Monthly Archives: March 2010
GLOBAL – Nokia’s Ovi Store received a fresh lick of paint and a dollop of new features this week. The new update now makes it even easier to use the Store on your desktop or mobile phone and it’s all change from the word go.
Read on after the jump to find out what’s changed and how you can get your hands on the brand spanking new offering. (more…)
GLOBAL - How many phones do you have in your old phone drawer? In a recent poll you told us that the most important topic for Nokia and the environment should be recycling. Did you know that every single part of a Nokia device can be used again for new products or to generate energy?
The next video in our easy to be green series looks at how to give your phone a second life. Read on and watch the video on how easy recycling your phone can be.
GLOBAL – With materials top of this week’s agenda, we turned to longtime Nokia and Symbian Guru, Ricky Cadden, community manager of Symbian-Guru.com and known worldwide simply as ‘The Guru’. He’s packaged up his thoughts in response to the questions we posed: When it comes to materials in mobile devices, where do the opportunities lie for innovation and what materials would you like to see used in the future and why? Read on after the jump to get The Guru’s take.
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GLOBAL – We’re a little over two weeks into the gestation period of our Design by Community concept device, meaning it’s time to start thinking about baby names. We want you to begin sharing your suggestions, so we can collectively discuss and identify a shortlist of names over the coming weeks right here on Conversations, with a view to voting for your favourite ready for when the infant device emerges from sketch pad and becomes a tangible 3D computer render that we can tickle under the chin.
Join us after the jump to start sharing your ideas for what we should call our Design by Community concept device.
GLOBAL – Nokia Bots is the latest offering from the folks at Nokia Beta Labs and promises to take the hassle out of everyday tasks. Comprising of four individual Bots, each is designed to learn specific habits and automate certain processes in order to make your mobile life that little bit easier. Read on after the jump to get the full rundown.
GLOBAL - We’re still waiting for the first device running Symbian^3, but here on Conversations we’re already getting excited about the prospect of the new UI. We’ve seen the screen shots and checked out the first hands-on videos, and although exact details remain sparse it looks set to be a stonker. But what are you most looking forward to getting to grips with? Is it the improved graphics, multitouch support or maybe the multiple homescreens?
Head over to the live demo video from Phonedog.com to take a peak at the UI in action and then let us know what you think. Also check out the official Symbian page on Symbian^3. Is there one thing you’re itching to get your mitts on? Is there something missing you wish was there? Vote and let us know what feature you’re most looking forward to in Symbian^3.
GLOBAL – With up to $1.5million USD up for grabs, the Calling All Innovators competition, first announced in January, is hotting up. And with the June deadline for submissions looming, now is the time to get your submission planned, if you’re not already. The challenge is simple in concept: create an app that has the power to change lives. Read on after the jump to find out more.
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