Nokia Phones

Microsoft Office has become one of the most sought-after software products for the word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, etc. It is therefore understandable that the developers of software for mobile phones have long been developed and developing compatible applications for mobile devices. Ones can only read files of MS Office, while the others can also use the edit option. But today I want to invite you to become acquainted with Quickoffice Premier – the best “Office” application for mobile phones based on S60v5.

And so .. Quickoffice Premier allows you to create, view and edit Microsoft Office 2007, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. It is difficult to enumerate the entire list of features, it’s much easy to install the application and check whether it suits your needs.

I’ll just note a few possibilities:

Language support in French, Italian, German and Spanish. (A new feature that was formerly only English).
Viewing and editing Word, Excel and PowerPoint files directly on the phone.
Create and save new documents Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
The files are saved without loss of data.
Easy and intuitive user interface tool.
Support for complex formulas .
Full graphical editor.
Free spell check, dictionaries in multiple languages.
Ability to add images to Word and PowerPoint.
Integration with Mail for Exchange.

Quickoffice Premier is now compatible with smartphones of Symbian S60 5th Edition, for example, Nokia 5530, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, N97, C6, X6, 5230 and Nokia 5233.

Popular cell phone Nokia 5800 has a very good base for the applications, games and themes. Due to the support for SWF format on your desktop of the phone, you can put animated screensaver with a very good quality. One such interesting screen saver Thumbwheel is created by enthusiast with a nick waspbloke.

Below are the installation instructions for the English version:

Install:

Extract ‘gadget.swf’ to ‘E: \’
Extract folder ‘ThumbWheel_HS’ to ‘E: \’
Config:
-10 Editable shortcuts in ‘ThumbWheel_HS \ shortcuts.xml’.
Use any JPG or PNG images you like but remember that it must be 40 × 40 pixels. Place icons in ‘ThumbWheel_HS’ folder. Use PNG files for transparent background. Change ‘icon’ attribute to ‘whatever.png’.
Change ‘uid’ attribute to uid of preferred apps.
-Three options in ‘ThumbWheel_HS \ config.xml’.
Set vibrate off or on (0 / 1).
Display always on or toggle display (0 / 1)
Set click-hold time in seconds.

You can dowload the application following the link:

http://www.ziddu.com/download/11320045/ThumbWheel_HSv101.zip.html

During the conversation with New York Times reporters the head of Nokia Research Center, Henry Tirri shared his thoughts on the development of hardware features in portable devices. In particular, he drew attention to the topic of developing their own chip, which is not surprising. That’s what Apple did – it has created its own SoC-System A4, which they applied to iPhone and iPad 4.Let it not as unique as it is trying to be presented in Cupertino, but due to hardware and software optimization of new gadgets Apple demonstrated outstanding autonomy and excellent performance.

Nevertheless, Tirry is not happy with the practice of creating specialized processors for their own products. According to him – it is too risky and easier to use ready-made solutions, even at the expense of some functionality of the finished product. The risk in this case is that at the slightest mistake can lose a lot of money for one cycle needed to create the chip. It takes a very accurately determination of the functionality of future devices, choosing the right trend. But the thing is that the company has already given it to begin to develop the processor. Error in the predictions can cost all the money that will be invested in creating the chip.

The words of Tirri could’ve not been taken seriously, if not his vast experience in the IT-industry. For 40 years he worked in the field of computer science and is a well known figure not only in Nokia, but also in the “Silicon Valley”. According to the scientist, instead of chips, the Finnish company will focus on the materials used in the production of terminals. For example, in research centers employees are working on advanced materials capable of changing its color, easy to resist liquids and dirt, literally growing keyboard and other interface elements on the touch screen. By the way, it resembles the concept of Nokia Morph.

Nokia traditionally used to equip its S40-based models with Opera Mini. However, apparently, this practice is coming to an end. Nokia Beta Labs has demonstrated Ovi Browser for S40 platforms, which has the same functionality as Opera Mini. Browser itself is still a beta-version and in-store applications of Ovi Store are not available. This program uses a special service for the opening page, compresses it and sends the compressed form on the phone.

In fact Ovi Browser is very similar to Opera Mini 4.2, although the Nokia Beta Labs does not report on the use of Opera code in its product. At the moment this browser denies some services and features, however, is not the final version, and therefore arguing that it will receive, and what will not is too early. So far, the browser can download the compressed pages, URL, and auto filling, supports the integration of search engines (Yahoo!, Google, Bing), and has a bookmark. The test version is available on the site browser.ovi.com for phones from the list of compatible devices.

