Recently announced Nokia 5500 Sport phone is Nokia’s first mobile phone to use a 3D motion sensor, creating the new user-experience possibilities. In the Nokia 5500 Sport, software using this feature helps users monitor aspects of their exercise programs, such as number of calories burned, speed, distance covered, and number of steps taken. The technology…
i2 brings Nokia N72 to the UK
Nokia already started to ship their N72 handset. Now, i2 (Itsalat International) is the first company to bring Nokia N72 to the UK market. The sleek and stylish addition of Nokia Nseries, will be available at i2 stores throughout the region. AS you probably remember, N72 comes in pearl pink or gloss black with digital…
Nokia's Preminet Solution relaunched as Nokia Content Discoverer
At the Nokia Connection 2006, new service was launched – Nokia Content Discoverer. It is the relaunch (evolution) of the Preminet Solution and is designed to allow mobile content delivery. As mentioned, it offers a best-of-breed, on-device portal and supporting components to help stimulate growth of the worldwide ecosystem for sales of mobile Java and…
New trial broadcast mobile TV using DVB-H technology in Sweden
Smartphone Nokia N92 is about to be tested again, as Nokia announced a new contract with TeliaSonera Sweden for a complete DVB-H trial system. The system is currently being installed at the Nokia facility in Kista, Stockholm, supported by Nokia’s consulting and integration services. It will be hosted and managed by the Nokia team, to…
First US Nokia Flagship Store to open in Chicago
I’ve already talked about Nokia’s plan to open the stores in the US. Well, here it comes. Beginning on June 24th, Chicago’s world-famous ‘Magnificent Mile’ shopping district will be home to the first Nokia Flagship Store in the United States, the second to be opened in the world. Nokia said it will be designed to…
Nokia Connection 2006
The two-day event, themed “It’s Your World. Express It!”, brought together close to a thousand mobile operators, business partners, industry analysts and media from across the globe to discuss market trends that impact the future of the mobile industry. At the event, Nokia showcased many things we at SymbianWatch.com don’t really care about. Here’s the…
Nokia WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for S60
The Nokia WSDL-to-C++ Wizard for S60 enables developers to easily access web services from Symbain OS code. The tools is used to to create C++ proxy classes and methods to be exceuted on the phone. These methods can be called from the S60 application to easily access webservices as simple local methods. The tools are…
Nokia: The new game plan
Gamasutra did an interview with Nokia’s Gregg Sauter about the future of the company’s mobile game strategy. It seems that nokia will soon release the new “game optimized devices” that feature landscape-oriented screens, game controls, and so forth. Also, as a result of the Nokia and ATI partnership, some of these devices will feature ATI…
New film recorded with Nokia N90
“New Love Meetings“, the new feature-length (93-minute) documentary on love and sex, will be shoot with a standard cell phone camera. Well, not exactly standard – it’s Nokia N90, a smartphone with Carl-Zeiss 2 megapixel video camera. The movie is created as a modern version of the 1965 documentary “Love Meetings” by Pier Paolo Pasolini…
Nokia Podcasting released
Nokia has released a beta version of their new Podcasting application. The application is mainly designed for Nokia N91 music phone, but it works on other S60 3rd Edition devices as well. Using the Nokia Podcasting, user can search, subscribe and download podcasts and video podcasts (vlogs). In case of vlogs, Real Player is used…