The runtime platform wars have begun, just like I predicted in my rebuttal to Mr. Mace’s article: “Microsoft with Silverlight on the Desktop and soon to be Silverlight on Mobile will be joining the already under utilized .Net Compact Framework on Windows Mobile devices. Adobe with AIR for the Desktop and soon Air for Mobile…
The locked to operators Nokia 6124 Classic and 6650 announced at CeBIT
The Nokia 6124 and 6650 have been announced at CeBIT, with one twist, they’re locked to operators. The 6124 is for Vodafone, the 6650 is for T-Mobile. I’m sure this is as upsetting to you as it is to me, but knowing Nokia, like the 6555 which was exclusive for AT&T, these devices will have…
The most useful cellphone strap – 3.5 mm earphone adapter for Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones
I’m quite sure I haven’t seen more useful cellphone strap than this one. The simple strap is basically an adapter which connects to your Nokia or Sony Ericsson phone to allow you to use any universal 3.5mm earphones. Simply attach it to your Nokia’s pop-port or Sony Ericsson’s fast port, connect any standard headset and…
Nokia: We’ve got N-Gage, bring it on!; N-Gage coming to Nokia N73 in Q2 2008
When you’re the biggest name in your particular market, you can go off and talk smack to just about anyone about whatever you feel like. Nokia is most definitely the market-leader in the mobile phone industry, and they’ve got the, ahem, hardware (and software now) to back it up. With Nokia’s renewed push into the…
US ITC: Nokia in the clear, did not tread on Qualcomm patents
It’s been a nice, long dry spell without Nokia and Qualcomm-related patent-battling news. We were getting a little too comfortable with the absence of the two company’s legal bickering. Well, it was too good to last. The latest round in the Nokia vs. Qualcomm debacle that has spilled into high courts the world over and…
Video: Nokia N82 Review on G4TV
ZD|Net, which turned into ZD|TV, which changed into TechTV, which transformed into G4|TechTV and finally got hit in the face with a shovel to become G4 is an American television channel dedicated to computer hardware, gadgets, girls, videogames, cars, basically a channel for people who love gear. For an American channel to review a phone…
Into Mobile readers in London: WOM World get together on March 5th
WOM (Word of Mouth) World, the people who connect bloggers to the employees behind Nokia’s products, the people who create online marketing campaigns and the angels in the sky who choose lucky people to get shiny new toys to play with (Disclosure: My Nokia N82 is from WOM World) are having a get together in…
S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and Nokia N78 preview
Rafe Blandford from All About Symbian posted a preview of the Nokia N78 based on his limited time with the device at the Mobile World Congress. Eldar from Mobile-Review however has a prototype in his hands and posted his initial, Russian only, thoughts on it. Give it a few days to 1 week for the…
Pictures: Black Nokia N82 in real life
We’ve seen the press pictures of the black Nokia N82 on Nokia’s own website, they were quickly taken down a few hours later with rumors that the device was supposed to launch between the ides of March and early April, but now Mobile City Online, a Manhattan based distributor of unlocked EU and APAC mobile…
T-Mobile to launch Nokia 3555 on March 17?
I’m not sure there’s a single person excited about Nokia’s upcoming 3555 clamshell phone, but it’s a news and we’re running it nevertheless. Apparently, T-Mobile will be launching Nokia’s recently approved by the FCC, low-end 3G phone on March 17th. There’s nothing special about it — aside from the built-in 3G radio, the Nokia 3555…