The Chinese clone of Nokia N86 flagship smartphone managed to appear on sale before the original. Forgery’s name is NCKIA N86E 8MP.

The appearance of NCKIA N86E 8MP is very close to the original and to differ the copy from the original can only be done by minor differences. In their turn, the technical characteristics of the clone have nothing common with Nokia N86.
NCKIA N86E 8MP phone supports GSM networks and is equipped with a 2.6-inch touch screen with 240×320 pixels, 1.3-megapixel camera, FM-receiver, a Bluetooth module and the battery capacity of 1950 mAh, which provides 150-450 minutes of work talk time or 150-480 hours of standby time. Dual-SIM function is supported. Dimensions are equal: 102x52xh16 mm, and weight – 115 g.
You can buy NCKIA N86E 8MP for $ 112.

The Finnish company Nokia officially announced that the MVC video codec (Multi-view Video Coding) is available to everybody.

MVC Standard was developed jointly by Telecommunication Standardization Sector of ITU and the Moving Picture Experts Group, MPEG of ISO / IEC and has gained great popularity today. At its core, MVC standard is a superstructure on H.264/AVC video codecs, and its code is optimized for using in various mobile devices. Additionally, this MVC code includes player for the Maemo platform, which greatly facilitates the lives of many developers.
The representative of the Nokia company said that they hope that their move in the direction of the developer community will help to unleash the potential of MVC technology and lead to innovative applications and services. You can download the MVC source code and learn more about it here.

When several pictures of the next touch phone of the XpressMusic series appeared in the web, the model was not exactly known. Now we have detailed information about this device.
Many mobile users would like to see in the photographs Nokia 5900 XpressMusic, which has more advanced technical specifications compared to Nokia 5800 XpressMusic. However, Nokia has decided to make a simplified model, which was named Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, as well as indicated by the Kenzo code name.

Unlike Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, Nokia 5530 XpressMusic smartphone does not support third-generation networks, its display is smaller in size, but there are no on-board Wi-Fi modules and GPS. Nokia 5530 XpressMusic has a 2.9-inch touch screen display, 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, dual LED-flash, 150 MB of internal memory, Bluetooth and microSD slot for memory cards format. Case dimensions are 104x49x13 mm.
Nokia 5530 XpressMusic cost will not exceed $ 200.

On the website of Bluetooth SIG, which deals with certification of devices containing Bluetooth module, was found a mobile phone Nokia 7208.

This model is made in the clamshell form factor, but it looks very much like Nokia 7205 Intrigue. Nokia 7208 is equipped with an external OLED-display, which is hidden under the surface and is invisible in the inactive state. Below the display are the music player control keys, which are also visible without illumination.
It is known that Nokia 7208 supports dual-band CDMA standard and carries on-board Bluetooth 2.0 EDR module. Manufacturer will position this model as a stylish phone that focuses on playing music. The list of other technical characteristics, as well as the date of announcement of Nokia 7208, is currently unknown.

Traditionally, business-smart phones of Nokia, belonging to the E-series, have QuickOffice, which allows you to work with office documents. Owners of these devices can freely upgrade it to the sixth version of QuickOffice.

That version of QuickOffice, which is included in the standard software of E51, E52, E55, E63, E71, E72, E75 and E90 smartphone cannot edit Office 2007 software package documents. Quickoffice 6 has this option, along with support for ZIP-archives, the opportunity to work with password-protected files, diagrams, and a number of other improvements.
Quickoffice 6 upgrade for the owners of the abovementioned smartphones is absolutely free. Use the Quickmanager application in order to update the software. At the moment, Quickoffice 6 is available only in English, but in the near future it will have localized versions.

The Finnish company Nokia does not often please its mobile users with mobile phones that have a case with high protective properties, but, nevertheless, from time to time, such models appear. Another index is denoted by Nokia 3720.

Mobilecowboys web resource published the picture of the Nokia 3720 and argued that the case of this device complies with the standard IP54. This means that Nokia 3720 will be reliably protected from falls, bumps, sun rays, as well as penetration of dust and moisture into the shell.
Nokia 3720 is made in a monoblock form factor with a typical for the Finnish manufacturer design. At the moment there is no information about its technical characteristics. Given the fact that it is the 3000 series, we can assume that this will be an entry-level device, implemented on the S40. The release of Nokia 3720 is scheduled for autumn of this year.

Intel and Nokia announced the conclusion of long-term strategic partnership agreement, which aims to co-creation of a new class of mobile devices based on Intel chipsets. Both giants promise that these devices will combine the power of computers with communicational capabilities of mobile phones.

The plans of producers include the creation of such a device, which will in many ways surpass modern netbooks and smartphones, and along with innovative hardware, it will include a number of innovative applications and Internet services. Intel will create the hardware, and Nokia will provide its policy of use.
In addition, both companies will cooperate in the field of software with open source and will take active role in the development of oFono, ConnMan, Mozilla, X. Org, BlueZ, D-BUS, Tracker, GStreamer, PulseAudio, Moblin and Maemo. The combination of these technologies can provide the user with a full mobile Internet with rich graphics and multimedia capabilities.
The manufacturers do not reveal the details about what exactly would constitute a self-developed device, as well as when to expect its announcement.

Many mobile users enjoy the popular fring application. Its developers have reported that they provided support for new devices.
We recall that fring is a client for instant messaging, and supports the 14 most popular social services, including Skype, AIM, MSN, Google Talk, Gmail, ICQ, Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo! and Last.fm. Now it can be used by the owners of the Nokia N97 smartphone flagship, as well as by those people who use smart phones with iPhone OS 3.0 firmware.

It is clear that Nokia is not going to release Nokia 5900 XpressMusic mobile phone, but that did not stop the Chinese manufacturers. They continue to create clones, and another one is called NDKLA 5900-2.
NDKLA 5900-2 mobile is made in a monoblock form factor without any keyboard. The inscription on its front surface is trying to convince us that this device belongs to the XpressMusic line, and the rear side, on the contrary, argues that it is a business smartphone, that belongs to the E-Series. In fact, this “clone phone” is neither the one nor the other, but a fairly typical modern Chinese touch phone. The specifications of NDKLA 5900-2 include a 3.2-inch display with a resolution of 240х400 pixels with 262 thousand color, 0.3-megapixel camera, Bluetooth module, FM-radio, stereo speakers and a microSD slot for memory cards format. The phone is designed to work in networks of the standard GSM 900/1800 MHz and supports Dual-SIM. According to the manufacturer, the built-in battery NDKLA 5900-2 has a capacity of 6800 mAh, but it can only provide 2-3 hours of talk time and 220-260 hours of standby time.

The cost of NDKLA 5900-2 is only $ 97.

The Finnish company Nokia has updated the software for its flagship touchscreen smartphone Nokia N97. New firmware is denoted by the 11.0.021 subscript.
In the 11.0.021 firmware the developers fixed several bugs related to the work of widgets, e-mail, as well as improved user interface work, and increased the speed of the device as a whole. They also fixed a bug, due to which the PC did not define smartphone when it was connect.
In order to update the firmware on the Nokia N97 it is necessary to use the application for the PC Nokia Software Updater. The same firmware can be upgraded directly from the smartphone.