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Nokia C7: Nokia’s Second Symbian^3 Handset Is On The Way!

Ed — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:39:08 +0000

Things have been slow with Nokia lately, they have been very quiet and mostly low-mid end handsets have been announced – since almost a year ago. But I am sure things are about to change, there is MeeGo coming at the end of the year, and of course, some interesting Symbian^3 handsets like this one!

The C7 has been around now for a while, but nothing was known about this device. Today a Chinese poster leaked with the new Nokia C7 in it’s middle, along with some hints to what this device might bring along. The C7 will be Nokia’s second Symbian^3 handset. It is clear that the C7 is well positioned below the Nokia N8, but the C7 has some impressive specifications for being a mid-end handset. The Nokia C7 will have an 8 Megapixel Camera, and will be able to take video @720p HD! The C7 is finally the first mid-end device from Nokia sporting a capacitive screen. This in my opinion is a huge leap forward from mid-end devices like the C6 and 5800 in which the resistive screen damages the user experience. The Nokia C7 will have a 3.3” screen, likely an LCD screen, but we wouldn’t be surprised to find an AMOLED screen in the upcoming C7. Other specifications are: 3G, 3.5mm Jack, microSD, nHD resolution, Multi-Touch and a just 11mm thick body. This is also a new one for Nokia because they love to design bulky handsets, the 5800 is the most clear example.

I am excited about the just leaked C7. It is of course not a phone for me, but if the C7 will feature all those specs at a smart price, I will be very happy to recommend it to friends and family. The screen of this device, together with Symbian^3 and a just 11mm thick body might make this device a winner in the mid-segment of the market.

GSMarena and MyNokiaBlog

N8 Release Date: Nokia N8 ”Coming Soon” At NokiaUSA

Ed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:10:37 +0000

So long I don’t post anything here! Well, I was on well deserved vacation for a whole month and some weeks. But I am back! All I can say about my vacation, is that I would really, really have liked to have the N8 to take pics and video in the amazing places I visited. But well, here I am writing this post about the ”Coming Sooner than never” N8!

The wait for the Nokia N8 has been ridiculously long. But understandable at the same time, after all, Nokia has to get everything to work perfectly in this device. And hopefully they will! Anyway, the Nokia N8 now shows at the NokiaUSA website as ”Coming Soon.” However, it is still not available for pre-order. Meaning that we can be as much as 40 days, even 2 months away from having a N8 in our hands. Too long in my opinion, a release for the 1st week of August would have been an appropriate date in my opinion. But remember Nokia said Q3, and they still have until the last day of September to release the Nokia N8.

Nokia N8-01 Leaks: Similar N8 But With QWERTY and Less MPs

Ed — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:54:50 +0000

If you are following me on Twitter you have probably heard about the Nokia N8-01, which is not the same N8 we all know. No one knew very well what the N8-01 was, until some days ago Eldar Murtazin from Mobile-Review mentioned that there is another version of the N8 that adds a QWERTY keyboard. I imagined that it was the pic we all saw some months ago, here it is:

And my thoughts were confirmed by today’s pic where now the real thing appears, not the rendering you see above. It looks to me like the exact same model, with an N8 inspired design and a long centered space bar in the keyboard. So here you go, the variant of the N8 which is known as N8-01:

The N8-01 will feature the same specifications of the Nokia N8, but for the camera which will be lowered to 8 MP instead of 12. The specs. are not clear yet but as I said, it is rumored to be just the same N8 with less MP to differentiate it from its keyboardless brother. Which by the way causes some confusion, I still prefer the simple N8, but now there will be people waiting for this one, and others who can’t decide. Do we really need two models? The N8-01 is still a rumor though, but it looks pretty legitimate, I would expect this phone to be announced in a few months. I also hope they come with something smart to make people understand it is the same N8 but with a slight difference, something like N8i, (remember 9300 and 9300i?) N8x, or even N8 Pro will do, I just hope it isn’t N8-01.

