The Maemo-based Nokia N900, which can be pre-ordered in Singapore from now to March 26, will be the first device to get a taste of MeeGo.

Nokia and Intel announced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that they would merge Moblin and Maemo mobile operating systems into one platform called MeeGo.

However, it was informed that Maemo on Nokia N900 is not upgradeable to MeeGo.

Mobile phone giant Nokia has announced that that its smartphone users would be able to make free calls as it launched its version of Skype.

Internet phone pioneer Skype also said that its VoIP calling app was made available via Nokia's Ovi storefront.

Skype for Symbian on a Nokia Series 60 smartphone can be downloaded for free from Skype's Web site or a site such as CNET Download. com.

Skype, which was launched in 2003, allows its users to make free calls from a computer connected to the internet to other subscribers worldwide.

Network provider Orange has proclaimed its support for the Nokia-Intel founded MeeGo Linux platform, which was introduced at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February.

Intel said that it would team up with Orange to offer devises ranging from mobile phones to netbooks, using MeeGo.

MeeGo aims at developing such a consumer media services platform that will be used in consumer devices ranging from mobile phones to netbooks.

It has been reported that the Nokia X6 is now available for all the mobile customers in the United Kingdom. The Nokia X6, which is arguably better than the iPhone from Apple, is the best that Nokia has to offer to its customers.

World's most popular mobile platform Symbian has been fully open sourced ahead of scheduled time.

A not-for-profit organization Symbian Foundation, which was established by Nokia along with other manufacturers, announced on Thursday that all Symbian source code was made available free under the open source licences.

Originally, Symbian was scheduled to be open sourced by the mid of the current year.

Nokia has now officially announced that its eagerly awaited Booklet 3G mini laptop is now open for pre-orders starting today through the giant manufacturer's online store. Although no exact dates have been confirmed as to when the shipping would begin, the site does say that it is expecting to start shipping these mini PCs out by January 2010.

The laptop was first unveiled in August and marks the mobile phone and smartphones manufacturer's entry into a completely new market. It is equipped with an Intel Atom Z530 processor and a

The Nokia N900 is already available SIM free through Nokia's online stores, but customers who have been looking to get the phone for subsidized rates can now do so through Vodafone. The giant carrier has now announced that it will be the first operator to offer the Maemo 5 handset, and the N900 shipping will start as early as January.

Apple Inc., maker of the iPhone, Apple devices and iTunes music software, said it filed a countersuit claiming that Nokia Oyj is infringing its technology. In the suit filed today in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, Apple claimed Nokia is wrongfully using 13 of its patents.

"Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies," Bruce Sewell, Cupertino, California-based Apple's general counsel, said in a statement.

Nokia has revealed plans of shutting down its "state-of-the-art flagship store" which is located in the heart of London's Regent Street, after merely 2 years of operations. The store was originally opened in February 2008 and was described by Nokia MD Simon Ainslie as "dynamic, original and beautifully designed".

At the time of inauguration, the store was touted as the one-stop place for "world-class customer service and deliver a unique experience enhancing our customer's lifestyles".

The development has come almost a year after the U. S. Department of Justice slapped various LCD makers with fines over price fixing. Sharp, Chunghwa, and LG Display, right away agreed to plead guilty as well as pay the fine. But it seems to Nokia that the practice has not been ceased by these manufacturers.

Nokia has announced the launch of the Nokia X6, the latest in the line of many of its music phones, and a definite treat for all music lovers as it comes with music facilities. The phone has 32GB internal memory, expandable to 4GB on the microSD card. The major feature that makes it such a pleasure for all music enthusiasts is the fact that it has 6GB out of the box memory.

The network specialist Ciena Corp. outshined Nokia Siemens Networks to win the bidding for optical networking and carrier ethernet business of insolvent Nortel for $769 million.

Ciena corp. will pay $530 million in cash and $239 million in convertible notes to buy the Nortel’s concerned business.

Earlier in October, Ciena had offered $390 million in cash plus 10 million shares of common stock for the Nortel assets.

The final bid made by Nokia Siemens was very close to Ciena's offer.

If you are searching for something like a handheld PC, then Nokia N900 smartphone is the best answer.

Nokia N900 is the first handset from the company to run on new operating system called Maemo 5, which provides a desktop experience in addition to new graphics.

It may be noted here that most of the N Series make use of Symbian S60.

Nokia's new device is equipped with large 3.5-inch touch screen, slide out QWERTY keyboard, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash.

Nokia announced Friday that it would not produce mobile video games for its N-Gage gaming platform after September 2010.

As per company’s blog post, existing N-Gage games can be bought until September 2010. However, N-Gage Arena and other community features will remain operational all through 2010.

It may be noted here that N-Gage remained struggling to allure high volume of next generation games.