Ars.technia is testing the latest nightly of the new Firefox browser for mobile devices, codename Feenec, and it appears that it is significantly faster than the one in the latest public version of Nokia’s Maemo operating system which runs on the N810 and N800 internet tablets. How much faster? How about a 6x increase in…
Nokia’s iPhone fighting Nokia 5800 Tube – specs, launch window and live pic
Well lookey what we have here. Hot on the heels of the Nokia Tube demonstration that showed off Espoo’s touchscreen-based competitor to the multi-touch iPhone, here are some more details on the Nokia Tube. Symbian-freak managed to score a live pic of the Nokia Tube in the wild. The S60 Touch-based handset from Nokia looks…
Nokia Music Store launched in Ireland, Netherlands
Nokia has recently announced the launch of its digital music stores in Ireland and Netherlands. The Firefox-unfriendly stores (I’m wondering when they’ll fix that), sport millions of tracks from major artists, independent labels and local bands. Individual tracks cost 1 EUR, albums start from 10 EUR, while the monthly subscription PC streaming service is priced…
Nokia N810 can run Android, too!
While we’re all eager to see what will HTC announce on May 6th, some people can’t stand waiting. Hence they are presenting us a Dream tablet. Yap, they’ve succeeded to port the Android to Nokia N810 and from what we can tell, it looks pretty cool. Forget about phone functions, who needs them anyway. Stick…
Nokia shows off iPhone fighting Nokia Tube
The Finnish mobile phone giant is not about to let the iPhone take any of its dominant market away from Espoo. With the iconic iPhone redefining the user experience in mobile phones, Nokia has been toiling away with a touch-based competitor to the iPhone. With S60 Touch finally getting the touchscreen treatment that the Symbian…
New Nokia N82 firmware available – 20.0.062 enables geotagging, Flash Lite 3, Web Runtime
Remember that Nokia N82 firmware that Stefan mentioned a little while ago? Astute reader Tariq has noticed that the new N82 firmware is now live. Firmware version 20.0.062 is now available for all N82 owners to boost their already capable N82 with some geotagging, Flash Lite 3 (FL3), and Web Runtime Widget (WRT) features. The…
Nokia to pay $314 million to make the closure of the Bochum plant less painful
Nokia is planning to close their plant in Bochum on June 30 of this year. The reason? Cost of labor is too high. The solution? Move to Romania. This upset the Germans greatly (queue videos of man breaking phones with a hammer) to the point that people in goverment positions demanded Nokia pay back the…
Hands-on with Nokia 1606 and 3606 from Nokia Booth CTIA Las Vegas 2008
Nokia’s booth at CTIA Las Vegas 2008 was impressive. Alongside giants like LG, Samsung, and Motorola (even though they didn’t really display anything), Nokia stood proudly with its multi-colored, techno-music-playing, high-end handset displays. The Nokia N810 WiMAX-enabled tablet was on hand to show off just what WiMAX could do for the Internet Tablet from Espoo.…
M:Metrics : Mobile Games Data
When the VP of Corporate Communications from a company like M:Metrics contacts you, you know you should take a look at what they have to say – that is exactly what has happened in this case! M: Metrics have some interesting data on Mobile Gaming as a whole, contextualised by the recent “launch” of N-Gage…
Show notes from the Nokia presentation at the Growing Together 2008 Conference
Meraj Chhaya from Phone Report attended the Growing Together 2008 Conference and was able to get some hands on experience with the 4 devices Nokia launched at the event. I’ve offered to publish his article on Into Mobile and he has agreed, quite enthusiastically might I add. The fascination with sub 100 EUR handsets stems…