Nokia makes partership with China

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone manufacturer, and China PTAC, China's largest mobile phone distributor, enjoy a long-standing partnership that continues to strengthen.Nokia has improved a trade agreement in China. which will see it sell mobile phones value at least US$1.76 billion in 2009 to China PTAC. Mr. Colin Giles, President of Nokia China and Senior Vice President, Greater China, Japan and Korea Sales Unit, and Mr. Tan Xinhui, Chairman of China PTAC Communication Service, signed the agreement on behalf of the two parties.In addition, both parties have agreed to expand strategic ties especially with regard to 3G and operator business.Nokia is estimated to have sold around US$2 billion worth of mobile pho­nes to China PTAC in 2008.

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Nokia E61:Smartphone from the Eseries range

The Nokia E61 is a smartphone from the Eseries range, a Series 60 Third Edition device with a QWERTY keyboard targeting business users in the European market. As of Q4 2006 Cingular and Rogers Wireless have deployed a similar yet restricted version designated the Nokia E62 in the North American and Brazilian markets. The E62 is substantially similar but without an 802.11 WiFi chipset or W-CDMA (UMTS) 3G support. E61 supports 900/1800/1900 bands, while E62 can operate in 850/900/1800/1900 in order to support American networks.
On 12 February 2007 Nokia announced the E61i as a follow up product.

The Nokia E61i, designed specifically for extensive mobile email usage, provides advanced attachment handling with on-the-device document editing. The new full keyboard design with Navi and One Touch keys offers a unique mobile user experience. The E61i supports corporate mobile email solutions such as Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Good Mobile Messaging, Mail for Exchange, Seven Mobile Mail, and BlackBerry Connect and most popular consumer email solutions. In response to customer demand, the device also features a high quality 2.0-megapixel camera, a music player and a video player.

Its kinda weird but out of all of today's announcements I am most excited about one that's just an update. I'm talking about the 3GSM World Congress 2007 and the Nokia E61i.

Yep that "i" means that this phone is an update to last year's highly popular but weirdly sized E61 phone aimed at business users who need Blackberry like push email features and WiFi.

So What's New?

Nokia says the Nokia E61i has a new refreshed sleek design. I checked its just 2.5mm thinner but it does look a whole lot better. It now has improved handling of attachments and what really makes it for me, an integrated 2 megapixel camera.

Everything else is pretty much the same. Quadband (EGSM 850/900/1800/1900) connectivity, Symbian S60 3rd Edition, Bluetooth and Infrared.

The Nokia E61i supports corporate mobile email solutions such as Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email, Good Mobile Messaging, Mail for Exchange, Seven Mobile Mail, and BlackBerry Connect as well as most popular consumer email solutions.

Genral functions:

Manufacturer:Nokia

Available:2006 (E61), 2007 (E61i)

Screen: Landscape QVGA 320 × 240 LCD screen, 2.8 in, 24 bits (16 million) colors

Camera: 2 MPx (E61i)

Operating system:S60 platform third edition on Symbian OS

Input:46 keys QWERTY thumb keyboard, five-way joystick

CPU:220 MHz ARM processor (E61i)

Memory:64MB internal

Memory card:Mini SD (e61i is Micro SD)

Networks:WWAN GSM/GPRS/EDGE quad band, UMTS (W-CDMA 2100)/HSCSD/CSD

Connectivity:WLAN Wi-Fi 54 Mbit/s 802.11g PAN Bluetooth 1.2 (723.1 kbit/s); infrared and full-speed USB

Battery:1,500mAh lithium-polymer

Physical size:117 mm × 69.7 mm × 14 mm

Weight:144 g / 150g

Media:MP3/AAC

Successor:Nokia E71

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Samsung launches movies to mobiles service

LONDON (Reuters) – Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd launched a service allowing its customers to buy or rent movies and TV series to download to their mobile phones.

The breadth of Samsung's offering, which includes over 500 blockbusters from top studios Warner Bros MTWX.N, Paramount and Universal, makes it competitive with other mobile media offerings from Apple Inc and Nokia Oyj.

Samsung Movies, a dedicated virtual store for Samsung customers, launches initially in Britain and Germany and will extend to other key European markets later in the year, Samsung said in a statement.

The service, which features films such as "The Dark Knight" and TV series including "E.R." and "Friends," will be compatible only with video-enabled Samsung phones such as its new Tocco Ultra Edition.

Samsung plans to expand the service to notebooks, MP3 and MP4 portable music players and Samsung TVs.

