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Nokia, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, has launched new multimedia handsets the company says will help it take market lead as it anticipates a convergence of the telecoms industry with information technology, consumer electronics and broadcasting.
At the Nokia Mobility Conference in Barcelona, Nokia unveiled new multimedia devices that it says represent a leap from mobile phones to handheld computers that can swap content with electronic equipment in the home and provide enchanced security in mobile email.
The new Nokia N series handsets (N92, N71, N80) allow users to watch and record live TV and to exchange content, for example music or photos - with home electronics like PCs, audio equipment and printers.
The Nokia N92, is the first integrated DVB-H mobile device in the Nokia Nseries range for watching broadcast TV programs. The company says that the Nokia N92 offers easy access to TV programs without having to sit in front of a television set. Users can set reminders to watch their favorite TV programs, create personal channel lists and subscribe to TV channel packages. The outstanding new form factor offers a highly ergonomic user-experience. The usability is further enhanced by the large 2.8” anti-glare QVGA screen with 16 million colors and the dedicated media keys that deliver a rich viewing experience.
“The Nokia N92 is the first in a range of products bringing together the rich experience of conventional broadcast TV with the connected experience of mobility to create a new category – mobile TV,” said Richard Sharp, Vice President of Rich Media at Nokia. “We are confident that mobile TV will be an exciting new service for consumers, as well as generate new opportunities for innovation and growth in the mobile and media industries.” The Nokia N92 has four different modes for simple and easy usage. The new view mode is especially designed for watching TV and video. To start watching mobile TV*, users simply need to open the Nokia N92 in view mode and press the Multimedia key. The Electronic Service Guide (ESG) contains information about the available TV channels, programs and services. Other mobile TV features include watching time of up to four hours, recording and 30 seconds replay.
The company is also introducing a new internet browsing tool called MiniMap as a feature of the N71 music phone. The tool is designed to enhance the internet viewing experience on a small display.
The new browser is aimed to provide smartphone users with a true Web experience and industry leading performance when browsing full Web pages on the Internet using a smartphone. The new Web browser is available to S60 licensees as part of the S60 3rd Edition offering.
"Nokia studies of S60 smartphone users show two clear trends: browsing is generating over 60% of data traffic, and the improved network performance of WCDMA/3G more than doubles the browser usage compared to GPRS/EDGE, offering increased revenue potential for operators," said Heikki Heinaro, Vice President, S60 Applications, Nokia Technology Platforms.
"Nokia's approach to browsing on smartphones in the 3G era is to offer a premium solution for content discovery and download, with equal access both to Web sites on the Internet and mobile optimized content. The new Web browser is poised to make Web browsing fast, intuitive, and more enjoyable for both consumers and enterprise users," Heinaro continued.
As announced earlier this year, the new Web browser for S60 is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple's Safari Web Kit, the industry's smallest and fastest open source full Web rendering engine for mobile devices that Apple uses in its popular Safari Internet browser. Based on KHTML and KJS from KDE's Konqueror open source project, this software has enabled Nokia to achieve major improvements in Web site usability on smartphones, through the re-use of a proven desktop rendering engine that has been developed and optimized by a large open source community over many years.
"Safari Web Kit's blazing performance, efficient code base and support for open standards make it an ideal open source technology for projects like the new Web browser for S60," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "We're delighted that Nokia can take advantage of Apple innovation and our commitment to open source development to bring a new Web experience to S60 smartphones."
The new browser provides what Nokia calls a True Web experience though features such as:
- Preservation of the original page layout, presented just as the Web site designers intended;- Easy navigation of Web pages through page miniatures, reducing the amount of scrolling;
- Pop-up blocking, enhanced start page, and simplified menus;
- Visual History, an easy-to-use back function, showing miniature views of previous pages;
- Text Search, which works as you type, taking you directly to the interesting part of the page;
- Web Feeds, providing easy access to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from Web sites, blogs, and news stories;
- Dynamic HTML, supporting dynamic menus, rollovers, and scripted behavior such as AJAX applications;
- Extensive support of industry standards including W3C's HTML, XHTML 1.0, DOM, CSS and SVG-Tiny; other Web standards such as SSL and ECMAScript; and Netscape style plug-ins including Flash Lite and audio.
The browser's open source codebase and extensible architecture will enable other industry parties, such as S60 licensees and the open source community, to develop new features for the browser. S60 application developers can use open APIs to build on top of the browser, using it to render rich content within their application. Nokia is committed to open source, and intends to actively participate in the open source community to further develop and enhance the browser, contributing Nokia's expertise in mobility.
"The KDE Project is excited that Nokia will bring KDE's award-winning open source technology to mobile devices through the S60 platform. It is a testament to the value of the open source community's work, and will stimulate further innovation in KHTML and mobile applications. We look forward to facilitating this innovation through further collaboration with Nokia," said George Staikos, the representative for the KDE Project in North America.
