
Good news for anyone who is waiting to buy the Nokia N97 Mini The price of the mini is certainly more attractive now given the fact that it was launched at around Rs.30k.The MRP is just Rs.24999 now which is the Maximum Retail Price

Good news for anyone who is waiting to buy the Nokia N97 Mini The price of the mini is certainly more attractive now given the fact that it was launched at around Rs.30k.The MRP is just Rs.24999 now which is the Maximum Retail Price

Last week me and Jeb Brilliant were having a word about Nokia not being @ MWC 2010 and that we might not see any announcements from the Finnish phone maker @ Barcelona. We just hit events.nokia.com and were pleasantly surprised to find a Video and a event page about a Nokia Press Conference which sounded more like a party. Continue reading “Nokia is in Barcelona during MWC 2010”

While we are playing with the Nokia N97 Mini we thought of giving you an overview of the hardware with a photo gallery where we take you through the key hardware aspects of the phone
Continue reading “Hardware Overview : How Tiny is the Nokia N97 Mini ?”

AAS is reporting a new firmware update for the Nokia N85 to version v31.002 . Looks like this is a minor update and fixes a small set of bugs Continue reading “New Firmware Update v31 out for Nokia N85”

There are a lot of myths surrounding firmware updates. Most users don’t realize the importance of such updates. Sadly , many of them don’t even know that some phones get new software even after you purchase it. It’s only the Geeks who are first in the line when it comes to getting updates be it a phone , PC or laptop. Here are some videos which showcase the importance of firmware updates and talks about the Nokia N97 in particular
Continue reading “Is your Nokia N97 running on the latest firmware ?”

One of the main highlights of the Nokia N900 is the ability to seamlessly switch between multiple apps. Multitasking is one of the core strengths of the Maemo Platform . How about Browsing a bunch of websites while listening to music , attend a phone call , check your calendar and reply to an important email ? Its all possible with the N900
Continue reading “Nokia N900 MultiTasking in action 33 Apps”
Nokia unveils a new handset with Music, Nokia 5235 which seems to be an effective upgrade to the existing 5230 phone. Nokia 5235 will deliver its users with unlimited access to the Nokia Music Store catalog and will enable them to download as much music as they want during a 12 or 18 month period. Once you’ve created your Music Store account and entered your Comes With Music subscription PIN code, all the prices will disappear, making downloading music even easier. You can also download music through a PC using Nokia Ovi Player.

George Linardos, Nokia’s VP of Product, Media today told that Nokia’s Ovi Store is currently generating nearly one million downloads a day and the company is now working on a completely revamping the Ovi store, which will be launched in 2010. Continue reading “Ovi Store Clocks 1m downloads a day, v2.0 coming very soon”

Nimbuzz, one of my favourite Chat application has released a new Symbian Client which now includes Twitter as well. This update makes Nimbuzz one of the most comprehensive Social Networking application that we have ever seen on Symbian Platform. Along with VoIP calls, Instant Messaging and file sharing with almost all the popular social networks like Google Talk, Skype, MSN Messenger, AIM, Facebook Chat etc plus presence, profiles and location, the client now has Twitter as well. Continue reading “Nimbuzz adds a Twitter Client. Gets a Refreshing UI”
The battle between Apple and Nokia got a little more bitter today as Apple Countersues Nokia. Nokia had earlier sued Apple over patent infringements

Apple is now claiming that Nokia is stealing their technology.
Most of us would have used Skype on the Desktop either for chatting or for Client calls or just talking to your family when you are away.
You can now use it from your Symbian phone without having to logon to your desktop. (Skype via Fring/ Nimbuzz has been around for quite sometime. This is official and supports Skype out calls too)
Skype have announced a beta version of their Symbian application today and it has a lot of features and comes close to the desktop version.
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Nokia is in cost-cutting mode right now. After announcing closure of its London Flagship store Nokia USA has announced closure of its New York and Chicago flagship stores. This is sad news because I visited the London store only recently and the Chicago store last year. But in USA everything is so expensive in stores an most consumers prefer to order online. The prices of phones in the store were somewhat expensive. And this is a good move if this money is invested elsewhere Continue reading “Nokia to close NewYork and Chicago Flagship stores in 2010”

With the Festive Season fast approaching, Nokia has decided to allow its users to test drive the Ovi Maps Navigation 3.0 with a Free Drive Licence for one whole week. Continue reading “Test Drive Ovi Maps Navigation with a Free Drive Licence for a week [Holiday Offer]”
Nokia today announced that it has joined forces with New Alliance, an investment company which is part of the Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd, to form a 50/50 joint venture company which is designed to offer a range of mobile services in China and support the local developer ecosystem.
This joint venture company will be called Nokia Alliance Internet Services Company Limited. Continue reading “Nokia joins forces with New Alliance for a joint venture in mobile services in China”
If you are a mobile developer and want to get your app onto multiple platforms then Qt is the way to go. Qt is truly cross platform as you can see in the video below that the UI is almost the same on a Nokia N900 (Maemo) , Nokia 5800 (Symbian) and a Windows mobile phone.

Continue reading “Video : Qt demo on Maemo , Symbian and Windows Mobile”