The Nokia N900 inches closer to a retail launch today with Espoo’s announcement that they’ve started shipping their N900 to distributors and retailers. Nokia recently missed its initial October 2009 window for shipping the N900, so today’s announcement is great news for fans of the N900’s 3.5-inch touchscreen, powerful ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 5-megapixel Car Zeiss…
Video: Alex Albrecht of Diggnation unboxes the Nokia Booklet 3G
Alex Albrecht, from the popular video podcast Diggnation, received a brand spanking new Nokia Booklet 3G and has posted an unboxing video. Notice how he immediately comments on Windows using “an old theme”. That’s called Windows 7 Starter baby, and it’s what Americans are going to get in order to make the cost as low…
Nokia: Three of our chargers may accidently deliver death by electrocution, please exchange them ASAP
Nokia just issued a press release asking you to replace your mobile fone’s charger if it is either the AC-3E and AC-3U models, manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009, or the AC-4U model, manufactured between April 13, 2009 and October 25, 2009. These defective chargers are an “electrical shock hazard”. Go to…
Nokia 3711 clamshell is at T-Mobile USA’s portfolio
T-Mobile has a new Nokia phone in its offering. Nothing too spectacular like the N900, but something more modest, something for an average Joe who don’t want to spend much to get basic calling and texting functionality. It’s the clamshell-shaped Nokia 3711 which prides itself with such usual specs like QVGA screen, 2-megapixel camera, GPS,…
Nokia 2720 ‘Fold’ Coming Soon to Fido
Fido customers that have been waiting for a new stylish and compact flip device may not have to wait that much longer for the Nokia 2720 ‘Fold’. In a little promo image (above) you’ll notice a ‘coming soon’ starburst slapped right on top of the 2720. If you’re looking for a solid, compact flip device,…
TELUS HSPA Network Goes Live, Here are the Phones and Plans
Bell busted out their fresh HSPA devices yesterday, and today we have a similar official announcement from telus. Earlier this week, we had a chance to sit down and take a look at the new toys; most of the players you’ll already be familiar with, but here’s a rundown of telus‘ take on each one.…
Nokia N86 Coming to Rogers for Holidays
Rogers has announced holiday availability of the Nokia N86 today, and is using the occasion to take a few potshots at the Bell and telus HSPA launches. Rogers is claiming their “unparalleled HSPA smartphone lineup underscores Rogers’ network superiority”, and are also milking the LG Eve and xperia X1 for all they’re worth.The N86 is…
Bell HSPA Network Goes Live, Featuring BlackBerry Bold 9700, iPhone 3GS, OMNIA II, and Video Calling
Bell has today gone ahead and flipped the switch on their brand new HSPA network. Coupled with telus launching their own tomorrow, Rogers will no longer have a lockdown on hot GSM handsets like the iPhone, and Canadians will get some much-needed choice in service providers. The only devices Bell was forthcoming about before today’s announcement…
Nokia, plus almost every major international operator, agree on a standard for voice + SMS over LTE
LTE, Long Term Evolution, 4G, whatever you want to call it, was designed to be a complete IP based system. Many of you may be surprised to hear this, but when LTE became a standard, it only supported data. That’s right, 4th generation networks didn’t have an interoperable standard for voice and SMS. Several solutions…
Nokia launches the 1280, 1616, 1800, 2200 Slide, and 2690: Prices range from $30 to $80
While Apple’s iPhone, Nokia’s N97 and HTC’s various Windows Mobile and Android powered devices win the hearts and minds of the technofiend journalists covering the mobile space, there are a class of devices, ultra low end devices, that are responsible for bringing progress to nations and an optimism toward the future that today’s smartphones simply…