Nokia E5 revealed Tweet

GLOBAL – Today sees the unearthing of the Nokia E5, the latest addition to the Eseries stable, taking the best of the Nokia E71 and E72 and making something even better. Before we go through the raft of tasty features on board the Nokia E5, we should ponder on the battery life. 18 hours and 30 minutes talk time (in GSM mode). 29 days standby time. Yep, you read that right. The Nokia E5 is for perfect for anyone who doesn’t like charging their phone. Too often.

Packing the latest version of S60 3rd edition, the Nokia E5 boasts a suite of homescreen features including one-touch access to your favourite contacts, and your favourite social networks. It also boasts Facebook updates direct to your contacts list, so you can always see what your friends are up to and, as it packs the latest version of Nokia Messaging, you get full Instant Messaging functionality too.

Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation is on board, as is Ovi Store and with Nokia Messaging comes access to email on the go with support for multiple email accounts, including popular mail services such as Ovi Mail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, Windows Live Hotmail and for the business folk, Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.

The Nokia E5’s screen is a 2.4-inch affair which is perfect for showing off snaps taken with the 5-megapixel camera. Below the screen comes two hot keys and dedicated buttons for both the homescreen and messaging and call start/answer and end buttons, the latter doubling as the on off button – like the C3.

Like the Nokia E71 and E72 before it, the Nokia E5 is a tidy little number with similar dimensions, though the E5 is approximately 2mm chubbier than it’s predecessors. On the plus side, it weighs in a whole 2 grams lighter than the E72. Before you say boo, though, did we mention the no-need-t0-charge-me-I-still-have-plenty-left battery life? Storage is taken care of with 250MB of on-board memory and support for up to 16GB on microSD.

Still looking for more? Go on then. The Nokia E5 comes in five mouth-watering colours – Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown and Silver Gray.

The Nokia E5 is estimated to cost €180 before taxes and subsidies and is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2010.

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Nokia C3 Tweet

Designed to put messaging and social networking in the palm of your hand this tiny tyke comes packing access to your favourite Instant Messaging, social networking and email accounts, all courtesy of Nokia Messaging.

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Social networking and messaging brought to life with the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 Tweet

Espoo, Finland - Nokia has announced three new handsets - the Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 - designed to put better messaging and social networking tools in the hands of more people around the world, at affordable prices. These new handsets feature full QWERTY keyboards, and enable access to a range of different email accounts, IM communities and social networks.

"Our messaging device range is very successful," said Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia's Head of Markets. "Services that provide easy access to the world's consumer and corporate email and instant messaging are really popular on our QWERTY smartphones such as the Nokia E71 and Nokia E63. People want the best messaging and social networking experience on an affordable device, whether it's sending a simple text or instant message, an email, or a direct message from their Twitter account. The Nokia C3, Nokia C6 and Nokia E5 are made for just that."

The Nokia C3 is the first device to bring a full QWERTY keyboard to the world's most popular mobile phone platform - Series 40 - and is the first in the range to enable access to social networks directly on the homescreen. People can view, comment, update their status and share pictures to their favorite social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.

At an estimated price of EUR 90, before taxes and subsidies, the Nokia C3 also comes with Ovi Mail and Ovi Chat, meaning first time users can set up email and chat accounts straight from the device, without the need for a PC. Other notable features are the Wi-Fi connectivity, a two megapixel camera, rich color 2.4 inch screen and support for up to an 8GB memory card. The Nokia C3 is expected to be available in the second quarter of 2010 in a variety of appealing colors, including golden white, slate grey and hot pink.

The Nokia C6 is a Symbian-based smartphone combining the benefits of a 3.2 inch touch screen with a full slide out keyboard. The large screen provides a great Internet experience, as well as offering access to Facebook feeds directly on the homescreen. A full suite of email and social networking capabilities means the Nokia C6 is perfect for people who want to stay up to date while on the go.

Expected to be available in the second quarter of 2010 at an estimated price of EUR 220, before taxes and subsidies, the Nokia C6 has an impressive feature set including a high quality five megapixel camera with autofocus and flash, and Ovi Maps with free walk and drive navigation. In addition, thousands of apps - from games and videos to news aggregators and web services - are available in the Ovi Store.

Rounding off the trio is the latest addition to the Nokia Eseries range, the Nokia E5. Designed for those that want to be productive in both their professional and personal lives, the Symbian-based Nokia E5 follows the successful blueprint of devices such as the Nokia E72 and Nokia E63. The Nokia E5 combines high quality business features with all of the personal networking and entertainment capabilities that a busy professional expects from a smartphone.

