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A Windows Phone on steroids, but some unusual growth as well.]]> Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:25:19 +1000 http://apcmag.com//iphone-5-vs-the-world-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-nexus-nokia-lumia-920-specs-compared-side-by-side.htm http://apcmag.com//iphone-5-vs-the-world-samsung-galaxy-s-iii-galaxy-nexus-nokia-lumia-920-specs-compared-side-by-side.htm

The iPhone 5 offers a comprehensive upgrade over the iPhone 4S, but how does it stack up against its flagship rivals?]]> Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:59:21 +1000 http://apcmag.com//mwc-2012-nokia-unveils-pureview-stunning-41-megapixel-smartphone.htm http://apcmag.com//mwc-2012-nokia-unveils-pureview-stunning-41-megapixel-smartphone.htm

It's beautiful, but is it practical? Nokia has revealed a gigantic 41MP image sensor on its upcoming Nokia 808 PureView smartphone, and file sizes supposedly won't be a problem.]]> Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:31:50 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-microsoft-preview-lumia-in-australia-the-only-phone-for-whats-coming-next.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-microsoft-preview-lumia-in-australia-the-only-phone-for-whats-coming-next.htm

We take a hands-on look at Nokia's first Windows Phones, the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, set for release in Australia next month.]]> Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:49:57 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokias-first-windows-phone-the-lumia-800-coming-to-australia-in-march.htm http://apcmag.com//nokias-first-windows-phone-the-lumia-800-coming-to-australia-in-march.htm

It's been nearly a year since Nokia's teamup with Microsoft was announced but we're finally going to see the results locally, with the Lumia 800 launching on all networks in March.]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:08:03 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-n9-hits-from-799-but-are-the-faithful-waiting-for-windows-phone.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-n9-hits-from-799-but-are-the-faithful-waiting-for-windows-phone.htm

It's taken a while to see the light of day but Nokia's colourful MeeGo smartphone has finally made its splash. Will Nokia fans pounce... or wait for the imminent Windows Phones?]]> Mon, 10 Oct 2011 11:40:29 +1000 http://apcmag.com//patent-mania-shows-no-sign-of-abating-as-tech-giants-eye-the-prizes.htm http://apcmag.com//patent-mania-shows-no-sign-of-abating-as-tech-giants-eye-the-prizes.htm

Google's staggering purchase of Motorola is emblematic of the defensive brinkmanship which has come to characterise today's fierce technology market.]]> Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:03:11 +1000 http://apcmag.com//windows-phone-moving-forward-mango-nokia-and-beyond.htm http://apcmag.com//windows-phone-moving-forward-mango-nokia-and-beyond.htm

Will the double-whammy of Mango and Nokia prove a killer combo for Microsoft's fledgling smartphone platform? Aussie developer and Imagine Cup judge Nick Randolph believes so.]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:24:01 +1000 http://apcmag.com//meet-meego-nokias-n9-is-sleek-sexy-and-streamlined-but-is-the-os-an-island.htm http://apcmag.com//meet-meego-nokias-n9-is-sleek-sexy-and-streamlined-but-is-the-os-an-island.htm

With a colourful flourish, Nokia has shown off its upcoming N9: the world's first-ever "pure touch" (buttonless) smartphone... but also likely the only MeeGo from Nokia you'll see.]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:20:44 +1000 http://apcmag.com//meegone-what-nokias-move-to-wp7-means-for-meego.htm http://apcmag.com//meegone-what-nokias-move-to-wp7-means-for-meego.htm

Nokia's decision to dump MeeGo for Windows Phone 7 doesn't mean the Linux-based mobile OS is dead, or does it?]]> Thu, 21 Apr 2011 08:56:20 +1000 http://apcmag.com//developers-dont-forget-nokia-theres-massive-potential-here.htm http://apcmag.com//developers-dont-forget-nokia-theres-massive-potential-here.htm

