This wooden device is from Nokia, and is known as the Storyplay. It’s not really an e-reader per se, but it holds a real book, such as the Sesame Street classic The Monster at the End of the Book. The screen on the left is continuous footage of Elmo reading the book, and the screen on the right a relative (not Max Headroom) on a live feed.

The purpose of this device is for long distance family relationships. So if Grandma lives in Florida and you live California, she can still read to little junior from all the way over there. Assuming she can figure out how to work the camera on the other end. See a video of it after the jump.

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Rogers Wireless has released the Nokia Surge, a quick-messaging device that should be ideal for mobile device multi-tasking individuals requiring a lot from their handy mobile device. The phone is based on the Symbian OS, where users can run multiple applications such as instant messaging and media files simultaneously. Armed with a QWERTY keyboard, it also comes with powerful browsing capabilities.

The Nokia Surge is now available at Rogers Wireless in Canada for only $29.99 with a 3-year contract.

(Source) Press

Tags: Canada, capabilities, instant messaging, mobile device, Nokia, Nokia, Qwerty keyboard, rogers wireless, symbian os

If you’re a T-Mobile UK customer packing a Nokia phone then you’ll probably be more than happy to find out that your carrier is going to offer you Nokia’s Comes With Music service. The offer is only available if you get a new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone with it too. The service will be available free of charge for a whole year once you chose a new 2-year plan of at least £30 per month. Besides unlimited music downloads you will also get unlimited mobile Internet and unlimited SMS messages so the bundle doesn’t sound bad at all, does it?

via pocket-lint

Tags: 5800, comes with music, Mobile News, music, Nokia, Nokia, Portable Devices, service, T-Mobile, UK, XpressMusic

Nokia has recently presented a new handset made specifically for China, it is named Nokia 6788 and will become available later this year in December.

This is the first Nokia handset that features the TD-SCDMA technology which is good for the high-speeds of 3G available on China.

The Nokia 6788 has the usual Symbian S60 as the operative system, and in terms of features it comes with a 2.8-inch QVGA screen, a 5-megapixel camera (carls-zeiss with auto focus and sliding lens cover), and an internal memory of 4GB. For now the price is unknown, but we do know it will be available in two colors: black + red, or brown + gold.

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For those who are looking forward to Nokia’s N900 will have to wait until sometime in November. This T-Mobile 3G mobile device has 32 GB of internal storage, a 600 MHz processor, 3D graphics accelerator, WLAN connectivity, Quadband GSM with GPRS and EDGE, and full-screen browsing.

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Tags: Cell Phones, N900, N900 delay, Nokia, Nokia, nokia n900

Nokia N97 owners have been patiently waiting for an update of the firmware for a long time, but they don’t need to wait anymore because v20 has been released.

The v20 of the firmware for Nokia N97 has some notable improvements, such as: better touch screen usability; inclusion of Ovi Maps 3.1 with 3D maps; Nokia Email; improved battery performance and video stability; and VoIP support among other details.

To get the update just launch the Nokia Software updater, or you can also download it via this link.

Tags: Cell Phones, firmware, Mobile Software, N97, Nokia, Nokia, v20

Nokia has sued Apple for infringement rights on certain Nokia patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN standards. The complaint was officially filed at Federal District Court in Delaware where Nokia claims that their patents were infringed by all Apple iPhone models since 2007. Nokia has been a known leader in GSM development and has actually invested over 40 billion EUROS on research and development. Other than GSM, Nokia has also authored the evolution of UMTS / 3G WCDMA as well as wireless LAN which is without question present in most Apple iPhone devices.

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Tags: 3g wcdma, Apple, Apple iPhone, delaware, evolution, federal district court, gsm nokia, infringement, Mobile News, models, Nokia, patents, research and development, wireless lan standards

You know, for the longest time, I’ve made do with Tracfones.  They’re dirt cheap–thirty bucks every three months–and for as little as I use them, I don’t need a phone with a whole lot of bells and whistles.  At least, that’s what I thought before the crew out at Puremobile sent me a Nokia N97 to take a look at, and I got a first hand look at how stone-axe primitive I was living in terms of cell phones.

The Nokia N97 cell phone is a small, smooth smartphone that comes with a panoply of options so wide and varied that it made my head spin the first time I tried it.  This sucker comes with a five megapixel camera, GPS capability, map software, web browsing, and a fully functional QWERTY keyboard hidden underneath the phone’s front panel.  It has an autorotate sensor that lets you go from landscape to portrait with a flick of the wrist, 32 gigs of onboard storage and 128 megs of RAM.

