Nokia Claims To Prioritize Antenna Performance - Response to Apple

Nokia released an official statement about how rigorous and careful they are with antenna design, in response to Job's jab at the company earlier today during the Apple press conference. The statement informs everyone that Nokia "was the pioneer in in internal antennas" and "has invested thousands of man hours in studying human behavior." The company continued on to discuss that they will always "prioritize amtenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict." It seemed like Nokia was pretty offended by Job's idea to bash other phone companies including theirs and furthermore felt the need to go back and clarify their stand on the topic (which other companies that got put on the spotlight did not do). Either way, the decision is ultimately left up to the consumers. You can check out Nokia's official press release below:

As we’ve all seen, Apple had mentioned Nokia in their press conference today regarding the iPhone4. I wanted to take a moment and send you a statement regarding Nokia’s own antenna design and function.

Antenna design is a complex subject and has been a core competence at Nokia for decades, across hundreds of phone models. Nokia was the pioneer in internal antennas; the Nokia 8810, launched in 1998, was the first commercial phone with this feature.

Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying human behavior, including how people hold their phones for calls, music playing, web browsing and so on. As you would expect from a company focused on connecting people, we prioritize antenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict.

In general, antenna performance of a mobile device/phone may be affected with a tight grip, depending on how the device is held. That’s why Nokia designs our phones to ensure acceptable performance in all real life cases, for example when the phone is held in either hand. Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying how people hold their phones and allows for this in designs, for example by having antennas both at the top and bottom of the phone and by careful selection of materials and their use in the mechanical design.

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JavaScript Test Proves MeeGo To Be Better Than Android 2.2

Recently, the folks over at Carrypad put Nokia's new OS, MeeGo, through the same Sunspider JavaScript tests that both iOS 4 and Android 2.2. Nokia's mobile OS of choice turned out to be rather impressive during the test boasting a 4.2 seconds. Compared to iOS 4 which took 10.9 seconds and Android 2.2 which took 5.8 seconds, looks like Nokia is headed in the right direction. To be fair, the Aava phone being used to conduct these tests packs a 1.5 GHz Intel Moorestown processor (the Sunspider JavaScript tests lean heavily on a mobile processor) and is actually not a production phone. Another thing to note though is that the tests used FireFox Mobile and not the MeeGo manufactured browser (giving MeeGo a chance to perform possibly better or worse, depending on how Nokia designed their software). Regardless though, the speed tests are pretty impressive. All we need now is a production MeeGo handset to test that out and compare it to the other mobile OS's more realistically.

HTC "Gold" With Windows Phone 7 Rumored To Release In November

An online phone comparison site Omio, said they got the scoop on some key UK handsets that are set to debut in the second half of 2010. Supposedly the news is a fresh leak from an unspecified UK retiler, the roadmap contains info on phones such as the HTC Vision, being released next to the previously unheard of HTC Ace all arriving alongside the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 in October, while November will be the month HTC's first Windows Phone 7 device will be released together with the QWERTY-blessed Nokia E7 and Samsung i8700 Cetus.

Other informtion released included the Nokia E7 which is probably the QWERTY equipped Symbian^3 smartphone that we have been hearing of and that has been labeled the N9 or the N8-001/N8-002 by some. This phone has an aluminum body, like the N8 does, together with a tilting AMOLED touchscreen. Slotting into the Eseries line-up would have made far more sense given Nokia's move away from Symbian^3 in their Nseries devices.

As for the Windows Phone 7 HTC phone, the device is tipped off to be the HTC gold. Although there are no details as to specs at this point many people are excited. The HTC Vision is the phone whose info was leaked earlier this week and nobody seems to know what the HTC Ace is. Finally, Samsung's i8700 Cetus is similarly mysterious but te name suggests that it runs the company's wave-themed bada OS.

Omio says they are 100 percent sure of the source and time will definitely help confirm that pretty soon. It is already July as of right now so the first of the handsets should already be on route to be released soon. More information can be found including the Nokia E5-00, Nokia X6 8GB, Samsung i5500, Sony Ericsson W20, BlackBerry Curve 9300, Nokia X2, Sony Ericsson Hazel and Yendo, and the Nokia N8 at Omio's blog. Are you excited about any of the new phones that are said to be coming out?