In the final part of our dev series, we take a look at Nokia. The company has been criticised for its smartphone efforts thus far, but don't write off the sleeping giant just yet.]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 08:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-n8-smartphone-due-early-october-for-under-550.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-n8-smartphone-due-early-october-for-under-550.htm

The first in Nokia’s wave of Symbian^3 smartphones will take aim at the mass market with treats such as free turn-by-turn navigation.]]> Tue, 22 Jun 2010 23:55:33 +1000 http://apcmag.com//skype-puts-windows-phone-7-on-hold.htm http://apcmag.com//skype-puts-windows-phone-7-on-hold.htm

Citing a second-rate “user experience” compared to the iPhone and Android, Skype admits it has no immediate plans to release an app for Windows Phone 7.]]> Thu, 13 May 2010 22:14:48 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-sues-apple-again-this-time-over-ipad.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-sues-apple-again-this-time-over-ipad.htm

The Finish phone supremo goes legal on Apple, claiming that the iPad infringes on five of its patents ranging from speech and data transmission to 3G antenna configuration.]]> Mon, 10 May 2010 13:48:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//apple-set-to-overtake-blackberry-in-worldwide-smartphone-sales.htm http://apcmag.com//apple-set-to-overtake-blackberry-in-worldwide-smartphone-sales.htm

Apple’s iPhone is on track to surge past the iconic BlackBerry in the global smartphones stakes by the middle of this year, while touchscreen devices already blitz QWERTY models.]]> Wed, 05 May 2010 10:30:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-previews-first-smartphone-based-on-open-source-symbian-os.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-previews-first-smartphone-based-on-open-source-symbian-os.htm

Nokia’s touchscreen N8 marks the first in a new series of devices built around the new open-source Symbian 3 platform.]]> Tue, 27 Apr 2010 23:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//linux-based-meego-mobile-os-makes-its-netbook-debut.htm http://apcmag.com//linux-based-meego-mobile-os-makes-its-netbook-debut.htm

The open-source offspring of Intel’s Moblin and Nokia’s Maemo gets its first public outing running an an Atom netbook, as well as a smartphone and a TV set...]]> Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:36:40 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-dials-up-new-social-networking-phones.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-dials-up-new-social-networking-phones.htm

The trend towards enhanced ‘feature phones’ built around messaging and social networking continues with Nokia’s new C-series handsets.]]> Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-launch-linux-powered-n900-tomorrow.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-launch-linux-powered-n900-tomorrow.htm

The N900 will be Nokia’s first and last Maemo 5 smartphone, with the next version due to run the new MeeGo Linux mobile OS created as a joint venture between Nokia and Intel.]]> Mon, 01 Mar 2010 08:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//samsung-wants-number-two-spot-after-apple.htm http://apcmag.com//samsung-wants-number-two-spot-after-apple.htm

Samsung wants its Bada app store to become the number two player in the mobile apps scene, but Intel & Nokia say the focus for MeeGo is “quality rather than quantity”.]]> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:38:04 +1000 http://apcmag.com//intel-and-nokia-unveil-new-meego-linux-mobile-os.htm http://apcmag.com//intel-and-nokia-unveil-new-meego-linux-mobile-os.htm

Intel and Nokia have scrapped their stand-alone Maemo and Moblin operating systems and merged them into a single open-source OS named MeeGo.]]> Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:43:55 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-banks-on-the-sms-app-store.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-banks-on-the-sms-app-store.htm

CES 2010: The phone giant readies its Nokia Money application and takes a few swipes at Apple.]]> Sat, 09 Jan 2010 13:34:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//iphone-overtakes-windows-mobile-in-sales-and-usage.htm http://apcmag.com//iphone-overtakes-windows-mobile-in-sales-and-usage.htm

2009 has been a much better year for Apple than it has for Microsoft, with the iPhone eclipsing Windows Mobile in the US market.]]> Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:12:32 +1000 http://apcmag.com//virtual-pvr-service-for-pcs-and-smartphones-launches.htm http://apcmag.com//virtual-pvr-service-for-pcs-and-smartphones-launches.htm

