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DOMK Receives Confirmation That 1st “SolaPad” Units Are Being Prepared for Shipment
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New Autodesk SketchBook Ink App Delivers Stunning Creative Tools for iPad
24 May 2012 12:59 PM | No CommentsSAN RAFAEL, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) launched Autodesk SketchBook Ink for iPad paint and drawing app, the latest release from the company’s popular SketchBook...
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Vegas Tech Start Up Questionable LLC Launches Questionable Friends iPhone App
23 May 2012 4:53 PM | No CommentsLAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Questionable™ today introduced Questionable Friends™ for iPhone®. Questionable Friends lets you send questions to your contacts and provides instant feedback as questions are answered. Answers can be ...
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Sidecar Revolutionizes Phone Calls by Bringing “Smart Calling” to Smartphones
22 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsSAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Launching today, Sidecar (www.sidecar.me) is a new mobile app that brings Smart Calling to smartphones. Smart Calling allows people to share live See What I See video, brilliant ...
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TransCore Launches Mobile iPad App for TransSuite Traffic Management System
21 May 2012 12:00 PM | No CommentsWASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Intelligent Transportation Society of America Annual Meeting – TransCore brings the ease of mobile computing to its TransSuite® advanced traffic management system (ATMS), launching its iPad® ...
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Software Nokia Archive
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Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices?
Posted on November 18, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Software, Nokia, Linux, Symbian
Confused by Nokia's dual-platform, Maemo 5 and S60 5th Edition smartphone choices? You're not alone. Fortunately, things are starting to become a bit more clear thanks to some loose-lipped members of Maemo's marketing team attending an official N900 meet-up in London last night. According to The Really Mobile Project, Nokia will drop S60 from all of its flagship N-series consumer devices in favor of Maemo. Apparently, Nokia has been pleasantly surprised by the enthusiastic response to the N900 OS even though the enthusiast package is not quite ready for mass-market appeal. Mind you, the transition won't be instantaneous as anyone with an N900 (and a clear mind) can attest -- the OS, services, and apps just can't compare to the mature S60 platform regardless of Maemo 5's superior user experience. As such, we'll continue to see N-Series handsets already in development pop with S60 on board alongside mass-market Maemo devices as the platform matures to the point that Nokia can make the full switch by 2012. Assuming, of course, Nokia doesn't end up adding webOS to its portfolio somewhere along the way.
[Thanks, Sockatume]Nokia abandoning S60 for Maemo on future N-Series devices? originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia reveals 2015 vision while struggling with 2009 realities (video)
Posted on November 11, 2009 | No CommentsWhen Nokia talks about the future it's generally a good idea to pay attention. After all, even with diminishing market share, a split Maemo and Symbian smartphone strategy, and less than stellar financials, the company remains the world's leading supplier of handsets with a proven ability to innovate. So take notice when Nokia's head of corporate strategy, Heikki Norta, describes what life will be like in 2015 in a video littered with high-tech devices driven by finger-based UIs. Of course, five years is generally only enough time for the nascent technologies we see today to mature enough for mass market acceptance -- in other words, readers of Engadget won't find anything mind-blowing in a presentation laced with liberal doses of augmented reality, pervasive connectivity, dual-display clamshells, and as always: micro projectors and laser keyboards. Beyond hardware and software, Nokia sees itself at the heart of a global network aggregating data from hundreds of millions of intelligent devices for an unprecedented level of knowledge sharing that enables services such as highly localized traffic reports and weather trends. Fun stuff and certainly worth a few minutes to ponder on your own. Still, it's difficult to get too excited by the vision from a company that was not only totally caught off guard by consumer trends at the margin-rich (read: money making) end of its devices portfolio, but also so slow to respond in any meaningful way.
[Via Slashgear]Continue reading Nokia reveals 2015 vision while struggling with 2009 realities (video)
Nokia reveals 2015 vision while struggling with 2009 realities (video) originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Opera Mobile 10 features tabbed browsing, disses WinMo
Posted on November 4, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Software, Nokia, Symbian
Symbian freaks, do we have a treat for you! While all your WinMo-lovin' friends are out there with Opera Mobile 9.5 (or possibly 9.7), a beta of version 10 has just been announced exclusively for Nokia / Symbian smartphones. As well as being as speedy as ever (fifty percent faster than previous Symbian versions, or so it's been claimed), this release features a new-and-improved user interface, a "speed dial" page that displays all your fave sites as icons, and tabbed browsing. Not too shabby, eh? Hit the read link to get the thing for your Symbian/S60 phone -- but not before peeping the video after the break.
