Nokia’s luxury arm, Vertu, has recently unveiled their latest offering – a series of limited edition Ascent Ti Ferrari phones. As it’s the case with most luxury devices on the market, it’s not the features Vertu is selling. Rather it’s love for the Ferrari brand and precious materials. Specs wise, there’s quad-band GSM radio (850/900/1800/1900MHz)…
T-Mobile to sell unlocked and subsidized Nokia handsets through Best Buy?
Unlocked handsets are most definitely the way to go in the GSM market. Without any SIM locks to keep you bound to a specific GSM network, unlocked handsets give the user the freedom to roam the world with the knowledge that they’ll be able to hope on voice and data networks almost anywhere. And, so,…
Nokia E71 – day 7: Managed to crash it!
Today I’m writing you about my E71 crashing experience. This hasn’t happened actually today, but I need to inform you about it, nonetheless. I managed to crash the E71 two times: First time it was when I opened Nokia Maps and wanted to close it quickly, so I could do some other thing on the…
ONE lives on Nokia N-Gage!
Finally a game worth buying an N-Gage compatible device. It’s called “ONE” and it’s a fighting game featuring 3D animation and high-quality graphics with customizable characters. You should expect the realistic fighting scenes, as the movements of a real martial artist performing kicks and other moves have been recorded and used to animate the characters…
Nokia E71 – day 6: Two more apps installed – GMail and Calcium
Two more apps are installed on my Nokia E71. They are GMail and Calcium. I’m sure you’re aware the new version of GMail mobile app is out now. Using it on the Nokia E71 is a true pleasure. Sure there’s Nokia’s email client, but I simply love Google’s mobile app. It may not be a…
Nokia’s acquisition of OZ Communications is completed
Back in October, Nokia said it will acquire OZ Communications, a Montreal, Canada-based company which provides software that delivers access to popular instant messaging and email services on mobile devices. Today, the Finnish giant announced it’s a done deal and that OZ’s staff of approximately 220 people are now Nokia employees. By acquiring OZ, Nokia…
Nokia E71 – day 5: It’s almost a true mobile office with a Bluetooth keyboard
As promised, today I’m connecting my Stowaway Sierra Bluetooth keyboard to the Nokia E71. The pairing went expectantly well, just as it did with my Nokia N93. However, the E71 responds much faster, thanks to the newer version of Symbian OS and S60 — it runs Symbian OS 9.2 with S60 3.1 (Feature pack 1)…
Nokia feels the pain of market slowdown, hands out 600 pink slips
It was only a matter of time before the slowdown in global mobile growth hit the big-boys where it hurts the most – their bottom line. As the global economy threatens a planet-wide recession that likely further dampen growth in mobile phone sales, it’s hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel.…
Nokia unloads seven new low-end handsets, plus services
In an effort to push further into emerging markets, Nokia has announced the 7100 Supernova, 5130 XpressMusic, 2323, 2320 and 2330 Classic, the 1202 and the 1661. They’re all pretty basic candybars, but they’re primarily intended to support the two new services Nokia is rolling out. Nokia Life Tools will offer rural users easy access…
Nokia N96 with US 3G officially starts shipping
I know that at the end of October we mentioned the Nokia N96 with US 3G frequencies (850 and 1900 MHz) is available for purchase, but it was yesterday when we caught Nokia’s official release announcing the N96 has started shipping. Let’s recap the specs: 2.8-inch QVGA screen 16GB of internal memory further expandable with…