I actually once used a COMPUTER with less RAM than this phone carries. The sheer number of options contained within this phone, the sheer number of things it can do, boggles my mind, and it seems like with every passing day, I find more things that this Swiss Army knife of a phone can do.

I confess to a certain amount of amazement with this phone.  It replaces so many things with a device roughly the size of two credit cards taped together.  Considering that, as far as I can tell from Amazon, this sucker has a retail cost of seven hundred dollars, this is a great one to consider if you want a top of the line model.  More budget conscious folks may want to stick with the Tracfone.

Tags: 5 megapixel camera, browser, Cell Phones, GPS, maps, Nokia, Nokia, Nokia N97, options, smartphone, Uncategorized

The last we heard of the Nokia 5230 was back in August when it was announced to be hitting store shelves sometime later this year. It’s no surprise we haven’t heard much of it with handsets such as the HTC HD2 taking all the spotlight.

But anyways, if you’re a fan of the Symbian S60 operating system you’ll appreciate the fact that the Nokia 5230 has gotten pictured up close and personal. This phone features a 3.2-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth 2.0, and a 2MP camera.

Nokia has also pushed the release date to January of next year.

via dailymobile.se

Tags: Cell Phones, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, nokia 5230, pictured, Symbian S60

We’ve seen a lot of mobile phones get leaked today and we have one more for you. In all honesty this one is an Internet tablet and it’s apparently going to be made by Nokia. The N920 in the picture here hasn’t been officially confirmed yet but we hear it’s going to be available at some point next year The N920 will come with features like a 4.13-inch capacitive touchscreen and Maemo 6. Unlike the N900 this one comes without a keyboard or keypad and it’s a lot bigger.

To be fair we also have to assume that we’re looking at a photoshopped picture and, although Nokia will probably launch a N900 successor in the future, it might not look at all like the one we’ve seen today.

via unwired

Tags: internet tablet, leak, Maemo 6, Mobile News, N900, N920, Nokia, Nokia

After we’ve seen WIND’s upcoming 3G handsets get leaked it’s time to see what HSPA smartphones will Bell launch in the near future. If you happen to live in Canada then get ready to be pleasantly surprised. You might not like some of the prices you’re about to see but you’re surely going to love some of the phones listed below. The first price represents the 3-year contract subsidized offer while the second one shows you how much you’d have to fork out for the phone without a lengthy contract! So without further ado, here’s the list!

• LG Xenon: $89.95, $289.95
• Samsung Impact: $79.95, $279.95
• Samsung Omnia 2: $349.95, $549.95
• Apple iPhone 3G 8GB $399.95, $599.95 — probably $149 after in store rebates
• Apple iPhone 3GS 16GB: $499.95, $699.95 — probably $199 after in store rebates
• Apple iPhone 3GS 32GB: $599.95, $799.95 — probably $299 after in store rebates
• BlackBerry Bold 9000: $399.95, $599.95 — probably $149-$199 after in store rebates
• BlackBerry 9700: $399.95, $599.95 — probably $249 after in store rebates
• Nokia 2730: $29.95, $119.95
• Nokia 6350: $49.95, $249.95

Did you just find your future phone? And Bell has a few data cards launching soon too. They are all Novatel HSPA cards that will be able to take advantage of the newest HSPA Canadian network.

via BGR

Tags: 2730, 6350, Apple, Apple, Bell, BlackBerry, Bold, HSPA, impact, iPhone, Mobile News, Nokia, Nokia, Novatel, Omnia II, Research In Motion, Samsung, Samsung, Wind

Nokia has long been known as one of the premiere handset makers on Earth with a staggering market share. Today, however, the news is not the same as Nokia has just posted a $834 million quarterly loss, but that’s not all.

The mega handset manufacturer also let us know that their smartphone market share is also down to 35% as compared to 41% in last quarter.

Is this the beginning of the end for Nokia? Perhaps once their N900 hits the market these numbers will be a bit different? Only time could tell.

via engadaget

Tags: Cell Phones, Loss, Market share, Nokia, Nokia, smartphone

A little while ago we told you that Best Buy is the exclusive retailer of Nokia’s first netbook, the Booklet 3G. At that time no carrier was willing to subsidized the netbook, but all that has changed by now. AT&T is the first carrier that’s going to sell the Nokia Booklet 3G in the USA. The netbook will be available for $299 with a 2-year contract. That’s the cheapest version available with a $60 per month data plan. Other prices will also be available with cheaper monthly data plans and AT&T will also sell the device without a contract for $599. The netbook will be available in just over a week, on October 22, as soon as Windows 7 will be launched. Will you get it?

