The 12-megapixel Nokia N87 will not be the first smartphone with Symbian 3rd source has just sent bestboys the video - shows a new smartphone from Nokia. According to the document it should have the following features:

# QWERTY keyboard
# First 3 OS Symbian smartphone
# AARM Cortex A8 600MHz
# 32GB or 16GB of internal memory
# 256MB RAM
# 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
# Wireless
# HSPA
# GPS
# 5-megapixel camera

source: bestboyz

The Symbian^3 (S^3) platform is here! S^3 is the first entirely open source release following the platforms transition to an open source license on February 4th, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history. View the full press release or our blog for more information.

S^3 is expected to be "feature complete" by the end of Q1 and the release will include: significant usability and interface advances, faster networking, acceleration for 2D and 3D graphics in games and applications, HDMI support (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), music store integration, an improved user interface with easier navigation and multi-touch gesture support, a feature-rich homescreen, and the ability to run even more applications simultaneously.

Members of the Symbian community, including device creators, network operators, hardware technology providers, professional services companies and application developers are already engaged with S^3 and the first devices using the platform are expected to ship as early as Q3 this year.

source: press release

Few days ago, we showed you a N900 running Windows 95, well it doesn't take long for someone to install a copy of windows NT 4.0.  Please see the video below.

Windows NT 4.0 running under Bochs 2.3.7 PC emulator on a Nokia N900 phone. Very slow as you can see, but works! Took a lot of time to figure out the combination of build parameters and configuration options for Bochs though.

Please see more info at: http://www.tuug.fi/~toni/serendipity/

When nokia presents itself at the mobile world congress, we could expect a new model N98 (successor of the Noka97).  begeek already has a picture of the device, it's somewhat similar to the Nokia N97, it's also a slide up keyboard.

It will have 32 GB of internal storage, rumored that it will be priced at 450 euros.  Again, the device will called Nokia N98

If you ever wish that your Nokia N900 could run windows 95, then you don't have to wish anymore, someone at maemo.org just posted step by step guide to how to accomplish this.   I only hope someone coming out with a Windows XP version :)

If you want to see proof, check out the video below.

1) open up x-terminal and type the following:
Code:

cd /home/user/MyDocs/
mkdir dos
cd dos
mkdir 95
cd /home/user/MyDocs/
mv w95.img /home/user/MyDocs/dos/95

2) open up emelFM2, click the white box on the left hand screen and type:
Code:

/home/user/.dosbox

A file called dosbox-0.73.conf should appear in the box below, highlight that file by clicking on it once then click the green downwards arrow in the center of the screen and press edit.

Scroll down to the bottom of this file to where it says 'Lines in this section willbe run at startup' and type the following underneath:
Code:

mount c /home/user/MyDocs/dos
c:
imgmount e c:\95\w95.img -t hdd -fs fat
boot -l c

Full Instructions located at maemo.org

I guess a lot of Nokia Folks been waiting for a free navigation for a long time, Nokia finally satisfy their needs by offering the free Voice turn by turn navigation few weeks ago.  The result is amazing.

okia has today announced that since the launch of the new version of Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation, on Thursday 21 January 2010 just one week after the launch, there have been over 1.4 million downloads. The one million mark was reached already at the end of last week. "We're averaging a download a second, 24 hours a day," said Anssi Vanjoki, Executive Vice President, Nokia. "When we announced free walk & drive navigation we knew it would be a game-changer. The number of people now using their Nokia for navigation, and as a result looking for more location-aware software, is growing faster than even we predicted."

The success of the new version Ovi Maps is a key part of Nokia's strategy to lead the market in mobile maps, navigation and location-based services. By leveraging its investment in NAVTEQ, Nokia has been able to remove the costs associated with navigation for drivers and pedestrians and is quickly activating a massive user base to which it can offer new location features, content and services.

"This is great news for our 3rd party application developers. Within a matter of days there is an installed base of more than 1 million active users all potentially hungry for new and innovative location-aware apps," continued Anssi Vanjoki. "For the operators too there is a growing opportunity to sell more data-plans and a complete navigation package to existing and new customers."

souce: nokia press release

http://www.NokiaN97Forum.com

Mobile phone maker grew market share in Q4 on touch screen smart phones. Nokia was able to up the average price of its mobile phone devices while cutting costs, helping it beat Wall Street's fourth-quarter earnings expectations.

The communications equipment maker said Thursday that it earned $1.3 billion, or 36 cents per share, up 60.1% from net profits of $810.5 million in the year-earlier period. The bottom line figure came in well ahead of analysts' consensus call for earnings of $1 billion, or 27 cents per share.

Nokia continues to expect industry mobile device volumes to increase 10% in 2010, and hopes to maintain its market share in the sector.

The market for mobile phones took a worse-than-expected hit from the global economic crisis. As consumers worldwide cut down on discretionary spending, Nokia saw the average selling price of its handsets decline every quarter since 2004. But in the recent period, Nokia saw its first quarterly increase to $88.65, from $87.25 in the previous quarter. Still, it was a year-over-year decline from $99.91.

souce: forbe

We have told you that Nokia will now giving out voice turn-by-turn navigation for free with all Nokia Smart phones.  Well, yesterday, it also announced the Nokia X6, A 16 gigabyte version of the X6, previously only available in 32 gig form. Interestingly, Nokia has decided to strip their all-you-can-eat "Comes with Music" service from this model.

No pricing is available yet, but we do know that it'll hit the shelves sometime before the end of March in various colors: black, all white, white with pink highlights and white with yellow highlights.  See picture above

http://www.Nokia-X6.com

Thanks to MobileCrunch

Nokia will follow Google, offering free maps on its cellphones, in a move to boost handset sales but one that will hit other satnav players, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Thursday, citing the Finnish company.

"Nokia used to charge for navigation packages that included turn-by-turn directions. That all goes away now. Now you can get turn-by-turn directions covering 74 countries in 46 languages," the report said.

A spokesman for Nokia declined to comment. The firm is scheduled to hold news conferences related to its services offering around the world from 0930 GMT onwards.

In 2008 Nokia bought for $8.1 billion digital mapping firm Navteq -- a rival to navigation specialist TomTom's Tele Atlas unit.

Analysts said free navigation could enable Nokia to support its flagging position in the global smartphone market. It still sells more smartphones than any of its rivals, but it has lost ground to Apple and RIM.

Read complete story at reuters.com

Open Source means that you never have to wait for any company to release software in a rigid fashion. We are talking about the Nokia N900 and the Maemo platform.

There is no Google Maps for Maemo so far and we are doubtful if Google will even make one as they are concentrating on Android. So here is a Browser based Google maps application for Maemo which has come from the Maemo Community. Its got almost everything even Google Latitude

Yodude from HoFo took this to the next level by adding Zoom Controls using some html

Visit http://www.google.com/maps/m on your N900 to use an Almost perfect google maps on your N900

via: fonearena