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Mobile industry not green enough, report says

Crave ABI Research cited Samsung, Nokia and Sony Ericsson as advancing efforts to make mobile phones even greener. Among this year's concept designs, Nokia's Remade flip phone (pictured) uses recycled cans, plastic bottles, and car tires.

Tags: ericsson, electronics, mobile phones, cent

4 December 2008, 9:22

Nokia Maps and Messenger services upgraded

Crave Nokia has released new versions of its mapping and navigation service along with a new messaging service in an effort to build out its mobile services The upgraded Nokia Maps offers new features, such as high-resolution aerial images and 3D landmarks.

Tags: nokia, maps, messaging, gps

3 December 2008, 9:19

Nokia N97: Back once again with the messaging master

Crave The wait is over: today Nokia announced an N-series touchscreen phone that boasts some truly mouth-watering features. An 89mm (3.5-inch) tiltable touchscreen sits in an elegant white casing that hides a full Qwerty keypad underneath -- think Nokia...

Tags: nokia, gps, friends, messaging

2 December 2008, 9:41

Nokia N79: Clever chameleon

Crave Before this week's big Nokia announcement let us introduce you to the Nokia N79. Boasting HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, an FM transmitter so you can play your tunes through a radio, a 3.5mm headphone jack and a 5-megapixel camera, the Nokia N79 is a rather...

Tags: nokia, concept, cases, hardware

1 December 2008, 11:25

Nokia's Home Control Centre lets you manage devices via mobile

Crave That is exactly what Nokia is promising with its Home Control Centre solution. Though detailed implementation of the Nokia Home Control Centre is sketchy at the moment, the system seems to be centred on a miniature gateway (PDF) featuring Wi-Fi...

Tags: nokia, mobile phone, wi fi, control centre

1 December 2008, 9:44

Nokia to announce new phone next week

Crave A while ago we got a mysterious phone call from someone claiming that they had inside knowledge of an exciting new Nokia handset coming out at the end of this year. At first we didn't take them very seriously but days later a roadmap of Nokia's...

Tags: nokia, fi, wi fi, handset

27 November 2008, 12:07

Nokia 6260: 6600 eat your heart out

Crave It's only been a few months since we reviewed a cute little Nokia slider called the 6600 and already Nokia has unveiled another similar phone in the form of the 6260. But unlike the 6600 that was a fairly simple mobile, the 6260 is a fully fledged...

Tags: nokia, packed, location, nokia maps

26 November 2008, 11:49

Gadget-makers scolded in Greenpeace report

Crave Nokia still tops the rankings thanks to its recycling schemes and energy-efficient mobiles, such as the Evolve (pictured). Greenpeace has ticked off the major electronics firms for failing to take climate change seriously.

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25 November 2008, 10:11

Adobe bringing fully fledged Flash 10 to phones

Crave Still no Flash for iPhoneLynch demonstrated Flash Player 10 on devices running Nokia's Symbian operating system, Microsoft's Windows Mobile and Google's Android operating system. Partners to help enable that update process include Cisco Systems...

Tags: enabled, operating system, air, offline

18 November 2008, 10:15

Stocking-filler alert: Mobile phones for Christmas

Crave Last but not least is the Nokia 2630, which is £20 when bought with £10 of credit. A slim casing with easy-to-press buttons and Nokia's simple interface makes for a great buy. If you're on a tight budget this Christmas, but still want to get a...

Tags: credit, nokia, christmas, warehouse

17 November 2008, 11:22

Photos: Nokia N85, the middle child

Crave Rather than try to outdo itself every time it releases a phone, Nokia has sensibly -- if rather boringly -- opted to make a range of phones that do similar things to previous models. Take the new Nokia N85: it sits between the N95 8GB and N96...

11 November 2008, 10:54

Welcome to the CNET UK Editors' Choice awards October 2008

Crave Nokia E71The Nokia E71 combines a beautiful design with an easy-to-use interface. As the largest consumer tech site in the UK, we review hundreds of products every year. Some are average, some are plain awful and some are frankly amazing.

Tags: editors, sound quality, ground, freeview

31 October 2008, 16:52

Mobile operators discourage upgrades to save cash

Crave Eighteen months ago, people had Nokia N95s and quite nice phones which came out a while back," Bubley said. Some UK mobile operators have begun trying to dissuade customers who are near the end of their contracts from upgrading their handsets.

Tags: cash, customers, upgrade, customer

27 October 2008, 9:19

Photos: Nokia 6600 Slide is too cute to ignore

Crave We thought Nokia was one of those behemoths. The Nokia 6600 Slide is a compact slider phone that isn't as powerful or exciting as the honking great N96, but it doesn't have to be. The Nokia 6600 Slide's keypad is small but well laid-out and easy to...

24 October 2008, 12:24

3 to offer Comes With Music on N95 8GB contract

Crave Currently, if you want to get on board Nokia's Comes With Music boat, you need to head down to Carphone Warehouse and snag a particular pay as you go Nokia handset, SIM-free. Not any more.told us this morning it will be offering Nokia's N95 8GB...

Tags: nokia, downloaded, plan, contract

24 October 2008, 10:57