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Nokia Asha 501 goes official, brings new Asha platform

Nokia Asha 501 goes official, brings new Asha platform

09 May, 2013 | comments (215)

Stephen Elop just announced the new Nokia Asha 501 on the stage of the Nokia press in India. It’s the first product of the new generation Ashas with a brand new platform. The design is inspired by Lumia and Nokia picked red as the signature...

Tags: Nokia, Asha, S40


Nokia event now live, watch it here [UPDATE: It's over]

Nokia event now live, watch it here [UPDATE: It's over]

09 May, 2013 | comments (22)

The Nokia event in India today has started and you can watch the livestream here: Update: The event is now over, Nokia did indeed announce the Asha 501. Rumor has it that we'll see the Nokia Asha 501 announced, a full touch S40 feature...

Tags: Nokia, Asha, S40


The Asha 501 may be what Nokia will unveil tomorrow

The Asha 501 may be what Nokia will unveil tomorrow

08 May, 2013 | comments (53)

Nokia will be announcing a new phone tomorrow and the Conversations blog posted a teaser that shows nothing but a single rounded button. Popular leak source @evleaks may have just allowed us to take a better look at tomorrow's new device (as always,...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Nokia to announce a new QWERTY phone this Wednesday

Nokia to announce a new QWERTY phone this Wednesday

22 April, 2013 | comments (177)

Nokia has kept the QWERTY phone format alive in its Asha range and even though recent models have gone with the full touchscreen trend, the company will be announcing a new QWERTY-packing phone this Wednesday. A teaser post on Nokia...

Tags: Nokia, S40, Rumors


Nokia Asha 205 and Asha 206 unveiled, priced at $62

Nokia Asha 205 and Asha 206 unveiled, priced at $62

26 November, 2012 | comments (94)

Today Nokia announced two new additions to its feature-phone lineup, the Asha 205 and Asha 206. Both phones come with dual-SIM variants as well, and look to dethrone the Asha 201 as the cheapest offering currently in the Asha lineup. The Asha...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Gresso introduces Cruiser Air Black, charges $1700 for it

Gresso introduces Cruiser Air Black, charges $1700 for it

26 July, 2012 | comments (61)

The new exclusive luxury phone from Gresso might get some heads turning with its $1,700 price tag, but it definitely won't be winning many fans with its specs sheet. The Cruiser Air Black will be sporting a 2 inch, 240x320 pixel display...

Tags: Gresso, S40


Nokia introduces the Asha Touch range with three new handsets

Nokia introduces the Asha Touch range with three new handsets

06 June, 2012 | comments (154)

Nokia announced the first three members of the newly created Asha Touch family of handsets. The Nokia Asha 305, Asha 306, and Asha 311 bring the range of feature phones even closer to smartphone territory, while still maintaining seriously low price...

Tags: Nokia, S40, Touch UI


Dual-SIM Nokia 110 and 112 go official, to cost under €40

Dual-SIM Nokia 110 and 112 go official, to cost under €40

15 May, 2012 | comments (51)

Nokia just unveiled two new additions to its lineup of ultra-basic Dual-SIM featurephones. The Nokia 110 and Nokia 112 are compact-sized S40 devices targeted at emerging markets and users on a tight budget, who want to minimize their monthly bills...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Nokia 311 and 305, S40 phones with full touchscreens, uncovered

Nokia 311 and 305, S40 phones with full touchscreens, uncovered

14 May, 2012 | comments (64)

Nokia has been dabbling with touchscreens on S40 phones for a while now so it was only a matter of time they released a phone with a full touchscreen. Now we have come across two S40 phones with such full-touchscreen displays. The phones,...

Tags: Nokia, S40, Touch UI


Gresso Regal Black melds titanium and glass together

Gresso Regal Black melds titanium and glass together

23 March, 2012 | comments (41)

Luxury phone maker Gresso is adding a new model to its Avantgarde lineup - the Gresso Regal Black. The handset is styled to look like a speedboat and (as usual) is priced for people who already own a speedboat. The Regal Black is machined out of...

