Preparing For Nokia World

With Nokia World only days away and the fact I have made some behind the scenes changes to the site for this event, from around 10pm tomorrow night (Monday) the website will feature the Nokia World layout ready for the big event.  This will allow any visitors to the site time to register their email address ready for the live keynote presentation updates.

The 2 main changes to the site  are:

Live Update Section

Last year’s Nokia World was covered the same way using Cover It Live software, but this time is we will be LIVE at Nokia World in Stuttgart.  From tomorrow (Monday)  you will have the chance to pre-register to receive an email once the live coverage starts.  Live coverage starts from 9am on Wednesday 2nd September with the main Keynote presentation.

Anyone visiting the site can post live comments, take part in seeing what is going on as it happens and even take part in mini-polls and much much more.  All you need to do is jump over onto http://www.worldofnokia.co.uk from just before 9am and you can take part in this year’s event!

OVI Photo Blog

I will be taking a Nokia N97 and my HD Camcorder to take photos and capture video footage.  The photos from the N97 will be updated live from Nokia World to the stream so you can see all that is going on.  Also any other photos taken will be updated once back in the hotel.  This OVI Blog is a great way for people to see what is going on at the event and going from my previous photo albums, expect LOTS of photos!.

Nokia N900 Announced

Nokia N900 Press Pictures

With Nokia World only 6 days away at time of writing this post, Nokia have pretty much turned this whole week into ‘Nokia Week’.  First Eldar from Mobile-Review publishes a preview on the Nokia N900 which is due to be announced next week, followed by a preview on the Nokia N97 Mini, then comes the Nokia 5230 a day later which is a new touchscreen device packing HSDPA and a range of colours.  If that was not enough for a week, Nokia then tease everyone with the Booklet 3G which is their version of a Netbook and again more details are due next week at Nokia World.

Also last last week Nokia Conversations announced the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition which is a 5800 with a lifetime Nokia Maps license and a car kit for using as a sat-nav

French website Be Geek have come across 2 press photos of the Nokia N900 which means the only thing we have to do now is the hard part…… WAIT!.  The pictures show what Maemo looks like when in a phone call and the other shows Google Talk which is a great addition.

With all these announcements in the space of just over a week can Nokia really have anything left to announce at this year’s Nokia World?.  Well the answer is YES!.  Expect to see some great services announced along side these new devices.

I will be posting live from Nokia World this year getting all the news and gossip as it happens so check back from 9am on Wednesday 2nd September for the live updates from Stuttgart

Nokia N86 Now On T-Mobile UK

T-Mobile have today launched the Nokia N86, Nokia’s first and only 8 megapixel camera phone.  The N86 is already on Orange and O2, 3 should have it any day now so it is nice to see T-Mobile stepping up and taking this handset early.

The N86 is available on the following price plans (these are online offers, they may be different in store)

18 Month Combi

Combi 15           100 Minutes      &       200 Texts                    £15 a month             Handset Cost = £225.10
Combi 20          200 Minutes      &       400 Texts                    £20 a month            Handset Cost = £185.94
Combi 25          300 Minutes      &       600 Texts                    £25 a month             Handset Cost = £166.37
Combi 30          700 Minutes      &       Unlimited Texts        £30 a month             Handset Cost = £137.01
Combi 35          800 Minutes      &       Unlimited Texts        £31.50 a month        Handset Cost = £97.87
Combi 40          1000 Minutes      &     Unlimited Texts        £36.50 a month       Handset Cost = £48.92

24 Month Combi

Combi 15           100 Minutes      &       Unlimited Texts                    £15 a month             Handset Cost = £185.94
Combi 20          200 Minutes      &       Unlimited Texts                    £20 a month            Handset Cost = £166.37

18 Month Flext

Flext 40           £225 or monthly credit                    £40 a month              Handset Cost = £48.92
Flext 50           £325 or monthly credit                    £50 a month              Handset Cost = FREE
Flext 60           £425 or monthly credit                    £60 a month              Handset Cost = FREE
Flext 75           £575 or monthly credit                    £75 a month               Handset Cost = FREE
Flext 100        £775 or monthly credit                    £100 a month             Handset Cost = FREE

Anyone interested in ordering a Nokia N86 on T-Mobile online can do so from https://www.t-mobile.co.uk/shop/mobile-phones/phones/pay-monthly/nokia/n86/combi/plans/

Nokia 5230 Announced Today

Nokia Conversations just today announced the Nokia 5230 to the world.  Nokia are on a roll now with the 3G Booklet video yesterday and now the 5230.

Unlike the 5530 which went on sale recently, the 5230 does have HSDPA so web browsing or downloading music is much much faster.  This was a let down for me on the 5530 so it is nice too see Nokia have corrected this and it is also nice to see a bit of colour in the new phones.

