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Nokia vs. Apple: the in-depth analysis {Engadget}
Oct 29th 2009 4:38PM "I wonder if nokia would be suing apple if they had posted a $900 million loss?? Doubt it." - word
This guy is an idiot. This is about nearly $1 billion bucks! I don't care who you are, if you owe me that much and you lost a trillion, its a fight or a court case. It's Nokia's money, just like if you make music and they use it in Guitar Hero without your permission. You gots to get paid, even if the game bombed. Its called intellectual property, and they have expensive patent lawyers on staff just for this purpose.
Nokia N900 undergoes extensive preview, N97 found sobbing in a corner {Engadget}
Oct 1st 2009 10:42AM Maemo is a custom build of Debian Linux. So think what runs on it, plus the versions of Maemo from the first three tablets, and you're golden. PLENTY of apps, and with the more powerful hardware and always on web access in the N900, it should only get MUCH better...
Microsoft trademark application hints at cross-platform "OneApp" app store {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 15th 2009 6:27PM Dude... Its ENGADGETmobile. They're the man!!
Microsoft trademark application hints at cross-platform "OneApp" app store {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 15th 2009 4:57PM Who said it had to be only Microsoft devices? It could be an app store accessible via the browser for all platforms. Just a thought.
Google Voice apps now live on Android and BlackBerry, iPhone en route {Engadget Mobile}
Jul 15th 2009 1:14PM This is a great thing. Takes some of the power away from the carriers. This is the best thing since Interactive Voice Call Manager for Symbian S60 3rd Edition!! I hope politics doesn't keep this away from Symbian OS, because I'd love to try it.
Nokia N97 NAM preorders shipping in both colors {Engadget Mobile}
Jun 12th 2009 11:11AM well check out these videos...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X_IegIjUsg
http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-n97#/gallery/images/07
Secret iPhone video-out features hacked, used for video games {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 5th 2008 6:41PM It's funny how the iPhone draws so much excitement for revealing a feature Nokians have enjoyed for years...
You're almost there, Apple. You have the fandom, the buzz... Why not be more like Nokia's Nseries and take the "feature" crown along with the "ease of use" crown that not everyone values anyway. It'd be sad to repeat the same mistakes Apple Corp. did with its PC's and get usurped by the N97 right as they begin making inroads.
Free that iPhone, Steve! The hardware's there. Let the software catch up! (iPhone users will think I sound crazy, but Nseries users get what I mean...)
Kogan intros world's second Android phone: Agora / Agora Pro {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 4th 2008 7:11AM I'm embarrassed you guys don't know about Kogan. He's a young internet mogul that turned his Ebay store into hundreds of millions of dollars. He's internationally known for announcing electronic specs for, say, a 42" LCD flat panel. He would get so many preorders, order the electronics from China, etc., and have an ODM manufacture the product. He passes his wholesale savings on to his customers, selling high grade electronics at extremely low costs since he has little overhead. I'm trying to get a project going with him myself to create one of my designs. He's the real deal. If you're from the UK, Austrailia, or a web head like me, you know he's probably the next Michael Dell...
Nokia N97 vs iPhone... Fight! {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 3rd 2008 12:18PM @ civilian,
All the hands on videos are of prototypes running early firmware, yet the screen responsiveness looks like it is a capacitive touchscreen even though its not. All the reviews say its VERY responsive. Looks like the 5800 XM was a great testbed, and touchscreen responsiveness and sensitivity are expected to get even better by the time it hits production. So Nokia proved you can do it, and you'll be pleased to know this screen doesn't REQUIRE a finger, like the iPhone, but can be used with a stylus, finger, plenum, toothpicks and nearly everything else. Versatility is everything for a power device.
