Nokia VP, David Rivas, was in San Francisco yesterday touting Symbian^3 improvements. While we’ve heard and seen plenty about Symbian Three’s enhanced user experience already, it’s still worthy of another look considering Symbian’s dominant marketshare
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Nokia Symbian^3 UI demonstrated in detail, seeks multitouch devices (video)
Nothing says, “I don’t play sports but I want you to think that I do” quite like wearing a pair of Oakley shades. And no smartphone has had a tougher time earning respect than the mini version of Nokia’s N97 debacle
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Nokia’s limited edition Oakley N97 mini is a match made in Dog heaven
Valtteri Halla — Nokia employee and one-half of MeeGo’s Technical Steering Group — has blogged up a storm this week about the first baby steps that’ll get the platform off the ground from its Moblin and Maemo roots, and from the sounds of things, we’ll be able to get our first glimpse at it on production hardware before the month’s out.
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MeeGo repository going public later this month, coming to Nokia N900
We normally wouldn’t cover something so procedural, but given the heightened interesting Apple’s patent dealings this week , we thought we’d note that Cupertino’s tiff with Nokia in the federal courts has been put on hold while both companies argue their case before the US International Trade Commission. We expected the ITC to be the primary front in this fight from the start, but now we’ll be particularly focused on the Commission’s ruling, since several of the patent claims Apple’s asserting against Nokia in this case are also being claimed against HTC. We don’t have a timeline on when the Commission will reach a decision, but we’ll keep an eye on things
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Apple / Nokia federal lawsuit put on hold pending ITC investigation
Those lovely people over at Nokia have furnished us with a few images of what their dashboard integration will look like, as well as the names of a few more partners for the Terminal Mode initiative. Intended to smarten up your car’s hardware with the phone’s capabilities — whether that be to play back music, use Ovi Maps, browse the web, or whatver else — this was announced in partnership with Alpine yesterday , but today we’re hearing that Fiat , Harman Becker and Valmet Automotive are also getting in on the fun.
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Nokia’s Terminal Mode spotted in the wilds of the Geneva Motor Show
We were wondering when Google would have something to say about Apple’s patent lawsuit against HTC , since the majority of the claims appear to implicate Android itself , and while the knives aren’t out yet, we just got a short-but-sweet statement from a spokesperson: “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it.” We’re quite curious to see whether this means Google will contribute money and/or manpower to HTC’s legal defense — we’d bet we’ll see some of Eric Schmidt’s crew at the table when this thing finally hits a courtroom. In related news, HTC ’s posted up a short, more formal version of the statement we received yesterday , saying that it “believes that consumer choice is a key component to success in the smartphone industry,” and that it doesn’t think the suit “poses a short-term material impact to its business.” That makes sense, seeing as it’ll be weeks before HTC even files a response to the suit, and months — if not years — before it’s resolved
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Google responds to Apple’s HTC lawsuit: ‘We stand behind our Android operating system’
If you’ve made a Lego skull you’re ultimately going to need some appendages to go with it, and Polish Lego-mistrz Paul (who goes by the handle Sariel) is the man behind this fully-articulated right arm. It uses a combination of electric motors and pneumatic valves that enable it to move..
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Lego arm moves slowly, rocks mightily (video)
The US will wake up to a fine howdy do from Nokia’s 5230 Nuron now that it’s officially announced for T-Mobile. The device first introduced by Nokia back in August will be available to middle America “in the coming weeks” on T-Mobile’s 3G network. And unlike yesterday’s wee C5 , Nuron features a reasonable 3.2-inch, 640 x 360 (nHD) touchscreen for your Ovi Store apps and free Ovi Maps with turn-by-turn navigation to dance upon
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Nokia 5230 Nuron excites the T-Mobile nervous system
While not widely touted, Nokia’s Ovi Music store is on track to make Nokia’s music catalog DRM-free globally. This was first mentioned in December at Nokia’s Capital Market Days event
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Nokia Ovi Music store slowly shedding its DRM shackles globally
Put your skeptic hats on kids ’cause we’ve got a juicy one for you. When Greig Williams, Nokia’s General Manager for South East Europe, was asked by the German language Die Presse whether Ovi Maps would be coming to Android and Windows Mobile he responded very simply, “That will be the next step.” Well then, that’s pretty clear… but as much as we’d like to believe it, we simply can’t pin our hopes to this statement alone
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Nokia’s Ovi Maps headed to Windows Mobile and Android?
