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Symbian Phone Nokia 701 launched

by Paul Joseph October 7, 2011 Featured

Nokia mobiles India has launched its much awaited Nokia 701 in the Indian gadget market. The Nokia 701 is the brightest smartphone launched by Nokia, built with the new operating system update, Symbian Belle. As the Indian festive month is on the cards, Nokia releases its Nokia 701 to make this season a sparking one. The Nokia 701 price in India is Rs. 18,990. Nokia 701 features the latest Symbian Belle operating system which is powered by single core 1 GHz ARM11 processor that offers outstanding performance with great accessibility to the mobile applications. The Nokia 701 includes 3.5 inches of IPS TFT display that comes with a feature of ClearBlack technology and provides the resolution count of 360 X 640 pixels. The display offers some advanced features like Gorilla glass technology to prevent damage, multi-touch input method, accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and proximity sensor for auto turn-off. The Nokia 701 supports 2GB internal storage with up to 32GB expandable external memory with microSD card which allows a users to carry their files, music, and videos. The Nokia 701 comes with 3G data rates upto HSDPA standards as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. The Nokia 701 supports an advanced NFC (Near Field Communication) technology that can be used with upcoming applications. The Nokia 701 comes with an integration of 8 mega pixel camera which provides the picture resolution count of 3264 x 2448 pixels with fixed focus and dual-LED flash. The camera features Geo-tagging, face detection applications in it. The Nokia 701 also includes a front facing VGA camera for video calling and video chatting. Buy Dell Streak , Buy Samsung Galaxy Tab , Buy Spice Popkorn M9000

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Nokia Does What It Knows Best – Launches Cheapest Cellphone

by Paul Joseph August 26, 2011 Featured

It seems Nokia is trying to grab a lot of eyeballs these days with a slew of new announcements coming from the Finnish giant. A few days ago, it launched three new smartphones running on the latest Symbian OS, Belle . This is an update to Anna that was launched six months ago. Nokia claims that the newly launched Nokia 700 is the smallest smartphone in the world. To add to this, Nokia launched two of its cheapest mobile phones ever – whenever you think of lower end phones, the first brand that comes to mind is indeed Nokia, for lower end phones have catapulted Nokia to where it is right now. This move can be seen as beacon to attract users in the low end market as it fights off increasing competition from local Asian brands. The Nokia 100 and 101 – priced at $30 and $35 respectively, will become available from the third or fourth quarter this year. The Nokia 100 has features that you would expect a basic phone to have – calling and sending text messages apart from a color screen and FM radio, making it the cheapest Nokia phone with a color display. Doesn’t it seem like the next generation version of the immensely popular but basic Nokia 1100 ? The 101 is a dual SIM device, has an MP3 player and supports 16 GB SD memory card. Although Nokia was late to jump on the bandwagon of manufacturing dual SIM phones, it now realizes that dual SIM is one of the key factors in low end markets. The 101 is Nokia’s fifth dual SIM phone in the last three months. From the outside, both the 100 and 101 have similar looks and they run on Nokia’s lowest end OS, series 30. These phones have the ‘Made for India’ tag, i.e. they are quite robust and sturdy. Come to think of it, Nokia is actually in a squeeze between low end phone manufacturers like ZTE, Micromax, etc. and high end smartphones like the iPhone, Android phones and Blackberry. Nokia has failed miserably in recent years in the smartphone segment. Symbian OS, the flagship open source OS by Nokia is seen by many as outdated. Android OS has already made a tremendous mark in the industry and app developers have shifted from Symbian to iOS and Android. As a lifeline to the sinking ship, Nokia has tied up with Microsoft and will bring out phones running on Windows phone 7 in the later part of the year. While this much talked about deal is more beneficial for Microsoft, who now have a hardware partner, Nokia is trying its level best to stay afloat in the smartphone market. Nokia shares were up by 1% after these news articles. Nokia claims that around 1.3 billion users use Nokia phones daily, most of whom are the low end users.  With the Microsoft deal, Nokia hopes to add more smartphone users to its kitty. Despite all this, Nokia is lagging way behind competitors when it comes to smartphones and now is also threatened by Chinese low end manufacturers. What do you think about the immediate future of Nokia?

