The Nokia X3, a mobile phone many of us may recall that launched in September has gained the nod of the FCC. This phone is not 3G capable but comes armed with an array of features such as a 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, stereo speakers, micro SD expansion ports and dedicated music keys. Though there is no word on who among AT&T and T-Mobile will be carrying it, The Nokia X3 will retail for about $169.

(Source) Mobile Crunch

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On top of the Nokia 2220 and 2690 that were presented by Nokia earlier today, they’ve got three new cellphones: the Nokia 1280, 1616, and 1800.

All these three cellphones are very basic as you can check by their price, €20, €24 and €26 respectively. In terms of features, besides being able to make/receive calls and text messages, the cellphones feature FM radio, a flashlight, an anti-scratch cover and dust-resistant keymat, and also a prepaid tracker. As for the battery life, it is close to 22 days if the phone is in standby mode.

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Nokia announced a couple of new cellphones including the Nokia 2220 and the Nokia 2690.

The Nokia 2220 will be released this year and can be considered a basic cellphone, the goodies include bluetooth, a VGA camera, support for Ovi Mail, MMS, and being able to record FM radio broadcasts. Its price tag is set at $66.

As for the Nokia 2690, it’s a big brother of the 2220 and in addition to the previously mentioned features, it also has a 3.5mm jack and a 2GM microSD expansion card. This model will only become available in 2010, and cost approximately $80.

Tags: 2220, 2690, Cell Phones, Cellphone, Nokia, Nokia

The S60 platform that is used in many Nokia cellphones all around the world has received a serious support update, because Google Voice and S60 can now work together.

The announcement was made today at the Google Mobile Logo, and one of the cool features is the voice-based search, which lets users speak where they want to go, instead of having to type it down like it happens in most cases. The other good feature is the related to the google search shortcut that is placed at the home screen of any S60 mobile phone.

The Google Voice for S60 can be downloaded for free at m.google.com

More info at Google Mobile Blog

Tags: Google Voice, Mobile News, Nokia, Nokia, platform, s60

The official numbers are in and the mobile business look to be improving. 290.5 million cell phones have been sold in Q3 which is 5.6% more than Q2 2009. Furthermore analysts predict that the final quarter of 2009 will see a year-to-year improvement. Q4 2009 mobile phone sales should amount to 300 million handset which would be 3% more than in Q4 2008.

Atop the mobile business Nokia is still the leader with 37.3% market share. Samsung follows with 20.7% while LG is far behind on third position with 10.9%. Sony Ericsson and Motorola have swapped places with Moto closing the top five at 4.7% market share. Sony Ericsson is probably going to lose fourth place soon as it only surpassed Motorola by 0.2% which translates into 0.5 million units. Do you think Verizon can sell that many Droids in the following months?

via bussineswire

Tags: Droid, LG, LG, Motorola, Motorola, Nokia, Nokia, Samsung, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Sony Ericsson

Can someone explain why there are so many gadgets colored in pink? Is it because women love the color pink? I guess so… So anyway, good news for lovers of pink gadgets, because Nokia has presented the Illuvial Colletion, which basically takes some Nokia models and adds a color + goodies.

The Nokia 5530, 6303, and 6700 were the chosen models for this collection, and besides getting the pink colors, they are also come with a leather case and strap. And there are even a few pink backgrounds for the cellphone included in the deal. The Illuvial Collection is already available on the UK and will become available on Europe in the following weeks.

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The time has come for Nokia to announce the shutdown of their gaming service commonly known as Ni-Gage.

The killing time is set for 2010, but fans of the system can buy games and download them until September 2010. On the other hand, the online N-Gage community, which is pretty big, will be up until the end of 2010.

After the shutdown, the only place where you’ll be able to find games is at the Ovi Store, because Nokia has confirmed that it won’t publish any new games. As the singer would say… “Another one bites the dust!”

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Epocware has released a new application for the Symbian S60 platform, version 3.0 and 5.0. It is named “Handy Phoneguard” and as the name suggests it is suppose to guard your cellphone. In other words, it won’t authorize other people to access your data in case you lose the phone.

The Handy Phoneguard has a special feature that seems pretty good, which is protecting your data - contacts, messages, images, videos, etc- via password and encryption - so whoever gets (or steals) your phone won’t have that joy…

Other features of the Phoneguard include: delete data in case the cellphone gets stolen; and setting up a password when turning on the phone.

Tags: epocware, handy phoneguard, Mobile Software, Nokia, Nokia

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

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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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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

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

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

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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