Hot of the heels of an $850 Million round of financing for their network
build out, LightSquared gets Nokia and Qualcomm on board for device
production. Qualcomm will be introducing the MDM9600 Multi-Mode LTE
Chipset. Qualcomm will also be introducing a new interface technology
called EGAL (enhances Geostational Air Link). This new interface will
allow mobile devices to operate on the satellite link. Nokia is also
jumping into the ring by providing branded data devices to the company.
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Nokia called for the N8 smart phone to deliver to the US market in September, but the handset has been delayed. There is pre-order still available from Nokia for $550. The units new expectation is to arrive in the US by the end of October.
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Despite Ciena winning the auction for Nortels assets for $796 Million, Nokia Siemens has issued a new bid of $810 Million, and has filed an objection with the U.S. Bankruptcy court looking to nullify the auction results. Ciena's winning bid has not yet been approved by the courts, therefor possession of assets has not yet been transfered.
Nokia has decided to celebrate the new year just a little early this year, by providing us a glimpse of a couple of devices slated for first quarter 2010. Common features of the two phones inlcude Tri-band WCDMA for North America (3G frequencies 850/1900/2100mhz) and Quad-Band GSM/EDGE radio. Bluetooth, FM Radio, Ovi, and MicroSD support are also shared.
6700 Slide
This beauty features a 5MP camera complete with Carl Zeiss optics, Autofocus, and Flash. The camera will also support video capture at 15 frames per second. Onboard photo editing functions supports the high end optics in this device. The 6700 Slide will run on Nokia's Famous S60 platform. Expected cost is $240.
7230
The 7230 is a mid-grade handset that downgrades some of the features of teh 6700 Slide. The camera is a 3.2MP with standard optics. The handset howver will include Nokia Xpress Audio messaging, and run on S40. Expected Cost is $150.
Nokia's N-Gage platform is finally going to see the bitter end. Nokia will no longer be publishing games for the platform and plans to shut down the services entirely in 2010. Gamers currently can still purchase any games that have already been released, but no new games will be offered. After the shut down of the service the only way new games can be purchased is via the Ovi store.
Nokia has officially filed lawsuits for patent infringement against Apple. Nokia claims that technology in the iPhone is breaking about 10 patents held by Nokia. Nokia already licenses these patents to 40 other manufacturers, and claims they are vital to the operation of a GSM based handset.
Nokia expets to begin shipping this handset in the fourth quarter 2009. Slated to be available in New Delhi, India and Espoo, Finland. Carriers will support this device both stand alone, and in select markets accompanied by Nokia's Comes with Music service.
Nokia has decided to enter the Netbook market with a Windows based netbook to be dubbed "Booklet 3G". The Atom processor powered device will support HSPA and Wifi. The device will sport a 10 in screen and be capable of being powered for up to 12 hours on a single charge.The netbook market is expected to grow this year by over 100% YTD. More details will be available at Nokia's World event.
Nokia has announced a limited release of their 5800 XpressMusic that will affer a lifetime licence to their Ovi Map product. Ovi map, wich is normally a monthly subscription based product, offers voice guided driving and walking directions. The mapping product also offers a 3D display of 200 cities, points of interest, point to point direction functionality, and detailed terain. The 5800 XpressMusic Nav Edition will include a car charger and vehicle mount for easy operation of the unit as a GPS. Look for it 3rd quarter for about $400.
Nokia has announced they are working on a new form of charging your cellular battery. Like something out of Star Trek Nokia is trying to pull ambient radio waves out of the air, and use it as the energy source to charge your cell phones. The RFID like technology is currently able to harness around 5 milliwatts. Nokia will need to get this to around 50 Milliwatts before they will be able to make use of this energy source for charging a lithium-Ion Battery.
LG has passed Motorola to become the third largest handset manufacturer in the world. Nokia is still clutching the title strong, Nokia has over doubled the number of units sold by its closest competitor Samsung. Here is the current break down based on sales volume for 2008.
Nokia 470 Million Handsets
Samsung 200 Million Handsets
LG 100 Million Handsets
Motorola 99.9 Million Handsets
Sony Ericsson 96.6 Million Handsets
Nokia has announced that in the first half of 2009 they will be releasing a 4 part security suite. The products, Assist, Find, Zone, and friends will allow the GPS functionality of your cellular phones to be very useful. Assist provides information about who is connected through Securitas' Alarm central. Find shows the current locations of your friends. Zone will send a text message alert when people enter or leave a pre-determined zone. Friends will give a broad overview of where your friends are located. The package will be named Safe-2-Go.
Nokia has enabled support for Lotus Notes Traveler. This software product allows the syncing of Nokia S60 Series 3rd edition phones to access corporate email using Lotus Domino Server software. Lotus Notes Traveler enables the syncing the same types of information as a Microsoft Exchange Server. The new software will be available in December.
Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Motorola and LG Electronics have decided to help conserve electricity usage, by implimenting a "Green Rating System" for their chargers. The chargers will recieve a star rating between zero and 5 stars. Cellular phone chargers continue to draw power from the wall when they are plugged in, even if the cell phone is not charging on the other end. Two thirds of the wasted electricity from cellular phones is caused from chargers being left plugged into the wall when not in use.
At&t brings back Nokia's S60 operating platform with the Nokia 6650. The Nokia 6650 is a clamshell running S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2. Quad band GSM/Edge radios and WCDMA running 850/1900 on At&t's 3G network. Stereo Bluetooth +EDR and a 2 MP camera, GPS, and 3.5mm headset jack. The 6650 will support a MicroSDHC card up 8 Gb. At&t is making this phone available for $70 with a 2 year agreement(after rebate) starting November 14th. The phone should be available in all markets nationwide at launch.
T-Mobile has temporarily halted the sales of the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic. According to T-Mobile a very limited run of handsets are experiencing an issue surrounding a deffective component that causes some LED displays to blank out. The suspension of sales will last until Nokia has corrected the issue. Customers already experiencing this type of issue may contact T-Mobile Care or visit a locatal T-Mobile retail locations to discuss options.
Qualcomm and Nokia come to terms over their royalty dispute. The dispute that lasted 3 years was over how much Nokia would need to pay Qualcomm for the licensing of their chipsets in 3G enabled wireless phones. Nokia has agreed to pay Qualcomm about $2.3 Billion, and officialy settles the dispute.
The open source Symbian foundation has added even more members. Contributing members of the foundation are freely available to license the new software from the foundation without the need to pay royalties. The recent expansion in membership brings the total member count to 52. ARM, Visa, Huawei, and nine others join the Symbian Foundation. Nokia expects the Symbian Foundation to release a completely new platform by June 2010.
[Reuters]
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