Yeah, it’s not easy to understand Japan’s mobile market habit. Even the big boy like Nokia should give-up and decided to cease sales there, due to very tiny part amount of their market share. The only Finn company’s product that will stay in the Rising Sun country is the luxurious Vertu.

Japan is the fourth largest market in the world, after United States, China, and India. With over 109 million subscribers, that’s count 85% of total population, there is little room to grow for “outsider” like Nokia.

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A new SDK for the Nokia's Series 40 6th Edition has been released. It will allow developers and network operators create new applications and services. The Series 40 6th Edition focuses on:

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As expected, Rogers has released the Noki E71 yesterday. It is available for order now through telesales and is priced at $99.99 CAD, including a 3-year contract with a  $45+ worth voice/data plan.

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The Nokia new N85 is a cheaper alternative for those, who don't can't afford to speng big bux on the N96. The handset is now available for pre-order at Amazon, and will appear in stock on December 6th. The phone will cost you $556, and if you wonder, the MSRP of $1200 looks to ...

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Nokia has made its touch-screen 5800 XpressMusic phone available in several markets, including: Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Finland, and others. Nokia didn't mention when it will become available in other markets. Nokia also announced that it will ...
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Nokia has made its touch-screen 5800 XpressMusic phone available in several markets, including: Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Finland, and others. Nokia didn't mention when it will become available in other markets. Nokia also announced that it will ...

Online retailer Amazon.com has updated its pre-order listing for the Nokia N85 for North America, which supports AT&T's high-speed 3G network. The listing now lists a ship date of December 6th.
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Nokia has announced that it has start selling the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in select markets globally, including Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Finland, among others. Aiming to put music into the hands of millions, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers all the music essentials including a graphic equalizer, 8GB memory for up to 6000 tracks, support for all main digital music formats, and a 3.5mm jack.

Taking advantage of touch screen technology, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic introduces the ‘Media Bar’, a handy drop down menu that provides direct access to music and entertainment, including favourite tracks, videos and photos. The Media Bar also offers a direct link to the web and to online sharing. The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic features a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and, with a single touch, images or videos can be shared via a favorite online community, such as Share on Ovi, Flickr, or Facebook.

The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic supports 60 languages worldwide and offers a variety of input methods including a virtual alphanumeric keypad, a virtual computer-style QWERTY keyboard, a pen stylus — and for true music enthusiasts, a plectrum — are all available.

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On Thursday Nokia began shipping its 5800 XpressMusic smartphone, its first product to use the new S60 5th Edition touch-enabled user interface. The 5800 XpressMusic is now shipping in Spain, Finland, Russia, India, and other select countries.
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Nokia has revealed its new Nokia Home Control Center, which will allow you to control various aspects of your home, right from your cell phone or personal computer.
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   Could your mobile phone become the ultimate all in one remote?

Here is a Nokia 6300 Review . It has a megapixel camera, Bluetooth and EDGE high speed wireless data.

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This article describes the pros, cons and general issues with the new Nokia N96 phone recently released. Content Producer: Sterling Austin...

While not a massive update from the original N95, the new Nokia N96 does give Nokia's old uber-phone a visual upgrade as well as adds the ability to store even more photos and songs. Learn more in our review.
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Nokia has issued a new firmware update v110.07.127 for its E71-2 NAM handset. This build will improve the device's overall stability, and will update Nokia Email, Mail For Exchange and Nokia Maps applications. Before you apply the update don't forget to backup your data.

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If you were planning to get yourself a touchscreen Nokia 5800, we'd like to inform you that, unless you already know, the handset is now available (or almost available) in the following countries: Russia, Spain, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan or Finland. The price remains unknown at the moment, but i...

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   Not so big in Japan.

