The 5700 is a cassette?

Source: S60 Estranky

Something tells me CTIA is going to be fun.

Darla Mack:

A look at the Nokia European site revealed the collection.  Although listed as a carry case, the CP-162 is a collection of 8
different pieces of phone jewelry made of plastic, metal and glass in
a variety of colors.  8… I only want 1!

This is a pretty expensive collection, according to Mobile Planet (Expansys).  Priced at $214.95 the 8 pieces seem to be hard to find individually.  (sigh)

Looks like I’m on another search!

Would you buy any of these?

Or these?

I still think Gizmodo finds the craziest charms out there:

  Function over form. I have a strap on my N93 simple because it makes the device easier to hold.

Darla must be living on Howard Forums:

Some interesting screenshots have surfaced on Howard Forums of the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N75 screens. 

Closer and closer and closer, but still no cigar, but its nice to
see that 3G workin up there in the corner!!  Yeah I know… Cingular’s
3G isn’t available everywhere as of yet, but I’m happy for the people
that do have it in their area!

This has been posted everywhere! Time to jump on the bandwagon.

Straight from Tommi’s blog:

Symbian-Guru and Symbian-Freak found via  HowardForums the YouTube Mobile site that Nokia announced back at 3GSM.

The URL apparently is "m.youtube.com"

Good detective work!

The site, however, seems to be limited to certain device models only. Symbian-Freak says it works at least on N73 and N93, but not (yet?) on N95.

I don’t have any insider info to share at this point, but stay tuned…
—
Update: the demo, viewable with any browser, is available here (via Nokia N95 blog)

Summary: Point your browser to http://m.youtube.com/?client=ytdemo

It works for me BUT Real Player will not let me use my WLAN connection to stream the videos. After staring at a loading screen for 30 seconds I simply closed the application.

Good eye Darla Mack:

Mobile Planet (Expansys)
is usually a reliable place to purchase Nokia (NYSE: NOK) accessories, so when I
saw the Nokia DT-22 Tripod listed I was happy to see that it would soon
be available for sale.

Since price has been the topic since we first heard about the
device, I was surprised to see that its quiet reasonable.  Listed on
Mobile Planet for $24.95 (£14.95), the DT-22 seems to not be in stock
as of yet, although I’m tempted to check out this 9 day thing just to
see if it ships.

If you have a N93/N93i then you simply have to purchase this.

Check out my video review:

Read the whole review, loads of pictures, screen shots, and three videos!

Some snippets:

The numberpad didn’t manage to appeal to me ergonomics-wise due to being a somewhat offbeat solution, whose buttons were not tailored to fast texting. At the end of the day the keypad embedded into Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N80 is still one of market’s best offerings, providing soft feedback and nice click of the keys; whereas the 6110 suffers from hardness and short travel.

Behind the shutter is a 2 Mpix CMOS-matrix lacking auto focus, yet fighting some points back with its LED flash. Generally, the camera here is no different from what we have come to expect from the company, the only difference is availability panoramic mode.

Viewing Internet pages for 4 hours straight drained all power from the battery, while non-stop music playback leads to the same result within 7 hours, for video the battery life makes up 2 hours. That said, you should expect one-two days of operation, depending on your usage mode. At activated in-car GPS-navigation, the 6110 lives for about 2,5-3 hours. It takes the battery 2 hours and 15 minutes to charge from empty to full.

The handset runs on S6 3rd edition Feature Pack 1 platform, yet boasts a number of highlights characterizing Feature Pack 2, for example support for HSDPA, Active Notes, streaming multimedia downloads, screen rotation in the second version of the browser and a new image editor found in the Gallery. Yet the manufacturer claims the 6110 to be a Feature Pack 1 powered offering. For now, we will rely on what Nokia says, but in future will definitely check back.

Regrettably, there is no A2DP profile here, meaning that there is no way to transfer stereo-sound to a wireless headset. And we are truly eager to find out the origin of the gossips about the 6110 supporting this profile. Genreally, Nokia Mobile Phones’s solutions powered by the S60 are getting this profile on the board later than Nseries-branded smartphones.

The Applications menu contains 3D Tones, allowing you to enable 3D ringing tone effects, apply various sound trajectories, and reverberation. And to the developers’ credit be it said, these settings do have influence on the sound, but on the whole it’s just another marketing move, as majority of users don’t pay too much attention to how amplified the handset sounds – they rather focus on call itself. To prove that we carried out a survey and according to the results most people don’t notice any striking difference between default sounding and 3D Tones.

The first and the foremost thing you appreciate is how the voice navigation works – in fact it does very well, allowing you to forget about ever looking at the display. As for the screen itself, the 6110 is armed with a quality display, you come to think so especially if you place the device to the left of the wheel, rather than to the right (with the original package it is not an option, but in theory it will work out). On the minus side is missing touchscreen, that we have come to expect, bearing in mind offerings by other manufacturers, but at the same time number shortcuts enable you to shift between various settings to and fro, for example go into the night mode and then back to normal. Should you take a wrong turn they device will quickly rebuild the route. So basically we don’t have even the smallest niggle with the 6110’s navigation department. “Cold start” takes about 3-4 minutes, which is a good result overall.

