Unlike the kickstand sound on the Nokia N96, the one used in the upcoming Nokia N86 8MP is “active.” Once opened, it starts a Kickstand app, allowing users to browse photos, maps, contacts, web, music; or check check their email — all from a comfort of their chair while Nokia’s 8 megapixel shooter stands on…
Austria’s A1 brings Nokia Messaging to its users, too
Nokia keeps announcing new partners for its Nokia Messaging offering. Latest carrier to jump on board is Austria’s A1, part of mobilkom austria, which will start offering the Finnish giant’s consumer email service starting from May 2009. As a result, A1 will offer users Nokia Messaging app/service bundled with a special plan of 5 EUR…
America Movil launches Nokia 5800 Comes With Music, too
Following Brazil, Nokia is launching its all-touchscreen 5800 XpressMusic handset bundled with Comes With Music offering in Mexico. Telcel subsidiary, America Movil, is the Finnish giant “partner in crime,” which will officially start offering the device through its Authorized Customer Centers and Authorized Distributors, starting from tomorrow, May 1st. The special version of the device…
Bad news: Nokia N97’s CPU is only a bit faster than the one used in the 5800 XpressMusic
Bad news folks. Nokia keeps saving on hardware even in its high-end devices. The soon-to-be-released Nokia N97 will sport the single ARM11 CPU with clock speed at 434 MHz — i.e. no dedicated GPU. And while this is faster than the CPU used in the 5800 XM (369 MHz), it’s still kinda disappointing. I know…
Social location widget Rocket wins Nokia N97 widget competition
Remember the Nokia N97 widget competition, which the Finnish giant launched in December of last year? The winner has been announced during the recently ended Nokia Developer Summit in Monaco. It’s called Rocket and it’s a social location (SoLo) widget developed by David Emmanuel Castro Guerrero from Mexico. As an award, Guerrero went home with…
Nokia 5800 Comes With Music hits Brazil
A special version of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available in Brazil, bundled with TIM’s plan. We’re talking about the “Comes With Music” edition device, the one that comes with Nokia’s unlimited music download service. The special launch offer includes the Nokia 5800 with the TIM’s unlimited data package for two months. The price…
Coming Soon: Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Star Trek Edition!
Calling all Trekkies. Your touchscreen smartphone has arrived! There’s likely a pretty significant overlap between Trekkies and mobile enthusiasts. Case in point, myself. I’m not ashamed to admit that I have an almost debilitating affinity for mobile phones, nor am I ashamed of being a Star Trek fan. For those of you like me, Nokia’s…
No Carrier Billing for Ovi Store at U.S. Launch
Nokia’s stab at the on-device software store game, the Ovi Store, will apparently not be launching with a carrier billing model as originally planned, at least in the U.S. Elsewhere in the world, like Australia, Britain, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Russia, Singapore, and Spain, would still be able to buy their apps and have the charge…
University of Southern California, Nokia team-up to work on advanced mobile user experiences
The University of Southern California (USC) and Nokia Research Center (NRC) Hollywood announced the so called “research collaboration framework agreement” that centers on advanced mobile user experiences. Under the terms of the deal, the two parties will work together on multiple projects in a variety of areas and will streamline the process for commercializing USC…
Italy’s TIM to offer the Nokia N97 for 599 EUR
Adding the HTC Magic is obviously not enough for Italy’s TIM. They decided to follow the footsteps of Vodafone by including the Nokia N97 in their offering, too. The problem, however, is the price — HTC Magic will be available for 449 EUR, while Nokia’s flagship device will be sold for whooping 150 EUR more.…