Technologizer

Nokia N-Gage Gets the Boot

Friday, October 30, 2009

When Nokia failed to generate enough buzz with its gaming phone offerings under the N-Gage name, it switched gears in 2008 to offer the platform instead as a gaming service. It now appears that strategy was a failure as well: N-Gage is set to be phased out in 2010. Games would be able to be purchased [...]

Nokia’s Netbook Gamble

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

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I don’t quite understand Nokia’s thinking, but the company has made it official that its Booklet 3G, its first true netbook PC (or any type of full PC for that matter) will come to the states through AT&T and Best Buy on October 22. Entering into the increasingly crowded netbook space could be risky for Nokia. First [...]

Nokia Steps Back, Delays Music Service in U.S.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

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With its “Comes With Music” music service getting a not-so-hot reception in the countries where it has already been launched, Nokia has decided to delay the launch of the product here in the US until at least 2010. Previously it had indicated it was on track for a launch sometime this year. While the service seems [...]

Nokia Does a Netbook

Monday, August 24, 2009

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Nokia, which has made some PC-like devices in its day, is finally making…a PC. The company has announced the Booklet 3G, a device that it’s calling a mini-laptop. I’m calling it a netbook, but a pretty fancy one: It’s got an aluminum case, built-in 3G (with swappable SIM card) and GPS, and HDMI output. Nokia [...]

5Words for Wednesday, August 12th 2009

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Like 5Words? Subscribe via RSS. Microsoft Office for Nokia phones. Knol is looking pretty sad. Hands on with Zune HD. Hey, what is Facebook Light? Unknown Apple product diner shoot. How to end music piracy. Nokia dumping Symbian for Linux? iPhone keyboard vs. Android keyboard.

Could Web Apps Help Save Nokia?

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

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Certain pundits have opined that Nokia may be doomed, because its Symbian operating system and Ovi Store application store provide a far poorer user experience than Apple’s iPhone. I’m not one of the doom-and-gloomers. Nokia is betting that Web applications will catch on in the long run, and it could be right. The long history of [...]

Is Nokia Toast?

Monday, July 6, 2009

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Gizmodo’s Matt Buchanan has posted a review of Nokia’s iPhone-like N97, with the provocative headline “Nokia N97 Review: Nokia is Doomed.” At first blush, it sounds like he can’t really mean that he thinks Nokia could be headed for extinction. Comic exaggeration, right? But the more I thought about it, the more I came to [...]

5Words for Thursday, July 2nd 2009

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Nokia, Sony Ericsson unlocked phones. Google News loses comments feature. Facebook tweaks its privacy tools. @microsoft has officially started tweeting. Zer01’s unlimited voice/data service. Another obscenely expensive Motorola phone. Bankrupt Psystar still releasing machines. Cheap thin laptops: cracking cases. Apple ackowledges iPhone overheating issue? Borders UK launches an e-book.

Standardized Phone Charger Would be a Godsend

Monday, June 29, 2009

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Europe is doing it right: A group of major cell phone manufacturers that control 90 percent of the market–including Nokia and Sony Ericsson–have backed a European Union standard for phone chargers that would mean that buying a new phone wouldn’t require you to throw out the old charger. Reuters reports that the standard only applies to [...]

5Words for Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

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Intel and Nokia join forces. A netbook with AMD inside. MySpace seems to be shrinking. Do netbooks confuse notebook buyers? Flash for phones (except iPhones) Zoho now works with SharePoint. Get ready for Google Voice. New ThinkPads get really skinny.

5Words for Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

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Tech news–Apple and otherwise: More lack of iPhone sympathy. Buy iPhone? Wait for Verizon? The iPhone’s new processor: secret! A look at Safari 4. Going to Borneo? Don’t Twitter. T-Mobile: Yes, we were hacked. Did Pleo just get rescued? Nokia’s N97 goes on sale. Are the Webby Awards obsolete? Is the new MacBook expensive?

Nokia’s Ovi Store is Up. And Awkward.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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Nokia’s answer to Apple’s iPhone App Store launched today on fifty phone models, with more to come. But early reviews range from so-so to brutal: Today sees the worldwide roll-out of Nokia’s Ovi Store, the company’s response to Apple’s App Store (and other centralized content stores for mobile phones and OS’es), and no doubt the company [...]

5Words for May 8th, 2009

Friday, May 8, 2009

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Saw Star Trek, expected Tribbles… An EeePC that’s a tablet. Nokia preps giant app store. How to research: copy Wikipedia! Blu-Ray sales up 72 percent. I’ve pointed cameras at TVs. Big Sony e-reader in works? Stardates for your Google Calendar. SugarSync adds a free version. Hulu tiptoes towards international expansion. Hey, my HDTV’s a Vizio.

5Words for April 22nd, 2009

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

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Here’s what’s up this morning: How the CIA uses spyware. iSuppli tears down the Kindle. Embedded broadband for new Macs? Crooks want old Nokia phone. Firefox fixes twelve security holes. New OLPC uses Via CPU. Pleo maker files for bankruptcy. A Blu-Ray player for cars. Oprah fans pour onto Twitter. Second Life’ red-light districts.

5Words for March 11th, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Let’s get newsy, shall we? Details on Windows Mobile store. Three new Nokia music phones. Gmail is bigger than YouTube. Google cuts off free texting. In-flight Internet ramps up. Analyst thinks Snow Leopard’s lagging. Europe gives Microsoft an extension. PlayStation gets NBC Universal content. Xbox 360: Worth a million? Chinese hackers rip off iTunes. A pig dock for iPod.

5Words for February 26th, 2009

Thursday, February 26, 2009

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Good morning–news is served: Lots of Windows 7 tweaks. Nokia might make Symbian laptops. Google Street View’s user photos. Google News gets ads. Finally. Find iPhone vulnerability, get money. The president isn’t Tweeting nowadays. LG phone sports detachable keyboard. Jeepers, more Microsoft-Yahoo speculation. Rumors about PSP successor persist. Is Windows Mobile 6.5 obsolete? Vista SP2 release candidate imminent. Dell’s 10-inch netbook arrives. Intel: Psion doesn’t own “netbook.” No feeware [...]