Nokia’s not making any formal announcements, but its music streamer, Comes with Music and Home Control Centre are serious pointers towards its ambitions in home entertainment. But will it be able to topple Microsoft, Apple and all the other firms vying for control of your living room?
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Nokia kicked off this morning by unveiling its most important phone ever. The Nokia N97, the first touchscreen N-Series, packing 3D acceleration, a stonking 32GB of memory and expandable up to 48GB. We’ve a feeling Nokia just raised the bar in mobiles, but what do you think?
The Nokia World expo kicks off tomorrow, with a feast of Finnish-flavoued phone goodies on offer for the world to see. There’ll be seminars, a peep at what the Big N’s working on next, and maybe even a product launch or two. But what do you want to see? New N-Series, new N-Gage, new E-Series or the Tube 2?
There are tons of funny words in the world of gadgets. From Hitachi’s hilariously-named Wooo Blu-Ray recorder, to Samsung’s latest BizBee mobiles. But it’s the codenames that really make us smile. Tube, Wahoo and Longhorn being just a few of them. But which is your favourite?
Nokia reckons it’s on to something with its new Build service, cranking out customised phones for fashion conscious chatterboxes, but do you customise your other kit too? Are you interested in buying pre-customised gizmos, or would you rather undertake the hard work yourself?
The cat’s out of the bag! If the latest rumours are to be believed, Microsoft will finally unveil its own-branded Zune phone at CES in January. But the big question is, would you choose a mobile from the Big M over the iPhone, an Android handset or even the BlackBerry Storm?
Unless you’re so flush your middle name is Armitage Shanks, you can’t have failed to notice the world’s financial markets are on their backside. But has the dreaded credit crunch put you off buying gadgets? And will next week’s VAT cut get you spending again?
The new iPhone firmware brings Google Maps Street View, over-the-air podcast downloads, a tweaked keyboard and a speedier performance. But are the new features what you wanted, or is Apple still missing the big fixes. Copy and paste, anyone?