Aleksei from Russia sent the pictures from his Nokia 5500 Sport‘s phone test to About Nokia website. From there we discover that the Nokia 5500 is a truly indestructible device. Aleksei have put its sporty-device in the vacuum cleaner, washed it, soaked it in milk, dropped it from a great height and finally run a…
Nokia sees the future with touch sensitive mobile devices
During the October, we published a few pictures of Nokia’s phone of the future. So called Nokia Aeon is marked by the size of its touchscreen – the whole phone is one big touch screen. Now, during the Nokia World, the Finish giant presented two videos illustrating the future of mobile devices. It’s all touchy…
MobilePirates' Nokia N95 video review
Thanks to the Nokia blog we’ve found MobilePirates‘ video review of the Nokia N95 “multimedia computer”. This is not yet another short preview of the device, but a real, almost 10 minutes long, review. In a nutshell – a must-see for all N95 fans.
Nokia World 2006 ends
Nokia World has left Amsterdam. During the event, attendees heard many interesting news and perspectives from the industry leader and its partners. Nokia brought us four new phones, including the new mid-range smartphone – Nokia 6290. We’ve also heard Nokia’s plans for the connected future. Unfortunately, Symbian Watch was not able to attend this important…
Interview with Jaakko Kaidesoja from Nokia’s Play New Experience division
Nokia is preparing its new mobile gaming platform, and plans to introduce it in the next year. Once released, the new platform will be supported by something like 5-7 devices. According to some speculations the two of the devices that will certainly support the new platform are Nokia N93 and the recently announced N95. The…
More Nokia Internet editions coming soon
Following the Nokia N80 Internet Edition, according to SlashPhone, Nokia will release more of the existing Nseries devices with “Internet edition” label. It’s not a secret that Nokia bets heavily on Internet for the future growth of the overall industry, and the potential release of N70, N73 and N93 Internet edition devices goes in that…
Nokia to test mobile TV in India
Nokia today announced its latest DVB-H broadcast mobile TV pilot with India’s national television broadcaster Doordarshan, using Nokia’s open standards based DVB-H solution. The Nokia Mobile Broadcast Solution will be delivered to Doordarshan via SHAF Broadcast Pvt Ltd in early 2007. During this pilot, Doordarshan will test the reception quality of the broadcast coverage, and…
Nokia bets on Internet for the future; Extends partnership with Yahoo
Nokia today outlined its vision for the future of the mobility industry, predicting that the Internet would become the key driving force in a market it expects to reach 4 billion global subscriptions during 2010. The comments were made in a speech by Nokia CEO and President, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, to more than 2,000 people from…
Gizmo VoIP on the Nokia N80 Internet Edition
Nokia today announced that users of the soon-to-come Nokia N80 Internet Edition will have easy access to low-cost calls over the Internet with SIPphone’s Gizmo Voice over IP (VoIP) services. Nokia N80 Internet Edition users download the free Gizmo VoIP settings from the Download! folder in their device, automatically beginning the installation process. During installation,…
Forum Nokia PRO Awards announced
Nokia today announced the winners of its 2006 Forum Nokia PRO Awards, recognizing leading mobile applications, content and services successfully deployed in markets around the world and developed by members of Nokia’s advanced global developer program, Forum Nokia PRO, with more than 400 member companies worldwide. Presented here as part of the annual Nokia World…