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Archive for August, 2011

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My Dream Nokia #31: Nokia 950 Windows Phone Touch and Type (E6 design)

My Dream Nokia #31: Nokia 950 Windows Phone Touch and Type (E6 design)

| August 29, 2011 | 14 Replies

Advertisements   Good Morning. It’s Monday. Let’s start with a refresh of the My Dream Nokia. It’s an Alberto Pietrobon design, and thus it is another touch and type model, his favourite form factor. This is a Windows Phone version of the Nokia E6 and he calls it the Nokia 950 (aiming quite high there, […]

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fMobi updated to 1.3.2 – wins best facebook app from All About Symbian

fMobi updated to 1.3.2 – wins best facebook app from All About Symbian

| August 28, 2011 | 16 Replies

On July 5th, we received an email from a developer named Juuso Kosonen, letting us know of a new facebook app called fMobi. It had made a bold claim of trying to be the best facebook app on a Nokia phone, and it looked very promising. Following it’s progress closely, there has been many quickly […]

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Firmware Updates for Nokia 5800, 5530, X6 NOT cancelled, just delayed.

Firmware Updates for Nokia 5800, 5530, X6 NOT cancelled, just delayed.

| August 28, 2011 | 42 Replies

I had some emails about some updates being cancelled for the Nokia 5800, 5530 and X6. These were the updates Nokia Conversations told us about, providing new maps and new Anna browser amongst the other additions. Note, the official word from Nokia is that these updates are still coming for those devices, BUT it will […]

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New Nokias and Symbian Belle NFC Check-In

New Nokias and Symbian Belle NFC Check-In

| August 28, 2011 | 35 Replies

Engadget has posted up their hands on gallery of the Nokia 600, 700, and 701 Symbian Belle handsets. There’s no reaction yet from the engadget staff on Symbian Belle. At the end of their post is a video showing NFC check in with these new Nokias. NFC is going to be on all future Symbian […]

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Symbian Anna Troubleshooting Guide – All your questions answered (well, nearly)

Symbian Anna Troubleshooting Guide – All your questions answered (well, nearly)

| August 28, 2011 | 64 Replies

According those who voted in our last poll, Symbian Anna gets a good 4 star thumbs up from you guys who got the update. However, some of you still have many questions that I’ve seen a few times in comments – whether about the effects of the update or questions on availability. DM emailed us […]

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Matthew Miller: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 – most stable mobile OS

Matthew Miller: Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 – most stable mobile OS

| August 27, 2011 | 202 Replies

  Matthew Miller from ZDNet (previously of Nokia Experts too) has written a piece on Windows Phone, asking folks to at least give the thing a try (presumably before people bash it due to the MS name) In a provocative title, Matthew claims, “Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 is the most stable mobile phone OS“ As […]

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Trying Android

Trying Android

| August 27, 2011 | 90 Replies

Android is the mobile OS I have least experience with. To improve my understanding of the shape of mobile OSes, I’ve got an Android handset for the next two weeks or so from the UK mobile network @ThreeUK to see what the fuss is about. What is this Android that is eating Symbian sales? What is […]

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Welcome Back Ed from Nokia Mobile Blog

Welcome Back Ed from Nokia Mobile Blog

| August 27, 2011 | 23 Replies

Oh hey, Ed who wrote on Nokia Mobile Blog is back. Make sure you guys add him on your RSS if you haven’t already got it. Ed also writes about Nokia news, but he provides much great original content too. Check out his recent unboxing of the Nokia N950. He’s even got a new post […]

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Nokia “Not as dire as feared” as RBC raises Nokia’s Q3 outlook

Nokia “Not as dire as feared” as RBC raises Nokia’s Q3 outlook

| August 27, 2011 | 21 Replies

You may have read yesterday as reported by BGR that according to Mark Sue, RBC Capital Market analyst, Nokia’s situation may not be as bad as we’ve all been understandably fearing. Q3 shipment estimate increased to 100M devices from 89m Reiterates “outperform” rating on Nokia stock Demise of Symbian Sales not as steep a drop as previously […]

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