Nokia’s N95 8GB for North America to feature v20 firmware
May 28, 2008
After Nokia had released the long awaited firmware for the N95-3, it seems our American friends got another updated on their hands. The N95-4, which is the US version of the N95 8GB, got updated to the latest V20 firmware. The changes ? Well, it looks like the V20 firmware comes with a speed and performance improvement and it isn’t too hard to update, not more than 10 minutes.
N95-3 Firmware Update Coming In June
May 18, 2008
Better later than never, that’s all i can say about this firmware update. According to Vandelay, an administrator on the official Nokia Discussion Boards, it seems the Nokia Software Update team has a new version of the N95-3 software in the works.
So, we have to wait another 5 weeks for this update (June 20th). Unfortunately, there is no word regarding what will be included but Flash Lite 3, Demand Paging and Web Runtime support are rumored to feature in this new update.
Read full entry »Nokia Siemens ? speeds of 10Mbps on your mobile phone
May 13, 2008
High-speed Internet on mobile phones seems to be the next big bet of producers and GSM providers alike. As mobile internet is getting cheaper, there?s good news from Nokia Siemens as well, as the company is testing the I-HSDPA standard for data transfer which will bring greater speeds to our mobile phone.
Together with Mobikom Austria, Nokia Siemens have tested the I-HSDPA standard and reached a download speed of 10.1Mbps (and this a speed reached in a real-life test, not just a theoretic specification of the standard).
Read full entry »Nokia E71 to get official this week?
May 8, 2008
The E71 is rumored to be E61i’s successor, and it looks like it’s the only device missing from Nokia’s MWC and CTIA lineups this year. According to the dutch site Mobile Phone Helpdesk is seems that “all arrows point” to an official launch of the terminal on May 8, which means today. The same source mention that official specs have started appearing on retail sites, suggesting that the ship date of the E71 draws near. Some specs : HSDPA, Wi-Fi, a 3 megapixel camera, FM radio all bundled into a package that seems to be just 10mm thick. Hey guys, get your credit cards, because the phone may be suddenly available in a few hours.
Nokia Launches its 5320 and 5220 XpressMusic Candybars
April 22, 2008
We’re still in Nokia’s “no major new products” quarter and we’ll have to get used with releases like these 5320 and 5220 candybars. The terminals are ok, but unfortunately it won’t win back that 1% lost market share. The 3G HSDPA 5320 is a dedicated music phone which packs N-Gage gaming keys, a 3.5-mm headphone jack, up to 24-hours of play time, up to 8GB of expandable storage and a “Say and Play” voice controlled playlist (gives you the possibility of telling the name of an artist or song and the phone will play it). The other one, the 5220 doesn’t feature the HSDPA but it adds a lanyard.
The price for 5320 and 5220 will be ?220 / $351 and ?160 / $255, respectively. Both expected to hit Europe in Q3 2008.
Read full entry »Wilcom unveils its first Atom Device production
April 15, 2008
Well, it seems Wilmcom isn’t wasting any time and it is going launch its Silverthorne-based Atom processors to the market. This weekend, the company unveiled its D4 WSO16SH which measures 3.3″ x 7.4″ x 1? and weighs one pound.
The device features a 1.33GHz Z520 Atom processor, 1GB of RAM (PC2-4200), and a 40GB 4,200 RPM HDD, a 5″ LED-backlit display with a resolution of 1,024×600, a slide-out, 64-key QWERTY keyboard, 2MP camera, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and will offer support for Wilcom’s Personal Handyphone System (PHS) data network.
Willcom’s D4 WSO16SH price tag will be somewhere around $1,272 USD and it will hit Japan in mid-June/
Read full entry »Nokia Tube, leaked specs and pics
April 9, 2008
There are a lot of rumors regarding Nokia’s full-touchscreen handset, which seems to be a real competitor for Apple’s iPhone. The phone packs some interesting goodies and it’s Nokia’s first Symbian S60 phone. Its display is larger than 3 inches and features a 16:9 aspect ratio, while the thickness is unknown.
According to Symbian Freak, the Tube is expected to be smaller than Nokia N73 which means its thinkness won’t be larger than 19 mm. Among the revealed features, the Tube also packs a 3G connectivity (HSDPA and UMTS) but also GPRS and EDGE, Wi-Fi, GPS and geotagging, Universal Plub and Play, Bluetooth and some advanced audio capabilities. The camera doesn’t seem to be comparable to N82’s or N95’s but it is said to be a good one.
Let’s see if the above details will be confirmed or not.
Read full entry »Tube, Nokia’s First Touchscreen Phone
April 8, 2008
During the Evans Data Developer Relations conference from Redwood City, California, Nokia had unveiled a prototype, that seems to be the company’s first touchscreen phone. A lot of people claimed that this is just another iPhone clone, as if Apple would have invented the touchscreen.
Nokia Tube will be the first phone to run on a touchscreen optimized Symbian S60 operating system. Besides the new S60, Nokia’s representants have also remembered that Nokia Tube will come with an application that gives you the possibility to upload photos directly from the phone to Internet.
Unfortunately there’s no word regarding the launch date or the price tag, but it is rumored that Nokia Tube will be launched by the end of the year.
Read full entry »Motorola is going to lay off another 2,600 workers
April 4, 2008
Tough times at Motorola seems to be endless. They announced today that the company is going to lay off another 2,600 workers. If that is going to happened, the number of positions eliminated since the start of 2007 will count a total of 10,000. Well, I’m sure the number of departures will increase especially after the company split off its mobile phone business.
Motorola’s goal is to reduce costs by some $500M by the end of the year and to be sure the “mission” will be accomplished, Moto will close a factory in Singapore and a WiMAX development lab in Florida. There’s no word on when the cuts are going to come.
Read full entry »Nokia E90, a bling bling model
March 19, 2008
Blinged Nokia E90 is the perfect phone for those rich people who think that a jeweled cell phone is a must have accessory. If the loaded folks weren’t swayed by the latest decked up iPhone, then the E90 might be what they were looking for. Crafted of 18 carat white gold, the phone is caked with more than 400 diamonds (a total of 9.86 cts numbers with a VVSI-IF (LC) quality).
Well, if the luxurious Vertu collection from Nokia doesn’t impress you, then go to the Austrian designer-jeweller, Peter Aloisson with $82,000 (52,000 Euros) and you can poket in a pimped up E90.
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