Category: 3rd edition

Vote For Your Favourite Nokia Devices to Battle It Out in #NokiaKnockout

Vote For Your Favourite Nokia Devices to Battle It Out in #NokiaKnockout

| February 12, 2013 | 17 Replies

We like to cheer on Nokia devices when sites have polls, but I figured it was time to have a battle of YOUR favourites. Its rather easy, just visit our Facebook page and vote for your favourite device. If it isn’t there, just add it! https://www.facebook.com/questions/573702322642501/ Voting will close next week (Wednesday 20th Feb GTM [...]

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Nokia to Unveil Special ‘Software Feature’ at MWC?

Nokia to Unveil Special ‘Software Feature’ at MWC?

| February 7, 2012 | 28 Replies

So with MWC just around the corner (Feb 27th) rumors have started to surface about what Nokia might unveil there, according to a source at forbes Nokias presence at MWC will be in the shape of: run an unusual software feature normally found only on high-end smartphones. Way to leave our minds roam freely in the [...]

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Nokia C5-00 5MP, revamped C5.

Nokia C5-00 5MP, revamped C5.

| June 29, 2011 | 27 Replies

With all the news about the N9 and leaked Belle prototype units the news about an improved C5-00 has passed us by a bit. Nokia didn’t really make a whole load of fuss about it either since it was quitly launched through their press channel. However the way this new and improved C5 came into [...]

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Qt SDK technology preview 1.1 goes live

Qt SDK technology preview 1.1 goes live

| January 20, 2011 | 21 Replies

Gotta love twitter! This recent news was broken a few hours back but has completely taken over the twitter-verse in the past hour or two. According to the people at Qt- labs this new release is the marriage of the Nokia Qt SDK and the previous Qt SDK based on Qt 4.7.  Barely a day [...]

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Stream of Firmware updates available for Nokia devices

Stream of Firmware updates available for Nokia devices

| January 5, 2011 | 2 Replies

CJ from ZOMGitsCj has just posted the news that quite a few of Nokia’s “lower-end” devices have received firmware updates. The devices with updates include the C7, C5, C5-03, X3-02 and the 5250. The majority of these updates are minor at best but may contain changes to a few of your gripes and issues with the [...]

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Ovi Suite 3.0 out of Beta

Ovi Suite 3.0 out of Beta

| January 2, 2011 | 10 Replies

In the upheaval that was our move to self-hosting and the associated problems we missed a few days of news and happenings, of note was the news that Ovi Suite 3.0, the desktop syncing, messaging and firmware update client for Nokia’s devices had moved out of Beta and into a full release.

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Symbian Foundation websites closed

Symbian Foundation websites closed

| December 17, 2010 | 7 Replies

As mentioned in Jay’s previous post in November, today marks the official close of the Symbian foundation websites. While most of our readers likely never had much experience with or exposure to these websites, they posed a major resource for a lot of curious cats like myself who wanted to keep track of progress on [...]

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The Western blogosphere and their constant negativity concerning Nokia.

The Western blogosphere and their constant negativity concerning Nokia.

| December 16, 2010 | 27 Replies

I think all of us here have borne witness to this, major US/UK blogs and their stance towards Nokia, Symbian and anything smartphone related originating outside of the US, the exceptions being HTC and Samsung for reasons obvious to anyone with eyes. The question is why?  Why is it that Nokia get constantly lambasted for [...]

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Nokia Beta Labs now brings Nokia Software Updater (NSU) 3.0.223 Beta

Nokia Beta Labs now brings Nokia Software Updater (NSU) 3.0.223 Beta

| December 4, 2010 | 4 Replies

Hey all, it’s LLAADD again! It looks like the people over at Nokia Beta Labs are really working hard to get us all some nice things before x-mas as they have just churned out yet another update and this time it is in the form of Nokia Software Updater (aka NSU) 3.0.223 beta which has [...]

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Connectivity Analyzer from Nokia Beta Labs!

Connectivity Analyzer from Nokia Beta Labs!

| November 28, 2010 | Reply

Hey all, it’s been a while since i’v properly blogged on “My Nokia Blog” but as I no longer have time to post as much as i’d like to on my own TheTekBlogger.com, I thought Jay wouldn’t mind me posting here! One of the recent creations from the people over at Nokia Beta Labs yet [...]