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Hacked Nokia N900 Spotted Running Android 2.2

While many Android manufacturers are still scrambling toward official Android 2.2 updates for their manifold handsets, someone managed to get Google's Froyo on the Nokia N900. The N900 actually runs really well with some super speedy browsing and decent hardware support. The only thing that is lacking is the lack of memory card support. Check out the video below to see Android on Nokia's phone:

SkyFire 2.0 Beta Ready For It's Android Release

Recently we have been seeing mobile browsers steadily raising their game, so it was inevitable for Skyfire to try and shock and awe us with its first release for the Android platform. Version 2.0 introduces a brand new SkyBar, which sits at the bottom of the screen, providing users with a trifecta of new features. First and foremost, the Video link servesr as a workaround for the pesky “your phone doesn’t support Flash” missives by doing server-side conversions of Flash video into universally comprehensible formats like HTML5. If implemented well, this should be a major coup for the company, particularly in light of a potential iPhone release as well. There’s also a streamlined sharing feature for all the social networks, and an Explore function that suggests internet content on the basis of what’s currently on display. You can find the official press release and download link below:

Skyfire Launches the First Flash Video Enabled Mobile Browser for Android

The first 'mobile browser for the Social Media generation' eliminates broken links from your Facebook stream, tracks Twitter buzz, and makes sharing easy

Mountain View, CA – April 29, 2010– Skyfire, maker of the award-winning web-browser for mobile devices, today launches Skyfire 2.0 for Android, making the mobile internet experience faster, Flash-enabled and fun, with media recommendations and social features. Skyfire is one of the fastest growing mobile browsers in the world, ranking in the top 10 all-time apps in the Nokia Ovi Store and Windows Marketplace.

Skyfire 2.0 for Android is built upon many of the popular features of Skyfire's 1.0 browser, and uses cloud computing to give a "booster engine" to mobile phones so they can handle rich media like video. And now, Skyfire 2.0 for Android takes mobile browsing to a new level with the addition of the SkyBarTM, a new toolbar that lets users enjoy millions of videos previously unviewable on mobile, and also discover the latest buzz on any topic they browse.

What is the SkyBarTM?

The SkyBar brings the best of the internet to a mobile user's fingertips, without any additional searching. By activating the SkyBar with a single touch, users are given access to Flash videos on a web page that otherwise would not play, related content recommendations, and easier sharing with their social networks.

· Video –The "Video" icon enables users to play millions of Flash videos around the web that otherwise do not play on mobile. This unlocks content trapped behind those error messages with question marks and blue Legos. Behind the scenes, videos are translated into a format easier for the phone to play, like html5 video.

· Related Content – The "Explore" icon brings the most relevant content on the internet to a user's fingertips based on what they are viewing at the time. The Explore button pulls video, buzz, news, images and other sites from the web based on what is on the current page.

· Sharing – The "Share" icon lets users share any article or video easily to their friends on Facebook, Twitter, or by email and SMS messaging, adding a comment, and all with a single click.

The first mobile browser for the social media generation:

"Skyfire 2.0 was built for the way people use social media and the web today. People are now starting their web experience by scanning their Facebook and Twitter news feeds," explains Jeff Glueck, CEO of Skyfire. "Our new browser allows you to open those links and view the videos that your friends have shared. To make that work, people need a browser that can handle the full internet."

The Power of Cloud Computing:

Skyfire on Android uses cloud-computing technology to enable this web video; the benefits for consumers include faster and smoother video playback, and extended battery life by offloading more of the work to cloud servers. At the same time, since Skyfire 2.0 is built on a webkit core, users get all the functionality they know on the default Android browser, such as pinch to zoom, copy and paste, find text on the page, open up to eight browser tabs, and more.

Skyfire is one of the fastest growing downloadable browsers with usage increasing 500% year over year, and currently streaming over 25 million minutes of Flash video every month, more than any other mobile browser worldwide.

