JAKARTA, Indonesia – It’s almost a year to the day that we first reported on an intriguing new service called Nokia Life Tools. Piloted and then officially debuting in India, Life Tools was designed to help improve the livelihood and lives of farmers, students and many people in more remote and rural areas in emerging market countries. It does this by offering easily accessible and up-to-date crop prices, education tools and entertainment packages, delivering this valuable information on a simple SMS backbone. Hence we’re excited to see Nokia Life Tools announced for Indonesia, where it has been keenly tailored towards its people’s needs.
Read on to find out more, see photos of folk using the service, and as always, share your comments below.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Nokia 1280 doesn’t look unusual, but it certainly is unique and quite special. This time last year we brought you news of the Nokia 1202 for India, a 25 Euro phone that sparked a heap of great comments when we first unveiled it at the tail end of 2008. Now, today sees the launch of a device that shaves 20 percent off that price tag, with the announcement of the first 20 Euro handset in the form of the Nokia 1280 – Nokia’s cheapest ever phone. One stride closer to the reality of a 5 Euro phone? The concept doesn’t seem so far fetched. Read on to find out more about the new 1280, and scribble down your thoughts in the comments section below.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Five new devices launched today breaking new ground in ways you’d never have imagined. Coming in at just €20 comes Nokia’s most affordable device to date, the Nokia 1280. Alongside it, and launching in the new year, come four other devices designed to appeal to mobile users across the globe, but with emerging markets firmly within their sites. What’s more, these new devices boast an impressive range of features that not only make them appealing but deliver real relevance where it matters. MP3 grade ringtones, speaking clocks, flashlights, FM radio and hands free calling might sound like trivial features to those of us used to playing with high end smart phones, but in developing countries these things matter. Hugely. What’s more they’re appearing in a range of five new devices where the most expensive one will cross the tills for €54. Read on to find out what all the fuss is about. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – He’s probably the busiest person at Nokia right now, but we managed to snatch a few minutes with the man responsible for games at Nokia yesterday. With the backdrop of last week’s news about the move for Ovi Store to become the new home for games at Nokia, Mark spoke quite candidly about the move, and let slip a couple of treats we have coming up – and no, the touch version of Dance Fabulous isn’t one of them (even though that is incoming on Ovi Store). Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – The votes have been counted and as ever you’ve not been shy in coming forward with your responses. Hundreds of you voted on last week’s poll asking how many apps you’re running on your current device. As ever things aren’t as straightforward as they seem and the question could be interpreted a number of ways. More on that later, meanwhile get the results after the jump. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – As N-Gage begins its transition to the heaven for mobile gaming platforms, a new home is emerging with a whole host of treats lined up. Ovi Store has been sporting an ever increasing range of games since its launch and now that’s set to accelerate further as it picks up the gaming torch from N-Gage. Moving mobile gaming to one central home alongside apps and other content makes complete sense to me and I’m looking forward to seeing what it brings for users. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – Every day the folks over at MyDailyApp.com highlight a great new addition to the Ovi Store. And after another week of entertaining, innovative and downright clever apps, we’ve pulled out a trio of unsung heroes that are all about productivity. We’re always on the lookout for more effective ways of using our favourite handset, so it’s no surprise that SMSAutoReply appealed. For text-heavy users, a long meeting or driving trip can leave you with a pile of unanswered messages in your inbox. Read on to find out how SMSAutoReply helps you stay in touch. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – Another week, another opportunity to win a Nokia N900. Kicking off the ‘Offline as it happens’ campaign are four hilarious (well, I think so) videos of things happening when the luckless chap in the starring role isn’t paying attention. The basic premise being, if only he’d used his Nokia to keep him informed of what was going on, he wouldn’t have missed out on so much. Nokia is looking for you to tell your story of what heppened ‘offline’. You can submit your story on Nokia’s YouTube channel and the winning entry will nab an N900. There’s also a chance the winning entry could be made into the next video in the series.
GLOBAL – With myriad devices to choose from, selecting my top three favourites was never going to be easy. My relationship with Nokia devices is a long one, and there’s no shortage of highlights from it. There’s a few lowlights too, but most of those I’ve forgotten about now. My first Nokia smartphone (pre mobile computers) was the Nokia N91. Four big burly gigabytes of storage (you could hear it whirring, sometimes) and a metal case so solid, in some countries it could be considered an offensive weapon. It was a music device, and I loved it. But it didn’t make my top three. Read on to find out what did. Continue reading>>
GLOBAL – This week Ovi Store snagged an update which saw a much improved search and the ability to redownload premium content for the device it was bought on. That got us thinking, how many apps have you folks downloaded and installed on your device? Be an interesting thing to work out. It’s a pretty simple question, until you start thinking about it. I’m not actually sure what the answer is (I updated the software on my E71 recently and wiped a bunch of good, but simple apps, I had on there). Right now it contains three apps, though there are two others missing which I definitely need to replace (when I get time) as I relied on them. But I know I’ve downloaded more than that. So perhaps we need some guidelines for the voting. The question relates only to your current device, and apps that are currently installed on that device. For the community, it’d be awesome if you share the device model you use and the apps you’ve downloaded in the comments below. Happy voting!
JAKARTA, Indonesia – It’s almost a year to the day that we first reported on an intriguing new service called Nokia Life Tools. Piloted and then officially debuting in India, Life Tools was designed to help improve the livelihood and lives of farmers, students and many people in more remote and rural areas in emerging market countries. It does this by offering easily accessible and up-to-date crop prices, education tools and entertainment packages, delivering this valuable information on a simple SMS backbone. Hence we’re excited to see Nokia Life Tools announced for Indonesia, where it has been keenly tailored towards its people’s needs.
JAKARTA, Indonesia – The Nokia 1280 doesn’t look unusual, but it certainly is unique and quite special. This time last year we brought you news of the 
JAKARTA, Indonesia – Five new devices launched today breaking new ground in ways you’d never have imagined. Coming in at just €20 comes Nokia’s most affordable device to date, the Nokia 1280. Alongside it, and launching in the new year, come four other devices designed to appeal to mobile users across the globe, but with emerging markets firmly within their sites. What’s more, these new devices boast an impressive range of features that not only make them appealing but deliver real relevance where it matters. MP3 grade ringtones, speaking clocks, flashlights, FM radio and hands free calling might sound like trivial features to those of us used to playing with high end smart phones, but in developing countries these things matter. Hugely. What’s more they’re appearing in a range of five new devices where the most expensive one will cross the tills for €54. Read on to find out what all the fuss is about.
GLOBAL – He’s probably the busiest person at Nokia right now, but we managed to snatch a few minutes with the man responsible for games at Nokia yesterday. With the backdrop of last week’s news about the move for 
GLOBAL – The votes have been counted and as ever you’ve not been shy in coming forward with your responses. Hundreds of you voted on last week’s poll asking 
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