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Nokia is a Finnish communications company that was the largest phone vendor (per unit) between 1988 to 2012. The company’s history go back to 1871 but the Nokia that we know today (the Nokia corporation) was founded in 1967 by the merger of three Finnish companies. It is then that Nokia worked on networking equipment and was ultimately involved in the launch of the first cellular network in 1981 (Mobira Oy). Nokia because a key developer of GSM, the standard that we all know today. Although Nokia still produces a range of phones that includes entry-level handsets and Symbian smartphones, the company is counting on the Windows Phone OS to regain the share that it once had. The current flagship Windows Phone device from Nokia is the Lumia 920.
Nokia N8 Taken Apart
10/08/2010, With the Nokia N8 shipping to eager Nokia fans out there, it shouldn’t surprise you to see that the folks over at iFixit have got their hands on a unit and decided to take it apart. The BL-4D battery is [...]
Nokia E-Cu concept charges in your pants
10/06/2010, London designer Patrick Hyland has come up with a rather zany conceptual handset, borrowing the Nokia name for his design. What makes the Nokia E-Cu (E is for environment, while Cu stands for Copper) so special, you ask? Well, it [...]
Nokia N8 Hack Brings 30 FPS HD Video Recording
10/05/2010, A hacker by the name of hyperX has hacked a Nokia N8 to achieve better digital still and video quality. Neither hacks are available at this point, but hopefully they will be released soon for users who want better control [...]
Nokia X Factor phone goes official, available as Carphone Warehouse exclusive
10/04/2010, Fans of X Factor will be pleased to know that Carphone Warehouse will be offering a Nokia X Factor phone as an exclusive, which is actually a rebranded Nokia 5228. Each purchase will come with the X Factor app pre-loaded, [...]
Nokia Gets Positive Early Review of MeeGo N9
10/04/2010, After the Symbian^3-powered Nokia N8 got early negative reviews months prior to announced shipping dates, Nokia is turning things around. The same reviewer who disapproved of the N8, Eldar Murtazin of Mobile-Review fame, has obtained an early Nokia N9, presumably [...]
Photos: Nokia N8 Begins To Ship
09/30/2010, Considering how the Nokia N8 is a big deal for the mobile phone giant, it’s no surprise that there was quite a bit of disappointment going around when it was announced that the phone would be slightly delayed a short [...]
Nokia looks into stretchable electronic skin
09/28/2010, Nokia’s range of high end smartphones might feature great hardware, but when it comes to software and operating system, the Finnish company has started to lose ground to upstarts like the iOS and Android platforms. Well, that doesn’t mean they [...]
Rumor: Nokia To Evaluate The Possibility Of Using Windows Phone 7?
09/24/2010, This is very much a rumor at the moment, and considering what it claims, we believe that it will stay a rumor for a very long time. According to the rumor, Nokia’s new CEO, Stephen Elop, has given the go-ahead [...]
Nokia 5230 Overclocked To 800MHz – Almost Double Its Original Speed
09/23/2010, A video showing an overclocked Nokia 5230 has surfaced on the Internet. The speed of the 5230 was increased almost twofold from a modest 434MHz to a more impressive 800MHz. Who would’ve thought this almost-1-year-old phone could turn into a [...]
Nokia N8 Delayed Until October
09/20/2010, This isn’t the best news coming out from Nokia at the moment, but the company has released a statement that the anticipated Nokia N8 will be delayed until October, which is few weeks behind the anticipated end-of-September shipping date. According [...]
Nokia N8 Connected to a TV Can Turn your HDTV Into a Massive Touchscreen
09/17/2010, If you’ve ever wanted a massive touchscreen like the Microsoft Surface Computing, you’re in luck as Nokia has you covered. All you need is a large television and a Nokia N8 smartphone with an HDMI cable to connect the two [...]
Rare Nokia Star Trek Communicator stays as a prototype
09/16/2010, Trekkies would definitely love to have a Communicator in their hands, living out the intergalactic lifestyle. Well, Nokia did come up with a Nokia Star Trek Communicator some time ago, but too bad for the masses, this has remained a [...]
Nokia Developing 3D Rival To Google Street View
09/16/2010, Nokia and its mapping division Navteq are busy developing a rival to Google’s Street View, a service that will apparently offer full 3D computer models of villages, towns and cities. According to them, while Google’s Street View provides panoramic views [...]
