Microsoft and Nokia have announced a partnership whereby Nokia mobile phones will ship with office productivity software from Microsoft. This is the first time Microsoft has made their office productivity software available on another mobile platform. Read the press release here, watch the 3 minute video detailing this announcement below, or enjoy my live blog…
TPO delayed in supplying OLED panels to Nokia
A few weeks ago, OLED-info.com reported that Nokia are using two OLED panel suppliers – Samsung and TPO. The latest update is that TPO has some technical issues, and are not yet supplying panels to Nokia… oops! TPO plans to launch their first product later this year – a 3″ (or a bit larger) WVGA…
Breaking: Nokia and Microsoft holding a press conference tomorrow
Tomorrow (Wednesday August 12, 2009) at 11:00 in New York City (18:00 Helsinki time for my mates in Finland), Nokia and Microsoft are going to hold a press conference headed by Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft Business Division, and Kai Öistämö, Executive Vice President for Nokia Devices. When the press release with whatever new shiny…
UK: eXpansys selling N810 for £129.99!
Do you like a bargain? I do – in fact I love a bargain, especially when it involves Mobile Devices! That’s why I was very chuffed to receive an email from eXpansys, telling that they are now retailing the Nokia N810 for £129.99! We’ve written quite extensively on the N810 previously, particularly around the O/S…
Ovi Mail hits 1 million users; top countries are India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and South Africa
Ovi Mail, an email service built by Nokia, has just acquired their 1 millionth user since going live a little over 6 months ago. What makes Ovi Mail special is that in comes bundled on the entry level devices Nokia ships to countries with low PC penetration such as India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia and South…
Video: Nokia N97 hacked in order to add useless bling
Transitions, or pretty shit to watch while you wait for a device to do something as I like to call them, are a fast and easy way to make an outdated user interface seem new and modern. The Nokia N97 has the ability to display transitions, but the feature just happened to be turned off…
Video: New Nokia 5800 XpressMusic commercial
Today we present you with a new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic commercial. As you’re about to see, the Finnish giant insist the Tube is a great device for video and image capture, as well as sharing. Moreover there are maps, Internet, and so on. The idea of the clip is: Touch, Feel, Live. Here is comes,…
Nokia N900 Rover caught in the wild!
Just when we reported that the upcoming Nokia Internet Tablet aka N900 Rover has been spotted at the FCC, we caught some “in the wild” photos. Actually, the images show a prototype device, but it seems pretty finished to me. The photos appeared on the Mobile Bulgaria website, and I instantly found one thing I…
Canada’s Rogers Wireless to offer the Nokia 6790 Surge, too?
After AT&T, Canada’s Rogers Wireless is getting ready to launch the Nokia 6790 Surge, too. We’re not too excited about the Surge and its fugly form factor, but I guess some Sidekick fans like it (or not). Anyway, the carrier will reportedly sell the device for CA$89.99 on a way-too-long 3-year contract, or for CA$279.99…
Nokia N900 Rover is at the FCC; Heading to T-Mobile USA?
We know Nokia is gearing toward launching the next Internet tablet device which will reportedly be called N900 Rover. However, we haven’t got a clue they’ll be launching it with T-Mobile (of all the carriers in the U.S.). This is not to say T-Mobile is bad, quite the contrary, it’s just that their 3G network…