Nokia Beta Labs has been busy these days and as a result Nokia smartphone owners can now grab two new applications for free. The first one is MOSH client, which allows you to use Nokia’s MOSH social networking service — upload, search, browse and check your stats — directly from your phone. Previously it was…
FCC approves the Nokia E51
Nokia’s newcomer device to the ESeries line, E51, has been spotted passing the FCC hurdle. Apart from that information, we’ve no idea when or even whether it will ever hit the U.S. soil. If you’re really interested, you can already import it from Europe, grab it at Buy.com, or wait until it hits one of…
Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS smartphones v2.17 adds support for Nokia E51 and Sony Ericsson W960i
Roughly 10 days ago we reported about Oxygen Phone Manager II for Symbian OS smartphones v2.16. Well, now they’ve released a new upgrade to include support for the upcoming Nokia E51 and Sony Ericsson W960i smartphones. But, as usual – it’s not just additional smartphones that’s included in the new version. The latest version of…
Symbian answers to Android threat: We’ve heard it all before!
Following Google’s announcement of their Android platform and the overall Open Handset initiative, media was interested to hear from other industry leaders their thoughts. Apparently, Symbian is not afraid of Google even arguing they’ve already seen this kind of initiatives taking place in the past. Commenting on Android, Symbian’s VP of strategy John Forsyth said:…
Sony Ericsson fans in UK will have to wait for the W960i till January 2008
While the rest of the world, excluding the U.S. I guess, will get a chance to try out the latest Sony Ericsson’s Walkman smartphone W960i this Christmas, mobile users of UK will have to wait a little bit longer. According to the Swedish-Japanese handset maker, it’s the Christmas season’s crowded mobile phones market people of…
Hands on the Nokia N82!
If you’ve been waiting anxiously for the Nokia N82 to hit the ground running with its long, 5 megapixel, Carl-Zeiss legs, you’ll have to keep waiting a bit longer. But, we have some more pics of the N95’s candybar-sibling for you to drool over in the meantime (or not, we prefer the N95). Again, this…
Video: Nokia N95 vs N95 8GB
Look what we’ve found this morning on YouTube. It’s the iGadgetLife‘s video that compares two Nokia’s high-end smartphones – N95 and its successor N95 8GB. There’s no doubt the latter is a more powerful device. It has a larger screen, more RAM, better battery, boots faster and let’s not forget that sexy multimedia menu. That…
Nokia N95 8 GB, the best smartphone ever made?
Two people are essentially saying the same thing. First off is Matt, relatively new to the blogging scene, he runs Nokia Geek. After pointing out a few of the minor hickups of the device in his review he still can’t help but come to the conclusion that the N95 8 GB is the best device…
Could this be Sony Ericsson’s iPhone-fighting UI – the Sony Ericsson Maria?
Everyone’s out to get the iPhone – that much is indisputable. With a clear edge in the UI department, manufacturers are scrambling to take on the full-touchscreen-based interface on the iPhone. Enter Sony Ericsson. The Sony Ericsson Maria is the rumored iPhone-fighter with a full touchscreen. From what we can see above, the UI is…
rotateMe 2.0 demoed on Nokia N95; Adds iPhone-like auto rotation function to the N95
Jan van Iperen from Nokia N95 Blog had a chance to play with the new version of rotateMe (2.0), and he prepared a short video demonstrating us how Nokia N95 can auto-rotate just like the iPhone. As you’re about to see, this is quite useful feature especially when you’re browsing through your gallery or when…