Ladies and gentlemen, the long awaited moment is here – we have some real photos of the soon-to-be-released Nokia N81. Although this is not the real Nokia N81, the dummy version reveals much about it. Beside the things we already knew like that it will sport 8GB of memory, WiFi, 3G radio and the standard…
3 UK adds Nokia N95, ShoZu
The Hutchison’s 3 network in UK just added Nokia N95 to its offering. Potential customers of the operator’s X-Series plans are now able to get the Nokia’s flagship “multimedia computer” from free to £299, depending on the price plan they pick. Plus, with all the X-Series plans come an array of applications and services like…
Nokia N81 spotted in the wild – sort of
The Nokia N81, it’s beautiful, no doubt. But, actually seeing a pic of an actual N81 really makes us appreciate just how incredibly sleek this handset will be. Well, this really isn’t a live pics the Nokia N81 you see here is a dumb demo – but it still gives us a damn good idea…
Memories of PSION’s beginnings
While browsing the forums on Michael Jerz’s My-Symbian website I stumbled across this thread which happened to lead me to a document written by Richard Harrison about the beginnings of PSION. It really is an eye opener when you read things like: The Organiser II followed in 1986, with a 2-line by 16-character display. Over…
Apple iPhone web-apps run on Nokia phones too!
In an interesting twist of mobile phone irony, it seems that Nokia phones are able to run the iPhone-only web-apps that are designed to work only on the iPhone’s Safari browser. You see, the Nokia Series 60 browser uses the same base code as the Mobile Safari browser. So, where’s the twist of irony? Well,…
Nokia opens mobile phone design studio in Bangalore, India
With established wireless markets saturated to the point of making lesser handset manufacturers want to jump ship, it makes sense to try to get an advantage in emerging markets. It looks like Nokia is all about that particular strategy, they’re getting their foot in the emerging-market-doors of places like India. The market-leading Finnish handset manufacturer…
Epocware releases 4 PONS dictionaries for Symbian smartphones
Epocware continues to release useful applications for Symbian platform. The latest addition to their offering includes four dictionaries based on the world renowned publishing house Ernst Klett Sprachen’s PONS series. The new mobile dictionaries are certainly not among the first such applications made for the Symbian platform, but PONS and Epocware promise detailed meanings, rich…
Samsung SGH-i570 Symbian smartphone pictures and details leaked!
Samsung sure does love them some sliders. It seems every other phone coming out of the South Korean manufacturer’s factories are in slider form-factor. The recently leaked pics and deets of the Samsung SGH-i570 show a slider-phone with a full QWERTY keyboard hidden under a svelte and sleek 96x90x16mm body. How does the handset manufacturing…
MOTORIZR Z8 TV Ad
By far, we all know Motorola is pushing its RIZR Z8 as a multimedia device. Powered by Symbian and UIQ 3.1, the Z8 is certainly the most powerful multimedia-enabled phone released by the American handset maker ever. What follows is Motorola’s TV ad for its “multimedia monster.” As expect, the video is the key selling…
Nokia E65 coming in pink and plum
According to Symbian-Guru, Finish giant is preparing to launch the E65 in more colors. I guess the original gray and red colors are just not enough for some people — after all it’s (not) important to match your phone color with your clothing. 🙂 Anyway, the thing I like about the E65 is in its…