Update: The page was taken down, but my buddy Mark was there in time to copy and paste (and translate) the information! You don’t mess with the Germans, they’ll find some way to stab you in the back. The Nokia N96 specifications have been posted on Nokia’s German site and here they are for your…
UK Retail: Top 10 Postpay and Prepay phones this week
For your general interest: Mobile Choice keep a weekly list of the Top 10 postpay and prepay phones in terms of sales, on a weekly basis. Today I thought we’d take a look what they are: What’s interesting here is the stack of mid-range phones that are doing volume, for postpay. The old faithful Nokia…
Speaking of ugly – Givori Serendipity takes Nokia 8800 Arte to a different level
Remember when we mentioned that the Motorola M990 Smart Rider looked like it had been hit with a bad case of the uglies? Well, it seems that we spoke in haste, our mistake. What you see here makes the Motorola M990 Smart Rider look sleeker than a MacBook Air. The Nokia 8800 Arte-based Givori Serendipity…
New Nokia E51 variant slashes prices by removing camera
The Nokia E51, Eseries monoblock flagship that has HSDPA/WiFi and runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1, just got remixed into a version without a camera for those business people who work for companies that are really paranoid about security. For 250 euros, 100 euros less than the 2 megapixel option, in Q1 of this…
Microsoft in talks with Nokia to create Windows Mobile devices
Microsoft’s Windows Mobile isn’t successful by any stretch of the imagination. When you compare the number of Symbian, RIM and even Apple devices out there, you quickly begin to see the disparity between the hype of Windows Mobile and the actual sales figures. Microsoft’s Mobile Communications Business International Marketing Director John Starkweather confirmed with iTWire…
Brief: Should Nokia buy Yahoo!?
Analyst Stephen Wellman writes a list of 5 reasons he thinks Nokia should bid on Yahoo! It certainly makes for an entertaining read, but the probability of this happening is absolutely zero.
German state demanding Nokia refund $60.5 million factory subsidy, Nokia laughs
Talk about bad blood. Nokia’s decision to close down their German factory in Bochum has unleashed all manner of German-angst (not the kind of angst you want to mess with) on the Finnish handset manufacturer. The issue at hand is two-fold. The German plant closure left 2,300 Germans without employment and left the German state…
Nokia to be the official sponsor of the Grammy Awards
Nokia has just announced that they are the official sponsor of the 50th Grammy Awards. An award show that is pretty much rich people patting other rich people on the back for albums that might sell rather well, but are mostly crap, I’m excited. But why Stefan? The Grammy’s are watched by practically every single…
Pictures: The Black Nokia N82 is official, finally!
Available only in the USA, $494.99. The 5 megapixel, xenon flash equipped, GPS, WiFi, HSDPA monster is finally looking a bit more respectable. Update: After adding one into my shopping cart for purchase I was presented with this message: The silver N82 is selling for only $499 right now at Buy.com.. Looks like we’re going…
Nokia Aeon on eBay
A Nokia Aeon is on sale on eBay? Riiight. Let’s all whip out our PayPal accounts and bid this auction up. The Nokia Aeon was going for just $999, which is a steal, considering that the handset is a Nokia concept and nothing more. If you haven’t realized by now, the Nokia Aeon auction is…