You have probably already heard of widgets – little virtual tools that you can use to read the latest news, check out weather forecasts, or view the latest TV or movie entries, among other things. If you haven’t you should give them a try – they’re a great way of staying on top of things…
Nokia E70 review
Like all of the new Nokia smartphones, E70 runs on Symbian OS 9.1 with the S60 3rd Edition interface. Interesting design with folding QWERTY keyboard, 2 MP camera, useful office apps and array of connectivity options including Bluetooth and WiFi, make the E70 one of the choices for everyone interested to increase its productivity. Two…
Nokia N73, N93 start shipping
Nokia today announced that shipments of their flagship products, part of N-Series, N73 and N93, have begun. Nokia N73 sports a 3.2 MP auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and has a built-in Flickr support. Available color combinations include silver grey/deep plum, frost white/metallic red and frost white/mocha brown. N73’s estimated retail price will be…
Nokia N93 to bring 3d gaming
Fuad Abazovic from The Inquirer heard from several sources that Nokia N93 features Power VR architecture inside. It uses a new Texas instruments Omap 2 chip that uses the Power VR, MXB core inside. Now, I didn’t know which chip N93 will sport, but support for the OpenGL ES 1.1 was already announced. Even more,…
Developing mobile music applications
Despite all the hype around Apple’s iPods, Nokia has sold more music-capable Series 40 and S60 phones. More precisely, while there are around 32 million iPods in use, the number of Nokia Series 40 and S60 devices is 46.5 million. As Nokia expects the total number of such devices to grow to 80 million by…
Nokia E50 approved for US
E50 smarpthone is ready for the US, according to the FCC. The smallest of Nokia Eseries offers enterprises a cost-efficient way to extend mobility to a broader range of employees, by providing employees an access to corporate email whenever required. The interesting part is that FCC actually approved 2 (yes, that’s two) Nokia E50 phones…
Flickr online sharing for N72
I’ve already posted about co-operation between Nokia and Flickr (a Yahoo company). Finally, we have some kind of a visible result – an application for online sharing of photos. At the moment it is available for Nokia N72 and N73 devices (more devices supported soon), but guys from All About Symbian claim that it works…
Nokia 5500 sensor API plug-in
Remember the Nokia 5500 Sport phone and its motion-sensitive features? It includes an internal sensor that provides a continuous output of acceleration values for the device’s three axes (X, Y, and Z). A specialized, pre-loaded application, called the 3D accelerometer, allows other applications to receive information on the device’s motion. The sensor API makes the…
Nokia N73 approved by FCC
Just after the approval of N93, FCC approved another Nokia Symbian OS powered phone, successor of N70, N73. As you may remember, it sports great 3.2 MP camera with lens cover and Flickr integration, and is presented by Nokia as an ultimate challenge to a digital camera. Beside that, it is also a powerful mobile…
FCC approves Nokia N93, plus a review
Nokia’s N93 dual-pivot clamshell superphone has just been approved by FCC. Presented as a next story in video, it will certainly find its way to consumers, especially when you count all its features like integrated Bluetooth and WiFi, 3 MP camera with optical zoom, high resolution display, etc. It’s powered by Symbian OS 9.1 with…