Samsung Movies will use technology from privately owned digital movie retailer Acetrax, which holds agreements with film studios and music labels.

Prices start at 2.49 pounds ($3.55) for a 24-hour rental or 4.99 pounds to buy a movie.

Samsung said it would double its titles to 1,000 by the end of the first quarter and again to 2,000 movies and TV shows by the end of June.

UK-based research firm CCS Insight said in a note: "The move is tangible progress in (Samsung's) convergence strategy and a first step in delivering consumer services to rival those from the likes of Nokia and Sony Ericsson.

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Nokia 3500 Mobile Supports GSM GSM

Nokia is one of the top leading company in mobile market in the world.It brings a new mobile Nokia 3500.

Nokia 3500 is a mobile which supports GSM GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900; has GPRS of class Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps and Java features including MP3/mp4/ACC/ACC+player, T9, Organizer and a Voice Memo. With a standard Lithium ion battery it has a stand – by time of upto 280 h, and a talk time upto 3hrs.

Are you a Nokia Phone Brand phone, but cannot afford a too pricey phone. If this is the case with you, then here is a phone which has all the things you have been looking for. It’s neither too pricey and its features are just apt for a general kind of user. Let’ first have a look at its features.

Nokia 3500 is a mobile which supports GSM GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900; has GPRS of class Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps and Java features including MP3/mp4/ACC/ACC+player, T9, Organizer and a Voice Memo. With a standard Lithium ion battery it has a stand – by time of upto 280 h, and a talk time upto 3hrs.

With TFT screen, 256k colors and a screen size of 128*160 pixels (1.8 inches) wide, it has a good display which makes it easy for a person with high specs number easy to use. Released in June 2007, this mobile phone has kept with the market demand and till today it has a excellent demand in the market.

You can store upto 2000 entries in its phonebook. It keeps a call record of 20 dialed, 20 received and 20 missed calls. It has a internal memory of 8.5 MB. The card slot provided is of 8.5 MB. It has Bluetooth with V2.0 with A2DP. Messaging can be done through SMS, MMS, Email, and Instant Messaging. Radio and Games are the added features in this Nokia Mobile Phone and yes, it does have a USB. You can also expand its memory to 2GB, which is one of the good features of this mobile phone.

Some of the missing things in this mobile are 3G, GPS and Secondary memory, but these features even if non – existent does not matter much, as this phone serves the purpose of all the basic and a little advanced requirements.

If you want to buy this mobile handsets, you can buy it from a online shopping store rather than buying from a mobile shopping store. The advantage of buying from an online store is less price/discounts, offers and memberships which you get from these stores. 

These are good options in case you do not have much time to go for shopping and have a urgent requirement for a mobile phone. As the product purchased from these stores can be delivered at home at no extra cost, these are definitely the best option in such situations. Just log on to any of the websites of online shopping store and see the magic play….

Fuizy Martin is a well known writer. She has written many articles on, nokia mobiles, laptops, iphones, LG mobiles, digital camera and so on.

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Nokia continues to increase cost-efficiency and adapt to market situation

As part of its previously announced plans to increase cost-efficiency and adapt to the market situation, Nokia today announced further actions it is taking in Devices and Markets units as well as in its Corporate Development Office and global support functions. Nokia plans to scale sales, marketing and technology management to match the pruned portfolio and global consumer demand; address the marketing and other activities that will no longer be integral following the Symbian acquisition; streamline the Devices R&D organization; and increase efficiency in certain global support functions.

Altogether these plans will affect approximately 1 700 employees globally. Where applicable, Nokia will start consultations with employee representatives about these plans.

All of these measures are part of Nokia's previously announced plans to adjust business operations and cost base in accordance with market demand and safeguard future competitiveness. Nokia continues to seek savings in operational expenses, looking at all areas and activities across the company.

About Nokia:
Nokia is the world's number one manufacturer of mobile devices by market share and a leader in the converging Internet and communications industries. We make a wide range of devices for all major consumer segments and offer Internet services that enable people to experience music, maps, media, messaging and games. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ and equipment, solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.

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Nokia N97 gets big thumbs up

New York, USA - According to Mark over at the TheNokiaBlog, getting some hands-on time with the new Nokia N97 made him “happier than a fat kid in a candy store”. As well as chirping his knowledge live from the Nokia Store in New York, Mark has written a full post giving his (second) first impressions with the device (he’d played with it previously when it was first announced).

