Look Ma! No eyes! Wait, what? Let us explain. Nokia has filed a patent application with the USPTO that aims to make touchscreen use more tactile. Touchscreens are undoubtedly the future of mobile. Everyone and their grandma in the mobile industry is jumping on board the touchscreen bandwagon that some of us (cough..Windows Mobile…cough) have…
Now this is how a Nokia-branded car should look – the Nokia Ford Mustang
This is a bit of older news, but it’s worth mentioning simply because it’s a prime example of how a Nokia-branded automobile should be done. The Nokia-branded Ford Mustang you see here has been tricked out with Nokia N800 Internet Tablets and is the muscle-bound wireless powerhouse compared to Renault’s effeminate Twingo Nokia Special Edition.…
Extreme: Home made Nokia 6280 with SLR optics and 36x optical zoom!
Over at Chaos Projects, we’ve spotted one weird device – Nokia 6280 with SLR optics. The phone isn’t actually approved by Nokia — rather it’s a home-made project, but the end result is the camera phone with 36x optical zoom! And although it’s not pocketable anymore, this baby can take some serious photos… Check out…
Black Nokia 6500 Slide spotted
Even though we still wait to see the Nokia 6500 released, Finish giant is already working on the black version of its powerful feature phone. Somehow this makes sense – the black phones usually look better, although even the original silver version of the Nokia 6500 Slide impresses. It’s kinda robust, simplistic yet it has…
Tens of Nokia phones to have GPS in 2008
“By the end of next year we will have tens of navigation-enabled devices on the market.” Straight from Anssi Vanjoki, Head of Nokia Multimedia. [Via: Reuters]
A Nokia-branded Renault Twingo Nokia special edition? Lame….
What happens when a mobile phone manufacturing giant teams up with an automaker? Well, sometimes you get Ferrari phones, sometimes you get Porsche phones, and sometimes you get lame little cars from Renault that come with free Nokia 6110 Navigator and a little “Nokia” badge on the B-pillar. Renault is working with Nokia to turn…
Videos: Markku teaches you about Finland, throwing your mobile phone and S60
I was heat broken when someone told me this Markku guy isn’t real. It is a comic act. I really wanted him to be real and I’ve been wanting to meet him ever since I saw his first videos on youtube. Well now you can enjoy Markku as he teaches you about Finnish culture, the…
Party in London, S60 style
S60, the operating system that powers every Nokia smartphone currently out now, wants to give a little back to the community. They’re throwing a bash in the UK on Tuesday October 16th, the night after the Symbian Smartphone Show. I’ll be there so you should stop by as well! If it is anything like NY…
Nokia releases Mail for Exchange 2.0 to boost the power of its smartphones for businesses
Just recently, Nokia has released the new version (2.0) of their Mail for Exchange client for businesses using Microsoft Exchange Server and Nokia ESeries and/or selected NSeries devices. The main addition to the new version is the overall improved user experience (something we see increasingly demanded by both business and individual users), and an access…
Video: Smartphones Show 44, can your smartphone replace your laptop?
Nice to see Steve Litchfield allowing his youtube videos to be embedded now, in this episode of the smartphones show he ventures out to the HTC launch event yesterday to check out the Touch II, S730 and an 800 gram laptop/smartphone solution that will leave most people scratching their heads. More importantly he tries to…