Everything started with Universal. After that, we saw EMI and SONY BMG joining Nokia’s Comes With Music initiative, and now the Finnish giant announced that Warner Music Group also jumped on board. Under the agreement, the record company will not only participate in the Comes With Music scheme, but will also make its catalog of…
Nokia to acquire social-activity service Plazes
Nokia has recently announced the acquisition of the context-aware social-activity service Plazes. Under the agreement, the Finnish giant will acquire all assets of the privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. By acquiring Plazes, Nokia will be able to extend its context-based service offering with social presence and time-based activity…
What’s new in Nokia’s S40 6th Edition?
Those of you with sharp eyes may have noticed that two of the 4 products announced by Nokia yesterday have the latest version of S40, 6th Edition. While S40 is not a smart phone operating system due to the lack of a native programming model and the lack of multitasking, it is still impressive and…
Nokia launches the 7210, 7310, 7510 and 7610 with a bang, say hello to the Supernova series
From most expensive to least expensive, here is what you need to know: The 7610 has the ability to capture a color with the camera and then apply that same, or roughly the same, color to the wallpaper and keypad of the device which I find totally freaking awesome and it reminds me of the…
Over-the-air firmware update for Nokia N78 – v11.043 is here
European Nokia N78 users will be happy to hear that the latest firmware update for their N-series handset will be taking advantage of S60 3rd Edition’s FOTA (Firmware Over The Air) capability to easily and conveniently update firmware components. That translates in to a PC-free update for Nokia N78 (Euro spec, of course) handsets in…
FCC shows the Nokia 7610 Supernova
Nokia’s new lineup of Supernova handsets is about to see the Nokia 7610 Supernova handset get real in the US. With the FCC’s approval of the Nokia 7610 Supernova handset, it’s likely only a matter of time before we see this affordable slider phone available to US customers. The fashion-oriented Nokia 7610 Supernova and it’s…
Nokia N78 comes to the US!
Can’t wait any longer to get your hands on a US-spec Nokia N78? Good, because Nokia’s US 3G frequency-friendly Nokia N78 has just landed on Yankee shores with support for those all-important 850/1900Mhz 3G bands. With a 3.2 megapixel camera (Carl Zeiss optics, naturally), aGPS, HSDPA (again, US-friendly), and that trick illuminated keypad packed in…
Nokia N810 and N800 Internet Tablets get firmware update – OS2008 Feature Upgrade
Nokia’s Maemo platform that powers their Nokia Internet Tablets has been tweaked again to bring new features and bug fixes to your Nokia N800 or Nokia N810. The OS2008 Feature Upgrade, based on Maemo 4.1 (codename: Diablo) brings with it a new open-source email application, better panning in the web browser, and Seamless Software Update.…
Symbian Foundation looking to deliver first handsets in 2010
Nokia’s announcement that they’ll be buying-out the rest of Symbian in order to seed the Symbian Foundation might have Google worried about some serious open-source competition to their upcoming Android mobile platform. But, it looks like Google’s going to have a few years to refine their Android platform before the Symbian Foundation poses a tangible…
Mobile handset manufacturers bringing Symbian together for new open-source mobile platform – Symbian OS, S60, UIQ united
With news that Google’s Android-push will take just a bit longer than we would prefer, it’s fitting that Nokia has just announced that it will be working to bring together the fragmented Symbian environment under a single, open-source umbrella. Nokia has been working closely with Symbian for years with S60 development, and it seems that…