same changelog as its chunkier…
Nokia starting a price war by cutting prices up to 10% across their entire portfolio
Nokia’s Q4 numbers were good, but Samsung’s were out of this world, and that has the Finns scared. With Apple, Google and RIM eating Nokia’s lunch in the high end, Nokia didn’t really break a sweat since the mid range, and especially low end, market is their domain of excellence and is responsible for a…
Deal: Nokia E72 available for $314 at Dell; Coupon expires tomorrow!
If you’ve been looking for an ultimate messaging phone that’s also capable to do many other things, look no further – Nokia E72 is probably one of the best such devices. In addition, it also comes with a 5-megapixel camera, HSPA connectivity, GPS, WiFi and a whole lot more. Use coupon code VBMFS9FV$KCDSG and grab…
Firefox for Maemo is in the RC3
Mozilla has released the third release candidate of Firefox for Maemo platform. The emphasis was put on improving overall performance, hence web pages load significantly faster than on RC2. Likewise, panning is more responsive and zooming in on web pages is much faster. In addition, the Awesome Bar will also pop up faster when you…
Evans Data: Nokia Ovi Store rules in emerging markets of Asia-Pacific and Latin America
Apple’s AppStore may be ruling the Western hemisphere, but Nokia’s Ovi Store is the king in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific and Latin America. That’s according to Evans Data Corp’s newly released Wireless Development Survey, which also said that Microsoft’s Windows Marketplace for Mobile is performing well in case when apps are sold directly through…
Nokia Q4 09: Operating profit up almost 99% year on year, net sales still down 5%
After Q3 09, when Nokia reported their first loss in over a decade due to a huge write-off for Nokia Siemens Networks, no one thought the company would bounce back. Well they did, and their numbers are looking a hell of a lot better. Between October and December of 2009 Nokia generated almost 12 billion…
Video: Nokia puts a radar detector in your pants, now you can measure the speed of your pump action
Nokia’s Research Center in Helsinki has invented mobile radar. Yes, you’ve heard that right. The same type of technology that submarines have and make Sean Connery in The Hunt for Red October an awesome Russian anti-hero. Jani Ollikainen, Ilari Teikari, Risto Kaunisto, Terhi Rautiainen have to be given credit here, their demo shows how one…
Nokia makes the 16GB X6 official, fails to mention price, available this quarter
Less than 24 hours after I posted a rumour that Eldar Murtazin blurted out on Twitter about the Nokia X6 16GB model, Nokia makes the device official. How quaint. The announcement was not made on Nokia’s press site, but instead on the company’s official blog. The first paragraph reads like music to everyone’s ears: Today…
Nokia X6 16 GB coming soon, around 350 EUR, 3 colors: black, pink, blue
Eldar Murtazin, the man, the rock star, the legend, has some inside information regarding the 16 GB Nokia X6. For those unfamiliar with the current X6, it’s Nokia’s first and only capacitive touch screen device. It runs Symbian, it has 32 GB of onboard storage, and you can only buy it with Nokia’s “Comes with…
Video: Nokia N900 dual-boots Android and Maemo
You are probably aware of Nokia N900’s powerful capabilities. We’ve seen the hacker-friendly device running Duke Nukem 3D and Warcraft. Heck, we even have Nokia’s release inviting US tweekers and modders to do their best with the phone. On that note, we bring you the last cool “N900 thing” caught – this baby can dual-boot…