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I am sure you guys all now what Swype is. When you see it being used it looks unreal because it shouldn’t be possible or it looks like a trick by David Blaine, the news is encouraging though if it is true. Swype usually do deals with carriers  or manufacturers rather than through an app although they used to distribute it through an app. I could see a deal between Nokia and Swype though, to be honest the current on screen keyboard’s on Nokia’s aren’t pleasant to use

In case you don’t know what it is

People having their minds being blown away by Swype

EDIT : One of our kind commentors mentioned something that I forgot, Nokia and Samsung did invest in Swype a while back so it should be available for the Nokia N8 and possible Symbian 3 devices going forward although why has it taken this long?!?!

thanks to Dj

thanks to Adnan for the heads up !!!

video’s via MySwype

I had a weird dream or wish a couple of weeks ago that if Nokia where to buy another company then it would have to be my other favourite company Nintendo. Well today Pocket gamer are reporting that Nokia and Nintendo DID work on a Nokia Nintendo phone back when Nokia where developing the N-Gage. The development of the phone where done at Nintendo’s Japanese HQ and actual concept devices where made and pitched to the board and ultimately rejected. It was also the same time that Nintendo where developing the Nintendo DS and thought a dedicated handheld device made more sense. But considering the success of the DS and the failure of N-Gage I think it was a wise choice. Although a handheld device with two of the premier companies like Nintendo and Nokia would be intriguing.

Although it sort of makes sense now, supposedly Nintendo are loosing market share to iPhones and Mobile phones so I guess something similar could happen in the future (you can dream ay ).

When I first read this I was shocked, but if you think about it it makes sense all these weird devices are being developed in R&D labs around the world and constantly being rejected for mostly business reasons.

I mean if you had the chance to visit Nokia’s R&D department you would find some crazy stuff I bet, but rejected for business reasons ( I bet an Android device has already been developed and rejected by the board for the right reasons). Tomi Ahonen mentioned in a recent blog post about one of the rooms in Nokia Espoo HQ which is rarely given access to anyone but he got access and said it was like Disney Land and the stuff inside where like from the future, exciting huh ?!?!……….

via Pocketgamer

Some clear pictures of a rumoured Nokia 5230 have appeared, first time I have actually heard of this phone it is probably based on Symbian 1 but looks decent a bit like the Sony ericsson X8 the slightly smaller version to the X10.

BTW I thought Nokia had stopped using this naming convention

thanks to Keith for the heads up

via ubergizmo.com

I think its safe to say that the August timeline for the N8 launch will be missed, a lot of credible sources have confirmed on of them none other than Eldar Murtazin. But some good news for Nokia fans in India as according to unwiredreview India might get the N8 in the first week of September ahead of Europe. That poster above shows a launch party planned for the 16 september right after Nokia World for the N8 in France.

I have also heard rumours that the N8 will launch in limited quantities due to the possibilities of Symbian 3 not being finished in time, again I have no credence to this although a few sites are also reporting the same.

via unwiredreview

OOOHHHH !!!!! look at what we have very nice indeed. If this is real then OMG !!!!!:-)

Update possible ad showing the new Nokia Meego device

The reason why I am showing this is because it shows the same tool bar at the top that I saw in the video above and Symbian 4 screenshots, so these seem legit.

The future is looking bright for Nokia I guess

Thanks to R240R and Jim for the heads up !

The Nokia C7 has been leaked again in an what looks like a genuine feature in a Hong Kong IT magazine called “Hi-Tech Weekly” issue 615:

Looks like the Nokia C7 is very close to launch since they are already making ads for it. As you can see it runs Symbian 3 it has a 3.3 inch multitouch display.

Key features:

• Symbian 3 OS
• 3.3 inch multitouch display
• Resolution of 640 x 360
• 3.5mm head jack
• microUSB
• 8 Megapixel autofocus camera with HD video recording
• Wi-Fi and GPS will probably be included

According to Fonearena it already has been handled by people and they say the device is easy to use and quite fast which is nice to hear.

My opinion on this is if this is so close to release which it is considering that they are already making ads for, that means the N8 should be available in August now thats just my speculation.

My personal opinion on this phone is that there are a ton of features that would make most high end smartphones cringe and considering this is a mid range smartphone is should be solid device for the average consumer

What do you think are you looking forward to this phone, let us know in the comments

Thanks to Amanda for the heads up

via unwiredview.com

via Fonearena

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 think Nokia will rename all browsers in their phones Ovi makes sense to get the name out there and bring public awareness

you can see more here

thanks to tecfre for the heads up

NOKIA ARE MAKING A DESKTOP WEB BROWSER !!! Yeah you heard me right Nokia are making a desktop web browser tied to the various Ovi services revealed by Nokia’s favourite journalist or blogger or whatever you want to call him Eldar Murtazin. Apparently Eldar doesn’t mentions the name “Ovi Browser” due to the possibilities of him being in trouble with the Russinan authrorities for stealing Nokia’s trade secrets. Eldar has already played with the beta and is based on Webkit and is optimised for the various Ovi services as I said before. Obviously Eldar is not impressed then again he is not the person to take advice from when it comes to Nokia due to his “issues” with them. Although it is unusual for someone that lets face it “doesn’t” like Nokia writes and awful lot about them hhhmmm…… strange isn’t it.

Anyway why the hell are Nokia developing a desktop based web browser it makes no sense with the world’s media trashing them everyday for not coming up with an “iPhone killer” this really isn’t the time for them to pull of stunts like that. I know Nokia are huge and probably have a small team dedicated to this but I would much rather have the teams working on improving their smartphones.

Ovi integration does sound interesting as I use few of the services but would like to use more, although I would have preferred them to improve the Ovi experience on the phones.

Anyway what do you think, will you use Ovi Browser if it comes out ?? let us know in the comments

via unwiredview.com

In the mist if yesterdays disappointment we completely forgot to post some slightly newer images of the Meego interface. Now Eldar has already said that this is not the interface for their first Meego device by Nokia but I still think its important and significant, this could be the stock version like they have on the Android platform.

Main difference is that some more icons are added or applications in landscape mode well one

via ZOMGitsCj.com

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Yesterday I put out a post on the supposed leak on Nokia’s first Meego device by mobile-review.net well as you know it never happened. Well Nirave has posted an apology for people that had their time wasted.

Well I also want to say sorry to people that waited for the news, I was excited myself and as soon as I saw the tweets I thought man I have to tell people about this.

I hope you are not mad we are bound to see a leak in the next 3 weeks or so (don’t hold my words !!!) especially with Nokia World coming up, once again I am sorry too

BTW I did read somewhere that the code name NXO is a name used for Nokia tablets while they are in development hmm……….