We’ve no doubts Nokia (NYSE: NOK) plans to invest heavily in its Linux-based Maemo platform. Their N900 is certainly one of the best mobile phones on the market today and on that note we bring you this story/rumor, which involves the next generation of the company’s Internet Tablet devices. What you see above is apparently the Nokia N920, which will come sans QWERTY keyboard relying on the multi-touch enabled capacitive (yes, that’s capacitive) touchscreen, only. Not much is known at the moment, but according to iMobile365, this baby will run the upcoming Maemo 6 OS (N900 runs Maemo 5) and will ship with a huge 4.13-inch display. And that’s about all we have to share at the moment. As soon as we hear something new, we’ll let you know. Stay tuned in the meantime…

[Via: Pocketables, NokiaPort.de]

Monotype Imaging Holdings has enhanced its FlipFont™ mobile font download solution to support the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5800 and N97, and also the Samsung Omnia HD i8910. The three touchscreen phones, in addition to the Nokia E52, E63 and E65-NG models, bring the total number of FlipFont supported handset brands to 52.

Additionally, 10 mobile-optimized fonts have been added to the FlipFont collection, enabling users to choose from a total of 29 fonts to personalize the look of their phone’s user interface, menus and various applications. The full collection is available directly from supported phones through Monotype Imaging’s mobile e-commerce site, http://www.flipfont.mobi.

In case you are wondering what exactly FlipFont is all about:

Monotype Imaging’s FlipFont™ mobile font download solution allow users to personalize and enhance their phones, making them more appealing and fun to use. Users are able to select a font for use in their device’s user interface. Through the FlipFont application, users can easily connect to an online selection of fonts, choose the typeface, purchase the font and safely download and install it to their mobile phone. The FlipFont application also lets users browse fonts currently installed on their phone and select a typeface from the list to be used by the phone.

The new capabilities are the latest in a series of FlipFont evolutions, aimed at allowing more mobile consumers across the globe to use a growing selection of fonts. In June, Monotype Imaging expanded FlipFont availability to Europe and the Americas through direct access on supported phones from FlipFont.mobi. Prior to that, the product was available in the UK, first through Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) UK and its Vodafone Live!® multimedia portal, followed by mobile operator 3 UK, which allows users to access FlipFont from the 3 UK personalization homepage.

The complete list of Nokia phones on which FlipFont can operate includes the N71™, N73™, N75™, N76®, N77™, N78™, N79™, N80®, N81™, N81 8GB, N82™, N85®, N86™ 8MP, N92™, N95®, N95-3™, N95 8GB, N96™, N97, E50®, E51®, E52, E55™, E61™, E61i™, E62®, E63, E65, E65-NG, E66™, E71™, E75™, E90®, 5320™ XpressMusic, 5630™ XpressMusic, 5700™ XpressMusic, 5730™ XpressMusic, 5800 XpressMusic, 6110 Navigator™, 6120 Classic™, 6121 Classic™, 6210 Navigator™, 6220 Classic™, 6290™, 6650™, 6710™, 6720™ and V804NK™ handsets. FlipFont also runs on the GT-i8510™, GT-i7110™, SGH-L870™ and Samsung Omnia HD i8910 handsets from Samsung.

The FlipFont solution includes three trial fonts that can be used at no charge for up to two days. The trial fonts include the attention-grabbing Musclehead™ typeface, the classic Zapf Chancery® script font and the versatile Equinox™ design.

[Via: Monotype Imaging]

I simply had to report on this. I’m not much of a Nokia (NYSE: NOK) or Symbian guy, but I AM a Commodore 64 guy. Well, at least back-in-the-day I was. This is too good.

To get to the point here, if you’ve got the urge to play those classic Commodore 64 games in all of its 8-bit glory, right on your Nokia S60, S80, or N9210 series devices… There’s a new emulator that can handle the gig. (well ok, the emulator isn’t NEW, but the port to Nokia is!). Called Frodo, the emulator brings Commodore 64 gaming action to the palm (NSDQ: PALM) of your hand. No need to plug in those bulky joysticks anymore. Plus, there’s also accelerometer support available via an add-on called Bilbo, so if you want to take things to a ‘new age’ C64 level, by all means check that out as well. Some of the cool features built-in as told by developer Hannu Viitala:

The latest version of Frodo supports also sensors (accelerometer), vibration, on-screen C64 keyboard and audio engine. To enable those those features, you have to install Bilbo library also. Imagine playing Pitstop II by rotating your phone like a steering wheel, or solving Quedex maze by turning the phone in any direction. If you do not want just imagine, look at the YouTube video below and after that get Frodo and Bilbo to your phone! Note that sensors and vibration is not supported in all S60 phone models.