Skyfire 2.0 for Android is available for download worldwide free at bit.ly/skyfireandroid

About Skyfire

Skyfire is the creator of the Skyfire mobile browser, and has a mission to enable the "full internet" including rich media on mobile phones. The browser won the Best Mobile Application-People's Voice at the 2009 Webby Awards and was named a Top App of 2009 by the New York Times' Gadgetwise. Skyfire is based in Mountain View, California, in the heart of Silicon Valley. For more information, visit Sykfire, or follow Skyfire on Twitter.

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RIM Trying To Revamp Their OS

There were four major smartphone operating systems before the iPhone release - Symbian, Palm OS, Windows Mobile, and BlackBerry OS. After the release of the iPhone, their user interfaces all seemed out of date in some way. Both the Palm OS and Windows Mobile have essentially been replaced with new operating systems named WebOS and Windows Phone 7. Symbian stakeholders, though, has decided that there is no need to throw out the past completely, and are instead looking toward several evolutionary upgrades to make the now open source operating system more competitive.

This week at RIM's WES conference, the company is announcing a similar evolutionary path for the BackBerry OS. Like Symbian, the BlackBerry OS has a reputation for being fast and efficient but has not kept up with many of the aesthetic and input amenities offered by more modern competitors. The challenge will be to preserve the things that users like about the platform while making changes to it. For example, while the new BlackBerry OS will be better optimized for touchscreens, reports are that it won't require one.

RIM is launching a multi-faceted plan to revolutionize the BlackBerry OS. Elements include replacing is browser with one using the same WebKit engine used in the default browsers of Android, iPhone OS, and WebOS. For all the discussion about the apps race that occurs, a solid browser experience is still important to reach a large amount of web content hat has not been made available as apps for any smartphone platform. Another is enhancing the OS to take better advantage of touchscreens after the makeover that has graced the BlackBerry Storm has proven unsatisfying. These improvements should include support fo the kinds of "physics"-based effects, gesture, and transitions we see in competitors to BlackBerry OS. In addition, the key RIM applications such as the email client and the media playback application should also see upgrades.

It's no coincidence that RIM has decided to upgrade the BlackBerry OS in an evolutionary way similar to that of the Symbian OS. Whereas Symbian has the highest smartphone market share globally, RIM has the highest share in the U.S. In contrast, Windows Mobile and Palm OS were struggling with low market share that begged a more radical approach. At least in the mdium-term RIM's approach places its OS revamp lower in the risk-reward curve than Microsoft's or Palm's rests. While RIM's significant enhancements may bring the BlackBerry experience roughly on parr with the Android or iPhone experience, it risks failing to create something beyond what competitors are doing. In contrast, Windows Phone 7's hubs and WebOS's Synergy structure offer levels of integration that cause them to stand out.

Different doesn't always mean better though. RIM has been the most successful smartphone vendor by far at combining its own software into a portfolio of devices, albeit one anchored on the familiar Curve, Tour, and Bold QWERTY candy bar form factors. As the market shifts toward touch, whether its with or without physical keyboard, proving a roughly on parr experience that doesn't take big bets on motifs like social networking may backfire. RIM is taking on many of the user experience attributes that have helped create success for Android, but it may not be enough o defend against the multi-vendor assalt of the Google-backed OS.

Nokia N8 Details Emerge [Images + Video]

Nokia announced its latest smartphone, the multimedia-heavy N8, featuring new and improved Symbian 3 OS, and a 12-megapixel Carl Zeiss optics camera with Xenon flash and HD video recording amongst other features. Nokia N8 is the first phone to feature the latest iteration of the Symbian OS, and will have to prove that Nokia's software is a worthy competitor to Apple's iPhone and Google's Android OS.

Nokia N8 will be available in the third quarter of 2010, and will cost just under $500 for an unlocked carrier-independent model (no official wireless phone companies to offer Nokia's N8 have been announced yet), and would be able to work on AT&T and T-Mobile's US networks.

The Nokia N8 can take photos with its 12-megapixel camera (with flash) and shoots HD videos (720p). It also has a secondary video camera on the front for video calling. You can view your recordings on the phone's 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen or connect it to your home cinema system via the built-in HDMI port.

Nokia's N8 also features Wi-Fi (b, g, and the speedy n standard), in addition to Bluetooth 2.1. You also get GPS and A-GPS positioning systems, with Nokia's free and complete navigation solution, Ovi Maps. The N8 comes with 16GB of on-board storage (expandable via microSD cards up to 32GB) and also features an FM receiver and transmitter (which will eliminate the need for cables to listen to music from the phone in your car).

