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HANDS-ON WITH NOKIA X7 AND SYMBIAN ANNA

Nokia X7 is going to be one of the first two devices on Nokia’s portfolio, along with the business-oriented Nokia E6, to come with Symbian Anna, the updated version of the manufacturer’s mobile platform. Other than that the handset boasts a 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen with a 360x640 display resolution and an 8-megapixel fixed focus camera capable of shooting 720p HD video.

HANDS ON WITH NOKIA E6

The folks at tech65 takes a look at the new features of the Nokia E6 with Joseph from Nokia. The Nokia E6 continues Nokia’s business E series with updated version of Symbian^3. The sleek new addition features a 2.46″ LCD capacitive touchscreen, made of Gorilla Glass to protect it from scratches.The phone comes with an 8-megapixel fixed-focus snapper with dual-LED flash which can record 720p HD video. It has GPS, Wi-Fi, FM radio, and Bluetooth.

The 'oh sh_t' moment that Nokia decided to abandon MeeGo

Bloomberg Businessweek just published an amazingly thorough piece on Nokia, pre- and post-Elopcalypse. We've long wondered how MeeGo, an OS that Stephen Elop himself said "inspires both confidence and excitement" in October 2010, could be cast aside so quickly in favor of Windows Phone, an OS still struggling to find traction in the heated smartphone market. Well, now we know. Bloomberg recounts a January 3rd meeting between Nokia's Chief Development Officer Kai Oistämö and Nokia's freshman CEO. After Kai expressed his concern with MeeGo's ability to effectively respond to Apple's iOS and Android operating systems, the two decided to interview two dozen "influential employees" about MeeGo, ranging from execs to engineers.More after the break...

True Caller is a global Caller ID app that shows you who the caller is before you answer! – Caller ID, see who is calling – Social Caller ID, see your friends latest info from Facebook/LinkedIn on calls – SMS Preview – Block spam calls – Name and number search – Update phonebook with missing address information – Tweet your calls on Twitter automatically Free in all countries except for US,SE,DK,NO,IT 3G/Wifi is required KW: Number lookup white pages reverse lookup caller id.

Changelog after the break...

NOKIA PLAY TO - ENJOY YOUR PHOTOS,VIDEOS AND MUSIC WIRELESSLY

Nokia Play To lets you show photos and videos taken with your mobile wirelessly to your friends on TV. Or you can listen to your favourite music stored on mobile with home audio system. Just launch Play To, select device and media you want to play. No configuration is needed once WLAN is on and all devices connected to the same network.

NOKIA WANRS OF WEAKER HANDSET SALES

Finland-based mobile phone maker Nokia Tuesday warned of lower than expected sales and margins in its key devices and services unit in the second quarter because it is selling fewer phones at lower prices than it expected.More after the break...

HelloOX2 release new version of his Hack tool compatible with all Symbian phones. HelloOX2 is compatible for Symbian S60 3rd(FP1, FP2), 5th and Symbian^3 phone, including the Samsung and Sony Ericsson phones models using Symbian.

NOKIA STARTS SHIPPING THE NOKIA E6 AND X7 - FIRST SYMBIAN ANNA PHONES

The first Nokia phones featuring Symbian Anna, the Nokia E6 and Nokia X7, are now shipping. The X7 will be available in Europe, Eurasia, China, India and other Asia/Pacific countries, while the E6 will be available in Europe, Eurasia, Asia/Pacific, as well as the Middle East and Africa. As a hardcore fan of the Nokia E71 and E72 form factor, I’ve been dreaming of the day when I could touch both QWERTY and screen, and here it is with the E6. Get a full run down of the Nokia E6, Nokia X7 and Symbian Anna features from our previous posts, or check out some highlights after the break...

NOKIA SOFTWARE UPDATE - SHOWING OFF SYMBIAN ANNA

Heres a few video introductions to software update in Nokia phones.
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Step-by-step instructions for updating the phone software of your Nokia phone wirelessly.
Step-by-step instructions for updating the Nokia applications on your Nokia phone wirelessly.
Step-by-step instructions for updating your Nokia phone with a PC and the free Nokia Ovi Suite.
Step-by-step instructions for setting up a Wi-Fi connection on your Nokia phone.

NOKIA - SYMBIAN TO HAVE UPDATES UNTIL 2016

During Stephen Elop’s recent visit to Nokia’s facilities in China, he took time out to answer some questions from Nokia Conversations.

NOKIA AND CNN ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

CNN and Nokia today announced a multi-level international collaboration where Nokia becomes a key part of CNN’s roster of mapping providers, delivering its rich mapping services to the international news network. The collaboration harnesses the companies’ strengths in global newsgathering, user-generated content, mapping technologies, and location-based services. The collaboration debuted with the use of Nokia’s 3D Maps across CNN’s platforms in its recent coverage of the British royal wedding.More after the break..

