It has an accelerometer that detects physical orientation, a full-face, stylus-free touchscreen and can scroll through photos with the flick of a finger; but it isn't an iPhone. During today's "Go: Play" event, where the company made several sweeping announcements, Nokia showed a brief demonstration video depicting a concept phone (due to ship sometime next year) that bears striking resemblance in form and functionality to the iPhone. The video was demoed alongside the introduction of a new device-specific music store, and Nokia's immediate threat to the iPhone, an updated version of the N95 handset with 8GB of flash storage.



During today's event, Nokia also detailed its new Nokia Music Store, one of the first device-specific music stores available. The service provides a wider catalog of "millions" of songs and includes systems for recommending music based on past purchases. Users can also tag songs rather than buy them to create a wish list for a later purchase, Nokia says.



In addition, the company introduced a new release of the N95 phone, intended to present immediate compeition for the iPhone. It ships with with 8GB of flash storage and is due to ship in the fall for 560 Euros ($763). The new N95 is likely to show in North America as an unlocked device, similar to the original.




winbeta.org - 29.08.2007

Nokia app monitors juice

A new application from Forum Nokia allows developers, and anyone else, to see just how much power their phone is using, and compare consumption when running different applications.



The app is free to download from Forum Nokia, the Nokia developer's portal, and runs on S60 3rd-Edition handsets. Our N95 averages out at around half a watt, though we managed to get it up to around three by playing loud music through it. We wanted to see how much would be consumed when playing video, but the N95 didn't have the memory for both applications to be running at the same time.




winbeta.org - 02.12.2007

Nokia Touch-screen, Tactile Response Interface Coming to Symbian S60

At the Symbian Smartphone Show in London this morning, Nokia showed a video depicting a model with a screen larger than the one on its current N95, and without its pivoting thumb controls. This model was running applications on the Symbian S60 platform using a new touch-screen interface that was similar to Apple's iPhone in one respect, and dissimilar to it in another: It provides tactile feedback...
betanews.com - 17.10.2007

Nokia officially unveils leaked N96 handset, new services

Nokia is making a compelling presentation at the Mobile World Congress today in Barcelona, Spain, unveiling the progeny of its high-end N95, as well as the beta of its new mapping system, and launching Share on Ovi, an integrated media-sharing site...
betanews.com - 11.02.2008

Nokia Fights Notion It's Losing Ground

In its most concerted effort to date to recapture what some have perceived as waning brand interest, Nokia kicked off a four-city worldwide tour today with a gala event in New York City, where the N95 took center stage. With it go Nokia's hopes, and the prospects for HSDPA in North America...
betanews.com - 27.09.2006

Nokia Licenses Touch Screen Feedback Tech

Just days after Apple released its iPhone, digital touch technology company Immersion said Monday that Nokia had licensed technology for future devices...
betanews.com - 03.07.2007

Nokia dominates cellphone market

The numbers for the cellphone market in Q2 are in: Nokia is leading the industry with shipments of more than 1.1 million phones per day, Motorola continues to struggle and Apple has not made a visible dent in the market yet, according to a report released by IDC today.



Despite all the frenzy surrounding Apples iPhone launch, traditional vendors are controlling the big numbers in the cellphone market - and that scenario isnt likely to change anytime soon. Apple only had two days in Q2 to sell its iPhone and apparently managed to ship around 270,000 units in this time frame. But even if Apple will achieve its goal to sell 10 million iPhones in its 2008 fiscal year, it is Nokia that is dominating the iPhones market segment for now: According to IDC, Nokia shipped 13.9 million converged devices in Q2 alone.



Overall, the cellphone market continues to boom and even in the traditionally slower Q2, about 272.9 million phones were shipped, representing a 16.2% gain for the industry year-over-year. 37% of all phones shipped, or 100.8 million, came from Nokia, which continues to have a tight grip on the global market. Nokia achieved a year-over-year shipment growth of 28.6%...
winbeta.org - 03.08.2007

What Makes a Good Phone?

Microsoft is about ready to formerly launch its unified communications strategy. That may be tomorrow, but what about the comm that matters to most people, today? So we ask: What do you want from your cell phone? Two weeks ago I sold my iPhone, after Apple released an update that "bricked" devices that had been unlocked. Relocking the phones would have made sense. Disabling them crossed a line of ownership. Even Microsoft gives users 30 days to activate before throttling back Windows Vista.

I once described using the iPhone as "life changing." But the change didnt last long enough. On Friday, I replaced the iPhone with another Nokia N95, but now the US 3G version. I very much expected to miss the iPhone user interface, touch screen and Web experience. Absolutely "no" to the first two, and only "some" to the latter one. The N95-3 is hands-down the best cell I have ever used.


neowin.net - 15.10.2007

Apple announces the dates for the 2009 WWDC

As you may be aware, every year Apple holds a Worldwide Developers Conference, commonly known as the WWDC. This is a time when Apple usually makes big announcements regarding software, or, more recently, the iPhone and iPod touch. Well, the Cupertino based company has just unveiled the date for the WWDC this year: June 8 to June 12. Last year, you may remember the iPhone 3G being released at the WWDC; that is part of the reason many have high hopes for a new iteration of Apple's iPhone this year. That, and the fact that the iPhone 3.0 software was recently announced. However, expect big things in terms of Mac OS X, as well.

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neowin.net - 26.03.2009

Visual search comes to Nokia phones

If you start seeing people pointing their Nokia camera phones at books, product packaging and other print materials, it's not that they have some weird cell phone-related tic. More than likely, they're using the Thrrum Visual Browser for Cameraphone Search.



The browser lets users point the camera in their phones at objects of interest and get relevant information, product prices and more, right on their handset. Mountain View, Calif.-based 23half, which makes the software, just announced that the app will be available for select Nokia Nseries phones, including the N73, N73ME, N95 and N95-3. It's also supported on a number of Sony Ericsson models.




winbeta.org - 24.10.2007

Nokia Beats Apple in Smartphone Shipments Worldwide

With the recent squabbling over the Motorola Droid's status as the next potential "iPhone killer, one could assume Apple has become the competitor to beat in the smartphone marketplace. But while countless reviewers try to measure the relative "cool" factor of these high profile gadgets, Nokia has been managing quite well on its own worldwide, continuing its lead in the sector with 37.9 percent of the market share in the third quarter of this year, according to research firm IDC. The next closest competitors are Research in Motion, makers of the Blackberry, with 19 percent market share and Apple with 17.1 percent based on shipment volume worldwide.

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neowin.net - 08.11.2009

Funny N95 vs. iPhone videos

These 2 videos, from the lads at symbian-guru.com and intomobile.com, highlights, in a funny way, some of the reasons why the N95 might be considered superior to the iPhone.




winbeta.org - 27.06.2007

Rumour: Apple readying Verizon iPhone?

The Apple rumour mill is buzzing amid growing speculation that Apple are looking to bring the iPhone to Verizon Wireless by the end of 2009. Although it is thought that their current deal with US iPhone exclusivity holder AT&T runs until 2010, recent job postings requiring prior CDMA experience (which both Verizon and Sprint use) would suggest Apple is certainly keeping future opportunities wide open. Such a move would definitely provide a substantially larger consumer base, with many people unable to commit to AT&T due to contract restrictions. With Sprint having locked up Palm Pre rights until 2010, Verizon will be keen to pursue any possible iPhone deal.

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neowin.net - 24.02.2009