Don’t want to be shackled to your TV set? Australian company MyTVR will record TV programs on their server and push the content down to your PC, iPhone, Nokia or Android device.]]> Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:45:18 +1000 http://apcmag.com//app-stores-converge-at-app-planet-2010.htm http://apcmag.com//app-stores-converge-at-app-planet-2010.htm

App stores are where it's all happening – so much so that the annual Mobile World Congress is launching the App Planet 2010 expo to claim slice of the action.]]> Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//smartphone-shake-up-windows-mobile-falls-behind-iphone-and-blackberry.htm http://apcmag.com//smartphone-shake-up-windows-mobile-falls-behind-iphone-and-blackberry.htm

Microsoft’s slice of the worldwide smartphone market slumps into single digits and is barely twice the share of newcomer Android, while the iPhone and BlackBerry pull well ahead.]]> Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:36 +1000 http://apcmag.com//google-brings-push-gmail-to-iphone-and-windows-mobile.htm http://apcmag.com//google-brings-push-gmail-to-iphone-and-windows-mobile.htm

Gmail joins Calendar and Contacts as a Google Sync service with instant delivery to any mobile device that supports Exchange ActiveSync.]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:16:17 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-booklet-3g-hands-on-at-nokia-world.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-booklet-3g-hands-on-at-nokia-world.htm

Tech journos have finally got hands-on with the Nokia Booklet 3G netbook.]]> Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:49:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-releases-3g-netbook-booklet.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-releases-3g-netbook-booklet.htm

Nokia has officially announced its first ever notebook computer with 3G built in, dubbed Booklet. ]]> Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:15:42 +1000 http://apcmag.com//smartphone-chips-hit-1ghz-including-the-next-gen-iphone.htm http://apcmag.com//smartphone-chips-hit-1ghz-including-the-next-gen-iphone.htm

Less than a decade after desktop processors broke the 1GHz barrier, smartphones are set to muscle up. Among them will be devices powered by Samsung’s ARM chips, such as the iPhone.]]> Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:40:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-6760-qwery-slide-smartphone-for-the-masses.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-6760-qwery-slide-smartphone-for-the-masses.htm

Nokia hopes its ‘made for messaging’ smartphone will be a low-cost hit with tweens, teens and the Twitterati.]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:45:11 +1000 http://apcmag.com//smartphones-below-par-when-it-comes-to-voice-calls.htm http://apcmag.com//smartphones-below-par-when-it-comes-to-voice-calls.htm

Tests indicate that Blackberry, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson and even the iPhone provide mixed results when used as a plain old mobile phone.]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:11:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//intel-and-nokia-join-forces-on-new-class-of-mobile-computing-device.htm http://apcmag.com//intel-and-nokia-join-forces-on-new-class-of-mobile-computing-device.htm

Linux, 3G HSDPA and x86-based Atom silicon to form the core of a “new mobile platform beyond today’s smartphones, notebooks and netbooks”]]> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:32:58 +1000 http://apcmag.com//skyfire-mobile-browser-released-for-windows-and-symbian-phones.htm http://apcmag.com//skyfire-mobile-browser-released-for-windows-and-symbian-phones.htm

Finally out of beta, the fresh-baked Skyfire promises to bring desktop-class browsing – with full support for Flash and AJAX – to Windows Mobile and Nokia Symbian S60.3 phones.]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 09:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokias-ovi-app-store-goes-live-in-australia.htm http://apcmag.com//nokias-ovi-app-store-goes-live-in-australia.htm

Local Nokia users have discovered they can access the Ovi Store on their mobiles as the company gears up for this week’s launch of the app store.]]> Tue, 26 May 2009 07:47:16 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-release-a-netbook.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-release-a-netbook.htm

Nokia is “looking very actively” at releasing a netbook, says its CEO. But will it run Symbian, Android or something else again?]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:03:23 +1000 http://apcmag.com//fennec-reaches-beta.htm http://apcmag.com//fennec-reaches-beta.htm

