Forum Nokia in conjunction with Orange and the Symbian Developer Network today announced the first global contest for mobile application development for S60 on Symbian OS smartphones – “Open C Challenge“, to encourage open source and freeware developers to use Nokia’s Open C environment. The idea is to bring new, innovative mobile applications to Nokia’s…
Nokia N95 Louis Vuitton edition – fake unfortunately
It’s like pink “Hello Kitty” Nokia ESeries devices are not mocking enough, someone decided to make the N95 Louis Vuitton edition. Not that I have anything against Louis Vuitton per se, it’s just that I would expect that the famous brand adds more style and charm to the table. Then again this isn’t the official…
Goodbye Moto; Samsung nabs 2nd place in global market share from Motorola
With a littler over 37 million Samsung units shipped this quarter, 1-2 million more than Motorola, the Korean company has taken the number two position in global sales of mobile phones. Sony Ericsson sold around 25 million headsets and in about 3 weeks we will know if Nokia broke the 100 million mark or not.…
Nokia will not allow pornographic and gambling ads on their mobile ad network; suicide?
It is good to see someone pulling the decency card in todays world of sex sells … but the problem is sex does sell. Will this decision mark the impending doom of Nokia’s ad network? Time will tell, I personally don’t even understand how mobile advertising even works. The minute a service starts making me…
Video: Nokia Download! walkthrough, including ROK TV demo
Steve Litchfield takes a look at the recently updated Download! client on the Nokia e61i. The application was created to help users unfamiliar with S60 to find new applications for their mobile. A serious source of potential, the Download! client is inferior because Nokia categorizes people by the type of device they use. Purchased a…
Nokia NGage games video
This time Nokia isn’t kidding with its gaming plans — hack they even want to make cross-platform games. The fact that the new NGage platform will NOT be comprised of a single device, but of a series of devices sounds promising for the Finish giant… and makes more sense to be fair. The following video…
Sony Ericsson is making some serious cash, Motorola is not and we will find out about Nokia in 3 weeks
Sony Ericsson is reporting that their second quarter profits increased 54% over last year’s to the tune of 220 million Euros, however their ASP (average selling price per handset) has reached an all time low of 124 Euros; a drop of 10 Euros from last quarter and 21 Euros from this time last year. With…
My afternoon at Nokia Headquarters in Espoo, Finland
Oh how sweet it was; 1200 word essay after the break.
Fake Nokia ESeries “Hello Kitty” phones
What’s with the all “Hello Kitty” fuzz? I just don’t get it. Guess our readers across Asia know more about it… Anyway, some designer/Photoshop master decided to add some “Hello Kitty” look to the Nokia ESeries devices. Ok, I get the pink E65 — it could be one of those girl’s best friends, but pink…
Worldmate for Nokia S60 for the price of FREE!
If you travel, and you have a Nokia S60 device, then you need WorldMate. The travel software hooks you up with all the essential travel information tools you need to make your trip as efficient and organized as possible. Weathercaster, world clocks, global weather forecasts, currency convertor/exchange rate service, world day-night map – it’s all…