GLOBAL – Since this morning’s arrival of the new Nokia 5630 XpressMusic, we’ve been lucky enough to get hands-on with the slimline feature-laden handset.
The clip is currently sat in our ‘recent videos’ box, over to the right, so make sure you click on it for an up-close preview of the interface, and see the smart new contacts bar on the homescreen in action.
We’ve also embedded the video in this article after the jump, so you’ll be able to find it easily when it drops off the recent videos slot. Hit play!
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HELSINKI, Finland – Nokia Locate Sensor has rapidly established itself as one of the most talked-about developments in the mobile realm. We’ve been lucky enough to get hold of a new video from the Nokia Research Center showcasing indoor positioning and Nokia Locate Sensor in action, as well as get info on the trials that are being currently being carried out.
Click through for more info on NRC’s indoor positioning solution and to see it in the wild.
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GLOBAL – First shown at the Nokia World Conference in Barcelona last month, the Days of Change video is now available on our YouTube channel. Pulling out plenty of key moments from the evolution of communication, the video is packed with moving visuals of our history and where we’ve come from. The telegram, the Model T, the first TV, the introduction of consumer electronics, airliners, space rockets and satellites all feature to tell a story that might just make you think a little wider about both where we’ve come from, and where we might be going.
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LONDON, UK – When you anticipate a device, you often envisage how you will use it, and believe that it’s new features will adjust the way you will behave. Take the N97. I see it being the real breakthrough device for me to begin seriously using email on the move. Something I imagined i’d do when I first got my N95 a couple of years ago. But it didn’t happen.
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BARCELONA, Spain – Last week Nokia World was awash with heavyweight announcements such as the N97 and Maps on Ovi. While these rightfully stole the limelight there were a bunch of interesting developments buzzing beneath the radar, such as the Nokia Supernova Theme Coloriser application demoed for us on the 7610.
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BARCELONA, Spain – With the N97 changing things for Ngage through the introduction of new kinds of games and technologies, next year promises to be pretty exciting. But that isn’t all for Ngage. Jaakko Kaidesoja, VP of games gave us a little insight into what we might see from Ngage in the future. Context is king in that location is going to play a much bigger part in gaming in the future. Music too will have tighter integration and Jaakko’s team are already in the process of developing new music based initiatives. We’ll have another video with Jaakko later on, but for now here’s his view of what we can expect to see in 2009.
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BARCELONA, Spain – I was able to whip up a video of an N97 in action (below), with some screen movement going on to give you an idea of some of the things the device can do.
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LONDON, England – The other day we caught up with Ken Banks from kiwanja.net. On something of a high from the news of receiving a $400,000 grant from the Hewlett foundation, Ken gave us the lowdown on his plans for FrontlineSMS, the software designed to connect rural organisations with participants through SMS.
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GLOBAL – Towards the tail-end of last week I posted a short piece about Comes With Music’s first steps in the UK, and since then I’ve chatted more about Nokia’s new music service with fellow Conversations writers James and Charlie, triggering some interesting debates (and arguments) that we’ll be exploring openly right here over the coming weeks.
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ESPOO, Finland – Yesterday we woke up to news of the E63 emerging from the shadows, adding a splash of colour to the Eseries stable and shaking things up a little with its low-cost-feature-heavy social network leanings.
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