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Patiently Waiting to be Excited

Patiently Waiting to be Excited

| December 30, 2010 | 13 Replies

Advertisements After a few months off the grid, I thought it best to offer a short post to show Jay, Andre and the rest of the MNB gang that I’m still around… With my next upgrade coming up in the first few months of 2011, I’ve been pondering my options for my next handset. I’m keen to […]

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Video: Android 2.3 Gingerbread demo on the Nokia N900

Video: Android 2.3 Gingerbread demo on the Nokia N900

| December 27, 2010 | 3 Replies

On Christmas eve-eve we saw that Android 2.3 had been successfully ported to the N900 via the NITDroid project. Below we can see N900 with Smooth Gingerbread action. Cheers Keith for the heads up! Demoed features include: Homescreen Web Browser Akwardly small portrait keyboard (is that the landscape keyboard just in wrong orientation?) Dialler Advertisements

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Video: Android 2.3 Gingerbread demo on the Nokia N900

Video: Android 2.3 Gingerbread demo on the Nokia N900

| December 27, 2010 | 11 Replies

On Christmas eve-eve we saw that Android 2.3 had been successfully ported to the N900 via the NITDroid project. Below we can see N900 with Smooth Gingerbread action. Cheers Keith for the heads up! Demoed features include: Homescreen Web Browser Akwardly small portrait keyboard (is that the landscape keyboard just in wrong orientation?) Dialler

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MeeGo as a set-top box (by Amino)

MeeGo as a set-top box (by Amino)

| December 18, 2010 | Reply

      Following  similar attempts by other mobile software houses like Google and Apple, Nokia and Intel’s MeeGo is being targeted at products above and beyond the phone and tablet form factors that we’re all so interested in. Much like Google’s offerings, MeeGo has been adopted and trialed in a number of instances including set-top boxes. […]

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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 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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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. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd2PlLV88aU&feature=player_embedded] Some of the key take-aways from his […]

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