Judges puts a temporary hold on Apple vs Nokia patent fight
The Apple vs. HTC patent war may be the tech story of the week, but it’s not the only patent fight involving Apple. The company is also involved a patent dispute with Nokia in which both companies accuse the other of violating their intellectual property. That fight is on pause… Continue Reading »
Moblin and Maemo merge to form MeeGo
If you believe Intel, Moblin until now has been the future of Linux-based netbooks. On the same note, until now Nokia has been pushing Maemo as the new hotness for Linux-based smartphones. Today at Mobile World Congress, the two companies have announced a joint program to merge the two platforms… Continue Reading »
Nokia releasing Symbian V3, Maemo 6 in second half of year
Nokia has yet to catch up in the US smartphone market, though it could be argued that they don’t need to. Most of the complaints against the companies phones are that they aren’t subsidized by carriers, and lack capacitive screens and multitouch features. With Google introducing multitouch to the Nexus… Continue Reading »
Firefox Mobile 1.0 makes its debut on the Nokia N900 Maemo platform
Earlier this month, release candidates of Firefox Mobile for Nokia N900 started to show up, now Firefox Mobile 1.0 has finally arrived! The mobile version retains all functionalities of the Awesome Bar (just like in the desktop version), and also features WeaveSync, a tool to synchronize information like history, bookmarks… Continue Reading »
CES 2010: Ovi Store now available to AT&T’s Nokia users
Nokia and AT&T have announced that AT&T’s Nokia users now have access to the Ovi Store. Users of the Nokia E71x, Nokia Surge, Nokia Mural, Nokia 6650, Nokia 6555 and Nokia 6350 can visit store.ovi.com from their phones and download the Ovi Store app. Additionally, users will enjoy the convenience… Continue Reading »
Gadgetell Hands-on: The Nokia N900
I was recently given the opportunity to play with a Nokia N900 for a few weeks and have to say that it is quite the powerful device. In fact I was much happier using it than I could have expected. But I will say that it sort of felt more… Continue Reading »
The Nokia N900 will be coming to Vodafone UK “soon”
Coming as a little bit of good news and frustrating news at the same time. Vodafone UK have announced their plans to carry the Nokia N900. That was the good news, so with that it looks like we now need to move onto the frustrating news—they are planning to offer… Continue Reading »
AT&T gives up the details on their “Black Friday through Cyber Monday” sales
Not to be left out, it looks like AT&T has plans not only for a Black Friday sale, but a weekend full of sales that was described as “Black Friday through Cyber Monday.” According to the announcement the sales are expected to begin as of 12:01 am EST on Friday… Continue Reading »
Amazon lowers Nokia N900 price down to $480
Though it is still not yet ready to ship, potential customers can at least take some pleasure in knowing that Amazon has lowered the price of the Nokia N900 down to $479.99. Granted I would still say this is a little on the pricey side, but its hard to argue… Continue Reading »
Nokia N900 Internet tablet shipping has begun
The last we heard was that the Nokia N900 Internet tablet was being delayed until November. Well thankfully, at least for those waiting, November has arrived and with that the N900 has begun shipping. This news comes courtesy of Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, which means that those who pre-ordered should… Continue Reading »
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