When HMD Global took over the Nokia cellphone brand, the company didn’t just use the name for modern smartphones, but also a series of candybar-style feature phones that bring classic Nokia designs back to life. The latest exampls? The Nokia 6300 4G and Nokia 8000 4G. The former is a 49 Euro (~$60) phone that HMD says […]
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Lilbits: Use a Sony camera as a webcam, buy a monster Linux laptop, and more
Linux PC maker System76 has released its most powerful laptop to date: the new System76 Bonobo WS is a mobile workstation with support for desktop-class chips including a 125-watt Intel Core i9-10900K processor and NVIDIA RTX 2080 SUPER graphics. At 8.4 pounds, it’s not the sort of laptop we’d normally cover on Liliputing, but hey, […]
HMD’s latest feature phones include a Nokia 2720 revival
Before their were smartphones, there were flip phones (and a whole bunch of other phones that were… less intelligent, I guess). But what’s old is new again, and HMD has been reviving classic phones for folks who don’t always need a full-fledged web browser and app store. The company has already brought back the Nokia […]
HMD introduces $97 Nokia 8110 4G feature phone
There may be a lot of talk about smartphones at Mobile World Congress this week, but HMD says there are still 1.3 billion people using feature phones. And while the company has entry-level smartphones like the new Nokia 1 that it thinks should be a big step up for those folks, the company is also […]
Nokia 3310 gets reimagined for 2017: Not every phone needs to be “smart”
It’s 2017 and while today’s smartphones are more powerful than yesterday’s desktop computers, they generally get crappy battery life. That’s the price to pay for big screens, speedy processors, and a million other features that make our pocket computers so powerful. But sometimes you want a phone that’s just… a phone. And the Nokia 3310 […]
Nokia 150 is a $26 feature phone from HMD Global
The Nokia 150 cellphone is coming in early 2017. It’s the first phone from HMD Global, the new company formed by former Nokia executives that plans to begin selling Nokia-branded smartphones with Android software next year. But the Nokia 150 isn’t an Android smartphone. It’s a cheap feature phone that will sell for $26 when […]
Nokia 222 is a $37 feature phone from Microsoft
Microsoft is launching a new low-cost phone with a web browser, support for Facebook, Twitter, Skype GroupMe, and Messenger, and with a 2 megapixel camera. But the new phone isn’t running Windows software, and it doesn’t even have the Microsoft name on it. Instead, the new phone is called the Nokia 222 and it should be […]
Firefox OS coming to low-end flip phones, sliders
Mozilla’s Firefox OS software is already mostly found on low-cost smartphones. But next year we may start to see it on even cheaper phones. At Mobile World Congress event in Spain this week, Mozilla announced it’s working with wireless carriers Verizon, KDDI, LG U+ and Telefonica to bring Firefox OS to devices the kind of […]
Nokia’s Asha 501 is a $99 smartphone
Nokia has introduced a new phone that could spell the end of feature phones. The Nokia Asha 501 is a $99 handset with a 3 inch touchscreen display and Nokia’s Asha operating system with support for third party apps. While Nokia’s higher-end smartphones run the more versatile Windows Phone software with access to thousands of […]