The Chief Technology Officer for the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, has stepped down as the company’s top-dog technologist. Nokia’s CTO Bob Iannucci has resigned, effective immediately, from the highest tech position at Nokia for “personal reasons.” Henry Tirri will be filling in for Bob Iannucci as Nokia hashes out how to deal with…
Nokia to sell security appliances business within a few weeks
Nokia Oyj is in talks to sell its security appliances business to a financial investor within a few weeks. According to Reuters, the deal will affect around 700 staff in total, almost 500 of them working for the “profitable” security appliances unit. As a result, Nokia will focus on developing and selling corporate phones, while…
Nokia N82 gets firmware update
Following on the Nokia N95’s bump up to the new v30.0.015 firmware, owners of Nokia’s candybar Nokia N82 can now update their handsets to the latest firmware. Nokia has unleashed the newest firmware version for all Nokia N82 handsets, bringing with it a new Flash Lite version, Maps 2.0, new music player, less sensitive automatic…
Motorola flirts with Android
A software developer was recently approached by Motorola headhunters who were looking to expand their Android team to 350, a significant jump from the 50 they have on staff now. Nokia might be getting more involved with Google’s mobile OS too, since some of their folks were spotted at an Android dev conference. Motorola’s interest…
Nokia Data Gathering helps organizations deliver critical social services
Nokia has recently announced Nokia Data Gathering, a new software solution designed to help public sector and NGOs quickly and accurately collect data on critical issues such as disease outbreaks or disaster relief via mobile devices. The Nokia Data Gathering software will be available to public sector organizations and NGOs free of charge. It can…
Nokia N96 gets a first firmware update
Nokia has released the new firmware for its N96 smartphone. Kinda strange when you consider that the device has started selling just recently… Anyway, the Nokia N96 firmware version 11.018 is only available for the generic European product codes at the moment, but it’s fair to argue that rest of the world will follow in…
Nokia Music Store hits Spain
Nokia keeps opening its online music stores around the world. Next on their list is Spain, where just today the Finnish giant announced the grand opening. Spanish Nokia Music Store has a catalogue of more than 4 million songs amongst which can be found the highest-selling records, independent record labels, and new national talent. According…
Fujitsu does LTE deal with NTT DoCoMo
Fujitsu has been chosen by NTT DoCoMo to be a supplier of the core networking systems (EPC, or “Evolved Packet Core”) for the next-gen LTE (4G) network. This follows a 2006 deal for Fujitsu to develop and manufacture the wireless base stations and handsets for the network. The new systems will integrate with Nokia hardware…
ATTN NYC and Chicago: 15% off any N-Gage compatible device and free copy of Star Wars N-Gage game one day only
Reblogging from the N-Gage blog Future Watch: “Gamers who want to take Nokia up on this offer only need to walk into Nokia Flagship stores in New York and Chicago on Monday September 29, 2008 during store hours and ask for the free Star Wars The Force Unleashed game for N-Gage. In doing so, they…
With the new firmware it is now possible to remove the menu icon on Nokia N95
Dear Nokia N95 owners, with the new firmware (v30.0.015) it is now possible to remove the menu icon. Yes I know it sounds confusing but if you take a look at the image above you’ll figure out what I’m talking about. As a result, other icons (apps) are a bit bigger and the overall menu…