[Via Mobile Tech World]
Continue reading Opera Mobile 10 features tabbed browsing, disses WinMo
Opera Mobile 10 features tabbed browsing, disses WinMo originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform
Posted on October 30, 2009 | No Comments
Nokia has officially announced that it will put an end to its problem-plagued N-Gage gaming service, integrating it into its Ovi Store. The move isn't really a shocker, and while Nokia has confirmed that no further games will be published, it's also said that it will continue to sell currently available games in the Ovi Store (as of today) until the end of September 2010. The N-Gage website, which holds the Arena and community boards, will also continue until that time. Nokia says that any already purchased games will continue to run on the mobile device, but that any connected community features will be non-functional come 2010.
[Via Pocket Lint]Nokia announces the end of its N-Gage gaming platform originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed
Posted on October 28, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Software, Nokia, Symbian
Mobile World Congress came and went all those months ago without an app store for Symbian freaks, but you know what? That's OK -- Rome wasn't built in a day, y'know. Besides, all that is changing now that the Symbian Foundation has announced that Horizon, the publishing program / mobile marketplace, is up and running as we speak. Currently the home of fifty award winning downloads (including Bubblewrap!) users can look forward to "thousands of applications in 2010." What are you waiting for? Hit that read link to get started -- but not before you peep the PR to see how you too can begin developing for the platform. It's after the break.
[Via TrustedReviews]Continue reading Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed
Symbian Horizon app store launched, dev program detailed originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 hits the tubes, is ready for your attention
Posted on October 27, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Handsets, Software, Nokia, Symbian
Got an N97? Yeah? Reckoned that Nokia has forgotten about your loyalty and moved all of its focus onto the N900? Fret not, dearest early adopter -- the engineers in Espoo are making good on a promise to clear out lots of bugs in the aforesaid handset with firmware 2.0, and if we're seeing this right, it's available now to download all over the world. We know, you 5800 owners are clamoring for the same type of TLC, but for now it looks like the pricier sibling is getting its due. Hit the read link and get your download going, and make sure to report back on your kinetic scrolling experience, cool?
[Thanks, Daniel]Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 hits the tubes, is ready for your attention originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Maemo 6 UI concept revealed to include portrait mode, capacitive multitouch
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No CommentsFiled under: Software, Nokia, Linux
Today at the Maemo Summit -- which we like to imagine happens in a lavish, remote mountain fortress somewhere in Finland -- Nokia dropped some interesting hints about what we can expect from Maemo 6. Look for both portrait and landscape support, multitouch, capacitive touchscreens, an "iconic user experience and integrated internet services in one aesthetic package" (as opposed to a user experience that lacks icons, integrated internet services, or aesthetics, we suppose), and a desktop significantly larger than the display, which can be navigated either vertically or horizontally: Nokia is calling this "the canvas principle," although we'd call it "possibly quite confusing" unless the design is particularly well implemented. But the designers have plenty of time for that: Maemo 6 probably won't see the light of day until late 2010. Hit the read link for plenty more mind-blowing slides.
[Via SlashGear]Maemo 6 UI concept revealed to include portrait mode, capacitive multitouch originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 11:10:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Nokia makes Qt port to Maemo 5 and N900 official (video)
Posted on October 9, 2009 | No CommentsHey developers, Nokia's got a special treat for you today. It just announced the official port of the community-driven Qt for Maemo project. That means a common framework for writing native applications (and web apps and services thanks to Webkit integration) across Maemo 5 and future Maemo 6 releases, Symbian, and Windows Mobile. That's a broad reach in terms of devices (including the hotly anticipated N900) and marketshare and a smart move by Nokia in an era where devices are differentiated not by hardware and OS but by their ability to run apps and connect to web services. A "technology preview" release is available now and scheduled for final release (based on Qt 4.6) in Q1 of 2010. Click through for a wee taste.
Continue reading Nokia makes Qt port to Maemo 5 and N900 official (video)
Nokia makes Qt port to Maemo 5 and N900 official (video) originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Is the Nokia Booklet 3G just an overpriced netbook? This promo video says so.
Posted on September 2, 2009 | No Comments
Everyone, you can breath easy, the Nokia Booklet 3G is here. It's got an Intel Atom, 120GB HDD, 1GB of RAM, WiFi, HDMI, and 3G. So why the hell does it cost so much? Nokia has set the price of the 3G model - is there a non-3G model? - at 600 Euros, which is roughly $853 USD. That's a lot for a netbook. Especially for one that's basically a cloned version of the Acer Aspire One 3G 10.1-inch. Even the official promo video doesn't present a strong case of what sets this netbook apart.
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Nokia And Microsoft Make An Unholy Alliance To Bring Office Mobile To More Phones
Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
Microsoft and Nokia announced a broad ranging alliance this morning which will bring Microsoft Office and other productivity software to a Nokia phones. The agreement marks "the first time Microsoft will make Office for non windows mobile phones," says Microsoft Business Division President Stephen Elop. There are 200 million Nokia smart phones out there, and Microsoft wants its software on all of them eventually.
But initially, the alliance is targeting enterprise customers and will be integrated into Nokia's E Series business phones. The Microsoft software and features that will be ported to Nokia phones include: