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Nokia Offers Nokia Suite Beta Software to Desktops
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Nokia has recently renamed its Ovi Suite desktop software and is now offering a new version of it called Nokia Suite Beta 3.2. Aside from the new name, Nokia Suite 3.2 also includes a number of changes to Nokia's syncing software, including a refreshed look, more device-specific support, better phone management tools, improved sync logs, and more reliable phone update performance. Nokia said that the software also has a lot of under-the-hood improvements, such as bug fixes. The beta software is free to download and use.
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Nokia N9: The Most Amazing Phone You’ll Never Buy
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Nokia was nice enough to loan me a Nokia N9, its first and almost certainly last MeeGo-powered smartphone, after I not-so-subtly pointed out that I’d love to give the thing a solid whirl. After having played with it for a day now, I’ll tell you why I think it’s a phenomenal smartphone that rivals the best of ‘em, and why you would probably be better off not buying one anyway.
I’ll start off by explaining that I’m not qualified to be a professional smartphone reviewer, whatsoever. We have our former CrunchGear and MobileCrunch slaves for that type of stuff. That said, I’ve used a bunch of smartphones over the years, of all shapes and sizes, and I know damn well what I want.
If you’re looking ...
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Nokia Luna Headset Crams NFC And Bluetooth Into Future-Perfect Pod
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Nokia may have fumbled their way to smartphone irrelevance in recent years, but that doesn't mean they still can't make us drool over their other hardware. Their new Luna Bluetooth headset is tiny, colorful, and comes with a pod-like dock that's easy on the eyes. But it's the built-in NFC hardware that has us most excited.
Unless you spend every waking hour with a Bluetooth headset in your ear, you probably keep your phone's BT connection disabled until needed to conserve battery life. Which can unfortunately involve constantly digging through an annoying settings menu on some handsets. (COUGH-iPhone-COUGH) But when the Luna is used with an NFC equipped phone, the headset can automatically...
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Nokia upgraded from a sell to a hold
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Nokia’s share price has taken a tremendous beating this year, but analysts are finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel.
Nomura Securities has upgraded Nokia from “reduce” to “neutral” after the company has shown increasing confidence in executing its product plan this year.
“We are upgrading Nokia to Neutral after raising our estimates to reflect a likely stronger-than expected Q3 [third quarter] and solid Q4. In addition, we expect new Windows Phone launches to feature at October 26th‘s Nokia World event and that Microsoft supported advertising will build shortly after,” Nomuraa analyst Stuart Jeffrey said.
He has however obviously not come around fully yet, showing little confid...
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Nokia N800 Windows Phone 7.5 handset promo leaked
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The long-awaited Nokia Windows Phone 7.5 handset may arrive before the end of the year, after promotional materials for a device called the Nokia 800 were uncovered.
The handset could be the Nokia Windows Phone previously previously known as the Sea Ray and appears in a pair of posters revealed on the Pocketnow website.
Nokia World, which takes place later this month in London, it represents the last real opportunity for the Finnish company to reveal its Windows Phone hand and get the devices out before 2011 is out.
Finally a sunrise for Nokia?
One ad which shows a screen shot of the device says: "Today the sun will rise and set, the rest is up for grabs," while a second promo reveals the de...
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Nokia Tries To Play It Cool With New Dubstep Ringtone
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OK, Nokia, we get it: you want to be cool. The Nokia/Monster headphones spotted a few days back was a start, but what better way to attract a hip young crowd than to jazz up your iconic jingle with some dubstep?
In fairness, Nokia didn’t actually design the thing themselves. Instead, they launched a contest last September where they asked people to submit fresh takes on Grande Valse, the Spanish guitar tune that’s been burned into every Nokia user’s brain since 1994.
The Finnish company received over 6,000 entries (some of which weren’t even ringtones, apparently), and a panel of 7 judges sifted through all of them to find a winner.
Valerio Alessandro Sizzi’s dubstep remix took top honors, a...
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Nokia renames Ovi Store as Nokia Store, continues elimination of Ovi name
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Nokia has announced the continuation of its transition away from the Ovi nameby rebranding the Ovi Store for mobile phone apps as the Nokia Store. Additionally, the store has been redesigned from the ground up using Qt Quick.
Nokia says the new store is much faster than before, and operation is much smoother than with the previous version. Discovering new apps is easier, too, as there is a new navigation bar at the bottom of the store. Nokia has also streamlined the purchasing process for paid apps.
The new store is being pushed to Symbian-powered phones as a software update now. Take a look at the video below for more details about the new Nokia Store.
