Nokia E72 “Leaked” on YouTube

June 15, 2009 at 3:50 am | In Eseries, Leaked, Nokia, S60, Symbian, Video | 1 Comment
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A promo video of a new Eseries handset, the E72 has been “accidentally” uploaded to the official Nokia Conversations YouTube account. -_-

I don’t see the fuss about it myself. The only thing seemingly exciting is that fact that it has apparently been “leaked”.

You know what I do love? That wibbly wobbly screen that moves beyond the physical LCD, the Sims 2 style music and the creepy text to speech lady.

On a more serious note, all that’s known at the moment:

  • 5MP camera
  • D-pad also acts as mouse pointer

Nice upgrade from the E71 though.

New: Nokia E52 announced! Extreme battery life!

May 6, 2009 at 11:22 pm | In 3rd edition, Eseries, Nokia, S60 | Leave a Comment
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You most likely have heard by now that Nokia have announced the E52. It’s like the normal keypad version of the E55 aesthetically. I’m not much of a fan of the Eseries, except that is for their build quality. I mean, check out this video where build quality is emphised, “High quality Eseries build and finish”. Finnish: was that a pun?

The E52 also has packs some stamina enduring 8 hours talk time and 23 days of stand by, and should be coming in the second half of 2009, priced at 245 Euros (£215).

For the technical specifications, check it out from the Nokia Website.

Video: The Phone Show, Episode 80

April 29, 2009 at 11:37 pm | In 5th Edition, Eseries, Nokia, Nseries, OVI, S60, Symbian, aPPLE | 1 Comment
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The latest episode of the Phone Show covers:

  • The E75
  • Xenon Flash Photography
  • Top 10 iPhone games
  • Interview with Rafe about the N97

Xenon

Aah, Steve Litchfield – one of the very few people I could battle in a moan and groan about the importance of XENON in mobile phone photography. I agree whole heartedly with Steve: Nights out with the N82 (given that I’m not drunk enough) means a lot of memories frozen to be remembered forever (whether you like it or not) on TEH facebook. Xenon isn’t just for nights out, it’s for most indoor/poor lighting situations. With LED flash, your best hope is poor colours and definite blurs – not very good when your subjects are people.

iPhone games

This does spark a lot of jealousy in my Nokia orientated mind. Remember just before the N93 was released, we saw videos of what we were told we should expect from these new Nseries N-Gage platforms?

Alas we saw nothing come close to that ever for Nokia. In comparison, look at everything coming to iPhone/iPod Touch – the 3D games are very well implemented, the graphics and gameplay are both very impressive.

Rafe Blandford and the N97

The ultimate Symbian genius, Rafe talks about the strengths and shortcomings of the N97. Wisely very cautious, Rafe is hesitant to judge whether the N97 will be a success amongst the geeks/technology leaders out there given its relatively disappointing specifications, but reckons the N97 will be a commercial success, as it’s a different Nseries experience with a lot of backing from Nokia and Ovi services.

E75

I do seem to ignore the E-series, but this phone does have an excellent form factor. What with iPhone making everyone touch orientated, buttons seem like a whole new invention as QWERTY keyboard start becoming popular. I like how the E75 looks like a convincing normal candybar then has a QWERTY keyboard (not like E90/N9300i which were obviously too fat to be a normal candybar), and love the build quality and the excellent materials used.

Arrived in Amsterdam!

December 4, 2007 at 7:17 pm | In 3rd edition, Eseries, Fun, Linux, Nokia, Nseries, S60 | Leave a Comment

Still very pleased with the consistently quick satellite locking times of the N82. I was able to get it out in short bursts on the way to the airport just to check where the driver had been going (I swear he went past the same museum 5 times).

Amsterdam – lovely place, quain, almost English architechture. Lots and lots of people on bikes though; and it seems exactly the same type of bike… and everyone rides with no hands on the bars (one on the phone, the other in the pocket) haha. Met the whole Amsterdam-WOM group – everyone’s awesome!

Got through quite a few interesting presentations today, actually arriving in the middle of media Porn business (yes, I too thought, wtf, but it had a lot of relevancy to the whole Nokia marketing strategy…well it made sense at the time), then Nokia UI vision: Point and Find, MobiYouTube, and Swipe and Pay mobile wallets. More on this is future posts.

