Archive for September 8th, 2011

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Microsoft Apps coming to Symbian Belle – with additional post-Belle update in 2012 – Symbian C?

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 60 Replies

Advertisements Hey folks, a few of you emailed this in today. Nokia Conversations notes that Microsoft Apps are coming to Symbian. http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/09/08/microsoft-apps-are-coming-to-symbian/ The following are free apps to Symbian Belle, this means new Belle handsets AND those upgrading from Anna to Belle. MicrosoftÂ® Lyncâ„¢ 2010 Mobile â€“ for cost efficient IM, presence, audio and web […]

Video: Marko Ahtisaari on N9, “I know we have out simplified the iPhone”. Swipe to come to lower price points and possibly next Billion.

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 70 Replies

Just found this Â video of Marko Ahtisaari, Nokia’s Chief Designer, speaking about Patterns of Human Interaction in Phones – N9 in particular of what Nokia’s trying to do. Some of the things he talks about were previously discussed in that veryÂ revealingÂ video last year that hinted towards the innovations in the N9 but also possibly a […]

Symbian Anna live in 9 more countries

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 52 Replies

Yvonne from Nokia emailed to say there are more countries for Symbian Anna availability. You can also see this information at Nokia Support Discussions. Also the excel file can be downloaded to check product code availability. Symbian Anna 08092011.xls 157 KB “GoLive on 08thÂ September for: – Singapore â€“ C6-01 only – Austria â€“ all variants […]

Microsoft Principal Program Manager rates a Nokia Windows Phone 8/10

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 62 Replies

WMPU caught some tweets from @joemarini, Principal Program Manager here at Microsoft who had this to say about Nokia Windows Phone: One of the slickest looking Nokia phones he has ever seen. Says solid feel, good camera, responsive UI (:P It’s their UI) and nice little touches on the body construction Rates it only […]

Nokia Dual SIM phone sales rocketing in India

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 27 Replies

As well as battles at the high end sector, Nokia faced great challenges on the budget end too. In developing markets, Nokia had lacked dual sim handsets that its competitors were offering. However, they understood the importance of dual sim at these markets and created several new dual sim phones. According to Economic Times of […]

N9 now available?

Michael Faro-Tusino | September 8, 2011 | 38 Replies

I was online at Nokia Australia, and it appears to be available online, yet the link to purchase simply refreshes the page. Here’s the screen shot. It appears to only be 299 euros(Weird price is mentioned in Euro when we use AUD in Australia). Authorised resellers include, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Orange and O2, which, except for […]

imo instant messaging comes to Nokia Symbian^1 and Symbian^3

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 46 Replies

We received an email from Brandi from imo that their instant messaging app is available for Nokia and wanted us to share it with you guys at MNB.Â imoÂ wasÂ co-founded by one of the first 10 employees at Google andÂ is a service that allows users to hold text, voice, and video chats on multiple instant messaging protocols […]

Nokia 600 Design Interview

Jay Montano | September 8, 2011 | 3 Replies

Nokia Conversations posted an article explaining the design reasons behind the Nokia 600 http://conversations.nokia.com/2011/09/07/nokia-600-designer-interview/ Target: Youth and emerging markets Aim: Make expressive but clean design Curved back to fit more comfortably in hand Vibrant colours to express attitude Nokia 701 Design interview: “We saw the C7 and thought, let’s do that again”. JK. It has […]