Good news for our North American readers who at the same time like Nokia smartphones. The single most desirable Finnish smartphone, N97, has been spotted at the FCC. And we’re talking about the real U.S. version, all with the right bands to sing along AT&T’s 3G network (1900 MHz). Everything the European/Asian version has is…
Nokia E75 starts shipping
Nokia announced that its long time awaited E75 handset has started shipping, as of today. Unfortunately, we don’t have the release dates at this stage, but we do know one thing — the both numeric keypad and QWERTY keyboard equipped S60 smartphone is set to be an instant hit for the Finnish giant. Existing S60…
ShoZu goes Symbian S60 5th Edition!
I’m not sure why this took so long, but whatever the case is, now you can grab ShoZu and use it on your Nokia 5800 XpressMusic to instantly share your media with all your buddies across a number of media sharing and social networking services. The interface is completely changed to be more touch friendly,…
Nokia E71x video quickie
It’s the end of the week and we’re slowly wrapping up our live coverage of CTIA Wireless 2009. One of the bigger product announcements at the show was AT&T’s Nokia E71x. The E71x is essentially the same as the Nokia E71, only the E71x supports the 3G frequency bands that AT&T uses. As the first…
Texas Instruments unveils OMAP 3 Symbian Foundation reference platform
At the CTIA, the Symbian Foundation announced the Zoom OMAP34x-II mobile development platform based on OMAP technology from Texas Instruments (TI) as the first standard hardware development platform. As I’m not an expert on reference platforms, here are words from the official release: Using the Zoom OMAP34x-II MDP, Symbian developers will be able to quickly…
Nokia Photo Browser released for S60 touch phones
Nokia Labs has released a new free application called Nokia Photo Browser for Symbian S60 5th edition devices – 5800 XpressMusic and the upcoming N97. As you can figure out for yourself, the app is developed to allow users to do a simple task – browse through photos on their device. The twist is in…
Nokia posts new Nokia N97 video walkthrough
Fans of the slide-and-tilt Nokia N97 will be happy to hear that Nokia has posted a new video walk-through that shows off some new N97 screens and transitions. The video presents a convincingly intuitive and sleek touch-based UI, which Nokia suggests helps make the Nokia N97 the “ultimate internet device.” Having had a little time…
Sonavation Pumps out Super-Tiny Mobile Fingerprint Sensor
We only see biometric fingerprint scanners in mobile here and there, but this new one from Sonavation called the SonicSlide STS3000 is apparently the thinnest of them all. This sucker actually uses ultrasound to scan, which apparently cuts down on interference traditionally plaguing semiconductor-based fingerprint scanners. Some of the technical specs include: Industry Leading Accuracy…
Smartphones pulling down 1/3 of all mobile ads
Smartphones, especially touchscreen smartphones are starting to gain traction in the mobile advertising world. A new study has found that fully one-third (33%) of all mobile advertisement requests were made by smartphones in February 2009, up from 26% the previous month. More specifically, AdMob’s monthly Mobile Metrics Report has found that touchscreen smartphones like the…
AT&T’s Nokia E71x delayed, again
Just when we thought AT&T and Nokia finally agreed to push the E71 States wide, something went wrong. Apparently, there are some problems related to email/Mail for Exchange syncing which will require a firmware upgrade. As a result, AT&T may postpone the launch for up to 8 weeks. 🙁 And while this is generally a…