The official Nokia Conversation blog only recently posted the FAQs about the newest device of the company- Nokia N8. The list includes lots of questions which might be interesting for this or that part of the Nokia users.

But let’s say that there’ s a list of them which are rather popular among the all.

So let’s have a look at some of the interesting facts about the  camera of Nokia N8:

• Sharpening enhancements set to low by default for a more natural look. You can change this setting if you prefer a higher contrast look.
• Shutter lag (delay between pressing the button and actually taking the shot) 0,15 seconds. For comparison the recent 12MP point-and-shoot Canon SD 1300 has a shutter lag of 0,07 seconds.
• You can focus subjects 10cm from the Nokia N8 in close-up scene mode and around 20-30m in auto.
• The Nokia N8′s xenon flash is 30% smaller but has same flash power as  the Nokia N82

After the successful tour of the GreenHeart series from Sony Ericsson, feels like Nokia is also going green. The Easy To Be Green campaign has been going around for already a few months and feels to have rather success. The fact of encouraging to recycle Nokia mobile devices and the recycled packaging in which the phones come in makes us believe in trustiness into the project.

The company representatives are always gathering together to discuss newer technologies and newer ways to get more chances for the promotion of the project and the overall idea of keeping the nature clean. As for now let’s have a look at the video which not only shows the hard work of the company in terms of the recycling, but also talks about how important is that!

Those who are planning to get a device without having an exclusive design and specs in mind will be satisfied with Rogers offer. The mobile carrier is planning to promote an entry-level device from Nokia- Nokia 7020.

The device runs on rather rough  S40 version of operating system, but despite that has a  2.2 inch screen, which is not that bad. The camera on the device is not that great with its only 2megapixel feature.

As for the memory, the device supports microSD cards up to 16GB, which means that at least here you can find the Nokia signature.

Nokia 7020 comes up in 4 different contract options. When having a 3 year plan you can get the device for  $9.99, while for 2 years contract you’ll have to pay $59.99. Then the one year option will cost you $99.99. And at last if you don’t really plan to sign up for any kind of contract, you can purchase the device for $149.99.

Finnish giant which was long the undisputed leader in sales of mobile technology in Western Europe, recently began gradually losing its former supremacy. A well-known analyst firm IDC believes that it’s entirely possible that this year there will be a leader change in the European continent – instead of Nokia’s first spot, the South Korean company Samsung will take the lead.

In support of their assumption IDC cites the following facts:

• In the first quarter of this year, the overall supply of mobile technology Nokia have fallen by 9% compared to the same period last year;
• Compared with last year the share of Nokia in the mobile market has decreased from 39% share of 33%;
• The presence of Nokia in the smartphone market, compared with the year 2009 decreased by 16% – from 57% to 41%;
• Deliveries of mobile phones (smartphones without) Nokia compared to the year 2009 decreased by 18%, the presence in this market declined from 35% to 30%;
• Samsung currently supplies 40% of all mobile phones in Europe
• In the first quarter of this year, the share of Nokia in the mobile market in Europe amounted to 32,8%, while Samsung had 29.3%.

Both companies have a similar story. Nokia has begun with the production of paper, then moved to the cable, and after entered the market of mobile equipment. Samsung started as a distributor of vegetables, fish and noodles, then switched to the production of wool, and finally, in the 60′s with the support of the Government of South Korea took up electronics.

Most of us are familiar with the Symbian-Guru which is presenting lots of news and interesting facts about the latest updates and improvements about the Symbian OS- the main operating system for Nokia.

And now get this- the guy who used to update the blog now decided to quit it. He’s no longer going to make any posts about the Nokian devices! What the hell is going on? He even got a smartphone which is based on Android OS, more specifically Nexus One! Wow!

This news must be rather disappointing for the Nokia fans! Symbian-Guru himself used to be “this Nokia-guy” since 1999. And what now?

Maybe this is one of the reasons why Nokia is planning to shift to MeeGo which is more of a reliable OS?

In the xml-file on the official Nokia site there is information which confirms the existence of a new smartphone with the code-name Nokia C7-00. This is rumored to be the second device based on Symbian^3 OS.

The design of the gadget is similar to the latest models of the company with rather effective and visible round edges. It is equipped with an ARM brand processor, touchscreen 3.5 inch display with a resolution of 360×640 pixels-typical for Symbian devices, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as support for UMTS / HSDPA networks. In addition to this the device also supplies an 8 megapixel camera for those who have plans to use this exact feature of the device.

The price of the  smartphone, of course, is still unknown. But it is doubtful whether it will be high. The release of Nokia C7-00 is expected to take place in fall.