Below is the official press release from Nokia announcing, among other things, the N81 and N95 in 8GB versions. I've inserted some glossy photos as well. Rafe and Ewan will add hands-on photos during the day in the main Flickr stream at the top of the AAS front page.
First impressions are great, of course. I was especially interested to see the much-increased scope of the 'multimedia' key and its carousel menu, with panes/sub-menus for the elements of 'Ovi', including the Nokia Music Store and N-Gage, of course.
Yup, today's the day, and the worst kept secret in the smartphone world is about to go official. For some reason, the Far East has got the press photos of the Nokia N95 8GB and N81 first. Rafe And Ewan will be posting live photos from London shortly. Watch the top strip!
Symbian has established a global Research and Development center in Beijing, in China. At the inauguration ceremony today, Symbian announced that seven Chinese companies have joined the Symbian Platinum Program and also unveiled details for a local Symbian Academy program in collaboration with several local universities. The full press release follows.
All About Symbian's sister site All About N-Gage is back and bringing you all the game-related news coming out of today's huge Go Play launch event by Nokia in London! Head on over there right now to see the revamped site, which is ready to inform you about all the developments with the Next Generation of N-Gage games on S60 3rd Edition smartphones.
Symbian today announced that 18.7 million Symbian OS handsets shipped in Q2 2007, a year on year increase of 52%. There are now 122 Symbian models in the market (up from 86 this time last year) with a further 62 in development (55 last year). Cumulatively 145 million Symbian OS phones have been shipped.
That's right, we couldn't possibly talk about tomorrow's big Nokia launch day in London, although other mainstreammedia have no such reservations. Suffice it to say that Rafe, Ewan and myself will be there in person and reporting live on any music or gaming devices, platforms or services that may (or may not) be announced and demonstrated. Watch AAS during Wednesday for more...
Smartphones Show 41 just went live, with a hands-on video review of the new Nokia 6110 Navigator, a video version of my in depth look at free GPS navigation solutions and... a plea for help(!) Here's the YouTube version, the MP4 version and the RSS feed.
The Journey, a freeware location-based interactive game for S60 from 'the old days' has just been made available in Symbian Signed form for S60 3rd Edition (and looking very natty on the E90). Here's The Journey download page.
If you've ever used the N-Gage Arena on the original N-Gage or N-Gage QD, you might like to check out the Arena's Charter Member Program which is intended for existing Arena members so they can get "special recognition in the new N-Gage Arena". There are also a load of prizes on offer including Next Gen games (when they become available) as well as Next Gen compatible phones.
MOSH, Nokia's own (S60) mobile-centric social network is now fully into an open beta and anyone can sign up. The URL is http://mosh.nokia.com/ and looks very promising. Now I'm wondering if there are any tie-ins to the big Go Play launch event on Wednesday....
The official N-Gage blog has now confirmed that the new N-Gage logo seen at the GCDC is indeed genuine. They've also released an animated version of the new logo (click Save As and open it in Windows Media Player). The animation is reminiscent of the one Nintendo used when launching the Wii. This may be a clue as to Nokia's intentions with the Next Gen N-Gage: to appeal to casual gamers and expand the phone game market, just as the Wii has done with the console game market.
Nokia today announced the availability, in select markets, of a range of Windows Live services for some its S60 Nseries phones. The services available include Windows Live Messenger (instant messaging), Windows Live Hotmail (email), and Windows Live Spaces (blogging, and media upload).
The FCC website (US regulator) currently has some information about the Nokia N95 8GB on its website. Hardware changes include a reworked back section with the removal of the camera lens cover to allow for a bigger battery. The top slide media keys are now slightly raised and the phone itself is black. There are also some interesting hints about the software in the manual with references to N-Gage gaming and the Nokia Music store. Read on for more.
Below is the official press release from Nokia announcing, among other things, the N81 and N95 in 8GB versions. I've inserted some glossy photos as well. Rafe and Ewan will add hands-on photos during the day in the main Flickr stream at the top of the AAS front page.
That's right, we couldn't possibly talk about tomorrow's big Nokia launch day in London, although other mainstream media have no such reservations. Suffice it to say that Rafe, Ewan and myself will be there in person and reporting live on any music or gaming devices, platforms or services that may (or may not) be announced and demonstrated. Watch AAS during Wednesday for more...