Article submitted by: Webshark
Last Update: 11-03-2005
Category: Off Topic Info
Nokia, the world’s biggest maker of mobile phones, has launched new multimedia handsets the company says will help it take market lead as it anticipates a convergence of the telecoms industry with information technology, consumer electronics and broadcasting.
At the Nokia Mobility Conference in Barcelona, Nokia unveiled new multimedia devices that it says represent a leap from mobile phones to handheld computers that can swap content with electronic equipment in the home and provide enchanced security in mobile email.
The new Nokia N series handsets (N92, N71, N80) allow users to watch and record live TV and to exchange content, for example music or photos - with home electronics like PCs, audio equipment and printers.
The Nokia N92, is the first integrated DVB-H mobile device in the Nokia Nseries range for watching broadcast TV programs. The company says that the Nokia N92 offers easy access to TV programs without having to sit in front of a television set. Users can set reminders to watch their favorite TV programs, create personal channel lists and subscribe to TV channel packages. The outstanding new form factor offers a highly ergonomic user-experience. The usability is further enhanced by the large 2.8” anti-glare QVGA screen with 16 million colors and the dedicated media keys that deliver a rich viewing experience.
“The Nokia N92 is the first in a range of products bringing together the rich experience of conventional broadcast TV with the connected experience of mobility to create a new category – mobile TV,” said Richard Sharp, Vice President of Rich Media at Nokia. “We are confident that mobile TV will be an exciting new service for consumers, as well as generate new opportunities for innovation and growth in the mobile and media industries.” The Nokia N92 has four different modes for simple and easy usage. The new view mode is especially designed for watching TV and video. To start watching mobile TV*, users simply need to open the Nokia N92 in view mode and press the Multimedia key. The Electronic Service Guide (ESG) contains information about the available TV channels, programs and services. Other mobile TV features include watching time of up to four hours, recording and 30 seconds replay.
The company is also introducing a new internet browsing tool called MiniMap as a feature of the N71 music phone. The tool is designed to enhance the internet viewing experience on a small display.
The new browser is aimed to provide smartphone users with a true Web experience and industry leading performance when browsing full Web pages on the Internet using a smartphone. The new Web browser is available to S60 licensees as part of the S60 3rd Edition offering.
"Nokia studies of S60 smartphone users show two clear trends: browsing is generating over 60% of data traffic, and the improved network performance of WCDMA/3G more than doubles the browser usage compared to GPRS/EDGE, offering increased revenue potential for operators," said Heikki Heinaro, Vice President, S60 Applications, Nokia Technology Platforms.
"Nokia's approach to browsing on smartphones in the 3G era is to offer a premium solution for content discovery and download, with equal access both to Web sites on the Internet and mobile optimized content. The new Web browser is poised to make Web browsing fast, intuitive, and more enjoyable for both consumers and enterprise users," Heinaro continued.
As announced earlier this year, the new Web browser for S60 is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple's Safari Web Kit, the industry's smallest and fastest open source full Web rendering engine for mobile devices that Apple uses in its popular Safari Internet browser. Based on KHTML and KJS from KDE's Konqueror open source project, this software has enabled Nokia to achieve major improvements in Web site usability on smartphones, through the re-use of a proven desktop rendering engine that has been developed and optimized by a large open source community over many years.
"Safari Web Kit's blazing performance, efficient code base and support for open standards make it an ideal open source technology for projects like the new Web browser for S60," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "We're delighted that Nokia can take advantage of Apple innovation and our commitment to open source development to bring a new Web experience to S60 smartphones."
The new browser provides what Nokia calls a True Web experience though features such as:
- Preservation of the original page layout, presented just as the Web site designers intended;- Easy navigation of Web pages through page miniatures, reducing the amount of scrolling;
- Pop-up blocking, enhanced start page, and simplified menus;
- Visual History, an easy-to-use back function, showing miniature views of previous pages;
- Text Search, which works as you type, taking you directly to the interesting part of the page;
- Web Feeds, providing easy access to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds from Web sites, blogs, and news stories;
- Dynamic HTML, supporting dynamic menus, rollovers, and scripted behavior such as AJAX applications;
- Extensive support of industry standards including W3C's HTML, XHTML 1.0, DOM, CSS and SVG-Tiny; other Web standards such as SSL and ECMAScript; and Netscape style plug-ins including Flash Lite and audio.
The browser's open source codebase and extensible architecture will enable other industry parties, such as S60 licensees and the open source community, to develop new features for the browser. S60 application developers can use open APIs to build on top of the browser, using it to render rich content within their application. Nokia is committed to open source, and intends to actively participate in the open source community to further develop and enhance the browser, contributing Nokia's expertise in mobility.
"The KDE Project is excited that Nokia will bring KDE's award-winning open source technology to mobile devices through the S60 platform. It is a testament to the value of the open source community's work, and will stimulate further innovation in KHTML and mobile applications. We look forward to facilitating this innovation through further collaboration with Nokia," said George Staikos, the representative for the KDE Project in North America.
Article submitted by: Webshark
Last Update: 11-03-2005
Category: Off Topic Info
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