If I was given a choice between the E65 or the 6110 … 6110 hands down:

Ewan from SMS Text News took this picture today:

It really is beautiful. I wish I gave it the attention it properly deserved while I was at CES.

Check out a review on Mobile Review.

Nokia PR:

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Telenor Pakistan today announced that they have extended their existing frame agreement on GSM radio network equipment and services until 2009. Over the 3 year period, Nokia will deliver +2000 base stations and continue to plan, build and manage the radio network in close association with Telenor Pakistan. The cooperation aims at increasing Telenor Pakistan’s network coverage and capacity in most of Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan Administered Kashmir and northern regions of Pakistan, including the capital city of Islamabad.

"The continuing co-operation with Nokia enables us to quickly roll-out a high-quality radio network while reducing our operating expenses," says Tore Johnsen, CEO, Telenor Pakistan. "In addition, the Nokia Managed Services are efficient at handling the complexity of the demands that we face in the market as Telenor Pakistan grows at an enormous speed."

"This extension is the best testimony of a successful relationship between Nokia and Telenor and reiterates Nokia’s commitment to Pakistan, fulfilling our promise to bring high-quality equipment and services to provide world class mobile services to the Pakistani consumers," says Veqar ul Islam, Country Director, Networks, Nokia Pakistan.

Under the agreement, Nokia provides Telenor Pakistan with Nokia’s state-of-the art radio and transmission network, including microwave radios. A wide range of services will support the radio network roll-out and operation, including turnkey maintenance services, hardware support services, and services for the deployment of the GSM network, including network planning, site acquisition, civil works and telecom implementation. Nokia also provides competence development services to Telenor Pakistan. The network continues to be supported by the multivendor, multitechnology Nokia NetAct(TM) network and service management system. The deliveries have started.

Nokia PR:

Nokia (NYSE: NOK), the world leader in mobile communications, and Glu Mobile, a leading global publisher of mobile games, announced today that Glu will be publishing a selection of mobile games and content on the N-Gage platform. Glu’s portfolio of top-rated games includes original titles like Super K.O. Boxing!, Stranded and the Ancient Empires franchise, as well as titles based on major brands from Atari, Harrah’s, Hasbro, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), PlayFirst, PopCap Games  and Sony.

"Glu Mobile is one of the driving forces in the mobile gaming industry and we’re excited to be working with them to bring premium mobile game experiences to our N-Gage platform," said Gregg Sauter, Director, Games Publishing, Nokia. "Glu’s reputation and experience in creating compelling mobile games makes them a natural fit for the N-Gage platform."

"We’re excited to be part of Nokia’s mobile gaming efforts, and are impressed with the offering that Nokia has brought together with its new N-Gage Platform," said Kristian SegerstrÃ¥le, Managing Director, EMEA, Glu Mobile. "The combination of Nokia’s hardware and mobile platform vision and expertise along with Glu’s top-rated, quality mobile games will deliver consumers a truly unique immersive entertainment experience."

The first Glu title currently planned for the platform is World Series of Poker® Texas Hold’em (WSOP), which allows players to compete at tables with up to eight mobile gamers against WSOP champions such as Chris "Jesus" Ferguson and Scott Fischman. World Series of Poker Texas Hold’em is among the portfolio of games, applications and wallpapers that Glu is developing and publishing based on a multi-year, worldwide alliance with Harrah’s License Company, LLC, an affiliate of Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET).

GDC is less than a week away!

Some news from my home country:

Romanian fixed and greenfield mobile operator, RCS & RDS, has selected Nokia (NYSE: NOK) as its WCDMA 3G core and radio network supplier. With Nokia’s support the operator will be able to quickly enter the Romanian 3G mobile market and offer a wide range of services under the brand name Digi.Tel. RCDS & RDS has recently launched its 3G service.

"Fast time to market and cost-efficiency are of key importance to RCS & RDS in launching 3G services in Romania," says Alexandru Oprea, President of RCS & RDS. "Nokia’s high-quality network and services provide us the support that we need in acquiring customers and offering them the best 3G mobile services in Romania."

"Acquiring new customers and generating customer loyalty depends largely on how reliably services are delivered. The technical service delivery machinery, the network, must be properly designed and assured. We are confident that RCS & RDS will be able to make a strong entry to the Romanian 3G mobile market thanks to Nokia’s solutions such as the Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station and the Nokia MSC Server mobile softswitch," says Filip Rommelaere, General Manager for the Balkans, Networks, Nokia.

Nokia’s WCDMA 3G radio and core network supply to RCS & RDS includes the Nokia Flexi WCDMA Base Station, the Nokia MSC Server mobile softswitch and the Nokia Flexi Intelligent Service Node (ISN). The network will be supported by the Nokia NetAct(TM) network and service management system. Nokia will also provide RCS & RDS with network planning, implementation, project management, maintenance, 3rd party support, hardware repair, and training services. Deliveries have started.

I would’ve never believed you if you told me Romania would get 3G before America.

I’m glad to see how far they’ve progressed.