As is the way with these things, the N97 is evolving rapidly before it launches later this year and the version Mark got to play with, although still a prototype was a big development over the version at the declaration in December. What’s more he’s still in love with it. (Disclosure, I have to admit, I am too - it’s the first device since the N95 where I would actually sell some prized property to get my hands on one).

Some tourist attractions from Mark’s hands-on include:

Having a physical keyboard/touchscreen combination was great for web browsing

The angled display makes it very convenient to watch videos or slideshows on a flat surface

Using the touchscreen to change camera settings is easy and much faster than going through the menus with a d-pad

On a less positive note, Mark noticed a delay in transitioning websites from landscape to portrait mode, but we have to remember that we’re looking at prototype here so things like that are most likely still being worked on.

One of the most anticipated devices of 2009, the Nokia N97 is destined to find a place in plenty of pockets when it launches - I know it’ll certainly be my next device (sorry E71, but your time is coming to an end). Thing I’m looking forward to the most? I think it has to be the homescreen/touchscreen stuff. There’s clearly been a lot of work and thought gone into this and as I personally move more of my life into “the cloud” it makes sense to be able to admission that stuff in the way the N97 will make easy me to.

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Nokia N97 for comfortable uses.

The Nokia N97 is an upcoming "mobile computer" by Nokia, announced on December 2, 2008.It will be Nokia's second touch screen phone (The first being Nokia 5800 XpressMusic) based on the Nokia S60 platform.

Specifications:
1.Network: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA), EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHzUser 2.Interface:S60 5th Edition
3.Dimensions:117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
4.Weight:Approx. 150 g
5.Display:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors (640×360 pixels)
6.Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh
7.32 GB on-board memory
8.microSD memory card slot
9.Video playback:MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution
10.RealVideo up to QCIF @ 30 fps
11.Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps
12.Flash Lite 3.0 / Flash Video in internet browser
13.Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA
14.5 megapixels camera (2584 x 1938 max)
16.Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
17.Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light
18.Talk time:Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
19.Standby time:Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
20.Video playback:Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)
21.Music playback:Up to 37 hours (offline mode)
22.WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
23.Micro-USB connector
24.3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
25.Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
26.GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

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Nokia 5800 music mobile is comming

Technical problems with the U.S. version of the newly launched Nokia 5800 music mobile phone have led flagship stores in New York and Chicago to pull the model, according to PC World. For now, U.S. customers have to settle for a European version instead.
Nokia announced the new Nokia 5800 Xpress Music's availability in the United States Friday. Positioned as a rival to Apple's iPhone, the phone is a music device with a touch-screen interface, priced at $399 before taxes and subsidies in the U.S.

But according to PC World, the U.S. launch has been interrupted by consumer complaints that the earpiece is not properly protected against moisture, which ruins the speaker. Users have also reported difficulties connecting to AT&T's 3G network, and many customers have reportedly already returned their phones.

The touchscreen 3G Nokia 5800, set to launch in North America later this month, will give the mobile world a pleasant surprise. This iPhone rival brings plenty of hardware goodies, but can it compete with Apple's crown jewel?

The 5800 will launch on February 26, and will be available in an unlocked version, which can be used on either AT&T's or T-Mobile's network, for $399. I've been using the Nokia 5800 as my primary phone for the past few days to see how well it performed--and how well it compares with my iPhone.

What struck me immediately about the Nokia 5800 is that it lacks external music controls--and it's supposed to be a music-centric handset. On its right side, you'll find SIM and memory card slots, with stereo speaker grills underneath. On the left side are volume controls, a sliding screen lock, and a camera shutter. At the top of the phone, there's a power/profile switching button, plus a microUSB slot and a standard 3.5mm audio jack. A pleasant surprise was the included stylus, housed at the bottom right corner of the handset's back.

One of Nokia's 5800 most important assets is located at the back of the phone. The 3.2-megapixel autofocus camera sports Carl Zeiss lens with dual LED flash (take that, iPhone). Nokia just upgraded 5800's firmware last night, adding geotagging for photos (using the built-in GPS antenna), among other features.

The 5800 features a 3.2-inch 16:9 aspect ratio touchscreen (360 x 640 pixels), which has three control keys underneath it: call, menu, and hang up. The front of the phone also has a secondary VGA camera for video calling. Above the touchscreen, there's a tiny touch sensitive area can be found that brings up five onscreen shortcuts for music, pictures, media sharing, movies, and Web.

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