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Nokia To Give Symbian A Makeover, Support Older Devices

by Paul Joseph July 1, 2011 Featured

Facing increasing pressure from competitors like Android , RIM and even iOS , Nokia was forced to make some drastic changes this year. In February, they announced a deal with Microsoft in which they will use their Windows Phone 7 OS on new Nokia devices.  This meant that Symbian was shown the door and would eventually fade away. However, Nokia was still selling Symbian devices by the millions . It had to still support those devices with updates and feature add-ons. Nokia plans to give their S^3 devices like the N8 , C6-01 , E7 and C7 the new Symbian Anna . “ The Symbian Anna upgrade gives users a set of new icons, a faster web browser, improved text input and enhanced maps. In other words, your phone would get a free make-over ,” says Nokia India’s recently-appointed director (marketing), Viral Oza. There are already devices on the market like the E6 and the X7 that sport Symbian Anna. It can be expected on other devices by late July or September. Given Nokia’s track record, we hope they don’t delay this too much. Another great move by Nokia is that they announced the support of 14 legacy devices . Devices like the 5800 Xpress Music and the N97 Mini , which have been on the market for 2 years are also scheduled to get updates. Updates include a new Web Browser , emoticons and bug fixes . Here is a complete list of old devices that are scheduled to get updates. Nokia E72 Nokia E52 Nokia E5 Nokia C5-00 Nokia 6700 slide Nokia C6-00 Nokia C5-03 Nokia 5230 Nokia 5235 Nokia 5250 Nokia X6 Nokia N97 mini Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Noteworthy devices missed are the 5233 , a best-selling phone in India and the original N97 . Neverthless, supporting such old devices is sure to win a lot of goodwill amongst their old customers. Looking For A Social Media Agency?? – Contact WATConsult – India’s Leading Social Media Agency Related Posts If Mobile Apps Shape Who We Are..Indians Mean Business Android To Become Asia’s Most Popular Mobile OS? Kotak’s Mobile Stock Trading Solution Coming To iOS And Android Devices Nokia To Cut 7000 Jobs By 2012; Outsource Symbian Development To Accenture 10 Mn Downloads Registered By Spice Labs On Blackberry App World

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Comparison between Nokia X7 and Nokia E6

by Paul Joseph June 28, 2011 Featured

Nokia Mobiles the legendary name in the world of mobiles has recently launched two highly speculated business phones Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 in Indian Mobile market. Though both Nokia E6 and Nokia X7 share common features mainly the both of them come with QWERTY keypad designed with touch screen except that Nokia X7 is equipped with few more keys to operated additional applications. There is huge price difference between both the models, at one side where Nokia E6 Price In India is Rs. 17,999/- only on the other side Nokia X7 Price In India is Rs. 21,999/- only, both the phones were priced with the same price tag when they were launched for pre-order online booking. Where Nokia E6 carries an internal memory of 8GB supported by external memory expandable upto 32GB with the help of Micro SD Flash card, Nokia X7 provides on-board memory of 350MB followed by external memory of 8GB expandable upto 32GB with the help of Micro SD Flash card similar to Nokia E6. However going through the features and specifications of both the phones it can be said that both are designed to meet the needs of two different segments of society. Highlighted with the tag line of “Do more in a faster and smarter” the new Nokia E6 Features include the wide array of features mainly the Symbian Anna operating system powered by 680 MHz processor, besides this it has dimensional measurement of 115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm with 2.4 inches touchscreen supported by screen resolution of 640 x 360 pixels. The major specifications about Nokia E6 Specifications include the camera of 8 mega pixel integrated with HD Video recording/playback specifications. The other Nokia E6 Features are QWERTY keypad, and giant battery of 1500 mAH. Besides this there are various Features and Specifications embedded in Nokia E6 that make it a multifarious phone. On the other side talking about Nokia X7 Features it has AMOLED capacitive touchscreen supported by the screen resolution of 360 x 640mm pixel with 16M colour display and operates on Anna Symbian operating system. X7 operates on both 2G and 3G networks at the operational frequency of of GSM 50/900/1800/1900 and HSDPA 850/900/1700/1900/2100. However going through the Nokia X7 Specifications which is most impressive is experiencing the fast access of internet surfing enabling the user to access his mails at rapid speed and stay in contact with his friends and relatives.

