I had few days to think it through about Nokia’s recently unveiled netbook and unfortunately I’m sad to report I’m disappointed. Here are few thoughts I had about it. In bed with WinTel Basically what Nokia has unveiled is yet another notebook. Sure, there’s the built-in GPS receiver and a great battery, but I’m sure…
Nokia 3710a clears the FCC; Heading to AT&T?
Remember the Nokia 3710 Fold, which was announced back in June? The North American version of the device called 3710a has been cleared by the FCC. AT&T will most probably pick it up, considering this baby can sing the 3G tune on WCDMA 850/1900 bands. Specs wise, the Nokia 3710a comes with a 3.2-megapixel camera,…
Nokia N85 gets an update
Nokia doesn’t give up on its older phone models and it’s a good thing. On that note, the Finnish giant unveiled the latest update for its N85 handset. Three of us — Will, Simon and I — had these babies at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, earlier this year, where we use them to…
Nokia to add “Solutions Unit” to their corporate structure on October 1
To grossly simplify Nokia’s current corporate structure, there is a devices unit that make phones, a services unit that make everything related to Ovi, and a sales unit that spends an insane amount of money to market the hell out of everything Nokia does. On October 1st, a new unit is going to open up…
Nokia just became PayPal with the launch of Nokia Money; built on top of Obopay
Nokia just announced “Nokia Money” which will be shown off next week at Nokia World. We told you about the Nokia Money trademark a little over a month ago, and it looks like the service is going to launch some time early next year. Similar to how Nokia purchased Twango and rebranded it Ovi Share,…
Brief: Nokia Booklet 3G to come out in early 2010, ARM based version a bit later?
Digitimes, the site that either gets things remarkably right, or totally wrong, has a rumor from a couple of Taiwanese handset makers that the Finnish company is planning on making a smartbook (defined as a netbook, but with an ARM processor) and will release it in 2010. They also claim that the Booklet 3G will…
First press image of the Nokia N97 Mini emerges
After we caught the press shot of the N900 Rover, photo of another upcoming Nokia device found its way to the Interwebs. It’s the already-previewed, approved-by-the-FCC – Nokia N97 Mini! Nokia World is coming within a week when we’ll have much more to report about it. In the meantime, a bit larger image is available…
Nokia 5230: €149 for a 3.2 inch touch screen, GPS, 3.6 Mbps HSPA and 2 megapixel camera
While Nokia may be lacking the ability to make their mobile operating systems look modern, they do have supply chain skills that make most other companies envious. Thanks to the convenience offered by buying in bulk, Nokia has just announced their cheapest touch screen device yet, the 5230. It has a 2 megapixel camera, GPS,…
Preview: Nokia N97 Mini: Like the N97, but with a smaller screen, less storage, and less d-pad
Eldar from Mobile-Review is at it again, pissing Nokia off greatly by publishing a preview of an unannounced device. First it was the Nokia N900 a few days ago, and now it’s the Nokia N97 Mini, both devices are expected to be officially launched at Nokia World 2009 which takes place on September 2. Eldar…
Nokia N900 Press Shot Leaks
It’s one thing to have some in-the-wild pictures slipping through the cracks, but when print-ready renders bubble up, you gotta believe an announcement is imminent. The expectation has been that the N900 will make its debut at Nokia World, and this picture comes alongside a confirmation that, yes, the first Maemo 5 handset will be…