UK – This time last week the Nokia N97 officially stepped onto UK turf, debuting in the Nokia flagship store in London alongside the new N86. Following a week of exclusive sales through Nokia stores, today the N97 goes on sale via a number of UK networks, and as we reported in our ‘How much is your phone?‘ piece a couple of weeks ago, there are some stunning deals to be snapped up should you have fallen for Nokia’s latest flagship handset.
Read on for more details on a couple of the best UK offerings we’ve spotted so far, and if you find any others share them here.
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GLOBAL – Last week we brought you news of the new Nokia 6730. Now we’ve pulled together a collection of pics of the lovely new handset, available in stunning white or rather sleek black. There’s plenty to like about this tasty task-master, including its turn-by-turn navigation talents and its svelte frame. The 6730 is an S60 device, so can take advantage of the wide range of additional apps and content available through Ovi Store. The Vodafone version also comes with the Vodafone Music Client built in, access to personal and business email and of course the Internet. But, it’s the looks that’ll help this one stand out. Check them out after the jump.
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GLOBAL – Last week saw the unveiling of the rather svelte new Nokia 6730 classic. The latest Nokia mid-range handset to bear testament to the accelerated trickle-down tech effect, the mid-range 6730 classic is a feature-packed phone that is being released later this year exclusively through Vodafone.
Read on to find out more about the Nokia’s newest classic to join the fold, find out when it’s slated to ship and for how much.
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LONDON, England – Now here’s an interesting little concept – the mobile book reader. Vodafone, who’s behind www.gospoken.com has, according to the chaps on Stuff.tv, announced that its to start selling ebooks on the book download site. This will go alongside the audio books already available and all are designed to work on your phone. Natty.
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GLOBAL – At last week’s Symbian Foundation event, Vodafone Director and SF member, Guido Arnone lamented that in the past his network had 17 platforms to deal with when tailoring its Live! services to fit on handsets. Don’t worry, it’s since been trimmed down to a manageable three but the move by the Foundation to put all the different Symbian OS – S60, UIQ and MOAP(S) – into one melting pot for a universal Symbian platform must be manna from mobile heaven for these guys.
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LONDON, England - Yesterday’s announcement is rapidly changing the shape of the mobile industry. We caught up with Guido Arnone from Vodafone who outlined how the venture will be seen as a good thing by the operators.
In fact, Guido outlines how this isn’t just Vodafone, but the whole industry getting involved. Remarkable that we’re seeing the whole industry pull together like this. Very exciting times ahead!
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GLOBAL – Nokia today announced the creation of the Symbian Foundation, but what is it exactly, and what does it mean for the rest of us? The Foundation has the backing of key industry players including Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Samsung, networks including DOCOMO and Vodafone and chip makers ST Microelectronics and Texas Instruments. By making the Symbian Platform fully open source, it means anyone can develop for it, there’ll be a single, unified operating system for mobile phones and rapid innovation of services and software.
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