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| Wednesday, Aug 25 2004 Nokia to offer encryption tool By Patrick Nokia is working with Pointsec to develop an encryption tool for Nokia Series 60 and Series 80 devices. The software will be available beginning Q3 2004. The new Pointsec file encryption solution enables the encryption of any user data such as email, SMS and MMS messages, calendar and contacts as well as memory card data… Pointsec for Symbian OS also includes central management of security profiles, secure remote help and advanced data recovery in addition to third party device management support.
Tuesday, Aug 10 2004 In a move to counter Motorola’s recent deal with Apple, Nokia has partnered with Loudeye to develop a music download platform for mobile phones. Since Loudeye is a distributor of digital music rather than a retailer, it will focus on building a platform that other companies can use to sell music, just as its recent UK acquisition, On Demand Distribution (OD2), has done in the PC download arena… Loudeye will allow mobile networks to offer own-brand music download services without having to build one themselves.
Memory Stick Pro (High Speed) and Memory Stick Pro Duo (High Speed) cards will be available this fall, ranging in size from 256 MB to 2 GB, with the price for standard Memory Stick Pro media dropping accordingly. The price for the new high-speed media will range from about $100 USD for the 256 MB version to around $700 USD for the 2 GB version. The smaller Memory Stick PRO Duo (High Speed) cards will only scale to 1 GB, which will cost around $350 USD.
Coca-Cola will begin installing the new Cmo2 vending machine beginning September this year.
OutlookSMS from Microsoft The launch of the first integrated e-mail and SMS text messaging fully certified by Microsoft will help businesses save time and money on both their phone bills and also on the management of field based personnel. The new software package, called OutlookSMS, allows users to send and receive mobile phone text messages directly from e-mail packages including Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. In addition to integrated messaging, OutlookSMS also features a mobile phone location solution, which allows users to display the location of a handset to within 20m on a digital map on a PC within 30 seconds. The product however features comprehensive opt-in technology, which requires the mobile phone users to give permission to have their handset located. “OutlookSMS is fully accredited by Microsoft and is powered by Cisco. It integrates seamlessly with most common e-mail packages currently used by businesses. This means sending a text from a PC will be as easy as sending an e-mail and it will make SMS a reliable business communications tool which will give users full traceability of message receipt and delivery, Jeremy Bygrave, Mediaburst Director, adds. Product developer Mediaburst is also an IBM Partnerworld partner.
Nokia plans cellphone of future Nokia is marking a new direction in cell phone technologies, testing wireless mobile phone The company is also working to incorporate RFID, which stands for radio frequency identification, into cellphones. "RFID could be a real convenience booster," Yrjo Neuvo, Nokia's chief technology officer said. "It's two-way communication that can do much more than a bar code can do." Another part of the phone getting Nokia research attention is the screen. According to Tero Ojanpera, head of the Nokia Research Center, the screens "don't have to be rigid, either. They could be wearable, bendable, why not stretchable," depending on the materials. Ojanpera also mentioned much more distant technologies that could evolve out of mobile phones: a phone that uses infrared vision, or a phone that records and enhances the sounds or speech around you automatically. "So no more missed introductions at cocktail parties," he said.
Thursday, Aug 19 2004 This thing is not a mobile phone, but instead a “Communication Instrument". Nokia Vertu which was introduced way back in 2002, costs USD 30,000. According to China Radio International, the device will be available in Chengdu, China soon. Features: Comes in 5 choices: Platinum, 18 carat white gold, 18 carat yellow gold, stainless steel and gold, stainless steel
14 June, 2004 To make entering text on mobile phone applications ranging from calendar entries and notes to e-mail and text messaging faster and easier, Nokia today introduced the portable, practical Nokia Wireless Keyboard. Bluetooth technology connects this wireless full-QWERTY keyboard to the compatible phones based on the Series 60 platform, including the Nokia 7610 phone which began shipping this month, and the Nokia 6630, and Nokia 6260 phones, both announced today. The Nokia Wireless Keyboard is optimized for heavy use of text-based applications in the mobile phones and includes a full-QWERTY keyboard, four directional arrow keys and short cut keys to speed up access to the main terminal menu and messaging applications including SMS, email and more. The Nokia Wireless Keyboard is powered by two AAA batteries enabling an operating time of up to 50 hours, weighs only 190 grams and measures 262 x 87 x 13 mm when open and 133 x 87 x 19 mm when folded. The Nokia Wireless Keyboard is expected to be available in the European, Asia-Pacific and Americas markets during the fourth quarter 2004 at a retail price of approximately €135 excluding local taxes. Additionally, Nokia today also announced the Nokia Video Call Stand, Music Stand and Camera Flash. Nokia Video Call Stand is a stylish, adjustable stand with integrated video camera and built-in zoom. It makes the promise of 3G-network video telephony a reality when used with the Nokia 6630 smartphone. Nokia Music Stand offers good sound quality for compatible phones with a built-in FM radio or MP3 player. Other features include input for external audio devices, handsfree operation for conference calls and charging. The Nokia Music Stand is planned to be available during the fourth quarter of 2004, and expected to retail for approximately €70 excluding local taxes. Nokia Camera Flash is a lightweight, compact enhancement for Nokia 7610 or 6630 imaging phone. It attaches directly to the phone’s Pop-Port, so there are no cables or wires required. The flash has a separate battery and can flash up to 200 times when the battery is fully charged