Nokia's real gamble though, is the operating system that's delivered to the device. The Symbian OS has been widely criticized for being sluggish, and lagging behind competitors like the iPhone or Google's Android OS.

But with the N8, Nokia is putting out its first phone featuring the revamped Symbian 3 OS, which includes several new features, such as multi-touch, flick scrolling, and pinch-to-zoom. Symbian 3 OS also adds several other features found on competing smartphone platforms, like multiple home screens and home screen widgets (similar to Android) for Facebook and Twitter, just to name a few.

Late last week Russia-based Mobile-Review got their hands on one, and by the looks of it (via Google translation), they were not particularly impressed with Symbian 3.

Let's see how Nokia's new and improved Symbian 3 OS and the the new Nokia N8 unfolds when it comes to the US, you can check for updates by following us on Twitter or subscribing to our RSS Feed.

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Nokia Announces Low Cost Messaging Phones With Social Twist

If you’re a fan of low-cost messaging phones with a social twist, brace yourself, for Nokia today has announced three such devices -

The most basic of the bunch is the C3, which just so happens to be the first Symbian S40 device to ever feature a full-QWERTY keypad. It offers a 2.4″ QVGA display, 2 megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, Ovi Chat, Ovi Mail and support for microSD cards up to 8GB. It will be be available in golden white, slate grey and hot pink in Q2 for 90€ ($122 USD).

Next up is the C6. A full touchscreen with a sliding horizontal QWERTY keypad, the C6 bring to the table a 3.2″ 360×640 display, 5 megapixel autofocus camera with flash, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Ovi Maps. Look for it next quarter for 220€ ($299 USD).

Finally we have the E5. Expected to be available in Q3 for 180€ ($224 USD), it packs a 2.4″ QVGA display, 5 megapixel camera, HSDPA, GPS, Wi-Fi and support for Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes into its tiny candybar frame.

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HTC Studying Whether To Have Own Smartphone Operating System

HTC Corp., Taiwan’s largest mobile phone maker, is researching whether to equip phones with its own operating system - a move that may intensify competition with Apple, Google, and Microsoft. “We continue to assess, but that requires a few conditions to justify” having our own system, Cheng Hui-ming, the Chief financial officer of the Taoyuan Taiwan-based company, said in a phone interview today. HTC’s own operating system would enable the company, which designs and produces phones using Google and Microsoft software, to reduce its reliance on outside developers. The company is among the possible bidders for Palm Inc, three people familiar with the situation said this month.

“If you look at the successful smartphone players, like Apple and Research in Motion, a reason for their success it hat they have their own platform,” said Steven Tseng, who rats HTC “buy” at RBS Asia Ltd. In Taipei and favors the company having its own operating system in the long term. “The negative is the amount of resources they would need to allocate.” Cheng declined to comment whether HTC has studied Palm for a possible acquisition. The company does not have a timeframe for deciding whether to have its own platform, he said.

“There are many multiple factors to be considered together, rather than a simple statement as to own or not to own” proprietary software, Cheng said. HTC did decline 1.4 percent to close at #389 in Taiwan trading.

As of right now, Palm is working with Goldman Sachs Group and Frank Quattrone’s Qatalyst Partners to find a buyer possibly as early as this week, according to people that are familiar with the company’s situation. These people declined to be identified because a sale hasn’t been announced.

HTC is the world’s largest maker of phones using Microsoft’s Windows Mobile platform and was also the first to be release a handset based on Google’s Android. This year, it unveiled its low-cost Smart mobile phone based on Qualcomm’s BREW system.

The market share of smartphones using Palm’s WebOS was 0.7 percent in 2009, while handsets using Symbian, Nokia’s main smartphone software, accounted for 46.9 percent, according to Gartner Inc. Research In Motion Ltd.’s Blackberry had 19.9 percent, Apple’s iPhone 14.4 percent, and Google’s Android operating system 3.9 percent, according to the February statement from Gartner, of Stamford, Connecticut.

Time will tell what path HTC chooses; stay tuned for more info by following us on twitter, and subscribing to our RSS feed.

