The Nokia Booklet 3G is an ultra-portable (1.25 kg) mini laptop: it has a 10-inch widescreen, built-in GPS receiver, supports 3G mobile connectivity, its huge battery provides approximately 6 hours of battery life and the aluminum housing lets you to dispense with the cooling fan, so it is extremely quiet. And last but not least,… Continue reading How to Make a Nokia Booklet 3G and Other Slow Netbooks Run Faster?
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Top 5 Apps for Symbian S60
Nokia’s Symbian S60 is a pretty old platform, and the newest fifth release didn’t do much to improve the overall situation. What you might not know is that over 40% of all smartphone users’ worldwide use a Nokia smartphone running this operating system! Just imagine, that’s tens of millions of users. Developers know that, that’s… Continue reading Top 5 Apps for Symbian S60
What makes Symbian S^3 so Much Better than Previous Versions
Symbian is a pretty good operating system, but its age is definitely starting to show. The third release (S60v3) is now pretty much hopelessly outdated, and it doesn’t even have support for touch, not even speaking about any other technologies. The fifth release (S60v5) improved this a bit, but not for long, as underneath the… Continue reading What makes Symbian S^3 so Much Better than Previous Versions
Nokia Ovi Maps is Free and Reliable
Google wowed the world of navigation last October with Google Maps Navigation, available for free, initially on the Motorola Droid, retailing at $199.99, and then the rest of the smartphones powered by Android. Nokia has stepped in with Ovi Maps, bettering Google’s application by providing turn by turn direction for worldwide locations that are voice… Continue reading Nokia Ovi Maps is Free and Reliable
Nokia N8 Vs iPhone 4
The phone industry is ultra-competitive and always evolving. Just think of models that were released eight years ago, especially those early smartphones (like a Nokia 7650, for example) that started to combine the functionality of a mobile phone to personal data management, multimedia support, 3rd party software extensions and Internet connectivity, it was a huge… Continue reading Nokia N8 Vs iPhone 4
Nokia: There will be no Symbian^4
Nokia is looking to set right quite a few wrongs. There will be no Symbian^4! No, this does not mean it is the end of the road for Symbian. It simply means that it is the end of the road for the weird naming system that the Symbian Foundation started using with the latest iteration… Continue reading Nokia: There will be no Symbian^4
Nokia’s Sorry Story: Resurgence? (Part 2)
In part 1 of this series, we saw where Nokia’s current troubles are rooted. Poor Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo had to pay with his job just so that Nokia could get a non-Finnish CEO on board. And OPK wasn’t the only one that left. After being given the cold shoulder for the second time, Anssi Vanjoki quit… Continue reading Nokia’s Sorry Story: Resurgence? (Part 2)
Nokia’s Sorry Story: Mistakes and Misunderstandings (Part 1)
September 2006 – The Nokia N95 is announced. Nokia is a popular company, and the N95 is hailed as the next step in mobile computing. Its share price starts to rise, and hits a high towards the end of 2007. Januray 2007 – The iPhone is announced. The world enters a state of hysteria. Steve… Continue reading Nokia’s Sorry Story: Mistakes and Misunderstandings (Part 1)
10 Important Things for Nokia to Do In India!
When the Indian market is surveyed for Nokia popularity and usage you will be shocked to know that the reports are not very favorable. One thinks that in the mobile making and selling industry, if not the lower end then at least the higher end companies would think of Nokia as a thriving competitor. You… Continue reading 10 Important Things for Nokia to Do In India!
Stats analysis: iPhone faces fork in the road
“In the past six months, smartphone buyers in the U.S. were more likely to choose Android-powered devices over any others, including iPhones.” – Mashable.com The above account by Mashable.com is yet another blow to the iPhone camp, which has already been reeling under negative press of the latest iPhone 4. Data released recently by The… Continue reading Stats analysis: iPhone faces fork in the road