Antenna issues anyone?

Apple posted a video which showed N97 Mini network towers going down from 7 to 2 when they held it in a particular way. I like macs, but Apple did the absolute wrong thing in putting up their competitors phones for comparison. No one never had any problem with N97 towers all this time. Just because they have a faulty product and they need to sell it, they are putting… Continue reading

Nokia Bots – They learn from your daily routine

Right, I haven’t posted in a while due to being completely overloaded with work and stuff but now I’m back )

Just recently Nokia Beta Labs have released another great application, Nokia Bots. This is a selection of homescreen widgets for your shiny N97 that basically learn what you want to do based on your routines. Currently there are only 4 bots but I guess more… Continue reading

Bikini Clock-Banned from Ovi Store, But You Can Still Download One

Remember Apple pulling down the shutters on its 5000 odd adult themed apps over-night sometime last month? Well, we all know how frivolous Apple can be when it comes to their app screening policies but we are now seeing similar behavior in Nokia’s Ovi store as well. Well not exactly as unpredictable as Apple but taking a leaf out… Continue reading | 1 Comment

Best N97/S60v5 Applications! Day 1: Handy Taskman

Okay, so there is a big craze going on at the moment with smartphone applications… Especially since the release of Apple’s App Store. It has even prompted Nokia to release the Ovi Store to make it easier for it’s users to download and install applications on their phone.

So, I hear you ask… “What good apps are there for the N97?”  Well, I’m here to tell you about a few that… Continue reading

Ovi Store Updated to v1.05(611)

Continuing the good work that our friends at Espoo have been doing over the last couple of weeks, they have now updated the Ovi store. Yeah we kept reading from them and elsewhere that Ovi store is all set to get a new revamp and boy, they did deliver on the promise.

So what’s the update all about? Honestly we… Continue reading

Ovi Store : 1 Million Downloads a Day!

Today , Nokia has announced a new milestone in their development!

Ovi

Ovi

The ever popular Ovi Store has reached One Million Downloads per day!

First noticed on the mobile phone Nokia N97, this feature is now on almost every Nokia smart phone currently on the market. This is a huge achievement for Nokia .

First when Nokia launched Ovi , people were not attracted into using the features, but… Continue reading

Telus kicks off HSPA+ network with iPhone November 5th, HTC Hero, LG New Chocolate and more to follow

Filed under: Handsets, HTC, LG, Nokia, RIM, Telus Mobility, Apple

Telus already announced that it’d be launching the iPhone in November, but it’s just now gotten official with an actual date: November 5th — which just so happens to also be the day that it lights up its brand… Continue reading

Nokia posts $834 million quarterly loss, smartphone share down to 35%

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

Nokia just posted a net loss of 559 million euro (834 million dollars) for the third quarter — its first quarterly loss in a decade according to the AFP. The loss comes after a reported 20% drop in sales and 1.17 billion euros in write-downs, mostly for impairment charges on Nokia Siemens Networks

Nokia N97 shipping from Amazon on June 25

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Symbian, GSM, EDGE, HSDPA, UMTS

We’re not sure how closely we can correlate this to shipments through Nokia’s other retail partners and fulfillment of the direct preorders, but for what it’s worth, Amazon is now declaring on no uncertain terms that the N97 will… Continue reading

Nokia’s Ovi Store said to be launching with 20,000 ‘items,’ unknown number of apps

Filed under: Software, Nokia, Symbian

Nokia's Ovi Store said to be launching with 20,000 'items,' unknown number of apps

The launch of the Ovi Store is just around the bend and, according to reports, Nokia is looking to blow this things out a little better than Google, which launched its Android Market with a paltry 50… Continue reading