China-based KongZhong Corporation announced that it has reached a non-binding agreement with Nokia Growth Partners to receive an investment of about $6.8 million in 5-year convertible senior notes. In addition, Nokia’s venture arm would also receive warrants to purchase an additional 2 million American Depositary Shares (ADS) at $5.0 per ADS, exercisable within five years.…
Forum Nokia announces winners of Calling All Innovators competition
Forum Nokia announced the final winners in its global “Calling All Innovators” contest for mobile applications and solutions to help improve the quality of life on the planet. Nearly 1,000 developers from 57 countries who submitted mobile applications were narrowed to 11 finalists in January: ECO-Challenge – apps and solutions designed to help minimize mobility’s…
America Movil, Nokia team-up to bring Nokia Maps to Latin America
Nokia and América Móvil announced a partnership to bring Nokia Maps Navigation to América Móvil consumers in Latin America. The new collaboration between the two companies is part of a broader partnership in the area of value-added services. As part of the deal, Nokia and América Móvil signed a Memorandum of Understanding related to broader…
Nokia 8208 announced for CDMA market
Remember that cool-lookin’ Nokia 8208 that we saw revealed back in July 2008 along with Nokia 3608? Well, the Finnish giant finally made it official. The stylish device is made to sing along EV-DO 3G, bringing dual-slider form factor to the CDMA world. In addition, the 8202 also packs a 3-megapixel camera, 2.2-inch QVGA screen,…
F-Secure announces mobile security software for Symbian S60 5th Edition smartphones
F-Secure is all proud to announce that they are the first anti-virus company to support Nokia’s new touch-enabled platform, S60 5th Edition. Even though there’s nothing special that could happen to you if you use your Symbian-powered smartphone carefully (i.e. read the screen alerts before actually pressing a button), some people prefer extra protection. And…
Nokia booth tour from the Fira de Barcelona!
Mobile World Congress this, Mobile World Congress that. Are you tired of Mobile World Congress coverage yet? We thought not. Nokia’s booth on the Fira de Barcelona show-floor was just about the most packed booth we’ve seen throughout the show. With the newly unveiled Nokia N86 and the upcoming Nokia N97 smartphones on hand to…
Hands-on with the Nokia N97 – Live from Mobile World Congress Barcelona!
The Nokia N97 is undoubtedly the new king of Nokia’s Nseries-hill. With a feature set that boasts a 5-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera (with dual-LED flash), GPS, WiFi, 3.5-inch touchscreen, and 32GB of on-board storage, it’s clear that the Nokia N97 reigns over its Nseries brethren with confidence. And, after putting hands on the device at…
Nokia, T-Mobile team-up on integrated mobile content marketplace
Nokia and T-Mobile issued a release today saying that they’ve agreed to promote together their respective offering for widgets, applications and other content. There are some things I don’t quite understand. Here’s an excerpt from the press release: The customer can browse and download widgets from both the T-Mobile widget gallery and Nokia’s Ovi Store…
Nokia announces new partnerships with Qualcomm and Broadcom
Today Nokia announced two partnership agreements. The first of the two involves Qualcomm, along with whom the Finnish giant will work together to develop “advanced UMTS mobile devices,” initially for North America. The idea is to use Nokia’s S60 platform and leverage Qualcomm’s advanced Mobile Station Modem MSM7xxx-series and MSM8xxx-series chipsets for “cutting-edge processing performance…
Live from Mobile World Congress: Hands-on with the 8MP Nokia N86
Nothing compares to actually putting hands on a new handset. No matter how much you read about a new piece of mobile hardware, there’s just no substitute for getting up close and personal with a new device. At a Nokia press conference held this morn, the Finnish cellphone maker unveiled their new Nokia N86 8-megapixel…