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Archive for October, 2006

The Nokia N91 Phone: Music Edition

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

I can’t really say that the Nokia N91 really took off here in the States. I don’t know a single person who has one, or even WANTS one. But all that might change with the Nokia N91: Music Edition!

Nokia N91 Music Edition Phone

Face the music with the new N91 Music Edition.

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Nokia 330 Auto Navigation Preview

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Just when you thought the world had enough of the many, many GPS devices out there on the market, hold on – Nokia’s about to add one more to the mix. Meet the Nokia 330 “Auto Navigation” system.

Nokia 330 Auto Navigation Car System

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Wireless Week in Review (Week of October 22)

Thursday, October 26th, 2006

So I should probably start this week with today’s itty-bitty news released by Nokia: M:i:3, or as you know it Mission Impossible 3, will be coming soon to a Nokia N93 near you. Free!

Get the lowdown in this week’s…Week in Review.

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The Amazing MBW-100 Bluetooth Watch

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

No, Nokia did not design this new toy as part of their Useless Gadget Collection (a collection that includes GPS fun shells, an “imagewear” necklace, and the nokia digital pen). It’s actually made through a cooperative effort between Fossil and Sony Ericsson.

The MBW-100 Bluetooth Watch

The amazing MBW-100 Bluetooth watch.

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Nokia’s Cool Headset Sweepstakes

Tuesday, October 24th, 2006

I don’t think I mentioned this earlier, but Nokia is currently running a sweepstakes on their USA web site – the “Cool Headset Sweepstakes.” The people at Nokia doing these promotions are seriously just getting lazier and lazier – the past couple of months have been filled with “Cool Phone Sweepstakes” and other equally useless titles.

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The Ugliest Possible Bluetooth Headset

Monday, October 23rd, 2006

So I was gone for most of the weekend and more or less not able to update the blog (although I’ve been pretty lazy the past couple of weekends too). And as I was going through my daily rounds on the internet which includes a number of deal sites, this dropped into my lap.

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Week in Review (Week of October 15)

Thursday, October 19th, 2006

Today was one of four important days of the year for Nokia Corp. – specifically, it was Third Quarter Earnings Announcement Day. Unfortunately, the news was sort of mixed for the company, as their earnings were slightly short of analysts’ estimates (by one penny per share, no less).

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Phone Preview: Nokia 6288 Phone

Wednesday, October 18th, 2006

Going back through my last couple weeks of postings, I came across the Nokia 6288 – except I never actually took a look at it – and only mentioned it rather randomly. So now it’s time to fill the void.

Nokia 6288 Phone

Nokia 6288 phone: the thinner, less featured N80.

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Motorola Gets Flattened (Q3 2006 Earnings)

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

Motorola announced earnings yesterday, and as you may have gathered from the title, the news was not positive. The company reported a steep 45% drop in profit from last year, which CEO Ed Zander blamed on weak sales of Motorola’s iDEN Sprint/Nextel phones.

Motorola dropped the ball.

Motorola’s Q3 earnings: it ain’t pretty.

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Nokia 6030 Phone Free with $100 Airtime Card Purchase at Target

Monday, October 16th, 2006

Okay, I’m feeling extra lazy today, so I will leave you all with the current Nokia cell phone deal floating around the ‘net:

Another Nokia 6030 deal.

Another Nokia 6030 phone deal.

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