The Inquisitr » symbian http://www.inquisitr.com The Better Mix Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:54:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Nokia N97 Mini Goes On Sale In October With $640 Price Point http://www.inquisitr.com/35650/nokia-n97-mini-goes-on-sale-in-october-with-640-price-point/ http://www.inquisitr.com/35650/nokia-n97-mini-goes-on-sale-in-october-with-640-price-point/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:07:09 +0000 James Allen Johnson http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=35650 nokia-n97-mini-press

The Nokia N97 Mini was officially announced for an October release date today at Nokia World 2009. The pint sized version of the N97, which was released only several months ago, will arrive with a $640 price tag.

Nokia also announced that the Mini will be offered by “many,  many carriers” worldwide free of charge…with a contract of course. They’ve also started calling the N97 Mini the world’s “slimmest travel companion” thanks to the built-in Lonely Planet guidebooks and Assisted GPS (A-GPS).

The N97 Mini features quad-band GSM connectivity with 3G capabilities, a 3.2 inch display and it offers a sliding qwerty keyboard. It’s also stocked full of standard N97 features including a 5MP camera, Bluetooth, WiFi and much more.

No word on the exact release date in October.

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]]> http://js-kit.com/rss/www.inquisitr.com/p=35650 0 nokia-n97-mini-press Nokia Shifts To Open Source http://www.inquisitr.com/1236/nokia-shifts-to-open-source/ http://www.inquisitr.com/1236/nokia-shifts-to-open-source/#comments Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:44:52 +0000 JR http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1236 Nokia CorporationJust a day after announcing its acquisition of location-based social network Plazes, Nokia has another new property under its belt.

The mobile maker has bought out cell phone software developer Symbian — a company of which it already had a 48 percent ownership. With Symbian fully in its control, Nokia has opted to switch its operating system over to open source. Symbian’s OS is currently used on a variety of phones, including Nokia’s S60. Nokia estimates about seven percent of all cell phones sold last year had the Symbian system in place.

The shift seems to be a clear sign of competition for Google’s upcoming Android open source platform, with Nokia’s CEO going as far as saying he wants to create “the most attractive platform for mobile innovation and drive the development of new and compelling web-enabled applications.” With word just yesterday that Android could be facing delays, the heat is definitely on — and this could be anyone’s game.

Google, for the record, insists everything is on-track with Android, despite strong reports indicating otherwise.

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