The press release reads:

The latest addition in the Nokia touch phone portfolio, the Nokia 5230, is designed for those who lead an active life and use their mobile phone as their primary instrument for music, photos and videos, as well as sharing their lives online. With the Nokia 5230, consumers can get new content, be it songs from the Nokia Music Store or apps, games, videos and other services from the Ovi Store, directly from their phones. The solutions offering is complemented by A-GPS navigation and the latest version of Ovi Maps with aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities and terrain map views for pedestrian and drive navigation.

“Competitively priced at 149 EUR, we believe the Nokia 5230 is an unbeatable offer for many new customers who aspire a device that stars in music, mingles with social networks from Facebook to MySpace, navigates you to where it happens, when it happens,  and comes in an array of dazzling colors, ” said Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia.

Visiting the Ovi Store from the Nokia 5230 is a breeze. Ovi Store is conveniently accessible from the home screen of the phone and customers can immediately begin downloading and personalizing their phones with popular apps and games to make their phone more fun. New apps, games, videos, and more are added regularly and Ovi Store can be enjoyed on more than 75 Nokia devices and has active users from more than 180 countries.

The Nokia 5230 features an easy to use music player with 33 hours of playback time. In select markets the Nokia 5230 will include Comes With Music service offering truly unbeatable value with all you can eat music. The recommended price of the Nokia 5230 with the Comes With Music service will be 259 EUR before subsidies and taxes. For a mighty music experience, any headphones with a 3.5mm AV connector can be used. In addition, the Nokia 5230 features a Media Bar with quick access to your favorite media and applications, such as music, photos, YouTube or Ovi Share.

The innovative Contacts bar features thumbnail images for up to 20 close friends and provides easy access to them and their communications history including emails, phone calls, photos or other social media updates.

The Nokia 5230 is expected to begin shipping in the fourth quarter of 2009.

Nokia N97 Mini Live Photos

Eldar from Mobile Review has done it yet again!, Only a week after posting a preview on a un-announced Nokia N900 device, he has now gone and posted a preview on the Nokia N97 Mini which again has not even been announced yet!.

Here are the best pictures from his preview. For all the pictures and text check out Mobile-Review

Nokia To Announce 3G Booklet At Nokia World (Specs Now Included)

Espoo, Finland – After more than 25 years as a pioneer and leader in the mobile industry, Nokia will bring its rich mobility heritage and knowledge to the PC world with the new, Windows based, Nokia Booklet 3G.

Powered by the efficient Intel Atom processor, the Nokia Booklet 3G delivers impressive performance with up to 12 hours of battery life, enabling people to leave their power cable behind and still be connected and productive. Delivering the rich experience of a full-function PC inside an ultra-portable aluminum chassis, the new mini-laptop weighs 1.25 kilograms, measures slightly more than two centimeters thin, and has the features one would expect from the world’s leading mobile device manufacturer. A broad range of connectivity options – including 3G/ HSPA and Wi-Fi – gives consumers high speed access to the Internet, including Nokia’s broad suite of Ovi services, and allows them to make the most of every moment and every opportunity.

“A growing number of people want the computing power of a PC with the full benefits of mobility,” said Kai Oistamo, Nokia’s Executive Vice President for Devices. “We are in the business of connecting people and the Nokia Booklet 3G is a natural evolution for us. Nokia has a long and rich heritage in mobility and with the outstanding battery life, premium design and all day, always on connectivity, we will create something quite compelling. In doing so we will make the personal computer more social, more helpful and more personal.”

The mini-laptop also comes with an HDMI port for HD video out, a front facing camera for video calling, integrated Bluetooth and an easily accessible SD card reader. Other premium features include the 10-inch glass HD ready display and integrated A-GPS which, working with the Ovi Maps gadget, can pinpoint your position in seconds and open up access for a truly personal maps experience. The Nokia Booklet 3G also brings a number of other rich Ovi experiences to life, whether its access and playback of millions of tracks through the Nokia Music Store, or using Ovi Suite to sync seamlessly from your Nokia smartphone, to your mini-laptop, to the cloud.

The Nokia Booklet 3G will widen the Nokia portfolio, satisfying a need in the operator channel, and bringing another important ingredient in the move towards becoming a mobile solutions company.

Further information, including detailed specifications, market availability and pricing, will be announced at Nokia World on September 2. For more information on Nokia World, visit: http://events.nokia.com/nokiaworld/home.htm

Our friends at All About Symbian have just posted the following specs:

Key hardware information

• Intel Atom Chipset (Z530 running at 1.6 Ghz). No fan, which means near silent running.
• 120 GB hard disk
• 3G / HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, plus integrated Bluetooth for local wireless communication
• 12 hour battery life
• 10 inch glass HD ready display
• Front facing video camera mounted, on top of the screen, for video calling
• 1 x HDMI port (for HD video out), 1 x integarted SD card reader, 3 x USB ports, 1 x audio port
• Integrated A-GPS
• Stereo speakers mounted on the front right and left corners

Key software information

• Tight integration with Ovi Services including Ovi Suite for syncing seamlessly to other Nokia devices and the cloud.
• Ovi Maps gadget, which can pinpoint your position within seconds, and ‘opens up access for a truly personal maps experience’.
• Runs Windows as its operating system. We’ll hear what version next week, at Nokia World. However given the inclusion of a Ovi Maps ‘gadget; it seems reasonable to assume it will be Windows Vista or above. Given the timing and premium features it is not unreasonable to assume this will be a Windows 7 device. Microsoft would be keen to have a brand such as Nokia involved in the latest version of its OS.

