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Archive for July 13th, 2010

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Video: Gorilla glass break test (to feature in N8)

Video: Gorilla glass break test (to feature in N8)

| July 13, 2010 | 10 Replies

Advertisements Here’s a video comparing  different type of glass used on mobile devices, including the scratch resistant Gorilla glass that is found in the upcoming Nokia N8 as confirmed by Damien Dinning. In the tests, they sand blast the samples to demonstrate the wear and tear of abuse given to it by users. Check out […]

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Results: 95% of MNB voters would like S^4 in N8, for 66% S^4 upgrade is a deal breaker (Though 98% want the Nokia N8)

Results: 95% of MNB voters would like S^4 in N8, for 66% S^4 upgrade is a deal breaker (Though 98% want the Nokia N8)

| July 13, 2010 | 13 Replies

Yesterday, we asked a question: How important is the possibility of upgrading the Nokia N8 to Symbian^4. The situation of whether the upgrade was possible wasn’t clear and was hotly discussed in the comments (I’m still not sure of the situation myself). What was clear was that of the whopping 632 votes (over half of […]

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Should Nokia just concentrate making camera phone's ?

Should Nokia just concentrate making camera phone's ?

| July 13, 2010 | 14 Replies

Tomi Ahonen is a Mobile consultant for handset manufacturers and is a really respected man with a good amount of knowledge  and of course I follow him on Twitter. Today he made some very interesting comments on Nokia and their success in making camera phones.  Its no secret that Nokia are in a sort of trouble […]

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Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

| July 13, 2010 | Reply

Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6’s dominance over Symbian in the 00’s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and […]

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Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

Is Symbian going to disappear into the bowels of mediocrity. (Poll)

| July 13, 2010 | 26 Replies

Having read YET another article, this time by Gartner predicting the demise of Symbian (Same people that predicted Windows Mobile 6’s dominance over Symbian in the 00’s) and comparing it to the Titanic of all things, Read here: http://blogs.gartner.com/nick_jones/2010/07/11/is-symbian-re-arranging-the-deck-chairs-on-the-titanic/ I thought I’d put up a poll to ask where YOU felt Symbian is heading and […]

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Gallery: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone (and another video)

Gallery: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone (and another video)

| July 13, 2010 | 8 Replies

This morning we saw a video of a Nokia N98/E7/”N9″/N8-02 aka N8 with QWERTY clone. Another video popped up and along with that, a gallery of RM-626 clone. For 140USD you get: 3″ touch screen 15mm thickness Dual band 1.3mp camera that takes VGA photos -_- bluetooth rest of your generic clone features. Click to […]

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Nokia N8 due for release 31st August 2010 (from Play.com)

Nokia N8 due for release 31st August 2010 (from Play.com)

| July 13, 2010 | Reply

There’s been some rumours that the Nokia N8’s official release date (when you can buy it) will be August 25th (2010!). On play.com (which has listed the Nokia N8 on pre-order for a while at £449.99 unlocked . Note: It will be much cheaper up front of course on contract plan and pay and go. […]

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Video: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone

Video: Nokia RM-626/E7/"N9"/N8-02/N98/N8 QWERTY China Clone

| July 13, 2010 | Reply

The RM-626 still does not have an official name (originally called N98, later N9, but also E7 and N8-02) and now there is a clone. The demo girl calls it the Nokia N98, showing off the Nseries branding (the series let alone the name is debatable in the RM-626) This is your usual dual-sim variety, […]

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Aava Virta 2 smartphone

Aava Virta 2 smartphone

| July 13, 2010 | 2 Replies

The guys at Engadget managed to get a bit of hands on time with the new Aava Android/MeeGo dev platform. Being the loving fanboys that they are, they expressed their disappointment that MeeGo was shown running on the device as opposed to the almighty Android (end sarcasm). Obviously not a big departure from the previous […]

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