Nokia enhances Nseries with Adobe and Flickr partnerships
Nokia has announced two new software partnerships to offer its users something over other manufacturers. The partners include Adobe, and Flickr. The first to be announced is that the standard sales pack of the new Nokia N93 mobile device will incorporate Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0 software for Windows XP.
“The video capture quality of our new Nokia N93 is so good, we felt that providing users with great, easy-to-use editing and DVD burning software was an absolute must”, said Mike Butler, vice president of solution creation and delivery for Multimedia, Nokia. “Thanks to the collaboration with Adobe, we are able to offer people a comprehensive digital imaging and video experience. With Adobe Premiere Elements 2.0, you can easily turn those high-quality video clips captured with Nokia N93 into great home movies. And even better, you can burn them on a DVD to share with friends and family.”
Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.0 software is also included in the standard Nokia N93 sales pack and allows consumers to fix their high-quality digital photos utilising the large screen of a compatible PC.
“The rapid proliferation of mobile devices like the Nokia N93 have altered the way consumers capture life events”, said Deborah Whitman, vice president of product management for Digital Imaging at Adobe.
In addition to the bundled software agreement with Adobe, Nokia and Yahoo! Have added Flickr support in Nokia Nseries. Consumers will be able to connect to their online Flickr accounts without the need to download or install any additional applications. The Nokia N93, Nokia N73 and Nokia N72, also announced today, are the first Nokia Nseries devices to support Flickr.
“More and more people are using mobile products to access Internet services and applications, which is why we are adding support for services like Flickr to our Nokia Nseries devices,” said Mikko Pilkama, director, Multimedia, Nokia. “Powerful multimedia computers like the Nokia Nseries are the best
Nokia’s 8800 back in black
I love this short article by Engadget Mobile where they talk about the fact that the Nokia 8800 is finally being sold in black.
You know, we have to hand it to Nokia for keeping their luxury 8800 handset worthy since its launch over a year ago. Already available in original stainless steel, a limited Aston Martin Edition, with over-the-top gold plating, and even as a candybar-style knockoff — she’s now resurrected herself in Black stainless steel.
And that £799/$1429 price tag makes this the most expensive version yet. You go old girl, you go.
I can’t help but laugh as most new phone buyers want all the latest bells and whistles for features, and being that this is not a cheap phone, you’d think it would have all the bells and whistles plus more, but it doesn’t… Oh boy…Nokia.
I guess we can’t blame them for trying.
Nokia 7360 Review
Slashphone reviews the Nokia 7360, and being a designer phone, it is interesting to say the least.
7360 is not the best phone around, but many fashionistas would still rush out to buy it anyway. After all, whatever the phone lacks is well compensated for by its Chinese embroidery strap, its perfectly tailored to match leather-and-velvet pouch, its overall charming specialness that makes us tingle each time we pick the phone up.
So it is very stylish, but not all that great…Sounds like it will be perfect for the type of women that love things that are blue or pink…now if only Nokia had made it in blue or pink.
Motorola Patents Shocking New Silent Alert System
Mobile Burn with the heads up on a development from Motorola that you can definetly call shocking.
Motorola has recently received a patent for a completely silent way of alerting users to incoming calls and messages. No, this isn’t the usual vibrating system - the Motorola patent involves alerting the owner using mild electric shock.
The system, not unlike the massage and weight loss systems currently available on the market today, uses a small pad containing electrodes that are wirelessly linked to a handset. When an event occurs on the handset, an electric potential is placed across the electrodes, stimulating the skin and underling muscles, thus alerting the wearer.
Better warn people with heart problems before you toss them your cell phone.
T-Mobile World Cup Branded Samsung E370
Pocket-lint has the scoop on a World Cup branded Samsung E370 being produced for fans of the England team.
So you think you’re a big enough fan of the World Cup and in particular England? Well T-Mobile is hoping you are, with the launch of the T-Mobile official England team handset.
Keen footie fans will be able to get their hands on a branded Samsung E270 handset preloaded with a video of Geoff Hurst’s 1966 winning goal for inspiration, as well as other classic video clips and exclusive content. For a truly English World Cup flourish, the black compact slider is embossed with a “Three Lions” logo.
Very interesting, I wonder if niche handsets are going to grow in popularity over the next few years, as a status symbol much like wearing a team jersey.
Sony Ericsson W810i Review
PC Magazine recent reviewed the increasingly popular Sony Ericssono W810i.
The best phone of 2005 still shines in 2006. The Sony Ericsson W810i Walkman phone is a minor update to the all-around excellent W800i Walkman, and unlike its predecessor, it will be offered directly by a U.S. carrier. The W810i does everything very well, if not perfectly: calling, gaming, photos, and music. But without an easy connection to PC music jukeboxes, it’s still not quite a “Walkman.”
In the end they give it a four out of five as this handset continues to get positive nods from everyone reviewing it.