Thanks To Engadget

Nokia N8: Angry Birds, Email, And UI Overview | Its Fast!

Ed — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:55:01 +0000

I have been trying to find a video that decently shows how fast (or slow) the Nokia N8 is. This is probably the most important aspect that will decide if the N8 is a great handset, or not. Seems that this days it is all about speed, selecting something and having it open before you finished blinking. This is a problem that some Nokia phones presented in the past, they were just slow, but Nokia has made sure this doesn’t repeat with the ”generous” 680mHz processor and dedicated Graphics Accelerator together with a 256mb RAM in the N8. Here is a video overview of the Nokia N8 running some apps and changing screens immediately after being selected. I was concerned about the UI of the N8, but this video takes away half my worries, seems like the N8 will be fast! Here I also saw a pretty cool thing and is the integration between the calendar and maps app, if you notice you can long-tap and make the N8 guide you where the meeting is. And lets not forget Angry Birds for the N8! Remember we told you that Qt would open a whole new world of apps for the N8? Here is the first of them, Angry Birds will be available for download for the N8 through the Ovi Store, if you don’t know Angry Birds, just wait till you play it, it is the most amazing mobile game out there. Enjoy the video! (It is not in English)

Thanks To NMB in Spanish!

Nokia.com Is Finally Getting a Redesign! Here is The Preview

Ed — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:49:56 +0000

I don’t know for how long Nokia has been using the same design on the Nokia.com website, but it is now a couple of years old and should have been changed 2 years ago or so. Anyway, Nokia today announced through their Twitter account that they are working in a new design for the Nokia.com website, about time!

The new design is somewhat minimalistic, it is really simple, looks similar to a blog and you would never think that is the official website of a company because it lacks all the cool flash animations and movement that big companies use in their websites, in fact, the new Nokia.com site uses mostly text and few images. However, as you get into the website and navigate through the categories (Nokia has now categorized their devices in High-Performance, Style etc..) you can notice that the design changes from the homescreen and actually looks like a company website. I haven’t decided yet if I like it, but I think it will grow in me because of its simplicity. Not to mention that it is still in beta! You can check the new Nokia.com style website here: http://beta.nokia.ie/

Nokia Tablet Running MeeGo is a Reality, Here is The Video

Ed — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:11:33 +0000

Since Apple introduced the iPad, suddenly the market to tablet computers opened. Before that, tablets were just a gadget that a few geeks used, and not even that because I know many people that stopped using them after the first few days because they couldn’t find a good use for it (like me with the N810). What Apple did was really simple, throw the OS already used on the iPhone in a nice looking tablet and market it to exhaustion; putting it in many colorful ads (that plagued all the cities of the world because I am currently in a trip and all the cities I have been in are full of iPad ads) together with usage scenarios, cool ways of using it and of course magical words like ”magical.”

I have thought before about getting an iPad, but my problem with it is that the OS is just not powerful enough to replace my computer (and I am looking for something to replace my laptop, not a third device between my smartphone and my laptop because that is pointless, like the iPad, I mean, if I have to carry a bag anyway lets throw something that can do it all, not an iPad). Anyway, there are good news coming from Nokia!

Today a really cool video appeared in YouTube showing what MeeGo for tablets might look like, this is a really, really early pre-Alpha version that will be modified before it looks like the one we are going to receive in the form of a Nokia Tablet. Yes, there is a Nokia Tablet coming and it is likely to be announced in September at Nokia World, and it will hit the shelves hopefully by the first quarter of 2011 together with the N9 (although Nokia has said the MeeGo phone should be shipping before the year ends). Below is the video overview of MeeGo for tablets. I have to say that this is a real tablet with a real OS designed for tablet devices, and I think this tablet will have a full internet browser (Google Chromium) like MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks. I am excited!

Via: The Nokia Blog

Win One Nokia N8! N8 Giveaway Each Day For Next 11 Days!

