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I had a weird dream or wish a couple of weeks ago that if Nokia where to buy another company then it would have to be my other favourite company Nintendo. Well today Pocket gamer are reporting that Nokia and Nintendo DID work on a Nokia Nintendo phone back when Nokia where developing the N-Gage. The development of the phone where done at Nintendo’s Japanese HQ and actual concept devices where made and pitched to the board and ultimately rejected

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Nokia Nintendo phone almost happend

Some clear pictures of a rumoured Nokia 5230 have appeared, first time I have actually heard of this phone it is probably based on Symbian 1 but looks decent a bit like the Sony ericsson X8 the slightly smaller version to the X10. BTW I thought Nokia had stopped using this naming convention thanks to Keith for the heads up via ubergizmo.com

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Nokia 5250 pictured clearly

The good folks at TheHandheldblog got a preview of the N8 in its exact retail packaging and did an unboxing for our pleasure. As you can see the box is TINY !!! which is really nice in my opinion and I really like that Nokia are also going for the their traditional blue colouring for their packaging. The contents of the box for different markets will be different like a stylus for the Asian market. I am seriously considering buying an N8 now I have flip flopped the idea between then when it was announced and now and pretty much ruled it out a while ago but after using other platforms for extensive periods I don’t see a huge difference between them and Symbian now and I am thinking of selling my Nokia E72 to part fund it we will wait and see I guess……..

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Nokia N8 unboxing

This is a very cool project where YOU guys can get money to turn an app idea into a reality and get it distributed using the Ovi App store An app called Twittle funded by the Open Screen Project very impressive indeed It seems like Nokia are really stepping up their game with the App front encouraging developers to get on board makes sense as developers for the iOS and Android devices will not be able to make money there for ever they will have to come over and develop for Nokia too to make a good living. I am guessing there will also be a large number of apps being launched around the time the N8 launches. Now I need to get my lazy behind to learn Qt already, I have the SDK donwloaded now need some motivation via openscreenproject.org

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Open screen project

Just got a tip that an online demo of a few of the N8′s features in addition to a 360° interactive flash demo has been posted at a number of Nokia websites, including the UK  and Swiss sites. Give it a look if you’re bored! http://www.nokia.co.uk/find-products/all-phones/nokia-n8/gallery#galleryTab=demo Thanks skills!

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N8 online demo

Introduction Ever since it’s release under the Nokia’s Cseries branding, the Nokia C6 was bound to attract some attention. And for a good reason. The budget price range is quite unusual for what it offers in return: attractive design, a touchscreen enforced with a slide-out qwerty keyboard and all the connectivity you can eat, including voice guided GPS navigation. With a few caveats, it’s not difficult to spot the simple yet beautiful concept behind the  Nokia C6 – you get what you see, without going into overdrive with expenses.

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Nokia C6 Review: The good, the bad and the smart

Just happened across some images by a flickr user named sheridan01. Supposedly they came from a Nokia N8. A few of the images are a bit out of focus and the flash seemed to cause a bit of blue tinting (doubt the flash was needed for those photos)

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More sample images. (This is getting ridiculous now)

In Jay’s absence I’d like to say a heartfelt thank you to all the readers of this blog for helping to sustain the growth of this blog. Jay, being pessimistic as he is , said at the end of June that in spite of the growth of the blog readership ~300,000 readers over the course of month, he expected that we couldn’t possibly get any larger. Well the stats are in for the month of July. Some how we managed to rope in 314,000 of you Nokia aficionados over the course of the month

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My Nokia Blog grows again.

Oooh look what the guys from engadgetmobile just found out. What you’re seeing here is the leaked image of the C7 front (top) compared to the label diagram of a model code RM-718 that just got FCC approval, featuring quadband EDGE, HSPA 850 / AWS / 1900 / 2100, Bluetooth, and WiFi — should end up slotting behind the N8 while still carrying over the 640 x 360 display and Symbian^3, so it should be a good lower-cost alternative. That begs the question where is the N8 or has it already been approved secretly……… Nokia World cant come quick enough I’d say…… via e ngadgetmobile

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Nokia C7 gets FCC approval

If you are sick and tired of the state of the Ovi store and want to do something about it then start programming. I downloaded the Nokia Qt SDK today onto my MAC today for the intention of learning to code for Nokia phones and with such great tools like the Qt SDK it’s easer than ever. BTW with “analysts” and tech sites being obsessed with the iCandy form Apple it is important for Developers to add animations for Apps for Nokia devices Also notice he is in a train sort of

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Qt Animation Framework – Creating animations and transitions

Just shortly after the 1.2 Billion USD acquisition of Motorola wireless assets, Nokia Siemens Networks yesterday won a 7 Billion USD contract to create and maintain a LTE network called LightSquared on behalf of Harbinger Capital Partners (HCP).

