The Nokia Blog » nokia http://thenokiablog.com News, Guides, Reviews, Videos for the Nokia Fanatics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Nokia’s Plans for Mobile World Congress 2011 http://thenokiablog.com/2011/01/28/nokia-mobile-world-congress/ http://thenokiablog.com/2011/01/28/nokia-mobile-world-congress/#comments Fri, 28 Jan 2011 23:07:12 +0000 Mark Guim http://thenokiablog.com/?p=7318 Leaders in the mobile technology and cell phone market will gather, collaborate, and network in Barcelona at Mobile World Congress in a couple of weeks. We’ll probably even see some product announcements. I just got an overview of Nokia’s activities during the conference so you can prepare for what’s to come. On Sunday, February 13th, [...]

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]]> http://thenokiablog.com/2010/12/28/buy-nokia-get-plane-tickets/feed/ 0 Nokia Phone Found with Explosive Device, Defused by Russian Police http://thenokiablog.com/2010/10/26/nokia-phone-found-with-explosive-device/ http://thenokiablog.com/2010/10/26/nokia-phone-found-with-explosive-device/#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:47:37 +0000 Mark Guim http://thenokiablog.com/?p=6640 An improvised explosive device was defused by police outside a concert hall in Chechen Republic, Russia. A police spokesman told RIA Novosti the bomb contained 6 kg of TNT, chipped iron rods, screws, and a Nokia cell phone. Thankfully, the police intervened in time and no one was hurt. Photo by Michael Gwyther-Jones RIA Novosti [...]

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]]> http://thenokiablog.com/2010/09/27/nokia-bureaucratic-culture/feed/ 6 Me and My White Nokia N97 Mini http://thenokiablog.com/2010/03/31/me-and-nokia-n97-mini-white/ http://thenokiablog.com/2010/03/31/me-and-nokia-n97-mini-white/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:21:53 +0000 Jade Bryan Jardinico http://thenokiablog.com/?p=4916 Mini evening and mini morning to everyone! Hope the title and greetings are not boring and maybe many of you are already confused that this is not your kind and loving Mark Guim, eh? So let’s start answering those thoughts that baffle your mind. Who are you? My name is Jade Bryan a student and [...]

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]]> http://thenokiablog.com/2008/12/04/blog-update-silently-changed-the-logo/feed/ 16 New York City S60 Users Meetup at the Nokia Flagship Nov 11th http://thenokiablog.com/2008/11/04/nyc-s60-meetup-111108/ http://thenokiablog.com/2008/11/04/nyc-s60-meetup-111108/#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:03:26 +0000 Will Sisti http://thenokiablog.com/?p=1265 Back in September, Nokia hosted a Evening with S60 at their NYC Flagship store. Many people from the S60 community turned off their computers and headed out to East 57th street. Good food, cool phones, and fun people. Afterward I thought, “We don’t need Nokia to tell us to hang out!” I put the call [...]

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]]> http://thenokiablog.com/2008/10/14/to-nokia/feed/ 41 Nokia To Open Future Vision Showrooms In Helsinki and Silicon Valley http://thenokiablog.com/2008/08/19/nokia-to-open-future-vision-showrooms-in-helsinki-and-silicon-valley/ http://thenokiablog.com/2008/08/19/nokia-to-open-future-vision-showrooms-in-helsinki-and-silicon-valley/#comments Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:44:48 +0000 Mark Guim http://thenokiablog.com/?p=741 An interesting job opening on the Nokia Careers site reveals a plan by Nokia to open what are called, “Future Vision Showrooms.” The initial two showrooms are supposed to be located in Helsinki, Finland and Silicon Valley, USA. Sounds interesting and I hope Nokia invites me at the grand opening. Read on for details. Nokia [...]

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