Airtel to bring iPhone 3GS to India "in the coming months"

India is the second largest populated country, just like people India has another thing in abundance – “cell phones”. However, the country has few iPhones, due to the high price compared to the Nokia handsets, which have captured the small but growing smartphone market in the world’s second largest country. And finally - nine months after the device's worldwide launch - the iPhone 3GS will be available in India through the country's largest wireless carrier, Bharti Airtel.

The iPhone was only introduced in Indian customers by Airtel only in August 2008. But the lack of carrier subsidy for the device keeping prices high and the absence of a nationwide 3G data network (even EDGE coverage is spotty) has hampered sales. Apple eventually added a second carrier, Vodafone, but that carrier charges extra for data usage, making the iPhone even more expensive from the competitors. Also, iPhone users on either Airtel or Vodafone can't use Visual Voicemail on their phones, and iTunes is not available for music downloads, only apps.

Airtel announced on Friday that iPhone 3GS will arrive in India at some point “in the coming months," without elaborating. According to the Airtel’s website, the 8GB iPhone 3G will still be available, with 16GB and 32GB variants of the iPhone 3GS, going on sale at the carrier's retail stores only, and will be sold without a contract, but the baseband will be locked to Airtel’s network only. Existing 3G users can just swap their Airtel SIM into the new device.

Pricing has not been announced, but the 8GB 3G model currently sells for over 30,000 rupees or greater than $700 US, while 16GB iPhones cost Rs36,000. Unlocked phones are available on the gray market for as little as Rs20,000.

The only 3G network operators in India are the government-owned BSNL and MTNL carriers. The government was supposed to hold auctions for 3G spectrum licenses a number of times in the past couple of years but they have repeatedly been delayed for various reasons. Currently scheduled for April, the auction will award licenses to carriers, taking effect in September, to operate 3G networks throughout India. Both Airtel and Vodafone have applied for licenses.

Nokia Displays New C Series: C5 with S60 3rd Edition

With its newly-named line of phones, at CeBIT Nokia introduced its first handset in the C-Series: The Nokia C5 similar to the classic Nokia candy bar form-factor with S60 3rd edition. The price tag of this device is — €135 ($182) unsubsidized.

Features include: A 2.2″ display, 3.2 megapixel camera, 3.5 mm A/V connector, FM radio, 12 hours of talk time, GPS, Ovi Maps, it also includes Nokia Messaging, and microSD card slot (with support for up to a 16GB card).

A release date is yet to be announced there is speculations that it will be launched in the second quater of 2010. Not available to everyone The C5 will be available in the second half of 2010 in Europe, Eurasia, and China.

Skype For Symbian, Now Available In The Ovi Store

The fate of Skype may be in jeopardy with Widows Mobile, but Skype has been building partnerships with iPhone, Blackberry, Android and now Nokia. Yesterday, Nokia added Skype for Symbian, complete with the ability to make Skype calls via Wi-Fi, 3G or EDGE, to its Ovi Store. “With Skype for Nokia smartphones, more than 200 million smartphone users worldwide will be able to take the Skype features they love with them on the move,” said Skype’s mobile GM Russell Shaw.

Skype for Symbian is available and can be downloaded straight from the Skype website, will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform.

Apple Suing HTC For Patent Infringement

The makers of the HTC phones and Nexus one phones are being sued by Apple. The lawsuits states that there are 20 different patent infringements related to the iPhone OS, anchitecture, and hardware.

In the release, Steve Jobs says, "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it...We think competition is healthy, but competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."

From The Business Insider,

Earlier, we supposed that Apple's multi-touch user interface could be the basis for the lawsuit. But after examining the complaint, it appears that Apple is NOT suing over multitouch, but rather a bunch of other software. (When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone, he touted its multitouch screen, then said, "And boy, have we patented it.")

It will be interesting to see how things play out. It seems that Apple is involved in Lawsuits all over the board. They are also suing Nokia over patent infringement claiming they have stolen Apple's technology. Nokia is suing Apple in a counter claim, Kodak is also suing Apple for stealing their technology.

Android Monthly App Downloads Catching Up To iPhone/iPodTouch

Android is finally making a stand in the app store front. Most reputed developers and large software companies have started focusing and porting their applications to the Android market.

