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Flexible Interactive Phone by Nokia Coming Soon

October 27, 2011 0 Tassavur

Bitten by innovation by other players in the market and the resultant slipping market share, Nokia finally seems to be working on something disruptively innovative themselves. As it seems, Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 weren’t the only phones Nokia had…

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Nokia Announces the Lumia 800, Lumia 710 Windows Phone 7 Handsets

October 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

At the much awaited Nokia World which kicked off yesterday Nokia announced two new Windows Phone powered handsets – as expected. The devices were claimed to be the “first real Windows Phone” handsets by Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO.

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Nokia’s Anna Update for Symbian Handsets Reach the US

October 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

That headline tells a lot about Nokia’s sad state of affairs in the US, doesn’t it? More than a month after the Anna update rolled out to handsets in other parts of the globe, it is only now that the…

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Nokia Q3 2011: Will Windows Phone 7 Save the Ship?

October 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

With the growing competition between iOS and Android reaching new heights every day (rather minutes and seconds, I should say), every other mobile platform has been on the losing end. We all have been witness to the desperate position of RIM’s…

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Windows Phone 7 Mango Laden Nokia 710 Coming Soon?

October 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

While it is almost certain that Nokia would be unveiling its first Windows Phone based devices at the upcoming Nokia World event next week, here comes a new hitherto unheard of model which could make its entry into Nokia’s WP7…

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Nokia Announces the Belle Laden 603 Smartphone

October 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just three days ago that we first talked about the Nokia 603. Leaked photos of this Belle laden device were doing the rounds of the interweb since the past week. Anyway, Nokia has now announced the phone officially.…

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Nokia 603 Leaked Before Nokia World?

October 10, 2011 0 Rahul S

It’s been quite some time since Nokia announced that it is moving away from Symbian. But, if we are to go by the company’s recent releases, that hardly seem to be happening. Just weeks after its new range of Symbian…

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Microsoft Accidentally Reveals Names of Upcoming Windows Phone 7 Handsets

October 3, 2011 0 Rahul S

In what seems to be an inadvertent error by the folks looking after the Microsoft Canada website, the company has revealed the names of forthcoming Windows Phone powered handsets from various manufacturers on this page.

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Nokia Designing New “Meltemi” OS for Low end Phones?

October 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

After literally abandoning Symbian and the much loved MeeGo in favor of Windows Phone 7, looks like Nokia’s bread and butter S40 series might be axed too in the not too distant future. No, we are not in the mood…

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Nokia Launches NFC enabled 600, 700 & 701 Handsets in India; Promotes Shahrukh’s Ra-One

September 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the launch of Nokia’s recently announced Symbian Belle powered handsets, the 700, 701 and the 600, Nokia also seems to be betting big time on the future of NFC Technology here in India. In an industry first, at…

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Meego Powered Nokia N9 Starts Shipping

September 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has announced that their much awaited, critically acclaimed handset, the N9  has started shipping starting today. The phone, first showcased back in June 2011 was well received by Nokia users and critics alike. It runs the Linux based MeeGo OS…

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NFC: The Ecosystem Challenge

September 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Cellphones over the years have grown beyond wireless telephone devices. Back in the early days, it was conceived as a communications device, but did we truly expect to pack in so much power? Today a mobile phone has rendered your…

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Quick Review: Nokia 101 (Dual SIM)

September 24, 2011 0 Tassavur

Nokia has set its sight on recovering the market share it has lost in the low cost budget phone segment to the local players. Hence Nokia has upped the ante and rapidly released a number of low cost dual SIM…

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Review: Nokia C2-03, Touch & Type Dual SIM Phone

September 21, 2011 0 Tassavur

With Nokia struggling in the smartphone market and not expected to make any major inroads till they get out their WP7 offerings phone out, it seems they have decided to concentrate on the low cost phone segment for now where…

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Nokia 700, 701 Shipments Start; Headed towards India

September 17, 2011 0 Rahul S

Here’s some good news for all you fast dwindling breed of Symbian lovers out there. Remember the Nokia 700 and 701 handsets announced last month? Well both the devices have started shipping to dealers and are expected to land in…

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Nokia Launches Low End Handsets Nokia 100 and Nokia 101 in India

September 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

A few weeks after their official announcement, Nokia has announced the launch of its new low cost, affordable handsets, the 100 and 101 here in India. Both the devices pack in color displays and will be positioned above the Nokia…

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Nokia Goes Low End; Intros Nokia 100, 101

August 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

After announcing a slew of midrange, Symbian handsets yesterday, Nokia has now announced the addition of two new low end handsets to its portfolio. The two new handsets are the Nokia 100 and the Nokia 101. Both the handsets are…

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Nokia Announces Three New Symbian Belle Handsets

August 25, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia may have thrown in the towel when it comes to Symbian, but the company doesn’t seem to have any plans to stop producing Symbian based handsets any time soon. While the company is expected to come out with its…

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Stephen Elop Warns Android Partners About Motorola Deal

August 18, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia’s Canadian CEO, Stephen Elop has warned the current partners involved with Google’s Android OS about the dangers of the recent purchase of handset maker Motorola by Google. In a straightforward response to the news regarding the acquisition Elop has…

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OG Review: Nokia E6

August 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Authors Note: It’s been long since I have handled a new Nokia device and yet as I hold the touch and type E6-00 in my hand, it feels very familiar to begin with. Until last year, the Nokia E63 was…

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MeeGo Fight: After US, Nokia Avoiding N9 Launch In UK

August 11, 2011 0 Tassavur

We just heard a couple of days back that the US market wont be seeing anymore of Symbian and the Nokia N9 wont be officially released either. Well as it turns out the US market is not the only one…

