10 days ago Fring announced that it has expanded the list of supported devices to include additional Nokia Symbian S60 smartphones. Now they’re going one step further and again it’s Nokia S60 users they are targeting. However, this time their focus is on Symbian 9.3-powered phones such as the Nokia E72 and E75, both of…
HTC HD2, Motorola CLIQ XT and Nokia Nuron Priced for T-Mobile
A flurry of T-Mobile-bound handsets have been priced by this screenshot of internal documents. What is most striking here is that the HTC HD2 is an altogether reasonable $199.99 on contract ($449.99 with no strings), which is a stark contrast to the $349.99 T-Mo was asking for the TouchPro2 at launch. That’s a great price…
CrazySoft launches Trigna, match-three puzzle game for all mobile phones
Sarris brothers from Greece (CrazySoft), which I met more than two years ago at the UIQ Fast Track event in Budapest in 2007, have released a new game called Trigna. It’s a match-three puzzle game and your goal is to score points by making triangles. You have few seconds until each round is over, so…
Nokia C5: $185 will get you 3.2 megapixels, GPS, HSPA, and Symbian [UPDATE: Video!]
Like clockwork, Nokia announced the C5 today. It says a lot that the company used their press bulletin site, and not their official press site, to make the announcement. When that usually happens, the device is seen as something not too important to the company’s portfolio. Maybe there are more Cseries devices lined up, more…
Microsoft gives more details on Windows Phone Starter Edition
During an interview with ZDNet, Microsoft gave some more details about Windows Phone Starter Edition and it could be a good choice for handset vendors targeting emerging markets. In the wake of the gorgeous-looking Windows 7 Phone Series, Microsoft still has a fairly usable mobile operating system with Windows Mobile 6.5. Windows Phone Starter Edition will take…
Android pulls ahead of Windows Mobile as hottest trending mobile OS
Social media is a great way to get a bead on the hottest trends in almost any industry you can think of, and the Android OS has just been crowned the hottest mobile OS in the smartphone space. A new study from Norwegian consulting firm Integrasco shows that Android has pulled ahead of Windows Mobile…
Symbian^4 user interface aims to take on iPhone but underwhelms on video
By now it’s clear that Nokia needs to really up their game when it comes to creating a touchscreen user experience that can compete with every one of the big smartphone platforms out there (iPhone, Android, webOS, Windows Phone 7). Their solution? Why, Symbian^4, of course. What you see here are a couple “first glimpse”…
Nokia X6 16GB hits Nokia Flagship Stores in the U.S.
Good news for the remaining Symbian S60 5th Edition fans in the U.S. – Nokia’s capacitive touchscreen-equipped device, X6 16GB is now available at the company’s flagship stores in Chicago and New York. The price is $455 plus taxes, which is super expensive even for an unlocked device with such a few apps available (when…
Research: Nokia Losing Marketshare, RIM holds Number Two Smartphone Rank in 2009
Gartner has just published the results of some of their latest research regarding the performance of the world’s big-name cell phone manufacturers and platforms over 2009, and hints at where we’re headed next. Android, iPhone, and to a lesser extent, BlackBerry, are poisoned for substantial growth, while Nokia (though still the world leader), Sony Ericsson,…
Video: Anssi Vanjoki: Yes, the Nokia N97 was horrible, and no, we’ll never screw up like that again
In what’s probably the most honest video I’ve seen with a Nokia employee in front of the camera, Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President of Markets, talks about the N97 and how it was a success in terms of sales, but it has failed in many other categories such as user experience and hardware quality. He…