by Derek on December 1, 2008
Sony Ericsson and Motorola aren’t the only ones having issues with their upcoming products, and chopping models right before they ship. While Motorola cancelled the RAZR3, Sony Ericsson has axed Paris and BeiBei models that were coming soon, Nokia has also axed an unannounced model that could’ve been one of the most unique designs we’ve [...]
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by Derek on November 28, 2008
Apparently, the cellphone market in Japan is rough these days, with the market quite oversaturated and competition really rough, and Nokia agrees, it seems, based on their recent business move.
Nokia has just announced that it will stop selling phones in Japan altogether, effective immediately. That includes any and all marketing, which will cease. It marks [...]
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by Derek on November 26, 2008
Nokia offered 264 million Euros to buy out Symbian, and it appears this deal is on track, says chief development officer Mary McDowell, and should be just about a done deal by mid-December. This could be a potentially huge move in the mobile OS environment by Nokia.
The offer to acquire the last remaining unowned shares [...]
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by Derek on November 17, 2008
Companies promise things sometimes, and price and market conditions change. But then there’s occasions where you’re like, “Hey, hold on a sec…”, and the recent release of the Nokia 5800 is a case in point.
For those looking forward to the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic’s release date (which is supposed to be “some time in Q4 2008″, [...]
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by Derek on November 11, 2008
Nokia seems to enjoy creating unusual concept phones, and they are released for oogling all the time. It’s sort of a hobby for the company.
The latest one, created by Finnish designer Heikki Juvonen, might be the oddest looking of them all, but also has a chance of catching on and becoming a future design soon, based [...]
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by Ben on October 15, 2008
Being in touch and being in tune is easier with the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its treasure trove of hidden secrets. Apart from its high-quality multimedia capabilities, there are some other unseen forces at your disposal which will decrease the time it takes to traverse a seemingly endless list of boring menus, giving you more [...]
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by Ben on October 15, 2008
Finally, some more long-awaited information has been leaked about the Nokia 7100s Supernova.
Nokia it is adding the little slider design Supernova to its basic phone range and it will have an S40 user interface. Images of the 1.3 megapixel camera should look good with a 262k color QVGA active TFT display.
Supernova also promises to [...]
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by Ben on October 13, 2008
Never short of innovative ideas, Nokia has come up with a new concept in mobile phones: a Communicator. If it does come to life it will be the evolutionary result of a the 9300 or the Nokia E90 and will be, for all intents and purposes, either a monster Mobile or a mini laptop, opening [...]
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Concept,
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by Ben on October 12, 2008
The launch of the iphone last year was just the beginning. Since then a wave of new touchscreen phones have flooded into the market and Nokia have now added water to a concept phone with a liquid touch.
Touchscreens are fabulous when controlling your user interface, that the lack of keys when texting is still a [...]
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A mysterious online advertising campaign has stirred rumours with promotional videos and websites (such as jadesphone.com) that have led many to believe that Nokia will be releasing a new phone on Monday.
The advert features a video of three separate young adults out clubbing with friends, with the voice-over discussing how phones have become an integrated [...]
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by Derek on October 9, 2008
As phone companies ramp up for one of the biggest and most competitive seasons ever, Nokia faces a new fight as counterfeit manufacturers continue to increase the quality and undetectability of their replica devices in time for the release of the manufacturer’s most expensive phone lines.
Distributors and dealers who have seen the latest fakes have [...]
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N96,
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by Derek on October 8, 2008
The Nokia E71 is the victim of the latest luxury make-over courtesy of Continental Mobiles who has coated the mobile phone in pure 24k gold. Yes, feel free to read that sentence again. 24k Gold. A mobile phone.
The E71 is an award winning, smartphone that offers a great entry point for that particular genre, with [...]
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by Henry on October 4, 2008
The very best handsets and mobile services of 2008 were announced last night at the annual Mobile Choice Awards in London. Judged by a panel of industry experts and Mobile Choice readers, Samsung were the stars of night having scooped a total of three awards. The Korean giants received perhaps the most coveted award of [...]
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by Henry on October 2, 2008
After so many rumours, leaks and speculation about their first ever touchscreen phone, Nokia finally pulled back the curtains today on their new 5800 Xpress Music with an offical unveiling in London. Commonly referred to as The Tube, Nokia’s new 5800 Xxpress Music phone is a direct response to the threat posed by the new [...]
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Come With Music,
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Tube,
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by Henry on October 2, 2008
For some people, a mobile phone is just that - a phone which they can carry around. As long as the phone performs its primary function of making and receiving calls they are happy. They have no need for fancy cameras, slidey out QWERTY keyboards, or internet access, and they certainly wonder why phone blogs [...]
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