Leading Indian matrimony site BharatMatrimony.com has tied up with Nokia to offer its match making services of the Nokia Catalogs Platform.
The move will enable the Matrimony portal to cater to Nokia phone users in India.
The partnership is aimed at bringing Match Making to the mobile platform.
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According to a Nokia press Release , The awaited Nokia N81 and N81 8GB edition have started shipping.
The estimated retail price of the Nokia N81 is 360 EUR (Rs.22000 approx. ) before subsidies or taxes. The Nokia N81 8GB is expected to retail for 430 EUR (Rs.25000 approx.) before subsidies or taxes.
Whats Hot about this launch is that
A preview of the N-Gage games service is also available in the devices, including playable demos of EA SPORTS(TM) FIFA 07, Asphalt 3: Street Rules and Space Impact Light. After the launch of N-Gage later this year, the full N-Gage application will be available for download. Players can then try all N-Gage games for free and buy only the ones they want.
Mobile gaming is getting really interesting and upgraded N-Gage looks promising.
For more details check our phone pages.
The upgraded version of highly popular N95, the N95 8GB edition has started to ship according to a Nokia press release
Boasting up to eight gigabytes of built-in memory, the Nokia N95 8GB has all the key features of its predecessor, including a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, built-in A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and an innovative 2-way slide. The sleek black N95 8GB also boasts a luminous 2.8″ (240 x 320) QVGA display, so watching videos, browsing the Internet or viewing maps is a real pleasure. With its expanded memory, the N95 8GB offers up to 20 hours of video or up to 6000 songs
The 8GB Edition will be priced at 560 Euros exclusive of taxes.
That means about Rs.32000 approx in Indian rupees ?
Is it really worth it ? with no touch screen
Nokia made a great new addition to its list of Internet Tablets. The Nokia N810 is a neat upgrade to the N800
Highlights
Mobile browsing on such a device is as good as on a PC.
Nokia N810 with Gizmo
Nokia N810 with Skype
It tablet is expected to start shipping mid November with an estimated retail price of 479 USD about Rs.20000.
No info if it will available in India.
Nokia is partnering with leading media brands including CNN , Sony Pictures and IBN ( CNN-IBN) for bringing content to Nokia Video Center.
Nokia Video Center aims to bring mobile video to N-Series and other multimedia handsets from Nokia.
The Nokia Video Center is available on the Nokia N95 and Nokia N95 8GB.
Youtube and Reuters are already in a content sharing agreement with the Finish phone Maker
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After we reported the Nokia is in talks to acquire NAVTEQ, Nokia issued a Press Release to confirm the deal.
Nokia will pay a price of approximately $8.1 billion for the take over.
Nokia is in serious talks to acquire Navteq who is a leading navigation software maker.
Interestingly Navteq is also a data provider for Google Maps.
The company has a $7.61 billion market capitalization – their main business is software for in-vehicle navigation systems.
If Nokia bags Navteq , it will be a shot in the arm for Nokia’s GPS Device offerings and the mobile-services arena.
Nokia and Navteq already have a business relationship, where Navteq provides information for Nokia’s mobile phones.
via [WSJ]
The highly popular Nokia 6300 gets an nice upgrade to Wi-Fi with the new Nokia 6301
The highly popular Nokia 6300 gets an nice upgrade to Wi-Fi with the new Nokia 6301.
Its a Triband GSM phone with Wi-Fi and GPRS, EDGE. It sports Bluetooth 2 with EDR &. of the features are same as the Nokia 6300 except the Wi-fi and the UMA (Unified Mobile Access). The phone comes with a nice dock so you dont have to hold this beaaty when you are at work.
Though the 6300 is low on battery life , still its a hit due the sleek design.
Price and Availability
Expected to be available for Christmas for approximately Rs.10000
Rediff.com reported last week that gPhone would be launched in India in September.
We also reported earlier about the gPhone from Google possibly being an iPhone Killer
Now its getting closer. Reports suggest that the gPhone runs Linux and might be a Openmoko phone customized to run Google Apps like Gmail, Gtalk,Google Mobile Maps,News , Youtube and Calendar.
Possible Features
Price
The price is expected to be around $100 or Rs.4000 approx for the entry level phone. There might be a high end phone with better features and might compete with the iPhone.
At this stage. This news is still a rumor and there’s not official confirmation about the phone.
But there’s enough evidence that Google is working on a phone as Google has accepted that its in talk with Operators in India
We covered the Nokia N81 slider before
The N81 is expected to be a 8GB Music Phone with a 2 Mega pixel Camer and 3G.
It might have a secondary camera for Video Calling.
More details and pricing are awaited
Today is August 29th and We can expect some new announcements from Nokia.
Nokia is holding a function at the Ministry of Sound Club in London later today .
We spotted some Nokia N95 8GB pics on the net.
It might just be a rumor but the graphics seem real.
Lets wait for the official confirmation later today
Nokia E61i is an enterprise phone loaded with features. It gives Blackberry handsets some serious competition.
Update : Nokia E71 is out and chk out the review
The handset fits snuggly in the hand (at least for me)
The design is impressive and has luxury touch added to it due to the metallic finish similar to the 8800
The phone is an upgraded version of the E61 which lacked a Camera and had a primitive browser. But the built of the E61i is much better than the E61. The keypad has undergone a transformation for the better.
Nokia India is now the second largest market for the Finnish Mobile phone Maker.
China continues to be the no.1 . USA was at no.1 and is now moved to no.2
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is in India for meeting some goverment officials .
Nokia Chennai’s Sriperumbudur plant has produced 60 Million handsets so far and about 50 % of them have been exported to over 58 countries
via [nokia press]
Nokia 6555 is the latest addition to Nokia’s range of phones.
It shares points with the Prism Collection and the 8600 Luna.
The 6555 is a 3G Clamshell .
Features
Price
It will be available next month for a price of about (200 Euros) Rs.12000
The brand image for Nokia India is under serious threat due to the recent Nokia battery recall which we had covered last week.
The company even made a status check possible via SMS to 5555 with the BT <26 digit battery no>.
But panic struck people are thronging Nokia service centers and dealers to check the status of their battery.
About 4-5 % of phones in India are affected according to IntoMobile
Airtel, Hutch and other operators are co-operating with Nokia according to HT
Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is going to be in India on Aug 22-24 . May be to have a idea of ground level situation in the country.
But He’s coming for meeting Top government officials.
via [IntoMobile]
