A countdown timer has popped up on Nokia’s Worldwide website, that gives out no information as to what it is counting down to, but for the clock itself. Clicking on the timer takes us to events.nokia.com/countdown, which again doesn’t say much. There are options to add the event reminder to your calendar, be notified via an email, or spread the word about it but that’s it. One big secret. What could it be? Read on for speculation!
I am really looking forward to the 5800 Xpress Music and simply cannot wait to get my hands on it and I’m am sure most of you would be feeling the same way. So to quench a bit of that thirst here is a unboxing video of the 5800 Xpress Music straight from Russia, where it had gone on sale on Wednesday. (Note: The video presumably in Russian but should give you an idea of what to expect from the device).
Meanwhile, Dotsisx from over at Symbian-Guru had gotten her hands on device earlier, now brings us her thoughts.
Thanks to the 16GB of onboard memory (which is expandable to more with a MicroSD memory card) and the fact it has a standard 3.5mm jack, the Nokia N96 also manages to be a really good music player.
Its good, but will it replace my iPod ? Read on to find that out.
Ladies and Gentlemen, it is true after all. The 5800 Xpress Music is slowly becoming available across different countries and the Nokia Flagship Store in Russia was one of the first to receive supply of the much awaited handset. Following which a piece was written by Victoria Eremina and published internally inside Nokia and later after requisite permission on the MR forums.
“This week, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic sales kicked off in Russia with stunning success. On Wednesday, the Moscow Flagship Store sold out its entire inventory in a record 30 minutes. An additional 900 people added their names to the waiting list.
Buyers, some of whom had camped in line for days, crowded the Flagship Store to hit store shelves. At sales start on Wednesday November 26th there was a queue of over 150 people. Some anxious buyers even offered bribes to people in queue to get the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic first.
Eldar Murtazin, #1 Russian telco analyst and chief editor of Mobile Review told about sales start at Nokia Flagship Store in his blog and that became one of the most discussed news in the Russian blogosphere on Wednesday.
Nokia is working on a project called Home Control Centre which is a solution aimed at connecting your home services and equipment so they can be controlled by a PC or smartphone, both locally and remotely. This will be taking smartphone functionality to a new level – making it a remote control for your house.
The solution aims to enable us to monitor and control the electricity usage, switch devices on and off, and monitor different objects, such as temperature, camera, and motion. Furthermore, in future, entire systems within the home will be capable of being connected to the Nokia platform, including security, heating, and ventilation systems.
With this in mind, the first joint solution from Nokia and RWE, a European energy company will focus on home heating management. The product consists of a central control unit together with remote-controlled thermostats for the actual radiator. The user interface for this will be the PC and the mobile phone amongst other options. Nokia Home Control Center will be part of Nokia’s home offering and will be demonstrated at Nokia World in Barcelona, Spain, on December 2-3, 2008. It is expected to become commercially available by the end of 2009.
For us in India, this might not be relevant starting tomorrow, but it should sure serve as a sign of things to come.
Well well, just when we thought that we would have to wait till January to get our hands on Nokia’s first S60 touch enabled handset, Nokia has put out a press release saying that the phone is now shipping. What this means is that the phones have left the various Nokia factories around the world and are headed to a store near you.
One good news for those of you in India is that unlike other countries the price here is expected to be around Rs 21, 839 as reported earlier which may be higher in some countries.
When you are the world’s leading supplier of map-enabled devices, it makes sense to conduct a global study on Navigation to understand the market better and this is exactly what Nokia did. Nokia conducted one of the largest navigation studies to date, where 12 500 people in 13 countries world were quizzed about their sense of direction and navigational habits.
The research found that one in ten people (ten percent) find it impossible to navigate around London, followed closely by Paris (nine percent), Bangkok (five percent), Hong Kong (five percent) and Beijing (four percent), making up the top five ‘lost cities’ on the planet. Interestingly, none of the India metros like Mumbai or Delhi have popped up in the list of cities where the probability of you getting lost is greater.
Here are a few more really interesting facts from the research:
The Nokia N96 has a gorgeous 2.8” QVGA LCD screen which shows up to 16 million colors at once. What does this ultimately mean ? It means its great for viewing videos. Watching movies, checking out a short music video, whatever’s your thing.
