Tis the season of Nokia madness, when it gets a ton of devices out there for purchase – nope, hang on, that’s all the time! Anyhoo, just a quick round-up of “prices and devices” on the Nokia UK site right now – check out some keenly priced devices, plus one very interesting pre-order….. First out…
Nokia 3109 Classic: “lived in” review
As I mentioned before in my follow-up article on the Nokia 8800 Arte, I used the Nokia 3109 in parallel with the more expensive luxury device, only to find out that, on balance, I liked the 3109 more! The 3109 is not the newest device out there, nor the prettiest – but crucially, it’s cheap,…
Nokia N95 gets a firmware update
A new software update is available for the Nokia N95. From what we can tell, it’s a major update as it brings the firmware version from 21.0.016 to 30.0.015. As usual, the new update optimizes the device’s performance and improves the overall stability. Additionally, once the upgrade is completed the N95 has more software installed…
Fring adds support for Nokia N96 and N78
Fring keeps adding new phones to the list of supported devices. Lately we caught them adding support for the Nokia N78 and N96. Existing users of the two devices (even though there are not that many Nokia N96 owners at present) will be able to extend the usefulness of their smartphones with one of the…
Nokia E71 coming to Fido in Canada?
Don’t know what should we think about this, but apparently Canadians will be able to grab the full QWERTY keyboard equipped Nokia E71 exclusively through Fido. Sure, there are options to grab the device unlocked, but if you want to instantly save on purchase and grab the E71 through mobile operator, you’ll have to sign-up…
Nokia: Q3 2008 market share may drop
Nokia, the clear leader among mobile phone manufacturers, has seen its mobile marketshare reaching upwards of 40% of the global mobile phone market in Q2 2008. At that time, the Finnish cellphone giant announced that it expected its Q3 2008 market share to stay the same. Unfortunately, for Nokia and their shareholders, the company has…
Nokia N96 review – about as good as it looks
The Nokia N96 has been highly anticipated as the Nokia N95 successor and new heir to the Nseries throne. With that sexy, glossy-black finish, under-lit keys, mobile TV, and fantastic optics, the Nokia N96 is the new king-of-the-ring when it comes to Espoos Nseries lineup. We’ve already seen the Nokia N96 from all angles and…
Nokia buys out Samsung’s Symbian shares on road to Symbian Foundation
Nokia’s road to establishing an open-source Symbian Foundation has just been cemented with Samsung’s reported acceptance of Nokia’s offer to buy-out Samsung’s shares in Symbian. Samsung is the last remaining share-holder in Symbian that stands between Nokia and their Symbian Foundation initiative. With their offer accepted by Samsung, Nokia will have ownership rights to the…
UK: consumers want NFC on their mobiles
…so says Nokia. The statement is based on the results of a trial run between a number of parties, including the aforementioned Finnish vendor, O2, London Underground, and Barclays. In the “O2 wallet” trial, users carried an NFC-equipped Nokia 6131 mobile, which was able to make payments much as an Oyster card (season pass for…
Follow up: Nokia 8800 Arte “lived in” review
Following on a previous post I wrote (here), alas, the 8800 Arte has now departed my fair hands….. Given it has now gone, I thought I would write just a small post about WHY. The total ownership period of this premium device from Nokia was only 2 weeks, but during that time it developed a…