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| Nokia 2600 Classic Headed to AT&T |  | AT&T will soon offer a new Nokia mobile phone in the US, but before getting too excited you should know that we're only talking about an entry-level device: Nokia 2600 Classic. The handset is already on sale in other parts of the world (in India, for exampl ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 06:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia N95 8GB Now Only $199 in Canada |  | iPhone 3G's launch in Canada seems to be a good thing not only for those who want to buy (or already bought) it, but also for the other mobile users who don't find Apple's device as attractive as it presents itself to be.
Joining Bell Mobility, which offer ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 Hits the US |  | Nokia E71, one of the two new Eseries smartphones recently unveiled by the Finnish manufacturer, is now available in USA, from Nokia's Flagship Store in Chicago. Of course, we're talking about the North American edition of E71, which comes with 850 / 1900 HSDPA connectivity so as to work on AT&T's network. ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 04:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Shipped 122 Million Handsets in the Second Quarter of 2008 |  | Nokia just announced that during the second quarter of 2008 (April, May and June) it has shipped 122 million mobile phones worldwide. This represents 40% of the total number of phones sold by all the handset manufacturers in the same period, a number estimated at 303 million units, and reaffirms the Finnish company's No. 1 in the global mobile industry.
The 122 million mark further represents a 5.6% increase when compared to the ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gold-Dressed Nokia E71 on Sale Now |  | Nokia E71, the new Eseries smartphone that Nokia released at the beginning of July, is now available in a luxury edition. Created by Goldstriker, the UK company famous for dressing lots of mobile devices in precious metals, the new E71 comes plated wit ... [read more >>] | | 15 July 2008, 11:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Released Its Own Instant Messaging Client |  | Owners of Nokia phones will probably be happy to find out that the Finnish giant has developed its own Instant Messaging application, named simply Nokia Chat and aimed at offering a PC-like instant messaging experience on lots of its handsets.
Currently in beta version, Nokia Chat is not just "another IM client" – or at least that's what Nokia says. Besides allowing you to easily chat with your friends from you ... [read more >>] | | 12 July 2008, 07:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Finally Owns NAVTEQ |  | Announced in October last year, Nokia's acquisition of NAVTEQ was finally completed today, after all the necessary procedures and requirements have been met. Based in Chicago, USA, NAVTEQ is an important provider of electronic maps and GIS data (Geographic Information Systems). The whole deal cost Nokia no less than $8.1 billion.
[admark=1]Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO of Nokia, stated in a press release issued today: ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 13:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia N96 Limited Edition Available for $1,200 |  | About a month before the actual release of the N96 Nseries smartphone, Nokia is offering a limited edition of the handset, for 759 Euros – which means almost $1,200. That's surely expensive, but you won't give this amount of money only in return for a N96.
More exactly, Nokia has initiated a campaign, together with the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), in order to save the endangered red pandas from Nepal. The limit ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 09:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Symbian Foundation Gathers Nine More Companies |  | The non-profit Symbian Foundation, presented by Nokia at the end of June and set to transform all the Symbian-based mobile platforms into a single open source one, has welcomed today nine new companies as members. These are:
– América Móvil, the larges ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 03:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 6650 Released by T-Mobile UK |  | T-Mobile UK has added to its line-up of handsets the Nokia 6650 (no, not the old one), a phone first announced back in March, during CeBIT 2008. Following an exclusive partnership with Nokia, T-Mobile is the only carrier that gets the 6650 and it will soon release it in other countries beside ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 14:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dual-Sliding Nokia 8208 and a 3608 Clamshell Unveiled |  | Nokia 8208 and Nokia 3608 are two brand new CDMA phones that will be released soon by the Finnish giant manufacturer. The handsets have quietly appeared on Nokia's official website and are presented as running on a Series 40 Users Interface.
The 8208 model comes with a dual-sliding design and it's the only non-Nseries Nokia to have this form factor. The handset looks pretty simple, unveiling an alphanumeric keypad w ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 03:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia XpressMusic 5320 Might Hit the US |  | The US might soon get a new Nokia Xpress Music handset, namely the XpressMusic 5320, as the phone was recently approved by the FCC. If Nokia indeed plans to release the 5320 in the States, it would be the second XpressMusic to be available this year for North American users, after the 5310&l ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 12:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia N95 in New Continental Diamond Edition |  | Nokia N95, the highly popular Nseries smartphone released by Nokia more than one year ago (in the spring of 2007), now comes in a new luxury edition. Offered by Continental Mobiles, a UK-based company specialized in luxury products, the new N95 features a Sterling silver panel in the front, which is encrusted with lots of naturally mined 4.42 carat diamonds. This makes the handset look even bulkier than the original, but I guess rich peopl ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 11:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Says: Recycle More |  | Nokia, the giant handset manufacturer, has released a survey showing that only about 3% of the mobile users around the globe are recycling their old cell phones.