Nokia N80 3G Phone Review
3G.co.uk have reviewed the Nokia N80, a 3G slider phone.
But things don’t start well for the N80 – the slider action is far from impressive. After the 6280’s fluid action, which rivalled Samsung’s best, the N80 feels too stiff and sticky, as if running on rusty rails. You will need to give it a fair nudge but it’s worth noting that our review sample was a prototype so any indiscretions might be temporary. Let’s hope the slider mechanism improves.
The N80 runs off Symbian Series 60 (S60) third edition OS, which proved incredibly temperamental, with slow transition between commands and pages. It’s best to test the N80 yourself, though, as in our experience, the S60 OS has never been this erratic and inconsistent, and the fact that our trial copy was a vanilla sample might explain its dodgy performance.
The N80 managed to get a rating of 90% at the end of the article thanks to its feature set, though they were not very impressed with the sliding of the phone.
Sony Ericsson W810i Review
Mobile Burn reviews the Sony Ericsson W810i, and in the title of the review they call it the “Fabulous W810i”, so I don’t doubt that they are going to say they like it.
Physically, the W810 is about the same size and shape as the W800 before it. It weighs 98.8g (3.5oz) with SIM and memory card and measures 100mm x 46mm x 19mm (3.9″ x 1.8″ x .75″) in size. The new keypad design is not all that different from that found in the W800, except that there is now space between each column of keys as well as each row. This makes the new keys a bit smaller, but realistically has no impact at all on usability. The new control cluster underneath the display has changed quite a bit, though. The joystick has been replaced with a reasonable d-pad that has been marked for music control.
At the end of the review they give it a highly recommeded rating thanks to the great multimedia functions, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, and quad-band GSM/EDGE abilities. The downsides of the W810i were its weak speakerphone and lack of Bluetooth stereo support.
Nick Mobile Launches on Sprint Phones
Sprint PCS Subscription Channel Customers will have Access to Nickelodeon Content Including Kid Favorites SpongeBob SquarePants, TEENick’s Zoey 101, Unfabulous and the Nick Jr. Series The Wonder Pets! and Dora the Explorer.
Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, today announced the launch of Nick Mobile on select Sprint multimedia phones. Nick Mobile offers a full range of video clips from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. programming.
“Launching Nick Mobile on Sprint is a natural evolution of our overall multiple platform strategy as we continue to produce, program and distribute content on different platforms in order to super serve our audience, who are increasingly on the go,” said Steve Youngwood, Executive Vice President, Nickelodeon Digital Media. “The launch of Nick Mobile on Sprint provides our audience with a new way to watch their favorite characters, and further extends the Nick and Nick Jr. brand and experience for kids and parents beyond the home.”
Nick Mobile on Sprint offers a combination of short video clips, vignettes and music videos. From the Nick Jr. library, music videos are approximately two minutes in length and include clips from favorite programs such as Dora the Explorer, Blue’s Clues, The Backyardigans, LazyTown and the recently launched Nick Jr. series, The Wonder Pets!, TV’s first operetta for kids.
From the Nickelodeon library, content will be available from top-rated series such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The X’s, Avatar and Catscratch. Additionally, TEENick material will include behind- the-scenes clips from Zoey 101, Unfabulous and Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide. Nick Mobile on Sprint will also feature on-air vignette series such as Nick Jr.’s A Pup Grows Up mini series and clips from network specials. All Nick Mobile content on Sprint multimedia phones will be refreshed on a weekly basis.
Samsung Develops 2GB Memory Card for Mobile Phones
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, announced today that it has developed a 2GByte MultiMediaCard (MMCmicro(TM)) that combines four 4Gbit NAND flash devices. This is the smallest, fastest and highest capacity memory card for mobile phones, developed only three months after Samsung led the industry by launching a 1GByte MMCmicro.
“The 2GByte high-performance MMC is a powerful indicator of Samsung’s expanding efforts to embrace the widest possible range of multimedia applications including mobile video,” said Don Barnetson, Director, Flash Marketing, Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.
Despite being the size of a fingernail (12mmx14mmx1.1mm), the new MMCmicro will provide the highest transmission speed of any removable memory card, transmitting data 3.5 times faster than other cards. The card can store 12 hours of mobile video and is fast enough to download three hours of it in under two minutes. An adapter allows the card to be plugged into any multimedia card slot.
The 2GB MMC can operate at either 1.8 volts (V) and 3.3V, making it an even more viable solution for mobile phones.
The new MMC, in a format standardized by the MultiMediaCard association (MMCA) and being standardized by JEDEC, can be obtained by manufacturers without royalties or licensing fees.
The 1 GB MMCmicro will be commercially available later this year.
According to Dataquest, a semiconductor market research firm, as the global memory card market will grow five percent between 2005 and 2010, the multimedia card market will grow 17% and the MMCmicro market by 95 percent during the same period.
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