Some of you might remember the piece I wrote on Nokia a few months ago. Well fast forward to the end of 2008 (can you believe the year has gone so fast?) and the fact that Nokia just announced it’s going to ramp up R&D for US market. Well, it’s about time people. What were you waiting for before?Â
As if the the name doesn’t say it all, the Nokia 5800, previously code-named Tube, comes with music. That is, the phone comes with an available service named Comes With Music. This service gives you unlimited downloading access to millions of songs for free for the first year. After that year all the music downloaded is yours to keep. Top record labels like Universal and Sony BMG are a part of this program, so you know the music is good.
The Nokia 888 concept phone is just too cool for words. I know it’s a concept phone and it will take some time to reach market (if it ever does!) but I can dream can’t I?
Nokia specs for this phone boast of some amazing features including the fact that the phone uses a liquid battery and a flexible touch screen to take this beyond just a phone. The concept is really that it is more than a phone. It is your lifeline.
 Nokia today announced it’s Touch screen Device Nokia Tube. It will be intresting to see how the Symbian OS works on a touch screen basis, As I have said earlier too, Symbian and other OS like RIM and Windows Mobile were all made with the concept of keyboard and a major joy stick control emphasis. So Nokia beat RIM on the launch of touch screen device. So shall we say let the smartphone X-mas begin.
Is there some strange connection between recessionary economies and an increase in demand for smartphones? Well, one could argue that there is indeed such a connection when taking the case of Japan. Japan has been in a recession for years, yet the demand for smart mobile devices has continued to increase, as Japanese have lusted for the next ’smart’ device.
The new Nokia device ’Tube’ is set for release on October 2nd. This (much like many other devices) is being labeled as the iPhone-killer. Don’t you just wonder what all those execs at Apple think about every new device that hits the market that gets labeled as an iPhone-killer?
Visa is starting to go through testing for mobile banking (payments and money transfers) for US customers. Although other Eastern Asian countries, including Japan are already there, we have been waiting to get this going for a while.
The Nokia 6212 which is expected to ship out to consumers next month is specifically getting testing done for “contactless payment.” The phone is embedded with a near-field communications chip, which Visa’s software will use to communicate with its bank partners.
Well, ok maybe not World War 3 but definitely the ’smartphone wars’ have been on since this summer began with no end in sight. What brought on this war? Well, -you could say that the iPhone coming on the scene in June 2007 was like when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor back in 1941. A total surprise attack!Â
No doubt Apple dropped a big bomb on RIM, Palm, Danger (they make the T-mobile Sidekicks) and a host of other smartphone handset markers who had become a little too comfortable in their arena.
And although the new Apple iPhone 3G continues to have ‘bugs’ as per Steve Jobs himself, the device is still selling like hotcakes.Â
Nokia announced today that it has started shipping Nokia N96, its flagship multimedia computer in the Nseries range. It features live TV, 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, turn-by-turn voice navigation, 16GB of internal memory that can be increased to 24GB with an optional microSD card, superior sound and music and N-Gage gaming besides 2.8 inch display.
“The Nokia N96 is mobile entertainment at its best, a fitting flagship for our Nseries range. It defines convergence by blending phone and multimedia options seamlessly with the unique Nokia Nseries dual slider that makes discovering and sharing experiences easy,” said Jonas Geust, Vice President, Nokia Nseries.
“Watch live TV and video, take high quality photos and geotag them to specific locations or directly upload them online via the fast internet connection - it is all about taking mobile entertainment and communication to the next level,” added Geust.
The Nokia N96 supports live TV using DVB-H technology delivering advanced television viewing in several channels. Favorite programs can also be recorded to be watched later maybe in a train, airport lounge or any convenient location any time.
Nokia and Symbian are officially alone at last. As of today Nokia is 100% sole owner of the OS company …. edging out Samsung who was the last-standing Symbian shareholder. Samsung finally sold all of its share to Nokia.
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