Camera phones of 5 million mega pixels will be launched by the end of this year. The market share of high-end mobile phones that enable one to take photographs of 1 million pixels has risen to two digits this year. Multi functional phones that contain the basic functions such as sound and communication function with other specified ones such as game and MP3 functions are launching as well. Camera phones first appeared in July 2000 and with pixels of only 350,000, but a camera phone of 1.3 million pixels was introduced at the end of the previous year and since then standards have rapidly developed. Many new models of 2 million pixel mobile phones appeared this June and a month later, Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech & Curitel launched mobile phones of 3 million pixels in July. Mega pixel phone markets are growing rapidly as well. Mega pixel phones of Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and Pantech & Curitel cost about W500,000, but demand is growing fast among the young generation who wants to possess the most up-dated products. Mobile phone producers say domestic sales of mega pixel phones in July was more than 1 million units. (Samsung Electronics: 447,400 units, LG Electronics: 279,800 units, Pantech & Curitel: 295,000 units.) Kim Heang-woo, executive director of Samsung, said, "The Introduction of mega pixel phones means mobile phones now have good resolution and functions as digital cameras." He added, "Camera phones of 5 million mega pixels will be launched by the end of this year." MP3 mobile phones that enable one to listen to music by storing MP3 music files inside the phone and sales are also increasing as well. Until this year, the memory holding capacity of mobile phones was not that high, which let the users install a small amount of an MP3 files, but the price of flash memory chips went down significantly this year and MP3 mobile phones, which allows the users to save more than 30 songs, are being introduced. Mobile phone producers estimate that the number of MP3 phones that were sold this year was about 700,000 units. On the other hand, specialized function phones such as game phones and finger print reading phones are being introduced as high-end mobile phones. LG Electronics recently introduced its new finger print reading phone in early August that strengthens security while using mobile banking services.
Multimedia tops Asian handset wish-list The 2004 Asia Telecom Index reveals that amongst the current and future subscribers in Asia among the most-desired features are color screens (77%), integrated digital cameras (71%) and multi-media messaging (67%). Surprisingly, voice recorder has taken the fourth place for must-have phone feature (61%). Japanese consumers appear to be the undoubted leaders in sophisticated features they currently have on their handsets. 86% of respondents are having a color screen, 65% an in-built camera and nearly one-third (31%) video cameras. Following were users in Korea where (63%) have colour screen handsets, more than one third (36%) have integrated cameras and one in five (21%) have handsets with video cameras. Hong Kong and China are the other two markets where fairly sophisticated handsets are leading the pack in terms of Bluetooth availability, usage of wireless headsets and voice-activated commands and dialing. 62% of Hong Kong mobile users also have speaker phone functionality. In developing markets like China, Philippines and India, wireless headsets, Bluetooth and MP3/CD player are relatively more important.
A French company is planning to overthrow the dominance of Java as the primary language used to program games and content for mobile phones. Actimagine's technology, called MobiClip, can transform common programming platforms like Flash, and files in formats like Adobe Acrobat, into content for phones. The company is counting on MobiClip's plus points to drive demand: It takes mere days to create a game with Flash and convert it to mobile phone format, compared to weeks of programming with Java. However, Actimagine's proprietary player currently works only on high-end 'smart' phones, which come with operating systems like Symbian or Microsoft for mobiles. While MobiClip can function on other proprietary systems such as Nokia or Sony Ericsson, their makers would have to be persuaded to embed the software in the handsets at the manufacturing stage. In July, Actimagine will offer Flash games to European consumers through content distributor Netsize. |
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Sony is continuing development of its Memory Stick format, with a new high-speed variety due out this fall. Backward compatible with existing devices, it will be recognizable by a red and white color scheme. It is rated to support speeds up to 10 MBps, targeted at high-capacity cameras and PCs. It will also include a significantly improved operating temperature range. 
headsets powered by tiny fuel cells – a hydrogen-based energy source, which can increase the life of portable devices. The cells are recharged by squirting methanol from a small container into a tiny internal tank on the headset, and each charge provides about 10 hours of talk-time. Motorola, Fujitsu and Toshiba are also investing heavily in the research, mostly for batteries for laptop computers. 
Camera phones of 5 million mega pixels
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