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 […]
Editorial: Free Data on Chrome OS Netbooks Changes Everything… Again.
It’s hard not to just start uttering a string of buzz words on the news of today’s Chrome OS netbook announcement. GOBI, CDMA, Verizon, Google, Net Neutrality, Netbooks, 100MBs. The list keeps going… But, the biggest news has nothing to do with Chrome OS itself. Rather, it has to do with Google finally achieving their […]
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, […]
Editorial: An Open Letter To Symbian, Symbian Foundation, and Nokia
Over the past few months, Nokia and Symbian Foundation have moved around assets to a degree that would make a startup blush. Yesterday, the two announced that Nokia would be taking over primary development control of the Symbian platform, but that Symbian Foundation would remain as a licensing authority. This leaves more questions than answers. […]
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 […]
Nokia Delays N8 NAM Launch to Late October
Nokia has announced on its online store that it has delayed the shipment of US Nokia N8 NAM models from the originally slated September 30th ship date to late October. The manufacturer is currently shipping European and Asian models of the device that were previously pre-ordered while the US versions that were pre-ordered are also […]