Nokia N95

For programmers who joined Nokia's "Launchpad" program, a special surprise is coming your way. For all those involved, Nokia will be providing a free E7 phone. The offer is also extended towards existing developers.

Later this year, Nokia's partnership with Microsoft will truly being to take form. Nokia will become a part of the Windows Phone 7. Along with the free phone, developers will also receive a free Launchpad account.

App developers will have the option to visit the Developer summit event, all at the expense of Nokia.

2011 is crunch time for Nokia, and represents a much needed come back against the other giants of the mobile world. Getting in good with the app developers is a good start.

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Nokia is in dire need of a boost. Android just passed Symbian as the dominant smartphone OS on the market. Therefore, Nokia is really banking on MeeGo. Their next-gen OS. As of now there have been only whispers of what MeeGo can do. Now we have something a bit more substantial - a bug report.

Here are some of the specs the bug report listed:

1.6 GH Intel Processor
854x480 Display
21 MBPs HSPA + support
1 GB RAM
HDMI out
Infineo XMM 6269 modem

http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/bug-report-suggests-nokias-meego-phone-might-boast-1-6ghz-intelinfineon-processor-2011022/

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A lot can change in two years. This is the lesson Nokia is learning, as they've decided to take their operating system, Symbian, off the open source status. Back in 2008, Nokia decided to open up Symbian and allow developers to tinker with it. This was before the iPhone, or Google Android really made it big.

Handset manufacturers have been dropping Symbian in favor of other OS's, so they decided it was time for a change.

Tim Holbrow, executive director of the Symbian Foundation, had this to say, "There has since been a seismic change in the mobile market but also more generally in the economy, which has led to a change in focus for some of our funding board members"

"The result of this is that the current governance structure for the Symbian platform -- the foundation -- is no longer appropriate."

While Symbian has taken a hit in market share, it still leads overall at 37%.

http://www.mobiledia.com/news/76458.html

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There has been a relatively long running legal battle between the phone makers Apple, and Nokia. It all started back in 2007 when Nokia was wanting royalties from iPhone sales. Since, there has been litigation going back and forth betweent he smartphone companies. The latest comes from the UK, where Apple claims that Nokia is ingringing upon their patents.

Mark Durrant, a Nokia spokesman had this to say, "This is an unsurprising development, which seems designed to put pressure on the ongoing dialogue between both companies"

"It changes nothing in the fundamentals of the matter, which are rooted in Apple's refusal to respect Nokia's intellectual property and attempt to free-ride on the back of Nokia's innovation."

If anyone is keeping tally of the wins and losses between the two companies, this dispute is definitely one to keep an eye on.

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Time to fill out resumes, and call up connections with Nokia, as they will soon be looking for a new CEO.  It is being reported that Nokia has started a search for a new CEO. The recent trailing to other smartphones, has put Nokia in a very difficult position. It is being speculated that the current CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo could be booted as early as the end of August.

Google/Android phones, and iPhones have been making massive pushes in the wireless market.  Nokia has been slow to response to these pushes. They stalled the release of Symbian 3 earlier in the year. Then just recently, they announced a switch in OS from Symbian to Linux. Upon these proceedings, many key exects and other management positions were reshuffled. Now, it looks like it will be happening with the biggest piece of all.

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Nokia fans have been in high anticipation for the Symbian 3 technology. The wait is finally over as the first phone to use the upcoming operating system has finally been announced. The OS was created in order to compete with both Google Android and the iPhone.

The phone is called N8, and will sport a 12x megapixel camera, with flash, and will allow for dvd quality video recording. Free software in the phone will allow for streaming web tv, social network browsing, and also map programs will be available.

With Symbian 3 powering the phone, multi-touch functionality is available, along with all the other touch functions found on smart phones.

A price point of $495 has been announced, and the phone will come out Q3 of this year.

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As phones grow in both scope, and features battery life will continually be drained. Having amazing features on a phone is great, but it doesn't do you much good if the battery only lasts 4 hours.

Nokia has devised an interesting, and sci-fi sounding solution to the problem - Piezoelectric Kinetic Energy Harvester. That isn't fake, it's the name of Nokia's latest patent. With such a complicated name, the technology behind it is rather simple.

The idea of the technology can be summed up in one word, 'crystals'. Electricity is generated from the movement of crystals which then is used to charge a batter. Simple movements will be enough to generate enough electricity to help extend battery life. It hasn't been reported how much electricity will be generated, so we have more information to stay tuned in for.

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The Nokia n900 is the flagship phone for mobile phone company we all know. The handset is being alluded to as a mobile computer. However, it's been stymied by the fact that there have been no compatible apps released for it. This all changes today, as The Ovi Store is launching for the n900.

The phone uses the Maemo-Linux platform, which up until now didn't use Ovi.  Many experts are optimistic that this could open up the n900 to a broader audience, because up until now Linux experience was required for full use.

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The creator of the Pre and Pixi models, Palm, has been rumored to be a gleam in the eye of Nokia. It is being reported that Nokia is interested in Palm due to the company's roster of smartphones throughout the years. An acquisition of this nature could go a long way in taking it to the competition, Apple and Blackberry.

Palm's shares shot up 8% today in light of these rumors which gives them a bit more validity. For a good portion of this year, there have been talks of someone buying out Palm but as of yet nothing has solidified.

