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Nokia's Latest Fashion Phone Collection

By Mike Hanlon

Take a look back at any new technology in its infancy and its styling starts off rather conservatively. Telephones, television and cars are obvious examples, but the more you think about the initial form factor and its evolution, the more you’ll see how likely it is that the mobile phone has a long way yet to go, even if it weren’t for all the convergence. SContinuing to push the boundaries of mobile phone design, Nokia has introduced a collection of three trend-inspired mobile phones, the Nokia 7360, Nokia 7370 and Nokia 7380. Each model in the L'Amour Collection offers a beautiful mix of contrasts - infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected. Hints of vintage and craftsmanship, are fused with natural materials, colors and patterns, all carefully crafted and layered with a passion for detail. Read More

Nokia introduces a new family of handheld business devices

By Mike Hanlon

October 16, 2005 As wireless always-on technology invades the business world, the race is definitely on to grab the first round of market share beyond the early-adopters and Nokia strengthened its hand with the addition of three new models to its portfolio of business-optimized devices this week. The Nokia E60, Nokia E61 and Nokia E70 - the first of the new Nokia Eseries - are distinctively different in design and allow businesses of all sizes to mobilize their workforce. Nokia Eseries models combine attractive and easy-to-use designs that appeal to individual business users with new underlying technologies that allow IT departments to effectively manage security settings, corporate applications and data. Each of the devices is designed to accommodate must-have mobile applications needed in today's business world like mobile email and advanced voice calling functions. The E60, E61 and E70 will be available in the first quarter of 2006 worldwide. Read More

Nokia N90 Voted European Media Phone of the Year

By Mike Hanlon

August 16, 2005 Nokia's N90, has been awarded the European Media Phone of the Year 2005-2006 by the European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA), the largest editorial multimedia organization in Europe. The award is an endorsement of the Nokia N90's industry-leading feature set, which makes it one of the most high performance devices in the marketplace. Commenting on the award, EISA praised the Nokia N90 as a 'true best-of-breed multimedia phone, stuffed full of advanced photo, video audio and messaging features'. EISA also highlighted the Nokia N90's Carl Zeiss optics which 'endows it with serious photographic ability, including capturing and editing 2 megapixel digital photos and MPEG 4 352x288 resolution video.' Read More

Nokia’s ingenious marketing campaign

By Mike Hanlon

August 3, 2005 It’s not often that you see a scheme where everybody wins but Sydney-based mobile communication company KahDo has come up with a unique medium that brings advertisers and consumers together in a scheme that does just that. More than just outdoor advertising, KahDo’s fleet of 100 branded Smart Cars are driven by real consumers, and aims to achieve advertising effectiveness through unexpectedness. The drivers are hand picked for their socially active, urban lifestyle. Kahdo recruits a select community of opinion leaders by offering them a fully maintained Smart car for a subsidised cost of AUD$35 (US$26) per week. In return for the subsidised car, exclusive product usage, free samples and invitations to special events, these influential 18 to 34 year old urban consumers agree to ambassador status and minimum usage levels of the cars that are wrapped in advertising. Telecommunications giant Nokia was the first to take to the streets of Australia’s two largest cities (Sydney and Melbourne) this week using the innovative, new marketing concept to reach young, urban consumers with unique messages about the brand. Read More

Nokia launches new Linux based Internet Tablet product category

By Mike Hanlon

May 26, 2005 Nokia introduced the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet at the LinuxWorld Summit in New York here yesterday. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet is a dedicated device optimized for convenient Internet browsing and email communications in a sleek pocketsize format. The Nokia 770 Internet Tablet features an high-resolution (800x480) widescreen display with zoom and on-screen keyboard, ideal for viewing online content over Wi-Fi. Aside from Wi-Fi, the device can also connect to the Internet utilising Bluetooth wireless technology via a compatible mobile phone. Read More

Nokia launches Nseries branded multimedia device range

By Mike Hanlon

April 28, 2005 Nokia has announced a new range of next generation multimedia devices that will be sold as the Nokie N series. Packed with the latest technologies such as 3G, Carl Zeiss Optics, megapixel cameras, multi-gigabyte memory, VHS resolution video and WLAN, the Nokia Nseries offers new fusions of digital media and mobility to the hands of mobile users. Consumers can now use a single device to do everything from snapping print-quality images, reading email, listening to music, browsing their favorite websites, watching mobile TV and much more. The Nokia Nseries multimedia range is styled to meet the expectations of the most demanding customers with stainless steel finishes and black pearl and smooth silver color pallets. The first Nokia Nseries products are expected to become available during the second quarter of 2005 followed by several more by the end of 2005. Read More

Art Meets State-of-the-Art: the Nokia 8800

By Mike Hanlon

April 27, 2005 Nokia’s newly unveiled 8800 is designed as a showcase premium device and is designed using watchmaking and jewellery techniques. Encased in a slim stainless steel body, the Nokia 8800 glides open to reveal a number of distinctive details, each meticulously considered and researched to complement the prestige and quality of the device. To heighten the experience, the Nokia 8800 features exclusive audio accompaniment, including all ringtones and alerts, by award-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto. With a Zen-like goal to balance form and functionality, the guiding principle of Nokia's designers and engineers was to create a modern mobile phone which is the epitome of style and elegance, which is a pleasure to use and a delight to behold. Read More

Nokia 7710 offers handwriting recognition

By Gizmag Team

November 8, 2004 The Nokia 7710 shown for the first time last week offers both pen input and handwriting recognition and an eBook reader on a widescreen display featuring 640x320 pixels and 65k colors.

