When Nokia announced that they were shifting to the Windows Phone platform to compete with iOS and Android in the smartphone space, we all thought the message was clear enough: Symbian just can’t cut it anymore. At least not in a modern smartphone world dominated by Apple and Google. Apparently, Nokia isn’t raising the white flag for Symbian in India just yet. They just put out a new ad campaign called “iDoalotmore” that takes aim at the iPhone 4 that just landed in the country.
Well, the leak proved to be true after all. T-Mobile just launched the Nokia E73 Mode in the US as expected, effectively replacing the E72 on top of the brand’s business phone ladder—at least for the US market. It’s still unclear if this will ever be released outside of T-Mobile’s network, and truth be told, we’re still not sure if this is necessarily better than the E72. Why? Because, save for a few obvious cosmetic changes, the specs say that the E73 Mode is practically identical to the older E72.
The early N8 that was previewed on the Russian site Mobile Review was apparently an early pre-production prototype that was loaded with dated software. That explains quite a lot. It’s actually not that surprising in a world where disguised, next-gen iPhone prototypes can be lost and found from under the table at your local watering hole.
Nokia’s N8, expected to be the company’s new flagship smartphone, hasn’t been released yet (although it has just been officially announced on the Official Nokia Blog), but this Russian reviewer managed to get an early hands-on. While the phone is detailed to come with a very high-end spec, Mobile Review’s Eldar Murtazin was apparently left unimpressed.
This little bit of useful technology (for dog-lovers, at least) comes by way of Retrieva, who makes the world’s first tracking and anti-theft dog collar, and ViewRanger, who develops GPS mapping software. It’s a pretty simple partnership that ties the two services together, allowing you to track your Retrieva collar-wearing dog using ViewRanger’s app installed on your Symbian-based smartphone.
