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Nokia today unveiled the Nokia C5, a smartphone optimized for social networking and sharing. The compact device includes access to Nokia’s range of mobile services, such as free navigation, in one affordable package, with an estimated retail price of EUR 135, before taxes and subsidies.
When a majority of us think of telecommunication, we think Nokia, well, at least people at Mobonoid do. Nokia is a company that in the 1800’s had its roots in paper, rubber, and cables, yet in just over 100 years it has become the top player in the mobile world. Here is a company with [...]
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In an effort to become a really compelling all round location based application, Ovi Maps has added one more feature to its already impressive offering – Booking a hotel. Ovi Maps has tied up with HRS, Europe’s leading online hotel reservation system, to open HRS’s 250,000+ strong database of hotels to Maps users. This means that with Ovi Maps now you can:
In addition to this, the usual way of searching also works, you can simply enter the destination, the arrival and departure dates and the room category and the displayed hotels can be sorted according to individual preferences, such as the distance from the current location, the price or star rating. Additionally you will also have access to photos, hotel descriptions and average customer ratings to help make an informed choice.
Initially this service is being rolled out to users in Germany and Finland only, but we can expect a extended rollout soon. The service will shop up as a shortcut on the Ovi Maps app homepage on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia N97 Mini and Nokia 6710 Navigator.
More details on the Ovi Blog.
Nokia Music will soon become Ovi Music. This means all the tracks you download will be DRM-free, MP3 files that you can now play on a PC, Mac or any personal music player! Plus, as part of the change to Ovi, Nokia’s enhanced the search capability to make it easier than ever to find the music you want.
Here’s the email from Nokia:
What you need to do:
Absolutely nothing. We will create a Nokia Account for you and send you an email when we become Ovi music. Until then, try to avoid changing any of your Nokia Music account details such as password, email address and mobile number.
As part of the move to Ovi Music we will be creating a Nokia Account for you. If you do not wish to use Ovi Music and no longer wish to have a Nokia Account you can email us in next 5 days. By using these services, you accept the Ovi Music Terms, Ovi Service Terms and the Privacy Policy. You may not use the services if you don’t accept the terms.
Fierce Wireless has published the first videos of the Symbian ^4 UI that Nokia supplied to Symbian. To be honest the homescreen setup is a lot like Maemo and the back button at the top a lot like Android. However, that isn’t really a bad thing.
It will only be in Q3 that the code for S^4 will be complete, and handsets will come out only in 2011.
What do you think of the UI?
[via: The Nokia Blog]
Explore and Share enables a new way of selling and delivering services at retail. The demonstration showcases how a consumer can download Nokia content like music or videos into a device easily with this novel technology.
Ewan and Rafe we able to catch up with Lee Williams, the director of the Symbian Foundation at the Mobile World Congress and capture his thoughts on the Symbian v Android debate. He talks about where Symbian is heading in the next few years, on how ‘open’ Android actually is and how Google will probably benefit most from Android.
The N900’s love for other OS’s apart from Maemo keeps on growing. After Windows 95, Android, Mer and even Mac OS, @lifenexus has managed to get LDXE running on top of Mer on the N900. At bootup users are presented with an option to boot into Mer or Maemo. The alternative OS is installed on an external Micro SD card and works pretty well.
From Ashton’s Twitter account :
I managed to day to get Ubuntu mobile on n900. That would be MER with lxde desktop on top of it. Ill post instructions later. For now, enjoy the screens and Video.
N900 really has a large potential. the Operating system runs as fast as maemo itself and is natively installed on my SD card. It has support for wifi, charging, touch etc but no support for phone. so you cant make calls in mer. Just reboot into maemo when Done.
In great news coming out of Barcelona, we know that Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors are coming to Nokia’s Symbian devices this year. Qualcomm’s Snapdragon series is known for its high speed processors and the fact that it comes with built in GPS, Bluetooth, WIFI cellular radio chipsets. Snapdragon powers popular devices like the Google Nexus One and the HTC HD2.
With the Symbian UI gettings a overhaul and faster performance on the horizon, things are really looking up for Nokia’s Symbian devices. Have you had a look at the Symbian^3 UI? Does a 1 GHZ Nokia running S^3 sound good to you?
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