What would make Nokia’s first S60-powered (S60 5th Edition, that is) touchscreen handset better than it already is? Well, for starters, we’d love to see the US fleet of Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handsets actually working with 3G frequencies in the US. Unfortunately, we’ll have to wait for Nokia to get the bugs worked out on…
Preliminary N97 Pricetag “Outrageous” Says Nokia
Expansys had ballparked the N97 as going for £689.99, but a Nokia spokesperson called the figure “outrageous” in a recent interview, although the June release date still sounds likely. That’s good news, especially considering the tight wallets nowadays, and let’s be fair – the N97 is a pretty sweet phone, that’s a little pricey. As…
Nokia pulls 3G-defective 5800 XpressMusic NAM handsets from flagship stores
It’s official. After a couple days of speculation and WTF-ery from miffed Nokia 5800 XpressMusic owners unable to get a reliable 3G data connection on their new smartphones, Nokia has come out and officially acknowledged the problem. Nokia has pulled all 5800 XpressMusic NAM models from the shelves in its New York and Chicago flagship…
Expansys shows Nokia N97, HTC Touch Diamond2 release dates, pricing
Good ol’ Expansys is always there to get us some solid info before other mobile phone stores or, in some, cases even handset makers themselves. This time around, their websites have information regarding the release dates and pricing of the two highly anticipated smartphones – Nokia N97 and HTC Touch Diamond2. First we’ve learned that…
Nokia “Comes With Music” is now live in Singapore
We told ya’ Nokia is bringing its “Comes With Music” offering to Singapore and now it’s official. Actually, this happened on Saturday, but we thought it’s a nice news to start the week. You know the deal, right? You buy a “Comes With Music” handset and along with the device you also get a chance…
All that and a bag of potato chips… and a cellphone!
No, there are no potato chip vendors (that we know of, anyway) that are offering free cellphones with purchase of a bag of ‘tater chips. But, what would you do if you happened to find an ancient Nokia mobile phone inside your favorite bag of chips? Wisconsiner Emma Schweiger recently faced that exact same predicament…
Nokia E55 spotted in Red!
There’s not much in the way of details here (not like we really need them), but it looks like the Nokia E55 will be made available in a full-bodied Red variant that we see in these latest hands-on pictures. The Nokia E55 was recently unveiled at Mobile World Congress as a more pocketable business phone.…
Nokia gets a 500 million EUR loan from European Investment Bank for smartphone R&D
Nokia announced that it has completed a 5-year 500 million EUR loan agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to part-finance software R&D projects during 2009-2011 to make Symbian-based smartphones more competitive. Apparently, the R&D activities supported by this loan will also benefit the work of the Symbian Foundation, which is expected to start operations…
First-run Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handsets have defective speakers!
The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic is now available in the US with North American 3G frequency support (read: AT&T 3G support)! Good news for Symbian touchscreen fans with an itch for all things music, to be sure, but there’s something you should know about early-production Nokia 5800 XpressMusic handsets. According to Nokia, all 5800 XpressMusic cellphones…
Orange and O2 Angry Over Skype-Nokia Partnership?
Remember that announcement about Skype being preloaded on the Nokia N-series from Mobile World Congress? Well, Orange and O2 aren’t too happy about the VoIP operator taking a bite from their voice revenues. Rumors are floating around that both carriers might pull their N97 stock should the Skype deal go through,and even pull other Nokia…