The VoIP service provider we all know and love, Skype, has joined hands in holy softwarimony with handset giant Nokia, with apps preloaded on N97 models this third quarter. Awareness and instant messaging through Skype will be built right into the address book, and though starting only with the N97, should spread throughout the rest…
Nokia enters the 8 megapixel race with N86 8MP
Today at the press breakfast, Nokia unveiled its ticket for the ongoing 8 megapixel race. It’s called the N86 8MP and it’s a slider-shaped Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone. As you’re about to see from the images bellow, the device looks quite sexy, but what images can’t tell you is how it…
Nokia’s application store is called Ovi Store and it opens in May!
Nokia unveiled its mobile application storefront and it’s called Ovi Store. Set to begin operating in May of this year, the new service is designed to go well beyond any other mobile application store on the market. Nokia’s trick is to offer users much more than applications and games, by including other content like images,…
Nokia 6710 Navigator and 6720 classic get announced
Aside from unveiling two new ESeries devices, Nokia also announced two other devices. According to the official release, both the Nokia 6710 Navigator and Nokia 6720 classic are designed to “showcase the best that Nokia Maps has to offer.” In that sense, and as you can guess for yourself, both phones come with built-in GPS…
Nokia unveils two new ESeries devices – E55 and E75
Nokia added two new members to its ESeries family of devices – E55 and the “one we knew is coming” – E75. Specs wise we’re talking about very similar (i.e. same) device, which pride themselves with 3.2 megapixel camera, built-in GPS receiver, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, 2.4-inch screen, and Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature pack 2.…
Adobe and Nokia announce $10 million Open Screen Project fund to push Flash apps development
It’s the way of the future. Apple has its iFund, Google its developers challenge and now Nokia along with Adobe is joining the wave. The two companies unveiled $10 million Open Screen Project fund to push development of applications and services using the Adobe Flash platform. The new fund is a result of the industry-wide…
Nokia Music Stores hit Austria and Switzerland; Comes With Music heading to Singapore
We’ve almost missed this. It’s not Mobile World Congress related, but it’s important nonetheless. Nokia announced that their Nokia Music Store is now available to the people of Austria and Switzerland. As usual, aside from offering music from the major labels, the Finnish giant also made sure local artists are in the database, as well.…
Nokia N96 is in da house; First impressions are here
Nokia’s WOM World was kind enough to lend me the Nokia N96 so I could carry it with myself to the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The device is super slick and looks much, much better than its predecessor, Nokia N95 8GB (if that is its predecessor at all). It fits in the hand nicely…
DigitalGlobe scores new multi-year agreement with Nokia; Real-world imagery coming to Nokia Maps!
DigitalGlobe and Nokia have agreed to bring the real-world perspective of high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery to Nokia Maps, both on mobile devices and on Ovi. As a result, users will have quick, easy and seamless access to a wide range of global high-resolution imagery from DigitalGlobe’s ImageLibrary sourced from its high-resolution satellite constellation and…
Nokia bringing two new touchscreen handsets to MWC?
With a little luck, we’ll see the Finnish cellphone giant pushing a new lineup of touchscreen smartphones on the Fira de Barcelona show-floor at Mobile World Congress next week. In a video interview with the Nokia N97 designer, Nokia shows off a couple new touchscreen smartphones with impressive feature-sets. The two new finger-friendly Nokia handsets…