Nokia recently announced that they are sacking around 285 people from its Salo plant to ensure production is now fully focused on the high value European smartphone market. From the press release: Nokia is planning to develop the operating mode of its Salo plant to ensure production is focused fully on the high-value smartphone market, especially in Europe. The key drivers for a new operating mode in Salo plant are diverse customer requirements, faster deliveries in high-end mobile device manufacturing and the company’s transformation towards a solution-driven offering. The plans will result in the introduction of new and highly specialized manufacturing methods and also entail changes to personnel at the facility.The planned new focus for Salo is expected to affect a maximum of 285 employees involved in production and in related support functions at Salo. Today, Nokia’s Salo facility employs approximately 2 200 people. Nokia will support alternative solutions, such as finding new positions at Nokia for as many employees as possible. Nokia will begin consultations with employee representatives about these plans, including discussions about voluntary severance packages. Additionally, Nokia plans to stop currently ongoing rotational temporary lay-offs at the Salo plant by the end of June 2010. “Salo is a crucial part of Nokia’s global manufacturing network. Plans involving changes to employees are always painful, and they are set in motion only after thorough consideration. However, with these plans our aim is to ensure the plant’s future competitiveness and its special role as one best suited to the production of high value mobile devices,” says Juha Putkiranta, Senior Vice President, Markets, Nokia. Nokia has a strong global mobile device manufacturing network with ten manufacturing sites in nine countries – Brazil, China, Finland, Hungary, India, Mexico, Romania, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Similar Posts: None Found Share/Save

