Nokia’s ready for a fight and came out swinging at Nokia World with the introduction of three new smartphones: the Nokia E7, Nokia C7, and Nokia C6-01. The trio joins the previously announced Nokia N8 in running the revamped Symbian 3 platform, which includes more than 250 new features and improvements, such as a simplified …

If you’re craving Nokia’s shiny new N8 but work means you can’t live without a Qwerty keyboard, the Nokia E7 is the business-focused new smart phone trying to leverage your harmonistic synergies. The phone is being shown off today at the Nokia World show, along with the N8, C7 and C6, as we reported last week. The phone has already …

HTC is planning a big brouhaha on Wednesday in London to unveil the latest thing that it has “dreamt up.” We don’t know for sure what the company has up its sleeve, but Android should be the flavor of the day. Specifically, look for news about the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Desire Z, which is the European equivalent …

In a rather unexpected move, Apple announced last week that it would relax its restrictions on the tools used by developers. In particular, the company reversed a ban that blocked Flash-derived apps, which garnered a predictable “cautiously optimistic” reaction from Adobe. (Shareholders seem to be slightly more confident.) It’s no surprise that the parent of Flash is happy, but what …

The full version of Angry Birds for Android will be out in less than a month, while Nokia Symbian owners will be able buy a big eagle which allows you to flatten buildings and pigs in an instant. Android owners have already rushed to download a demo version of the game, which contains 15 levels. Angry Birds — a smash …

Last month, digital jukebox purveyor TouchTunes announced a new Web-based service that lets users create playlists at home and then access them later at nearly any location with one of the company’s jukeboxes. The service is called MyTouchTunes and it aims to provide a fun, social way to interact with music for a night out on the town. (Of course, …

As Nokia sheds executives like a snake sloughing off dead skin, it hunts for new talent to revive its ailing smartphone business. Peter Skillman at the Gel conference in New York in 2007. Good Experience On Tuesday, the company confirmed that it has hired Palm Pre designer Peter Skillman to head up the user experience and services division for MeeGo, …

Nokia: A long and innovative history +27 more See all photos Sorry, Nokia, but even with all the hype out of this week’s Nokia World, it’s clear you’ve lost your way. Yes, you continue to introduce new phones, some of which are indeed pretty, but handsets from your rivals in Korea, Taiwan, Chicago, and Cupertino, Calif., have been getting all …

As expected, LG Electronics unveiled the LG Optimus One and Optimus Chic on Tuesday, two Android devices aimed for smartphone newbies. There are a number of similarities between the two handsets. Both ship running Android 2.2 with LG’s custom user interface, which is designed to make the smartphone experience “fun and user-friendly.” They also feature a 3.2-inch HVGA capacitive touch …

Now that T-Mobile has had the BlackBerry Curve 3G for a week, it’s time for Verizon to get in on it as well. The 3G version of the popular BlackBerry Curve (model 9330) will finally head to Verizon Wireless. It has a slightly tweaked design–a mirror-finish trim, soft-touch sides, and a textured back–but the full QWERTY keyboard remains largely the …

Nokia wants to be back on top in the U.S. market, but how serious are the company’s intentions? While Nokia’s execs are adamant the company, which has only 3 percent of the U.S. cell phone market, wants to make a big push in the U.S., its actions say something different. Nokia’s new Symbian phone lineup has three new phones. From …

You may think you’re seeing double, but the Nokia C6-01 isn’t the same as the Nokia C6 that only just landed in shops. It’s just that Nokia is running out of names for its offspring faster than George Foreman — this is a completely different phone, with the brand-new Symbian 3 OS and much more besides. If you can keep …

Though more mobile apps are finding their way onto cell phones, their owners aren’t all necessarily using them. Among the 2,252 U.S. adults surveyed for a new Pew Internet study, 1,917 said they use cell phones. Out of those people, 35 percent have mobile apps on their devices. However, only 24 percent of the 1,917 said they actually use those …

I was pretty jazzed about Apple’s addition of an HDR-photo mode in the recent iOS 4.1 update–until I learned it was for the iPhone 4 only. No worries. As I should have guessed, there’s an app for that. In fact, a quick check of the App Store reveals there are several apps, all designed to endow the 3GS with HDR …

The Nokia C7, also known as the C7-00, has gone from rumour to fact, arriving loud and proud at today’s Nokia World conference in London. The touchscreen smart phone sports a 3.5-inch capacitive AMOLED screen and a rounded, stainless steel case. The C7 uses the latest version of Nokia’s operating system, Symbian 3, which we hope will iron out some …