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One of the three devices announced at Nokia World today was the much leaked C7. We’ve seen this puppy before several times, and now that’s it is official we’re happy to tell you what’s what. It has a 3.5 inch screen, 640 x 360 pixels, comes with 8 GB of memory inside, has an 8…
Anssi Vanjoki was on stage at Nokia World this morning to announce a range of Symbian^3 smartphones, and the biggest, meanest, baddest of the bunch is the E7. It has a 4 inch screen, will ship by the end of this year, and cost 495 EUR before taxes and subsides. It’s expensive, sure, but what…
Nokia is kicking off their namesake conference today with the Nokia World keynote in London, UK. The Finnish mobile phone giant has been struggling to compete with hot new smartphones powered by iOS and Android mobile operating systems — the HTC EVO 4G, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Galaxy S and iPhone 4 come to mind…
It wasn’t much of a surprise but Nokia finally axed Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo in favor of a former Microsoft executive, Stephen Elop. Interestingly enough, Elop is the first non-Finnish person to head Nokia in its 145 year history but the company will need more than a fresh perspective to stay relevant in an increasingly competitive smartphone…
By now you’re either desperately wanting a Nokia N8, which is the first Symbian^3 handset ever, or you’ve given it a pass. And if the cool interactive unboxing videos haven’t swayed you, or perhaps the sweet videos shot by the 12MP Carl Zeiss shooter on the back, then maybe the new commercial might be the…
Symbian-powered Sony Ericsson Vivaz and Vivaz Pro just got an improved user interface thanks to Sony Ericsson’s partnership with SPB Software. As you may know, SPB has been working on its SPB Mobile Shell UI for quite some time now, ever since they noticed the user experience on Windows Mobile sucks. In the meantime, they’ve…
Nokia’s upcoming N8, the first 12 megapixel device and Symbian^3 device to come out of Finland, is due to come out in a matter of weeks after a long 5 month wait from when it was first announced back in April. In that span of almost half a year, Nokia has provided image samples and…
So you’ve been waiting for the Nokia N8 and things are getting a little more tense since we announced that it was shipping September 30. Fret not, as the date hasn’t changed, but now the touchscreen Symbian^3 handset has been priced at $549. The price is a little steep, yes, and with no word on…
If you still think these smartphones are just a fad, you should check out the latest numbers from IDC because the firm’s research said smartphone shipments for the first half of the year grew 55.5% compared to last year. IDC said vendors shipped 119.4 million smartphones for the first six months of 2010, compared to…
PSFreedom, a port of the open source PSGroove jailbreak solution for the Playstation 3, hit the internet last week and it has traveled far and wide since its debut. It is simple in theory – all you need is the code and a device with a USB microcontroller to execute this hack. Now in the…