Monthly Archives: January 2011

ORLANDO, USA – IBM and Nokia started a collaboration back in 2008 to bring IBM’s mobility solutions to Nokia’s smartphones with the first release of Lotus Notes Traveler for the Symbian platform. The partnership is still very active and is soon to bear fresh fruit. Improved and upgraded Lotus solutions will soon be available for the new Symbian powered devices.
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GLOBAL – The sad plight of a crocodile in the Ukraine who swallowed a Nokia mobile phone put some of you in mind of Captain Hook’s fob-watch in Peter Pan. Our winner this week is Kingstn, the first reader to point out the similarity between this story and J M Barrie’s classic tale. See below for the crayon creative crew at irkafirka’s take on the story.

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GLOBAL – Anybody listening to the past few Blogbites will know the Angry Birds competition comes to an end today. So listen in on Dan and Phil as they give you the final clue, talk about CEO Stephen Elop’s thoughts on the Q4 results, HD voice, phone eating crocodiles and a whole bunch more.
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GLOBAL – For this week’s round-up and gathering of talent from the Net, we’re taking a look at the creations from the great competition currently running. Called Nokia N8 Producers, fans shoot an amazing video, using the Nokia N8′s 12-megapixel camera as their video camera. Eight winners will receive a Zero Gravity experience, so there’s a lot up for grabs. Here are several of our favourites so far.
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GLOBAL – CEO Stephen Elop discussed Nokia’s 4th quarter results with media and investors today. Stephen touched on a number of topics including Nokia’s strengths, Ovi successes, developers, and the future of the company.
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GLOBAL – For several months now, the guys at Irkafirka have been browsing through our posts every week to find that one special comment that makes it into their drawing pad, then onto your wall at home. But which one has been your favourite out of the collection? Let’s take a quick poll to find out.
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GLOBAL – HD voice. We’ve already talked about what it is, but what does it actually sound like? How much better is it, than non-HD voice enabled phones? Well, if a picture says a thousand words, then this HD voice example will surely say a thousand more. You have to hear it to believe it.
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GLOBAL – Word has come in from the folk over at the Ovi Blog that there’s been an update to the Social app on the new Symbian devices, raising the version to V1.3. Grab your Nokia N8, Nokia C6-01 or Nokia C7 and log into Social for an automated update, bringing you the retweet function on Twitter, increased image upload size, increased phonebook integration, plus more to make connecting with friends easier.
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