In one fell swoop, Nokia recently released new firmware for some of its most popular non-touchscreen smartphones, fixing bugs here and there and preloading new versions of hot apps. First up, firmware v410.21.010 has been released for the Nokia E71, E66, and E63 – quite the update indeed. The new firmware includes a handful of [...]
Both the Nokia N86 8MP and the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic have recently received updated firmware, bringing a few fixes here and there, as well as other important updates. The Nokia N86′s firmware brought quite a few speed updates, as well as the new facial recognition ability in the camera and an indicator to show where [...]
The team over at AllAboutSymbian.com have reported that the Ovi Store is starting to roll-out the ability for users to re-download content purchased from the Ovi Store. It should be noted, this is not currently universally available – at the moment, it seems to require that you are using Ovi Store v1.05 (271) or newer, [...]
To further bolster my argument that the Nokia N86 8MP is the single most innovative Nseries handset to hit the market since the N82 and its Xenon flash, the gang at AllAboutSymbian have scored some screenshots showing that this true Nseries flagship will be getting face detection software in a future firmware update. The feature [...]
When the Nokia N97 came out, most folks regarded it as the newest flagship for the Nseries product line. Certainly, it’s a hot device, and the all-new touch interface is likely what prompted most folks to make this claim. Unfortunately, it’s simply not true. The N97 cannot be the new Nseries flagship, for a number [...]
Quickly after the announcements earlier this month, Nokia began taking pre-orders for most all of its new products, in various countries. You can now pre-order the Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia N900, Nokia Booklet 3G, Nokia N86 NAM, and others online. This supposedly guarantees you one of the first units to begin shipping. Here’s the list [...]
Last week at Nokia World 2009 in Stuttgart, Germany, we had the opportunity to sit down with Liz Schimel, VP of Nokia Music, to ask a few pointed questions, specifically including Nokia’s lack of presence in the U.S. market in terms of music services. Schimel has some comments around the DRM-free question, as well, revealing [...]
One of my favorite things about Nokia World is that the event gives me a good chance to really test out various applications and tools, to see how they stand up to constant abuse. For this trip, I took the Nokia N86 8MP, which has held up to 4+ weeks of solid use, without a [...]