The Nokia E5 is perfect for managing busy schedules with a variety of productivity applications available in the Ovi Store. And with direct access to over 90 percent of the world's corporate email through Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, it's easy to keep in contact from anywhere.

Estimated price of the Nokia E5 is EUR 180, before taxes and subsidies, with expected availability in the third quarter of 2010.

For more information, visit www.nokia.com/press.

About Nokia
At Nokia, we are committed to connecting people. We combine advanced technology with personalized services that enable people to stay close to what matters to them. Every day, more than 1.2 billion people connect to one another with a Nokia device - from mobile phones to advanced smartphones and high-performance mobile computers. Today, Nokia is integrating its devices with innovative services through Ovi (www.ovi.com), including music, maps, apps, email and more. Nokia's NAVTEQ is a leader in comprehensive digital mapping and navigation services, while Nokia Siemens Networks provides equipment, services and solutions for communications networks globally.

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Nokia Messaging takes off Tweet

GLOBAL – Three brand new messaging devices landed today, each one packing finger-tapping-friendly QWERTY keyboards and enough social connections to make Hitch look like a pariah. Together with the latest Nokia services these devices deliver a brilliant messaging package at a pretty powerful price. Nokia Messaging brings together a pretty compelling communications package too, with support for up to 10 email accounts, support for major email vendors, including business email through Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Notes Traveller and support for major Instant Messaging accounts, as well.

Beyond that come the little touches – Facebook updates on your homescreen or in your contacts book, instant one-touch access to your favourite contacts and the ability to easily (and quickly) update your status or share a picture online.

Today’s announcements also bring with them some pretty cool firsts. The Nokia C3 is the first Series 40 device to sport a full QWERTY keyboard and it’s at a price that’s pretty jaw-dropping. The Nokia E5 sports some stupendously long battery life whilst the Nokia C6 brings together the best of touchscreen and keyboard in one device. All three sport WiFi as well.

The one constant across all three devices, and now also across both Cseries and Eseries is Nokia Messaging. Having grown from humble beginnings, the service has evolved and matured to offer a range of services now covering email, and Instant Messaging. The arrival of the C3 though signals the shift of messaging into the hands of a much wider group of people. Once again, bringing smartphone style functionality into more entry level devices.

It makes the future pretty exciting, in my book. What do you think?

Nokia E5


Nokia C3

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MeeGo community looking swell already Tweet

GLOBAL – MeeGo has barely left the starting blocks and already the community is itching to get going. Last month saw news of the first MeeGo code being opened up to the development community and today The Linux Foundation have announced the line up of initial participants. And it makes for an interesting list, too, crossing product boundaries as easily as MeeGo itself is designed to do. Read on after the jump to see who’s on board.

From chipset makers to software developers the initial list of MeeGo participants is as extensive as it is exciting. Initial organisations include Acer, Amino, Asianux, Asus, BMW Group, Collabora, Ltd., CS2C, DeviceVM, EA Mobile, Gameloft, Hancom, Linpus, Maemo Community Council, Mandriva, Metasys, Miracle, MontaVista Software, Novell, PixArt, Red Flag, ST-Ericsson, Tencent, TurboLinux, VietSoftware, Wind River, WTEC, and Xandros.

The first release of MeeGo is expected as early as the second quarter of this year, according to the Linux Foundation website, though how far beyond that before we see actual product is still open. What is clear though is that the approach of creating an operating system that crosses different devices is looking like it could be working. With brands such as BMW on board, alongside hardware manufacturers such as Acer, Asus and of course Nokia, not to mention the many software vendors, the future of MeeGo is already looking very promising.

Commenting on the initial list, Jim Zemlin, executive director at The Linux Foundation said:

“The MeeGo project is being met with enthusiastic support from companies and developers who want to seize the market opportunity that exists for the next-generation of computing devices. By working with a common set of tools and open technologies for building these devices, MeeGo developers will be able to easily reach the biggest addressable market available.”

Intel’s Imad Sousou, co-chairman of the MeeGo Technical Steering Committee and Nokia’s Ari Jaaksi, vice president of MeeGo Devices, will deliver keynotes at this week’s Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit on April 14, 2010. Check out The Linux Foundation website for more information about the Summit program.