Today Nokia announced that it would no longer build Japanese versions of its Nokia branded phones for the Japanese market, though it will continue to market Vertu devices in Japan.
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E71 Keypad Originally uploaded by Andrew CurrieAFTER READING MARIE BORAN'S review of the Nokia E71 in the Digital Ireland section of the Irish Independent, I was surprise that she was hit with the same dose of techno-lust that affected her while checking out the iPhone. It's down to "the looks" the "ultra-lim body with curved edges" and the versatility to work in both casual and vusiness settings. Like my Nokia E90, you can customise the desktop shortcuts on the E71. And being an E-series phone

Nokia announced today it is developing a smart home platform, Nokia Home Control Center. The platform is open allowing third parties to integrate their own smart home solutions and services; its core consumer value is the plug and play experience across all solution areas with high security levels built in. All solutions based on the platform can be used through a smart phone or PC locally or remotely. Consumers can monitor and control their electricity usage, switch devices on and off, and monitor different objects, such as temperature, camera, and motion. In future, entire systems within the home can be connected to the Nokia platform, including security, heating, and ventilation systems.

“We see there is growth potential in the smart home market”, said Teppo Paavola, Vice President, Head of Corporate Business Development, Nokia. “The home of today has intelligence everywhere, but to date there has not been a solution that is interoperable with wide range of home systems that can easily be controlled. We want to create an open solution where external partners can develop their own solutions and services on top of our platform. We believe that the mobile device is an ideal interface to ...

Next week Nokia is launching a new N-series handset that according to certain sources is going to be rather exciting, so watch this space because as soon as we're in the know, you will be too

Nokia’s secret is out. Last week, the web feasted on the photos and some specifications of the latest Nokia offering, such as the half QWERTY keypad. This much-awaited cell phone is unlike any other Nokia handset. So what’s this new model called? Well, it still doesn’t have a name, but the newest flip device [...]

Since its promotional video in September, there has been a lot of talks and speculations about the identity of that mysterious Nokia Eseries phone – the E63. So, what’s the latest? Well, we’re getting more and more information about this phone. Although much of the E63 remains a mystery, the web has just released [...]

If you thought the credit crunch meant that Nokia would slow its production, think again! Nokia is still going strong, churning out another attractive slider phone, the 6260

Nokia has launched the latest “iPhone killer” in India, its first touchscreen mobile phone, the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, which is expected to give Apple Inc.’s iconic iPhone a run for its money.Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Touch full phone specifications,features

Nokia and AT&T launched a new phone, Nokia 6650, a flip phone which is packaged with navigation, multimedia and entertainment features. The two companies created the Nokia 6650 to compete with the other gadgets, preparing for the holiday shopping season. Also, Nokia 6650 is a smart phone that is run by Symbian-based S60 platform [...]

Nokia says that its acquisition plans for Symbian are moving along on schedule and that the process will be completed before the end of the year.
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The Nokia 6650 looks a bit like the Razr.

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AT&T's new Nokia 6650 looks as if it could be at home in Motorola's lineup. With a thin profile, a boxy shape, and a shiny metal skin, it bears more than a passing ...

A couple of live pictures of the upcoming Nokia E75 have surfaced. The phone looks pretty similar to E71 model, and comes with a 2.4" display, and a QWERTY keyboard. That's all we know for now, but don't forget to check back later for additional info and pricing/availability details.

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The most advanced phone of its type, the Nokia 6260 Slide packs very high-end features into a phone with a distinctly mid-range price.

Nokia indicated that its planned purchase of Symbian is on track to close by the end of 2008. Nokia announced its intent to purchase Symbian from the other stakeholders, which included firms such as Sony Ericsson and Motorola, for ...
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People use mobile devices to share their lives with friends and family and with this in mind, Nokia introduces the Nokia 6260 slide. The Nokia 6260 slide brings assisted GPS into the Series 40 software platform for the first time, it also features quick access to search engines and points of interest straight from the home screen and the new 360° navi-key allows a great mobile Internet experience.

The Nokia 6260 slide comes with the latest 3G technology, with high speed uploads (HSUPA) and downloads (HSDPA), a great camera, music player and web browser with a simple, instantly familiar interface. A 5Mpix Carl Zeiss camera with flash takes fantastic pictures which can be easily shared and uploaded to Share on Ovi or other photo and video sharing websites.

The Nokia 6260 slide is expected to begin shipping at the beginning of 2009 for an estimated retail price of EUR 299, before taxes and subsidies.

