GLOBAL – The honeymoon period you experience when you first get hold of a new device can often be filled with mini epiphanies and moments of adventurer’s delight (or in few cases, knuckle-biting despair), and in the case of the Nokia N900 the former is most certainly proving to be the case. It would seem I’m currently caught on a journey similar to that of Matthew Miller from NokiaExperts.com, who quite simply reports “the more I play with the device the more impressed I get”. I concur. Now, there’s a lovely logic about this, as one of the main things that’s most exciting about the upcoming N900 is the community aspect and vast scope of possibilities that an open source Maemo platform offers, both in terms of rapid distribution of innovative developments and the noble eagerness associated with sharing fresh treasures of information to help your fellow peer. It’s fair to say the N900 is designed to get better the more you use it.
With that in mind, Matthew recently highlighted a number of smart keyboard tips and lesser-known tricks, brought to our attention via the ever-quick-to-share Guru at Maemo-Guru.com, even prior to its launch. A great sign of things to come no doubt. So in the spirit of this fledgling community, read on to find out more about the N900’s QWERTY keyboard shortcuts, and to share your thoughts on what it might mean to how you might behave with the N900.
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GLOBAL – The resurgence of QWERTY interfaces in tandem with touchscreen trends sparked us to ask you the question, “What’s your perfect mobile input interface?”. We kick-started this poll at the beginning of the week (it’s still open, so if you haven’t already, vote now!) and already hundreds of you have voted. Granted it’s early days but there’s one clear front-runner – the pairing of touchscreen and QWERTY, as found on the upcoming Nokia N97 (watch making of the N97 video).
Which mobile input method do you think is sitting in second place? Read on to discover where dedicated touchscreens, QWERTY keyboards, numeric keypads and other input methods rank at the moment.
You might be surprised to find out…
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GLOBAL – Some thought the proliferation of touchscreen phones, such as the Nokia 5800, would mark the demise of the trusty key-push QWERTY keypad. Nothing could be further from the truth, with QWERTY input interfaces proving extremely relevant both on the starch-shirted end of the spectrum with the Nokia E71 and the low-slung-jeaned scene with the keenly awaited Nokia 5730 XpressMusic.
Of course your ideal method of communicating with your device entirely depends on what you need to achieve, but whether you’re purely a texter, or an all-calling, all-surfing, all app-downloading sort of user, we want to know what your ideal set-up is.
We’ve even spiced things up a bit on the poll front by adding in some video examples. Click through and click now to ensure your vote is counted.
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GLOBAL – In the past month, Nokia has launched four new devices in the XpressMusic range. Add to that the rolling thunder that is the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic and you have the makings of a strong range of music devices in various price points and shapes and sizes. Something to suit everyone.
Is this for real? Is this just a flash in the pan or is Nokia really jamming to the music?
In this article, we review Nokia’s history in music (check out the milestones) and make some points about XpressMusic and Comes With Music. We hope to show that Nokia is sitting in the sweet-spot of devices, services, and customer desires, suggesting a tipping-point for the whole music industry.
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GLOBAL – The new Nokia 5730 XpressMusic has refused to follow the predictable path, instead introducing a marvelous misfit element to the XpressMusic range courtesy of its slide-out full QWERTY keyboard. Combining the ultimate quick messaging interface with an avalanche of social, sharing and on-the-go entertainment services, it’s clear that Nokia threw out the cookie cutter when creating the new Nokia 5730 XpressMusic.
Read on to get the full lowdown on the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, including details on it’s premium gaming credentials, its price tag and when it’s slated to ship.
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BARCELONA, Spain – Both the Nokia E75 and the E55 come with new or updated form-factors and materials. Valtteri Eroma is a driving force in making such design decisions as he heads the design team for all Eseries products.
I asked him to tell us about Eseries design, Nokia’s innovations in phone keyboards, and some special aspects of the E55.
To hear what he said, check out the video below.
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GLOBAL – Surely invisible interfaces that rely on our instincts, rather than pre-meditated physical interactions, are the holy grail when it comes to engaging with devices. Wouldn’t you agree? Okay, so we’re some way off that at the moment, although many would argue that we’re so well practiced at texting, inputing info and navigating menus that it’s second nature. But that’s the easy answer, and not the innovation-hungry attitude that’s required to push us to the next level when it comes to behaving unconsciously with mobile technology. Pushing this angle Nuance Communications has been announced as a company that will be working alongside Nokia on next generation predictive text and mobile interface solutions.
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