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Firms focus on smartphone-naive at Mobile World Congress

Chris Davies, Feb 27th 2012 Discuss [13]

Mobile World Congress – like many trade shows – is usually punctuated by high-end devices competing for deep Western pockets, but it’s devices and services for developing markets that have distinguished the big announcements in 2012. We’ve seen our fair share of uberphones, certainly. HTC had a trio of relatively high-end handsets, topping out with the quadcore HTC One X, and Panasonic’s ELUGA range is definitely targeting more affluent, style-influenced consumers. Yet for every one HTC One Series device sold, several more handsets phones to perhaps first-time smartphone buyers are likely to pass through the cash register, and it’s this market that manufacturers have targeted at MWC 2012.

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How Low Can Nokia Go?

Chris Davies, Feb 22nd 2012 Discuss [1]

Nokia is ramping up for a far more interesting Mobile World Congress than in recent years: having opted out of a presence in 2011, rumors have it that the Finns have at least two new Windows Phones to bolster their range. After the original Lumia 800 and 710, and the imminent Lumia 900 headed to AT&T, we’re also told to expect a new, higher-end device in the shape of a European 900 variant, along with an entry-level model that should cater to a more affordable price point. Question is, with Symbian’s appeal souring ahead of schedule, has Nokia done enough to shave away smartphone pricing.

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Gresso unveils extravagant Pure Black mobile phone

Shane McGlaun, Feb 15th 2012 Discuss [6]

Gresso has announced a new mobile phone the falls in the Grand Monaco collection is called the Pure Black phone. Like other products in the Grand Monaco collection, the Pure Black mobile phone is made of materials inspired by supercars. The phone will come in two editions with one called the Pure Black Cayman with crocodile leather on the back. Read The Full Story

Sorry Nokia Astound users, T-Mobile USA has dumped you

Chris Davies, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [5]

T-Mobile USA has frustrated already-irate Symbian fans in the US with the news that the Nokia Astound, the rebadged C7 priced at just $80 last year, will not receive an update to Nokia Belle, despite its European equivalent getting the OS upgrade. "Unfortunately the Nokia Astound on T-Mobile will not be updated to Nokia Belle" Nokia US confirmed via Twitter. Read The Full Story

Nokia 803 detailed, last of the Symbian Belles

Chris Burns, Feb 8th 2012 Discuss [7]

What may very well be the final Symbian device on the market has been tipped and detailed, it having what sources are saying is the largest camera sensor on a mobile phone yet. This information comes from BGR who have an exclusive source speaking on what this device will hold: a full 4-inch AMOLED display, for starters, instead of the 3.5-inch display that'd been rumored before. Next there's an HDMI-out port, a bit of the ol' microSIM, and NFC built in. This could be the Symbian to bring back the OS or it could be one final fabulous blast before it's all over forever. Read The Full Story

Nokia Belle released for loyal Symbian users

Chris Davies, Feb 7th 2012 Discuss [4]

Nokia has begun pushing out Nokia Belle to existing Symbian handset owners, bringing phones like the N8, E7 and X7 up to speed with the far-improved upgrade to the OS. Distributed via Nokia Suite - it's too large for an OTA release, Nokia says - the new platform version consists of aesthetic and functional changes, including a boost to six homescreens now with more flexible shortcuts and widgets, along with 30fps HD video recording. Read The Full Story

Nokia Belle upgrade on Feb 8 2012 tips yanked site

Chris Davies, Jan 30th 2012 Discuss [3]

Nokia has apparently confirmed a February 8 2012 release date for Nokia Belle, the software update to Symbian on the Nokia N8, E7, X7, E6 and C6-01, though the announcement was seemingly premature. A news page regarding Belle was posted by Nokia Vietnam but subsequently yanked - you can see it in Google's cache - Read The Full Story

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Nokia Bought Time, But That Clock Is Ticking

Chris Davies, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [20]

$1.25 billion in losses would normally be a pretty dire way to end a quarter, but Nokia managed to muster just enough sugar for lemonade with more than a million sales of its first two Windows Phone handsets. After months of “we’ll launch by the end of the year” promises, Elop & Co. came through with not one but two smartphones based on Microsoft’s OS, turning that duo into a trio at CES 2012 earlier this month. As foundations go it’s a solid start, but make no mistake: it only gets tougher from here.

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Nokia silent on N9 sales as MeeGo kept out of spotlight

Chris Davies, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [26]

Nokia has confirmed that its smartphone sales included in this morning's financial results reveal were buoyed by the MeeGo-powered Nokia N9, though the company has declined to specify exactly how many of the niche-appeal handsets were sold. "Our ASP in the fourth quarter 2011 benefited from the sales of the higher priced Nokia N9 and Nokia Lumia devices" the Q4 2011 report indicated, though a Nokia spokesperson said the company would not be breaking down its smartphone figures to detail individual devices. Read The Full Story

Symbian^3 bootloader leak could see Android on N8 and E7

Chris Davies, Jan 8th 2012 Discuss [8]

The full sourcecode for Symbian^3 has been released, unofficially, together with the bootloader for Nokia devices running the OS, opening the door to other platforms being installed on the company's phones. The source, shared at DailyMobile, means that enterprising hackers could eventually install Android, Windows Phone 7 or other platforms onto Nokia hardware. Read The Full Story

Gresso Avantgarde Grand Premiere mobile phone is $50K!

Shane McGlaun, Dec 22nd 2011 Discuss [1]

Gresso is the place where the rich go to buy suitably ostentatious gadgets that looks fancy, but often lack the features in much cheaper device. Gresso has a new mobile phone called the Grand Premiere mobile phone. The device is covered in 5.3 ounces of 18K gold. The yellow gold is offset by the black surface of the sapphire screen. Read The Full Story

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