The EDoF versus Auto-Focus camera debate has been gaining speed in the last few months, and Nokia’s recent announcements in the form of the E6 and the X7, both of which pack an 8 Megapixel EDoF camera, have made it a burning issue. Put simply EDoF cameras, or ‘Full Focus’ cameras like Nokia likes to call them are extended depth of field units which means that everything in photo taken at a distance of more than 60 cm is in focus.
What this means is that you cannot take pictures of …

The ‘will LG, won’t LG’ game around has been going on for a while. First it was Valtteri Halla (a member of technical steering group of MeeGo and former Nokia employee) who commenting on Nokia’s exit said  “It’s opening opportunities for the others to come in. Discussions are taking place. You’ll see things coming out this year, pretty soon.”

Then the ‘LG fills Nokia’s MeeGo void’ stories started, but LG quickly poured water on that rumour by saying that they have no definite plans to ‘mass produce’ a MeeGo smartphone …

When Nokia made the move to Windows Phone, it made it amply clear that they would be streamlining its operations and would be looking to save 1 billion Euros in R&D and other costs. They also made it clear although they still plan on making 150 million Symbian devices, the platform was nearing its end.

Today as the next step in that journey to turn around the ship, Nokia’s announced a collaboration with Accenture (a company of more than 215,000 employees) that involves a transfer of 3000 employees to support the …

There have been numerous reports about how the Indian Government has banned Nokia’s popular Nokia Messaging services in India. However, as you many have noticed Nokia Messaging continues to run just fine till date, so I reached out to Nokia India to request an official response.

Here is what they have to say …

In what should come as great news for millions for Galaxy S owners, Samsung has started rolling out the Gingerbread update for their widely successful device. But before you get too excited, do keep in mind that this is a staggered release and it may take some time before an official version hits Kies in your region.

That being said, if you cannot wait for the update to reach your shores, you can flash the new firmware via Odin and get a piece of an official Gingerbread ROM as opposed to …

It isn’t hard to put a finger on why South by Southwest (SXSW) is going from strength to strength with each passing year. Its about film, music and of course interactive, this means we have the film premieres, seminars, panels as well as all the glorious parties. It is also not your typical tech event, but still is the epicenter for any startup trying to make it big and a place where all the big brands are trying to out do each other. It is understandable, as for those two …

The MIR Translator app, borne out of a school project, turns your N900 into a handy translation tool that covers over 30 international languages. All you do is click a picture of the text, select the phrase you want to translate, select the to and from languages and wait for the app to work its magic. Just the kind of app I needed when I was in Hong Kong, traveling with my N900 and trying to order off a incomprehensible menu.

If the recognition is erroneous, the user is able to …

Nokia France have taken it upon themselves to demo the latest iteration of Symbian in a little more detail than what Nokia had published in the morning. Unfortunately, the video is in French, but you can clearly make out what is going on – right from the new icons, the drag-able homescreens, the improved photo gallery, the split portrait and landscape QWERTY keyboard, the new browser, Mail for Exchange, the auto scrolling calender and finally Ovi Maps.

The best part is that the demo has been done on a Nokia C7, …

In addition to the X7 and the E6, Nokia also announced Symbian Anna, an update to the Symbian^3 OS. We’ve known for a while that they were going to get rid of the numbered Symbian naming system and Anna is just the first step in that journey. Symbian Anna is basically what the PR 2.0 firmware will be to older Symbian^3 devices like the N8, C7, E7 et al.

In this post on Nokia Conversations, they have outlined some of the features we can expect in this new release, which will …

The Nokia E71 was one of Nokia’s most successful devices, its successor the E72 followed in its footsteps and managed to be quite popular itself. But its been almost two years since it was announced (June 2009) and we all been waiting for a successor that can fill in the big shoes left by these hugely popular devices. The E6 is Nokia’s answer.

The Nokia E6 retains the same design as its predecessors, but also packs a 2.4″ touch display making it the first Symbian^3 device to debut in this form …