Intel and Nokia researching 3D UI and holograms for cellph

Chip maker Intel and cellphone leader Nokia have come together to create the first joint laboratory to focus on researching futuristic technologies for mobile devices, like 3D holographic displays for cellphones. The Intel and Nokia Joint Innovation... 

Nokia takes matters into its own hands, acquires US mobile

Nokia announced on Friday that it entered into an agreement to acquire US mobile analytics firm Motally for an undisclosed sum. The deal will give the Finnish cellphone leader the ability to understand how people use mobile apps, including enabled third-party... 

Nokia’s MeeGo-powered N9, inspired by the MacBook Pro

Although Nokia’s N9 slider smartphone is still in development, the first images have began popping up on Chinese forums. According to those seemingly credible leaks, the case of the prototype device is said to be entirely metallic, with black plastic... 

Nokia: We don’t need Android, N8 due in US in Q4

Some news from Nokia dropped recently: The company will launch the N8, their new flagship Symbian smartphone, in the US before October. A new milestone device powered by MeeGo software is coming soon. Nokia doesn’t need Android to compete and,... 

Apple posts the Nokia N97 mini death grip video

Responding publicly to Apple’s claim that nearly any smartphone can lose signal strength if held in a certain way, watchers opined that Nokia’s statement was the most respectful of Apple’s rivals. Maybe that encouraged Apple to post... 

Wall Street Journal: Nokia looking to replace their CEO

How quickly titans fall. Go back a mere five years and take a look at the landscape of the mobile phone industry and while you’ll find the primordial smartphone here or there, the vast majority of phones out there were mere mobiles… and Finnish... 

Nokia asks Russian authorities for assistance in returning

Apple isn’t the only company that has a problem keeping a grip on its prototypes. Now Nokia is experiencing the same pains as Apple did with the N8 prototype. Somehow a Russian blogger by the name of Eldar Murtazin got his hands on a Nokia N8... 

Nokia demos MeeGo running on a phone

Last week Nokia announced that future N-series phones would not use the Symbian operating system. While Symbian will still be used for lower-end smartphones Nokia is moving to MeeGo for high-end devices. A week later and a video has appeared of MeeGo... 

Nokia steps up rivalry with Apple, shows five phone grips

This is precious – Nokia shows the world the right ways to hold a phone in your hand, an unambiguous reference to Apple’s ugly antenna issues with iPhone 4. Exploiting the fact that holding Apple’s new phone in a certain way kills the... 

Future Nokia N-series phones to run MeeGo

Nokia has decided that future phones in its N-series will no longer use the Symbian operating system. Instead, the mobile phone manufacturer is moving to use the Linux OS MeeGo. MeeGo is the result of combining Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin... 

Adobe finally releases Flash Player 10.1 for mobile

This is huge: The first-ever fully featured mobile Flash implementation is finally ready for public consumption. It arrives after several delays and amid the heated exchange between Adobe and Apple over the long-term viability of the Flash platform.... 

What is Wrong With Nokia?

Nokia certainly knows how to break bad news. They released a press release on Wednesday with the title “Nokia lowers Devices & Services second quarter 2010 outlook and updates the full year 2010 outlook”. What the heck is going on over... 

Nokia announces bicycle charger for mobile phones

There is one obvious challenge to offering mobile phones in emerging markets: the availability of electricity to charge a mobile phone. You can’t expect people to be driving around cars with chargers when most in the market might be riding bicycles.... 

Nokia’s Instant Community System will bring ad-hoc chat

Nokia needs something different to combat the iPhone. Their latest technology shown off by the Nokia Research labs might be just the thing: it’s a tech that is designed to create imprompty WiFi mesh networks for chat and media sharing. It’s... 

Nokia’s legal sharks sue Apple over the iPhone and 3G iP

Nokia has fired another legal salvo across Apple’s bow, announcing Friday it’s suing the Cupertino gadget maker over alleged patent infringements found in both the iPhone and 3G iPad. As if their ongoing legal wrangling isn’t enough,...