Take note Verizon customers, if you’re looking for a small device, the new Nokia 2705 is the smallest device now offered on your operator’s network. Verizon isn’t releasing too many specifications, actually any specifications. Wish I could tell you the exact dimensions of the Shade, size of the battery, or anything really geeky, but all…
Preview: Nokia N900 discussed using more words than an unabridged English dictionary
I’m not going to lie, I didn’t make it through Michal Jerz’s 4 page preview of the Nokia N900. It’s long. Very long. So long that you’ll probably only read it in its entirety if you’re either a deeply disturbed mobile phone freak or interested picking up the N900. I did what most sane people…
Upgrade: Nokia N86 new firmware is live, adds face detection
The ever so handsome Rafe Blandford from All About Symbian is posing in front of the Nokia N86 to demonstrate the new face detection feature inside the latest firmware for the Nokia N86. This is the first Nokia device to get face detection. A full change log of firmware 20.115 can be found on All…
Brief: Best Buy to get exclusive retail rights on the Nokia Booklet 3G in the USA
Best Buy will be the only place in the U.S, other than Nokia’s own web portal of course, where you can pick up the Nokia Booklet 3G, the companies first netbook. When will it hit Best Buy shelves and how much it will cost has still not been decided. Specifications for those who need a…
Analyst: People who use cellphones to navigate find Google Maps to be most trustworthy
Strategy Analytics asked 625 automotive consumers in the US and Western Europe what they used to help them get to where the need to go, and the answer is Google Maps. Despite not having real time turn by turn navigation, or some stupid celebrity voice giving you instructions, Google Maps is what consumers trust and…
Ovi Mail Setup for S60 released in beta
Nokia has released a new S60 app called Ovi Mail Setup, allowing users to sign-up for an Ovi Mail account directly from their S60 smartphone. The application will guide you through the process of signing up and, as a result, install a new icon in the Installations folder for quick access to Ovi Mail. So,…
Video: Nokia N900, with SNES emulator installed, hooked up to a TV, playing Super Mario World
The amount of lawyers with dollar bills in their eyes right now is astronomically large. Lawsuit waiting to happen aside, what you’re about to see below is Urho Konttori, Project Manager at Nokia, with a Super Nintendo emulator called DrNokSnes installed on his Nokia N900. He hooked up a Nintendo Wii controller to it, which…
The Philippines’ Smart Communications offers Nokia Messaging, too
The Nokia Messaging service is steadily getting some serious traction. Latest carrier to jump on board is Smart Communications in the Philippines, which started selling the Finnish giant’s service on September 26th. The carrier offers Nokia Messaging with the Nokia E75 purchase and with the so called SMART Gold plan which costs P299 per month.…
John Martin, former Vice President of iPhone and Mac Internet Services at Apple, joining Nokia
John Martin, who according to his LinkedIn profile was Vice President of iPhone and Mac Internet Services at Apple from August 2005 to September 2008, is joining Nokia to head up the group working on Maemo and Maemo based devices according to the Finnish publication Talous Sanomat. Martin has worked in a huge variety of…
CEO of Dopplr, Marko Ahtisaari, to become the Head of Nokia Design
Dopplr, which Nokia purchased yesterday, was headed by CEO Marko Ahtisaari. Arctic Startup has just learned that he has been appointed Head of Nokia Design. That’s a hell of a promotion. Marko Ahtisaari has a rich history, besides being the CEO of Dopplr, he sits on the board of directors at F-Secure, Newsmill, Artek and…