Ed — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 19:33:03 +0000

What Nokia does know how to do are competitions and giveaways. When Nokia announces a new device, almost always they do some sort of giveaway, some harder than others, but so far I have won an E75 and a pair of BH-604! With the Nokia N8, Nokia has done the same again. First with the My App competition, which is really hard to win because those voting competitions are just impossible, and now a much easier and cooler competition called Football World Tour.

The competition is really easy, you have to get your Ovi Maps enabled Nokia device and answer one question with a hint they give you, which is a coordinate in Ovi Maps that you can see in your phone. After that you enter your details, from there and on, is pure luck. Nokia is giving away one Nokia N8 each day for the next 11 days, so go ahead and follow this link with your Nokia phone! Football World Tour Competition.

Did Nokia Mention The N8 is A Computer? Keyboard and Mouse Support!

Ed — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:54:20 +0000

Nokia never mentioned the Nokia N8 was a computer, I mean, they do refer to Nseries devices as ”Mobile Computers” but they never showed what you are about to see. Before, ”Mobile Computers” meant, of course, powerful mobile devices, but Nokia hasn’t mentioned that the N8 actually supports Bluetooth Mouse + Keyboard + HDMI out, which together make the N8 what everyone calls ”a computer.”

How amazing is that?! I supposed that when Michael finished connecting the mouse he would use it to scroll just like you would do with a D-Pad, but I never expected to see a full working cursor! The possibilities with this are just endless, what about connecting your N8 to an HD screen, aside from the Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard? What you have there is a computer, plain and simple, you can do everything! But I am specially intrigued about the web browsing, which he didn’t show, and Fring videocalls. The N8 is a great smartphone, lets hope that Nokia fixes the Software in this remaining weeks so we can finally have a ”something killer” in out hands.

Check Michael’s Blog at Thoughts From Hell (Guy’s last name is Hell)

Leaked Nokia Roadmap Reveals N9, E7, X7 and a New Series

Ed — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:44:33 +0000

Everyone has been waiting for what apparently will be the real flagship of Nokia, the Nokia N9. This is supposed to be a MeeGo phone and have the most advanced and complete feature sheet of the whole line. This is confirmed by the ”house” that leaked some days ago, it is like a roadmap in the form of a house where the high-end sits at the top and the low-end is at the base of the house. At the top of the house is the Nokia N9! But what is intriguing is that at the chimney of the house is the Sseries, which by the way sounds weird because of the double S.

Via: Engadget

This segment is supposed to be reserved for devices that ”don’t fit anywhere in the line” so this will be devices that won’t be Nseries multimedia computers, Xseries music devices, Cseries mid-end smartphones or Eseries business devices. My take is that this will be a new segment for devices like the 8800 Sirocco and the 8600 Luna, I think Nokia will take again on this type of handsets that are pure luxury devices at a high price, without necessarily offering features, but rather a high-end design and expensive materials. There are some people that say that the Sseries could be for tablet computers, but I am very sure this will be in the Nseries like the N800, N810 etc… Not to mention that the N9 is most likely to be a tablet-phone hybrid. Below is what the N9 might look like, the ultimate all in one device. Thanks to MyNokiaBlog for the pic!

FIFA World Cup App For Your Nokia Phone: Follow Scores and More!

Ed — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:23:12 +0000

I really wish I could watch every game of the South Africa FIFA World Cup 2010, but well, I really can’t stay tuned to the TV for 3-4 hours every day. This is when the AP World Cup Coverage app for Nokia devices comes in handy. This app is all you need to keep track of everything related to the World Cup, live scores, schedules, standings and other info. The App is really well built and has more multimedia features like video and photos, is not just an app to know about upcoming games or scores, but to read news about what is happening and watch cool videos just anywhere.

The app is amazing, and I am pretty sure it will be really useful from today on to 11th of July when the World Cup comes to an end. You can get the FIFA World Cup app for Nokia devices right from the Ovi Store! Get Here

I am not completely sure but I think this is touch screen devices only, you know: Nokia N97, N97 Mini, Nokia Nuron, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 and of course Nokia N8 if you have one!