http://phonehut.info Nokia, Sony Erricson, LG, Samsung, Iphone, Blackberry Sun, 01 Apr 2012 11:06:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://phonehut.info/2011/07/26/goodbye-fellow-nokia-fans-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-me-to-move-on.php http://phonehut.info/2011/07/26/goodbye-fellow-nokia-fans-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-me-to-move-on.php#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:38:03 +0000 PhoneGeek http://phonehut.info/2011/07/26/goodbye-fellow-nokia-fans-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-me-to-move-on.php
Dieter and the folks here in the Smartphone Experts family let me launch Nokia Experts back in January 2009 as a way to share my passion for Nokia and its products and complete the full circle of mobile operating systems for the Smartphone Experts body of sites. Since then I have posted 794 posts and enjoyed sharing my enthusiasm with readers and the wonderful folks at Nokia. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/07/26/goodbye-fellow-nokia-fans-it%e2%80%99s-time-for-me-to-move-on.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/07/21/nokia-commits-to-2011-windows-phone-amid-expected-poor-financials.php http://phonehut.info/2011/07/21/nokia-commits-to-2011-windows-phone-amid-expected-poor-financials.php#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:51:46 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/07/21/nokia-commits-to-2011-windows-phone-amid-expected-poor-financials.php
It comes as no surprise that Nokia’s 2nd quarter financial results are poor since they are in the middle of a huge smartphone operating system strategy change. We saw a similar type of situation happen when Microsoft transitioned from Windows Mobile to Windows Phone 7, but Nokia is still doing much better than Microsoft did through that time. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/07/21/nokia-commits-to-2011-windows-phone-amid-expected-poor-financials.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/07/11/is-n8-anna-update-coming-end-of-august-i-took-action-to-get-it-now.php http://phonehut.info/2011/07/11/is-n8-anna-update-coming-end-of-august-i-took-action-to-get-it-now.php#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 08:13:43 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/07/11/is-n8-anna-update-coming-end-of-august-i-took-action-to-get-it-now.php
I read that Nokia was slapping those loyal customers who have went out and purchased the N8 and other Symbian^3 devices early in the face by shipping new N8 and C7 devices with Anna preloaded. Without question, they should have first provided the update to existing owners and this whole Anna update story is disappointing to me. I also read that Anna for the N8 was leaked and available so I decided to risk it rather than wait for Nokia since my N8 was just sitting around useless anyways and now I have Anna on my N8 performing well so far. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/07/11/is-n8-anna-update-coming-end-of-august-i-took-action-to-get-it-now.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/07/07/first-impressions-of-the-nokia-e6-my-t-mobile-sim-is-staying-in-it-most-of-the-time.php http://phonehut.info/2011/07/07/first-impressions-of-the-nokia-e6-my-t-mobile-sim-is-staying-in-it-most-of-the-time.php#comments Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:38:43 +0000 PhoneGeek http://phonehut.info/2011/07/07/first-impressions-of-the-nokia-e6-my-t-mobile-sim-is-staying-in-it-most-of-the-time.php
I have liked the Nokia Nseries devices over the years for their media creation experiences, but it was always the Eseries that earned a spot in my pocket and long term use of my SIM card due to their workhorse functionality. The Nokia E61 was the first front facing QWERTY keyboard Nokia Eseries I bought and I enjoyed using it. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/07/07/first-impressions-of-the-nokia-e6-my-t-mobile-sim-is-staying-in-it-most-of-the-time.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/07/01/synchronica-to-acquire-nokia%e2%80%99s-operator-branded-messaging-business.php http://phonehut.info/2011/07/01/synchronica-to-acquire-nokia%e2%80%99s-operator-branded-messaging-business.php#comments Fri, 01 Jul 2011 03:55:17 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/07/01/synchronica-to-acquire-nokia%e2%80%99s-operator-branded-messaging-business.php
