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Nokia N97 launches world wide this month

We’ve been telling you it was coming, and it seems it is just about here. Nokia’s flagship smartphone is on sale worldwide this month, although unbelievably, pricing and exact dates for some areas are still kind of fuzzy. The N97 will be available in the UK unlocked and SIM-free starting June 19th for a price more »

Facing competition Nokia begins to slash phone prices

Recent reports are claiming that Nokia has begun to make some price cuts on selected music and media phones, in some cases up to 10-percent. In addition to the selected music and media models, Nokia has also made some smaller price cuts across the rest of their models. The Nokia 5310 and 5610 music phones as well as the 8GB N81 saw the largest cuts.

These price cuts come as a response to increased competition in the mobile phone market, however Nokia still holds a solid 40 percent overall, and this news will just make it a little tougher on some of their competition.

Rogers slashes Nokia N95 price to $199

Canadian smartphone users who are either boycotting or simply not interested in the iPhone 3G will now have another solid option to choose from, and at an affordable price to boot. Rogers Wireless has announced that they have dropped the price of the Nokia N95 down to just $199. Of course that new low price more »

Nokia drops the N95-3 update early

Nokia, acting a little ahead of the planned schedule for “early June” and released the latest update for the North American N95, bring the firmware to version 20.02.011. Along with the new firmware comes a few welcome changes that include a faster boot time that was cut from 30 seconds down to 19 seconds and more »

Nokia to release N95-3 Firmware Update by June

N95 users from the US are abuzz with news that the cellphone giant is finally releasing a firmware update soon. Vandelay, an administrator on the official Nokia Discussion Boards, said that he received official word from the Nokia Software Update team that says Nokia is “working to produce the new software” for the Nokia N95 more »

Rogers Wireless becomes first North American carrier to offer the 8GB Nokia N95

In what seems like a big smack in the face towards AT&T, Rogers has officially announced and beat AT&T to the punch with the introduction of the 8GB Nokia N95. The recent rumors circulating about an “early-May” release have proven true and the N95 will be available beginning on May 6. Not only is the more »

Nokia N95 to be available on Rogers in early-May

It may have taken Rogers a year or more to land the iPhone deal, but they are not holding back with the Nokia N95. While the N95 is not a new phone, they are still beating the US giant AT&T, who is not expected to launch the N95 until Q2 2008. The handset will be more »

Nokia officially opens N-Gage, new games, new devices available

Nokia has officially launched its N-Gage mobile games service. The N-Gage allows gamers to try and buy mobile games directly from their Nokia handsets. As we reported last Friday, the N-Gage service supports Nokia handsets that belong to Nokia’s new generation of mobile phones. These handsets include N81, N81 8GB, N82, N95 and N95 8GB. more »

Nokia opens N-Gage mobile gaming service

Nokia has finally launched its N-Gage gaming service with high hopes of revitalizing the ailing mobile gaming market. (And possibly earn a few more bucks?) Although an official announcement will be made on Monday, the N-Gage blog took one step in advance and informed the loyal N-Gage followers who were testing the product during its more »

New firmware coming to Nokia N95 8GB

Thanks to an upcoming firmware update (version 20.0.016), the Nokia N95 8GB should soon be a lot more stable. Unfortunately, only two new features are being added: Automatic Screen Rotation (ASR) and support for “Combo Memory”. Just like the iPhone, ASR gives the N95 the ability to auto adjust the image to landscape or portrait mode depending on the device’s orientation. The “Combo Memory”, on the other hand, is Nokia’s new term to describe the N95′s ability to partition part of its flash memory for ROM use and for user memory. Other than the two new features, the firmware focuses on a slew of fixes and stability issues. Highlights include: stabilized Bluetooth, USB, and WLAN connectivity, improved support for embedded video in the web browser, improved application switching, support for large number of files in the image gallery, and the ability to delete over 6,000 contacts with a single press of a button.

The new firmware should be available for download in a few days. Continue reading for the full change log.