Apart from luxury Vertu phones, Nokia N81 is one of the most beautiful phones Finish handset manufacturer has ever made. The stylish slider is a music and gaming dedicated device, powered by Symbian OS V9.2 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 (S60 3.1). It’s selling in two flavors – one with the microSD expansion…
Nokia N95 8GB Black glamor shots from London’s Nokia GoPlay Launch Event
That’s it, it’s official. No more speculation and rumor about the 8GB Nokia N95 Black – it’s for real, in the flesh and ready to pull duty as Nokia’s flagship. We remember way back when the 8GB N95 was just a glimmer in an enthusiast’s eye, it’s come a long way. As we all expected,…
Nokia gets official with the Nokia N81 N-Gage gaming phone
So, after yesterday’s time-traveling escapade to the Nokia N81 and N95 8GB launch today, we aren’t really surprised to see these pics. But, it’s nice to finally catch up with the future – we call that “temporal sync.” The Nokia N81 has hit the market as a revamped 3G N-Gage mobile gaming platform and packs…
Nokia goes to the dark side with Microsoft applications on Nokia mobile phones – Windows Live suite tailored to Nokia handsets
The force is strong within Nokia, it must be used for good. We fear that the dark side of Microsoft may have tempted the Finnish mobile phone giant into playing with fire. Nokia has already gone into cahoots with Microsoft to license the PlayReady DRM scheme that we so frowned upon. And now they’re getting…
Time travel to the future – live pics of Nokia’s N81 launch from China
Nokia’s hot new musicphone, the Nokia N81, is slated to launch tomorrow (August 29). But, if you’d like, we can take you on a wonderous time-travelling journey into the future. You see, by the high-tech magic of the internet, we can travel to the land of China, where scientists have confirmed that it is already…
Symbian releases latest figures; Announces new global R&D center in China
Developer and licensor of Symbian OS, Symbian Limited, today released the latest unaudited financial and operational figures for both the second quarter and the half year ended 30 June 2007. Highlights: More than 18.7 million smartphones were shipped worldwide in Q2 2007, 52% growth since the same period last year. H1 2007 shipments topped 34.6…
Frozen Bubble for UIQ 3 released
Roughly a month ago, we’ve reported that the popular logic game Frozen Bubble has been finally ported to Symbian S60 3rd edition. Now, we have the same game working on the Sony Ericsson UIQ 3-based smartphones… If you’re not familiar with Frozen Bubble, you should: a) remove that rock that was lying above you for…
Nokia N73 Special Edition celebrates Ramadan
Coinciding with the Holy month of Ramadan, Nokia has recently announced the N73 Special Edition, which will be initially exclusively available in the Middle East and North Africa markets. Coming in an elegant new soft white color with subtle highlights, the N73 Special Edition is “carefully tailored for the consumers in the Arab world.” Along…
Epocware becomes a Symbian Platinum Partner
What? I thought they were already Platinum Partner. Apparently, I was wrong… Anyway, one of the most productive software developers for the Symbian platform — if not THE most productive — will now work even more tightly with the leading mobile OS maker to bring us even more apps. Epocware is best known for its…
Cnet puts the Nokia N95 and Apple iPhone in the ring – gloves off, fight on!
There have been a slew of Apple iPhone vs. Nokia N95 comparos in the past weeks, nay months. Who could forget our very own Stefan’s hilarious “I’m an Apple iPhone” mock commercials. Both phones are the pride and joy of their respective companies, but which one is right for you? Cnet’s iPhone v N95 match-up…