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Owners of the N9 will be happy to know the new MeeGo update is rolling out as planned. This update (version 20.2011.40-4) ushers in a bunch of neat additions including NFC tag reading, enhanced music controls, a Swype keyboard, and a few other noteworthy features described below: NFC tag reading to instantly interact with NFC tags…
The Nokia N9, one of the most controversial devices to ever come out of Finland, is now available in the United States. You can order it for $690 from Expansys, an online retailer we thoroughly recommend for those of you who want to get your hands on the latest handsets coming out in Europe and…
Nokia, along with every other handset maker who builds Windows Phones, have a problem. Microsoft controls the Windows Phone experience with an iron fist, dictating what can and can’t be done to the operating system, going so far as to even specify the exact chips that must be used to make the OS run. So…
Nokia’s going all out when it comes to hurling millions of dollars at ad agencies to promote Windows Phone and the upcoming Lumia 800 and Lumia 710. The Finnish handset maker announced earlier this week that they’re going to be giving away WiFi connectivity at 26 locations in London in a pilot that will use…
When you’re in the market for a high end smartphone, whether it costs $600, $650, or even $700 doesn’t really matter. For people in emerging economies who go for devices in Nokia’s low to mid rang portfolio however, every dollar, some might say even every cent, counts. When Nokia launched the 600 at the end…
Back in February of this year we reported on a Reuters story that quoted the CEO of ST-Ericsson (pictured above) as saying that the company is ready for Nokia whenever they want to make a Windows Phone. A few months later, in May, the CEO of STMicroelectronics told Forbes in an interview that Nokia will…
Nokia just unveiled its first Windows Phone with the Lumia line and for the company is addressing those who think it may be too late to the U.S. party by saying it will make an aggressive push in the United States with multiple carriers and multiple devices in 2012. In an interview with Bloomberg, Nokia…
A report last week predicted that Samsung shipped more smartphones than Apple in Q3, but now it’s confirmed. Samsung is now the number one smartphone vendor in the world when measured by global shipments, which is a title effectively stolen from Apple. During Q3 2011, Samsung shipped approximately 27.8 million smartphones, while Apple was in…
Marketing people have a difficult job when it comes to naming their company’s products and services. They need to make sure that the branding they’ve thought up doesn’t mean something offensive in a different language. Take for example Apple’s recent launch of the iPhone 4S. The highlight feature, Siri, translates to “ass” in Japanese. Likewise…
Last week Nokia held their annual Nokia World event in London where they announced 6 new handsets. The last 2 to be unveiled, the Nokia Lumia 710 and the Nokia Lumia 800, were the ones that the entire mobile industry have been eager to see ever since the Finnish mobile phone manufacturer decreed back in…