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Why Nokia Wont Launch Anymore Symbian Phones In US

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

To it comes as no surprise that Nokia won’t sell any more Symbian devices in US. Nokia’s US head Chris Weber in an interview with AllthingsD confirmed that they would not ship any S40 or Symbian devices in US after…

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Nokia Sea Ray Comes With Twitter Integration In WP7 Mango (Video)

July 20, 2011 0 Tassavur

Microsoft and Nokia’s partnership seems pretty promising by each passing day as one, or the other news about their handset or OS is being leaked. A leaked video of the Nokia Sea Ray phone from their Chinese or Hong Kong…

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Nokia Gets Out Of Japan: This Time, Completely

July 2, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was back in 2008 that Nokia had decided to cease its mainstream operations in Japan, a market where people were used to “better spec’d” handset compared to the standard fare that Nokia had on offer in the country. The…

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Nokia N5 Mid Range Handset Leaked

June 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia is working on a Symbia Anna based mid range device, it has been revealed by folks over at Excellular. The phone is touted to be christened the Nokia N5 when it eventually hits stores later this year. The device…

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Nokia’s Early Android Prototype Revealed

June 24, 2011 0 Rahul S

It was just yesterday that the first images (and video) of Nokia’s first Windows Phone handset were revealed. The design of this handset was based on that of the recently announced MeeGo powered N9. Now, if we are to believe…

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First Impressions of Nokia E6-00: Good old days are back?

June 22, 2011 0 Nitish

This is a guest post by Nitish Kumar (@nkumar_). Nitish is a long time Nokia user and famous for writing with a layman’s perspective on his blog. Its not been long when QWERTY devices were a craze (there are still…

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Nokia Announces Three New S40 Devices; C2-02, C2-03 Touch and Type, C2-06

June 21, 2011 1 Rahul S

Nokia just made things difficult for you to identify their phones with the launch of three new S40 handsets. All three devices belong to Nokia’s C2 family of devices which already has quite a few members. Anyway, the new additions…

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Nokia Announces the MeeGo Laden N9

June 21, 2011 3 Rahul S

At the Nokia Connection event underway at Singapore, Nokia has finally taken covers off its newest N-Series handset, the Nokia N9. Unlike most of its predecessors (barring the Maemo laden N900 of course) this one runs MeeGo, an OS that…

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Nokia Launches Symbian Anna Laden X7 Smartphone in Taiwan

June 15, 2011 4 Rahul S

It’s a busy day for folks over at Nokia it seems. After bringing out the Symbian Anna based E6 business handset to India on preorder, the company has announced the launch of its latest multimedia smartphone, the X7 in Taiwan.…

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Nokia – Apple End Litigation, Apple To Pay Royalties

June 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Mobile manufacturers have been fighting it out in court rooms across the globe and just when we started to lose track of all the suits and counter suits, there is a settlement. Apple and Nokia have settled all their litigation bringing…

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Race For The 3rd Spot, HP’s WebOS vs Windows Phone

June 3, 2011 1 Annkur

If you watched Stephen Elop (Nokia) and Apotheker (HP) at the D9 conference, you can clearly see that these are the two companies who are fighting for the no 3 spot in mobile platforms. iOS / Android are fighting for the number…

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Why Microsoft Buying Nokia Makes Sense, And Why It Doesn’t!

May 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Now before I even begin, we know that this is a rumor and it sure sounds like a wild one. Just months after announcing a deal where Nokia would use Windows Phone as its primary smartphone OS, it looks odd…

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Nokia To “Kill” Ovi Brand; Will Be Known As Nokia Services

May 16, 2011 0 Rahul S

In yet another “disruption” by Nokia ( I love that word now!) the company has decided to do away with the “Ovi” branding it has been so proudly promoting over the past few years. The name “Ovi” would be phased…

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Nokia’s Restructuring Will Cost 300 Jobs In India

April 29, 2011 0 Rahul S

It might be one of those awkward days of your corporate lives if you happen to be a Nokia employee now. After the company announced its massive restructuring plans, it has now been revealed that India too would be fairly…

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Nokia Shelves Tablet Plans; Smartphones Primary Focus

April 28, 2011 0 Rahul S

Nokia has been undergoing lots of changes  in terms of its organizational structure, future plans and products of late. The last one to occur was just days ago when it revealed its plans to shelve off the entire Symbian team…

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Nokia “Gives Away” Symbian To Accenture, Cuts Jobs

April 27, 2011 0 Rahul S

In a rather important development pertaining to Symbian, Nokia has announced that it has decided to “transfer” its entire Symbian operations along with the 3000 odd employees in that division to Accenture. Once the deal goes through, Accenture will provide…

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New Nokia C2- 06 Low End Series 40 Handset Leaked.

April 20, 2011 0 Rahul S

Folks over at Hackintosh-india have managed to lay their hands on what seems to be an upcoming C-Series handset from Nokia. The device whose name was found after checking its Bluetooth Name deep inside the menu was labeled simply as…

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Nokia’s Ovi Store Boasts Five Million Downloads A Day

April 13, 2011 0 Rahul S

There was a flurry of activity yesterday at Nokia with them announcing their brand new phones – the X7 and the E6. It was also a big day for Symbian with Nokia coming up with the latest version of the…

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Nokia E6 Arrives, Aims To Replace Your Ageing E71, E72

April 12, 2011 0 Rahul S

Along with the X7, Nokia also took covers off its latest E-Series handset, the E6 earlier today. The E6 can be considered an update to the highly popular E7x series of handsets and is a direct upgrade to the Nokia…