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The 3720 Classic Is Nokia's Most Rugged Handset To Date

As it turns out, the mysterious rugged Nokia that was able to withstand a chip shot and a rugby kick is the 3720 classic—a tri-band GSM phone with a 2.2-inch screen, Bluetooth and a 1GB microSD card. More »

07/09/09

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Nokia Patent Hints At a Wearable Input Sleeve That Reacts To Human Skin

Nokia is really getting their ass handed to them in the smartphone market, and this remote input sleeve patent hints at one way the company is thinking about the future. More »

07/08/09

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By Sean Fallon

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Nokia: iPhone 3GS Has a Crappy Camera, N97 Rocks Faces

Need more evidence that Nokia just doesn't get it? Here's what UK General Manager for Nokia Mike Loughran says about the N97 versus the iPhone 3GS: More »

07/08/09

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By matt buchanan

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Analysts Say Nokia Really Is Doomed by 2013, Apple to Pass It in 2011

We're not the only ones who think Nokia is doomed if they keep turning out smartphones like the N97. Generator Research says that Nokia's smartphone marketshare will plummet from over 40 percent today to only 20 percent by 2013. More »

07/07/09

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By matt buchanan

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Upcoming Rugged Nokia Versus a Golf Club

Nokias have had some trouble with earlier waterproof tests, but according to these videos an upcoming Nokia rugged phone is able to maintain a phone call through a chip shot and a rugby boot. More »

07/06/09

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By Sean Fallon

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Nokia N97 Review: Nokia Is Doomed

The N97 is Nokia's attempt to stand tall in an unfamiliar, hostile world populated by the iPhone, Pre and Android the only way it knows how: by throwing the kitchen sink at them. If this is it, they're doomed. More »

07/06/09

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Report: Nokia Commences Mating Dance With Android, Handset Due In September (Updated)

From London's Guardian, we get this surprising report: Nokia, (recent) full owner of Symbian, is making an Android touchscreen phone, set for unveiling at a conference in September. This would be strange! (UPDATED: Nokia denies) More »

07/06/09

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Why Can't We Get a Standard Phone Charger Like Europe?

Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, LG, NEC, Qualcomm, RIM, Samsung and Apple have all agreed to use the microUSB standard in their phones made for the European market. Why can't we have that? More »

06/29/09

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By Jason Chen

Comment by blackdevil: you want choices and 20 different phone chargers.. lol 27 Responses | Other threads

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July 1 Nokia N97 Firmware Update Can't Fix That Keyboard

The recently released Nokia N97 has been drowned, put on a diet and was unlucky enough to share its launch with the Palm Pre and iPhone 3GS. We still thought it was "quite good," and now it's getting new firmware. More »

06/28/09

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By Jack Loftus

cellphones

Nokia E72 Hands On: Like E71, But More Better

Nokia's E72 is just like the E71, but improved in lots of little ways: Same solid feel, but with tweaks like a less crowded d-pad that's an optical trackpad too. Now if Nokia can just sell it for $99 too. More »

06/25/09

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By matt buchanan

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Intel and Nokia Partner To Make Future Something-Or-Other

Just as reported, Intel and Nokia had a big fancy announcement to tell everyone that they're going to be doing something together in the future—the specifics of which wasn't important (or defined) enough to mention today. More »

06/23/09

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Comment by guineapirate: Whatever it is, whatever the price, function, lack of function, color, size, gender, smell, political view, etc. I'm going to... more » | Other threads

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Report: Nokia Partnering With Intel for Mystery Device

Bloomberg is reporting that Nokia has chosen Intel to supply processors for upcoming devices. What kind of devices? Who knows! That news could come tomorrow, when the partnership is set to be announced. Nokia tablet, anyone? [Bloomberg—Thanks, Tim!]