  Why Windows? Windows is the ‘logical choice and is the market leader’.

• Takes less than 60 seconds to boot up from cold.

Thanks to Nokia Conversations for the press release and video

White N86 On Sale Now!

On checking the Nokia Online Store just now it appears like the N86 in White has now gone on sale.  Before now just the Black model was available and I am sure many others out there like me were waiting for the white version to launch.

The White N86 is showing as ‘In Stock’ now so ready to dispatch.  The N86 is the only 8 megapixel camera phone from Nokia and features some great advanced optics which I had the pleasure of testing and seeing made in the Carl Zeiss factory recently.

To order your own N86 in White check out http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/product.aspx?sku=5100745&culture=en-GB

Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition Announced

Nokia have today re-launched the 5800 device under a new brand called ‘Navigation Edition’.  The 5800NE comes with the usual specs from the original version but now also comes with a lifetime drive and walk license.

Recently we posted a picture of some un-announced Nokia devices and in that picture was a phone we lead to believe was the Nokia 5900.  In fact it turns out this was the 5800 Navigation Edition

Not only do you get the new chrome and black design, and the lifetime drive and walk license you also get in the box an in-car charger and mount so you can use this as a sat-nav in your car or without when you are walking around.

The 5800 NE will go on sale Q3 2009 for around £250.00 sim free

Over on Nokia Conversations they have posted the following press release

GLOBAL – Nokia has unveiled a freshly tuned version of its debut touchscreen device, in the shape of the newNokia 5800 Navigation Edition. Slated to saunter into pockets in the third quarter of 2009, this innovative incarnation of the 5800 comes pre-loaded with a lifetime of voice-guided Drive and Walk navigation licenses for your region.
Keenly tailored for taking you to where you need to be with minimal fuss, the 5800 Navigation Edition comes with all your guidance software set up, and as it comes with an in-box car charger and Nokia car kit, it has been designed to become your satnav savvy passenger in seconds.

As many of you know, here on Conversations we’re keen followers of location and context aware services, so it’s exciting to witness the emergence of a device so perfectly primed to explore this new territory of services so freely from the moment it’s unboxed and sat in your palm. Alongside it’s voice-guided navigation talents (including valuable local traffic warnings), it comes pre-loaded with the latest version of Ovi Maps pre-installed, enabling you to pinpoint nearby points of interest and relevant useful info, such as local weather reports and the best place to grab a bite in your area.
The 5800 Navigation Edition is inked in the diary for the third quarter of 2009 and is estimated to cost 285 Euros before all the usual regional taxes and subsidies stuff.

Nokia N97 Mini At FCC??? (Due MWC 2010?)

On browsing the FCC website, It appears that the Nokia N97 Mini has made it’s way into testing.  A picture from the FCC website which is below ties in with what the N97 Mini is supposed to look like and the camera lens reminds you of the original N97 (apart from no slider).

With the N97 Mini already at the FCC you can also expect it to go on sale soon after the announcement too which is great as Nokia fans before now would see the device announced and then have to wait 6 months at least for it to go on sale!.

Rumored specs of the Mini are a cut down screen at 2.9 inch instead of 3.5 inch on the original N97, 8GB of internal memory, the same slide design but this time no D-Pad on the keyboard, the whole space is for letter keys and it also has the same 5 mega pixel camera as the original N97 but this time with no lens cover

There is also a document on the FCC Website which states:

Attention: Equipment Authorization Branch

REQUEST FOR SHORT TERM CONFIDENTIALITY

Pursuant to Section 0.459 of the Commission’s Rules and Public Notice DA 04-1705 of June

15, 2004, the Applicant hereby requests for 180 days short term confidential treatment of

some of the information accompanying this application of FCC ID: QVVRM-555 and as

outlined below:

- Exhibit 3:  External photos

- Exhibit 7:  Test setup photos

- Exhibit 8:  User’s manual

- Exhibit 9:  Internal photos

These materials contain proprietary information not yet released to the public and the

public disclosure of these matters might be harmful to the Applicant and provide

unjustified benefits to its competitors.

Mobile-Review’s Nokia N900 Preview Photos

Eldar from Mobile-Review has just posted up his preview on the Nokia N900 (Rover) and has posted a whole host of pictures and screenshots from the device.

Here are the best of them.

All credit goes to Eldar of Mobile Review.  The Nokia N900 is due to be officially announced at Nokia World this year in September where we hope to get hands on with the new device.

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