For those of you wishing for a cheap, always-connected netbook that cranks out a full work day on a single charge while still managing to keep things slim and stylish (aluminum chassis FTW), the Nokia Booklet 3G might be just what you’re looking for. But, with a $299 price tag that requires you to sign…
The 13 patents Apple is saying Nokia has violated
Just a few moment ago Apple filed a countersuit to Nokia’s charge that the company has violated 10 of their patents essential to the GSM, UMTS (WCDMA) and WiFi standard. Apple has said that Nokia has violated 13 of their patents. I’m surprised how old some of these are, especially the 10th patent which dates…
Apple Countersues Nokia: Oh. My. God. [Update: AAPL calls out Anssi Vanjoki’s “copy with pride” quote]
A little less than 2 months ago Nokia sued Apple for violating 10 patents the Finnish company deemed critically for making GSM, UMTS, WCDMA and WiFi work. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster said Apple may be looking at paying $200 to $400 million in damages, while Strategy Analytics analyst Neil Mawston said that figure was…
Nokia 5235: $215 gets you unlimited music downloads for a year, and a low end touchscreen phone
Nokia has just announced the 5235, which is nothing more than a 5230, except without GPS. You lose the ability to see where you are on a map, but you gain “Comes with Music”, which is Nokia’s way of giving you 1 year of unlimited legal downloading. Yes the files are laced with DRM, yes…
Nokia N97 Now Available on Bell from $199.95
As we expected, Bell customers now have a new high-end slider to fiddle around with! Yeppers, the Nokia N97 is now live on ‘big blue’. The N97 will set you back $199.95 on a 3-year contract, $449.95 on a 2-year, $549.95 on a 1-year, and $599.95 outright. Sheesh, you THINK they want to hook you…
Nokia’s Handwriting Calculator no longer in beta
Nokia’s somewhat handy Handwriting Calculator is no longer a beta product. According to this post on Nokia Beta Labs, the application was downloaded 140,000 times from Beta Labs and 293,000 times from Ovi Store. It also comes pre-loaded with Nokia N97 and Nokia 5530 XpressMusic in the greater China markets since June 2009. Given these…
Brief: Nokia to close two more flagship stores: New York and Chicago, you’re out!
It’s been less than a week since I reported about Nokia closing their London Flagship Store and Matthew Miller from Nokia Experts has just become the bearer of even more bad news with a report saying that the New York and Chicago Flagship stores will be shut down as well. I’ve been to all 3…
Brief: Nokia creating joint venture with New Alliance to break into the Chinese mobile services market
Nokia has formed a joint venture with some company you never heard of so that they can tap the Chinese market, which they’ve admitted in the press release below to be the largest mobile and internet market. Nokia joins forces with New Alliance to establish mobile services joint venture in China Beijing, China – Nokia…
Rihanna gets its own S60 touch app, compliments of Nokia
Nokia launched the Rihanna app for S60 touch phones (as far as I’ve understood) such as the Nokia N97, Nokia X6 and Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. The exclusive application (as Nokia emphasizes) delivers news, music, photos and video content to Rihanna fans. That video content part is especially underlined, as it includes live performance clips from…
Nokia: Don’t mind the current economic situation, pick up a 6700 Classic Gold Edition [$545]
The Nokia 6700 Classic is a lovely feature phone that has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, and it is meant to be the successor of the hugely successful 6300. When it was announced back in January of this year it was offered for 235 EUR [$345] and that was a fairly reasonable price. Today Nokia…