Posted by Zach Epstein on Jun 25, 2008 12:08 pm
Filed in News, Nokia, Software, Symbian
Ahh FP2. There’s no question that there’s plenty that Nokia’s latest flavor of S60 doesn’t address, but there’s also plenty it does address. Remember the SSU functionality we just spoke about in our post on Diablo? Well it’s not just for Tablets! Feature Pack 2 brings with it Seamless Software Updating (SSU) that allows users [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jun 24, 2008 11:53 am
Filed in News, Nokia, Symbian
Oooooh Android. Things are not going well for you lately. First the Wall Street Journal reports that your release has been delayed and now Symbian, the most popular Smartphone Operating System in the world, will be opening up. Open?!? That was totally your thing! Well maybe not It’s ok, don’t worry; you’ve still got the [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on Jun 7, 2008 3:16 pm
Filed in Handsets, Nokia, Software, Symbian
Just a few days before Apple dishes the official skinny on the upcoming 3G iPhone and puts an end to all of the rumors, photoshops and speculations (thankfully), S60 has issued an updated video showcasing the upcoming S60 Touch UI. You’ll recognize plenty of the content from the original clip they released, but tons of [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 29, 2008 5:04 am
Filed in Handsets, News, Nokia, Symbian
It looks like the changing of the guard may happen sooner than some would have thought. According to the play.com shop, Nokia’s N96 will begin shipping on July 31st for a whopping £600 or $1,185 as of today’s exchange rate. It will be interesting to see what price point it gets in the US, but [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 28, 2008 11:23 am
Filed in Handsets, Samsung, Symbian
Samsung used the S60 Summit in Barcelona Spain today to announce a new S60 slider that has the blogosphere talking. With a sexy brushed steel face, a slender physique and RAZR-esque flush keypad, the L870 is bound to turn some heads once released. The specs aren’t too shabby either:
HSDPA (2100MHz) 3.6Mbps + EDGE/GPRS 900/1800/1900
2.4 inch [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 27, 2008 1:50 pm
Filed in Handsets, News, Nokia, Symbian
Hot on the heels of the N95 NAM, the N95 8GB NAM has just received a firmware refresh courtesy of Nokia. The changes? You guessed it; just about the same as all the other v20 firmware out there, although N95-4 owners already had much of the functionality N95 NAM users had been waiting for. After [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 26, 2008 11:37 am
Filed in News, Nokia, Software, Symbian
S60 people, stop drooling over the E71 for a few minutes so that we can give you some important news. Remember how we reported on the guy from Nokia stated that the new v20 firmware for the N95 NAM would be out in early June? Yeah, he totally lied. Ok, maybe he didn’t lie and [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on May 25, 2008 12:09 pm
Filed in Exclusives, Handsets, Nokia, Symbian
So there’s this phone called the Nokia E71. It magically showed up on our doorstep yesterday (shout out to FedEx Sameday!) and was begging for us to review it. Well, we’re not going to disappoint you. In fact, there will be no disappointment at all as you’ll see in our review. The Nokia E71 has [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 24, 2008 2:43 pm
Filed in Nokia, Software, Symbian
Developer Morten Hjerde was inspired by the upcoming Nokia Tube 5800 and built an interesting concept for an intuitive music player with some concepts that will surely be utilized in future media interfaces. Dubbed “Flat Music Player”, Hjerde’s design makes use of album artwork and the touch interface to create an experience that adapts [...]
Posted by The Boy Genius on May 24, 2008 11:26 am
Filed in Exclusives, Nokia, Symbian
It’s my first day back but that’s not stopping us from bringing you guys a little hardcore Nokia action! We’ve got a Nokia E71 in hand and we’ve got to say, this thing is nice. It’s the perfect size — a cross between the Nokia E51 and E61 — and it’s built like a tank. [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 22, 2008 7:57 am
Filed in Gaming, News, Nokia, Symbian
Meet Scrooge McNokia. He loves his recently-launched N-Gage platform because it does an amazing job of putting access to payware games in the hands of countless S60 device owners. It couldn’t be easier for them to fire up N-Gage on their handset and fork over some cash for a few titles from the ever-increasing N-Gage [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 20, 2008 1:40 pm
Filed in Gaming, Nokia, Symbian
No, the graphics won’t be quite as sweet as pictured above. All the same, S60 gamers are very excited to learn as of this morning that Nokia and Konami are officially teaming up. The partnership will bring a variety of popular high-quality Konami titles to Nokia’s N-Gage portable gaming platform, first and foremost is a [...]
Posted by Zach Epstein on May 20, 2008 11:09 am
Filed in Nokia, Rumors, Symbian
We’re really not sure that this one has any weight to it all, but word is buzzing around the Symbian blogosphere in response to an assertion that S60 may be looking to TAT to help it modernize the UI. The rumors began in a forum and so far there hasn’t been much if any evidence [...]