Think the N8 is Nokia’s only weapon in the modern smartphone fight? We all know Nokia loves to pump out hardware left and right. While that isn’t necessarily the best approach, I can admire their spirit. With that said, the N8 is a pretty interesting device on paper and when first held in the hand. It’s just the OS still feels a bit antiquated. Can the N9 solve that? On the OS front, not so much. It’ll still rock the same Symbian OS...
Bad news bears for Symbian/Nokia lovers — look like Nokia will be testing the limits of what “3rd quarter” means. While the Finnish phone manufacturer hasn’t officially announced a specific release date (instead opting for a rather vague “late 3rd quarter”), late August has come to the more or less “unofficial official” date, with numerous outfits pointing towards it. However, folks in Germany are going to be going to bed a...
What’s one of the most important features you buy a phone for? Now, ask yourself what you’d still like to see added to your phone of the future. Does a self-standing/awake-the-user type of thing interest you? I’ll stay away from the word “gimmick” for now, because if Nokia can pull of the Kinetic concept above and actually build in useful features, it’ll be pretty slick. The basic idea is that when a new message or call comes in, the...
One of Apple’s routine talking points of their mobile Safari browser is just how fast it is, often citing Javascript performance as a good indicator. Yesterday however, several sites started running with a story showing that Android 2.2 (Froyo) and the Nexus One in particular downright stomp on iOS 4 when it comes to Javascript. But more than two can tango at this game. MeeGo may not be widely available (hell, a lot of people probably haven’t the slightest...
A couple weeks back, an N8 “review” of sorts was published (NOT Google translated) by Mobile-review journalist, Eldar Murtazin. In the review, his criticism was extremely evident, though, he did make note that the hardware and software in his possession were extremely early prototype builds. His object wasn’t to completely trash Nokia’s upcoming N8/Symbian^3 efforts but instead to just show what is coming as well as the quality of the unit…in...
