a blog about Nokia phones, S60, and the wireless industry

Three Great N900 Tweaking Tools: Shortcutd, Tweakr, and Phone Speakers Switcher

July 14, 2010
Shortcutd, Tweakr, and Phone Speakers Switcher.

Shortcutd, Tweakr, and Phone Speakers Switcher.

There’s quite a few tweaking programs for the N900. But these three all bring something new to the table when it comes to managing calls and button presets.
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What’s Coming: Nokia’s Mysterious C0 Phone

July 1, 2010
Nokia C0: The model number remains a mystery.

Nokia C0: The model number remains a mystery.

There’s been some sightings of a new phone in the wild: a Sidekick-ish slider branded with the mysterious “C0″ designation. Nokia uses zeroes to indicate prototype phones, and the C probably means it’s destined for the C-series line of medium-end phones. That hasn’t stopped people from calling it out as the elusive N9, a phone that’s been in the rumor mill without any real concrete info.
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Nokia Drops Symbian on N-series Devices

June 25, 2010
The end of an era: No more Symbian on N-series devices.

The end of an era: No more Symbian on N-series devices.

It’s official: the Nokia N8 will be the last N-series phone with the Symbian operating system. Instead, the company will shift over to MeeGo, a love-child OS of Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin. It’s the end of an era!
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Deal: Nokia N900 for $369 Shipped at Dell

June 23, 2010
Grab the N900 for the low-low price of $369, shipped.

Grab the N900 for the low-low price of $369, shipped.

Dell, it seems, is doing a slam-bang job of clearancing out Nokia phones. The latest deal is the absolute cheapest price that I’ve ever seen on a Nokia N900: $369 with free 3-5 day shipping.
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What is Wrong With Nokia?

June 18, 2010

Nokia certainly knows how to break bad news. They released a press release on Wednesday with the title “Nokia lowers Devices & Services second quarter 2010 outlook and updates the full year 2010 outlook”. What the heck is going on over there?
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NokiaUSA Goes Nuts With New Promos

June 10, 2010
Get a free Nokia Booklet 3G with purchase of $999 or more.

Get a free Nokia Booklet 3G with purchase of $999 or more.

There’s all kinds of weird stuff going on lately at NokiaUSA.com, Nokia’s American retail site. Namely a couple of odd promos that leave me scratching my head.
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Nokia Announces T-Mobile-Exclusive E73 Mode

June 3, 2010
The E73 Arrives at T-Mobile on June 16.

The E73 Arrives at T-Mobile on June 16.

Nokia’s latest phone announcement is the E73 mode, a QWERTY-packing smartphone that’s practically identical to the E72. It looks like they even recycled the same data sheet. It’s headed (exclusively) to T-Mobile, and carries the elusive WCDMA 1700 mhz band.
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Nokia N900 Gets New Firmware, Video Calling, Portrait Browsing

June 3, 2010
Grab PR1.2 for the Nokia N900.

Grab PR1.2 for the Nokia N900.

It’s been a while since my last post. This is mostly due to a nice, long three-week vacation in Japan which I’ll be writing about soon. Anyway, I arrived yesterday to the welcome news that PR1.2 was finally let out of the bag and released to the masses. The new firmware brings Skype/GTalk video calling, portrait mode browsing, and a slew of minor improvements to the Nokia N900 smartphone.
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Nokia E72 Review: Quirky QWERTY Smartphone

May 12, 2010
The E72 is a little rough around the edges.

The E72 is a little rough around the edges.

I picked up a Nokia E72 for an upcoming trip to Japan. Here are my thoughts on this Blackberry-ish smartphone.
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Nokia N8 Announced: Symbian^3 and a Huge Camera

April 28, 2010
Nokia dropped the 12 megapixel shooting N8 today.

Nokia dropped the 12 megapixel shooting N8 today.

It’s official: The Nokia N8 is official. It’s a 12 megapixel full touch-screen shooter running the latest and greatest Symbian^3 and crammed chock full of other features. But is it enough of a phone for Nokia to make a comeback? More inside.
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