Tag archive: Ralph Eric Kunz

GPS service can be a wonderful thing, but one of its downsides is waiting for GPS-enabled devices to get their fixes: it's not unusual to wait two, three, or four minutes for a GPS device to figure out where it is—and that, of course, is assuming the device can pull in enough satellite signals to get its position at all. This delay is widely seen as an impediment to many location-based mobile services, since consumers… Read More

The world's largest maker of mobile phones, Nokia, has announced it is making its smart2go mapping service free to mobile users beginning February 10. Users of selected Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile 5 devices will be able to download the smart2go application and start planning their trips right away; the company plans to roll out support for other mobile OS platforms over time, including the Nokia S60 and Series 40 devices, along with… Read More

Is it a cell phone, or a VOIP handset? The division isn't very clear anymore for Nokia's N80 Internet Edition handet: the company has just announced that N80 Internet Edition user can make VOIP calls using SIPphone's Gizmo services. “Mobilizing the Internet is a key focus for Nokia and I'm excited to see how a multimedia computer like the Nokia N80 Internet Edition can provide people with the convenience of… Read More

Finland's Nokia, the world's number-one mobile handset maker, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to integrate Microsoft Live Search into Nokia's own Mobile Search platform for Nokia Nseries and S60 mobile devices. “Adding the advanced searching capabilities of Microsoft's Live Search to our Mobile Search platform provides our customers with unique and powerful new ways to search the… Read More

Finland's Nokia today announced its N80 Internet Edition mobile phone, a successor to its N80 multimedia phone, The N80 Internet edition can be used both as a stanard mobile phone and as a VoIP handset; Nokia promises users will be able to download and install clients for virtually any VoIP service. In addition to the standard smartphone capabilities—calendar, email, text messaging, organizer, etc.—the N80 enables users to… Read More