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Archive for December, 2009

How to: Set up push email on Nokia N900

How to: Set up push email on Nokia N900

How to configure Nokia Messaging push email for the Nokia N900.

Nokia N900: Vodafone & CarphoneWarehouse dates confirmed

Nokia N900: Vodafone & CarphoneWarehouse dates confirmed

Nokia UK confirm the dates that the Nokia N900 Maemo-Powered smartphone will become available through Vodafone & Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK.

Nokia US Flagship Stores: Up to 40% Off Sale

Nokia US Flagship Stores: Up to 40% Off Sale

A quick look at the up to 40% sale on at the Nokia Flagship Stores in the USA this weekend (18th, 19th, 20th December!)

Nokia N900: Vodafone & Carphone Warehouse – Coming Soon & Pricing

Nokia N900: Vodafone & Carphone Warehouse – Coming Soon & Pricing

So here we have it. Remember back a few weeks back we exclusively announced the UK networks that were going to be getting the Nokia N900 Maemo Smartphone? Since then, we’ve come across two points of note: Vodafone UK have put the device up as Coming Soon Carphone Warehouse have put the device in their [...]

N900 Battery Tests Part 2

Looking back to my recent post about the battery performance of the N900, I thought I’d do an update about the battery performance I’ve been experiencing since the tests were carried out. To recap, four tests were carried out which looked at the standby performance, active online usage, music playback and day-to-day usage. (See the [...]

Customise your phone with O2 Phone Tattoos

O2 UK are offering a unique, one-of-its-kind service this december in their London Oxford Street store & their Manchester Arndale store. O2 Phone Tattoos, which requires the use of a laser to etch a design onto your phone, is available for free throughout December and have over 500 designs for people to choose from. The [...]

Blackberry vs Nokia: The Email Battle

Blackberry vs Nokia: The Email Battle

Following on from our first Blackberry vs Nokia battle (8900 vs E71: The Battle for the Business Market), I thought it would be a good idea to test out Nokia Messaging. What better way to test out Nokia’s entry into the push email market than to once again pair it up to the leaders, Research [...]

HTC Bravo leaked – high spec Android device

HTC Bravo leaked – high spec Android device

The next flagship Android device from Far East manufacturer, HTC, has been leaked. The HTC Bravo’s rumoured specs include: 320MB RAM 1GHz Snapdragon CPU 5mp autofocus camera 720p video recording (HD Ready) 3.7″ AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (WVGA) DivX Support out of the box Android 2.0 Operating System Interestingly, compared to the Xperia X10 (scheduled for [...]

Nokia N900 Battery Test Results

Nokia N900 Battery Test Results

It seems that the majority of posts here at Mobile-Users recently seem to do with the N900. (I certainly apologise – the handset is keeping me very busy recently!) One thing I’ve found is that the battery life on the phone seems to drain too quickly… My average over the week is approximately 6-10 hours [...]

Nokia to close London Regent Street Flagship Store

Nokia to close London Regent Street Flagship Store

2 years since it opened on 8th February 2008, it appears that due to low sales figures, Nokia will close operations at its London Flagship Store on Regent Street. Nokia plan to close the store in Q1 2010 and having been to the store several times, this author is not surprised at the decision. The [...]

Is this the end for Sony Ericsson?

Is this the end for Sony Ericsson?

About a month or so ago, we reported the results of the major manufacturers for Q3 2009. One of the key things to note from that was that the once forerunners of the imaging game, Sony Ericsson, were making the same losses as the minnows Motorola. We even reported that Sony Ericsson were axing 2,000 [...]

Nokia N900: Possible Solution for Mic Problem

To begin with, the occasional N900 unit has a faulty microphone or shows less mass memory than the phone actually has. Well quite by accident, I stumbled upon a possible solution for the non-working microphone and it really is SO simple I can’t believe people haven’t tried this. On a couple of faulty mic handsets, [...]

Nokia N900: Background Issue Solved

As some of you may know through my numerous N900 posts on Twitter, I got my N900 on Monday (30th November) morning at 10am from the Nokia Flagship Store. First off this is an AMAZING phone! Now to the four dynamic homescreens & how to use a loopable wallpaper properly. There are a lot of [...]