@ Kevin,
I don't consider device a smartphone if the manufacturer controls what apps can go on it, it lacks multitasking. But I do respect Apple's hustle, so I now call it the smartest featurephone ever. Its two steps from being fully smart. I'm done hating on their high priced deception device. I'm now rooting for them to join the party and turn the iPhone OS loose, and really make Nokia step up, even to the Japanese and Korean superphones. But the iPhone is good. It introduces simpletons to smart features, and makes devices like the similarly priced N97 attractive to those seeking an upgrade and power and function.
@ Student Driver,
Before you decide on Android, you should know a few things...
Nokia's S60 was mostly unavailable in America until recently, allowing the iPhone to blossom with little competition. Outside America, where it competes directly with S60, S60 devices outsell the iPhone 5 to 1, and Nokia holds a 44%marketshare to Apple's 8%! So it looks like when given the choice, people choose S60. Without the American incubation of the iPhone, combined with Nokia's lack of significant American marketing or carrier agreements, the iPhone may not have been so successful. America is 48% of the iPhone's sales, I've heard. S60 devices from 2006 outspec the current iPhone, by the way! Its considered the Swiss Army Knife of mobile OS's. Nothing matches its features, multitasking power, content consumption AND creation (the iPhone and G1 suck at content creation) skills, or functionaliy.
And you're right. Unlike the iPhone's list of mostly games (which it does better than most, though Nokia's Ngage online gaming is better in my opinion), S60 apps are considered tools, making our devices close to our desktop PCs. And we don't need an app store, though I'd like one, since we have apps all over the web. Google is our app store! Lol! Just imagine an app, and Google will find it for S60, or the Symbian Freak team will make one for you, usually for free!
Android was designed to have the flashy looks of the iPhone with the function of S60 and agility of open source. They've done so successfully, though not perfectly. They are close to S60 2nd Edition in terms of features and polish, but are far behind the 10 year legacy of Symbian culminated in 5th Edition. They may even be behind Nokia's version of Mobile Linux, Maemo, rumored to one day be the high end alternative for Nokia smartphones in the future. Time will tell. I love Android too, and hope it and Symbian coexist.
I doubti will be a RAM weakling. The last flagship, the N95 8gb, had plenty RAM at 128. I think this is the sweet spot for S60, and the N97 would probably around 256. The 32 refers to gigabytes, as in built in storage. That "32 megabytes is alot for..." refers to Android, and not everyone agrees, though it is pretty efficient as a form of Linux.
And by the way, Chris, those aren't grease marks, but scratches from its flush screen. Notice the slightly raised bezel on the Nokia touchscreens? I bet a replacement iPhone housing costs a grip! Nokia housings are traditionally $20-40.
And devices like this have been available for years in America via unlocked models. See N90, N80, N73, N93, N95w, N82, E71, E66, E90, and soon the 5800. Since carriers don't usually run them, Nokia doesn't market much in America. Just ignore your carrier and start looking at what they use in Germany, the UK, India, the Middle East, Africa, and anywhere else where people that have always been smartphone users only buy the best and get healt subsidies like Apple in America.
Unofficial G1 auto-rotation in the works {Engadget Mobile}
Dec 3rd 2008 9:22AM Well the long nailed developer of this mod is none other than Sittiphol Phanvilai, the award winning Symbian developer that made the N95 so legendary. So all you Android Fans can thank this great Symbian Freak developer for legitimizing and pimping Android. He's one of the top mobile developers in the world, especially with motion acceleration, and all his work has been legendary.
Good job, Sitti! And the nails look clean, so who cares if your male (he is), female, straight, gay, or whatever. This is about software, and once you learn who you're dissing, you'll be on his jock, probably sitting in his lap painting his nails! We at Symbian Freak have the utmost respect for Sittiphol. He made the N95 a touchscreen, Moskilltoe game, 3D object scanner/mapper, Mirage Money, etc.
Check his YouTube channel, I believe called Nuuneoi, like his great development team, and see why the N95 is so legendary and above the iPhone. If he's playing with Android, it must be a contender. When developers of this ilk make apps for a platform, its serious.
