Archive for September 30th, 2011

Video: History of Nokia – by cnetuk

Video: History of Nokia – by cnetuk

| September 30, 2011 | 55 Replies

cnetUK takes a look at the history of Nokia and have produced a 3 minute presentation video on it. For Nokia fans this is something we’re all familiar with, but this video probably isn’t for us. Luke takes a look at Nokia’s phone past, noting the N95 (though pictured is N95 8GB) having everything we [...]

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fMobi crowned Best Facebook app for Symbian by Nokia Conversations (En Español)

fMobi crowned Best Facebook app for Symbian by Nokia Conversations (En Español)

| September 30, 2011 | 12 Replies

  fMobi, who in early plucky days tried to be the best facebook app for Nokia users has yet another accolade to add to its belt. Nokia Conversations (Spanish Version) has crowned it the best facebook app for Symbian. Great features, fast, constant development, it’s not a surprise that fMobi gets the praise it deserves. [...]

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Symbian now fully transferred to Accenture; Nokia continues alignment of Nokia workforce

Symbian now fully transferred to Accenture; Nokia continues alignment of Nokia workforce

| September 30, 2011 | 24 Replies

Was it back in April that we heard Symbian development would be moved over to Accenture?That transition involving about 3000 employees were to transfer to Accenture, beginning June. Now, Nokia have announced the transaction to outsource Symbian software development is completed with the movement of 2,300 employees to Accenture. http://press.nokia.com/2011/09/30/nokia-completes-the-transaction-to-outsource-its-symbian-software-development-and-support-activities-to-accenture/ In another post about mass [...]

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VLC for Nokia N9/N950 ?

VLC for Nokia N9/N950 ?

| September 30, 2011 | 38 Replies

Not sure if we have posted this yet, but I just noticed a tweet from @UpakulRox saying: “#VLCplayer For The Nokia #N9 Is Here bit.ly/q9kSTI” All the links eventually take you to the main project page found here http://www.irunvlc.me/ Apparently it is still in beta, and there are a few issues that have already been [...]

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Microsoft mentions new Nokia Sabre with Nokia SeaRay

Microsoft mentions new Nokia Sabre with Nokia SeaRay

| September 30, 2011 | 38 Replies

Winrumours reports that another Nokia Windows phone is coming along side Nokia SeaRay and it would be called Nokia Sabre – as in sword (or lightsaber/sabretooth). This was apparently outed by Microsoft Canada, who in the terms and conditions for Mango application mentioned both SeaRay and a yet unknown Nokia Sabre. It has since been [...]

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White Nokia N9 coming next year?

White Nokia N9 coming next year?

| September 30, 2011 | 20 Replies

We’ve seen some pictures of possible white N9s. Some turned out to be a case, some perhaps an early batch prototype. According to SlashGear, a white N9 is coming Q1 next year as part of a limited release. The picture was tweeted by @ricciolo1. Not sure who that is and how that source could be trusted. [...]

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