Nokia Phones

Apple in updated page devoted to the so-called “problem with the antenna” has introduced another video. At this time, the company of Steve Jobs pointed to problems with signal reception at Symbian-smartphone Nokia N97 mini. Within minutes of testing the device had lost five of seven divisions.

As previously noted by the representatives of Nokia, the Finnish company is a pioneer in all that concerns the telephone antennas. “We give priority to efficiency of the antenna, if its implementation is in conflict with the design” – said the company.

Recall the debate surrounding the problem with signal reception in certain conditions erupted shortly after the iPhone 4. Last Friday, Steve Jobs said that the problem is typical for the entire industry phones in general. As an example, he called the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris and the Samsung Omnia II.

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The sales of the smartphone Nokia N97 Mini will soon start in Canada. The price of the device will please the local fans of Symbian OS – just 100 Canadian dollars. However, to get the novelty with its “delicious” price, you need to sign 3-year maintenance contract with Rogers mobile operator. Remarkably, 2-year contract increases the cost of the phone to 399.99, and 1-year up to 499.99 Canadian dollars.

Nokia N97 Mini is the second touchscreen smartphone based on Symbian (the first one is 5800, which now costs $ 49.99 with a contract) for users of Rogers. Among the equipped items of the device we can name a 3.2-inch display with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels, a full QWERTY keyboard, Ovi Maps with free navigation, Wi-Fi, 3.5-mm headphone jack, a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and 8 GB of internal memory for the data storage.

In addition to this we should mention that the sales of Nokia E72 (operator Telus) and Nokia X6 (operator unknown) will also start soon in Canada.

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Nokia N97 mini Gold Edition is one of the special versions of the popular N97 mini smartphone. The phone differs from the standard one with colors and integration. The body of the device is covered with 18-carat gold, and fashion lovers will appreciate the applications enclosed in the software.

N97 mini Gold Edition is equipped with a built-in 5 megapixel camera, 3.2” touch screen, Wi-Fi, A-GPS, QWERTY-keyboard, 8 GB of flash memory. The full description of N97 mini includes:

• Network: GSM / GPRS / EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz), WCDMA / HSDPA (900/1900/2100 MHz),
• Platform: S60 5th Edition
• Display: touchscreen, 3.2-inch, 640 x 360 pixels, the ratio of 16:9, TFT
• Camera: 5 megapixel, Carl Zeiss, dual LED-flash, videovspyshka, autofocus, video recording in VGA resolution at 30 frames per second
• Flash memory: 8 GB
• Expansion slot: microSDHC
• Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
• A-GPS
• Wi-Fi (802.11b / g)
• QWERTY-keyboard
• Accelerometer
• microUSB 2.0
• 3.5-mm jack
• Audio: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC, WMA
• Video: H.264, WMV9, MPEG-4, RealVideo 10, Flash lite 3.0, H.263
• Battery: 1200 mAh
• Hours Talk time: up to 430 minutes
• Hours Standby time: up to 320 hours
• Time running video playback: up to 210 minutes
• Time during playback of audio: up to 28 hours
• Dimensions: 113 x 52.5 x 14.2 mm
• Weight: 138 grams
• Date of announcement: September 2, 2009
• Release Date: October 2009

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New widgets, called Nokia Bots became available to the owners of the smartphones Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini.

The applications have been developed by Nokia Beta Labs and will run on your home screen with the aim of “improving the usability of everyday procedures”.

Until now four Nokia Bots have been created: Alarm Bot (determines at what time usually users wake up and offers alarm settings and night profiles), Profile Bot (automates the change in the profile during business meetings), Shortcut Bot (provides quick access to frequently used applications) and Battery Bot (monitors battery status and “reminds you of the need to connect the charger”).

The company still does not have any information on the possibility of release of Nokia Bots for other mobile devices.

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The video of the rather curious test was posted in the Global Network. It depicted at first glance a rather harsh mockery to the phone Nokia N97 Mini – the device was strapped to the bumper of a car in the manner of a tin can. The car was moving at a speed of 70 km / h, and the phone hung on the asphalt. No chance, you will say? And you will be wrong.