The question behind the survey was "What happens to most mobile devices when people no longer use them?" and, as it turns out, unfortunately, about 44% of the users either simply keep the old handsets in their homes, without ever using them again, or give t ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 02:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The CDMA Nokia 1508i Approved by FCC |  | Nokia 1508i was recently approved by the FCC to work on the CDMA 1900 MHz frequencies, this making the phone ready to be commercialized in the US. Nokia said the handset should hit the market in the third quarter of the year, hence in the next few months the 1508i might get to US users.
Officially presented at the beginning of June (together with the ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 01:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 and E66 Available in India |  | Nokia has announced the availability of its latest Eseries smartphones, the E71 and E66, for the Indian mobile market (the second largest in the world in terms of subscribers). The new handsets were officially unveiled by Nokia on June 16, when the Finnish company presented them as "email-optimized devices."
Coming to succeed the E61i and E65 models, the new E71 and E66 smarpthones bring a set of common features (in ... [read more >>] | | 07 July 2008, 05:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| A Nokia Aeon Wannabe |  | Nokia's Aeon phone was presented almost two years ago, in the fall of 2006, as one of the best looking concepts to come from the Finnish company. Since then, we have not heard new things about it, thus we can't know whether Nokia is indeed working to transform the Aeon into a real device or this remains only a concept.
But in case you want a handset that somehow looks like the Aeon, we've spotted one on the W ... [read more >>] | | 05 July 2008, 04:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Shows It Cares About Bochum |  | Nokia's factory from Bochum, Germany, is now closed (as of June 30), and it looks like the Finnish company has reached convenient agreements with the German authorities, agreements set to be beneficial for all the involved parties, including the ex-Nokia employees from the Bochum plant.
Together with the City of Bochum and the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia (where the city is situated), Nokia has developed a & ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 12:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia in New Web Services Deal with Telenor |  | Nokia and Telenor, a leading global mobile operator, have announced a new collaboration set to fasten the embracing of new Web services for Nokia's Ovi platform. Following the cooperation between the two companies, Telenor's customers from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Hungary will be able to enjoy, in a simple way, advanced Internet services on their mobile phones.
Starting the next few months, the subscribers o ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 08:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Announced Wireless Loopset for Hearing Impaired Users |  | Nokia is not all about mobile phones, as the Finnish company also has a wide range of mobile accessories, out of which the latest-announced is called Nokia Wireless Loopset and it's targeted at users with hearing aids, being created to help them enjoy a better communication experience.
The Wireless Loopset is best suited for people who use cochlear implants or T-coil equipped hearing aids. The accessory is compatible wi ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 03:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 6220 Classic Hits India |  | Nokia has chosen India as one of the first markets to get its 6220 Classic candybar released, a nicely-featured device announced by the Finnish company back in February, during MWC 2008. We don't know if this has anything to do with the fact that Nokia has been recently recognized as India's ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 12:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia's Free Hands Challenge Offers N82 Smartphones and a Trip around the World |  | Nokia has unveiled a new contest that basically asks users to free their hands in order to win lots of prizes, including N82 smartphones and a trip around the world. The "free your hands" part means that you will have to make a short video (not longer than two minutes) in which to present a cool or unusual thing that you can do with your hands. You can present anything, from DJ-ing to origami creations, so it's all ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 08:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Unusual Comparison: HTC Diamond vs. Nokia E71 |  | HTC Touch Diamond and Nokia E71 don't have too much in common. But they're both high-end devices that will soon be available on lots of markets around the world. Actually, they are already on sale, but only in few of the countries for which they have been announced by HTC and Nokia.
Why do I speak about these two handsets? Because there's a recently-uploaded YouTube video that presents the Diamond in comparison w ... [read more >>] | | 02 July 2008, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Why Doesn't Nokia Withdraw E90 Communicator v1? |  | The sequel to the old 9500 Communicator, Nokia E90 Communicator was launched on the market only last year in June. Everyone had been patiently waiting for the latest Communicator series device; alas, it was a total disappointment. After a 3-year break, Nokia 'managed' to offer u ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 10:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia and Warner to Offer "Mobile Music" |  | Nokia and Warner Music Group, one of the biggest record labels in the world, have announced that they have signed a deal according to which Nokia will be offering Warner's music via the Nokia Music Stores and the Comes With Music service that should be launched in the second half of this year.