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Nokia N5 – Touchscreen Symbian Smartphone

by Paul Joseph June 27, 2011 Featured

Nokia N5 The Nokia N5 is a upcoming mobile phone whose images and few specs have been leaked on the web . It will be a touchscreen mobile phone loaded with the Symbian’s latest Anna update OS . Nokia N5 Mobile phone key expected features : Symbian Anna OS 3.2-inch Touch screen Dedicated volume and

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MTNL Ties Up With Bharat Berry Technologies To Launch Push Mail Services

by Paul Joseph May 30, 2011 Featured

State-owned Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), has tied- up with Bharat Berry Technologies Pvt. Ltd . to provide “ Push Email ” services for all its mobile subscribers in Mumbai & Delhi. MTNL will give free trial of the services for one month to its Mumbai subscribers. “ Push Email ” provides an always-on capability by which new emails are actively transferred. Much more preferred than the “ pull email ” option, “ push email ” are generally device dependent and are provided by the device manufacturer. The mobile communication service “Bharat Berry” works with most of the mobile phones. Along with push mail, Bharat Berry also provides over the air back-up of the user’s contacts, tasks, calendar and notes. Moreover, it can also sync with MS Outlook on the user’s computer. MTNL in alliance with Bharat Berry is targeting this service for all range of handsets carrying Blackberry, Symbian, Android, Windows Mobile and J2ME operating systems. Kuldip Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, MTNL said, “This MTNL and Bharat Berry partnership will provide its customers with an easy to use, cost effective solution for their mobile push e-mail requirements. As the mobile data connectivity is improving and data usage is growing, more and more customers are looking for push e-mail solution on their mobile handsets as a productivity tool and as a means to remain connected.” MTNL has provided a dedicated SMS number 51122 for those subscribing for the Bharat Berry services. The service will be available for both the prepaid and postpaid Dolphin subscribers . Nitin Walia, Director Bharat Berry said that “Bharat Berry works through a mix of its very advanced e-mail server known as XGeNPlus, and open source technologies. Since its servers are hosted in India, there are also no issues related with compliance.” Looking For A Social Media Agency?? – Contact WATConsult – India’s Leading Social Media Agency Related Posts 10 Mn Downloads Registered By Spice Labs On Blackberry App World If Mobile Apps Shape Who We Are..Indians Mean Business India, Indian Developers Dominate BuzzCity’s Mobile Gaming Metrics! More Than 300,000 Android Phones Activated Daily, Reports Google Android To Become Asia’s Most Popular Mobile OS?

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Nokia To Cut 7000 Jobs By 2012; Outsource Symbian Development To Accenture

by Paul Joseph April 28, 2011 Featured

10 weeks after announcing their partnership, Nokia and Microsoft finally signed the deal just days back. And now, comes the news that Nokia plans to slash 7000 employees by the end of 2012 as a cost-cutting method, which is essential to prepare the company for its upcoming partnership. During this reorganisation, the company would ramp up its portfolio and services provided by devoting to increase its development capacity of devices running on WP7. Out of these 7000 employees, 4000 would be part of the worldwide job cuts and would include 300 jobs in India . The other 3000 would be shifted to Accenture, the company to which Nokia is outsourcing the future development of Symbian. Nokia informed that the reorganisation would help the company reduce operations cost by nearly $1.5 billion and, Denmark, Finland and the UK would see the majority of job reductions. Nokia president and CEO Stephen Elop informed through a press release: At Nokia, we have new clarity around our path forward, which is focused on our leadership across smart devices, mobile phones and future disruptions. However, with this new focus, we also will face reductions in our workforce. This is a difficult reality, and we are working closely with our employees and partners to identify long-term re-employment programs for the talented people of Nokia. We are offering those who are losing their jobs a range of options, from individual re-employment support and re-training to making investments to promote innovation and working with a variety of partners to create new opportunities. More than the job cuts, what really grabbed our attention was a statement of the press release which informed, “Nokia…plans to form a strategic collaboration with Accenture that would result in the transfer of Nokia’s Symbian software activites…to Accenture.” So, Nokia is not even going to continue the development of Symbian. This is not surprising as the company has not been able to add much value to Symbian that would give it the ability to compete in this market. The present smartphone industry is more about software and apps rather than the hardware, and this is where Nokia has lost out. Nokia has accepted that its speciality lies not in producing a complete smartphone but only the hardware devices. We have reported earlier that Nokia will be using Symbian only for the development of mid-tier devices running on Series 40, while the smartphones will be running on Windows Mobile OS developed by Microsoft. With Nokia outsourcing the development of Symbian to Accenture, the company itself is only left with the task of manufacturing the devices. Now the big question is, can Accenture do what is required to help Symbian compete with Google’s Android, which is currently the ideal platform for mid-tier devices. Android is an OS for smartphones but, as it is open sourced, various companies have manufactured devices running on Android which are of a much lower price range than what a smartphone costs. But, Android is equally present for the high-end market that Nokia is targeting for its devices running on WP7, which also has Apple’s iOS as a formidable competitor. Nokia failed to capitalise the smartphone market and that has cost the company a lot of market share and prestige in the industry. Although analysts doubt if the Nokia-Microsoft partnership can turn the fate for both the companies, there is some chance for them to bounce back. Now, we also need to keep an eye out to see what Accenture does to revive Symbian. What’s your take on the job cuts that Nokia has announced? Do you think Accenture would be able to revive Symbian? Check the Winners Of WATAwards Here Related Posts If Mobile Apps Shape Who We Are..Indians Mean Business Nokia, Microsoft Sign Partnership Deal, Devices Due In 2012 Nokia To Symbian Developers: Migrate To WP7 Or Die Nokia Announcing New Partnership And Headquarters On Friday? 10 Mn Downloads Registered By Spice Labs On Blackberry App World

