Nokia Adding New Camera Features to Symbian Anna Update for N8
Nokia has announced new features being added to the Symbian Anna update for the N8 coming in the next few weeks, with key features taken from hacks performed by the Symbian community. When the update for the N8 rolls out it will add continuous autofocus for video capture and full 720p30 video resolution for video […]
Nokia And Apple Drop Patent Litigation and Counterclaims
In related news, Nokia and Apple have announced that each respective company has settled with the other for an undisclosed amount relating to the previous patent litigation against each other which began in 2009 relating to payment and royalty claims on wireless technology. In the settlement, Nokia will be receiving a lump sum plus ongoing […]
Nokia Makes it Official, Will Disband Ovi by July
Nokia has finally provided a timetable for the long-assumed withdrawal of the Ovi brand from all Nokia products and services. Ovi was born out of Nokia’s effort to create a series of Web 2.0 products and services, to answer rivals such as Apple’s App Store and MobileMe. However, the message was mixed, with products often […]
Nokia Selects Qualcomm for Windows Phone 7 and Seeks More Chipset Partners
A Nokia representative speaking to Reuters has confirmed that the Finnish manufacturer’s first Windows Phone 7 handsets slated for launch later this year will use Qualcomm chipsets, following previous long term litigation between both companies regarding patents and licensing. The confirmation of Qualcomm chips in the first wave of Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets also […]
Nokia Confirms N9 Running MeeGo
Nokia has officially confirmed on its Facebook page that the forthcoming N9 flagship smart device will be running MeeGo as previously planned, dashing rumors from earlier today that the operating system was changed to Symbian Anna in the wake of abandoning its partnership with intel in favor of a partnership with Microsoft for its smart […]
T-Mobile’s Prepaid Refurb Nuron Fire Sale
T-Mobile is currently holding a fire sale on the Nokia Nuron Symbian smartphone. The phone features Symbian S60 5th Edition and now features access to the latest edition of Ovi Maps which allows for offline map caching with map data for 160 countries. Normally $149.99, the phone is currently being sold for $49.99 after $70 […]
Nokia Cuts Jobs and Outsources Symbian Development to Accenture
Nokia has confirmed that it will cut 4,000 jobs related to research and development as well as an additional 3,000 via outsourcing contract to outsourcing firm Accenture, moving the internal Symbian development team to the firm in an attempt to save US$1.46 billion in R&D costs by 2013. The new deal is a further expansion […]
Nokia Astound Now Available from T-Mobile
T-Mobile has also quietly launched the Nokia Astound Symbian^3 smartphone after weeks of anticipation. The phone features video calling via Qik through its front facing camera, a 3.5 inch capacitive AMOLED display at 640×360, an 8.0 megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture, flash and autofocus, as well as a microSDHC slot, Bluetooth and Ovi […]
T-Mobile Announces Nokia Astound for April 6th
T-Mobile has announced its latest Nokia smartphone in the Nokia Astound, the US variant of the Nokia C7. The Astound will feature Symbian^3 as well as video calling via Qik through its front facing camera, a 3.5 inch capacitive AMOLED display at 640×360, an 8.0 megapixel camera with 720p HD video capture, flash and autofocus, […]
Nokia Beta Labs Releases Updater for Mac OS X
Nokia has released a Release Candidate version of its Software Updater application for Mac OS X. Previously, in order to update Nokia devices without OTA SP support, updates would have to be handled via Windows machines as Nokia Software Update was only available for Windows.