I also finally got to play with the N810. Super quick initial thoughts…I hate the wobble on the slider, and the buttons on the face. But other than that, it’s really nice. Brighter screen, touch screen is way more responsive (I was able to draw without lagging unlike the N800 even on latest firmware) and of course the qwerty keypad. It was nicer to input text on that I thought, and perhaps with some practice it would get easier to use.

Anyway, must dash, everyone is leaving again for the party tonight!

Grilling of Nokia peeps.

September 27, 2007 at 2:52 pm | In Eseries, Nokia, Nseries | 1 Comment

 

This lovely herbed chicken breast has been grilled to perfection, and in a few hours, so will Nokia Product managers by the many attendants at today’s Nseries event at LA Mansion.

That’s my dish yesterday when I had dinner with Donna, Frank, James, Chris, and Delon (sorry if that’s mispelled)

We met up with Mike – Frank and Don’s Boss – over some drinks at the hotel bar after the meal. There was much conversation about where Nokia could go, and many questions along the line of “Why on earth did Nokia….”

  • …remove the autofocus video recording of the N93i?
  • …remove the camera cover on the N95 8GB/N95-3?
  • …abandon the N93 with only 1 major firmware (still with no A2DP)?
  • …allow such confusing and abstract marketing of the N95, instead of the Apple like straight forward “this is what it can do, this is how to use it”.

The WOMWorld peeps were pretty good at answering out questions, but they said the best people to direct this attention to are the Product Managers responsible for those decisions that may have ticked us off.

WOMWorld also kept firm that there are NO new device annoucements/release. No N82 (though they did look shifty, haha) or the successor to the N800, renders/spy pics we saw a while ago.

Pictures coming soon. It’s uploading as we speak, should be sooner except that the internet at the Crowne Plaza has the speed of a parked bus.

It’s so slow, you have to wait for google to load.

Nokia E51 Technical Specifications

September 18, 2007 at 11:02 pm | In 3rd edition, Eseries, Nokia, Technical Specifications | 1 Comment

Key features

  • Thin design loaded with features to help balance your business and leisure time
  • Access your email while on the go with support for most leading personal and business email applications
  • Browse the web and email with high speed 3G, HSDPA, or WLAN connection
  • Make lower cost voice calls over the internet with the built-in WLAN
  • Stay connected to the people and information you need with a long battery life and large internal memory
  • Take pictures and capture video with the 2 megapixel camera with 4 x digital zoom
  • Listen to the latest hits with FM Visual Radio or play your favorite tunes on the MP3 music player

Applications

  • Java™ MIDP 2.0 applications
  • Nokia Office Tools 2.0 including Nokia Team Suite, In-device Search, Quickoffice, Macromedia PDF reader, Zip manager, File manager, and Active Notes:
    • Nokia Team Suite provides easy to use UI for organizing and facilitating group conference calls, email messages, or text messages
    • In-device Search enables user to easily find data in device. For example, messages, email calendar data, and contacts can be searched easily via this application
    • Quickoffice provides viewers for Microsoft Excel®, Word®, and PowerPoint® documents
    • Macromedia PDF reader enables user to view PDF documents
    • Zip manager provides means for managing ZIP files received – for example, as an email attachment
    • File manager for accessing data on user disk or memory card
    • Active Notes enable users to create notes containing rich text and multimedia items (e.g. pictures, voice clips, video clips). Notes can be synchronized to PC and browsed there via any XHTML compatible web browser
  • Download! Tool for easy application downloads straight to your device
  • Voice solutions: support for Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Cisco, Nokia Intellisync Call Connect for Alcatel (all sold separately)
  • Nokia Maps application integrated into device
  • Support for Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite with email, file synchronization, voice, and device management
  • Support for Symantec, F-Secure, McAfee, and Trend Micro antivirus software. Applications are available via Download! Tool
  • Support for Pointsec encryption security application. Application is available via Download! Tool
  • Worldmate: an application with weather, world clocks, and a currency converter to assist you while traveling. Application is available via Download! Tool
  • Supports Windows Live providing mobile access to Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Search, Windows Live Spaces, Windows Live Hotmail. Application is available via Download! Tool
  • Yahoo! Go: get your email, news, maps, and more all from the same customized webpage. Application is available via Download! Tool

