Category Archives: Nokia

Nokia Tries to Remain Relevant By Commenting on Google/Moto Acquisition

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I’m not one to usually lash out at Android’s competitors when they comment on industry happenings, but Nokia’s comment on the Google’s acquisition of Motorola makes no sense to me. It screams “read me, I need my name to be relevant because, as of now, it isn’t.” Here’s the statement in question:

“This further reinforces our belief that opportunities for the growth of Nokia’s smartphone business will be greatest with Windows Phone. This could prove to be a massive catalyst for the Windows Phone ecosystem. Additionally, with our respective intellectual property portfolios, Nokia and Microsoft are working together to build and nurture an innovative ecosystem that benefits consumers, operators, developers and other device manufacturers.”

It makes no sense to me because I don’t see how the acquisition could be a “major catalyst” for them and I don’t see how Nokia believes this will help them. For the time being, the acquisition is about patents and protecting Android.

Google didn’t take a competitor off the market and the acquisition won’t change anything on the forefront. This acquisition isn’t going to get a Windows-based phone out of the door any faster and it certainly won’t help revive their free-falling market share. You’re staring to sound like a bitter old hag, Nokia. In short, we don’t want to hear it. [Engadget]

TabCo Tablet Identity Revealed Tomorrow: Here’s the Countdown

If you click here, you’ll learn everything you need to know about TabCo, a mystery tablet that we’ve been covering quite a lot on our website. This device has been linked numerous times to Nokia, mostly because of some teasers that it had, mentioning it doesn’t run Android and it’s all about swiping.

TabCo is supposed to be a MeeGo tablet made by Nokia, the kind of company that would hijack a skyscraper and have it display (in lights) the launch date of the product. Also, TabCo was promoted by some plane writing on the sky near the WWDC 2011 Apple event. If this is Nokia or not we have no idea, but what we do know is that the product will be unveiled in a day from now, on August 15, 9 a.m. PDT.

A webcast will be available here, for you all to see. Other speculations have claimed this to be Microsoft, HP or Fusion Garage. Supporting the Nokia association there’s the common address that the TabCo HQ has with the American branch of Nokia and also the pattern of the Twitter account: WeAreTabCo. It resembles greatly the WeAreMeeGo account, now closed.

So, which one is it? I guess we’ll find that out tomorrow, when the product gets announced…

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Tabco Tablet Once Again Gets A Viral – Lemmings With iPads (Video)

I guess that mocking Apple is the thing to do nowadays, if you want a product to be successful… Maybe this is why the Tabco tablet was advertised using a bunch of lemmings (read humans with iPads or maybe Android slates) heading for certain death through fall. The solution? Stand out from the crowd and use a Tabco slate!

This teaser vid is entitled Lemmings and it shows some people with similar clothing using something that looks like an iPad, till salvation comes as the Tabco tablet. Sadly we can’t get a good look at the device that some say is actually a Nokia Meego unit with large diagonal. From we can see this seems like 10 inch unit, from the way it’s held…

Companies have pulled off revolutionary ads for tablets that have failed in the past as well. Motorola was getting cool during the Super Bowl with that 1984 ad, while Toshiba mocked Apple’s lack of Flash support and LG even crushed an apple in an Optimus Pad video. Will this supposed Nokia partner also fail after its epic virals? We’ll find out on August 15th, when the device is announced!

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Nokia Working on New MeeGo Device… Could it Be a Tablet?

Although the Nokia N9 smartphone was supposed to be the first and last MeeGo device from Nokia, it seems the company is not leaving the OS behind. Inside sources are claiming that the Finns are working on yet another product and that the MeeGo team is still assembled. Could it be a tablet?

Considering the latest hype surrounding the Tabco story and the speculations about a Nokia tablet ever since we saw images leaked, a MeeGo slate from the Northern company wouldn’t be surprising. A year ago we spotted the first Nokia tablet prototypes and even a patent that copied the N8 design on a slate was seen.

The thing is that it doesn’t make sense to announce a device as your first and last MeeGo unit (N9) and then go back on your promise. One would do that if a product was hugely successful, but for the N9 we have no idea yet. People are expecting a great deal from Nokia, that’s supposed to be reborn from its ashes, just like a Phoenix. Will a MeeGo tablet fuel that rebirth?

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Nokia 10 Inch Tablet Packs a 3D Camera

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about a Nokia tablet, unless you count those WeTab Tabco rumors… Now we have a 10 inch slate with Nokia branding, the creation of Gregory Pizzatto and a mere concept right now.

Gregory created a Nokia tablet with a 3D camera at the back, that relies on a dual photo/video sensor. The slate comes with a black piano finish or a silver one and it’s pretty strange to see iOS action the screen, in an old version of the platform no less. The speakers are also pretty badly rendered on the back side, but the camera is believable.

The interesting part is that segment with a virtual keyboard, that actually looks interesting and original. Will the real deal be close to this concept?

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