Nokia has announced it will rebrand all of its Ovi software and services starting this summer. So Ovi Maps, Mail, Contacts, Calendar, and Chat will be called Nokia Maps, Mail, and so on by the end of next year. And the Ovi Store for third party apps will be the Nokia Store. The move will […]
Symbian
Accenture takes over Symbian
Nokia pretty much pulled the plug on Symbian when the company announced its future smartphones would run Windows Phone 7. But there are still a lot of Symbian phones on the market (not in the US, but in Europe and other locales), and Nokia was still supporting those phones and working on some updates. Now […]
Opera Mobile 11, Mini 6 now available
Opera has released updated versions of its mobile browsers smartphones. Opera Mobile 11 is available for Android, Symbian, and MeeGo, while Opera Mini 6 supports BlackBerry as well. So what’s new in Opera Mobile 11 and Mini 6… and why does the company offer two browsers? In a nutshell, Opera Mobile is a full-featured browser […]
Nokia: Symbian is out, Windows Phone is in
Nokia still sells more phones than any other company on the planet. But the company’s market share is rapidly declining and the Symbian smartphone operating system which powers Nokia’s high-end devices has been seriously lagging behind iOS and Android in development. Today Nokia CEO Stephen Elop announced the company is going to take pretty drastic […]
Nokia releases update for Symbian phones
Nokia has released a software update for the latest Symbian phones, the Nokia N8, C7, and C6-01. If you were waiting for a complete overhaul of the operating system, you might be a little underwhelmed by the new feature list. Last year Nokia decided to focus on a series of frequent updates instead of pushing […]