Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today kicked off a week-long display of its latest imaging achievements at Photokina 2006, a trade fair for the photographic and imaging industries, which takes place at the Cologne Trade Fair in Germany. Highlighting the benefits that mobility brings to imaging, Nokia’s exhibition area is packed with the newest Nokia Nseries multimedia computers and the very latest experiences offered by them.

Nokia is pleased to invite the media to attend a press conference at Photokina 2006 from 3 pm to 4 pm on Tuesday, 26 September, in the Offenbach Saal, Congress Centrum Ost. To learn more about Nokia’s comprehensive offering in multimedia computers and solutions, you can also visit Nokia at Photokina 2006 in hall 4.2, C 010/E 019. Read the full article »

With 2.5 billion mobile phones used around the world, mobile advertising is set for growth. London-based research firm Informa Telecoms & Media predicts within the next year that a sharp rise in mobile advertising will become noticeable to consumers. Furthermore, with the wider adoption of the mobile TV, according to Informa, mobile advertising market will hit $11.35 billion worldwide in the next five years. However, in order to reach the target, certain things are required, including consumer acceptance, handset compatibility, bandwidth (no)limits, interoperability and consumer protection regulations.

Red Herring has an article with more in-depth information.

The PodLounge, one of the world’s leading podcast directories, announced the launch of its new mobile phone-compatible podcasting directory, The PodLounge Mobile. For the first time ever, there is a major podcast directory that has been built specifically for mobile phone users to find, listen and subscribe to their favourite podcasts or vodcasts anytime, anywhere without the need for a computer.

The PodLounge Mobile was designed with the Nokia N91 in mind, which is one of the latest mobile jukeboxes in the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Nseries of mobile 3G phones. It has been tailored to fit the tiny screens of any mobile phone that is web enabled, allowing users of The PodLounge and anyone who is into podcasting, easy access to a huge podcast directory of over 31,000 podcasts, wherever they are.

Introducing Resco Photo Viewer, the software that lets you turn your Symbian smartphone into a mobile digital photo album. Yes, an image viewing application is already present in any Symbian smartphone, but it lacks some functionality. Separate programs like already described PhotoRite SP and Resco Photo Viewer gives you more power and control.

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With more than 26 million members and one billion unique photos stored online, HP’s Snapfish is one of the leading online photo services. Snapfish members can share, print and store their most important photo memories at the lowest prices – online or off.

Now, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) struck a deal to enable direct photo print ordering through Snapfish service. The Snapfish plugin will enable users to select pictures from their photo gallery and order prints in wallet-size, 4 inches by 6 inches, or 5 inches by 7 inches. The prices will be standard Snapfish fare – 12 cents for a 4-by-6 photo.

The first Nokia smartphone to be equipped with the Snapfish ordering service will be the recently announced N80 Internet Edition.

If you’re still not familiar with Carbide, it is new generation of mobile development tools from Nokia (NYSE: NOK) based on the open Eclipse framework.

Nokia has introduced Carbide.c++ Developer Edition and Professional Edition, the latest additions to the Carbide.c++ family of mobile development tools. Carbide.c++ Developer Edition features a UI Designer that enables developers to quickly produce Symbian applications with dramatic and stylish user interfaces and On-Device Debugging to help developers speed the creation of quality mobile applications. Carbide.c++ Professional Edition builds on the features of Developer Edition by adding Performance Investigator, a tool that lets developers examine how a device’s CPU is being used while their application is running.

More information and download instructions on the Forum Nokia pages.

Epocware just release Handy Taskman utility for Symbian S60 2nd and 3rd Edition smartphones.

Handy Taskman enables to switch to, close and kill any application or close them all in one click. Additionally Handy Taskman provides user with the complete information about running programs and phone memory left, and easier access to applications.

Handy Taskman is part of the Epocware’s Handy Essentials line of simple and inexpensive applications that were developed to fulfill certain tasks.

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) today announced that it has reached an agreement with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to integrate Live Search into its Mobile Search platform, thus enabling consumers access to Live Search directly from their Nokia S60 smartphones. Live Search will provide advanced web search results in 14 languages to enable on-the-go access to the information and content consumers want most.

Microsoft will provide advanced search results for web search, as well as quick and easy access to information such as stock quotes, movie times, and common facts via Encarta Instant Answers.

The Mobile Search application is expected to be available in select markets in the standard sales packs of many new Nokia smartphones. It is also offered as a free download for select Nokia S60 devices from the official Mobile Search page on the Nokia’s site.

At the end: Yahoo is in, Microsoft as well… What about Google (NSDQ: GOOG)?

The two giants, Alcatel and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), have announced a collaboration which extends Alcatel’s business telephony offering to the mobile workforce by way of the Nokia Eseries, a range of business class devices. The Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel, is a Nokia offering designed to integrate Nokia Eseries devices into the Alcatel IP Communication server.

Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel capitalizes on the capabilities of the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise as well as the power of Nokia Eseries. With the solution, popular desk phone functionalities are available to the mobile user. For example, employees manage just one business number, and control where and when and on which device they receive their calls. Additionally, the benefits of the office phone, such as call conferencing, call back, and dial by name are delivered with the ease of use of Nokia Eseries, within the enterprise environment. Read the full article »

The two giants, Alcatel and Nokia (NYSE: NOK), have announced a collaboration which extends Alcatel’s business telephony offering to the mobile workforce by way of the Nokia Eseries, a range of business class devices. The Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel, is a Nokia offering designed to integrate Nokia Eseries devices into the Alcatel IP Communication server.

Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel capitalizes on the capabilities of the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise as well as the power of Nokia Eseries. With the solution, popular desk phone functionalities are available to the mobile user. For example, employees manage just one business number, and control where and when and on which device they receive their calls. Additionally, the benefits of the office phone, such as call conferencing, call back, and dial by name are delivered with the ease of use of Nokia Eseries, within the enterprise environment. Read the full article »