Mozilla has launched a Firefox-like browser for use on mobile phones.]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//doubletwist-is-only-half-baked.htm http://apcmag.com//doubletwist-is-only-half-baked.htm

Some people have hailed doubleTwist as "possibly the world's best media player", with promise to break the iTunes monopoly.]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:12:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//will-windows-7-take-the-app-store-route.htm http://apcmag.com//will-windows-7-take-the-app-store-route.htm

If Microsoft can open bricks and mortar stores, why not build one in to every copy of Windows 7?]]> Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//microsoft-and-nokia-launch-mobile-app-stores.htm http://apcmag.com//microsoft-and-nokia-launch-mobile-app-stores.htm

Two of the biggest mobile phone players join the app store stampede, with Windows Mobile and Nokia phones to get over-the-air software shops by mid-year.]]> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//skype-lands-on-nokia-smartphones-but-iphone-still-to-come.htm http://apcmag.com//skype-lands-on-nokia-smartphones-but-iphone-still-to-come.htm

Skype could end the ‘mobile roaming rage’ for Nokia and Sony-Ericsson customers stung by outrageous carrier charges for global roaming. But where’s the promised Skype for iPhone?]]> Wed, 18 Feb 2009 09:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-offer-all-you-can-download-of-10-million-songs.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia-to-offer-all-you-can-download-of-10-million-songs.htm

Nokia has an unbelievably appealing offer coming up: unlimited downloads (to keep) from a library of over four million songs with a Nokia phone purchase.]]> Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:45:49 +1000 http://apcmag.com//mobileme-be-gone-google-sync-comes-to-the-iphone.htm http://apcmag.com//mobileme-be-gone-google-sync-comes-to-the-iphone.htm

Google Sync now supports iPhone, Windows Mobile and other devices that support SyncML.]]> Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//mobile_firefox_targeting_nokia.htm http://apcmag.com//mobile_firefox_targeting_nokia.htm

Ambitious plans will see Firefox mobile ported to Symbian Smartphones, possibly by as early as April next year.]]> Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//symbian_developers_developers_but_no_monkey_dance.htm http://apcmag.com//symbian_developers_developers_but_no_monkey_dance.htm

Nokia wants developers to create apps for the aging Symbian mobile phone OS, but will Symbian execs do what it takes to really get developers excited -- a sweaty dance on stage?]]> Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:09:08 +1000 http://apcmag.com//top_10_reasons_to_hate_the_iphone_3g.htm http://apcmag.com//top_10_reasons_to_hate_the_iphone_3g.htm

Is the iPhone 3G really deserving of the nickname Jesusphone?]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:38:05 +1000 http://apcmag.com//its_a_touchphone_tsunami.htm http://apcmag.com//its_a_touchphone_tsunami.htm

This week sees LG and HTC join Samsung in unleashing touchscreen smartphones. Up next: BlackBerry ‘Thunder’ and Nokia’s ‘Tube’.]]> Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//satire_nokia_declares_new_strategy_sell_mobiles_to_mobiles.htm http://apcmag.com//satire_nokia_declares_new_strategy_sell_mobiles_to_mobiles.htm

Nokia is cutting out middlemen ("users") and will sell mobiles directly to other mobiles.]]> Fri, 02 May 2008 13:02:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia_launches_local_music_store.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia_launches_local_music_store.htm

Nokia has launched an Australian Music Store with claims the site gives consumers 'real freedom to enjoy music at their fingertips.' But 'freedom' doesn't seem to describe it well.]]> Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:40:35 +1000 http://apcmag.com//nokia_unveils_linux_powered_wimax_tablet.htm http://apcmag.com//nokia_unveils_linux_powered_wimax_tablet.htm

While Intel was busy launching its latest "mobile internet devices", Nokia has released its N810, with WiMAX, GPS and a QWERTY keyboard.]]> Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:16:46 +1000