Nokia’s US-launch of the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and its S60 5th Edition-powered touchscreen has been anything but smooth. Following on rumors that some Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5800 XpressMusic NAM handsets were failing to lock down a 3G wireless signal, Nokia pulled all 5800 XM NAM units from flagship store shelves and replaced them wtih European models.

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There’s not much in the way of details here (not like we really need them), but it looks like the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E55 will be made available in a full-bodied Red variant that we see in these latest hands-on pictures. The Nokia E55 was recently unveiled at Mobile World Congress as a more pocketable business phone. The Nokia E55 owes its....

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The iPhone and iPhone 3G aren’t the only smartphones to get hit with the update-stick today. The venerable Nokia N82 has apparently been given a nice little firmware update with the newly released v31.0.016 firmware.

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Looks like Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s on a handset updating bender today. The Nokia N82 isn’t the only S60 smartphone lucky enough to be graced by a firmware update, it seems the Nokia N78 has had its very own encounter with Nokia’s update-stick.

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Telecomtiger.com is reporting that Motorola (NYSE: MOT) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are owning the smartphone market in China - it could be 90% of the market that is being swallowed up between the two of them! The results have come from a study based on data from Q3 2008.

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Sure, you could just use your T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G1 as an Android smartphone and call it a fulfilling day. But then you’d be missing out on the geekery that is booting your PC from your T-Mobile G1! The fine folks over at Logical Tech have figured out a way to use the T-Mobile G1 as a bootable USB drive, and they’ve posted a nice little guide on how to do it for yourself.

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Nokia recently announced that the Japanese market was pretty much a wrap for the handset maker’s mainstream brand. Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s high-end Vertu brand, however, will be soldiering on in Japan with the launch of the Vertu MVNO and the Vertu flagship retail location in Ginzu, Japan. And, by the looks of it, the Vertu building is just about finished.

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A new racing game is available on N-Gage. It’s Asphalt 4: Elite Racing and it promises to deliver the best-so-far mobile driving experience.
The official game description goes like this:

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I’m not sure why it took so much time for Nokia (NYSE: NOK) to release the 5800 XpressMusic iSync plug-in, but it’s here now and I guess Mac owners are rejoicing. Finally, they [Mac owners who also have the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic] can seamlessly sync their all-touchscreen smartphone (calendars and contacts) with a computer.

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The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E75 has been floating around the web in typical pre-release fashion. With a side-sliding QWERTY keyboard mated to a traditional numeric keypad, the Nokia E75 is poised to expand Nokia’s reach in the business-class smartphone segment. And, today’s latest Nokia E75 leak tells us that Nokia must be close to bringing their latest Eseries device to life.

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Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced that its Qt cross-platform UI and application framework for desktop and embedded platforms will be available under the Lesser General Public License (LGPL) version 2.1 license from the release of Qt 4.5, scheduled for March 2009. The idea is to entice developers to adopt the platform by providing them with....

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We’re still trying get used to the idea of a Palm smartphone with the right stuff to compete with the most popular smartphones on market. More on that here and here. But, CES 2009 Las Vegas isn’t all about Palm (NSDQ: PALM). Nestled in the heart of the Las Vegas Convention Center,.....

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We told ya’ it’s coming and voila - Nokia (NYSE: NOK) USA’s website now features the 7510 Supernova with T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) branding. Apparently this phone will help you “add a little fun to your social life,” or at least the Finnish giant wants us to think so.

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Even though it’s not an actual release for the Symbian S60 5th Edition, the new version of the popular S60 file manager, Y-Browser, perfectly works on the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5800 XpressMusic. This is not to say that the application can’t be further improved — there are lot of wasted space on the screen and some commands like marking the files.....

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Few weeks ago we wrote about the new firmware being available for the Nokia N96. Well, the same firmware is now also available for the NAM version (N96-3 NAM - RM-472) of the N96, allowing users in North America to update their beloved smartphone and consequently make the device more stable.

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