Nokia Fever

A number of Series 40 devices were branded with Nokia’s “XpressMusic” label back in the day, so why not Xseries, too? Well, Nokia must be on the same page, because it has just announced the X2 candybar without a trace of smartphone DNA to its name. The relatively low-end phone clocks in with a 5 megapixel cam with flash, 2.2-inch QVGA… Continue reading

Fring is a mobile communication service that allows you to connect to friends through various social networks.  Fring currently supports:

• Skype®
• MSN Messenger®
• Google Talk™
• ICQ
• SIP
• Twitter,
• Yahoo!™
• AIM®
• You could also listen to music with your Last.fm friends
• Check out what each other are up to on Facebook
• and receive alerts of new Google Mail™

I personally mainly use it for Skype.  I love the idea of making… Continue reading

There has been loads of complaints about the N97 battery. Our last post – Nokia N97 Battery – received a lot of comments and so i thought of doing a log of how many hours a fully recharged N97 battery can last. Here are the results.

From 100% to 0% – Total time: 2 days 5 hours [53 hours]

Usage:
Internet: 1 hour 10 mins
Calls: 105 mins
Message(text): 65
Pics with flash… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

The Garmin-Asus nuvifone is finally inbound to domestic retailers, but it’s taken so many wrong turns on the way that it’s given the competition plenty of time to catch up and prepare their own nav-enabled mobile offerings. TomTom’s iPhone kit is due any minute… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia

We’re not sure why giant phones are suddenly all the rage, but it seems to be a trend — Nokia just put up this four-foot 5800 XpressMusic in Antwerp. Unlike the giant Samsung Messager that recently invaded Chicago, it’s not actually a working phone, but the custom Flash interface designed by Create Multimedia is… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, EV-DO, MVNOs, CDMA

Nokia’s simplistic 3606 has been out and about for awhile now, but it’s brand new to Cricket Wireless airwaves. The aforesaid carrier is now offering up the 3606 in branded fashion, bringing along a 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, music with external control keys, a… Continue reading

Filed under: Handsets, Nokia, Others, GSM, EDGE

Here lately, we’ve been pretty impressed with just how awesome some of these Chinese knockoffs have been. In fact, we were beginning to wonder if the bona fide manufacturers weren’t in cahoots with some of these low-class acts. Thanks to China Grabber, we’re being… Continue reading