The 7710 includes also includes a full Internet browser, an integrated music player with stereo audio, an extensive set of video features such as Real Player playback, streaming and recording and a megapixel camera with 2-x digital zoom and an FM radio with Visual Radio client. Listeners will be able to see information on the song and artist currently playing on the radio or participate in competitions. Read More

Nokia Remote Camera

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia announced a wireless home monitoring solution with an integrated motion detector, the Nokia Remote Camera. With the ability to capture megapixel-quality images and video clips with sound, even in low-light and outdoor conditions. The Nokia remote camera brings a new twist to remote monitoring. Release is still a year away with availability in Europe, Middle East and Asia-Pacific expected in late 2004 at a price of 450 EUR.

Combining a digital camera, GSM transceiver and MMS technology in the same unit, the Nokia Remote Camera can be used in a number places that need to be observed be it home, office or warehouse. Read More

Nokia's new fashion range

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia recently released its new fashion range with an ostentatious bash called Totally Fashion in Shanghai earlier this month, attended by a host of international fashionistas darling. The phones are a radical departure from traditional mobile phone design with the intention of providing a serious fashion accessory.

The Nokia 7260, Nokia 7270 and Nokia 7280 are all inspired by the glamour and bold styles of the 1920's where art deco meets industrial design. Read More

Nokia 9300 Communicator Announced

By Mike Hanlon

For the savvy global business person Nokia has improved upon its 9500 communicator with the announcement of the arrival early 2005 of the new Nokia 9300. With a full range of communication features the new hand-held is designed to address important business functions from one device. On first glance it's a stylish, albeit large, mobile phone that opens up to provide full PDA functionality with wireless connectivity. Read More

Nokia providing sporting coverage to mobile phones in US

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia has begun delivering live audio broadcasts, real time scoring and streaming video highlights from American National Basketball Association (NBA) and Major League Baseball (MLB) to mobile phones in America. The system requires a Nokia 6600 imaging phone and is the first of its type, offering a glimpse of live sports action in the future. Read More

Nokia adds a new capability to the mobile phone - LIGHTWAVE

By Mike Hanlon

There seems no end to the creative endeavour being focused internationally at present on the device formerly known as the mobile phone. Nokia, the company that pioneered text messaging, picture messaging and multimedia messaging has released another compelling form of messaging that will no doubt become popular in clubs, concerts and parties - Light Messaging. Read More

Nokia Lifeblog is an automated multimedia diary.

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia's Lifeblog creates a multimedia diary of your life through images, messages, and videos you collect with your phone. Similar in concept to Microsoft's Sensecam (see below), the two projects offer an interesting future for the way we manage our lives. Read More

Nokia launches new enterprise-class Communicator 9500

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia introduced the new Nokia 9500 Communicator in Cannes on February 23, the first in a series of new enterprise-grade mobile devices designed for corporate customers. The Nokia 9500 Communicator is one of the first cellular devices on the market designed to meet the demands of corporate IT departments for customisation, manageability and security. Read More

Nokia and Fujifilm offer in-store mobile phone prints

By Mike Hanlon

Because it uses a removable Multimedia Memory Card as its storage media, digital snaps from the new Nokia 6600 camera phone can be printed via in-store photo kiosks. Nokia and Fujifilm have announced a deal designed to entice consumers to sample this new functionality - purchasers of the Nokia 6600 are being offered 10 free prints per month... Read More

Nokia release world's first GSM push-to-talk handset

By Mike Hanlon

Saturday November 15, 2003: "Walkie-talkie" style push-to-talk functionality, an in-built digital compass, a VGA camera, a flash-light and a splash-resistant housing are among the features of the new sports-oriented Nokia 5140 phone. Read More

Touch-screen Mobile Media Device in raft of new Nokia releases

By Mike Hanlon

Saturday November 1, 2003: The first in a new category of mobile media devices from Nokia, the 7700 is geared towards high-speed web browsing and multi-media consumption with its wide 65,000 colour touch screen and stylus input using handwriting recognition. Read More

Nokia create new line of wearable products

By Mike Hanlon

Saturday October 4, 2003: Nokia have created a new product group with the announcement of an "Imagewear" line - wearable devices designed for carrying and displaying digital images - to be released in early 2004. Read More

Nokia 7600 puts new spin on 3G phone design

By Mike Hanlon

Saturday September 27, 2003: Nokia has unveiled a fresh design and added video capture and MP3 player capabilities to its latest 3G mobile handset - the Nokia 7600. The "leaf" shaped device is arranged like a small portable game-pad, with the screen in the centre and buttons aligned vertically on either side-for "double-thumb" input... Read More

Nokia 6108 adds handwriting recognition

By Mike Hanlon

Nokia has released the first mobile phone to incorporate handwriting recognition. The Nokia 6108 is designed for Chinese language users in Asia Pacific markets and includes pen input capability for optimised messaging. Read More

Nokia enhances 9210i's Web Capabilities

By Mike Hanlon

When Nokia's new 9210i communicator is released next month, it will be greatly enhanced over previous models, with a new web browser supporting cascading style-sheets and JavaScript... Read More