Nokia Cancels X7 for AT&T
According to the Wall Street Journal, Nokia has canceled a planned launch of the Symbian^3 powered Nokia X7 originally intended for AT&T as an exclusive model due to a lack of confidence in AT&T’s ability to promote the device and their willingness to subsidize the device in order to draw customers to the smartphone. Were […]
Nokia Kills Comes with Music/Ovi Music Unlimited Subscription Service
Nokia has announced that it has ended its Comes With Music/Ovi Music Unlimited music subscription service, with current Comes With Music/Ovi Music Unlimited phones having full subscriptions until the end of their period such as 12-month subscriptions in China and India, while offering six-month subscriptions in Brazil, Turkey and South Africa when purchasing existing compatible […]
Nokia Ovi Maps Updated, Allows for On-device Download of Maps
Until today, you had to use Ovi Suite on a PC to download maps for a country to your Nokia phone. Not anymore. Within a day of Google rolling out offline map data support for Google Maps for Mobile on Android, Nokia has updated Ovi Maps to allow for on-device downloading of complete country map […]
AMD to Support MeeGo
AMD has announced that it will support Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo mobile Linux platform as a new member and will also take a seat on the board of directors. The goal of the support announcement according to the chipmaker is to lend support for the merged mobile Linux platform which began life as Maemo Linux, […]
Nokia to Return to Symbian Development, Foundation Now Responsible for Licensing
Following last week’s announcement that the Symbian Foundation would receive funding to continue development under the SYMBEOSE consortium, the Symbian Foundation has announced that development of the smartphone platform will return under the direct control of Nokia beginning end of March 2011 under a different open source model than the one currently in use. The […]
Report: Apple Owns Invalid Patents, Nokia Not Infringing Apple Patents
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Nokia has been found to not violate any of Apple’s claimed patents, with some of Apple’s patents found to be invalid, and some having nothing to do with the case according to ITC investigators. Because of the findings, the investigators will recommend that Nokia not be […]
Symbian Receives €22 Million Investment, Not Changing Name
Many in the mobile media have mis-reported today’s Symbian developments. Here’s what has happened, in a nutshell. Symbian over the past year has transitioned to being an open source foundation. However, in the process, it lost supporters such as Sony Ericsson. Nokia relies on Symbian to provide for their high-end handsets, as the company is […]
Nokia N900 Firmware Update Now Available
A new firmware update for the Nokia N900 Maemo Linux device has been released. Key features of the update include bug fixes, stability improvements and support for Nokia’s Ovi Suite. The Nokia Music Store will also be accessible from the device allowing for DRM-free downloads. The update is supposed to aid developers in dual booting […]