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Nokia & Microsoft make it official — full release

By Ewan on April 21, 2011 in Applications, Devices

Here’s the full release from today’s announcement from Nokia regarding their definitive agreement with Microsoft: Espoo, Finland and Redmond, US – Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today announced the signing of a definitive agreement on a partnership that will result in a new global mobile ecosystem, utilizing the very complementary assets of both [...]

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Keep an eye on Microsoft — Windows Phone is iterating fast

By Ewan on April 13, 2011 in Applications, Devices, Operators

Jay Greene over at CNET posted a useful overview of Microsoft’s latest activities with Windows Phone. Microsoft offered today its most detailed look yet into the next version of Windows Phone, code-named Mango, at the companys annual show for Web and phone developers. via Microsoft gives details on next Windows Phone OS | Microsoft – [...]

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Nokia’s Ovi Store: Put that in your pipe and smoke it, doubters!

By Ewan on April 12, 2011 in Applications, Devices

So I’ve been pretty vocal about Nokia’s Ovi Store. I was vocal (positively) when it launched. I was vocal (negatively) when it really began to frustrate me (silly little bugs that we letting it down) and I’ve been rather delighted at the company’s continued success with the platform ever since. I’ve been banging the drum [...]

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Nokia’s new E6 and X7 keep the Symbian excitement alive

By Ewan on April 12, 2011 in Devices

Now then, I used the word ‘excitement‘ in the title with a straight face. I don’t think it’s blow-the-doors-off excitement per se — but there’s definitely genuine interest out there in the marketplace to see what’s new from Nokia. These two devices look pretty hot. I mean that in a genuine manner. I do like [...]

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Lady Geek TV: Series 3: Episode 6

By Krystal on April 7, 2011 in Applications

We are proud to bring you the final episode of this Series of Lady Geek TV. Here’s what’s happening in this episode. “Feeling stressed over not having the time to be a domestic Goddess? In this week’s episode, which is the final of the series (sniff sniff) our Lady Geeks have discovered apps that will [...]

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We have a (GPS) fix! – Testing Nokia Booklet 3G to the limit

By Momchil on April 2, 2011 in Applications, Devices, Opinion

This is Momchil here with a quick post on the Nokia Booklet 3G. I’ve been busy editing all the video material, and I haven’t had the chance to write anything recently. I’ve been using the Nokia Booklet for nearly three moths now, and I love it. I just had the feeling there is more to [...]

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Nokia’s Marco Argenti on Ovi Life Tools

By Ewan on March 15, 2011 in Applications, Devices, News

MEF Americas 2010 Content & Commerce At the MEF Americas 2010 Content & Commerce event in Miami recently I sat down with Nokia’s top Ovi man, Marco Argenti, to ask him about Ovi Life Tools. Whilst most of us in the West are busy obsessing over whether or not we’ve got to the next level [...]

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Microsoft’s $100 billion Nokia acquisition: Absolutely unbelievable! [April Fool, 2010]

By Ewan on February 21, 2011 in News

How prescient was my post last year for April Fools Day? It had the headline: Microsoft’s $100 billion Nokia acquisition: Absolutely unbelievable! It ruffled a few feathers during the morning of the 1st of April. The story was slightly believable. You know, you could imagine Microsoft buying Nokia. But it’d have been a big gamble. And [...]

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Video: Julien Fourgeaud on Nokia’s MWC press conference

By Ewan on February 14, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

I bumped into former Nokia/Symbian employee, Julien Fourgeaud, at the Nokia MWC press conference. Julien’s been following the company for some time and last week was very much on-the-money in predicting a lot of Nokia’s announcements on Friday. What does Julien make of the event, of Stephen Elop and of Nokia’s recent news? Here’s the [...]

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Video: Rafe Blandford on Nokia’s MWC press conference

By Ewan on February 14, 2011 in Devices

Just after Stephen Elop’s ‘Town Hall’ style press conference, I asked Rafe Blandford, editor of All About Symbian, for his read on the event. Here’s the video:

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That Nokia memo; How Nokia can still screw it up; and what I want to hear on Friday

By Ewan on February 10, 2011 in Devices, Opinion

I haven’t yet written about the Nokia Memo that’s been brilliantly leaked across the web today. I’ve had quite a few emails from people asking why not. I tweeted it. I scooped it (new tool I’ve been playing with). I figured those who were particularly interested had already found it on Engadget. The memo is [...]

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Google’s reaction to Nokia & Microsoft: “Turkeys”

By Ewan on February 9, 2011 in Devices

Google’s Vice President of Engineering, Vic Gundotra is not at all impressed with news that Nokia and Microsoft are aiming to work together. Not at all. Vic published this tweet with the hash-tag #feb11: So, Nokia’s definitely not doing business with Google Android in the short term then, eh? Depending on the configuration of the [...]

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