CES happenings: Lumia coming to Canada and Lumia 710 on sale in US Nokia Conversations Really looking to replace my Palm Pre with a Windows Phone and one of these Nokia devices will likely be my choice (any word on the 900 or is that just being greedy at this point).
Pre -Market Update – Gapping Stocks ( ORCL, RIMM, YHOO, AAPL, BAC ) TradersHuddle.com Yesterday, there was a report that both Microsoft and Nokia were planning on making a joint bid for RIM, which is now being compared with the late Palm where there might be more value on its parts than on the company as a whole. ..
Well, that certainly didn’t take long. Just a couple of days after leaving HP to “pursue an opportunity outside of the company,” ex-VP of Worldwide Developer Relations for webOS Richard Kerris has now turned up at Nokia, where he’ll be serving as the company’s Global Head of Developer Relations.
Peter Skillman knows a thing or two about making beautiful devices. He’s Palm’s former VP of design , and he’s the man behind Nokia’s glorious N9 — its look, feel and user experience. We bumped into him at Nokia World here today and asked him what went into the N9′s — and by association the Lumia 800′s — design.
Chatr Wireless releases the Nokia C2-02 “The Appeal” for $85 MobileSyrup.com The design looks very reminiscent of the once popular Palm Pre , but only has a T9 sliding keyboard and not a QWERTY. C
Animal 101, a mobile game developed by TenPearls, won 2nd Prize in the Trivia and Education category of Nokia and AT&T’s “Calling All Innovators 2011” contest.
Nokia N9 unveiled, debuts Meego Top10.com Unveiled at the Nokia Connection event in Singapore, the flagship handset features a novel all-screen design that does away with a 'home' button in favour of a swipe gesture, a la Palm Pre . Waking the handset from power-saving mode is a matter of … and more
We like, ok, love poking fun at analysts’ long term forecasts given the volatility of the smartphone market.
HP cuts price of Palm Pre 2; Nokia C7 could go to T-Mobile USA FierceWireless Article > Hewlett-Packard is selling the Palm Pre 2 for Verizon Wireless for $29.99 with a service contract. Article > The LG Optimus 2X might be sold by T-Mobile as the G2X.
Ari Jaaksi, the former head of MeeGo Devices at Nokia has confirmed reports from last month identifying HP as his new employer. According to the latest update to his LinkedIn profile, Ari is now enjoying the mild temperatures of the San Francisco Bay Area and does indeed hold the title of Senior Vice President at Hewlett-Packard. That in itself doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the new head honcho for webOS and Palm devices , but clicking on his “Company Website” link takes you to Palm.com, which should dispel any lingering doubts
Product Reviews Nokia N900 Hacked To Run Native Palm Pre Apps Thanks To Preenv Mibz You will also need a rooted Palm Pre ! What for?
Ah, standards. Palm and Nokia know what we’re talking about, which is why they support similar methods of developing native Linux apps, namely SDL 1.2. Add on the hardware similarities between the Palm Pre and the N900 (OMAP3430, PowerVR SGX, Open GL ES 2.0 support) and you have a beautiful recipe for cross-platform gaming
Techie Breakie: HTC Desire HD, Palm Pre 2 and OS X Lion rumours ElectricPig.co.uk Palm outed a brand new Pre 2, and its webOS 2.0 software is coming to UK models already on sale, while the Nokia C7 is already rapidly dropping in price. ..
Citing “personal reasons,” the Symbian Foundation has just announced that executive director Lee Williams has left the company — yes, “left,” as in he’s not going to stick around for a while to manage a transition. Williams has been steeped in Symbian for some time, having previously led Nokia’s S60 business — but the dude’s been floating around the upper ranks of the entire mobile industry for ages, doing time with Motorola (through its Symbol acquisition) and Palm / PalmSource by way of Be. He’s been replaced by the organization’s reigning CFO, Tim Holbrow, and it appears that the appointment is permanent; what this means for Symbian’s roadmap (if anything) is unclear, but we’d love to hear the backstory on what led to this power shift
