Building on the extensive portfolio of devices in North America, Nokia today announced it will bring a US optimized version of the Nokia E63 to the North American market. The Nokia E63 will be available in the coming weeks for the estimated retail price of USD 279.00 allowing consumers the ability to own this great messaging device for an affordable price. The North American variant of the Nokia E...

Imagine a world where you play your mobile music on your home stereo, where you control your music devices with your mobile, where digital content flies between your home devices and your phone. This is the world that Nokia and Philips are building. Taking the next steps towards making this vision a reality, Nokia and Philips announce a new collaboration to bring consumers the ultimate user-friend...

To go alongside the update of Truphone on the iPhone and iPod Touch to include Skype, CEO Geraldine Wilson told the GTD Times that because of the ease of use for the developer, they have no plans to offer future developments to platforms that were not supported by an App Store similar to Apple's endeavour.

It seems that the Symbian Foundation has an interim web site up, with the main thing of interest being that you might like to apply for a job with it, in San Francisco or Finland. Fancy a change and a chance to influence the next five or ten years of mobile phone OS development?

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas Nokia has announced that the Nokia E63 will shortly be available in the US. The Nokia E63 is a QWERTY-equipped S60 phone and is effectively a budget version of the Nokia E71. It has a 2.0 megapixel camera, WiFi and 3G connectivity, and runs S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. It will have an esitmated retail price of $279 (unlocked) and will be avail...

The classical Nokia N95 (N95-1) just received a new firmware. The new firmware is version 31.0.017 and it should be available for most of the Product Codes already. If you want to hack your N95 don’t update, because this version is not hackable. If you don’t care about hacking your phone you can easily update

Ooh, you all know how much I love Google Maps for Mobile (e.g. for S60, but also for other platforms). It just got itself a 'server-side' upgrade, adding in a full business directory. You don't need to update your software, just search for a business name (e.g. "Computer Training" or "La Fontana" [a local restaurant]). Some screens below, plus link.

Folks over at Official Google Mobile Blog has announced a new server-side solution that makes it easier to get directions to businesses. You can now get directions to restaurants, stores, and other points of interest by entering their names in the start or end point. Until today, if you tried to get directions and entered a business name, "starbucks" for example, as the end or start point, Google ...

Probably a quick bug fix (in view of the numbers sold) to make darned sure that noone gets caught out by the 'nuisance' CurseSMS bug in S60 3.1, but N95 'classic' owners should try Nokia Software Update: v31.0.017 is available for unlocked devices in many countries.

Ewan finishes his look at Nokia's OLED-screened N85 by taking it online. He also sums up his impressions, concluding that "underneath these colours is a thoroughbred". He does concede that some of the software in the N85 is "old" but recognises that this also brings maturity and stability. There are plenty of positives in the N85's package, it seems.