“Hardware” Articles

The makers of the extremely durable Gorilla Glass used in Nokia’s latest devices – Corning, has released an awesome concept video depicting its vision of the future, with specialty glass at the heart of it. A Day Made Of Glass shows how glass displays could, and probably will, be used in the future to take technology that one step further in becoming closely integrated within our lives. Check out the video after the break.

Rafe Blanford of All About Symbian takes an in-depth look at Nokia’s most recently shipped device, the Nokia E7 Communicator, in this lengthy hands-on video review. The review focuses on the hardware, especially the QWERTY keyboard, but also cover some elements of the Symbian^3 software and Ovi services that powers the device. Hit the jump and take a look.

Earlier today three of Nokia’s leading designers hosted a Q&A session via Twitter, with special reference to the Nokia C7 and Nokia C6-01. During this Q&A, Nokia’s Senior Design Manager for Smartphones tweeted that all Nokia phones with a glass display are Gorilla Glass. Hit the jump to find out more.

The Nokia BH-217 Bluetooth Headsetis one of Nokia’s latest bluetooth headsets and offers a variety of cool features which include automatic volume adjustment,  noise-cancellation, and multipoint – which means you can finally connect your headset to two phones simultaneously. However its also the first headset to sport a cracking new feature called ‘Always Ready’. More on that after the break. I had the pleasure of playing with this headset at Nokia World 2010 and just had to get myself one. Check out my thoughts, along with an extensive gallery for your viewing pleasure, after the jump.

A number of Nokia N8 users have been experiencing power issues recently as their handsets refuse to power up. Once the device has powered off it cannot be switched on, even plugging in the charger does nothing. Well Nokia has heard your complaints and Executive Vice President Niklas Savander takes some time to explain the situation. Interview after the jump.