Nokia has just announced via a press release that it is taking multiple legal actions to protect patents it feels are violated by HTC, RIM, and Viewsonic. In the US, the Finnish handset maker has filed a complaint to the US International Trade Commission (ITC) against HTC, as well as patent infringement lawsuits against HTC…
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Internet tethering enabled firmware for the Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 starts appearing
Just about every iPhone and every Android device currently on the market supports a nifty little feature whereby the phone will act as a wireless hotspot that any normal WiFi enabled device can use to access the internet. Need to check something out on your iPad, download a new book on your Kindle, upload a…
Tethering coming to all Nokia Lumia phones
Yesterday we complained that the newest member of Nokia’s Windows Phone family, Lumia 610, will have the built-in tethering capability while its older (and better) cousins, Lumia 710 and Lumia 800, won’t. Nokia acknowledged the problem and promised to fix this by releasing a firmware update in the near future. In a FAQ about the…
Leak: Nokia 302, QWERTY feature phones never looked so boring
Back in April 2010 Nokia announced a cheap ($125) feature phone with a QWERTY keyboard called the C3. There was nothing particularly noteworthy about it, save for the fact that it didn’t come with 3G connectivity, instead opting to come with WiFi. Over a year later, in October 2011, Nokia announced the Asha 200 and…
UK: White Nokia Lumia 800 available for pre-ordering for 429.95 GBP
That sexy lookin’ white Nokia Lumia 800 is now available for pre-ordering in the UK. The retailer offering it is MobileFun, which lists the device for whopping 429.95 GBP, which translates into $681. Now we know Europeans are used to paying more for unlocked devices (when compared to the U.S.), but that’s still a lot…
Microsoft to bring the Nokia Lumia 800 to the US for $900 this Valentine’s Day
Nokia’s Lumia 800, which was announced in late October of last year, then hit the market a few weeks later in mid November, is finally coming to the United States. It’ll be available from Microsoft’s retail stores starting next Tuesday, otherwise known as Valentine’s Day, for $900. Now that price tag might seem a bit…
Musician joins in with ringing Nokia phone during performance
Musician Lukáš Kmit was in front of a crowd at an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Presov, Slovakia playing his viola. In the middle of his performance, a Nokia phone ringer went off and Kmit paused. Rather than berate the embarrassed audience member like the conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Kmit decided to have some fun by playing the ringtone back…
Danske Bank: Nokia likely to sell their smartphone unit to Microsoft during the first half of 2012
Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, has issued a report saying that Nokia will sell their smartphone unit to Microsoft during the first half of 2012. Aleksi Moisio, who reported this story in the Finnish news publication Taloussanomat, reminded me that “this rumor has been out there around for quite some time,” which leads me to…
Surprise, surprise: Nokia paying developers and offering them incentives to make Windows Phone apps
There’s a dirty little secret that developers and handset makers don’t want to talk about. It’s something most people will have no difficulty wrapping their heads around: money talks. It’s widely expected that Nokia will at least one device running Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system at an upcoming event dubbed “Nokia World”. Now in order…
Nokia N9 available for pre-ordering in Australia for AU$829
Yep we knew the Nokia N9 is heading to Australia where all major carriers and phone retailers should get it. It’s almost there, with one of the companies already accepting pre-orders. Don’t get too excited though, cause you’ll have to pay a small fortune to grab the first MeeGo-powered device. Retailer Harvey Norman asks a…