Browsing

  • (x)HTML web browser

Camera and video

  • 2 megapixel camera with 4 x digital zoom for high quality still imaging and video capture
  • Video streaming and playback with H.264 (MPEG-4), 3gpp, and Real codecs
  • Video recording in H.263 (3gpp) and MPEG-4
  • Video calling

Connectivity

  • Integrated WLAN (IEEE 802.11g) with WLAN wizard: searches for available WLAN networks
  • Bluetooth 2.0 specification with enhanced data rate (EDR)
  • Mini USB connector, USB 2.0 full-speed
  • 2.5 mm Nokia A/V connector
  • IrDA (115 kbps)

Data transfer

  • GPRS/EGPRS (Class A, multi-slot class 32)
  • Dual mode transfer multi-slot class 11 for simultaneous voice calls and browsing
  • HSDPA (high-speed downlink protocol access) up to 3.6 Mbit/s (3G)
  • Local data synchronization with Nokia PC Suite

Device management support

  • Nokia Intellisync Device Management (sold separately)
  • OMA (Open Mobile Appliance) Device Management 1.1.2
  • OMA Client Provisioning 1.1
  • OMA Data synchronization 1.2 (no email)
  • Over the internet (OTI) firmware update

Display

  • 2″ (240 x 320 pixels), active-matrix color display supports up to 16 million colors

Memory functions

  • Up to 130 MB of user data memory
  • Expandable up to 4 GB with hot swappable microSD card

Messaging and email

  • Email with support for POP3, IMAP4, and SMTP protocols, attachment viewers, dedicated email key, and LED indicator for new email messages
  • Email support for a wide variety of third-party solutions including: Mail for Exchange, Visto Mobile, and Seven Always-on
  • Option to select desired email account to read/write messages from
  • Instant messaging (supports Yahoo, AOL, OMA 1.2, MSN)
  • SMS text messages
  • MMS for sending messages with pictures, video clips, and audio clips attached

Music

  • MP3 music player
  • Compatible with Bluetooth stereo headsets
  • FM Visual Radio: lets you see information about songs or artists, and read up on celebrity news

Operating frequency

  • GSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100

Personal information management (PIM)

  • Contacts, calendar and to-do list: supports PC synchronization with Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes via Nokia PC Suite

- Nokia (Tech Specs)

Nokia E51 Announced: simplicity, productivity and style!

September 18, 2007 at 10:45 pm | In 3rd edition, Eseries, Nokia, S60 | Leave a Comment

….Says Nokia over at their Press Release: Click

From the press release, Stefan over at IntoMobile reports that this smartphone is available in silver, black and bronze pink. Feature wise there’s the now standard 2mp camera, WiFi, FM radio all sitting on S60 3rd edition with Feature Pack 1 .

Not sold on the whole stylish thing (looks better in side view), but then again, it is a business orientated Eseries phone.

Nokia E51 is ideal for business professionals who require reliable, real-time access to business and people, need to manage time effectively and value a single device that is easy to set up, maintain and use. Nokia E51 users with Nokia mobility solutions can experience mobile telephony, mobile email and messaging, office phone functionality, and cost savings – with the convenience of one phone number, one voice mailbox, one dial plan – in a single device.

“Business users increasingly need one device that they can count on to work productively and which offers them the level of efficiency that brings more freedom and balance to their personal lives,“

said Antti Vasara, senior vice president, Mobile Devices Unit, Enterprise Solutions, Nokia.

“With the new Nokia E51 device, we are responding to this need with a business smartphone that combines the latest advances in business mobility and a classic, stainless steel design, at a price that makes it perfect for company-wide deployments.“

While expanding the rich functionality that business users require, Nokia continues to simplify the use of its business devices via the following:

 

- A home screen including user-selected icons to the most used applications

- One Touch keys with one-click access to key functionalities including email, contacts, calendar and the home screen

- Set-up wizards offering step-by-step guidance for setting up email accounts, configuring Internet calling and accessing wireless local area networks

- Integration with a wide range of business email solutions, including Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email and Mail for Exchange to communicate with Microsoft Exchange Server, and consumer email

- Streamlined email reading experience with easy access to attachments

- Dedicated Email key on the front cover, indicator light for new email, and a preview window to the latest email on the home screen to help keep up with email when on the move

Tech Specs available here: http://europe.nokia.com/A4546299

– IntoMobile

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