Having read a little while ago about Telexy discontinuing to release their SymSMB product, and also reading that two of the developers of this great application work full-time for Nokia, its come as no surprise that Nokia now own SymSMB.  All existing, and previous SymSMB customers were also emailed recently about the news about the discontinuation of Telexy's products, an...

I read with interest Steve Ballmer's letter to staff on Techcrunch (the letter is near the end of the post).  Its a carefully crafted document.  It starts with the concept of "Software plus Services" - this is he wants to merge the cloud with the rich applications available on a PC (ie protecting its software base and its developers). This is the concept I blogged about a ...

ROME, Italy - Ghostwire might've nabbed the top slot at the Nokia Games Innovation Challenge, but the runners-up - Melokey and Watchers - look equally comfortable tightrope-walking the mobile gameplay cutting-edge. We've corralled a couple of videos featuring the key minds behind these envelope-pushing portable games. One that personally struck a chord with my location-based leanings was Watchers,...

Even if you have expensive phone, all of your data inside the phone will always more expensive than your phone.  Use Bup Backup to send your contacts and photos from your phone to your email. It’s easy and FREE to try! Bup Backup is ad-supported, so you receive a text message each time you backup.

ESPOO, Finland - OK, I've said over and over that we normally do not comment on or make comparisons with other companies. Mostly, it's to be polite. Regardless, others are doing the comparisons for us, so today I'll share with your some articles I found that make a comparison between our products and a particular rising mobile phone manufacturer. Read on to see what was said. Phone party tricks St...

The dual LED on Nokia N96 is not only for taking pictures, but also videos. It bright enough so you can see your subjects in the dark better. As you can see the picture, dual LED help N96 record video much better. You need to be around 3 feet away from the subject to light

ESPOO, Finland - I found out that the N96, the N79, and the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic all have something interesting that I have been expecting for a long time: phone software updates over the air. What does that mean? The normal way most mobile devices get software updates is through a cable tethered to a PC. Well, the darn phones have their own net connection, so why not update them directly from t...

Some people asked me how the dual LED flash is on the Nokia N85 compared to the xenon flash on the Nokia N82. What better way to answer by showing the results instead? I took pictures with N95 8GB, N96, N85, and N82. Sheila was kind enough to stand in front of the camera and

One of the features the Nokia N85 has over the Nokia N95 8GB and the Nokia N96 is its OLED display. It reproduces sharper and brighter colors with better battery consumption. I want to show you how much better the Nokia N85 is at light time-out and power saver time-out. Nokia N96, N85, N95 8GB at