Both iPhone and BlackBerry have some pretty basic Facebook applications available, but the king of the social networking hill wants to really dig into the mobile demographic after announcing 13% of their users access services by phone. New features they’re looking to pump out include profile picture caller ID, as well as address book synchronization.…
Nokia E63 NAM hits all US retailers!
Following on last week’s US-launch of the heralded Nokia E63 S60 smartphone through Nokia’s flagship stores in Chicago and New York, the Finnish cellphone giant has taken their North America-friendly Nokia E63 NAM nationwide. Nokia has announced that retailers all arcross the US are go to push the slim QWERTY smartphone to eager S60 fans.…
Nokia 5800 NAM coming around February 26th for $399?
Even though you can already grab yourself the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in Nokia Flagship Stores in Chicago and New York, these are not the one you should pursue if you live in the States. The problem is in the 3G frequencies used, which are tailored to work with European 3G networks. Simply put – you…
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic – slimmest and lightest N-Gage device
Nokia announced a new member to its music/N-Gage family called Nokia 5630 XpressMusic. At just 12mm slim and weighing only 83g, it is the slimmest and lightest N-Gage gaming device released to date. Aside from the fact that it’s a Symbian S60-based smartphone, the 5630 XpressMusic also prides itself with a 3.2 megapixel camera with…
Nokia to launch its AppStore at Mobile World Congress?
File this under “we’re almost sure it’s true,” but since we haven’t heard anything official from Nokia, it still needs to go to our “rumors” section. Apparently, the Finnish giant will be joining the likes of Apple, Google, RIM and now even Samsung to launch its application store. We should have all the answers within…
Nokia: bit-side acquisition is a done deal!
Wow, this was quick. It was two weeks ago, on January 27th, when we first learned Nokia wants to acquire Berlin-based bit-side and now it’s a done deal. Obviously sentences like “subject to customary closing conditions” doesn’t mean much or there is no that much hassle involved when acquiring smaller companies. Anyway, all of bit-side’s…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic gets its first major update; Firmware version reaches 20.0.0.12
Just when we reported that the minor firmware upgrade has been released for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, the Finnish giant released a new update, this time much larger. Although there is no official change log, AllAboutSymbian’s Rafe Blandford and Steve Litchfield managed to identify some of the changes: Geo-tagging information is now available in Camera…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic gets a minor firmware upgrade
Nokia has released a new firmware update for its all-touchscreen smartphone, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. Once the phone is updated, firmware version goes from 11.0.008 to 11.0.009, proving this is a truly minor upgrade. Unfortunately we haven’t caught the change log, but some reports suggest the phone is snappier after the update. As usual, we suspect…
eXpansys: Nokia N810 Tablet at £179.99!
All you UK readers that are looking for a Mobile Internet Device that isn’t a netbook, and that has a cool developer community for it, you may want to check out the Nokia N810 at eXpansys at the moment. This device has all the kit on board: Technical Details • Dimensions: 128x72x14 mm • Volume:…
Nokia E75 leaked yet again just in time for the Mobile World Congress
Again and again we see the Nokia E75 caught in the wild. This time the source is a Vietnamese website, whose owners obviously had some intimate time with the full slide-out QWERTY keyboard-equipped smartphone. We already know most of the specs, but it’s worth repeating, nonetheless. Aside from packing both numeric keypad and full QWERTY…