The latest rumor comes off the lawsuit that Nokia is taking Apple over patent infringements. This could be just a coincidence, or a sign of Nokia trying to make a bold statement.

As of now, Motorola, Dell, and Microsoft have all been rumored to be interested in purchasing Palm.

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For some a flashy cell phone isn't needed. If you find yourself to be one of these people then you might want to check out the launch of the Nokia 5130. This low cost handset has many of the bells and whistles you find on more expensive phone but at a more affordable price.

With a two year contract, the Nokia 5130 will cost you $30. Below are some of the features included with the phone:

- Stereo bluetooth, and FM radio integrated into the handset

- A 2.0 megapixel camera allows for picture taking

- The battery has six hours of talk time, and 12 hours of standby

-  Photos can be shared through Ovi, and Ovi services

 As of now the Nokia 5130 comes in two colors, Black Red and Pearl White.

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You know that social networking has captured the world when a phone that's being released is structured for it. The Nokia 6760 is a slider phone that focuses mostly on social networking -- Facebook in particular.

As of now this model is only available in Europe, but strikes a similar resemblance to the Sure model in the US. The phone is designed for quick typing, which is vital when updating on Twitter, or Facebook.

Along with social netwoking, the handset will have easy access to email, and instant messaging.

Some features that the handset will have is a 2.4 inch display, a 3.2 megapixel camera, and will support up to 8GB of storage

[via: Mobilepedia ]

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Living in one of the more technological advanced countries in the world, we get pampered on new, and emerging technologies. Generally, the more advanced handsets cost a great amount of money as well, so not everyone can afford to get in on the action. The Nokia 5030 is a newly released phone, for markets who are on a budget or really like FM radios.

It might not have a touch screen, or have built-in GPS, but the Nokia 5030 does have some features that will attract users. If you like listening to the radio, the 5030 comes with a built-in FM antenna. There's also loudspeakers so you can listen without plugging in earphones.

The phone will cost $50 with an upgrade, or two year contract. 

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As the economy takes its toll, everyone is feeling the effects. Nokia, is no exception as they're reporting some heavy losses to profit during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Net Profit was down $2.39 billion, from Nokia's profit in 2007. Actual sales plummeted from $20.5 billion, to $16.4 billion.

Nokia commented on the bleak numbers, in typical fashion, "We are taking action to reduce overall costs and to preserve our strong capital structure. This is clearly our top priority in the current economic environment...In recent weeks, the macroeconomic environment has deteriorated rapidly, with even weaker consumer confidence, unprecedented currency volatility and credit tightness continuing to impact the mobile communications industry."

If you read between the fine print, this could definitely mean layoffs for Nokia. It doesn't necessarily mean that they'll be giving layoffs or giving them exclusively. Actually, Nokia promises to reduce production costs of handsets dramatically to ease the economic burden.

Here's hoping that the production costs are enough to keep all of the Nokia workers employed 

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The Nokia n97 was definitely the darling of Nokia's CES 2009 lineup, but there were some other product lines you should definitely check out. This is quite an endeavour for Nokia, but with this line they look to provide different handsets to people with specific uses.

The Nokia 1006 is your basic, 'I just want to make a call' phone. It come supported with Bluetooth as well, and has a curved ergonomical shape as well. 

If you're into the customization scene, while having a great social device then check out, Nokia 7510 . Along with the customizing, and social features, there's a 2.0 megapixel camera.

When your text messaging, the Nokia e63 will more than likely be the phone you want to use. It has a full QWERTY keyboard, the Symbian S60 OS, and WiFi.

Here is a video from WebProNews , showcasing all of the Nokia  product lines showcased at CES 2009.

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In the midst of the election yesterday, it was easy to miss some big Nokia news that dropped stateside. Nokia has officially announced that the Nokia n96 will finally be sold in their brick and mortar stores.

Before the announcement the only viable means of obtaining a Nokia n96 was ordering it from an online vendor. The Chicago, and New York stores will be the first places to have the Nokia n96 available. 

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Nokia has announced a pretty broad change in terms of its business model. They've decided what seems like to outsource much of its development. They have announced putting a lot of development in the hands of outside companies.

Nokia has announced to combine its devices and applications wtih Cisco, IBM, and Microsoft. Nokia has also expressed interest in selling their security product business to other investors.

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There are quite a few people (us included) who have been waiting for the past few weeks for symbiansigned.com to re-enable the open-signed signing service so that we can get cool freeware apps like RotateMe and SlideHangup installed on our / your phones - Well they have finished their "upgrading" and have launched a new "Open Signed Online" service - which to be fair is 100% totally free and available to anyone BUT (didn't you just know that there was a BUT coming...) the open signed service is aimed at developers and without going into to many technical details only the application developer can sign their application for their phone

Well done SymbianSigned - you have just killed open source symbian development!

While it is true that application developers CAN develop their apps so that they are not the "owner" it still means that all previous apps cannot be installed on your N95's.

There is currently a lot of discussion going on at the moment on various forums (including the SymbianSigned developer forums) and no-one is 100% sure if this situation is permanent or not.

I am just waiting to see if purchasing a Publisher ID will allow me to sign files for you guys - if it does then I will spend my dosh to get one and get you guys your files!

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