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• Network: GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
• User Interface: S40
• Dimensions: 99.4 x 46.5 x 15.4 mm (L x W x T)
• Weight: 114 g
• Display: 2.4 inch HVGA (320 x 480 pixels) with up to 16 million colors
• Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
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New SDK Release Coincides With Nokia 6260 Slide Device Launch, Provides Support for Java Location API, WebKit Open Source Browser and Adobe Flash Lite 3.0
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Today Nokia unveiled its 6260 Slide. This slider's 2.4" display offers half VGA (320x480) pixel resolution, and features a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus and Carl Zeiss optics.
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Today Nokia announced the 6260 Slide, a new quad-band GSM/EDGE phone with HSDPA 10.2Mbps / HSUPA 2Mbps 3G capabilities. Other radios include GPS, Wi-Fi, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth v2.1. The 6260 Slide also has a 5 megapixel autofocus ...
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The Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has been officially launched in India. It is Nokia's first attempt at a full Touch device and has had superb reviews at Mobile-Review. It is supposed to kill the iPhone, the HTC Touch Diamond and the Blackberry Storm.

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Nokia today introduced the 6260 Slide, a 5.0-megapixel camera phone with a 360 degree navi-key for an enhanced mobile Internet experience.

The 6260 Slide offers quick access to search engines and points of interest straight from the home screen. It comes with the latest 3G technology and high-speed HSDPA to upload images and videos quicker.

A 5.0-megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with flash takes photos to share and upload to Share on Ovi or other photo and video sharing websites. It also comes with Nokia Maps, bringing GPS into the Series 40 software platform for the first time.

The Nokia 6260 Slide is expected to begin shipping at the beginning of 2009 for an estimated retail price of $385.

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Mirrorofsorrow from the Mobile-Review forums, has posted a few pictures of Nokia's upcoming Dual-keypad (QWERTY and T9) Side-Slider Eseries phone.

Mirrorofsorrow from the Mobile-Review forums, has posted a few pictures of Nokia's upcoming Dual-keypad (QWERTY and T9) Side-Slider Eseries phone. The pictures show the E75 next to the 5800 XpressMusic, which should give you an idea of the size of the E75. More pictures, after the break. The Nokia E75 looks like it has the same metallic back cover as the E71, which is good. The screen's 2.4 inches and it comes with a 3.2 megapixel camera with single LED flash.Wifi is also included.

Nokia is planning to offer wireless services of its own in the Japanese market. It will use NTT DoCoMo's network and launch a high-end MVNO with its most advanced and expensive models. Nokia has only 1 percent marketshare in ...
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   One of the more creatively named phones we're seen. One of the scarier RAZR imitations...

The Nokia N78 boasts a 3 megapixel autofocus camera, Symbian OS with the latest S60 Affection backpack 2, congenital GPS receiver, Wi-Fi, the arresting Navi caster aeronautics and an FM transmitter. All those appearance are abundant to ...

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If you have followed me long enough, you’ll start to realize that my blogs are using my N95 Wavelog to blog. I’ve been so busy at work that i don’t even have the time to open my own laptop and work on it. And so in the end, my Nokia N95 has become my ultimate portable computer. I don’t use my mobile phone like most Singaporeans. By the way, my blog visitors are mostly from United States. Most of the Singaporeans use their phone only for 3 things: call, sms and take photo if they can. My phon

A Japanese newspaper is reporting that Nokia is set to launch its own cell phone service in Japan as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) - similar to how Virgin Mobile runs on Sprint's network in the USA.
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Nokia World is coming to Barcelona so we anticipated to invite some friends from Finland and abroad to join us for our next MobileMonday Barcelona on Mobile Social Media on December 1. The event will be held at the Forum of ESADE Business School (same venue as the Mobile 2.0 Europe event). Mobile Blogger Relations Besides the speakers and startup presentations, and with a big thank you to Nokia, we’ll have a panel with some of the top bloggers on mobile technology from across the globe to tal

Now that's amazing! See what happens when you drop the Nokia N79 on the floor and capture the moment of impact on a high-speed camera (100,000 FPS).

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