Wondering whether you should pick up the Nokia N97 Mini or the regular N97? Matthew Miller from Nokia Experts made a ~ 9 minute video demoing and comparing both devices; a must watch if you’re considering purchasing either of these puppies. The N97 Mini has a 3.2 inch screen versus the old brother who has…
Video: 6.5 minute Nokia Money demonstration
Nokia Money, which was announced in August, and is expected to launch in Q1 2010, is being shown off in the video below by Waltteri Karhusari at the Nokia “Way We Live Next” conference in Finland. The UI is fairly basic, but that’s do to the demo being done on a fairly low end device.…
Deal: Nokia N900 available for $480 on Amazon!
Despite the fact Nokia announced that its N900 will sell for $649 in the U.S., the good ol’ Amazon is offering the Maemo-powered device for $480 ($479.99 to be more precise). As you probably already know that money buys you one of the most capable smartphones on the market today with features that include tons…
Nokia to cut 2% of their R&D staff, that’s 330 people
Nokia just issued a press release announcing a 2% reduction in research and development staff located in Oulu, Finland and Copenhagen, Denmark: Nokia continues to streamline its R&D operations Espoo, Finland — Nokia plans to align its research and development (R&D) operations in Finland and Denmark to be in line with the company’s focused portfolio…
Video: What’s Visa working on for mobile payments?
This week in Paris at the Cartes exhibition, Visa was showing off what they’re working on for mobile payments. They demos a native iPhone application, along with a Visa application that is embedded on a SIM card. The most exciting stuff, NFC, is shown off on a shipping Nokia device. Payments under 20 EUR are…
Nokia Ovi Store Stats: Almost half a billion downloads?
Bill Perry, Senior Services Marketing Manager for Forum Nokia, posted some statistics from the Ovi Store which has now been open for 5 months. The Ovi Store is available on over 100 devices, with users from over 180 different countries, and developers from 65 countries. There are 8 countries that have an Ovi Store in…
Brief: Nokia N900 in da house!
I wrote a piece yesterday about first impressions the N900, which really seemed to upset some people – chief amongst the objections were the fact that not everyone believed I have the N900 – well it’s picture-time, check it out: Other objections included black-and-white statements that resistive screens don’t support multi-touch – with a couple…
Brief: By 2012 there will be no more Symbian powered Nokia Nseries devices
Last night in London there was an official Nokia N900 meetup. Several members from The Really Mobile Project were in attendance and have learned, from Maemo’s Marketing Team, that by 2012 there will no longer be any Nseries devices powered by the Symbian operating system. They’ve also learned that there are no plans to bring…
The Five-minute fiddle: Nokia N900
So I just received an N900 in the post today, and one of the things I do like to do with new hardware, is to give it the ‘five-minute fiddle’. For those of you that are not familiar, the aim of the five-minute fiddle is to spend a very short period getting first impressions of…
MVNO Simple Mobile Launches; No Contract Unlimited Plans Starting at $40
A new mobile virtual network operator named Simple Mobile has launched today, making some tall claims about how they’re going to change the U.S. wireless market. Here’s the pitch; you can judge for yourself: Today the chaotic wireless industry just got … Simple. Executive leaders from some of the nation’s largest wireless mega giants have…