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Nokia, Microsoft Sign Partnership Deal, Devices Due In 2012

by Paul Joseph April 25, 2011 Featured

It was February, when Nokia and Microsoft announced that they will collaborate on the development of a new smartphone ecosystem based on Nokia’s hardware and Microsoft’s mobile OS. The primary directives of this alliance were Nokia’s consent to adopt Windows platform for its smartphone strategy. After approximately 10 weeks from that announcement, Nokia and Microsoft have signed a definitive agreement to officially conform their strategic partnership. Few weeks back, Nokia announced that complete roll out of the Windows phones, which are built on Nokia’s hardware and Microsoft’s software, will take another year. In fact, although Nokia would stop building devices powered by Symbian, the company would continue to build the ad-hoc devices through 2011. In a blogpost , Nokia’s Kai Öistämö and Andy Lees said that hundreds of their workers are engaged in developing Windows smartphones so that they could be delivered on schedule. It means the first delivery of these smartphones will take place in 2011 itself and 2012 is basically for the volume shipment. Two very important points, which came out from the blog. The more important of the two is the plight of Nokia and Microsoft that they are deploying toolkit that are inherently suitable for developers who worked with Nokia. The developers, who worked on building the Symbian eco-system, will be shifted to Windows phone platform. Nokia said they are relying on the participation by more and more developers like Rovio, Groupon, Ditton, etc. will help them building interesting apps. Earlier, we had reported of an open letter from Vice President, Forum Nokia Purnima Kochikar to the Symbian development community which clearly pointed that either the developers can shift to WP7 or demote themselves to building apps for feature phones. A spokesperson from Nokia informed, “All Symbian developers will have a free registration for the next year for the Windows developers program”. As for the second point, the collaboration has presented an excellent opportunity to Microsoft to increase the functionality of its search engine Bing. How? Microsoft is gaining power of Nokia’s mapping and navigation platform and those services will help it enhance Bing as a local search engine. However it won’t be one sided and the Bing search service will also help building a smooth ecosystem for Nokia. The major pillars, upon which this relationship stands and will furnish in future are — sharing of services and navigation tools by both companies, joint developer initiatives and leveraging Windows marketplace infrastructure by opening a global app store which will allow developers to build app and publish across different Windows and Nokia platforms through a unique portal. Overall, both Nokia and Microsoft are optimistic about the partnership. The blog described the hypothetical scenario when the Windows phone built on Nokia’s hardware will be completely dished out by suggesting, “You will see unique innovation and differentiation across hardware, software and services as the Nokia products using Windows Phone roll-out, delivering consumer experiences in mapping, search, gaming, social media, advertising and productivity.” Nokia and Microsoft have also rolled out a press release informing about this alliance. Check out this video showing the executives of the two companies speaking about the alliance – Click here to view the embedded video. . Check the Winners Of WATAwards Here Related Posts Nokia To Symbian Developers: Migrate To WP7 Or Die If Mobile Apps Shape Who We Are..Indians Mean Business Microsoft Paying Nokia A Billion Dollars To Seal Smartphone Deal? Nokia And Microsoft Smartphone Partnership Confirmed! Nokia Announcing New Partnership And Headquarters On Friday?

