New Mozilla Add-on Challenge can get you a free Nokia N900
Mozilla has recently announced a new contest, called the Mobile Add-on Developer Challenge, through which it will offer 10 free Nokia N900 smartphones.
What you need to do is develop a Mozilla Firefox add-on for mobile and send it to Mozilla (or you can participate with an already-developed add-on).
The contest is open until December 7, 2009. [...]
Nokia 6316s, 3806 and 1506 officially announced in China
Nokia has just announced the upcoming release of three new CDMA phones for China Telecom: 6316s, 3806 and 1506.
First seen yesterday, the Nokia 6316s (aka Nokia 6316 slide) is a 3G “multimedia device” that comes with a stainless-steel body, a 2.2 inch QVGA display, GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, Web browser, email, dedicated music keys, 2MP camera [...]
Nokia 6316 slide does CDMA, should hit China soon
Just like Samsung, Nokia has recently unveiled several China-bound phones (Nokia 3208c, Nokia 6788), and it looks like a new one is coming soon: the Nokia 6316 slide.
Featuring CDMA 1xRTT EVDO connectivity, Nokia 6316 slide (or Nokia 6316s) seems to be headed to China Telecom.
There are almost no details about the specs of 6316 slide [...]
Nokia N900 is now shipping to Europe, Middle East, Russia and U.S
From the discussions on Twitter and Maemo.org, I get a feeling that there are a lot of frustrated fans eagerly awaiting the launch of Nokia N900 Maemo 5 handset.
And they have every right to be frustrated. Nokia announced the device in August with promised the delivery in October. And, in the beginning [...]
Nokia 5800 XpressMusic launched in South Korea
Available in Europe since last year, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was just launched in South Korea – as the country’s second 3G Nokia phone (after the Nokia 6210s released back in April).
The 5800 was launched via KT, South Korea’s second largest mobile carrier, and it’s available in two colors versions (red black and silver black), [...]
14 million Nokia-branded chargers are faulty, Nokia exchanges them for free
Nokia has just announced that a certain number of chargers manufactured for its phones by a third-party supplier could cause electric shock hazards and they need to be replaced.
The chargers come from Huizhou BYD Electronic and include model types AC-3U and AC-3E manufactured between June 15, 2009 and August 9, 2009, and model type AC-4U [...]
Nokia to launch Rihanna’s Rated R album, stream live concert
Nokia has just announced a new global music partnership with Universal Music Group International (UMGI) and the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG), dubbed Nokia Play 2010 and “created to deliver unique and exclusive music content to fans around the world.”
Nokia says that this coincides with the global availability of Nokia X6, its new flagship [...]
Nokia X6 to hit the UK on November 12
Announced two months ago as the flagship of the new Xseries family, the Nokia X6 is ready to hit the market and it looks like it will be available in the UK starting November 12.
Expansys lists the X6 as coming on this date, for no less than 529.99 GBP ($878). Of course, the phone’s price [...]
Nokia N900 to be released in U.S. next week! Nov. 14th, to be exact
I know many of you have been waiting for Nokia N900 to finally hit the shops.
And were extremely disappointed, when Nokia delayed the release of N900 from October to November. Without even bothering to reveal more concrete release date, or even week.
Well, your wait is almost over. There are reports that Nokia N900 [...]
Nokia N900 to hit the UK on Nov. 16, free on select contracts
After being delayed a bit by Nokia, the Maemo 5-based N900 is now almost ready to hit the market.
In the UK, customers will be able to buy the Nokia N900 starting November 16 and, depending on the contract and data plan they choose, they can get the smartphone even for free.
For example, you won’t have [...]