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Alleged photo of a Nokia Lumia 950 prototype pops up

Alleged photo of a Nokia Lumia 950 prototype pops up

02 April, 2013 | comments (112)

An alleged photo of Nokia Lumia 950 prototype has emerged, thus pointing at what could be the Finnish company's upcoming flagship. Accompanying the photo were some rumored details on the upcoming device, whose name subtly harks back at the good old...


Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind

Symbian is officially dead, 808 PureView is the last of its kind

24 January, 2013 | comments (399)

We all knew this was eventually coming, but it's now official. Symbian on Nokia is dead. Nokia managed to send off the once might platform in style. The 808 PureView will go down in history as the last Symbian device by the Finnish...


Sony Xperia Odin image leaks, confirms Xperia ZL name

Sony Xperia Odin image leaks, confirms Xperia ZL name

01 January, 2013 | comments (83)

The Sony Xperia Odin is the second high-end phone expected from the Japanese company and it has remained more elusive than its Xperia Z sibling. An official image from the SonyMobile.com leaked giving us the first proper look of the upcoming...


Jolla's Sailfish OS gets extensively demoed on video

Jolla's Sailfish OS gets extensively demoed on video

30 December, 2012 | comments (115)

After giving us a short glimpse of its UI in the official announcement's promo video, Jolla's Meego-based Sailfish OS got an extensive video demo, which offers a deeper look at its features. The still developing OS got shown off on Nokia N950...


Images of a cancelled Nokia MeeGo prototype have emerged

Images of a cancelled Nokia MeeGo prototype have emerged

04 September, 2012 | comments (80)

Images of a cancelled Nokia MeeGo sporting prototype have emerged, showing us what life after the already iconic N9 could have been. Dubbed as Nokia "Lauta" RM-742, the fully functional hardware QWERTY device was originally pegged as an immediate...

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The newly founded Jolla Ltd. will develop MeeGo smartphones

The newly founded Jolla Ltd. will develop MeeGo smartphones

07 July, 2012 | comments (223)

Here is a great piece of news for everyone who loves MeeGo. The Finnish startup Jolla Ltd. will develop smartphones running the Linux-based platform. More importantly however, Jolla will practically pick up the effort right from the point where...

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MeeGo team says goodbye to Nokia, N9 quietly weeps

MeeGo team says goodbye to Nokia, N9 quietly weeps

04 July, 2012 | comments (185)

So, this is the end of the road for the MeeGo team at Nokia, as Head of Development of MeeGo Sotiris Makrygiannis joined by other team members announced they are parting ways with the Espoo company. Those are the same people responsible for...

Tags: Nokia, MeeGo, Touch UI


PR1.3 update for Nokia N9 goes live in some regions

PR1.3 update for Nokia N9 goes live in some regions

02 July, 2012 | comments (97)

It looks like Nokia has released PR1.3 for the N9 without much fanfare. After the Finnish company laid off some 10,000 employees last month, it was rumored that any future MeeGo updates would also be scrapped, especially considering that the N9 is...


Nokia N9 rumored to get PR1.3 update by the end of May

Nokia N9 rumored to get PR1.3 update by the end of May

29 April, 2012 | comments (76)

The PR1.2 update for the MeeGo-running Nokia N9 came out a couple of months ago, but Nokia was teasing the yet-to-come PR1.3 update by calling it "small but valuable". Someone from a MeeGo fanblog was eager to find out more details on the next...


Nokia N9 wins D&AD Yellow Pencil design award

Nokia N9 wins D&AD Yellow Pencil design award

26 April, 2012 | comments (74)

We always thought that the Nokia N9 was a gorgeous piece of hardware and it seems the jury of the prestigious D&AD Yellow Pencil design awards agree with us. The Nokia N9 has won the 2012 Yellow Pencil award for the Product Design category, an award...

Tags: Nokia, MeeGo, Touch UI


GSMArena Labs tests now added to phone specs

GSMArena Labs tests now added to phone specs

25 April, 2012 | comments (68)

If you've been following our reviews, then you're undoubtedly familiar with the extensive array of tests we subject any device which finds itself under our critical gaze in the GSMArena Labs. Today, we're proud to announce the test results now have...

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GSMArena Labs: Introducing our sunlight legibility test

GSMArena Labs: Introducing our sunlight legibility test

17 April, 2012 | comments (148)

Until now, we've always performed all of our display tests in dark environments in, what's technically, ideal conditions, so that we can measure the full potential of any particular display in the most objective manner possible. And while we believe...

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Leaked video reveals Nokia Lumia 610 NFC

Leaked video reveals Nokia Lumia 610 NFC

11 April, 2012 | comments (24)

A leaked video from Nokia talks about the Nokia Lumia 610 NFC - that's right, the lowest spec'd Lumia phone might be the first Windows Phone handset to feature NFC. Last year Nokia did say that it plans to integrate NFC in all of its future...


Project Mayhem can put Android ICS on your Nokia N9 right now

Project Mayhem can put Android ICS on your Nokia N9 right now

22 March, 2012 | comments (133)

The Nokia N9 has been dipping its toes into Android waters for a while now, we even got to see (but not touch) a working Ice Cream Sandwich port. The same guys, NITDroid, have now come up with a release that users can try out. It's still not...


MeeGo 1.2 update for Nokia N9 goes live

MeeGo 1.2 update for Nokia N9 goes live

27 February, 2012 | comments (184)

About a month after it was seeded to developers for testing, the v1.2 update for MeeGo goes live. The update weighs in at 284MB and it may take a while to install (up to 40 minutes according to Nokia). But it's well worth the wait. With it,...

Tags: Nokia, MeeGo, Touch UI


HTC officially debuts the One X, One XL, One S, and One V

HTC officially debuts the One X, One XL, One S, and One V

26 February, 2012 | comments (62)

HTC officially announced their MWC line-up of Android smartphones. Unsurprisingly, the devices unveiled are the flagship One X and One XL, the mid-range One S, and the starter One V. Let's start with the most interesting one. HTC One...


Nokia N9 gets an Ice Cream Sandwich port, you can't have it

Nokia N9 gets an Ice Cream Sandwich port, you can't have it

09 February, 2012 | comments (79)

The Nokia N9 might not have the best of prospects as a flagship of a platform with no future and extremely limited app availability, but it might do quite a lot better as an Android device. And the great news is such a turn of events isn't science...


The 12 MP Nokia Lumia 910 rumor officially refuted

The 12 MP Nokia Lumia 910 rumor officially refuted

06 February, 2012 | comments (40)

Remember the 12 MP Nokia Lumia 910 that surfaced several days ago in the Netherlands? It sure sounded awesome, but as it turns out it isn't happening. The official confirmation was brought by the Nokia camera guru Damian Dinning. The head of...


Nokia seeds a new MeeGo PR1.2 beta, detailed changelog included

Nokia seeds a new MeeGo PR1.2 beta, detailed changelog included

25 January, 2012 | comments (50)

Little over a week ago Nokia released N9 PR1.2 beta version to the Nokia N950 developer device but at the time we didn't have the full changelog at the time. Well now we do - it includes 5 new languages, app folders, extended copy-and-paste...

Tags: Nokia, MeeGo, Touch UI


MeeGo PR 1.2 now seeding to developers, out in a month

MeeGo PR 1.2 now seeding to developers, out in a month

17 January, 2012 | comments (40)

We've got some great news for the MeeGo fans out there. The expected Nokia N9 PR 1.2 update has completed yet another stage of its evolution and has now started seeding. Unfortunately, it's still only a developer-preview version, so you'd need to...

Tags: Nokia, MeeGo, Touch UI