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Archive for May, 2011

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Videos: Qt Quick and Home Control demoed on N900 – control windows/light/blinds/heating!

Videos: Qt Quick and Home Control demoed on N900 – control windows/light/blinds/heating!

| May 17, 2011 | 5 Replies

Advertisements To show of Qt Quick, Nokia’s partnered with basysKom to show off the growing trend in home automation systems. Do you ever see homes of the rich with their incredible tech filled abodes, but their control pad is this massive fat brick? Why not something like your phone (at least tablet sized). With the […]

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Video: NTT DoCoMo’s Fujitsu LOOX F-07C – Dual Boot Windows 7 and Symbian

Video: NTT DoCoMo’s Fujitsu LOOX F-07C – Dual Boot Windows 7 and Symbian

| May 17, 2011 | 17 Replies

What you’re looking at is a Windows 7 phone. No not Windows Phone 7, an actual PURE Windows phone. adit38 mentioned this in comments back in April. 1.2GHz Intel Atom processor, 1GB of LPDDR400 RAM, 802.11b/g/n WiFi, 32GB of eMMC disk space, and expandable memory via microSDHC. 5 megapixel autofocus camera with face detection on […]

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Nokia Maps to Replace Bing Maps?

Nokia Maps to Replace Bing Maps?

| May 17, 2011 | 6 Replies

According to SearchEngineLand, in a chat with some Nokia/Navteq folks, Microsoft are supposedly going to REPLACE their mapping solution “BING MAPS” for “Nokia Maps”. Replace/”POWER”. Now the Nokia owned NAVTEQ already powers (amongst many) Bing Maps. “However my lunch companion argued unequivocally that Nokia Maps would effectively replace almost everything that Microsoft had developed over […]

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Microsoft buying Nokia Mobile Division false rumours says Nokia

Microsoft buying Nokia Mobile Division false rumours says Nokia

| May 16, 2011 | 33 Replies

Earlier today you might have seen some Eldar goodness spring to life again with his claims that Microsoft would be buying Nokia’s Mobile Division. Eldar says he was 1000% certain this was taking place when asked by Stefan from IntoMobile. Perhaps he needed to up the ante after his previous mentions of Nokia Tidbits were […]

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Comedy ‘rumour’ hour: Murtazin to say MS will buy Nokia this year

Comedy ‘rumour’ hour: Murtazin to say MS will buy Nokia this year

| May 16, 2011 | 58 Replies

Thanks to our hawkeyed readers that keep tabs on everything Nokia related and more we received a tip from dietyyli that the ever entertaining Eldar Murtazin tweeted that Microsoft is planning to buy Nokia’s mobile division, this year. When, why and how this all will happen remains a mystery at this time, it’s just another […]

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Nokia ditches Ovi Branding – goes back to “Nokia”. Bye Ovi Store and Ovi Maps, hello Nokia Store and Nokia Maps :D

Nokia ditches Ovi Branding – goes back to “Nokia”. Bye Ovi Store and Ovi Maps, hello Nokia Store and Nokia Maps :D

| May 16, 2011 | 54 Replies

I said I wouldn’t blog this morning (with exam in a few hours) but this is pretty big and it won’t take long (and I’ll revisit it later). Nokia who created their internet and services brand “Ovi” are now ditching that and returning to “Nokia”. Ovi means door in Finnish and was announced back in […]

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More Features to Mango! WiFi hotspot, contact groups, album art lockscreen and more!

More Features to Mango! WiFi hotspot, contact groups, album art lockscreen and more!

| May 16, 2011 | 28 Replies

Well, well! On top of the post last week about some additional Mango Features that weren’t noted at Mix11, the folks over at wpdevpodcast have some more exciting news.More Features for Mango. I can’t wait to see what MS has cooking on May 24th when they showcase to the public (not devs) what they should […]

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Smooth and Fast Symbian^3 Qt 4.7.3 Web Browser at Ovi Store – MiniBrowser Mobile 2.0

Smooth and Fast Symbian^3 Qt 4.7.3 Web Browser at Ovi Store – MiniBrowser Mobile 2.0

| May 15, 2011 | 35 Replies

Nokia_Fan has tipped us of a really cool app that Siraj from lovemynokia has been checking out. MiniBrowser Mobile 2.0 It’s a …wait for it…Qt based browser for Symbian^3. Now, I’m an open hater of the ridiculous Symbian Browser. It is OK but not for 2011, NO, it doesn’t cut the mustard. That’s why a […]

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Nokia, Microsoft, HTC and Sony Ericsson fight Apple’s “App Store” trademark

Nokia, Microsoft, HTC and Sony Ericsson fight Apple’s “App Store” trademark

| May 15, 2011 | 22 Replies

I didn’t get around to posting this at the time, but on another study break. You might have heard that Nokia, Microsoft, HTC and Sony Ericsson are challenging Apple’s trademarks for “App Store”. According to Microsoft, these companies “are seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademark registration for ‘APP STORE’ and ‘APPSTORE’ because we believe that they […]

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