As you all know, I’m desperately waiting for Nokia to announce a ruggedized Symbian-powered smartphone, clad in a sexy camo color scheme. Until they do, I’ll have to settle with continually photoshopping a camo version of whatever the newest Symbian-powered smartphone is. Today’s victim is the recently announced Nokia N8. Given its solid form factor [...]
Nearly 12 hours ago, Nokia officially unveiled its latest masterpiece, the Nokia N8. This smartphone is the first Symbian^3 device to be officially unveiled, and it brings Nokia up to par with the hardware capabilities of every other smartphone manufacturer on the planet. The Nokia N8 features a 3.5-inch nHD (360×640 pixels) resolution capacitive OLED [...]
When Nokia announced that all the premium content in Ovi Maps was going to be free, we learned that due to the pitiful amounts of internal app storage on the device, owners of the original N97 would have to wait for a new firmware. Through that, we quickly learned of the pending v21 firmware update [...]
Seven months ago, I was able to review the Nokia N97, then the flagship Nseries multimedia computer. This was a big deal for Nokia, and they needed to nail it, given several factors that I outlined in my Nokia N97 Review Conclusion. The unit I reviewed then had firmware v10.0.0.12, and it was a complete [...]
When Nokia announced the N900, many were concerned that the company was going to completely dump the Symbian platform in favor of its own Maemo operating system. There were rumors, etc, and there still are, despite Nokia spokespeople saying repeatedly that the company is not done with Symbian. Last night, at the Nokia N900 Meetup [...]
Nokia’s ‘Online as it Happens’ campaign has inspired a series of mockumercials entitled “Offline as it Happens”. In these short films the main character, John, finds himself caught in a set of unfortunate and embarrassing circumstances as he leads a life “Offline as it Happens”. Obviously, John could have easily avoided any of these situations [...]
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 [...]
Amazon.com is usually one of the best places to get a great deal on the latest unlocked Symbian-powered smartphones, and today, they’ve dropped the price of the Nokia N97 NAM down to a reasonable $529.99, with free Super Saver shipping! The Nokia N97 features that massive 3.5-inch nHD (360×640 pixels) resolution touchscreen and slide-out QWERTY [...]