The agreement with Warner was closed after Nokia had also closed deals with other two giant labels, namely ... [read more >>] | | 01 July 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The N96 Gets Demo on Nokia's Website |  | Nokia N96, the ultimate Nseries smartphone presented by the Finnish company at the beginning of the year (in February), is now featured in an online Flash demonstration on Nokia's official website, found at this address. Nokia thought that users might want to test the features of the smartp ... [read more >>] | | 30 June 2008, 03:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 Already On Sale |  | Nokia E71, one of the two new Eseries smartphones recently unveiled by Nokia, is already on sale, although the Finnish company said the handset would hit the market in July. Unfortunately, the E71 is available only in Singapore for the moment, from several retail stores. There are even online stores that sell the smartphone (&l ... [read more >>] | | 28 June 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Presents Its Four Stylish Supernova Phones |  | Nokia has finally unveiled its new Supernova line-up of fashionable handsets, after lots of leaked images with various phones from this series have surfaced on the Web.
The first four devices included in the new line-up and officially presented by Nokia today are: 7610 Supernova, 7510 Supernova, 7310 Supernova and 7210 Supernova. Those familiar with Nokia's older handsets will know that the Finnish company has other two devices n ... [read more >>] | | 27 June 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Nokia ShapeShift Concept Phone |  | After the amazing Morph handset, presented by Nokia at the beginning of the year, we now have another shape-shifting concept to bear the Finnish giant manufacturer's logo. Named exactly Nokia ShapeShift, the new concept is not presented by Nokia, as it was the case ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 08:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia N78 Hits the US at $560 |  | Nokia N78, the first of the two new Nseries smartphones announced by Nokia this year, is now available in the US, as the Finnish company itself announced this in a press release appeared a few hours ago on its official website.
The North American N78 has a suggested retail price of $560 and can be found, as of today, at various retailers as well as in Nokia's Flagship Stores from New York and Chicago.
Already ava ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 11:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Symbian OS Turns Open Source as Nokia Buys Symbian Limited |  | Nokia, the giant handset manufacturer, has strengthened its position as a leader in the mobile industry, by announcing it will buy all the shares of Symbian Limited, the company that owns Symbian OS. You might already know that Nokia, for the moment, has 47.9% of Symbian Limited's shares, with the rest being owned by Ericsson (15.6%), the Sony Ericsson joint-venture (13.1%), the Japan-based Panasonic (10.5%), the German-based Siemens ... [read more >>] | | 24 June 2008, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Buys Plazes to Extend Its Service Offering |  | Nokia has just announced that it has reached an agreement with Plazes, a German social-activity service provider, according to which, the Finnish company will buy Plazes and its assets. Headquartered in Berlin, Plazes is currently a privately-owned company (with only 13 employees) that offers a context-aware service that allows users to better organize their social activities by planning, recording and sharing them.
Wi ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 06:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339 Launched by T-Mobile |  | T-Mobile USA has just announced the release of two new handsets for its subscribers: Nokia 6301 and Samsung T339, both being compatible with T-Mo's HotSpot @Home wireless service.
Nokia 6301 is a candybar that resembles the old 6300 model. Weighing 3.2 ounces (91 grams) and measur ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fido Goes Classic with Nokia 3500 |  | Canadian mobile users have now a new Nokia handset that they can buy and that is Nokia 3500 Classic. The phone was brought in the North American country by Fido, Rogers' subsidiary, and is available as of now, either online, on Fido's website, or in the carrier's stores across Canada.
The 3500 is the fifth Finnish handset from Fido's line-up, the other ones being Nokia 5200, Nokia 6070, Nokia 6301 and N ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 03:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 and E66 in Video Promos |  | Officially announced only two days ago, Nokia E66 and Nokia E71 are showcased in two promo videos that underline their business-oriented features.
The promos are not too different, but that's because the brand new Eseries smartphones have about the same target and purpose, allowing users to "close the laptop but stay connected". The main difference between the E71 and E66 is their design: the E71 is a candybar ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia's First Touchscreen Phone Ready to Hit the Market |  | Nokia's first full touchscreen phone, the 5800 (initially leaked as Nokia Tube), will be pretty soon released on the European market, under the name of Nokia XpressMusic 5800.
The new handset prepared by the Finish company for all the touchscreen lovers o ... [read more >>] | | 17 June 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 and Nokia E66 Are Finally Official |  | Nokia has just unveiled, in the most official way possible, its latest E-Series smartphones: Nokia E71 and Nokia E66. This comes after lots of leaked images and details about the handsets have been surfacing on the Web in the last months.
