Nokia to Focus on Windows Phone 7, Symbian Phaseout, MeeGo Becomes Experimental
Nokia today announced their plan to transition the their smartphone division to Windows Phone 7, over the next two years. The company has recently acknowledged the extreme difficulties that it has had in evolving to the new generation of smartphone platforms. By embracing Windows Phone 7, and entering into a strategic partnership with Microsoft, Nokia […]
T-Mobile Cancels Nokia Nuron 2
Following up on the news of Nokia canceling the X7 for AT&T last week, it seems that T-Mobile has canceled the successor to its surprisingly popular Nuron in the Nuron 2, which would have been a rebranded Nokia C5-03. The C5-03 as available in Europe features S60 5th Edition, a 3.2 inch resistive touch display […]
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: 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. […]
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 Updates Developer Tools and Features
Nokia has updated its developer tools and features with new functionality and features following the new devices announcement earlier this morning. A new version of the Qt SDK includes a 70% reduction in the amount of code required to write applications for Symbian devices and Nokia has simplified the application signing process while making it […]
Symbian Foundation Comments on Nokia’s Symbian Plans
The Symbian Foundation has sent an official statement to PhoneNews.com regarding yesterday’s report concerning Nokia’s decision to move the flagship N-Series line from Symbian to MeeGo and the resulting shift for the X, C and E Series. The C Series of devices will be powered by Symbian instead of the Java-based Series 40 as previously […]
Nokia Moving N-Series to MeeGo
Nokia has confirmed that it will move its flagship N-Series high-end smart device line from Symbian to MeeGo, while relegating Symbian to the E Series and X series where the operating system enjoys popularity. The C series will now be the entry level line powered by Series 40. The first device to be released and […]
Nokia Releases Cross-Platform Qt SDK
Nokia has released its first version of the Qt SDK which is currently in beta. The SDK will allow developers to create and compile programs for Symbian 3.1 all the way up to Symbian^3, Maemo and MeeGo. In terms of tool and API depth, the SDK is nearly complete with the Qt class library which […]
FCC Approves Nokia N8 with T-Mobile 3G Support
Following up, the FCC has approved a version of the recently announced Nokia N8 with Symbian^3 for T-Mobile based on support for the carrier’s 3G network. While the smart device has been confirmed for European release the phone has not been officially announced for North America, and T-Mobile has not confirmed future availability at this […]