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Ovi Nokia App Store Opening in May
03.27.09 | Permalink | Comment?

If the latest news from the San Francisco Game Developers Conference is to be believed, the Nokia Ovi store will be opening its digital doors in May and at the same time rolling out to 9 other countries in Europe.
Unlike the Android Store and Apple’s App Store, publishers can set their own prices in the [...]
N97 News, handset news, industry news
N97 Makes T3 Top 100 Gadget List
03.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

The Nokia n97 has made the number 3 spot on T3 magazine’s list of the top 10o gadgets.
The editors of T3’s magazine went as far as to call the n97, “the cleverest, most technologically advanced handset to date”.
You can’t ask for much better than that!
The list makers, “trawl the globe for the most exclusive gear” [...]
N97 News, Ovi, applications, handset news, industry news, themes
N97’s Widget Powered Homescreen A Game-Changer
03.05.09 | Permalink | Comment?

At Nokia World last October, Nokia proudly beamed that the N97 would ‘transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other’.
An ambitious spin-laden statement but one that has some substance.
All this attention has all been garnered by the n97’s very different home screen.
The N97’s homepage features a drag and drop system that [...]
N97 News, industry news
N97 On O2?
03.04.09 | Permalink | Comment?

Pocket Lint quotes O2’s PR manager as saying:
“We have to make sure the experience is right, however we haven’t ruled out stocking the N97″
This is surprising news given that O2 (and Orange) were really annoyed by Nokia’s integration of Skype on the N97.
The N97 is such a prize that networks may be willing to forgo [...]
N97 News, handset news, industry news, themes
Nokia Insider Says N97 Price Is Outrageous
03.03.09 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Electricpig got the scoop from a Nokia “insider” and, I quote, the word “outrageous” was used.
The n97’s initial high markup is high but whenever someone from the phone company is peeved things are good, right?
Although Expansys.com have a great rep for getting the exclusive on pre-order handsets, it’s their customers who are usually charged over [...]
N97 News, handset news, industry news
UK Operators Demand Nokia N97 Stripped Of Skype
02.27.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

We knew this one would end in tears.
It turns that out Orange and O2 are furious with Nokia for the Skype pairing.
So here’s the jist, if you don’t already know. Nokia planned to pre-load Skype, the provider that lets customers make free calls, onto their flagship n97 handset.
Citing “operator sources”, the networks may end up [...]