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more about #symbian more comments → Sandeep Murali: Nokia has a vice grip on the emerging markets in Africa and Asia. They sell millions of phones in these markets on a WEEKLY basis. They have pretty mu... more » Petrovsky Kirill: Nokia said they will halve MODEL RANGE, NOT PRODUCTION. Tech journalists are so unprofessional these days. Reuters, btw, posted an update already. more » Tom Spettigue: ...does it do this on all mobiles, or just the iPhone? I know this may be hard for you guys to wrap your minds around, but some of us Gizmodo readers... more » OMG! Ponies!: Why would I use Twitter's mobile site on my iPhone when I have Tweetie? more » Lukasz Fabis: Wow. One night after I wrote that Nokia should just give up and stick to dumbphones, it went and did just that. Talk about a coincidence. more » frigg: I also read that they're going to focus more on producing manual typewriters. Competition in the electric typewriter space is getting awfully fierce t... more » TheWerewolf - Sotto voce: I really wish tech bloggers (and no, I'm not picking on Kat here or Giz specifically - I see this right across all the tech blogs I read) would remem... more » dragon:ONE: ... but will users still WANT Symbian or Maemo phones with the advent of more advanced operating systems such as the iPhone OS, Windows Mobile, or And... more » jinushaun: Can they PLEASE update the typeface while they're at it? Their standard typeface looks like pixelated 8-bit fonts from the 80s. No matter what resolut... more » skierpage: Nokia bought the makers of the open source Qt C++ UI toolkit and frameworks. The latest Qt runs on Maemo and on Symbian (and on Windows, Mac, and Lin... more » Alfisted: Thus ensuring that Nokia will continue to NOT be a force in the US Smartphone market.The battle for mobile OS dominance is over before its started. OE... more » Sockatume: You've got a company that's invested hundreds of millions in developing Symbian^2 with an ongoing development roadmap for the next several years, and ... more » AkkiRonin: The droid is already 24% of the Android market?! more » evilR3: now that I have found out that doubletwist syncs my itunes with droid? should i get one or is there another droid phone I should wait for. Tired of ... more » aerospaceman: Symbian FTW! (fucks the world) more » -
#twitter
The New Mobile Twitter Site Is Actually, Um, Nice
The mobile Twitter site had been a vastly more miserable experience compared to even the worstest apps, but now, it's a strikingly good web app, with full Twitter powers, all while actually looking clean and respectable. More » -
#nokia
Nokia to Halve Smartphone Production in 2010, Official Suicide Watch Starts Now
Despite the N900 looking like a return to the days of quality Nokia phones, it's announced it will halve production of its smartphones in 2010, instead concentrating on dumbphones, or "mid to low end smartphones," as they see it. More » -
#nokia
Nokia Previews Faster, Prettier Symbian User Interface for 2010
We were surprised yesterday to hear that Nokia is moving ahead with both Symbian and Maemo phones, but reassured by their admission that the Symbian UI kinda blows. Well, now we have juicy screenshots of improvements they've got in mind. More » -
#nokia
Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo
Symbian's problem isn't that it lacks capabilities, it's with the user experience: namely the clunky, awkward, and occasionally terrible S60 interface. Enter Maemo, to save the day! And also, apparently, a newer, friendlier Symbian. Nokia wants to get better, please. More » -
#nokian900
Nokia to Shoot Itself in the Foot and Release Just One Maemo Device in 2010
Sure, Nokia's N900 has been faced with delays, but that can't be the sole reason it's planning just one Maemo release in 2010, can it? More » -
#smartphones
iPhone and Android Are Taking Over the (Mobile) Internet
So, what does it take to snatch a combined 75% of US mobile internet traffic? Two operating systems, a handful of phones, and one great browser core.
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#sonyericsson
Sony Ericsson's Custom Android Interface Is Called Nexus
Sony Ericsson's custom interface for Android on the X10—and other OSes, like Symbian and Windows Mobile in time-is going to be called Nexus. Like other custom UIs du jour, it'll integrate a bunch of services, like for social networking. More » -
#nokia
Nokia's N-Series Will Ditch Symbian for Maemo by 2012
At an official N900 meet-up in London last night, the Maemo marketing team appears to have let slip that Nokia will use the Linux-based OS instead of S60 on all its future flagship N-Series handsets. About time, no? More » -
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#cellphones
Video: Concept Symbian Interface Blends Augmented Reality Maps and Social Networking
The flashy concept was shown at the Symbian Foundation's SEE 2009 keynote last month, and actually looks pretty cool. But is it too little, too late? More » -
#overheard
Overheard at Phone Conference: "Nokia Will Never Release an Android Handset"
At theSwedishFinnish phonemaker's booth, I overheard a Nokia rep say that Nokia "will never release an Android handset." He added, "You can quote me on that," which is good, because I am! More » -
#flash
Flash 10.1: Full Flash for Everyone But iPhone, Actually Playable HD Vids
A ton of good news about Adobe Flash 10.1: Full Flash is coming to Android, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS and Windows Mobile. and it'll be actually GPU accelerated, meaning you can play back YouTube in HD perfectly. But the bad news?
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#remainders
Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Woman Disarms Terrorist With Ax, Then Shoots Him With His Own AK-47...Windows 7 XP Mode Is Ready For Realsies...Skype Rumored To Become Lenovo Crapware...Windows Mobile, Symbian To Dominate World Smartphone Biz in 5 Years??? More » -
#cellphones
Nokia Erdos Is Carved Out of a Single Piece of Stainless Steel
Believe it or not, Nokia keeps doing their expensive 8800 series. And believe it or not, they still run the dreadful Symbian S60. This is the next model, the Nokia Erdos, carved out of a single piece of stainless steel. More » -
#rumor
Has Nokia Fallen Out of Lust With Symbian?
According to Reuters, yes, and all because of some slutty-slut-slut Linux OS named Maemo, said to be the company's new high-end handset platform. Nokia's first Maemoindiscretionhandset's said to be landing next week, and probably looks something like this. More » -
#review
Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
A Symbian-injected followup to the so-so Windows Mobile Omnia, the HD i8910 is a specced-out slab of phone from Samsung, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 8MP camera, HD video recording and a definite thing for multimedia. More » -
#unconfirmed
Nokia and Microsoft to Announce Unholy Alliance
Apparently Nokia and Microsoft are having a teleconference tomorrow to announce an "alliance" of some sort between the two tech giants. But what can this all mean? Update: Sorry, guys. This one's a snoozer—Office on Symbian. More » -
#nokia
Fresh Shots of the Nokia RX-5 Tablet Prototype
From the wilds of the Indonesianjunglemessage boards come these new shots of a mysterious Nokia tablet (or MID, or large phone) with a sliding QWERTY, labeled RX-5. More » -
#smartphones
Symbian^4 Will Break S60 App Compatibility
And this is actually a good thing. Why? Because it means a major Symbian UI redesign is on the way. More »


