Archive for August, 2009

Nokia’s 3208c proves Series 40 can be touch-friendly, too

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, GSM, EDGE

Unless you’re talking about S60 5th Edition, the terms “Nokia” and “touch” don’t typically go together in the same sentence — but over in China, stylus-based touchscreens make a heck of a lot more sense for character input than they do in locales with with Latin character sets. Following… Continue reading

Nokia’s 32GB Alvin RM-559 hits FCC, Simon 561 and Theodore 563 nowhere to be found

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Nokia’s latest mystery device to hit the FCC, the RM-550 “Alvin,” holds itself in some good company given the known specs. Its 32GB internal memory is matched only by Espoo’s other flagship devices N97 and N900, and it’s also got the same BL-5J battery as the aforementioned pseudo-MID. Throw in quad-band GSM, tri-band… Continue reading

Guest Game Review: EA Cricket 2010 for Nokia 5800

Overwhelmed by the encouraging feedback we got from our very first guest review by Dheeraj CVR, we are bringing yet another guest review by him. After covering an amazingly powerful file explorer: X-plore, our guest reviewer is covering one of the most fascinating games in television history- Cricket.

Electronic Arts which is probably the best known name in the… Continue reading

Review: Advanced Device Locks for S60- Security App

Have a nosy partner or that over-enthusiastic kid of yours who don’t think twice before playing with your 5800? We totally understand your concern and a device as powerful as our 5800 can at times be just too resourceful to risk being toyed around. This is where Advanced Device Locks for s60 comes into picture.

ADL is a powerful application that can protect… Continue reading

Nokia 3710a, some Motorola (Morrison, perhaps?) get FCC approval for T-Mobile

Filed under: Handsets, Motorola, Nokia, T-Mobile, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS, Android

For T-Mobile USA customers, the FCC slid a couple particularly interesting batches of docs into its vast library in the past week: the Nokia 3710a and a mysterious Motorola. First, the 3710a (pictured) is simply an… Continue reading

Moolan: An Awe-inspiring Game for Nokia 5800

Can you list the different sensors onboard on our 5800? Wondering Why we are asking that now? We just happen to stop by this amazing game at the ovi store-Moolan, which reminded us of the capability of our Tube 5800s and no we are not talking about the graphics rendering capability here.

Moolan is one of those accelerometer based games and thats not… Continue reading

Nokia N900 now giving Germany and Italy a way to pre-order

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Now that Nokia’s Maemo-powered N900 is looking mighty nice and official, the company’s Germany and Italian arms have no problem going ahead and taking your hard-earned Euros in exchange for a pre-order. Both sites are actually listing it for €599 (US $860), or €99 more than what we heard yesterday. A pretty huge discrepancy, to be… Continue reading

Nokia 5530 and 5230 to Eat into 5800 Market? Not Really!

Our beloved Nokia 5800 XpressMusic may be selling in bucketloads across the world, but looks like our friends at Espoo, Finland are not entirely happy about it.

Following up on closed heels of Nokia 5530, Nokia have recently announced yet another budget symbian fifth edition device in the form… Continue reading | 2 Comments

Man turns luggable 25-year-old cellphone into OLED-packing HTPC

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Misc

Do you remember the Mobira Talkman? No? That’s okay, you may not have been born yet. In 1984 this was what all the sierra hotel financial traders had glued to their faces — and clutched to their hips, since the thing was as big as a briefcase. 25 years later skilled modder… Continue reading

Nokia N900 running Maemo 5 officially €500 in October (update: video!)

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, T-Mobile, Linux, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

In backwards order, Nokia has finally launched the N900 after we’ve already seen a review and countless leaks. Nevertheless, it’s good to have the new Maemo 5 Internet Tablet out in the open and official-like. The… Continue reading