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Motorola today announced the first Android 2.0 powered phone for Korea called the MOTOROI Specs are impressive including a 3.7 inch touchscreen display with multitouch  ,8 Megapixel camera with Xenon Flash , a T-DMB TV receiver . It also packs a HDMI out and 3.5mm audio jack .  The camera can record at 720p  – which means it can capture HD quality video. WiFi,GPS, Google Maps are also present and incase you run out of free space on the 8GB of internal memory you can expand using a microSD card There is no word on the price yet from Motorola. But a lot of first’s in the press release indicate that it will be expensive Press Release Motorola Introduces MOTOROI™, Korea’s First Smart Phone Powered by Android 2.0 January 17, 2010 SEOUL, Korea. – 17 January 2010 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), a global leader in mobile telecommunications, today inaugurated a new era in Korea’s mobile lifestyle with the introduction of MOTOROI™, the first smart phone in Korea to be powered by Android™ version 2.0. For people who want the ultimate smart phone experience, MOTOROI™ offers the ability to use multiple applications at the same time, effortless pinch-and-zoom browsing, and cinematic navigation through music, videos, and maps of the world. “We are delighted to announce MOTOROI™, the first Android-based phone, with SK Telecom in Korea, a key partner in one of Motorola’s key markets in the world, ” said Sanjay Jha, co-chief executive officer of Motorola and chief executive officer of Motorola Mobile Devices. “MOTOROI™ is a smart phone without compromise, delivering a wiser, richer web and messaging experience with the most delightful touch-interface you have ever experienced, all made possible through the combination of Motorola’s expertise in design, a truly differentiated Android experience, and the power of SK Telecom’s network.” “Motorola’s smart phones powered by Android are receiving tremendous response around the world, and it is our pleasure to introduce one of them for the first time in Korea,” said Ha Sung-min, MNO president of SK Telecom™. “MOTOROI™ by Motorola will bring a paradigm shift in the domestic mobile market with outstanding Internet, multimedia features and access to the fast-growing Android Market™.” Thousands of Android-Based Applications Android is widely recognized as the most exciting mobile platform in part because of its unequalled openness. Anyone can develop Android applications and make them available through Android Market, and you can download them on MOTOROI™. Designed to take full advantage of the power of Android 2.0, MOTOROI™ gives you a full touch screen with a huge 3.7 inch, high-definition WVGA (480X854) display, making it easier than ever to view full page websites, videos, games, or photos. The display uses a powerful combination of Motorola’s touch user interface (UI) and a capacitive touch sensor for smooth screen flipping and scrolling, and five main displays let you customize your MOTOROI™ with various widgets with more freedom than ever before. Google Mobile Services in Your Hand MOTOROI™ delivers fast and powerful mobile versions of Google™’s most popular services. High speed web-browsing1 is possible at home or outdoors with MOTOROI™’s Wi-Fi support and Android Web Kit Browser, supporting up to eight open browser windows1 and giving you the greatest possible freedom in using Google™’s various mobile services1, including: * Google Maps™: Search for places near your location, get driving directions, view map with Street View and satellite imagery * Gmail™: Integrates and supports multiple accounts * YouTube™: Enables one-touch playback from home screen widget or app * Google Talk™: Provides messenger service by Google Imaging Technology for Digital Camera Experience & Premium Multimedia Features You expect a Motorola device to offer superb imaging, and MOTOROI™ breaks new ground, offering an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash and a 720p HD camcorder – the first of its kind in Korea. Your new MOTOROI™ not only lets you capture, view and share2 high quality photos and videos, it helps you make them look better than ever: * Smart image capture: Includes easy panorama, face detection, multi-shot (6 shots in a row), face filter, red eye reduction, camera shake prevention and many more elements designed to improve the quality and variety of your photos * HDMI™ (High Definition Multimedia Interface): With Korea’s first HDMI™ capable phone, play your HD video from your phone directly to your HDTV. MOTOROI delivers an upgraded mobile entertainment experience from the company that pioneered mobile entertainment: * MP3 player: Enables you to send and listen to MP3 files without the need to convert files * Terrestrial DMB1: Enjoy up to 24 TV and audio channels for free * 3.5mm ear jack: Listen to music through connecting your favorite head phones * Storage up to 8GB3 and Micro SD support up to 32GB3 * Unique docking station: Enjoy movies by setting the phone on the docking station designed exclusively for the MOTOROI™, or use the phone as table clock or digital frame User-Friendly and Innovative UI MOTOROI™ adds a host of small touches to your user interface to help make using a powerful smart phone easy and intuitive: * Smart widgets let you use your content more conveniently, adjusting the size of the calendar, memo pad, contacts, e-mail and other widgets and shortcut icons on the home screen as you are using them * Pinch to zoom in and out lets you enlarge or reduce the size of web pages with ease * MOTOROI™ offers five distinct text-input methods, including a 3X4 keypad, full QWERTY, half QWERTY, hand writing and writing pad * The screen lock with proximity sensor lets you talk on your phone with ease as the screen automatically locks when the touch screen gets near your face Advanced Mobile Office for Efficient Working We all have to work sometime, and MOTOROI™ supports management of multiple accounts and document editing to ensure you work more efficiently with cutting-edge text recognition and true multi-tasking, which lets you run multiple applications at once: * Synchronize and manage multiple email accounts simultaneously, letting you separate your work and personal inboxes * Gmail Contacts sync: Synchronize contacts from the accounts that are added on the device. * Microsoft and PDF document viewer * Optical Character Recognition: Optical dictionary that translates immediately through quick scanning, business card reader which recognizes contact information on business cards and automatically stores information to your phonebook; and document reader which easily scrap books or articles to your phone as text files The MOTOROI™ by Motorola will be available at SK Telecom™ retailers throughout Korea beginning in early February. 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Lenovo LePhone was announced at CES 010 and it’s Lenovo’s first smartphone. It is powered by Android and meant for the Chinese market. The features of the phone include: Android 2.1 WCDMA, 3.7″ AMOLED Touchscreen with 800*480 Resolution 12mm Thickness, 60mm Width Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS 3 Megapixel Camera, Secondary Video Call Camera Though the device runs the latest version of Android, 2.1, it wont be compatible with current Android applications or support Android market. It supports widgets and has an iPhone like menu structure. There are no keys and it relies simply on gestures on a secondary touch panel below the screen. There will be several accessories for the phone including add-ons such as QWERTY keyboards, secondary battery, speakers etc. It is expected to be released in China during the 1t half of 2010. There is no news of a US release. So for now it looks like its meant for China only. Probably in the future, it might be released or Lenovo might come up with something else for the rest of the world. via SlashGear Similar Posts: Lenovo O1 OPhone Releasing Soon! Share/Save

