Today, during Nokia Capital Markets Day 2009, the world’s largest phone maker announced some of its plans and targets for next year. Nokia hopes to improve its value share and believes it will be competitive in both the cell phone and the smartphone market. The company’s CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, says that they will “take the Symbian user interface to a new level”, noting that the platform “has reach and flexibility like no ... Read More

Reuters reports that Nokia plans to launch only one Maemo-powered smartphone in 2010, according to a source with direct knowledge of Nokia's 2010 product roadmap. Though a Nokia spokesman would not comment on plans for future products, he did say that the company remains committed to its Symbian operating system. Nokia's stance has not changed since August when it negated reports that said that the company would begin focusing on Maemo ... Read More

S60 or otherwise, it's pretty tough to argue with the meaty goodness of an 8 megapixel cam paired with an AMOLED display -- especially when it's being delivered on carrier subsidy. Rogers customers have another reason to celebrate their network's willingness to release a glorious variety of largely untouched, sparsely branded handsets this week on news that the Nokia N86 8MP is now available for CAD $99.99 ($94) on a ... Read More

Love to tinker and tweak your smartphone? Find running beta apps a challenge, not a burden? Then you'll be happy to hear that Nokia's N900 running Maemo 5 is now shipping in the US, a week later than the press release suggested. This Cortex-A8 phone with 32GB of on-board storage is ripe with potential and the perfect holiday gift for grandma as long as she's comfortable dropping into the X ... Read More

You all know Fring, the application that brings Skype, ICQ, Facebook and other services to your mobile phones, right? Up until now you were able to chat with your pals and to make voice calls but as of today you can also take things to a new level. Enter mobile video calls through Skype. Just a few days back the Fring app was made compatible with the smartphones powered by Android ... Read More

Although according to Expansys the Nokia X6 should have been launched in the UK on November 12, it’s only starting this Friday (November 27) that British customers can actually buy it (and just for the record, Expansys doesn’t even list the X6 anymore). Orange is the first carrier to offer the Nokia X6 in the UK, and apparently it will do it for free to those who sign a contract agreement ... Read More

No one's going to accuse Nokia of going after the high end, the fanboys and girls, or the fashionistas with its latest pair, but they've got at least two things going for 'em: 3G and blowout pricing. Starting on the left, the S60-powered 6700 slide marks a distinct break for the company, shedding its tradition of Xpress-on cover compatibility for permanent shells available in six loud shades; it's supposedly pretty tiny ... Read More

Following the official announcement that Nokia N900 starts shipping in Europe last week, Nokia today went ahead and confirmed Nokia N900 availability in the USA starting from today. The N900 is not getting a subsidized deal with some of the major carriers but it will instead be sold independently SIM-free. As our specs testify, the Nokia N900 comes with full quad-band GSM support and 1700/2100/900 UMTS/HSDPA support no matter what region ... Read More

Sygic just announced that their GPS application (which works on iPhones and other devices) now also works on Nokia Maemo phones. The GPS application will be ready for sale from Sygic website before next year. Sygic offers turn-by-turn voice guided directons on Nokia Maemo 5 OS devices in the following countries: Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brazil, Colombia, USA, Canada, Mexico, USA, all of Europe, Russia, Bahrain, Kuwait, ... Read More

Today Nokia announced the 5330 Mobile TV Edition, a new phone that features DVB-H technology, allowing users to watch TV shows while on the go. The handset also comes with Nokia’s Electronic Program Guide (EPG), which lets you create personal channel lists. The other specs of 5330 Mobile TV Edition are similar to the ones included in the Nokia 5330 XpressMusic: 2.4 inch QVGA display, 3G, 3.5mm headset jack, 3.2MP camera, ... Read More