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According to IDG News, who sat in on a presentation given by Nokia Senior Manager Gunther Kottzieper at the 2010 International Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, Nokia is planning to do the following things over the next 12 to 15 months: In Q1 they’ll release a software update for their Symbian^3 devices that features an…
Two Nokia devices recently got firmware updates: the long in the tooth, but what some consider to be the last great handset out of Finland, the E71 (pictured above), and the first capacitive touch screen device out of Espoo, the X6. The X6 is now running version 30.0.003 and All About Symbian say that several…
Three UK announced that it will start selling the Nokia E7 in January next year. Price was not unveiled, but we think the phone will be available starting from free on a two-year 35 GBP a month contract — which is the price of its all-touchscreen brother, Nokia N8. The Nokia E7 is arguably the…
Skype for Symbian has been out for quite some time now, but was still lacking support for the Nokia N8 – Nokia’s flagship device – the C7 and E5. However, just in time for the holidays, Skype has updated its app for Symbian so that even more users can get in touch with friends, family…
Late last month we brought you some photos and a short video of an unannounced Nokia handset dubbed the X7. Today, courtesy of Eldar Murtazin, the infamous Russian journalist who writes for Mobile Review and seems to have unlimited access to prototypes, we’ve got a few more photos of the X7, but this time the…
Ovi Maps keeps getting better. The latest version of Nokia’s free navigation application/service adds few handy features, including: Ability to download street maps directly to your device! A new feature called “Update” on the main menu will allow you download Street Maps without a PC. Of course, it is suggested to use this feature only…
While we were looking at the numbers that Pingdom had commissioned from StatCounter regarding global smartphone OS marketshare based on web usage by region, we noticed that StatCounter also had some more recent mobile web usage data that showed BlackBerry being more popular than iOS (which includes iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch) in the U.S.…
Web analytics firm StatCounter has teamed up with the folks at Pingdom to produce a series of charts and compile a set of data about which smartphone platforms are popular and where. The data collected turns over some of the assumptions I had, such as RIM’s BlackBerry platform. You’d think it was the most popular…
Vodafone is adding more smartphones to its portfolio. The latest two phones that have hit the Big Red’s offering are the HTC Desire Z and Nokia C7. As you know, the first of the two is one of the most wanted smartphones on the market today. The carrier is offering it for free on a…
Nokia’s Beta Labs has released an intriguing new program called “Situations” that bills itself as a semi artificial intelligent way of managing your mobile phone based around multiple variables such as the time of day and your present location. Say for instance that you and your girlfriend always see a movie every Wednesday night at…