By Mike on 17 November 2009
GLOBAL – Every day the folks at MyDailyApp.com home in on a new Ovi Store app that’s caught their eye, and at the end of each week we look back over the previous seven days and bring you the best of the bunch right here on Conversations. This week we start with Norfello’s DocScanner, which does pretty much what the name suggests. Take a photo of a document on any S60 handset, crop it down to size then save it as an image file.
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By Mike on 16 November 2009
ESPOO, Finland – The Nokia 5330 Mobile TV edition launches today, ushering in a new era for Mobile TV. The stunning-looking device is sure to drive appeal amongst the 300 million people expected to be watching mobile TV around the world by 2012. The 5330 isn’t just about Mobile TV though, this 3G speed machine also packs in the latest in social networking, music and gaming in one sleek slide-design.
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By Mike on 13 November 2009
GLOBAL – The Nokia N86 8MP has to be Nokia’s best ever cameraphone, and Nokia users have taken some fantastic shots thanks to its 8-megapixel sensor and Carl Zeiss Tessar lens. Each week we’re picking some of the best from photo-sharing site Flickr to give well-deserved credit to N86 8MP photographers around the world. So enjoy our selection. Click through to see more from each photographer, we’ve included links to the full size shot on each one’s individual Flickr channel.
By Mike on 12 November 2009
GLOBAL – The Nokia N900 is going to be the star of the show for the next month as we bring you 30 videos dedicated to the device. Recently we asked you what you’d like to see us do with the Nokia N900 and the response was absolutely amazing. So good, the Conversations bosses let us run riot with our camcorder and shoot the N900 doing all sorts of cool stuff. The big N900 video extravaganza kicks off tomorrow. Read on to find out what’s in store.
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By Mike on 10 November 2009
GLOBAL – Today sees the first batch of Nokia N900 handsets boxed up and shipped out on their maiden voyage into wild. The N900 has been the most discussed device we’ve ever reported on here at Conversations, so many of you are sure to be stoked to discover that the Maemo 5 device will be touching down in Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and North America shortly. Read on to find out what Nokia’s Vice President for Nseries had to say about the N900’s release, get more details on the new N900 as it begins shipping, and share your comments on the landmark launch of Nokia’s first Maemo-powered phone.
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By Mike on 04 November 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia – It’s almost a year to the day that we first reported on an intriguing new service called Nokia Life Tools. Piloted and then officially debuting in India, Life Tools was designed to help improve the livelihood and lives of farmers, students and many people in more remote and rural areas in emerging market countries. It does this by offering easily accessible and up-to-date crop prices, education tools and entertainment packages, delivering this valuable information on a simple SMS backbone. Hence we’re excited to see Nokia Life Tools announced for Indonesia, where it has been keenly tailored towards its people’s needs.
Read on to find out more, see photos of folk using the service, and as always, share your comments below.
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By Mike on 04 November 2009
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Nokia 1280 doesn’t look unusual, but it certainly is unique and quite special. This time last year we brought you news of the Nokia 1202 for India, a 25 Euro phone that sparked a heap of great comments when we first unveiled it at the tail end of 2008. Now, today sees the launch of a device that shaves 20 percent off that price tag, with the announcement of the first 20 Euro handset in the form of the Nokia 1280 – Nokia’s cheapest ever phone. One stride closer to the reality of a 5 Euro phone? The concept doesn’t seem so far fetched. Read on to find out more about the new 1280, and scribble down your thoughts in the comments section below.
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By Mike on 03 November 2009
GLOBAL – The votes have been counted and as ever you’ve not been shy in coming forward with your responses. Hundreds of you voted on last week’s poll asking how many apps you’re running on your current device. As ever things aren’t as straightforward as they seem and the question could be interpreted a number of ways. More on that later, meanwhile get the results after the jump.
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By Mike on 27 October 2009
GLOBAL – The first Nokia Booklet 3G mini laptops have begun to hit shelves this week, with Germany’s O2 stores playing exclusive host to the diminutive device’s global debut. Pre-orders have also now begun Stateside, where the Booklet 3G is expected to land on laps via AT&T and Best Buy stores from mid-November.
Click through for our mini round-up of all things Booklet 3G, including full details on German and US launches, plus videos, specs, photo galleries and more.
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By Mike on 27 October 2009
BEIJING, China – The Nokia 6788 was unveiled today, and marks a milestone moment in the evolution of China’s high-speed 3G standard. This handset has been keenly tailored to suit the TD-SCDMA platform, the territory’s standardized 3G springboard, off of which folk in China can enjoy the best mobile 3G experience. The handset is bespoke to China in terms of technology, services and design. Read on to soak up all the first details on this exciting new device and to see the debut photos of it in our gallery below.
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