T-Mobile is getting a pair of Wi-Fi ready phones in the Nokia 6301 and Samsung SGH-T339. Each will be support T-Mobile's HotSpot @ Home service for unlimited, nationwide calling over Wi-Fi networks. The Nokia 6301 offers up a 2.0-megapixel camera with... (posted on 26 Jun 2008 by The Mobile Technology Weblog)
Well that got your attention didn’t it! Don’t get me wrong, I think the announcement yesterday was good news. Symbian has needed to go Open Source for a while. For one reason it can be a real pain to programme for. I know. I have hired developers, and... (posted on 25 Jun 2008 by GoMo News)
While the big topic of the day seems to be Nokia's takeover of software provider Symbian, the company also announced nation-wide availability of its N78; the newest Nokia Nseries device that combines integrated GPS, 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss... (posted on 24 Jun 2008 by The Mobile Technology Weblog)
Rating: massive overreaction to Google Android or what? The reason why Nokia has acquired the entirety of Symbian has just become clear. It is being thrown into a giant melting pot of Symbian related technologies to create the Symbian Foundation. Besides... (posted on 24 Jun 2008 by GoMo News)
The logos you see above are t be founding members of the Symbian Foundation, which Nokia will create after it completes the outright purchase of Symbian. Nokia already owns a controlling interest in Symbian and gets the lions share of it's business... (posted on 24 Jun 2008 by The Mobile Technology Weblog)

23 Jun 2008

Nokia goes Plazes

Nokia have acquired the Berlin based social activity service provider Plazes. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given... (posted on 23 Jun 2008 by GoMo News)
I had not heard abut Plazes before this morning, but it appears that Nokia is going to acquire them for an undisclosed sum. Plazes is a context-aware-social-activity service that people can use the place, record, and share their social activities. It's... (posted on 23 Jun 2008 by The Mobile Technology Weblog)

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