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Win a Nokia E50

By Dusan Belic on Monday, December 18th, 2006 at 8:29 AM PST
In Devices, ESeries, Nokia, Symbian

Win Nokia E50To promote the “smallest of Eseries” devices, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) created an interesting campaign – Nokia E50 Contest. Users are invited in a group (3 friends) to participate in creation of the humorous strip (comic). The team which make Nokia fall off their chairs in laughter, wins a Nokia E50 (who knows maybe the black E50).

It’s quite easy, and you can read the instructions on the contest’s page. Good luck! :)

(Thanks to S60 Blog for the heads-up.)

Nokia E61i and E65: More details

By Dusan Belic on Saturday, December 16th, 2006 at 4:00 AM PST
In Devices, ESeries, Nokia, Symbian

More information is now available about the upcoming members of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) ESeries family – E61i and E65. According to AllAboutSymbian, Nokia has added a number of user agent profile files to their website. Among the new files are the ones for the upcoming Nokia E61i and E65 smartphones.

Of course, both devices will run on Symbian S60 platform. Furthermore, as we’ve already posted earlier, Nokia E61i will sport a camera, and the E65 will most probably resemble N80. As a reminder, check out our post with the pictures of Nokia E62i.

BlackBerry Connect launched for the Rogers Wireless’ Nokia E62 users

By Dusan Belic on Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 3:27 PM PST
In Devices, ESeries, Nokia, RIM (Research in Motion), Rogers, Services, Symbian

Nokia E62 with Blackberry connectRogers Wireless and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) announced the Canadian launch of BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) Connect support for the recently released Nokia E62 smartphone. Starting from December 21, 2006, Canadian customers will be able to use their Nokia E62 device with BlackBerry Connect to access BlackBerry wireless services, including support for both BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Internet Service.

With BlackBerry Connect, Nokia E62 users benefit from a variety of proven BlackBerry features, including push-based connectivity, wireless email synchronization and attachment viewing. Additional features supported by BlackBerry Enterprise Server include wireless calendar synchronization, remote address lookup, IT commands and policy enforcement, and advanced security with Triple DES encryption.

Nokia to open design centers in Brazil and India

By Stefan Constantinescu on Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 3:13 PM PST
In Nokia

To pursue its domination in the developing countries, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) plans to build two new design facilities – one in Rio de Janerio, Brazil and another one in Bangalore, India. According to Nokia CEO and President Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, by 2010, there will be 4 billion mobile subscribers in the world, most of them coming from the Asia-Pacific region.

Nokia is already a market leader in India, and with the growth in number of mobile subscribers in the country, the company plans to further strengthen its position. At present, India has around 136 million mobile subscribers, but the telephone penetration is about 16% only. Furthermore, Indian telecom industry’s monthly subscriber addition of new mobile users is around 7 million. Read the full article »

Update your Nokia N80 to Internet edition

By Dusan Belic on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 3:26 AM PST
In Devices, NSeries, Nokia, Symbian

Nokia N80 Internet Edition screenNokia NSeries blog reports how to update Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N80 to Internet edition. As it’s the case with N73, product code should be changed. After the update, N80 users get more applications on their device, including Yahoo Go and WLAN Wizard… Full instructions are available from here or here.

As usual, we must warn you that this procedure will invalidate any warranty on your handset.

Another N95 video preview

By Dusan Belic on Thursday, December 14th, 2006 at 2:56 AM PST
In Devices, NSeries, Nokia, Symbian

Thanks to Darla Mack, who celebrates her 1000’s post these days, we’ve found yet another Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N95 video preview. This time it’s from Mr. Brown Show and is worth watching. Nokia people showing off the features of the great upcoming N95. :)

Nokia 6290 smartphone preview

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 4:03 AM PST
In Devices, Nokia, Symbian

Nokia 6290 smartphoneAllAboutSymbian’s Rafe Blandford had a chance to get his hands on the recently announced Nokia 6290. The new mid-tier clamshell quad-band GSM smartphone runs Symbian OS with S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and sports a 2 MP camera, FM radio, stereo speakers and dual screen.

In its preview, Rafe found that the size of the device (94 x 50 x 20.8 mm) matches feature phones, yet the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 6290 gives retains most of the power of a smartphone. Furthermore, he discusses the clamshell form factor and its “success” with S60 devices. The new Nokia device could be the one that would attract consumers who have thus far shunned high end smartphone devices as too big, too complex and too expensive…

Read the full article.

Reuters news on Nokia Eseries devices

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 3:48 AM PST
In Content, ESeries, Nokia, Services, Symbian

Reuters is bringing its world of information to Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Eseries devices in a new way by using Adobe’s Flash Lite technology. Working closely with technical experts from Forum Nokia PRO, Reuters has created a client application that allows consumers to easily view multiple categories of up-to-the-minute graphics and text information from their Nokia Eseries devices.

Reuters news on Nokia Eseries devices

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Nokia Flagship Store enters Mexico City

By Stefan Constantinescu on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006 at 4:05 AM PST
In Nokia

After opening stores in Moscow, Chicago, Hong Kong, Helsinki and New York City, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Flagship store reaches the Mexico’s capital to offer its citizens a new way to shop for mobile devices.

Nokia Flagship Store enters Mexico City

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Nokia E62 reaches India

By Dusan Belic on Monday, December 11th, 2006 at 7:13 AM PST
In Devices, ESeries, Nokia, Symbian

Nokia E62Nokia’s 2.5G E62 smartphone, launched in the U.S. few months ago, is now available in India. Powered by Symbian OS S60 3rd Edition, the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E62 offers an affordable ticked to the world of Symbian – users of E62 will be able to install any of the growing number of available applications, thus increasing the usefulness of the device.

QWERTY keyboard and large high-resolution (320×240) screen are among the most important features of E62. Furthermore, with the addition of push-email client, enterprises get a great tool for increasing the productivity of their workforce. More information is available from here.