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Nokia, which announced several devices [E7, C7, C6, C3] at their annual Nokia Event last week, and who most recently said that their N8 is on target to ship by the end of Q3 [read: October], making it a full 6 months from the April 27th announcement to handset availability, has made the C7 available…
In the close to three years that have passed since Nokia purchased Trolltech and then slowly integrated Qt technology into their Symbian and MeeGo platforms we’ve yet to see developers full take advantage of the awesome capabilities that are now baked into millions of devices shipping every quarter, mainly due to the poor implementation of…
Yesterday, Nokia fans were in an uproar when news came that the N8 would be delayed. Those waiting for the Symbian^3 handset were feeling pretty distraught and dejected, but Nokia has just a bit of relatively good news this morning. According to the Finnish company, some N8 smartphones will be shipping on time. According to…
If you were hoping to get your grubby hands on that Nokia N8 at the end of the month, then you’re out of luck because the world’s largest handset maker has delayed its flagship device for a few weeks. According to a statement obtained by Engadget: The amount of preorders has exceeded our expectations and…
Another Nokia executive is leaving the company shortly after the news that CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo would be replaced by Stephen Elop of Microsoft. Additionally, EVP Anssi Vanjoki and chairman Jorma Ollila are also on their way out. This time, UK and Ireland managing director Mark Loughran is saying farewell as he heads for Pace. Pace…
Nokia’s Ovi Store has been recently updated and (I guess) optimized to sing along the latest Symbian^3 smartphones such as the Nokia N8 and the newly announced E7, C6 and C7. As far as I’ve understood, the new mobile client will work on all S60 touchscreen phones, though I may be wrong (I have no…
Nokia has been really pushing its marketing campaign for the N8 with tons of videos – both about the device and videos shot with the device. This time, Nokia, with the help of some friends, has filmed “Dot.” It’s a cute little stop motion film about a really miniscule character. What really gets me is…
Let me let you in on a little secret. While your favorite mobile operating system may be the one with the most applications, or the one with the best integration with the online services you use, or the one that’s the most open source, operators have dollar signs in their eyes and their favorite operating…
Nokia has updated its popular mapping and navigation client – Ovi Maps. Version 3.06 packs tons improvements (much more than one would expect from a 0.01 update), including: Refreshed main menu and icons New maps with public transport lines for subways, trams and trains in more than 80 cities around the world. To use this…
Foursquare, a service mainly used by hipsters or people who don’t having anything spectacularly meaningful in their life and thus need to acquire emotional reinforcement from icons with funny captions created by previously said mentioned hipsters, has a native iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, and even Palm webOS application, but nothing for Symbian. That says a lot…