For more information and to get Frodo for yourself, go here.

Note: Anyone remember Leaderboard Golf!?

[Via: BGR]

Hmm, I am beginning to really like writing ‘lists’ of top 5’s and top 3’s, so here goes another – the top three (recent) films for Mobile device product placement – let’s see if you agree! Of course the pinnacle of product placement IMHO is the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5110 Banana phone in the Matrix, but, here are three more recent ones you might not have considered….

(in reverse order….)

3rd: Casino Royale / Quantum of Solace – various Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) products!

Notwithstanding the other devices appearing in the films, in Casino Royale Bond was ‘officially’ using a Silver K800i, and then in QoS, it was the C905. Also, in both films, the operating system on the devices had been swapped out with the magic of CGI, and we had some uber-cool secret O/S that British Intelligence cooked up…..!

2nd: Cellular – Nokia 6600

This mobile-related film (the clue is in the title) had Kim Basinger and Chris Evans (no, not the ginger TV presenter, the one in Fantastic Four) had the diminuitive Nokia 6600 (one of the original Series 60 devices) in it, with a battery life that seemed… extraordinary! Amusingly, Chris Evans actually holds up a phone store to get a charger midway through the film – but then we’ve all done that, haven’t we

1st: Mission Impossible 3 – Nokia N92

But why is MI3 number one you ask? Well, let me tell you. In the last 10 mins of the film, Cruise (Tom) escapes from his captors, and grabs an N92 from one of the enemies (I think). He then dials Simon Pegg (well the character Simon Pegg is playing), and gets directions to where his fiancee is…. however the reason I have it number one is because the N92 is a BIG handset – and I mean REALLY big – so to see Tom Cruise sprinting along the streets of Shanghai with what looks like a frying pan clamped to his ear really amused me – but then kitchenware has always cracked me up

If you read my N82 review then you’re familiar with the fact that I enjoy delving a little bit into the past and present before talking about the future, it just feels like the right thing to do. With that in mind, let me take you on a trip of what Nokia (NYSE: NOK) released in 2007, who Nokia acquired in 2007, what exactly happened at Nokia World and where I predict the Finnish giant is going to go in 2008 in terms of both devices and services.

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Just to show that Mobile TV is in process for deployment globally, here are a couple of select stories….

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Following from my post yesterday about the multiple Mobile TV standards, today I thought we might take a short tour de force of Mobile TV handsets – with specific reference to the DVB-H standard….

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As expected, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has launched the Samsung U900 FlipShot. The screen-flippin’ phone somehow reminds us on Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s N90, N92, N93(i) models, but still manages to look original. For $199.99 with a new two-year term contract, potential users will get quite a decent Get it Now-enabled device — boasting such features as 3 MP camera, Camcorder, PictBridge printing, QVGA screen and stereo Bluetooth support. As for the supported services, Verizon promises you’ll be able to enjoy their VZ Navigator, V CAST Music and Video… Full release follows after the jump.

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Although there’s no “Nokia (NYSE: NOK)” brand on this device, the naming clearly comes from the Finish giant – hence we can say it’s a ripoff. But wait, this device has nothing to do with Nokia’s original mobile TV enabled device, it’s just a way of a certain Chinese handset maker to get some attention…

Anyway, in case you care – the Chinese N92 phone packs a 3″ 16 million color QVGA touchscreen, FM radio, media player, solar panel (cool), two cameras – one on the front and the other on the back, and of course the microSD memory expansion slot. As for the size, it measures 115×54x17 mm and weighs 100 grams… Two more photos follow after the jump.

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Steve Litchfield proposed a question on Friday: which method of consuming video content do you see taking off in the future? DVB-H aka the same broadcast system principle our parents and their parents grew up with or on demand content a la YouTube? In less time than it takes for blood to move from one chamber of my heart to the other I’m going to have to say forget about DVB-H and make a loud plea to operators to upgrade their networks to support more bandwidth versus backing a technology that will provide little value to end users.

Rich media is obviously where the internet is now and we are only going to get more of it in the future. Location based services are just starting to become a reality, wouldn’t it make sense to combine rich content with location? I should be able to walk into a Banana Republic and take out my phone where it will ask my permission to play a clip of the male models portraying the Winter 2008 collection. DVB-H on the other hand will allow me to watch the same handful of channels that are already available at home, but now in my pocket.

DVB-H is too little too late. Forget about it and tell your operator to invest that money into 4G networks or 3.9G LTE.