On one hand, it’s completely illogical. Â Why would they support other phones? Â Why not just drive more users to the iPhone?
On the other hand, it will increase the reach of the iTunes Store, resulting in more sales. Â Anything to drive more sales to the store must be a good thing, right?
I tend to agree with NokNok that this won’t really happen, but you never know. Â Here are a couple of teaser screenshots for you:
According to All About Symbian, Nokia N95 8GB users can now download the massive v30 update for their phones. Â It does have many new features, but it has a whole bunch of updates and improvements.
Any N95 8GB users get it yet? Â What do you think of it?
We posted previously about when the Nokia N96 might ship (July? October?) and we were wrong both times — it’s shipping now!  The phone will cost 550€ before taxes and subsidies, which seems a bit steep to me.  Maybe I’m missing something, but isn’t it just an N95 with more memory and a slightly larger screen?  Don’t get me wrong, I loved my N95, but the cost seems a bit steep.
Still, if you’ve got the money, this is a great phone to have.
A new browser is now available for your S60 phone (N95, etc), and it’s promising the world — Skyfire. It sounds similar to Mobile Safari (pan, zoom, etc), but supports Flash and Ajax. All in all, it looks to be a pretty powerful piece of software.
According to The Symbian Blog, Nokia’s N96 will begin shipping in early October. The phone is the follow-up to their very popular N95, and it remains largely the same. The main changes are an increase in memory (16GB) and a polished, black exterior.
I had an N95 for a while and it was a great phone. The N96 looks to make it even more attractive.
If money wasn’t an option, would you rather have a 3G iPhone or the N96?
The only big surprise so far is the price. It’s going to be an awesome phone, but the price is going to be somewhere around $1200! I love my N95 and would surely like to have an N96, but that price might put it out of reach for a lot of people. Hopefully they’ll revise it down by a few hundred before it’s released.
There’s no word on new features, but it’s presumed that it will have Flash Lite 3, Demand Paging, Web Runtime support, etc. Here is the official word from Nokia:
Nokia N95 US version (also known as N95-3)
Nokia is aware of consumers’ demand for a new software release, and our development teams are working to produce the new software as soon as possible. We estimate that the new software should be available early June.
Please note that your mobile service provider, operator, or carrier may not have approved the latest Nokia device firmware available. Nokia produces many different variants of each product (for different countries and languages) and not all variants will have the latest Nokia device firmware. It is our priority to update all variants as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any delay.