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Nokia today announced that it has joined forces with New Alliance , an investment company which is part of the Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd , to form a 50/50 joint venture company which is designed to offer a range of mobile services in China and support the local developer ecosystem. This joint venture company will be called Nokia Alliance Internet Services Company Limited . According to Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President of Services for Nokia, “China is the world’s largest mobile and internet market. As Nokia is entering the services business in China, establishing this joint venture is a natural step to help us bring locally relevant mobile services to Chinese consumers. “ “Joining forces with New Alliance gives us the right platform and expertise to offer a suite of selected Nokia Ovi services – as well as work with local content developers to help bring their applications to market,” Mr. Savander said. Mr

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Samsung have announced the badaOS for their mobile phones. It will be a replacement to the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. The name “bada” is derived from a Korean word signifying “ocean”. The name was chosen as it represents the endless possibilities with the OS. Samsung bada is a new open platform that enables a richer user experience in applications on Samsung mobile devices. Right now no further information on the platform is available. Sasmung only gives us a sneak peek and slight info at an official site. The official announcement should be in December when Samsung will officially launch the OS along with the SDK. Here’s the link to the official site Source Similar Posts: None Found Share/Save

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Nokia announced today that it has filed an infringement complaint against Apple, alleging that Apple’s uberfamous iPhone is infringing on 10 of their patents for GSM, UMTS and wireless LAN (WLAN) standards. According to a press release from Nokia, these patents have been licensed by some 40 other companies which includes virtually all the leading mobile device vendors, allowing the industry to benefit from Nokia’s innovation whereas Apple has always refused to agree to the appropriate terms of the license and has not paid for the right to use it ever thereby attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia’s innovation. We will be covering this new twist with a great detail as it progresses and will be back with more details as soon as we get it. Similar Posts: Apple going the Nokia way Apple iPhone news – new version of SDK out ! iPhone Flops in India now onto China Apple cuts iPhone price by 200 USD Apple wins Gold Award at Future Mobile Awards 2009. Share/Save

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The much anticipated Nokia Booklet 3G will be available on AT & T from October 22, which is a few days from now. The device will be available at a introductory price of $299.99 with an AT&T Data Connect plan two-year activation at $60/month .

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Nokia has just introduced its new mobile financial services called as Nokia Money with a primary goal to offer access to basic financial services for all the mobile phone users. This provides every user with the possibility of using just a mobile handset to manage all your finances and also the ability to make necessary payments using only their mobile handset. Nokia believes that this service will be beneficial for many users of mobile phones and will become their first service, finance manager . image via intomobile Nokia also said that Nokia Money has been designed in such a way that it works as easy and simple, as making a voice call or sending an SMS. This service will greatly benefit both the rural consumers as well as the urban consumers since it will enable users to send money to any another person just by using that person’s mobile phone number, making a payment for various goods and services, paying up their utility bills , recharging their prepaid SIM cards via top-ups and more, through their mobile phones only. Nokia has promised that Nokia Money will be available 24 hours a day from anywhere in the world, which means a definite save of time and transport costs to users

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Code Of Partnership – Create, Partner & Succeed Forum Nokia is organizing a day long event on WRT (WebRuntimeWidgets) at Chennai today at Hotel Park Sheraton. Entry is by Invitation only. I’m very much interested in the hands-on session which would teach one how to build WRT applications. Codes are the foundation of creative technology. Code of Partnership is a partnering platform, between developers, end users and Forum Nokia where your mobile application codes have a real potential of becoming more powerful than others, both in terms of business value and success. Apply for an exclusive invitation to join the Code of Partnership to gain much more in the mobile space than any other technology space.

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LG Arena has crossed one million sales according to a LG release. The news is kinda surprising as the phone has barely been in the market for the past 6 months and was announced only in Feb this year at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. LG Arena Video Review In our review of the LG arena we liked the Camera and  multimedia features in particular

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