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Archive for March 22nd, 2011

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Video Collection: Nokia Astound Hands on.

Video Collection: Nokia Astound Hands on.

| March 22, 2011 | 16 Replies

Advertisements Below are a collection of hands on videos of the “new” Nokia Astound launched at CTIA. It’s the American Nokia C7 preloaded with PR2.0. Check out the split screen portrait QWERTY and the landscape SWYPE (not split screen). This, oh dear, does not make sense to me. Swipe is one finger dragging – preferably […]

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Nokia looking to push CDMA handsets??

Nokia looking to push CDMA handsets??

| March 22, 2011 | 12 Replies

One of the questions asked of Nokia CEO Stephen Elop after the Capital Markets Day debacle was whether Nokia would be making a larger push towards selling handsets in North America. Many thought, rightfully, that Windows Phone 7 would be the vehicle to conquer that market and it looks like Nokia agrees. Forbes is reporting […]

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Eldar: 4 Windows Phone 7 Nokia Phones in R&D + 1 tablet

Eldar: 4 Windows Phone 7 Nokia Phones in R&D + 1 tablet

| March 22, 2011 | 16 Replies

Eldar Murtazin, famous Nokia fan (joke) tweeted that Nokia has 4 Windows Phone 7 in R&D. He also notes a tablet which he presumes to have Windows 8. This comes by way of wmpoweruser who reckons chassis 1 will have 1GHz whilst chassis 2 will have lower end 800MHz with a resistive screen. Yay! Nokia […]

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Pics of the FINAL portrait QWERTY for S^3 and other minor tweaks.

Pics of the FINAL portrait QWERTY for S^3 and other minor tweaks.

| March 22, 2011 | 36 Replies

As I mentioned in our post on the T-Mobile Astound’s software being somewhat of a half-way house between PR 1.2 and PR 2.0, @Camb078 from blog-n8.fr has gotten access to an Astound via Nokia’s Remote Device Access and has been trawling through the firmware to see what changes have been made. So far he’s shown […]

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Debenhams app available for Symbian(^3) (and Android) #N8 #C7 #E7

Debenhams app available for Symbian(^3) (and Android) #N8 #C7 #E7

| March 22, 2011 | 3 Replies

Debenhams (UK retail store) has released their application for Symbian^3 (and Android). iPhone already has one (of course) and it’s nice to see Symbian not forgotten. This is free at Ovi Store: http://store.ovi.com/content/105960 get the Official FREE Debenhams app for Nokia to shop the full Debenhams range on your phone, wherever you are 24/7. You […]

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Opera Mobile 11 released for Symbian

Opera Mobile 11 released for Symbian

| March 22, 2011 | 52 Replies

The guys responsible for the browsers Opera Mobile and Opera Mini which between them likely control the lion’s share of the mobile browsing space are pleased to release their newest version, Opera Mobile 11.  While I’ve been unable to locate a changelog anywhere,  there is most certainly better support for Symbian^3 devices as well as […]

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Nokia Astound launched for T-Mobile: $80 USD with a two-year contract

Nokia Astound launched for T-Mobile: $80 USD with a two-year contract

| March 22, 2011 | 22 Replies

Well it took long enough!! Nokia has finally announced a  US-carrier subsidized version of one of their newer Symbian devices. The penta-band 3G toting device is pretty much a T-Mobile branded C7 with a somewhat updated firmware (somewhat of a halfway house between PR 1.2 and 2.0). The device comes with all the bells and […]

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