Nokia has issued a press release praising itself as the number one choice for mobile navigation over other leading handset manufacturers. Frost & Sullivan conducted the study amongst European and Russian consumers. The idea was: The key objectives of the study were to analyse consumers’ awareness of, and level of satisfaction with different types of…
Do not listen to the Guardian, there will be no Nokia devices running Android any time soon
I should be ashamed of myself for even linking to this terrible piece of flame bait, but I just have to. The Guardian’s Richard Wray is claiming that industry insiders have tipped him off that at Nokia World 2009, scheduled to take place in Stuttgart Germany between September 2 – 3, a new device will…
Nokia E52 with non-US 3G gets approved by the FCC
The ultra-thin and sexy Nokia E52 has been spotted while passing through FCC’s labs. The version FCC folks had to play with doesn’t sport the right 3G frequencies (HSPA works on the 900 and 2100 MHz bands), hence it won’t be able to sing along AT&T’s or Rogers Wireless’ 3G networks. This, however, is almost…
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett: Will be a few years before you see anything useful from Nokia deal
Way to crush people’s dreams Craig. Just over a week ago I live blogged the Intel-Nokia conference call where they announced they’ll be working together to create a new class of devices and usher in an era of unprecedented connectivity. Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett was in Helsinki yesterday and he told Retuers that “we…
Video: Unboxing of the limited edition red Nokia E75
The Nokia E75 is the first Nokia to feature a slide out QWERTY keyboard, it is also the first Eseries device to run S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and feature a 3.5 mm headphone jack. It has WiFi, GPS, a 2.4 inch 320 x 240 resolution screen, 3.2 megapixel camera and if you want…
Nokia’s Ovi Maps 3.0 goes live, you need a PC (can’t use a Mac) to install it on your mobile
Nokia’s Ovi Maps 3.0 just launched, and I’d love to tell you what it’s like, but I’m such a huge fan of Google Maps that I see no compelling reason to switch. For those of you living in nations that have expensive data plans, Nokia Maps is for you since you can preload maps. For…
Some thoughts on the next Nokia Internet tablet device
It’s fair to guess Nokia will launch a new Internet tablet device later this year. We’ve already posted an article with the rumored specs, but we haven’t said — cause we don’t know — whether the touchscreen used will be capacitive or resistive. The point of this article is to make the case for the…
Blurry Video: Nokia 6790, the Surge, assaulted with multiple branches from the ugly tree
Update: Video has been taken down. He probably got an angry call from Nokia or AT&T. This happens. No I did not back it up, but you really are not missing anything. Quick recap of the specs of the Nokia 6790, which will launch on AT&T in July under the name “Surge”, pricing unknown at…
Nokia rewrote Java J2ME for S60, finding a person who cares results in failure
J2ME is the most highly deployed application platform that exists today. Any mobile phone with a color screen and two soft keys, even the one that has been living in that back of your desk drawer since Clinton’s second term, probably has support for J2ME applications. Some of the best J2ME apps are Google Maps,…
New UI to be built on top of Symbian, S60 to be taken behind the barn and shot in the face?
Scott Weiss, User Interface Technology Manager for The Symbian Foundation, recently said that S60 5th edition, the version that you see on current touch devices shipping from Nokia such as the N97 and 5800, is a temporary solution and things will change rather soon. Back in April, the Symbian foundation blog said these two things…