Nokia unveils Symbian S60 touch UI

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Nokia implements new features for S60 on Symbian OS. S60 will introduce new features that enhance the user experience on S60 devices, and allow manufacturers, developers and carriers to design new types of mobile devices and applications and services.

S60 touch user interface comes with support for tactile feedback, which means that there is a physical pulse and feedback when the user taps on the screen. This provides better awareness of the device’s response.

These technologies will be available to all manufacturers in 2008.

Nokia 5800 in Batman movie?

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If you have seen the new Batman movie, have you realised the new Nokia 5800 featured in it?
In the scene where Morgan Freeman using a touchscreen phone labeled as Nokia! ..and oh yeah, the 6630 was seen too.. ..a lot of Nokia phones are seen in movies nowadays…

To tell you about the Nokia 5800(Tube)
The Nokia Tube will feature a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, 3.2-inch touchscreen display with 16 Million colors which ok is a little smaller than the iPhone but still good, there will be quad-band (850/900/1800/1900Mhz) GSM/EDGE radio with 3G UMTS/HSDPA, TV-out port, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS and the what everyone wants on their mobile phones WiFi, it will also have 3.5mm headphone jack, support for geo-tagging of pictures. Just to remind you, please watch the video below for an in depth look into the world of the Nokia Tube.

Apparently this phone should be around at the end of the 2008 so brace yourselves, other features on the Nokia 5800 Tube XpressMedia include Tactile Feedback, High resolution 16:9 touchscreen range between 3″ to 3.5″, 140MB on-board storage, 111 x 52 x 14.5 mm, 104g and First device powered with S60 touch.

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Symbian collaborats with google?

Symbain, said on Wednesday, that it could expand its collaboration with Google Inc. This collaboration is to grant free and open access to its software platform.

“We already work together and so whatever collaboration, if there is an opportunity, we will be happy to collaborate with them,” Symbian chief executive Nigel Clifford told reporters in Tokyo.

“And that could be on the application level or that could be on the more fundamental operating system level.”

Symbain currently uses google services for its applications, like maps and search enggines.

Nokia will contribute Symbian’s assets to a new not-for-profit organization, Symbian Foundation, in which it will unite with leading handset makers, network operators and communications chipmakers to create an open-source platform.

AutoInstaller for s60

If you are an smart s60 user, you might be aware of Insfast auto installer. But we found it bit buggy, when you install and update your new firmware.

We have found new and less buggy application for installing many applications and games on your phone.

AutoInstaller is the new automatic applications installer with a simple and convenient interface that giving you freedom from such routine work as applications installation. AutoInstaller automatically starts the installation procedure, takes care of all necessary confirmation and pop-ups, like “Next”, “Agree”, and “Finish”.

How to use:
1.copy all the applications to “E:\ThinkChange\”
2.press “StartInstall” in the AutoInstaller application.
3.there will be a summary after the process is finished.

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Nokia aquires NAVTEQ

It appear today that Nokia has completed its accretion of NAVTEQ, a arch provider of absolute agenda map information.

As allotment of Nokia, NAVTEQ will abide to advance its world-class ability in the aeronautics industry, account its able chump base, and advance in the added development of its industry-leading map abstracts and technology platform.

It will abide to body out and aggrandize advantage of countries already included in its database as able-bodied as add new pieces of both changeless and activating content.

Powered by NAVTEQ’s industry arch maps data, Nokia will redefine the Internet and affiliated adventures by abacus ambience - time, place, humans - to web casework optimized for mobility. By bringing ambience to Internet services, Nokia will advance the next bearing of web innovation.

“Nokia and NAVTEQ calm accomplish a able combination, and barter will account as the transaction enables NAVTEQ to advance its amplification into new regions and acquaint avant-garde new content. This is an industry assertive for added advance and NAVTEQ will play a above role in the field,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, President and CEO, Nokia. “The accession of NAVTEQ comes at the appropriate time for Nokia’s business, acceptance us to actualize the arch area belvedere just as context-aware and location-based Internet casework aggrandize rapidly into adaptable communications devices.”

Judson Green, President and CEO of NAVTEQ, said: “Nokia has a abysmal compassionate of the requirements for the industry. As allotment of Nokia, NAVTEQ will added advance in its map and agreeable capabilities and accomplish our articles and casework easier for all our barter to use and access.”