In recent report from AdMob, downloads from over 900 SmartPhone users were tracked and it turns out that Android users download 8.7 applications per month trailing iPhone users by just 0.1 downloads per month.

The iPod Touch has the most monthly downloads coming in at 12.1. downloads per month. It is followed by the iPhone and Android with 8.8 and 8.7 respectively. WebOS brings up the rear with 5.7 mobile application downloads per month.

BlackBerry, Nokia and Microsoft don’t even make it to the AdMob comparison list.

Nokia Working To Improve Their Phones, Admits That The N97 Sucked

So the Nokia N97 was a bit of a disaster. Normally, companies pretend that all of their products are fully tested and great, even when they aren't. But one Nokia VP is willing to admit that the N97 was a steamer.
Nokia's VP of Markets Anssi Vanjoki recently said in an interview that the N97 was a "tremendous disappointment in  the terms of the experience quality for the consumers and something they did not anticipate." How refreshingly candid!

Of course, he's using such candidness as an excuse to claim that they've learned their lesson and are working to make the N97 a real contender via firmware updates. Going out on a limb here it might be a little late for firmware to save the N97, but if Nokia has really learnt from its mistakes, then bring on the next gen devices. If Microsoft can retool its mobile division after the abortion that was WinMo 6.5, there's no reason why Nokia can't regroup and do the same.

SNES Games With PS3 Controller For Your N900!

Although the N900 is supposedly not quite ready for mass market appeal, that does not mean that it isn't the perfect device for a tech geek. The very powerful device which comes with hackable features right out of the box is perfect for any tech savvy geek. Tomasz Sterna has recompiled the kernal for the N900 to add joystick (and mouse support). On top of which he pieced together enough code to turn the N900 into a portable Sixaxis gaming console which brings SNES gaming to any TV. You can check out a video below:

Firefox Mobile 1.0 Released for Nokia N900

Mozilla has been at work and finally released a Firefox Mobile, which went live on Maemo5. The mobile version retains much of the original Firefox features and includes WeaveSync for keeping tabs, passwords, and bookmarks the same on desktop and mobile versions. This is just one of the few impressive achievements for the Nokia N900, along with playing Starcraft and Duke Nukem 3D. You can download Firefox Mobile 1.0 from Mozilla's Firefox Mobile page at their official website.

Adobe Speaks Out On Apple and It's Device Restrictions

If anyone has been following Apple products, they will notice that Flash does not work on the iPhone and wasn't shown working for the iPad either. Adobe's been trying to get Flash working on the iPhone and has had zero success since its first introduction to the market in 2007. Since the OS carries over from the iPhone to the iPad, there is no word if Flash will ever work unless Apple does something about it. The Adobe Flash Platform blog mentioned the following:

"It looks like Apple is continuing to impose restrictions on their devices that limit both content publishers and consumers. Unlike many other ebook readers using the ePub file format, consumers will not be able to access ePub content with Apple's DRM technology on devices made by other manufacturers. And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.

If I want to use the iPad to connect to Disney, Hulu, Miniclip, Farmville, ESPN, Kongregate, or JibJab -- not to mention the millions of other sites on the web -- I'll be out of luck."

Adobe didn't hesitate to mention that their Open Screen Project continues to bring Flash to many other devices, such as the Nokia N900, which runs Flash 9 perfectly fine on a 600MHz ARM Cortex A8-based TI OMAP 3 processor and that the Palm Pre will be able to run Flash 10.1 with its new webOS 1.4 (when it is released) on the same chip. Apple seems to be continuing to impose their restrictions but will this keep up? Time will tell.

Nokia Ovi press event this Thursday, 'big news' promised

If you're a Nokia lover who is currently jealous of all the Apple fans and their current state of delicious expectations, we're happy to say that now you too can savor a little anticipation as well. Nokia is sending out invitations to an event this Thursday, January 21, indicating it will 'share some big news with you.' Well, not with you exactly, but rather with us media-types, and you can be sure we will then pass it along posthaste. But what will Nokia be sharing? We hate to spoil the fun, but we can't imagine it'll be anything other than the revamped OviStrore the company has been talking up lately - that said, we're always up for a surprise.