You really better not cross with the Germans. After the much heated, much publicized outcry in Germany when Nokia closed its plant in the country and laid off 2,300 people, you’d think it’ll all level off when the politicians took to boycotting the mobile phone brand. Well, guess what, it’s far from over. Hostile public smashing of Nokia devices aren’t enough, it seems the web master for the Nokia Germany web site has also leaked the specs for the Nokia N96. Here they are:

• Quadband EDGE
• Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz
• DVB-H Class C
• 92 cc volume
• 125 gram weight
• 103 x 55 x 18 mm
• 16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot; 24 GB total if you spend an extra $80
• 950 mAh battery
• 6.1 cm (2.8 inch) 320×240 display with 16 million colors
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• WiFi (802.11b/g)
• AGPS
• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that also does VGA video recording at 30 FPS, Dual LED flash that can also be used when video recording!
• S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)
• microUSB

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During the CES 2008 Convention, people were notified of the release of a hot red version of the popular Nokia N95. In Japan, Softbank customers are also promised a red handset under the name Softbank X02NK. We’re finally seeing the handset in the flesh (or plastic), as the model which scorches you raw as a hot day out having summer barbecue is finally available to US customers. The catch — there’ll only be 5,000 red N95 handsets available for the first quarter of 2008. Eviiiilll! They’ll do anything to get a “limited edition” tag on a handset, won’t they? If you’re interested (as I am), the bright-red Nokia N95 will be available for US$599.

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The Nokia E51 was designed with business professionals in mind. This means that Nokia wants to optimize it for the working environment. Knowing that cameras are prohibited in certain workplaces, Nokia opted to strip the camera from the phone altogether. The cameraless Nokia E51 costs around US$360, which is more than what the camera-toting E51 costs. Hey, stripping those cameras off the handsets should cost something right? We reckon we’ll be seeing the price go down soon enough.

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Nokia N82 is now officially available in black! The original N82 didn’t look half-bad, but frankly, this color looks better — N82 now exudes elegance. If you’ve forgotten, the N82 sports a a 240×320 resolution screen with 16 million colors, a 5-megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss lens, and 20x digital zoom. It has built-in GPS, quad-band GSM, FM radio, and TV-out jack. Shipping starts on February 12,which means it might be presented during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week.

The black Nokia N82 will sell for US$629 only in the USA.

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Remember N-Gage? The least involved of us barely do since Nokia has kept pushing the first access back. Last Tuesday, Nokia has finally launched the N-Gage to N81 users before rolling the service out to its other handset models. Other than the N-Gage, Nokia has also launched its media sharing site, “Share on Ovi,” which allows users to share videos and photos.

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Mobile phone company giant, Nokia, has announced the newest addition to their line of handsets, the Nokia 3120 Classic. The Nokia 3120 Classic is a stripped down model with basic functionalities. This includes 3G capability, web browsing, email, and music download. The Nokia 3120 Classic features a tactile 2-inch QVGA display, 2-megapixel camera, music player with 4GB memory, and a range of colors: plum/powder white, chestnut brown, deep red, and graphite. The Nokia 3120 Classic costs US$220 sans taxes.

Download the Nokia 3120 Classic data sheet in this page for more info about the Nokia 3120 Classic.

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Still another Valentine offering by AT&T is the Nokia 6085 in (baby) pink! Looking like a little girl’s toy phone in pink, the Nokia 6085 is a camera phone with multimedia and video recording capabilities. The VGA camera boasts 4x optical zoom. It also features stereo Bluetooth functionality and preloaded Java demo games and applications. Buy online and you’ll get the Nokia 6085 for free after a US$49.99 rebate upon 2-year subscription.

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It’s been widespread in various blogs around the sphere: Nokia is prepping the new Symbian technology to give Steve a run for his money. The technology called the Symbian S60 Touch software is Nokia’s hope into dethroning the Jesus phone. According to rumors, the software features fully customizable themes and wallpapers, social networking, and full web browsing like that in the iPhone. Speculations abound that the Symbian S60 Touch software will be showcased in next week’s Mobile World Congress. We can’t wait!

