Nokia announced that it has begun working with Tim Kring, creator and executive producer of HEROES, to develop “innovative, new content for the Ovi Store.” As part of the deal, the Finnish giant has signed on as a “strategic partner and technology enabler” for a project created by Kring – codenamed TEVA. We don’t know…
Nokia Point & Find unveiled in beta for the UK and US
Nokia unveiled a cool service called Nokia Point & Find with the idea to sort of, kind of, merge mobile and real worlds, by allowing users to access relevant information and services, simply by pointing their mobile phone camera at real-life objects. Although the service is still in beta and is focused on movies and…
Low-end Nokia 1661 coming to T-Mobile USA
Nokia announced a new entry-level candybar for T-Mobile USA – Nokia 1661. There’s nothing too exciting about this device, except that it may help the Finnish giant expand its U.S. market share, at least a little. Specs wise, there’s a dual-band GSM radio on board, 1.8-inch 128×160 pixels screen, FM radio, speakerphone, flashlight, and a…
Nokia Photo Browser released for S60 touch phones
Nokia Labs has released a new free application called Nokia Photo Browser for Symbian S60 5th edition devices – 5800 XpressMusic and the upcoming N97. As you can figure out for yourself, the app is developed to allow users to do a simple task – browse through photos on their device. The twist is in…
Nokia Messaging coming to S60 touch; Adds Windows Live Hotmail support
Nokia has announced that their email solution, Nokia Messaging, is now supporting Windows Live Hotmail, allowing users of Microsoft’s popular webmail service to manage their email from their Nokia mobile phone. Hotmail is joining other services supported by Nokia Messaging — Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, AOL Mail, and thousands of other email providers. Along with announcing…
AT&T Runs Down Six New Handsets on Video
Well, AT&T just went official with their spring lineup, and totally stole all of our fun of speculating over blurry pictures and digging around for specs. Over “the coming weeks” we should be seeing the following on AT&T: Nokia E71x: Long-awaited enterprise messaging device Samsung Propel Pro: $149 on contract Samsung Impression: AMOLED touchscreen slider…
Nokia posts new Nokia N97 video walkthrough
Fans of the slide-and-tilt Nokia N97 will be happy to hear that Nokia has posted a new video walk-through that shows off some new N97 screens and transitions. The video presents a convincingly intuitive and sleek touch-based UI, which Nokia suggests helps make the Nokia N97 the “ultimate internet device.” Having had a little time…
Nokia Invests in Obopay Mobile Payments
Obopay, a company which facilitates payments by SMS in the U.S. and India, just recieved a cash infusion from handset giant Nokia for the estimated sum of $70 million. As a result of the investment, Nokia’s head of corporate business development, Teppo Paavolo, will have a seat on Obopay’s board. How Nokia flexes their muscle…
Need For Speed: Undercover hits N-Gage
EA Mobile’s Need For Speed: Undercover is hitting Nokia’s N-Gage, bringing the single most popular racing franchise to the platform. The latest offering in EA’s award-winning franchise locks drivers in a frenetic duel with the law as they rip through the city in eight iconic rides, including the Porsche 911 Turbo and the Nissan GT-R.…
Nokia Updates Mail for Exchange
Nokia has just released an update for their ActiveSync Exchange synchronization, with quite the updated feature list. • Access Point Groups/Destinations – Mail for Exchange can now actively switch between WiFi and GPRS connections automatically if your phone supports Destinations. This feature is only available on S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 and S60 5th…