Nokia Messaging has been a bit of a confusing service in the past, which is why I created the Nokia Messaging reference guide a couple of years ago. I have been disappointed in the current Nokia Email app and lack of full support for Gmail so when I heard today that Synchronica acquired Nokia’s operator-branded messaging business my hopes were raised that some attention would be given to making the experience better. With this acquisition Synchronica will gain the opportunity to service more than six million active end users just in North America. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/07/01/synchronica-to-acquire-nokia%e2%80%99s-operator-branded-messaging-business.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/06/30/nokia-usa-online-store-now-closed.php http://phonehut.info/2011/06/30/nokia-usa-online-store-now-closed.php#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:34:09 +0000 PhoneGeek http://phonehut.info/2011/06/30/nokia-usa-online-store-now-closed.php
I saw recently that the overseas online Nokia stores were closing, but figured the US one would stay open given that just a small number of carriers sell Nokia smartphones. However, if you go visit the Nokia USA store website you will find that it is now CLOSED. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/06/30/nokia-usa-online-store-now-closed.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/06/28/nokia-shorts-2011-n8-film-maker-winner-announced.php http://phonehut.info/2011/06/28/nokia-shorts-2011-n8-film-maker-winner-announced.php#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:33:27 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/06/28/nokia-shorts-2011-n8-film-maker-winner-announced.php
It is clear that the Nokia N8 is the best cameraphone available and should hold onto that title even though T-Mobile is promoting the new myTouch 4G Slide as having the best camera on a smartphone. I use my N8 quite a bit to capture video of my daughters’ sports and other events, but need to learn how to do better so I can hang with folks that turn out videos like these taken for the Nokia Shorts 2011 video contest . ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/06/28/nokia-shorts-2011-n8-film-maker-winner-announced.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/06/23/mr-elop-shows-off-nokia%e2%80%99s-sea-ray-windows-phone-device.php http://phonehut.info/2011/06/23/mr-elop-shows-off-nokia%e2%80%99s-sea-ray-windows-phone-device.php#comments Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:28:07 +0000 PhoneGeek http://phonehut.info/2011/06/23/mr-elop-shows-off-nokia%e2%80%99s-sea-ray-windows-phone-device.php
OK, I’ll admit I was a bit harsh on the Nokia N9 and maybe it is due to my frustration with the lack of a simple Anna update on my existing devices. How can they show something as slick as the N9 and MeeGo and not even provide the update to existing loyal customers? Anyway, I was thinking early today I would likely buy a Nokia N9 (and I still might), but when I saw the same form factor running Windows Phone as the Sea Ray I became much more excited about Nokia. I understand that the meeting was an internal meeting and someone, either accidentally or purposely, leaked out the video where Mr. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/06/23/mr-elop-shows-off-nokia%e2%80%99s-sea-ray-windows-phone-device.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/nokia-announces-the-n9-as-first-meego-device-us-not-part-of-the-launch.php http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/nokia-announces-the-n9-as-first-meego-device-us-not-part-of-the-launch.php#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:41:28 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/nokia-announces-the-n9-as-first-meego-device-us-not-part-of-the-launch.php
We have heard rumors of a MeeGo device coming from Nokia for some time and late last night Nokia announced the Nokia N9 MeeGo device . As much as I like Nokia products, I don’t know why they want to again have four operating systems to support with Symbian, Series 40, Windows Phone, and MeeGo. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/nokia-announces-the-n9-as-first-meego-device-us-not-part-of-the-launch.php/feed 0 http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/anna-update-scheduled-for-existing-devices-in-august.php http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/anna-update-scheduled-for-existing-devices-in-august.php#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:34:53 +0000 Jaswan http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/anna-update-scheduled-for-existing-devices-in-august.php
It will be just about a year after the release of the Nokia N8 when we will be getting the update that was talked about during the release. According to a post on Nokia Conversations , Anna will ship on new N8, C7, and C6-01s that are bought starting in July while the E6 and X7 already have it loaded. As you know, my Nokia Astound also has Anna and I love it! I also have my own Nokia E6 coming this week that has Anna preloaded so by the time it comes to existing devices I may no longer even have those devices. ]]> http://phonehut.info/2011/06/21/anna-update-scheduled-for-existing-devices-in-august.php/feed 0