Presented by the Finnish company as "email-optimized devices", E71 and E66 pack what the E-series smartphones always have: business-oriented features. Both handsets will be available from ... [read more >>] | | 16 June 2008, 09:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 1508 on the Simple CDMA Side |  | Nokia 1508 is the latest entry-level handset to come from Nokia and to target mobile users who can only afford phones that do not pack too many advanced features.
The new device was announced by Nokia just a few hours ago, via its official website, but the Finnish company did not unveil the full list of specs the 1508 will come with. However, Nokia does mention that the phone is a CDMA one created to be user friendly and to ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 06:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Advertising Alliance Launched |  | Nokia, the largest handset manufacturer in the world and also one of the best-known brands, launched a new advertising program, named "Nokia Advertising Alliance". Created to make mobile advertising easier (for brand advertisers), the new program comes with the latest mobile marketing solutions, like: location-based targeting, couponing, image recognition and lots of other new technologies.
Working together wit ... [read more >>] | | 12 June 2008, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Beats Colgate and Becomes India's Most Trusted Brand |  | Nokia announced a few hours ago, on its official website, that it had been named the "Most Trusted Brand in India" by The Economic Times, the famous Indian financial daily publication. This new "title" that Nokia has got comes after a survey undertaken by The Economic Times' Brand Equity, which involved more than 8,000 people of all ages, all social classes and from all around India.
The number one p ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 10:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia Nseries Sponsoring Cannes Advertising Festival |  | Nokia just announced that its Nseries brand would be the sole "telecom sponsor" of the Young Lions Film Competition, which is part of the famous Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival (this year, the festival will be held between the 15th and the 21st of June).
The Young Lions Film Competition is created to encourage young and talented people to embrace the advertising industry. All the teams participatin ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 07:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Nokia 6260 Slider with High-End Photo Camera |  | Another new phone from Nokia's upcoming line-up was recently unveiled and that is Nokia 6260. The handset was spotted on the same Flickr account where Nokia's N85, N79 and XpressMedia 5800 have also appeared. That Flickr account only existed for a few days and it's no ... [read more >>] | | 11 June 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Hop-on Phones – Just Dumb Nokias |  | Hop-on Inc., the American company that recently presented the 10 buck Anti-iPhone, has come up with a whole new line-up of affordable mobile phones. This is a good thing, of course, since lots of people need affordable handsets, as they might not have the money for devices like ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 14:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 5000 Urges You to Dance |  | Nokia 5000 is one of the new Nokia candybars targeted for young users from emerging mobile markets or for teens from mature markets who can't afford to pay too much for a cell phone. The 5000 was first announced by the Finnish manufacturer at the beginning of April, when other three entry-level Nokia devices were unveiled: ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 13:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia E71 and E66 to Come Out Next Week. Nokia E72 Rumored |  | Nokia E71 and E66 are already confirmed by Nokia, after lots of leaked images and rumors about the new Eseries smartphones appeared since the beginning of the year. Although there hasn't been any official statement from the Finnish company about the two devices, both of them were seen on Nokia's w ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 09:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 6205 and Batman are Good Verizon Palls |  | Verizon Wireless, the future No.1 American mobile carrier (after the acquisition of Alltel is completed), will soon release a new Nokia handset, namely Nokia 6205.
The 6205 will come in two versions, a ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 08:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| E71 and E66 Showcased by Nokia |  | Nokia's new Eseries smartphones, the E71 and E66, are finally confirmed by the Finnish company, as both handsets are presented in online demonstrations on Nokia's official website. Although the E71 and E66 have been seen before, either in leaked photos or videos, now we have the certainty that they indeed exist and will soon hit the market.
The E71 demonstration should be found at ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 04:25GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia 8800 Arte Heyerdahl Diamond Edition |  | Nokia 8800 Arte, a mobile phone that falls by default into the "luxury" category, will soon come in a new Diamond Edition. Although there already is a Diamond Edition of the handset, this new one has more diamonds and it's obviously more expensive.
Created by Thomas Heyerdahl, a famous jeweler from Oslo, Norway, the Nokia 8800 Arte Diamond Edition has a retail price that won't allow too many users to b ... [read more >>] | | 07 June 2008, 05:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Nokia N78 Released in India |  | Nokia N78, the latest Nseries handset launched by Nokia, is now available across India, bringing users lots of high-end features, specific to any Nseries phone produced by the Finnish company up to now.
Successor of the N77 model, which is still being sold, of co ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 03:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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