The fact is that the tests were not conducted over the actual phone N97 but over the protective film Wrapsol Ultra, which was the case used on the device. The protective film has honorably took the test – except for the dust ,on the case and screen of the slider no traces were left, and the film itself was not affected greatly by proving that it is able to protect any device, even in such adverse conditions.

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Analysts at Ovum came to the conclusion that the Finnish Nokia is noticeably behind its competitors in terms of performance. Many companies have made their choice in favor of ARM Cortex A8 processor and Qualcomm Snapdragon, neglecting ARM11. However, Nokia still uses the latter in its smartphones.

The report says that Nokia phones need a little improvement in order to be more competitive. It is noted that only Nokia N900 is equipped with advanced processor (ARM Cortex-A8, 600 MHz), but Nokia N97 and Nokia N97 mini work with ARM11, the clock frequency of which is only 434 MHz.

The amount of RAM in the most advanced models of Nokia is 256 MB, while our competitors have phones that offer twice more. HTC HD2 is brought as an example, working with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with a clock frequency of 1000 MHz and equipped with 448 MB of RAM.

The matter also concerns displays. Nokia currently prefers resistive screens, but most users prefer capacitive technology. There are about twenty devices in the market, equipped with high definition displays, while there is only one such device – again Nokia N900in the portfolio of the Finnish manufacturer.

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Recently we told you about Nokia N97 Mini in the limited version of Gold Edition. But it turns out that the marketing representatives of the Finnish corporation did not stop on this. And very soon they will present not less rare and expensive version of this smartphone, created in cooperation with the American company Oakley. As a joke this phone is called Noakleyia, but it will be on sale in the mobile market under the strict name Nokia N97 Mini Oakley Edition.

Only 200 such smartphones will be released. Externally, they differ from ordinary phones only by laser engraver on the back of the frame. In addition to this exclusive thematic content of Oakley is included in memory of the N97 Mini – music, screensavers, wallpapers, desktop wallpapers, avatars, videos and so on. The release of the limited series is presupposed by the end of the current Winter Olympic Games, among the official sponsors of which was included Oakley company.

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Nokia added a client of its popular programs for the Symbian operating system on its online store.

Skype, a free application that allows you to make calls to other devices with installed on client program via WiFi or 3G, has long been popular among computer and mobile users.

Today Nokia has announced that henceforth mobile client Skype for Symbian-devices can be downloaded from the online store Ovi Store, which opens up access to the program for more than 200 million users worldwide.

Currently Skype for Symbian supports the following models of Nokia phones: Nokia N97, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia X6, Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and Nokia 5530, Nokia E72, Nokia E71, Nokia E90, Nokia E63, Nokia E66, Nokia E51, Nokia N96, Nokia N95, Nokia N95 8Gb, Nokia N85, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N81 8 Gb, Nokia N79, Nokia N78, Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 5320.

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The new application was created in order to help the users of Nokia phones in the diagnosis and troubleshooting of the system, as well as to customize the device. The application can perform network testing, Internet connection, charger connection, speakers, etc. At the moment the application of Nokia Diagnostics works only on the following phones: Nokia X6, Nokia N97, Nokia N97 Mini, Nokia 5800, Nokia 5230 and Nokia 5530. The support for Symbian S60 3rd Edition will be added in the future.

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Nokia company released a game for smartphones, where the player is invited to travel by car through the streets of real cities. The game determines the current location of the user, displays a map of the city, where he is, and invites the user to plan routes. There are three different of cars.

In addition to his own city, the player can plot a route on the pre-maps. He can choose 20 tracks, laid on Berlin, Amsterdam, London and other famous European cities.
The application can be downloaded free for a limited period of time in the Ovi Store. It is compatible with all Nokia smartphones, having a touch screen and based on the Symbian ^ 1 platform (S60 5th Edition), including Nokia N97 mini and Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition. The touch screen needs to control the game. The game uses three-dimensional graphics.

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