Tags: Gresso, S40


Gresso unveils The Pure Black phone, your wallet whimpers

Gresso unveils The Pure Black phone, your wallet whimpers

15 February, 2012 | comments (42)

Looking to spend $2,700 on a featurephone with the functionality of a kid's toy and the build quality of a Rolex? Well, Gresso just announced just announced the latest addition to its Grand Monaco series and it might be just the right handset for...

Tags: Gresso, S40


Nokia celebrates the sale of the 1.5 billionth Series 40 phone

Nokia celebrates the sale of the 1.5 billionth Series 40 phone

25 January, 2012 | comments (50)

Phones like the Lumia 900 or the N9 may be the ones that get their name in the news most often, but the backbone of Nokia is their Series 40 lineup. Today, S40 phones reached an impressive milestone - 1.5 billion (yes, with a b) of them have been...

Tags: Nokia, S40, Touch UI


Gresso unveils the $50,000 Grand Premier featurephone

Gresso unveils the $50,000 Grand Premier featurephone

22 December, 2011 | comments (54)

If you were just looking to purchase a $50,000 non-smartphone, Gresso has just the thing for you. The company added another member to lineup of finely crafted mobiles with outrageous price tags with the introduction of Grand Premier. Gresso Grand...

Tags: Gresso, S40


Nokia Store now has over 100K apps, Distimo says

Nokia Store now has over 100K apps, Distimo says

22 December, 2011 | comments (51)

We haven't been hearing much about the Nokia application store lately, but this doesn't mean it hasn't been making significant progress. According to the researchers from Distimo, which specialize in app store analysis, the official Nokia app...


Nokia inadvertently leaks a new S40 QWERTY phone

Nokia inadvertently leaks a new S40 QWERTY phone

26 October, 2011 | comments (22)

We're just a few hours away from the Nokia World keynote and while preparing for the event Nokia just let one of their unannounced handsets out in plain sight. The device has a QWERTY keypad and seems to be based on the S40 6th Edition...


Affordable S40-running Nokia X2-05 and C2-05 announced

Affordable S40-running Nokia X2-05 and C2-05 announced

11 October, 2011 | comments (39)

Today Nokia unveiled a couple of new entry-level additions to its portfolio of mobile phones. The Nokia X2-05 and Nokia C2-05 are S40-running handsets with QVGA screens that should fit easily in any budget. The Nokia C2-05 slider offers a 2"...

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1GHz S40 Nokia C3-01.5 pictures surface, is the first of many

1GHz S40 Nokia C3-01.5 pictures surface, is the first of many

18 July, 2011 | comments (331)

Today we got lucky! A new unannounced S40 Nokia handset with a 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM broke loose and we got a few shots to show you. The Nokia C3-01.5 is the first S40 phone based on the new hardware platform, but it looks exactly as its...


Nokia announces  C2-02, C2-03 and C2-06  trio of feature phones

Nokia announces C2-02, C2-03 and C2-06 trio of feature phones

21 June, 2011 | comments (159)

Nokia Series 40 just got smarter, folks. The latest additions to the feature phone portfolio of the Finnish giant are bound to narrow the gap between smart and dumb phones. With a set of new features which were previously reserved for the segment of...

Tags: Nokia, S40, Touch UI


Dual-SIM Nokia X1-01 and C2-00 go on sale, are pretty cheap

Dual-SIM Nokia X1-01 and C2-00 go on sale, are pretty cheap

25 May, 2011 | comments (110)

Yesterday, Nokia announced the availability of its first two handsets to feature two SIM card slots. The Nokia C2-00, which has been in development for over a year now and the Nokia X1-01, which was unveiled just the other day, are already on their...

Tags: Nokia, S40


Spy shots of Nokia C2-06 Touch and Type slider emerge

Spy shots of Nokia C2-06 Touch and Type slider emerge

19 April, 2011 | comments (52)

A new member of the Touch and Type family showed up in several spy shots – the dual-SIM Nokia C2-06. It’s a fairly low-end slider, with a resistive touchscreen and a slide-out phone keypad, 2 SIM cards (2G only). The Nokia C2-06 looks very...