06/23/09

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By John Herrman

Comment by pmathews: Is this another device for Nokia to help oppresion in totalitarian regimes? 5 Responses | Other threads

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Nokia, Siemens Helped Iran Rig Networks for Government Control

The role of the internet in Iran's recent unrest has been stunning; so too have been the regime's efforts to minimize it. Luckily for the government, Iran's networks are rigged for suppression, courtesy of Nokia and Siemens. More »

06/22/09

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By John Herrman

Comment by aerospaceman: I'm so tempted right now to ditch my trusty Nokia phone and get the iPhone!!! Unless Apple is guilty of... 8 Responses | Other threads

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Nokia N97 Waterproof Experiment Tests Hypothesis That Nobody Ever Had

You know those videos where someone puts a rugged gadget through a battery of tests that would destroy regular hardware, but the device comes through the other side unharmed? This is not one of those videos. More »

06/22/09

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By John Herrman

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Will Nokia Be Releasing A N97 Mini or N97 Lite? Vodafone Thinks So

Vodafone seems to have let slip that Nokia are planning a "Mini" or "Lite" version of the recently released N97 smartphone. More »

06/18/09

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By Simon Crisp

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Nokia E72 And 5530 XpressMusic Are Now Official

After "leaking" a promotional video over the weekend Nokia have officially unveiled the E72 - their new QWERTY smartphone followup to the fantastic E71- at the Connection 09 event in Singapore. More »

06/15/09

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By Simon Crisp

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Nokia E72 Featured In 'Leaked' Promotional Video

The capable Nokia E71x, not exactly an old phone even by the fast paced renewal process that's inherent in the tech industry, is about to get usurped by the business-class E72, seen here getting handled in a promotional video. Updated. More »

06/14/09

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By Jack Loftus

chargers

Nokia Developing Wireless, Accessory-Free Ambient Charging

Engineers at Nokia have hatched a plan for a system that'll charge phones using nothing more than ambient electromagnetic radiation, or, as you and I might put it, electricity sucked from thin air. More »

06/10/09

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By John Herrman

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Nokia N97 Arrives Today for $700, Unlocked

Nokia's "quite good" N97 touchscreen handset will show up in Nokia stores (and online) today for $700, contract-free. If you can wait until July, it's still $600 on Amazon. Wake me up when we've got a carrier, please. [Symbian Guru]

06/09/09

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By John Herrman

cellphones

Nokia N97 Set To Ship Alongside Those Other Two Phones in June

If this cellphone release date stuff keeps up, we'll be seeing a cellphone releasing every day in June. The latest we can add to the list is the Nokia N97. More »

05/31/09

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By Jack Loftus

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Nokia's CEO: Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo at All Things D

"Nokia has about 35-40% of the total phone market. 1.1 billion users...I would have said that Motorola was our number one competitor a few years ago. Now, RIM, Microsoft, Apple." More »

05/27/09

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By Brian Lam

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Nokia Ovi App Store Now Open to Everyone (Updated)

Nokia has quietly opened Ovi marketplace to the US and elsewhere, giving Symbian users the world over an app store to call their own. And from the looks of it, it's a nice one. UPDATED More »

05/26/09

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By John Herrman

Comment by Δεν βρέθηκαν λέξεις: Not bad, not bad at all. Some apps fail to install properly and some do not download right, so you... 4 Responses | Other threads

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Nokia's Leaked Future Tablet Screenshot Large Smartphone

Mobile Crunch just posted this Maemo Harmattan Nokia Tablet screenshot, which consists of a vertical page worth of widgets that are embedded deeply inside the OS. More »

05/18/09

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By Jason Chen

Comment by Sandeep Dinesh: Sweet! This is such a huge step for Maemo! The "N900" is going to have 3G, an OMAP3, and a... 3 Responses | Other threads

rumor

Digitimes: Nokia Orders Capacitive (Read: Good) Screens for Upcoming Phone

Continuing their near-monopoly on the reportage of Asian display component rumors, Digitimes is now saying that Nokia has ordered capacitive touchscreens—the type that actually work well—from Wintek for an as-of-yet unannounced handset. More »

05/15/09

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By John Herrman

Comment by Andre Oceans: Finally the iphone has a rival, though not a good one as its a nokia!. 6 Responses | Other threads

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Nokia E71x Now Available on AT&T for $99

How AT&T's prospective carriage of the handsome-but-not-beautiful, capable-but-not-amazing Nokia E71x spawned so many rumors and leaks is beyond me, but it's all over now. $99 AR on a two-year contract, available today. [AT&T via Slashphone]

05/05/09

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polls

The 10 Most Confusing Terms in Tech Are Mostly Unneeded Anyway

A UK for-profit firm called The Gadget Helpline surveyed 5,000 people to ferret out the industry's most confusing tech jargon. Luckily, they found most of the top 10 confusing terms are antiquated or proprietary:

04/27/09

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Comment by drewheyman: i'm not telling my grandma what a dongle is. she'd wash my mouth out with soap. 12 Responses | Other threads

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India Adds 15.6 Million Cellphone Users in a Single Month

In today's AT&T earnings call, they boasted on 1.6 million new iPhone activations last quarter. Impressive, kind of, until figures from India came in: 15.6 million new cellphone users in the month of March alone.

