Nokia news, reviews

Someone decided to customize their Nokia N73 with crossbones on the back.

Francesco Cara is speaking at the 2008 LIFT Conference about how Nokia has grown in terms of how their devices interact with the ecosystems around them. He notes that the iPhone takes a very desktop oriented approach in terms of how to operate the device and most curiously praises Palm for their user centric design efforts. Great way to kill 18 minutes this weekend:

—
Related Articles at IntoMobile:

• Nokia Design Contest
• Meet 1 of Nokia's 300 designers, the creator of the 6500 series, Anton Fahlgren
• Nokia to open design centers in Brazil and India
• Nokia Video Converter 1.0 released
• Video: Nokia 6263 tour

Here are some more pics comparing the black Nokia N82 to it’s white version. I think the black one looks so much better than the white one.

Sure, you might already be rocking that cool RotateMe hack on your Nokia N95, but there's nothing like a little manufacturer-sanctioned love straight from Espoo to make you fall in love with screen-rotation on your N95. A new firmware (v20.0.016) is available for the Nokia N95 8GB (sorry folks, only the European N95-2 is supported for now) that comes with built-in support for the automatic screen rotation feature that the iPhone made so popular (sorry, I had to get that in there).

You can enable and disable the screen rotation feature at will, so there's basically no reason not to download and install this latest firmware for your Nokia N95 8GB. That is, unless you're rocking the N95 8GB NAM (N95-4), in which case, you'll need to wait it out a bit longer.

Grab the new firmware here.

[Via: AllAboutSymbian]

—
Related Articles at IntoMobile:

• Nokia working on 8GB version of N95!
• Nokia goes live with the North American Nokia N95 8GB
• Hands on the Nokia N82!
• Nokia N95 8GB to feature better battery, VGA screen and more RAM?
• Nokia N95 8GB NAM pictures [UPDATED]

Hop-On recently announced that sales of their low end disposable cell phones are really catching on in Europe. The company just received an order for 150,000 low end GSM mobile phones that don’t have an LCD screen and operate on GSM networks.

“We are getting so many inquiries about the ‘disposable cell phone’ in Europe and the Middle East,
we will be hiring additional support to meet the market demands. We will not have any manufacturing issues in the low cost 900/1800 MHz phone utilizing both Texas Instruments chip sets and Infineon chip sets as they are proven technology.”

“This is our biggest opportunity to actually have Hop-on become a household name in the US and throughout Europe. No one sells a new 10 pounds Sterling GSM cell phone. This is a home run for Hop-on. While we are excited about the interest generated in the European Markets, we don’t currently have the resources to market our new disposable cell phone in the United States. This will come in time. We want to focus on the European and Middle East markets and then hire the
personnel necessary to do it right in America!” said Peter Michaels, President of Hop-on.

Please visit Hop-On.com for more information.

02, a leading company in prepaid wireless phones recently announced that they’ve added the Alcatel OT-E206a to their lineup of available wireless handsets in the United States. These handsets are widely popular in Europe.

“We are excited to be the first Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) in the US to launch the OT-E206a product,” commented Pete Grubb, Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Locus Telecommunications. “We believe this product provides an excellent option that is uniquely positioned to support the cost-conscious prepaid cell phone segment. In addition, we are equally happy to be working with a leading manufacturer like TCL Communication Technology Holdings who has extensive experience in the GSM realm. We look forward to working with them to launch additional handset models in the near future.”

To find out more about 02’s prepaid cellular service, please visit 02 Wireless

Here are tons of good pics comparing the Nokia N95 8GB with the Nokia N96. As much as I love how the N95 8GB looks, I also love how the N96 looks. Enjoy the pics!























Pics from pconline.com.cn

They??™ve been around for a while ??“ and been promised for much longer ??“ but Apocalypso at Symbian Freak has posted as to why the Nokia Extra Power DC-8 is a potential lifeline for those on the move.

With the ability to charge your device when you??™re in, say, the desert, the North Pole or just plain old Oklahoma (somewhere with few power points), this little beauty will give you juice when you run out. Provided you charge it up before you leave the house ??“ either with your standard charger or AA batteries ??“ you can give your device that extra boost when your usage exhausts it.

Have you used one of these ???in the field??™? Jump over and let Apoc know how it went.

Here are some unboxing pics of the all black Nokia 6500 slide.

Here are tons of awesome pics of the Sharp 922SH. This is one awesome little device.

Here are some nice unboxing pics of the Nokia 8800 Arte.

Here are some gorgeous pics of the black Nokia N82.


Here and here are tons of pics of the Nokia N810.

Here are lots of nice pics of the tangerine black and magnetic grey Sony Ericsson W380.

Here are some great unboxing pics of the expresso black Sony Ericsson W890.