via Engadget

Tags: At&T, At&T, best buy, Booklet 3G, netbook, Nokia, Nokia, Windows Mobile 7

Singaporeans will have the chance of purchasing a very special version of the Nokia N97 Mini. The RAOUL is a Special but very limited Edition phone. If you do want a Mini instead of the real N97, and if you do want a RAOUL, then you’ll have to pay around 400 Euros or about $589 to get it. What do you get? A leather case with the word RAOUL on it, an additional emblazoned back cover and a custom designed Fashion Asia widget. Only 1,000 units will be available so hurry up and get one if you really want it.

via GSM Arena

Tags: Cell Phones, Mini, N97, Nokia, Nokia, Raoul, Singapore, special edition

As the Holiday season starts to draw near, T-Mobile USA has announced its special mobile phone lineup. The new phones to be offered carry 3G connectivity, touch-screen and stylish flip phone features. The upcoming batch promises to appeal and deliver to the consumer’s needs, particularly the ones who have made mobile phones a prime gadget to use for texting, calling and web interaction. Among the phones up for grabs this coming Holiday season include the following:

• T-Mobile myTouch 3G Fender Limited Edition
• Samsung Behold II
• Motorola CLIQ with MOTOBLUR
• T-Mobile Tap
• Nokia 3711

These phones are for a limited time offer only. Prices will vary and interested buyers must avail of T-Mobile voice and data plans to be eligible.

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T-Mobile has a brand new project ready for its current and future customers. Dubbed as Project Dark or Project Black, T-Mobile’s new initiative is very secret. That doesn’t mean we don’t have some hot stuff for you. It looks like T-Mobile is getting ready to roll out its very own 21Mbps HSPA network, launch a new $50 Everything Unlimited plan and announce a few hot new phones like the BlackBerry Bold 2 and the Nokia N900. That will all happen at once and T-Mobile should make everything official by the end of October. In the mean time we hear T-Mobile is training the staff for the upcoming changes and the carrier isn’t prepared to confirm anything just yet.

via Gizmodo

Tags: BlackBerry, Bold 2, Mobile News, N900, Nokia, Nokia, Project Black, Project Dark, Research In Motion, T-Mobile, T-Mobile

T-Mobile has announced the addition of two new phones that will be added to their selling list, more specifically the Tap and Nokia 3711.

The Nokia 3711 can be considered a normal phone, with one goodie which is the inclusion of GPS with Nokia Maps. It also comes with a 2-megapixel camera, and it should be released in the upcoming weeks.

As for the Tap, it is a touchscreen cellphone available in two colors - berry and blue - and boasts GPS, stereo blutooth, and a 2-megapixel camera as well. Unfortunately there are no exact release dates, and no information about the price.

Tags: 3711, Cell Phones, Nokia, Nokia, T-Mobile, T-Mobile, tap

If you were dying to know how Nokia’s N900 handled the web you can stop because a video has hit the web showing off the handset’s web browser.

This web browser is based on work done by Mozilla and I have to say it handles the web quite will with snappy response times, full Flash support and a control scheme similar to one we’ve all come to know and love with Apple’s iPhone.

Anyways, watch the video and let us know what you think of it in the comments.

via hothardware

Tags: Cell Phones, flash, Maemo 5, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Nokia, nokia n900, video, web browser

It has been tradition for the FCC to take a phone apart so that they can carefully check and scrutinize all internal components before approving them. The latest phone that underwent the knife is the much publicized Nokia X6 which is scheduled to be released by the end of the year. As you can see, it is a far cry from the Nokia X6 which was reported here at mobilewhack last month.

The Nokia X6 features a 3.2” touchscreen, a 5 megapixel camera and even a TV out. It comes with 32GB of internal storage and will retail for about $459.

(Source) Engadget Mobile

Tags: Cell Phones, far cry, fcc, internal components, internal storage, megapixel camera, mobile nokia, Nokia, tradition, X6

Nothing is exactly official right now but it looks like Best Buy appears to be the exclusive reseller of Nokia’s first netbook, the Booklet 3G. The good news is that Best Buy might end up selling it for just $599.99 which is about $200 cheaper than European prices. It’s still more expensive than other netbooks but then again the competition doesn’t have features like Windows 7, SIM-card support or 12-hour batteries does it?

The bad news is that no U.S. carrier seems interested in subsidizing it. You’ll only be able to get it from Nokia USA or Best Buy stores for now. We’ll be back when the Booklet 3G becomes officially available to confirm all these rumors!

via phonearena

Tags: best buy, Booklet 3G, exclusive, netbook, netbooks, Nokia, Nokia