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Nokia To Symbian Developers: Migrate To WP7 Or Die

by Paul Joseph March 29, 2011 Featured

From the speculation , through the confirmation of the Nokia-Microsoft partnership and until now there has always been one question that prevailed — what will happen to Symbian? We finally have an answer. An open letter from Vice President, Forum Nokia Purnima Kochikar to the Symbian development community indicates that the company has no intention of producing handsets running on Symbian beyond 2012. Kochikar wrote in the letter: I’ve been asked many times how long we will support Symbian and I’m sure for many of you it feels we have been avoiding the question. The truth is, it is very difficult to provide a single answer…We cannot give you the date when Symbian will no longer be supported. What I can promise you is that we will not just abandon Symbian users or developers…Our intention is that when users come to the end of the natural lifecycle of their Symbian device they will make the change to a Nokia Windows Phone device and so it would not be in our interests to undermine their Nokia smartphone experience. So, the message from Kochikar to the developers is clear. Symbian will be shut down — if not now, then surely in the future. If developers want to stay on with Nokia then they will have to adopt WP7 to keep developing apps for smartphone users. The letter also sheds light on some other plans which Nokia has for Symbian. Kochikar wrote, “Markets where Symbian is currently the lead smartphone platform with significant market share such as China, India, Russia and Turkey, we will continue to make our Symbian portfolio as competitive as possible while we work with Microsoft to introduce Windows Phone…Certain markets will play a more significant role in selling the 150 million Symbian devices than others and we will be selling devices long after Windows Phone devices from Nokia have already started to appear in other markets.” Basically, Nokia is going to dump its devices running on Symbian in markets which are yet to adopt Android and iOS smartphones largely. The 150 million Symbian devices that will be manufactured till 2012 will see improved imaging and location-based services, and improvements in hardware performance such as GHz+ processing capabilities and faster graphics speeds. The Symbian OS will also get some updates, the first of which will be rolled out in summer. The update will be available on new devices and will also be delivered to all present users over the air. The update will include — a new home screen, new flexible widgets, new icons, a faster browser, new Navbar and a fresh look and feel to Ovi Store and Ovi Maps, including integration of social media services in Ovi Maps. In the future update users will also receive — app analytics, in-app advertising, in-app purchasing, a new browser and hardware enhancements. But, will these be enough to keep the developers on-board a platform which is destined to die in the future months? Nokia, does have a backup plan, though. In the letter, Kochikar writes about the company’s ‘Internet for the Next Billion’ strategy stating, “Developers can already distribute Java apps to approximately 600 million Series 40 devices. We intend to drive more innovation and improvement in Series 40 developer engagement. We are continuing to develop easy-to-use tools and software developer kits to make it simple, easier and more affordable” Now the cat is out of the bag. Nokia plans to use Symbian Series 40 for its mid-tier phones, but the smartphones will be developed solely on WP7. The company doesn’t want to spoil its relationship with its developer community, so they are going to keep adding features to S60 until WP7 and Series 40 are perfectly ready for use. After which developers will have to adopt either of the two platforms. We had earlier mentioned that we can expect certain features of Nokia on the new devices running on WP7. That seems certain with the words of Kochikar who writes, “Qt, the development platform for Symbian and future MeeGo technology remains critically important and Nokia is committed to investment in Qt. We are continuing to explore Qt for use in other strategic investment areas as well. All together, this means your investment in Qt is a safe choice for skill competency, monetization opportunities and brand awareness amongst our millions of users.” So, the bottom line is, Nokia will stop the development of S60 devices, so developers should either migrate to WP7 or Series 40 to continue developing apps. If you must know, Nokia is using a new font in its logo. Nokia will stop using the old Nokia Sans, and will instead use Nokia Pure. This is a part of the re-branding that Nokia is undergoing after its partnership with Microsoft. According to the company, the new font will look better on digital devices, hence the move. What’s you take on the open letter and the new logo from the Finnish giant? Showcase Your Digital Work Here! Win An Award! Log onto WATAwards Related Posts If Mobile Apps Shape Who We Are..Indians Mean Business Microsoft Paying Nokia A Billion Dollars To Seal Smartphone Deal? Nokia And Microsoft Smartphone Partnership Confirmed! 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Nokia X2-01 – Affordable price QWERTY mobile phone

by Paul Joseph November 2, 2010 Featured

Nokia X2-01 Price The new Nokia X2-01 is a cheapest price QWERTY mobile phone from Nokia .It is a Symbian S40 series mobile phone and is the second QWERTY mobile phone with S40 after the popular Nokia C3 QWERTY mobile .It features large 2.4-inch QVGA display screen . There is no 3G or WiFi in

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