RECIFE, Brazil – Meet Marcelo. Then meet his work colleagues, his friends and his girlfriend. Created by the folks over at Nseries, this is the first in a series of documentaries highlighting how people use and interact with their Nseries devices. It also offers a window into a scene I’m familiar with – how that use impacts others (Marcelo’s girlfriend was ecstatic the day he forgot his phone when they went to the beach).
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STUTTGART, Germany – The first day of Nokia World 09 is a wrap and we’re stoked to have witnessed the arrival of the new Nokia N97 mini, alongside Nokia’s new entertainment focussed X6 and X3 phones. Plus, we’ve been treated to yet more details on the Nokia Booklet 3G and had an opportunity to get hands-on with it (watch Booklet 3G video) and its smaller Maemo-flavoured Nokia N900 cousin (watch N900 video). So with all these new Nokia products out in the wild, which is your favourite? Get your vote counted and as ever, get stuck in and share your thoughts. Bring on day two!
ESPOO, Finland – As promised, we’ve managed to gather together a few of the first videos on the new Nokia N900 in action. The first video is a cool hands-on tour of the device. Next up is a fancy promo showcase of the N900, followed by a video on the Maemo 5 user interface.
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ESPOO, Finland – The N900 has just leapt out of the depths and is primed to make a splash as Nokia’s debut Maemo device (sorry, couldn’t resist the fishy metaphor). In terms of where the N900 sits on Nokia’s newly broadened product spectrum – courtesy of this week’s introduction of the Booklet 3G – it bridges that wilderness between smartphone and compact laptop. The concept behind the N900 simply being that it enables you to experience a proper desktop-like experience in a pocket-size device.
We’ve gathered all the must-know details and snaps of Nokia’s first Linux-based Maemo handset. Click through to find out more and to see the N900 up close in our photo gallery.
GLOBAL -Over 750 of you voted in our most recent Conversations poll, in which asked what is the most important feature in a mobile gaming device? This was an immense response, matched by a stack of smart comments, so thanks for getting really stuck in with your opinions and voting in such great numbers.
Read on to find out which mobile gaming feature gained the highest score.
GLOBAL – This time last year we ran a piece about how excited we were to see such diversity breeding on the mobile software scene, punctuated with the emergence of the suite of Ramadan related services for Nokia devices. This year, the Holy Month of Ramadan is again being supported via a package of pocket apps, with the addition of more devices, including the Nokia N97, plus each of the apps is now available through the Ovi Store and nokia.com/ramadan.
GLOBAL – Yesterday, we brought you a story on the N73 being more than just a cameraphone, which got us thinking. What is the most important feature in a cameraphone? The new Nokia N86 has raised the bar performance-wise in a number of ways, but with the megapixel race slowing, what is it that you believe is most significant?
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GLOBAL – Ovi Files has now hopped over the pay wall to become a totally free Nokia service. Ovi Files arms you with the ability to remotely access files on your home computer courtesy of an online vault of free personal storage from Nokia, accessible via your mobile or any remote computer using your web browser. So scratching the subscription adds a significant twist to its appeal, and one that has triggered heaps of reactions across the web. So what does this really mean to many, and what are folk saying. Read on for the first reactions.
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