New Nokia phones call up Net from Barcelona
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Cell phone maker touts new E series handsets, optimized for Internet access on the go--at 3GSM World Congress in Spain.
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(InfoWorld) - Nokia has introduced several phones and also announced a music recommendation service that hints at the potential for a full-blown music store from the company. The N75, announced Tuesday, is Nokia's smallest multimedia phone and is targeted at the U.S. market. The new phone includes a camera, a music player and Internet access. Nokia has been under pressure to release new, attractive devices in the U.S. since it announced in June that it will stop making CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) phones, which are widely used in the U.S. "We don't rest until we make it here in the U.S.," said Anssi Vanjoki, executive vice president and general manager of multimedia for Nokia, during an event in New York that was Webcast. "The N75 will be my tool to get that going." Nokia also introduced the N95, a phone that includes a 5-megapixel camera, GPS (Global Positioning System) capability with mapping applications and 3D graphics. The N95 will operate on broadband WCDMA (wideband CDMA) and HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) networks in Europe and Asia. It will also include Wi-Fi. The phone is based on Nokia's S60 software and the Symbian operating system and comes with Nokia's Web browser. Users can insert microSD cards for extra storage on the device and connect via mini USB (Universal Serial Bus) for data transfer. The N95 is expected to become available in the first quarter of 2007 for â¬550 ($703). The N75 will cost between $350 and $390 and should be available by the holiday buying season. Along with the phones, Nokia announced a music service that will become available worldwide by year-end. Registered users of the service can browse a Web site to read music recommendations. Nokia has lined up 40 recommenders who are independent music enthusiasts working for well-known record shops around the globe. Nokia has also signed on musician David Bowie to contribute a monthly feature or podcast about new music that he has discovered. Visitors to the site will also be able to listen to music clips and read artist interviews. The site will be launched first in the U.K. and Australia, although music fans around the world will be able to sign up to those sites when they're launched. Access to the site will be free. Vanjoki hinted that the site might be expanded based on technology Nokia expects to acquire through theÂ purchase of Loudeye. That acquisition, announced in August, hasn't closed yet so Vanjoki said he couldn't provide further details on how Loudeye's technology might be relevant to the new music recommendation site. He called Tuesday's announcement a "precursor" of things to come. Nokia also introduced music editions of three existing phones, the N70, N73 and N91. The phones include dedicated music access keys, additional storage capacity and new software to make synching easier.
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Three companies are set to use the backdrop of the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona to debut a device that can use WiMAX technology to make calls.
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New handsets to feature six radio technologies Nokia has launched a new wireless standard to add to the short-range wireless mix.â¦
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Nokia will supply equipment supporting GSM and push-to-talk services.
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Apple's got the iPhone, but what do its competitors have? Nokia, Motorola and Research In Motion show off their latest at the giant 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
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The second UMA phone to be introduced by Nokia, the 6301, makes calls over the Net when in range of a Wi-Fi signal.
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Nokia unveils the Nokia N81 multimedia smart phone for European markets.
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Leading mobile phone maker Nokia   said on Thursday it would introduce three new phone  models to its line-up, two of them mid-range and one at the  higher end of the market.
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One of the industry's largest trade shows is underway this week in Spain as new phones, services and strategies take the spotlight.
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The mobile world is at 3GSM in Barcelona discussing how to get people to do more with their handsets.
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Nokia has demonstrated the first mobile IPv6 call, using its CDMA dual stack handset. The demonstration was made at the 3G World Congress Convention and Exhibition, which took place this week in Hong Kong.
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The day seems to be approaching when free phone service over the Internet will be available on mobile devices everywhere. On Wednesday, mobile phone giant Nokia took a step closer to that day by making Skype&#39;s Internet phone service available on its N800 Internet tablet.
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Nokia, the world's largest cellphone  maker, unveiled on Monday four new multimedia phone models,  including successors to its top N95 and N73 models.
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VoIP-friendly and smart clamshells too Nokia yesterday launched a trio of handsets, including its latest bid to win business from Apple's iPod and other music players with its a colourful music-friendly handset. It also took aim at the mid-range 3G arena with a clamshell-format 3G smart phone.â¦
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Nokia&#39;s latest smartphone, the 7710, takes a widescreen approach to helping users be productive on the move. The device was launched at the mobile phone maker&#39;s Mobility Conference in Monaco in Tuesday.
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Taking the concept of mobile Internet beyond e-mail and sports scores, Nokia yesterday announced the N80 Internet Edition, an upgraded version of its Web-enabled cell phone. In addition to a fully-featured browser, 3-megapixel camera, music player and hard drive, the device even allows users to place wireless Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls.