The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Intrigue spotted in Verizon equipment guides last week has now gone public, complete with what Nokia’s calling Habitat mode. When activated, “contacts are presented in chronological order, providing an engaging and intuitive way for customers to track, visualize and connect with their contacts.” Sounds vague, but we’ll have to see what exactly they’re talking about at CTIA next week.Aside from that, this simple little flip packs the usual amenities: 2 megapixel camera, social networking integration, VCAST, a 240 x 320 internal display and a largish 176×32 PMOLED external display. The Nokia 7205 Intrigue is available now for $129.99 on a two-year contract in silver and pink.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has recently released firmware upgrades for three devices – Nokia E66, E71 and the touch-enabled 5800 XpressMusic.
New firmware versions deliver more stable devices upon the update — more specifically, Nokia E66 and E71 firmware versions 210.21.007 and 210.21.006, respectively, include stability and functionality improvements in the browser, camera, calendar, messaging and VoiP.
As for the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, firmware 20.0.012 brings faster touch-screen input, faster internet data download times and new camcorder features such as second camera support allowing users to take multiple pictures one after another without needing to repress the picture taking button. Also included is “Geo-tagging,” improved e-mail experience, and better in-device search.
As always, we advise you to keep your device up to date. Simple start Nokia Software Updater and follow the instructions provided on the screen…
Fennec Beta 1 (mobile Firefox) is now apparently live on the Maemo platform. What’s Maemo? Well, it’s the platform used on Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s Internet Tablets… So I wouldn’t even bother trying to load this up on any other OS. That said, Beta 1 is said to include ‘greatly increased zooming speed and panning smoothness’ along with plugins that should now allow users to watch videos online. If you have a Nokia N810, you may want to give this a try right away… For everyone else, just be pleased that Fennec is moving forward!
Check out the walkthrough video above. Looks pretty good!… And to get started head on over to Mozilla for download links and more information.
After long, long wait, AT&T (NYSE: T) is finally adding the full QWERTY keyboard-equipped Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E71x to its portfolio. And while the unlocked device was already available through various retailers or directly from Nokia, this time we’re talking about the subsidized offering that will make the E71 more appealing to the mass market. That said, AT&T will start selling the E71x this Tuesday, March 24th for $199.99 after rebate! With that pricing I’m sure the carrier will move tons of E71’s as it’s arguably the single most usable Symbian S60 3.x smartphone (sure the E75 is also on that list, but it’s not available at the moment of this writing). What do you say? Are you interested?
Cricket Wireless has recently added a new low-end 3G phone to its offering. It’s the clamshell-shaped Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 3606, which aside from boasting a 3G radio also comes with the built-in music player, Bluetooth connectivity, and a battery that provides enough power to keep you talking for up to 3.5 hours — alternatively the same battery powers the device for up to 10 days in standby mode. Size wise, we’re talking about a thin device, which measures just 90×47.5×15.3 mm (3.5×1.9×0.6 inches) and is therefore easy to carry around. As for the price, Cricket is selling the Nokia 3606 for $179.99 sans any contract signed…
Big-name carriers like AT&T (NYSE: T) and Sprint (NYSE: S) are usually where we turn when we’re looking to get our hands on the latest GSM mobile hardware. But, sometimes, the little guys beat the big-dogs to the punch. The White Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E71 recently made waves on Canada’s Rogers Wireless as the first White Nokia E71 to hit the North American continent. Turns out, a little-known Ohio carrier by the name of Cincinnati Bell has just gone live with their very own Nokia E71 dressed in White. And, the White Nokia E71 on Cincinnati Bell is being offered for FREE when purchased with new 2-year contract!
It really doesn’t get much better than that. Fans of the Nokia E71 will already appreciate its full QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and 3G data connection. But, those E71-lovers lucky enough to be somewhere within Cincinnati Bell’s network footprint, will have the pleasure of showing off their de facto exclusive White E71 – for FREE, no less.
We knew Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will combine/integrate Mosh, Download! and WidSets into its Ovi Store, but somehow I always thought Mosh will keep living a parallel life, considering it’s pretty much ran by the community. Guess I was wrong, as the Finnish giant is moving towards closing the service, which apparently had stoked tension between Nokia and record labels.
So far, Mosh has reached 137 million downloads, which is an impressive number considering that there has been no marketing machine behind it. In that sense, we’re sorry to see it going, but then again we’re hoping the knowledge and experience Nokia gained from Mosh will be well used for the Ovi Store. Strategy Analytics’ David MacQueen thinks so, adding that the Finnish giant paid its lessons and have learned how to run an open store, how to get developers products quickly to the market and how user recommendations should work. “Mosh will die, but I would contend that in many ways the new Ovi Store is the child of Mosh rather than the child of Download,” he concluded.
Mosh is living its last days, although we don’t know the exact “it’s dead” date. Will you miss it? Any thoughts?
Data mining is a powerful tool. When applied to web traffic data, interesting trends start to emerge. And the latest trend seems to be cellphones. Go figure. Hitwise has come out with the latest web search trends that shows mobile phones as the most searched for consumer electronics across the web.
By looking at data from web searches for consumer electronics in the most recent week ending February 14, web traffic analysts at Hitwise have determined that 29.4% of all online searches for consumer electronics were searches for mobile phones, making cellphones the most popular type of web search.
Leading the pack of cellphone-related searches is none other than the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPhone. Since the iPhone’s launch, it has apparently remained at or near the top of the list of most searched consumer electronics. The iPhone has only been temporarily overtaken by new “it” products like the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5800 XpressMusic. An impressive 1 in 12 mobile phone searches were related to the Apple iPhone.
Moreover, the list of Top 5 most-searched gadget brands is dominated by Apple, with Finnish phone-giant Nokia grabbing second place with half as many searches. The only other mobile phone maker to break into the Top 5 was Samsung. Still, it should be noted that Nokia was the only dedicated mobile phone vendor to break into the Top 5 list.
Consumers apparently have cellphones on the brain, and with the growing popularity of smartphones, we’re likely going to see an increase in interest in the mobile space.
Rogers Wireless has released the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E71 in White. Last week Rogers (NYSE: RCI) had been busy filling stores with dummy phones and prepping their website for the impending release. In fact, the device made a brief appearance on the Rogers website yesterday, a day before the official announcement. The Nokia E71 is the thinnest device that Rogers currently has to offer with dual e-mail option (for business/personal), 3.2MP camera, GPS, WiFi and expandable memory up to 8GB.
The Nokia E71 is available now from Rogers for $99.99 on a 3-year contract with a minimum $450 voice/data plan. You can also go for a 2-year for $374.99, a 1-year for $399.99, month-to-month for $399.99 or buy the device outright for $449.99.
By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 at 3:59 AM PST In Nokia
iGoDigital — the company which offers personalized product recommendations solutions — announced a new client, and it’s a big one – Nokia (NYSE: NOK)! The Finnish giant will be using iGoDigital’s recommendations platform on its USA’s website to “help shoppers confidently make the best purchase decisions.”
iGoDigital’s Solution Selling platform will not only help shoppers select the right phone for their needs, but will also suggest related accessories.
In addition to using iGoDigital’s solution on its website, Nokia will also use the company’s product in its transactional emails, such as order confirmation emails and shipment confirmation emails to “discover products of interest at every step of the Nokia shopping process” and ultimately make more money by cross-selling multiple products at once. We just have to see how this works in tough economic times we’re livin’.
Want to see this in action? Hop over to Nokia USA’s website and take it from there.
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