Nokia has announced that the Nokia N9 will launch in 49 days from now. A dedicated web site has been created which features a countdown timer showing how long is left till the official launch.
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Microsoft and Nokia Event Being Held on August 17
August 2, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In a few weeks time on August 17, Nokia and Microsoft will be holding a special event. The event is being held in Cologne, Germany at the GamesCon trade fair. It isn’t fully known how many Nokia/WP smartphones will be on show at the event, ie… which smartphone will be revealed, but what we do see is the Nokia and Windows Phone logo on show which guarantees that we’ll see where Nokia is at with the new operating system while also getting launch details of the device.
Nokia X7 Available for Pre-Order
June 6, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Last week, Nokia announced that the Nokia X7 was being shipped around the world. We have now been informed that the X7 is available for pre-order here in the UK as well as in China, Germany and Italy. The X7 ships with the latest version of Symbian called Symbian Anna which has a number of changes. It is an update to Symbian^3 and contains the following improvements:
A portrait QWERTY is now available along with a split-view data entry screen. The icons have received a refresh for this update. A new browser can be found that renders pages faster. An update to Ovi Maps is also included along with a few tweaks to the Java Runtime.
Nokia Could Create Windows Phone App Store
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia is rumoured to be creating an app store for its new smartphones launching later this year. The app store will include Windows Phone 7 apps as well as apps for other platforms that Nokia supports such as S40 and Symbian.
Nokia Ship First Symbian Anna Smartphones – The E6 and X7
May 31, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has begun shipping two new smartphones called the Nokia E6 and the Nokia X7. Both of these new smartphones contain the latest Symbian update called Anna. Symbian Anna provides a better user experience on Nokia phones (in Nokia’s words – not tested it yet here) as follows:
– Faster and better web experience with an all new browser.
– The long-awaited portrait QWERTY plus split screen text input.
– All new Ovi Maps with public transport routes and other enhancements.
Nokia N9 Spotted in Advert
May 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
An advert showing the Nokia N9 has leaked. The new ad looks to be officially made by Nokia and shows a few features of the N9. With this in mind, it’s believed that the new MeeGo powered smartphone will be launching soon.
Although it is believed to be a MeeGo powered smartphone, there’s also some hints that it could be using Anna. Symbian Anna is the new version of Symbian^3 that currently runs on the latest Nokia phones. Until Nokia make an official announcement, or if info leaks, we wont know for sure which OS it runs. If you take a look at the Facebook Page found here, you might also see that it could actually be MeeGo after all.
Nokia Event Planned for May 17
May 10, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia is holding an event in Athens a week today. Nothing is known about the event other than being held on the 17th May at 8pm in Athens.
What we expect to hear is that Nokia will unveil or provide more details on Windows Phone smartphones.
Nokia T7 Photo Leaks Reveal 8 Megapixel Camera
April 5, 2011 by Leave a Comment
The Nokia T7-00 was first spotted a few days ago when the name was spotted in a Symbian^3 file. The note made mention of the device as well as details of it having a 360×640 pixel display.
What we learn now is that the device will be very similar to the Nokia N8 in design and that it will carry an 8 megapixel camera (compared to the 12MP of the Nokia N8).
We also hear that pentaband 3G support is being removed and replaced with a TD-SCDMA standard that is commonly used in China. [Read more…]
Work Begins on Nokia Windows Phone 7 Devices
March 21, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has begun working on the new Windows Phone 7 smartphones and expects to launch by the end of this year.
The confirmation comes from the Nokia CEO himself, Stephen Elop, when being interviewed by Reuters. [Read more…]
Nokia Updater for Mac Launched in Beta
March 17, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has released the Nokia Updater for Mac that allows Nokia users to get the latest updates for their smartphones. Previously, the software was only available on Windows.
It’s important to note here that the new version for Mac is still a beta version and very much in testing. [Read more…]
Windows Phone 7 on Nokia Coming 2012
March 15, 2011 by Leave a Comment
We had hopes that Nokia would release Windows Phone 7 devices sometime towards the end of 2011. We now hear that it could be 2012 before we see the first Nokia smartphone with WP7 installed.
The information comes from the managing director of Nokia in India who says that the company is working on a 12 month time line to introduce the first WP7 OS based smartphones. With this in mind, Nokia could be using a next iteration of WP7 that is currently referred to as Mango. Mango is expected to be previewed and perhaps released by the end of this year. [Read more…]
Nokia to Give Developers free WP7 Device
February 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Nokia has sent out an email to members of the Launchpad, letting them know that they will be getting a free E7 and a Windows Phone 7 device when available.
Launchpad is Nokia’s mobile app development program that normally has a price tag of 300 per year. It’s actually free for the first year. Nokia need to approve companies and developers in to the program and once there, when the devices are available, they’ll be shipped out. [Read more…]