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Nokia 603 about to be unveiled at Nokia World, en masse Symbian Belle updates might be coming too
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It seems that Nokia is ploughing ahead with the promise to out 10 new Symbian handsets be next summer. It already did out four - the Nokia 500, 600, 700 and 701, and now a fifth is rumored to be on the way in time to be announced at Nokia World October 26-27 in London - the Nokia 603.
The specs are in line with the new crop - 1GHz processor and 5MP fixed-focus camera on the usual 360x640 resolution. It also has pentaband 14.4Mbps HSDPA and NFC, so it is a step above the low-end Nokia 500, with probably a bigger screen, but keeps the interchangeable battery colors from the 500 to spice things up.
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Nokia Sun leaks in an Orange roadmap with a micro SIM, availability November 7-13
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A French tech blog, dedicated to Windows Phone, has been tipped with the latest Orange France roadmap, and the carrier is listing the availability of a Nokia Sun on its shelves in week 46, which is 7-13 November, just two weeks after the expected Nokia World announcement of the first Nokia Windows Phones.
The Nokia Sun is listed as sporting a 3.7" AMOLED display, that deep-colored polycarbonate unibody we see on the Nokia N9, a 1.4GHz processor, 8MP camera, 16GB of internal memory and... a micro SIM card, like on the Nokia N9. What brings credibility to the roadmap is the Sharp Aquos 3D phone listed at the top, with its stereoscopic 8MP cameras, since we know it was announced to appear exclu...
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Nokia putting in Windows phone orders from Foxconn also
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Last we heard Nokia would be using Compal as an ODM for the Nokia Searay.
Now Digitimes reports that Nokia has begun releasing its orders for Windows Phone 7.5-based smartphones to both Foxconn International Holdings and Compal Communications.
This is pretty good news for prospective Nokia customers, as Foxconn, who famously also ODMs the iPhone, has a reputation for high quality, unlike Compal who frankly does not.
While there is no way of knowing, given that the Searay was connected with Compal, it may be that the Nokia Sabre or Nokia Ace will be made by Foxcon instead, and represent a somewhat better device, irrespective of specs.
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Nokia Ace: The third Nokia Windows Phone surfaces
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We’ve already heard that Nokia might be launching not one but two Windows Phone 7 smartphones at the end of October; however, we're now hearing rumours that Nokia could be planning a third handset as well.
Over the weekend spec details leaked out for the Nokia Ace thanks to MyNokiaBlog.com.
Sent in by an anonymous tipster, so the information has to be taken with a pinch of salt, the new phone will supposedly come with better specs than the already rumoured Sea Ray (yes it’s all a bit wishy washy isn’t it).
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Nokia adds NFC functionality to Qt SDK
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Following the availability of Nokia's smartphones with NFC capabilities, the Finnish company has extended its Qt SDK for developers to support NFC. Developers can use the new SDK to write apps that take advantage of the NFC features found in Nokia smartphones, as well as test NFC tags in a virtual environment. Nokia utilizes NFC for information sharing as well as quick pairing with wireless accessories, such as external speakers. Developers can download the new Qt SDK along with some experimental test apps and source code now.
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Nokia outsources Symbian support which will continue until 2016
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It looks like Symbian may have a more drawn out death than we have been led to believe. We have known that Nokia plans to shift focus from Symbian to Windows Phone 7, but Nokia had also been fairly active in building the buzz around Symbian recently with the release of OS update Belle, and the announcement of Microsoft Office Apps for the platform. But, it seems that Nokia no longer wants the responsibility of upkeep on Symbian and has outsourced the platform.
This past Friday, Nokia finalized the agreement to outsource Symbian software development and support activities to global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, Accenture. Accenture will continue to suppor...
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Nokia to axe 3,500 jobs, shutter plant in Romania
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Nokia has announced that it will be cutting 3,500 jobs from its payroll and closing a plant in Romania as part of the second restructuring of the company in six months.
Nokia will be closing a plant in Romania that had 2,200 employees. A further 1,300 will be cut from its Location & Commerce business unit, which includes Navteq, the mapping software company that Nokia owns. The company says that it is evaluating the future of plants in Finland, Mexico, and Hungary, and that further job cuts would come next year.
The 3,500 jobs cut are in addition to the 4,000 that Nokia announced were being dropped back in April.
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Rumour: Nokia Ace with 4.3 inch screen leaked
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The MyNokiaBlog have been sent some specs of a new Nokia Windows Phone 7 handset which they also expect to be announced at Nokia World.
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