Archive for November 1st, 2011

Nokia 600 cancelled?

Nokia 600 cancelled?

| November 1, 2011 | 38 Replies

Word is going around the blogosphere and Twitter that Nokia might have cancelled the 600. You’ll probably remember it as the previously rumoured Cindy device running Belle that was first noticed on a sheet along with the 500, 700 and 701. It appears though that the 600 won’t be launching any time soon or maybe [...]

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Boom: All Windows Phones to get Nokia Maps, but only Nokia to get Voice Navigation

Boom: All Windows Phones to get Nokia Maps, but only Nokia to get Voice Navigation

| November 1, 2011 | 75 Replies

  I think this was already the gist that we got when it was announced but it’s nice that is finally getting across through the blogosphere. Nokia Maps will be shared to all, so that all manufacturers can get an improved maps experience when using Windows Phone. HOWEVER, Only Nokia Windows Phones will get voice [...]

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Nokia Lumias (800 & 710) available in select countries NOW?

Nokia Lumias (800 & 710) available in select countries NOW?

| November 1, 2011 | 21 Replies

  I was quite surprised when I saw the region free Nokia site claiming that the Nokia Lumias (or is it Lumiaii???) are available NOW in some selected markets, as I was under the impression that they weren’t released yet, but if you hop on over to the link you’ll see that supposedly they’re available in France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy& UK. *Note: [...]

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Sports Tracker now available  on Nokia N9, coming to Windows Phone – check out the Metro screenshots!

Sports Tracker now available on Nokia N9, coming to Windows Phone – check out the Metro screenshots!

| November 1, 2011 | 24 Replies

We’ve been waiting for the official release, and as per title, the Sports Tracker blog says it’s now ready and available for the Nokia N9 (MeeGo-Harmattan). Nokia N9 / Meego features Tracking Distance Duration Speed Average speed and pace Max speed Energy spent (kCal) Training Diary for workout data analysis Diary sync to sports-tracker.com service [...]

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Lucky Londonders to get Free WiFi from Nokia; Africa and India on horizon?

Lucky Londonders to get Free WiFi from Nokia; Africa and India on horizon?

| November 1, 2011 | 10 Replies

Ooh, walking home I was reading Chris Davies’ post on SlashGear that Nokia intends to deliver 1Mbps of FREEE WiFi for the people of London. Well, at designated phone kiosks anyway, operated by Spectrum Interactive. http://www.slashgear.com/nokia-kicks-off-free-london-wifi-trial-eyes-africa-and-india-01192232/ Neat things: No registration required You don’t need to have a Nokia (well you could say it’s better if [...]

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Gallery: Nokia Lumia 710 (White and Black)

Gallery: Nokia Lumia 710 (White and Black)

| November 1, 2011 | 10 Replies

Next up in the galleries is the cheaper Nokia 710. Equally as nippy as the super fast Lumia 800 with an even more colourful design. You’ll note that it has the design of the Nokia concept WP which received overwhelmingly positive praise. It’s the shape of the Belle 603 (which a lot are saying is [...]

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Video: Hands on The Official Symbian Belle for N8, C7, X7, E7, C6-01

Video: Hands on The Official Symbian Belle for N8, C7, X7, E7, C6-01

| November 1, 2011 | 72 Replies

OK, Seems facebook commenters Jill and some others were right. There were current gen Symbian^3 devices at Nokia World WITH the Official Symbian Belle (not leaked version). Despite not having the 1GHz processor or the new beefy GPU and additional RAM, it seems , right now (without too much apps) performing quite well. It’ll give [...]

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Nokia Suite updated to v3.2.98.0; + Ovi Suite Sync with N9 (instructions)?

Nokia Suite updated to v3.2.98.0; + Ovi Suite Sync with N9 (instructions)?

| November 1, 2011 | 27 Replies

A couple of readers tipped in that there’s an update for Nokia Suite to v3.2.98.0 – Improve features and performance. – Updates applications. – Better stability.   Sync with N9? As you know we can use Nokia Link for N9 but what about Nokia Suite? Well Matt emailed in that it may just be possible. [...]

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Former Nokia CEO, OPK, Highest earning in Finland, 12M USD in 2010

Former Nokia CEO, OPK, Highest earning in Finland, 12M USD in 2010

| November 1, 2011 | 8 Replies

Bloomberg reports that Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (OPK), former Nokia CEO (and former NSN board chairman) received 12Million USD last year (8.7M EUR) as a wage income that includes compensation he left Nokia. Woah. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-01/former-nokia-ceo-kallasvuo-among-top-finnish-earners-hs-reports.html I think this was detailed already earlier this year, no? http://mynokiablog.com/2011/03/13/nokias-140000-word-2010-report-risks-of-the-nokia-microsoft-partnership-elops-contract-more/   “Severance of OPK was 5M EUR. Equity under the plan [...]

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Gallery: Nokia 800 vs Nokia N8 vs Samsung Omnia 7

Gallery: Nokia 800 vs Nokia N8 vs Samsung Omnia 7

| November 1, 2011 | 22 Replies

Ready for another gallery? Here’s one of the Nokia 800 vs Nokia N8 and  that Samsung Omnia 7 of mine. OK the image above isn’t a fair one if you’re thinking of comparing screens because as well as screens, the images are actually from their own respective cameras. As you’ll see in another post, by [...]

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Nokia Ace 900 at Design Museum for Nokia products that changed the World?

Nokia Ace 900 at Design Museum for Nokia products that changed the World?

| November 1, 2011 | 15 Replies

    A couple of days ago, Arts tipped that the Design Museum is housing some of the Nokia designs that changed the world. This was running from 28th October until the 2nd November – so you’ve got until tomorrow to check it out. Nokia UK tweeted the picture below. Now back to the first [...]

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Video: HP Touchpad with MeeGo 1.3 CE

Video: HP Touchpad with MeeGo 1.3 CE

| November 1, 2011 | 6 Replies

This video is not too revealing but it does show the HP Touchpad, with the pretty much going no where WebOS (despite what they say) with the equally no-go MeeGo (well, as far as Intel is concerned as it’s now Tizen – I love the bland and characterless nature of that name). Anyway, you can [...]

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Accessories Gallery: Nokia Luna Alien NFC Bluetooth earpieces, black, pink, green, white and blue

Accessories Gallery: Nokia Luna Alien NFC Bluetooth earpieces, black, pink, green, white and blue

| November 1, 2011 | 5 Replies

Let’s take a look at the cute looking Nokia Luna NFC Bluetooth earpieces. They come in their out-of-the-worldly spaceship docks, shaped like coloured pebbles, almost kinda like giant mentos. Of course inside is a triangular ear piece which you release by pressing (likewise to lock back in) Releasing turns it on. The dock is where [...]

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PocketNow’s Hardware and Software tour of the Nokia N9.

PocketNow’s Hardware and Software tour of the Nokia N9.

| November 1, 2011 | 6 Replies

Totalling 30 minutes, here’s a hardware (10m) and software (20m) look into the Nokia N9 powered by MeeGo-Harmattan. I like all the deranged comments asking this to run Android.   Video by pocketnowvideo

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