Nokia today announced its Q4 2007 results. Nokia's overall phone market share reached 40% (smartphone market share is higher still) with net sales of 15.7 billion Euros. In Q4, Nokia's converged (S60) device shipments were 18.8 million (up from 11.1 million in Q4 2006). Converged devices made up 14% of Nokia's total shipments (133.5 million). 3 million Eseries devices were shipped along with well over 11 million Nseries devices.
Will the Micro version of this Proporta travel charger kit be as big a hit as the original? Is it just as 'drop dead useful' and will it also win awards? And will you get mermerised by those curvy LEDs? Find out in my exclusive review of the Mobile Survival Kit Micro.
Nokia and Facebook are looking to work together (reports MoCoNews ). While it is still early days and the report stresses that "things remain to be worked out," this is perfectly in keeping with Nokia's plan to open up Ovi to as many social network partners as possible. The added discussion around Nokia purchasing a stake in the behemoth that is Facebook also fits in with their acquisition strategy.
In AAS insight #9, Steve and Ewan discuss the Motorola Z10, the MacWorld keynote, the Sony Ericsson W960, and why you may never see the perfect smartphone.
No, don't get too excited, this isn't an official device. And we don't normally go overboard on fan-made concept devices. But Nikolay Andreev has gone to significant lengths to mock-up and explain his ideas for a Nokia nWAVE smartphone , taking design cues from Nokia's 7710 and Apple's iPhone, allied with N95-level hardware spec. Well worth a watch and comments welcome.
Steve's been looking at GooSync; which promises to sync up your smartphone's PIM data to the relevant Google applications (specifically your Gmail contacts list and Google Calendar data) as an alternative to being tied to Outlook and Microsoft. Can SyncML on the smartphone, and a bit of third party magic, come up with a solution for his data?
More from me on the UIQ 3 front in Smartphones Show 51, with my video review of the Sony Ericsson W960i, plus (non-Symbian) iPhone tips from fellow AAS-er Matt Radford. View the Smartphones Show via YouTube here, or grab the MP4, or subscribe via RSS or iTunes.
