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Pre-Order the Nokia 808 in the USA (for a steep price)

Pre-Order the Nokia 808 in the USA (for a steep price)

The first pre-order for the Nokia 808 pure view in the USA is here and it is not a cheap one.  Expansys USA now has it on pre-order for $854.99!  Wow!  This is about 650 euros. While I don’t quite remember what Nokia stated the 808 would cost 855 bucks does seem a little steep.  [...]

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Nokia 808 Pure View Ad Shows Off That Amazing 41mp Camera

Nokia 808 Pure View Ad Shows Off That Amazing 41mp Camera

Nokia is takes great pride in their hardware and their camera especially.  With good reason too they have always been on the cutting edge of mobile photography.  The Nokia N8′s 12mp camera is still the best camera on the market a full year and half after it’s release. Now comes the Nokia 808 and it’s [...]

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Nokia Accessibility: Truly Connecting People

Nokia Accessibility: Truly Connecting People

When we (the general public) think about Nokia normally think about phones we have, want, or have had.  But we never think about those that have disabilities.  Luckily for those with disabilities Nokia has. Nokia has a division called Nokia Accessibility who does some great work to assure everyone can use Nokia devices.  Their motto [...]

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Belle Update Feature Pack 1 Hands On

Belle Update Feature Pack 1 Hands On

So Belle is progressing nicely and Symbian is starting to look like a modern day OS and everyone is properly wondering what the changes are in the new feature pack. Over at unleash the phones they did a quick hands on video of it and I have to say it looks pretty impressive! This makes [...]

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Microsoft Office Mobile on Symbian Belle

Microsoft Office Mobile on Symbian Belle

| April 10, 2012 | 0 Comments

Today, Nokia rolled out Microsoft Office Mobile to a number of recent Symbian Belle powered handsets, including my new Nokia 700.  I was quite pleased to see this relatively large software update (a 50MB OTA download, labelled Microsoft Apps 2.0) available for my phone, even though the prospect of tapping out an entire Word document or Excel spreadsheet might [...]

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Symbian is Getting Down To Business With Microsoft Office

Symbian is Getting Down To Business With Microsoft Office

Alright Symbian user it looks like the Nokia/Microsoft partnership has finally started to bear some fruit for you.  According to Nokia official blog Nokia Conversions  the full Microsoft Office Mobile app is available for  the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia C6-01.   If you have [...]

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Nokia 700 Size Comparo

Nokia 700 Size Comparo

| April 2, 2012 | 0 Comments

Billed as the world’s smallest smartphone, the Nokia 700 certainly lives up to the promise.  The svelte dimensions both in width and length buck the current trend towards bigger and wider phones wielding 4 to 5 inch displays now available in 2012, with seemingly larger and larger phones available by the month.  In a world [...]

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Unlock the MeeGo Way on Your Symbian Device

Unlock the MeeGo Way on Your Symbian Device

During my web travels I ran across this app called “SwipeUnlock” which simply allows you to unlock your Symbian phone like it’s a MeeGo phone.  I have to warn you up front that it was not free so be prepared to shell out $1.99 this privilege. I forgot to mention that you also get to [...]

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