Nokia’s research division, which recently celebrated its 20 year anniversary, now has a new Research Center in Palo Alto, California. At the same time, Nokia announced a three-year agreement with Stanford University, to develop joint research projects on collaborative mobile computing and applications. Nokia Research Center Palo Alto will initially focus on four core areas:…
Nokia Podcasting 1.00 released
The Nokia Podcasting applications, released earlier this year, comes out of beta. It allows you to find, subscribe to and download podcasts over the air with your Nokia smartphone. The first complete version (v1.00) brings many changes compared to the beta version, including: New Default Directories Better Memory Card support Improved stability of data connection…
Forum Nokia Tech Days are coming
Forum Nokia Tech Days conferences continue their crusade to provide a comprehensive introduction to developing mobile applications and content for a market of more than 350 million Nokia users. This is the place where companies and individual developers find out what’s new in Nokia platforms and learn how to instantly improve mobile development skills. For…
N93 news wrap-up
With its TV-out, DVD-like quality video recording… Symbian OS powered Nokia N93 is the real “multimedia computer”. Lately, I found a few interesting articles involving this powerful device and decided to wrap them all up into a single post. Let’s roll… Over at 3-Lib, Steve Litchfield from AllAboutSymbian prepared the definitive guide on what to…
Nokia N75 gets FCC approval
Symbian OS powered “multimedia computer”, Nokia N75, has been approved by the FCC. As “announced” before, it will be available through Cingular. One thing caught my eye. According to Engadget Mobile, N75’s user manuals reveal that the N75 supports purchasing music and videos over the air. I guess this is the place where Loudeye fits…
Nokia about to dump pop-ports!?
Latest moves from Nokia suggest that they are dumping the pop-port and are moving towards a complete adoption of the mini USB connection. Some of the latest Nokia’s phones sport the mini USB port – Nokia N95 “multimedia computer”, two of the U.S. market targeted smartphones E62 and N75, as well as Nokia 5200 and…
Nokia Service Suite announced
Nokia today announced Nokia Service Suite, a solution that enables a rapid shift to automated high capacity data and rich media transfer over WLAN, mobile VoIP and all new potential high value services. The idea is to simplify and economize any communication application by automating connectivity and achieving the most convenient combination of cellular and…
Nokia E62 vs T-Mobile Dash
Some time ago, we had a duel of high-end camera mobile phones – namely Nokia N90 vs N93, and guess who won? This time, I’m presenting you a QWERTY smartphones duel – Nokia E62 vs T-Mobile Dash. To make things even saucier, one of the phones runs Symbian OS and the other Windows Mobile. So,…
Nokia E61i, E65 and E90 Communicator!?
These days, rumors are spreading around future Nokia devices. Last week, we found leaked photo of something that could be their next Internet tablet device. This time, people are talking about further expansion of the Eseries family. Namely, three devices are mentioned – Nokia E61i (potentially slimmer version of E61, with a camera), E65 (business-oriented…
Nokia 330 Auto Navigation officially announced
It’s official – Nokia 330 Auto Navigation, the company’s first dedicated personal navigation device, has just been announced. It includes Europe-wide maps, with clear spoken and 2D/3D visual directions on the large 3.5″ color touchscreen. The Nokia 330 Auto Navigation comes with an integrated GPS receiver and a 2GB memory card with the preinstalled ROUTE…