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Nokia's ''Comes With Music'' Download Service Debuting Soon
PUBLISHED: Saturday, October 04, 2008
Nokia has debuted its Comes With Music service in the UK featuring a 12 month unlimited download period and over 3 million songs from various independent and major labels.

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Nokia Releases Beta 3 of its New Email Application
PUBLISHED: 10/10/2008  BY: AWright
A new beta of the Nokia Email service has been released, adding additional device support, multiple email accounts support, and mailbox management fixes.
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Digia Releases @Web: New Web Browser for UIQ
PUBLISHED: 10/10/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Digia has released @Web, a web browser for UIQ smartphones that has been designed to be fully controllable with a finger touch.
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There Can Be More Than One
PUBLISHED: 10/3/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Despite what's said in arguments that flare up from time to time, no operating system is going to come to dominate smartphones the way Microsoft Windows does PCs. Ed Hardy uses his latest editorial to explain why.
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Handy Shell for S60 Comes Out of Beta
PUBLISHED: 10/3/2008  BY: AWright
Handy Shell is an Active Screen replacement application for Symbian S60 devices which offers advanced functionality and shortcuts.
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Nokia Announces S60 5th Edition with Touchscreen Support
PUBLISHED: 10/2/2008  BY: AWright
Nokia has announced a touchscreen-enabled update to its Symbian S60 operating system, as well as a new mobile device which takes advantage of it.
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Nokia Reorganizing to Put More Emphasis on Consumer Services
PUBLISHED: 9/30/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Although Nokia intends to keep offering business-oriented smartphones, it is going to stop developing its own backend products for the enterprise.
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SanDisk Will Soon Release 16 GB microSD Cards
PUBLISHED: 9/29/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
SanDisk has just announced it will bring its 16 GB microSDHC card to market next month. At launch, this will be the highest capacity microSD card available.
FULL STORY (1,965 Reads) | DISCUSSION (13 Replies)

Mail for Exchange Update Released for All Nokia S60 Devices
PUBLISHED: 9/28/2008  BY: AWright
Nokia has released an updated version of its Mail for Exchange application which adds compatibility to all of its Symbian S60 devices.
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Astraware Introduces Platypus for BlackBerry and Symbian Smartphones
PUBLISHED: 9/27/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Following a release for Palm OS and Windows Mobile earlier this year, Astraware has launched its Platypus shoot-em-up for three more smartphone platforms: BlackBerry, Symbian S60 and UIQ.
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Nokia's First Touchscreen Smartphone May Debut Next Week
PUBLISHED: 9/26/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Nokia will take the wraps off the first ever S60 smartphone with a touchscreen next week, if an unconfirmed report is correct.
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Skyfire Preview 2
PUBLISHED: 9/25/2008  BY: Ed Hardy
Skyfire has released a new version of its mobile web browser for Windows Mobile devices. It's still a beta, but all of the earlier betas have been impressive, and the Ed Hardy says the latest one is no exception.
FULL STORY (1,711 Reads) | DISCUSSION (7 Replies)

Touchscreen Next?
PUBLISHED: 9/25/2008  BY: AWright
New technologies like projection displays have the potential to revolutionize mobile computers, and Antoine Wright has been thinking hard about the future of touch-based user interfaces.
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