Nokia is out with the latest version of their Nokia Maps product/service. They also have a new promo video on YouTube to convince us why we should love their mapping solution more than some others. The idea is logical – it’s not about location, it’s about the people. And yes, with Nokia Maps, the Finnish…
Nokia pares down holiday-quarter performance outlook
Things are bad, the global economy is finding new lows, and consumers are pulling back on their holiday gadget spending. Nokia, in anticipation of economic woes affecting holiday mobile phone sales, has announced that they are lowering their Q4 2008 handset sales would fall short of previous expectations. Nokia had earlier predicted that global handset…
Nokia looking forward to Linux powered handsets
Google’s Android OS may be enjoying the majority of the Linux-limelight, what with the T-Mobile G1’s recent launch and all. But, there are other Linux-based mobile operating systems in the works, waiting for their turn to shine in the smartphone segment. Even amidst the transition to an open-source Symbian code-base, Nokia is open to using…
Nokia unveils three new accessories
Finally, it’s not just the uber-cool N97 Nokia has unveiled at their Nokia World. They also went out with three brand new accessories: Nokia Home Music is a music device for home which brings internet radio, podcasts, and FM radio at the touch of a button. It can connect to mobile phone, PC or a…
Nokia extends its mobile email offering
The new version of Nokia Maps is not the only service Nokia has introduced at this year’s Nokia World. The Finnish giant also introduced two messaging products/services: First comes Nokia Messaging, which mobilizes consumer email and instant messaging (IM) on Nokia devices. Once available (in Q1 2009), Nokia’s service will provide users with access to…
Nokia Music Store hits United Arab Emirates
Nokia keeps expanding its online music stores around the world. This time, though, they’re going outside Europe, bringing its service to the Middle East, to United Arab Emirates. As it’s the case with all other Nokia Music Stores opened elsewhere, the twelfth store globally is part of Nokia’s OVi offering, tightly integrated with Nokia NSeries…
Nokia Home Control Center In the Flesh
Flesh? Circuits? Whatever. The announcement of Nokia’s Home Control Center last week was a little barren without some visuals to go along with it, so here’s the hub that will handle everything from opening your garage door to monitoring your home’s energy usage. Wi-Fi enabled S60 phones should be able to hook in seamlessly and…
Nokia Maps gets an update!
Nokia has released the updated version of its mobile mapping and navigation service – Nokia Maps. The same has “happened” to their “personalized online mapping experience” on Ovi, creating the first free service that allows people to pre-plan journeys from a PC and synchronize them with a mobile phone. In addition, the new version of…
Nokia completes its offer to acquire Symbian Limited
Today, Nokia announced that it has completed its offer to acquire Symbian Limited. All conditions have been satisfied and Nokia has received valid acceptance of greater than 99.9% of the total Symbian shares that the Finnish giant did not already own. The closing of the offer is a fundamental step in the establishment of the…
Nokia N97 Announced with Slide, Touch and a Tilt
So much for Wednesday – the big announcement from Nokia World has dropped today instead, and it’s the N97 – a touchscreen slider with all the slanty goodness of the TyTN II due to hit store shelves in the first half of 2009 for EUR 550. We had heard rumours of a touchscreen N-series coming…