Nokia and gate5 AG today announced that an agreement has been signed for Nokia to acquire gate5. gate5 is a leading supplier of mapping, routing and navigation software and services. By acquiring gate5, Nokia will offer consumers maps, routing, navigation and other location based applications on its mobile devices. gate5’s applications are extendable with more…
Nokia N80 Internet Edition
Nokia today announced a new bundled package, Nokia N80 Internet Edition, which comes out of the box ready to create, connect, consume and interact with some of the internet’s most popular services. Use Yahoo! Search in the Mobile Search application to conveniently search for and find most anything on the web, and use the Mini…
Nokia to offer Intrusion Prevention
Nokia today announced plans to offer Sourcefire’s Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) on its portfolio of high-performance IP Security Platforms. Nokia Intrusion Prevention with Sourcefire will provide enterprises with defense-in-depth by analyzing network traffic to discover risks, determine their business impact and take actions to defend the network. This complete network visibility allows companies not only…
Holiday time with Nokia E61
The modern business environment is so hectic and pressured that work-life balance is vital if you want to stay sane and healthy. So why on earth would you want to take your handheld device from work with you? Nokia For Business website has a great article justifying such move. The device they are mentioning in…
2006 Forum Nokia PRO awards for outstanding achievement in mobile applications
Nokia yesterday announced the call for entries in its Forum Nokia PRO Awards, which will honor exciting innovations, technical accomplishments and commercial successes that are driving the rapid evolution of mobile applications, content and services worldwide. Open to all members of Nokia’s advanced developer program, Forum Nokia PRO, the 2006 Forum Nokia PRO Awards will…
Nokia E62 preview
There were already rumors on Nokia E62, that is basically E61 without WiFi for the US market. Well, apparently the rumors were true, as PC Magazine had a chance to preview the device. On the pro side of the E62, PC Magazine notes very sharp screen, comfortable keyboard, wide range of e-mail and web-browsing options.…
Nokia Phone Software Updater
Nokia has just released a “Nokia Software Updater” to allow its customers to update the firmware on their phones, thus keeping it up-to-date. Two updating methods are available – over-the-air or via PC. Once you select the mobile phone you’re using, you will find out which method you can use to update your phone. Currently,…
Nokia N90 vs Nokia N93
N90’s successor, Nokia N93, brought many new features to the camera phone. Promoted as a “the next story in video”, N93 comes with, so far, best camera on the market. The N93 sports a 3.2 MP camera uses Carl Zeiss optics and unlike any other device has a 3x optical zoom. N93 also supports MPEG-4…
The making of a Nokia (smart)phone
“In its nine (soon to be 10) factories around the world, mobile-phone giant Nokia will churn out approximately 325 million handsets this year alone. That’s 10 phones per second, every hour of every day, all year long.” BusinessWeek brings us a great article titled “Nokia’s Magnificent Mobile-Phone Manufacturing Machine“. The author of the article discovers…
Nokia N93 voted European Media Phone 2006-2007
Nokia today announced that its latest high performance multimedia computer (aka – smartphone), the Nokia N93, has been awarded the European Media Phone of the Year 2006-2007 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), Europe’s largest multimedia press organization. The award is yet another industry recognition of Nokia’s continued commitment to innovation in mobile…