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Nokia Siemens Networks wins 7 Billion USD contract to build LTE network; 40,000 base stations, 92% US coverage by 2015

JUST WATCH JUST WATCH IT !!!!!!!!!! I used to have super respect for Apple but since their Antenna problem and their frankly disastrous handling of it my respect is going away  its a shame because when the first iPhone came out I said I will never buy another phone again that included Nokia’s three years later I carry a Nokia E72, Nokia aren’t perfect but they don’t lie about like Steve Jobs does when something goes horribly wrong The whole Antennagate is like this Mom : why did you fail at school? Boy: cause every one else did !!

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iPhone 4 “Antennagate” spoof video

The official Apple page on youtube has been uploading some videos of competing smartphones to demonstrates what they consider to be similar antenna problems as their own iPhone 4 which when touched decides to kill your signal. When signal strength is reduced sufficiently on the iPhone 4, it eventually CUTS your call

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Video: Apple Uses Nokia N97 mini (+more) to deflect antenna gate issue – the cheek of it! Can’t make N97 mini lose signal completely like iPhone 4…

With both of Nokia’s chosen OS’s for their mid and high range handsets being open sourced, it means that a lot of the work and development on these aspects of the OS is done very much in the open and can be accessed with as little effort as it’d take to register for a forum for example. While this access to *some* elements of the OS can be had well in advance of release, the main reason for Nokia’s drive for open source in my humble opinion is to get input and ideas from a wide variety of people with different perceptions, needs, wants, interests and backgrounds. Much more input than would have been possible within the confines of an office in Finland or the UK for example. Having posted numerous videos and blog posts on Symbian and MeeGo, the coming changes with regards to their UI’s and capabilities etc and received valid and valued feedback, I thought it important to get this message across to our few (but vocal) readers

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Contributing your ideas to the Open Source community

Nokia released a while back a cool online application called Ovi App wizard which lets you use the RSS feeds of your website to create tiny little apps and publish them to the Ovi store, obviously the idea was poo pooed by the media a while back and no one talked about it since, well Ewan from Mobile Industry Review made a screencast of the process of creating the application and well I was amazed by the simplicity of being able to create an app so easily even if it is only an RSS feed. Again credit goes to Nokia for trying to make it easier for developers to make applications. Nice Nokia N8 BTW in the ad above You can see the screencast here via Mobile Industry Review

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Using the Ovi App Wizard

You might have noticed that the Wall street Journal is reporting that Nokia are actively searching for a new CE O to rejuvenate their past successes. A lot has been made after the reporting and apparently Nokia already have interviewed two candidates nothing has been confirmed yet but looking at the blogs and new sites today it seems like it is a reality. Do Nokia really need a new CEO ???

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Nokia supposedly looking for new CEO

The Nokia N8 has a facebook page ! Well it’s not the first one, there are others there already. This one with almost 16k likes Another with 8K This one with 2K But I think this one is the official one (well via NokNok which is Nokia sponsored).  It’s got ‘proper’ tabs anyway for a professional looking page, and the picture is new to me. Note the Symbian (not O2) duck.

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Nokia N8′s ‘official’ Facebook page

Around a month to go for the rumoured Nokia N8 August 25th release. You’ve waited ever so patiently (since end of Not June, Not May, but APRIL!) Here’s yet another Nokia N8 video, but this time “testing” out the N8′s loudspeaker – which is possibly louder even than the very loud 5800. (Would be nice to have some comparisons to better gauge the speakers against something else) You’ll want to hit 720p for better audio quality, although we are limited by the camera’s recording of the sound and your speakers/headphones’ reproduction of that sound. via uptodateksa2 Something I noticed in another Nokia N8 hands on (was up minutes ago but now removed) When scrolling (e.g.

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Video: Nokia N8 Speaker Test

Symbian has been tarred in the past for the complexity of app development. The issue in the past was the difficulty in making Symbian apps in comparison to iPhone OS. Although native Symbian is powerful and allows you to create deeply integrated apps, it’s difficult to use at the beginning. Solution

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Creating Qt Apps using the Nokia Qt SDK for Symbian (demoed on a Nokia N8) and Maemo from desktop app to mobile app.

The Telecom equipment vendor, Nokia Siemens is a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG. Today NSN announced that they will be acquiring certain wireless network infrastructure assets from Motorola for a sum of 1.2 BILLION US Dollars. CASH. Last year, Nokia tried to build a position in North America with the acquisition of Nortel, but was outbid and bought by Ericsson for 1.13 Billion USD (another Nortel asset bought by Cienna for 769 Million) Deal expected to complete end of 2010 Nokia Siemens Networks expects to gain incumbent relationships with more than 50 operators and to strengthen its position with China Mobile, Clearwire, KDDI, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and Vodafone. Transaction expected to significantly strengthen Nokia Siemens Networks’ presence globally, particularly in the United States and Japan

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For 1.2 Billion USD Cash – Nokia Siemens Networks to acquire Motorola wireless network infrastructure assets.

I think this may be for Austrian residents only but there’s a competition with Snickers where you could apparently win one of 20 Nokia N8. I think if you register, you’re entered into the draw to win a Nokia N8. click here With the Snickers No Limit sport Competition there’s also 17,000 EURO up for grabs, with 10K for first the best team.

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Competition: 20 Nokia N8s to be won with Snickers Austria