NOKIA ORO - LIVE VIDEO

In this video, Alessandro Lamanna, Vice President, Marketing at Nokia talks about Nokia Oro, a stunning new smartphone that incorporates 18-carat gold plating, a sapphire crystal and leather from one of Scotland’s finest Caledonian herds. Nokia Oro, a premium brand product, will be available in selected markets only.

INTRODUCING THE NOKIA ORO PRESS RELEASE

In selected markets, we’re launching a new smartphone today, the Nokia Oro. It’s a premium brand product that incorporates 18-carat gold plating, a sapphire crystal and leather from one of Scotland’s finest Caledonian herds. Inside, it reaches the same high grade as Nokia’s other recent smartphones. It’s Symbian-based, with the latest Symbian Anna update. There’s pentaband radio connectivity, up-to HSDPA 3G and WiFi. There’s a 3.5-inch AMOLED display, an 8-megapixel camera with 720p video recording and all the rest. Functionally, it’s not so different from other recent smartphones from Nokia. But that’s quite a rarity in the “premium phone” business. Normally, you’d have to choose between something that looked posh or offered the latest specs: Nokia Oro offers both.Pics and more after the break...

The Nokia C2-00 offers a number of additional features. The main one is the way the SIM cards are arranged, offering Easy Swap, a feature that’s only on offer from Nokia. One SIM card is stored internally, like a traditional phone. The second card is easily accessible through a slot in the side – so you don’t have to open or even switch the phone off to change SIMs. This is especially useful for people who want to use more than two SIMs, such as if the phone was to be shared between different members of a family, a group of friends or various community members, for example.More after the break...

The Nokia X1-01 is a music machine, as evidenced by the massive speaker on the back, which can deliver up to 106 phon. A phon (and you’re forgiven for not knowing – we didn’t until we looked it up on Wikipedia) is a unit of perceived loudness. If you have 106 of them in a mobile device, it’s loud enough to serve as a makeshift home-entertainment system. The speaker has also been specially tuned so that there’s little distortion, even when turned up to eleven. The Nokia X1-01 has in fact got the loudest and clearest speaker Nokia has ever produced! More after the break...

ANDROID VS WP7 VS iOS VS SYMBIAN^3 - BROWSER SPEED TEST

Heres a demonstration of the browsers speed on Android, Windows phone 7, Symbian^3 and iPhone iOS 4. Video after the break!

Video demonstrating first the speed of the browsers on each terminal/system (the cache have been cleared on all before this), after that I show how nice/or not so nice they rotate the browser windows. And at last the bootup time of each terminal.

OVI STORE UPDATE - IMPROVE DISCOVERY AND KEEP YOUR APPS UP TO DATE

Heres some good news for our Nokia readers! Nokia finally updates Ovi Store (about time!)

Users of S^3 devices will be able to review and apply updates to apps they’ve downloaded for Store. Ovi Publish is also enabling the following features: extraction of version numbers automatically and exporting to the clients.

NEW NOKIA C7 PROMO VIDEO - CELEBRATING THE DESIGN

The new Nokia C7 smartphone. Fully integrated social networks, free GPS navigation & an 8 MP camera with HD video all inside a sleek touch-screen phone.

Nokia's Windows Phones will feature dual-core ST-Ericsson U8500, says STMicroelectronics chief

As you'll no doubt be aware, Qualcomm currently enjoys a stranglehold on processing hardware inside Windows Phone handsets. Its Snapdragon chip stars in both Microsoft's original and updated chassis spec for the platform, but its hegemony may soon be coming to an end. STMicroelectronics (the ST in ST-Ericsson) boss Carlo Bozotti is cited by Forbes as saying that Nokia will use ST-Ericsson hardware to power at least some of its Windows Phones. The dual-core U8500, a long-time Nokia favorite, is touted as the first such system-on-chip to appear, with its successors helping to populate Nokia's expansive WP lineup in 2012. The only intel we've had so far on Nokia's initial handsets for the new OS revolved around Qualcomm-based devices, so even if ST-Ericsson is indeed going to infiltrate the Windows Phone ecosystem, it doesn't look likely to be among the very first Nokias out of the gate.

CNN APP FOR NOKIA E7

See what happens when storytelling meets the newest technology with the new CNN App for Nokia smartphones -- a smarter, sleeker way to experience a world of news and insights. Immerse yourself in the latest top stories, business, world sports, entertainment, technology and more. Watch live breaking news video, share news & insights, and submit your own story to the world with iReport.