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Black Friday deal for the Nokia N8

Black Friday deal for the Nokia N8

| November 27, 2010 | Reply

This Friday marks, for many people living in the US, the beginning of the holiday shopping season. As is customary, the Friday after the Thanksgiving holiday known as Black Friday is a day when stores around the US offer huge deals on most of the products in their stores and Nokia USA is no exception. [...]

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Nokia taking Symbian development back in house, Foundation remains to control licensing and patents

Nokia taking Symbian development back in house, Foundation remains to control licensing and patents

| November 8, 2010 | Reply

  As mentioned before in the press release Jay posted, and has been rumored in the blogosphere for quite a while, it seems that Nokia and the Symbian board have taken a decisive step towards improving the Symbian OS, speeding up time to market, improving developer and OEM relations and at the same time cut [...]

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SYMBEOSE: EU and major European corporations invest in Symbian

SYMBEOSE: EU and major European corporations invest in Symbian

| November 2, 2010 | Reply

  SYMBEOSE: Symbian the Embedded Operation System for Europe is a new initiative led by the EU and a number of major European corporations such as Nokia, ST-Ericsson and a host of others, including academic organisations with the major objective of improving the Symbian OS in order to take it above and beyond it’s current [...]

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Symbian web browser sluggish??  Javascript to blame

Symbian web browser sluggish?? Javascript to blame

| October 20, 2010 | 49 Replies

  While this is by no means an empirical test, I’ve seen mention in a number of places on the web that the main reason for the dismal performance of the Symbian Web browser is the lack of adequate CPU power, I can categorically say that this is a false assumption. I’m currently using a [...]

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Ari Jaaksi, VP of MeeGo Devices resigns

Ari Jaaksi, VP of MeeGo Devices resigns

| October 5, 2010 | Reply

Well that’s something none of us expected. Given Nokia’s push for MeeGo as their singular high-end solution to compete with (read: crush) iOS and Android and the amount of buzz that has been generated both within and external to the company about this coming OS, it’s rather surprising that one of the most important men [...]

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27 minute hands-on with the Nokia N8

27 minute hands-on with the Nokia N8

| October 5, 2010 | Reply

Matthew Miller from Nokia Experts and ZDNet has put up a 27 minute hands on with a certain blue Nokia N8. Given that he’s somewhat well-versed in the use of Symbian devices it was a pretty smooth and thorough run-through given the obvious time and format limitations. Some of the key take-aways from his video [...]

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Video: Foursquare for Symbian (demoed on the Nokia N8) Download now from the Ovi Store

Video: Foursquare for Symbian (demoed on the Nokia N8) Download now from the Ovi Store

| September 29, 2010 | 68 Replies

Here’s some videos showing the official FourSquare App for Symbian devices, as demoed on the trusty Nokia N8. Via TV-out [YOUTUBE=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zgGN7nLwxw] Direct Demo via nokialatino | Download it now from the Ovi Store Foursquare, like twitter, is a way of constantly updating your contacts, but this time concerning your where abouts. You can win badges [...]

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Tabula Crypticum

Tabula Crypticum

| September 14, 2010 | 14 Replies

The following blog post was dropped into our comments section not long ago and having read it from end to end, I can sincerely empathize with the author and agree almost whole-heartedly with his views. I think the key takeaway from this article is that Nokia has an image problem and seems not to realize [...]

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Nokia E72 unboxing and 3 part review

Nokia E72 unboxing and 3 part review

| September 6, 2010 | Reply

Hey all, I haven’t posted here for quite a while now, but a few days ago I  made a post with a Video unboxing, and 3 part review of the Nokia E72 for your viewing and reading pleasure on TheTekBlogger.com, head over there to see the posts in full: Nokia E72 Unboxing (Video) Nokia E72 [...]

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My Nokia Blog grows again.

My Nokia Blog grows again.

| August 6, 2010 | Reply

In Jay’s absence I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the readers of this blog for helping to sustain the growth of this blog. Jay, being pessimistic as he is , said at the end of June that in spite of the growth of the blog readership ~300,000 readers over the course [...]

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Nokia Ovi browser is real !!! part 2

Nokia Ovi browser is real !!! part 2

| July 28, 2010 | Reply

Seriously what is Eldar’s problem with Nokia or maybe Google translate needs some work on its Russian. Anyway Nokia have taken the wraps of it newest beta labs creation and all it is a browser is a new web browser for S40 phones thats its, no desktop browser (alright maybe later on). Although I do [...]

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