Nokia Siemens Networks have won a turnkey network expansion and managed services contract. The contract is with the UAE-based mobile carrier named du… and the contract is worth roughly $225 million USD. du ended the first half of this year with 1.85 million customers, and this new contract will expand the capacity of the network…
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic spotted on FCC with non-US 3G bands
This post is about two news, one good and the bad one. The good news is that the Nokia’s all-touchscreen wonder, 5800 XpressMusic, has been spotted at the FCC’s website. The bad news, though, is that the Tube FCC folks got doesn’t support the proper 3G frequencies (HSDPA 850/1900 MHz), thus this version can’t sing…
Nokia E90 Firmware Update
Users of the Nokia E90 will be pleased to know that Nokia engineers are still working to help you out. They’ve made a new firmware available for the device. Version 300.34.84 features numerous improvements to your current OS. If you make the update, you’ll lose BlackBerry support, but gain a lot in terms of other…
Nokia N85 Available in Legit eBay Stores
If you’ve been jonesing for the new Nokia N85, it looks as though the device is now showing up in some legitimate eBay stores. All of the N85’s I’ve seen so far appear to be unlocked with no contract. If you simply can’t wait any longer for the device, you can check out some current…
Chinese Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to come sans 3G, WiFi
It’s a sad day for every Nokia fan in China. Apparently Nokia’s iPhone killer, 5800 XpressMusic, will come without 3G and WiFi support. And while I can understand the lack of 3G radio because of Chinese TD-SCDMA standard, lack of WiFi is not that easy to explain. Why on earth would you want such a…
Nokia Email new beta released, Ovi Share gets Map View
A new beta version of Nokia Email is available. According to the Nokia Beta Labs blog post, the new version of the app is localized with added support for international characters and allows users to get mail from up to 6 email addresses, each in its own mailbox “yet all in one place.” In addition,…
Nokia E90 Communicator gets a firmware update
Nokia has released a new firmware update for its E90 Communicator. The firmware version 300.34.84 brings several improvements, including: Faster orientation switching (open/close lid etc) Nokia Maps 2.0 Updated Download! application (v3.1.736) Music player is updated Flash Lite 3 and Flash video updated Wi-Fi improvements New baseline for VoIP RealPlayer supports FLV format On the…
Qatar Telecom and NSN agree on DVB-H OMA BCAST SCP (Mobile TV)!
Bring on the Mobile TV deployments I say! Qatar Telecom and Nokia-Siemens Networks (NSN) have agreed on the deployment of a DVB-H OMA BCast Smart Card Profile (SCP) Mobile TV platform – which apparently is claimed will be the first commercially-ready implementation. As you may know OMA BCAST SCP is the variant of DVB-H that…
The N96: the swiss army knife of handsets! And cheap(er) in UK!
Ha ha! Quite a good description for the N96 I thought – it does pretty much everything! The analogy came from Indianexpress.com, you can check out their full story here. On UK-related pricing matters, though, Expansys are now the UK’s cheapest by my reckoning – but only for tomorrow morning, between 11am and 4pm. During…
Nokia XpressMusic 5800 gets hands-on
Next year sounds like a long time to wait for the Nokia XpressMusic 5800, but luckily there are some sticky-fingered reviewers out there willing to give it the full run-down right now. Folks were quick to pit the Tube against the iPhone (as we do with just about any touchscreen smartphone nowadays), but the reviewers…