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NASDAQ OMX and the Consumer Electronics Association Introduce the NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index Tweet

NEW YORK -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!ndaq/quotes/nls/ndaq (NDAQ 22.04, +0.13, +0.59%) and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)(R) announced today the introduction of the NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone IndexSM (Nasdaq:QFON), a new benchmark for the telecommunications sector focused on wireless, mobile devices with advanced communications functionality. The NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index is a modified market-capitalization index and includes companies that are primarily involved in the building, design and distribution of handsets, hardware, software, and mobile networks associated with the development, sale and usage of smartphones.

"This index brings sharper focus to an industry that is transforming the world's ability to communicate, work, and interact with each other," said NASDAQ OMX Executive Vice President John Jacobs. "Investors, thanks to this index, can now easily track companies that are working diligently to combine the benefits of the phone and computer in a single device."

"The consumer electronics industry is known for innovation in technology, and we are delighted to work with NASDAQ OMX to bring new innovation to financial products," Shawn DuBravac, chief economist and director of research at CEA. "Smartphones represent the fastest growing segment of the wireless industry, and the ability to track this sector through an index provides a great new tool to investors."

The NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index is currently comprised of 84 companies that are screened by the Consumer Electronics Association, including Apple Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!aapl/quotes/nls/aapl (AAPL 242.25, -0.04, -0.02%) , Google Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!goog/quotes/nls/goog (GOOG 572.73, +0.67, +0.12%) and Research in Motion Limited /quotes/comstock/15*!rimm/quotes/nls/rimm (RIMM 70.54, +0.04, +0.06%) . To view all the the companies in the NASDAQOMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index, visit our website www.nasdaqomx.com/indexes.

The NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index is the latest in the line of technology themed indexes created by NASDAQ OMX. NASDAQ OMX is leading the way in creating indexes designed to help the investment community track the technology companies that are shaping the way people interact with the world.

The NASDAQ OMX(R) CEA(R) Smartphone Index is calculated in real-time across the combined exchanges and is disseminated by NASDAQ OMX in U.S. Dollars. The Index commenced calculation today with a value of 250.00.

NASDAQ OMX is a global leader in creating and licensing strategy indexes and is home to the most widely watched indexes in the world. As a premier, full-service provider, the NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group is dedicated to designing powerful indexes that are in sync with a continually changing market environment. Utilizing its expanded coverage as a global company, NASDAQ OMX has more than 1,400 diverse equity, commodity and fixed-income indexes in the U.S., Europe, and throughout the world.

NASDAQ OMX's calculation, licensing and marketing support provide the tools to measure and replicate global markets. The NASDAQ OMX Global Index Group's range of services covers the entire business process from index design to calculation and dissemination. For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes, visit https://www.nasdaqomx.com/indexes/.

Access to essential historical index data for NASDAQ OMX indexes can be accessed from a single source, NASDAQ OMX Global Index Watch. For additional information, please visit https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/indexwatch.aspx.

About NASDAQ OMX

The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services across six continents, with approximately 3,700 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.

About Consumer Electronics Association

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) is the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the $165 billion U.S. consumer electronics industry. More than 2,000 companies enjoy the benefits of CEA membership, including legislative advocacy, market research, technical training and education, industry promotion, standards development and the fostering of business and strategic relationships. CEA also sponsors and manages the International CES -- The Global Stage for Innovation. All profits from CES are reinvested into CEA's industry services. Find CEA online at www.CE.org

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[Smartfon] Of blackBerry Of pearl 9105 with the digital keyboard on the photo Tweet

We already wrote about the fact that in new [smartfona] Of blackBerry Of pearl 9100 there can be the version with digital keyboard (T9). This model, supposedly, is called BlackBerry Of pearl 9105. And the photograph of this device here now appeared. It is more precise, on it is depicted [smartfon] Of blackBerry Of pearl 9100 with the keyboard Of suretype, Google Of nexus Of one, and also BlackBerry Of pearl 9105 s T9. Last model is very similar to the image- mock-up, which has already been published earlier.

Is assumed that BlackBerry Of pearl 9105 supports honeycomb connection 3G and it is equipped with display with the permission of 360x400 of points, 3,2-[Mp] by camera, Wi-Fi adapter, GPS by receiver and by slot for the maps of the memory of the size of microSD. Between the keyboard and the display is located optical [trekpad]. The release Of blackBerry Of pearl 9105 is expected in May - June, although very company Of research In Of motion of official declaration yet did not make. Let us recall, according to the preliminary data, will be even BlackBerry Of pearl 9100 s OF QWERTY the keyboard

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