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We’re learning more about the Nokia and Microsoft partnership as days go on. The latest we hear it that Microsoft has given Nokia the ability to customize the OS as much as they like, in that they can completely change the look of it in a similar way to what HTC does with Sense on the Android platform.

However, it appears that Nokia wont be doing much customization and instead, will be keeping the changes to a minimum from what they say. In doing this, it will allow new updates to be rolled out quickly rather than delaying them due to too many modifications. [Read more…]

You will probably be aware of Nokia announcing today that it is partnering with Microsoft to bring Windows Phone 7 to Nokia smartphones. The full announcement is now available online showing both Stephen Elop of Nokia and Steve Ballmer of Microsoft who were in London earlier today.

The 12:27 minute video can be found below: [Read more…]

Nokia and Microsoft have confirmed that the Windows Phone 7 platform will be arriving soon on Nokia smartphones.

The Windows Phone 7 operating system will become one of the primary platforms on Nokia smartphones in the coming months and years and this switch over marks a big change in direction for Nokia who were struggling a little with the Symbian operating system. [Read more…]

Reports are going around today hinting that the Nokia N9-00 MeeGo smartphone is getting axed by Nokia.

This particular device is being referred to as the N9-00 although this was never confirmed by Nokia. The said device was first spotted in the middle of 2010 although not much else was heard about it. [Read more…]

Nokia has announced the launch of the Nokia E7. The new business class smartphone will begin shipping to select markets this week although the company haven’t specified exactly where that is.

We have heard hints that the E7 will launch first in the UK, but other than that we could take a guess that it will be also introduced in a handful of countries across Europe. Nokia does mention that the E7 will quickly move to other markets within the coming weeks though. [Read more…]

We are hearing reports today that indicate that Nokia could be looking at creating a Nokia Windows Phone 7 device, perhaps next year.

Last time we heard of something like this, it was related to the Android operating system hitting Nokia. At that point, it was basically laughed off by Anssi Vanjoki who was the Mobile VP. [Read more…]

Sygic Mobile Maps is now available for the Nokia N8 smartphone. The Mobile Maps brings turn-by-turn navigation to the N8.

As well as working on the N8, the new maps navigation app is also compatible with other Symbian^3 devices. [Read more…]

Nokia has confirmed that the Nokia E7 Slider has been delayed and that it will be now launched early in 2011. Previously, we had heard release dates of this month which is now not happening.

The reason for the delay of this model is due to a minor durability issue that was found in the hardware, perhaps through the rigorous testing they perform on each of their handsets. [Read more…]

Eldar Murtazin managed to somehow get hold of a Nokia X7. The Nokia X7 was first leaked a few weeks ago and at that point, it was revealed that it has four speakers and with it being in the XSeries of devices, it is also geared towards media.

Eldar wasn’t kind on the X7 it seems as the machine translation of some of his words converts to… “I do not like this device”. Other observations made, include the AT&T logo at the top of the device. [Read more…]

The Nokia X7-00 was leaked recently on video. The device falls in to the Xseries of devices at Nokia and hence, is a multimedia based smartphone.

The Nokia X7-00 has four speakers built in and with a possible bit of input from Dolby, it seems like the X7-00 will get some surround sound as well. [Read more…]

Nokia has announced that a couple of new versions of smartphones are being launched that aim to be more Green and eco-friendly. The new versions are the Nokia N8 and the Nokia C7.

Each is being made in partnership with O2 in the UK and Telefonica in Spain and uses green enhancements such as bio-plastic construction as well as bio-plant construction. Each screen will be switched to AMOLED to be more efficient in terms of power savings. [Read more…]

The Nokia E7 had a release date of sometime in the 4th quarter of 2010. However, the release date looks like it has been changed to January 2011 according to what we see on the UK retailer site called Expansys.

The exact shipping date they show is January 11 which is when those who order can actually get their hands on the new smartphone. [Read more…]