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Coutesy of AT&T, we’re seeing a new color of the Nokia 6555. From the classic black, the new Nokia 6555 is in sand color. The Nokia 6555 features 1.3 camera with 6x zoom, music player, Bluetooth, video streaming, and 3G capability. The Nokia 6555 still costs US$49.99 after a mail in rebate. Check out the specs of the Nokia 6555 here.

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Nokia prepares for the release of its flagship handset, the Nokia N95 in Japan as Softbank X02NK. If you’ve forgotten what the N95 is, the dual-slide smartphone features 2.6-inch QVGA TFT display, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and auto-focus. It has built-in media player and bluetooth and internet connectivity. The projected release date of the Softbank X02NK is after April of 2008. It will be available in white, red, and blue.

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Other than acquiring Trolltech, Nokia has made another big announcement. Nokia has always been an environment-conscious company and it has reinforced its green reputation by joining the WWF Climate Savers program. The company aims to reduce carbon dioxide emissions as well as improving their energy efficiency by halving stand-by energies utilized by chargers when not in use. This move is in part of Nokia’s Climate Change Strategy. This might mean more “green” patents to come. It’ll be very interesting what Nokia would come up with to comply with their joining the WWF Climate Savers program.

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Whoa, this is news! Nokia announced that they have agreed to acquire Trolltech ASA, the Oslo-based company behind Qt technology as well as the Qtopia Greenphone. Citing that Trolltech’s “talented team will play an important role in accelerating the implementation of Nokia’s software strategy,” Nokia will offer Norwegian Krone (NOK) 16, or about US $2.93, per share in cash. Boardmembers and Trolltech shareholders have undertaken to accept the offer.

Nokia is aiming to boost its cross-platform layers such as the Web runtime, Flash, Java and Open C. Trolltech products will continue to receive support. Qtopia has made its appearance in mobile handsets, video phones, set-top boxes as well as media players, while Qt is in use in Skype, Google Earth and Adobe Photoshop Elements.

This is an interesting move from Nokia. We’ll have to wait and see if there is going to be an impact on the Symbian ecosystem, of which Nokia holds a 47.9% share.

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Nokia has unveiled the latest addition to the Prism Collection — the Nokia 7900. True to its line, the 7900 incorporates the geometric patterns in design, signature to the Nokia Prism Collection line. The handset was made in collaboration with Frédérique Daubal, a French designer. It features diamond-cut patterns with a crystal center key. It also boasts an OLED display, various wallpapers and accessories made specifically for it, a unique aluminum back cover, 1GB internal memory, 3G connectivity, 2 megapixel camera and a choice among the 49 colors available for the keymat. The Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism has a price tag of US$544 not counting the taxes.

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Nokia has announced two new models, the Nokia 2600 Classic and the Nokia 1209. These two entry-level models are targeted at emerging markets.

The Nokia 2600 Classic supports MP3 ringtones and can be customized to user’s whims with Nokia’s vivid, fully changeable Xpress-On covers. It supports up to a 1000 phone book entries with support for SMS, MMS, and email via GPRS. It sports a 56K color TFT with a resolution of 128×160 pixels and a 5-way navigation key for extended durability. Other remarkable features are Java support, FM radio, a VGA camera which can record video at 640×480 pixels, support for 80 languages, and an expense manager. The Nokia 2600 Classic is already available at approximately $94.

The Nokia 1209 on the other hand is aimed at first-time cell phone buyers with features such as prepaid tracker, cost management applications, and multiple phones, allowing up to five users to use the same cell phone with up to 200 entries per phone book. This is in response to a recent survey conducted by the Finnish manufacturer in countries such as India, China, and Brazil. The Nokia 1209 will be available during the second quarter of 2008 at a low price of around $50.

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Another day, another item on the FCC roll. The one we are talking about here is the Nokia RM-358, a 3G music slider that just cleared the customs, also going by the more popular name of 5610 of the Finnish giant’s XpressMusic family. Specifications, you ask?