NAVTEQ is a arch provider of absolute agenda map abstracts for automotive aeronautics systems, adaptable aeronautics devices, Internet-based mapping applications, and government and business solutions. NAVTEQ creates the agenda maps and map agreeable that ability aeronautics and location-based casework solutions about the world. The Chicago-based aggregation was founded in 1985 and has about 3 000 advisers amid in 168 offices in 30 countries.

“NAVTEQ’s map abstracts already play an important role in Nokia Maps service, which brings downloadable maps, voice-guided aeronautics and added context-aware web casework to people’s pockets. Now that the accretion has been completed, this role will become even added important as context-aware Internet casework grow,” added Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President for Casework & Software, Nokia.

Nokia Maps covers over 200 countries, with over 70 of them navigable. Nokia Maps 2.0 has bigger its alternative Car Navigation, added its banal navigation, added multimedia city-limits guides, offers digital images, and is antic a redesigned user interface.

Nokia Music PC Client

Nokia Music PC Applicant has just been adapted and it seems as the accessory update. There is no change log abominably but this is not the massive change with improvements like the endure time.

This changes contains just a few bug accessory bug fixes in the breadth of Music Transfer, Artwork archive and the all-embracing Performance.

They are planning to absolution the final appliance adaptation ancient afterwards 28th July. The Music Store affiliation will be activated some time afterwards this.

Nokia Music PC applicant lets you play and organise your music, ascertain and download new music, all seamlessly chip with your PC and your Nokia device. It allows you to move your favourite CDs to your Nokia accessory with one simple click. Create and share playlists with your friends and family.

Functional changes from the previous adaptation cover a new ‘lighter’ colour arrangement and abutment for ripping to AAC/AAC+/eAAC+ format. Things they accept been able to break cover a ample amount of ‘stability’ blazon defects, the ‘Unknown Artist’ bug, as able-bodied as a amount of issues about accessory connection.

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Y-Profile Scheduler

Profile schedular is a freeware software, which allows you to change your profile at scheduled time.

Profile Scheduler allows you to switch profiles according to your schedule and enables your phone to work under proper profiles automatically according to your time schedules. Its for your Nokia symbian phones.

Like say for example, you left home for office at 09.00 and dont want your phone to ring loudly, each time you recieve a call. So just schedule the profile awitcher and it will switch your profile to particular profile at scheduled time.

profile awitcher

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Files on OVI

Files on OVI

Files on Ovi is the direct route to your stuff, it’s a subscription service that lets you grab, view, download and send digital content stored on your personal computer, right from your mobile phone, anytime, anywhere in the world. Of course, unlimited data plan is necessary for using the service without concern for data charges.

You can Download PDF filesMicrosoft Word Files, view it..Zoom it et cetra. you can also download music.After downloading music, simply use the music player on your phone to listen as you normally would. Now you don’t have to wait until you physically connect your mobile phone to your computer - you can get to any of your music, anytime.

Files on Ovi (beta) is actually the final result of the Nokia Avvenue acquisition initially announced more than a half year ago, on December 4, 2007.

Nokia PC Suite v7

Lately i have been searching for pc suite for Sony ericsson and found out that Nokia PC suite v7 is ready for download! As far as i know, it had a verrry long beta testing period.

Unfortunately, its yet not updated on nokia’s official site as of yet. I am happy that we know it earlier to the Nokia webmasters :D . On the site you will still find its older version v6 and if you want to get and try just released PC suite (7.0.6.3) you’ll have to download it directly from the Nokia NDS servers.

The file is around whooping 34MB. New version brings bunch of new features and fixes the known bug from the previous version.

It will backup, scyncronise and transfer data accordingly as per your phone model.

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CTO.nokia.com

CTO.nokia.com has been launched to spread OCTO’s vision of the mobile future and engage the outside world.

The office of chief technology officer at Nokia is much more than just office of chief technoly officer, and more than the Nokia Research Center (NRC) labs across the world.

After nokia encouraged the open innovation, some two years ago, there has been much collective work extends far out into a global network of researchers.

The research.nokia.com site has always been a repository of unbiased, opinion-neutral content about OCTO, NRC, specific research projects, initiatives and collaborations, in addition to providing profiles of facilities and staff. The new CTO site is designed to be its editorial counter-part. Its aim is to be a place where Nokia can paint a vision of the future, propose potentially disruptive ideas, reflect on industry happenings, and encourage direct communication from any and all interested parties.