Symbian Freak brings us a video demonstration of ShakeSMS, a new application that utilizes the accelerometer inside Nokia’s Nseries lineup to bring up your text messages in one easy motion. Scenario: You get an sms. Take your phone out of your pocket (remember it is still locked), shake it, it brings up the text message…
Nokia to purchase Trolltech for $150 million
Trolltech, a Norweign company that specializes in cross platform frameworks, is in talks to be bough out by Nokia for around $150 million. Nokia plans to use the newly acquired talent to reduce development cycles and redundancy. Take the contact list for example, currently the S40 and S60 guys have to write separate versions of…
Should Sony Ericsson buy Motorola’s bleeding Mobile Devices division?
Late last year the world, by that I mean enthusiastic Symbian users, were stunned to find out that Motorola decided to buy a 50% stake in UIQ, the platform that until very recently has powered only Sony Ericsson smartphones. Was this negotiation the beginning of an even stronger relationship to come? Motorola isn’t known for…
Motorola and Nokia bring budget handsets to Verizon Wireless
Who says you gotta pony up the big bucks to stay on top of the latest trends? In the mobile world it’s “hot” to be thin and chic (not all that different from Los Angeles). It looks like Motorola and Nokia are bringing “stylish” handsets to the lower-end masses with their newest offerings for Verizon…
Now it’s Nokia and Facebook…..?
No sooner am I listing platforms, than stories appear about another handset vendor (actually not another vendor, but THE vendor!) potentially doing a deal with our favourite social network … Apparently the deal revolves around Facebook being preloaded on Nokia devices, in return for Nokia taking a stake in the company. This is interesting compared…
S60 is holding a party in Miami, February 28, be there or be square
My friends over at S60, the Symbian based operating system that powers Nokia’s Eseries and Nseries line, are having a party in Miami and are inviting all of the fans in the area to stop by and have a drink. Details can be found here.
Official YouTube application in beta, working on Nokia Nseries and Sony Ericsson phones
YouTube has released a beta application that will allow you access to their entire library on your phone. Sadly I can’t test this on my Nokia N82 and I’m tearing the house inside out trying to find my N95 which is on the list of compatible devices along with Nokia’s N73, E65, 6110, 6120 and…
Nokia officially hits 40% global market share; 437.1 million devices shipped in 2007
Nokia published their Q4 2007 and whole year 2007 results today, before the conference call which I found to be slightly odd; here are the numbers you should know about: 133.5 million devices shipped in Q4, up 27% compared to this time last year 437.1 million devices were shipped in 2007 compared to 374.5 million…
ARM ships 10 billionth chip
ARM (Advanced RISC Machines) have announced that they have shipped their 10 billionth chip – a stat which I find amazing…. These days the chips are providing the processing power for everything from iPod to your Netgear router – but some time ago, the origins of ARM were far more humble. Anyone in the UK…
Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism gets official with price and launch details
By now we all know that Nokia’s planning to launch the, um, interesting-looking Nokia 7900 Prism as a fashion-forward handset for the eccentric masses. Well, Nokia has just added another member to the Prism family with the 7900 Crystal. Look for the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism to be released in Q3 2008, at a €375…