*Network: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and UMTS 850/2100
*Operating System: Symbian Series 40 Edition
*Display: 2.2 inch TFT, 16 million colors, 240 x 320 pixels
*Memory: 20MB internal with expansion via TransFlash microSD up to 4GB
*Camera: 3.15-megapixel with secondary VGA for video-calling
*Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR and USB 2.0
*FM Radio with music player with dedicated music buttons
*Battery: Li-ion 900 mAh
*Weight: 111 grams
*Dimensions: 98.5 x 48.5 x 17 mm

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Remember that news about Finnish mobile phone company, Nokia, fleeing out of Germany? During that time, reports indicate that the company and the leaders of the 2,300 erstwhile workers who suddenly saw themselves jobless were arranging an amicable settlement. Amicable would be the last word I can use for what’s happening right now. The Germans are enraged, accusing Nokia of “caravan capitalism,” and going so far as to vowing to replace their Nokia handsets.

Union leaders called for Nokia products boycott and politicians jumped on the bandwagon–Social Democrats head, Peter Struck, and Horst Seehofer, Consumer and Agriculture Minister, are reportedly replacing their Nokia handsets. Nokia’s decision to leave Germany would apparently strike a blow to the country’s telecommunications sector.

Outside the Nokia plant in Bochum Germany, a crying worker named Patsiou Dimitva was spotted saying, “All our hope has died. Only a miracle can help us now but I don’t think there will be any.”

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Earlier today, Nokia announced that the Nokia N95 8GB as the first ever phone to receive Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) certification. This important because of the fact that Nokia, with its user-friendliness mantra, has now received the nod from DLNA, a body advocating the interoperability of wired and wireless consumer devices.For the consumer, this accolade translates into convenient and intuitive connectivity between your DLNA Certified home electronics devices, personal computers, and your Nokia N95 8GB.

DLNA technology allows multiple consumer electronic devices to be connected to a common platform for a variety of multimedia experiences. DLNA has certified the Nokia N95 8GB as a Mobile Digital Media Server, an acknowledgment that taps into the genius of this multimedia computer. The extensive connectivity and cutting-edge media capabilities of the Nokia N95 8GB are ideal for enjoying content, such as music, photos or videos, wirelessly on other devices in the home environment.

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It’s a jolly jolly month indeed, for mobile phone lovers who also love to blog. Telewaving has developed a new WordPress application called “Wavelog” (yes, yes, the pun kills me!) which lets you post entries on your WordPress.com or self-hosted WordPress blogs via the Nokia N95. The application enables you to post text, upload audios, videos and images onto your blog using any network connection. If you’re currently in a dead spot, you can just save your entry as draft for a while until you get back your network coverage. A trial version for the Nokia N95 is available for free via the Telewaving web site, although using it will only let you post text entries. If you want to upload and post music, video and image files, however, you need to purchase the license for US$10, which isn’t so bad, considering you get to spend your idle time blogging instead of senseless daydreaming.

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Nokia has recently announced that they will be moving out of Germany for good. By moving out we meant Nokia is going to lay-off a massive 2,300 employees. The company said the move was due to market changes and the need for running a more cost-effective business. As such, Nokia is moving to lower-cost European neighboring countries. Aside from the cell phone plant itself, Nokia is also selling their automotive plant as well as a software research and development entity. As of current, Nokia is still negotiating with employee representatives to reach some kind of amicable settlement.

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Due to the iPhone’s success, the demand for touch phones by the consumer market has increased. Due to this, not only do copycats try to mimic the iPhone but big corporations try to surpass its popularity. Nokia, however, promises to bring a new flavor to touch phones. Details about the Nokia S60 Touch were unearthed and what was discovered impresses us. The new patent indicates that the Nokia S60 Touch won’t even require you to actually touch the screen. The technology is designed so that the phone would recognize 3D gestures made in mid-air. Think “delete” when you gesture an “x” or “verify” when you gesture a “check.” The pic above features the list of gestures which could be used such as scroll, zoom, run, switch, copy, etcetera. As of current, it’s just a patent, so we don’t know if we’ll actually see it happen. But we’d like to remain optimistic and hope that we’d live to see the 3D gesture control multi-touch screen in our lifetime.

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