04/22/09

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By John Mahoney

Da da da doom

Nokia's Earnings Fall 90%

Nokia's earnings have dropped 90% from the same period last year. Their Symbian handsets keep losing ground against more modern competition in the smartphone market. Not good. [Bloomberg]

04/16/09

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Rumor: Swiveling Swiss Army-Style Nokia Phone Due Out From Verizon This Summer

The image mockup is from a person who claims "hands-on time," but the rumor is all Nokia/Verizon Wireless: A swiveling phone could arrive just in time to get creamed by a new iPhone this summer. More »

04/12/09

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By Jack Loftus

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Dealzmodo Hack: Don't Give Up On Your Symbian Phone

Symbian is the planet's most popular smartphone OS—everywhere except the US, that is. It's also arguably the most boring. In this last, most urgent installment of the cellphone revitalization series, we alleviate your Symbian shame. More »

04/07/09

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By John Herrman

nokia

Rumor: Nokia Is Gonna Make Netbooks

TheStreet says that Nokia "has sealed its plans" to get into netbooks, which will be made for them by Foxconn (so it's cheaper, easier and faster for them to start). But here's the real question: What OS is it gonna run? [The Street]

04/06/09

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By matt buchanan

Comment by smirkette: Whatever they do, you can be sure that it is fairly well-designed, a solid build, and ... about five years... 2 Responses | Other threads

cellphones

Pink Nokia 7205 Intrigue Threatens the Masculinity of Bros Worldwide

The Nokia 7205 Intrigue breaks absolutely no ground whatsoever in the cellphone world. But still, clamshells with hidden MP3 touch controls on the outside are great. More »

04/02/09

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By Adrian Covert

nokia

Nokia Point and Find Is Like a Meatspace Google

Nokia's Point and Find beta service, which lets you point your cellphone camera at any object to learn more about it, is ready for use today in San Francisco and London. But there's a catch:

04/01/09

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By Erica Ho

SENIORPHONES

Nokia 1661 has AMAZING LED FLASHLIGHT Built InTo Top of Phone

Like computer viruses, this NOKIA 1661 phone will naturally attract itself to old people because it's cheap, ridiculously simple and has an AMAZING LED FLASHLIGHT built into it.

04/01/09

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By Adrian Covert

cellphones

AT&T's Spring Phones: Nokia E71x Only $99, Samsung Impression's Got a Shiny AMOLED Screen

Out of AT&T's six pack of new phones, two got us excited: Nokia's E71x is going to be only $99 (!!!) and Samsung's Impression is the first US phone with an AMOLED screen. More »

03/30/09

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By matt buchanan

cellphones

Nokia Cancelling $5B of Outsourced Cellphone Production

Nokia is canceling all of their external cellphone production. That equates to them cutting 17% of their manufacturing output. Ouch. [iSuppli] More »

03/27/09

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haxx

Every Smartphone OS Endures Pwn2Own Unhacked

After Safari was busted in 10 seconds at the Pwn2Own hacking competition, you'd think puny smartphones wouldn't stand a chance. But you'd be wrong!

03/25/09

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By matt buchanan

robot rock

Daft Punk's Bluetooth Headphones Are the Bluetooth Headphones I Want

Nokia recently asked for Bluetooth headset designs inspired by a certain song; this is what G. Smith presented after listening to "Robot Rock" a few dozen times. R. Kelly and Michael Jackson are also well-represented. More »

03/24/09

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By John Mahoney

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Nokia E71x on AT&T Delayed by Two Months or More

Sorry guys, that $200 Nokia E71x that was 'sposed to hit AT&T today isn't. Maybe for up to two months! AT&T wants a whole new firmware build before they'll release it. Oh, deja vu. [BGR]

03/24/09

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Comment by TheUCanes: played with it yesterday...lags too much 2 Responses | Other threads

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