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 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 […]
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.
Nokia C7 with T-Mobile 3G Support Revealed By FCC
Following up, the FCC has also revealed the first images and details surrounding the US version of the Nokia C7. The version approved by the FCC features support for T-Mobile’s 3G bands as well as Symbian^3 along with a 3.5 inch capacitive touch display, microSD expansion slot, 8.0 megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 8GB […]
Nokia E7 Up for Pre-Order
Nokia’s last major Symbian device in the E7 has been officially posted for pre-order on Nokia’s own online store ahead of its official launch next month. The E7 features a tilting 4 inch wide sliding touch display which covers a QWERTY keyboard and also features an 8 megapixel camera with 720p video capture. Like the […]
Bloomberg: Microsoft Paying Nokia Over $1 Billion Over 5 Years
Bloomberg is reporting and citing its own sources regarding the recent Nokia-Microsoft tie-up and stating that Nokia stands to gain over a billion dollars over a period of more than five years for becoming one of Microsoft’s biggest hardware partners and subsequently shifting its strategy from Symbian and MeeGo to Windows Phone 7, with the […]
Nokia Spins Off Commercial Qt License Management to Digia
Nokia has announced in a press release that it has spun off its commercial Qt license management to firm Digia. The new arrangement will see Digia handle the commercial licensing of the Qt application framework as well as the license management for the 2500 commercial developers currently licensing the Qt framework for commercial software development, […]