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Nokia Demo Their Explore and Share Super Speedy Wireless Transfer Device

by Jay Garrett on February 28, 2010

Nokia are working on a super swift wireless data transfer technology that they’ve dubbed: Explore and Share.

Nok’s Helsinki branch of their Research Center took the concept for an outing at a Nokia Store where Jyri Hämäläinen presents an impressive show and tell.

In the video he walks you through a live example of how it can be used, including wirelessly transferring a Bruce Springsteen album onto a phone in less than 10 seconds.

As Jyri explains, it could be used to fill a device you’ve just bought with stacks of apps, tunes, and the likes within minutes of purchasing your new Nok.

Explore and Share is based on new radio technology and as you’ll see in the vid the system comes in two parts – the ‘writer’ which you place your mobile on and a touchscreen monitor where you make all your choices.

The neat thing is that the writer will automatically recognise which device has been plonked on it and will offer a customised selection for you based on the handsets capabilities and possibly your previous purchases.

Watch and marvel at the 10 second album transfer:

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Nokia Phones Heading to 3D and More Augemented Reality

by Jay Garrett on February 22, 2010

According to the video on Nokia Conversations (Nokia’s official blog) that happens to feature Jo Harlow, SVP of Smartphones, Nok’s future will include more AR and 3D on their handsets.

Jo shows no qualms when mentioning that Nokia is looking at enhancing the likes of Ovi Maps with augmented reality,

She then dives into the realm of entertainment and since “everyone’s talking about 3D” Jo reckons that there’s an opportunity for mobiles to get to the 3D promised-land quicker than television.

This means 3D games and other content “could be very, very interesting in terms of enhancing that experience.”

We’ve already seen the Nok tablet rocking a specially made stereoscopic screen so this all looks promising.

We might actually see Nokia’s Mixed Reality dream come true :)

Watch the chat in full below:

Pic from Gizmo Watch

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iPhone 4G will Arrive with NFC Inside – Swipe That Thing

February 20, 2010 Click to read more →
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Near Field Communication seems to be on the cards for Apple’s next gen iPhone looking at the new Apple patents.
Imagine being able to use your iPhone to open doors, as a travel card or to unlock your Macbook.
Late last year there was hinatge in another Apple patent that RFID and their Grab and Go app [...]

Vodafone Compass Squares up to be Next 360 Phone

February 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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Mobile-Review seems to have a bit of a scoop – this, they say, is the new Vodafone 360 phone.
Dubbed the Vodafone Compass (which may confuse people as Vodafone Compass is also the name of a GPS app), it could well be the third Vodafone 360 social networking phone.
What makes this interesting, apart from the shape, [...]

Nokia Orion – A Gaming Phone That I’d Consider Owning

February 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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Remember the Nokia N-Gage?
Cool idea but I found the large, bulky handset based on Nokia’s Series 60 platform less than enticing.
Well those phone futurists over at Recombu have decided that there’s a significant gap in the market for a gaming phone – hush all those that are screaming “what about the iPhone!?!”.
This slim ‘n’ sexy [...]

Nokia London Flagship Store To Close Before its Second Birthday

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Finnish flagship presence on Regent Street is due to close after only opening in February 2008.
A familiar trend in these times of the crunch, the store is closing for the same reason most stores are closed: it’s not paying for itself.
A Nokia spokeswomen declared that it’s “not been as efficient or as profitable” as [...]

Nokia N900 Delayed by Success

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Have you been patiently awaiting the arrival of your Nokia N900 after loyally preordering it earlier this month?
It appears that the new Nokia has been hit by its own success and now you’ll have to add another week to your wait.
If you don’t quite remember what makes this handset so enticing the N900 runs on [...]

Nokia X6 Touchscreen Music Mobile Arrives With Rhianna Concert

November 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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It had been whispered that the Nokia X6 music phone would see the shelves this year but now it seems there’s a fairly fixed date.
Word comes from the official Nokia blog Nokia Conversations – apparently the touchscreen looker will be made available globally on 16 November.
This date has been planned to cunningly coincide with Rihanna-ah-ah-eh-eh’s [...]

Pixie Lott Fronts Illuvial Range – Feminine Nokias

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Illuvial, Nokia 6700 Illuvial and the Nokia 6303 Illuvial are being flung into the Christmas market and I’m guessing that they’re aimed squarely at the lovely ladies
This guess is purely based on the knowledge that there Illuvial editions are coloured in shades of purple and pink, with themed wallpapers, “floral [...]

Nokia N97 Mini Gets UK Release Date

October 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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We’ve seen pictures and heard the rumours but now the official word is that the Nokia N97 Mini will drop in the shops on October 23rd right here in the UK.
The news comes live and direct from Nokia via Twitter :”Flagship News: N97 Mini to be sold in store from 23 October.”
A quick refresh of [...]

Unboxing the Nokia 7705 Twist – Square, Twisty and Groovy

September 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m a sucker for quirky designs and especially over-design.
And, although it’s not as high in the WTF? stakes I still dig the square looks of the Nokia 7705 Twist.
Check out the video below and not at least find it kinda groovy.
Ok, it’s not the smartest smartphone with its 3MP camera and even though it does [...]

Nokia Erdos Brings Luxury, Mirrored OLED Screen and Rising Keyboard to Latest Phone

September 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you like your phone sleek and shiny the Erdos should ring your bell.
The Erdos has leaked online and the accompanying video brings you up close and personal with the high-end highly polished aluminium handset.
So – for what’s bound to be a wallet/purse-battering price what do you get?
Well, there’s a 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with the [...]

Nokia Mixed Reality Looks to the Keyboardless and Screenless Future

September 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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The video below gives a glimpse of how Nokia Future Tech Research Centre sees the future-world.
Thanks to special eyewear, earpieces and tech jewelry you’ll be able to surf, communicate and interact with all your other stuff.
In other words Nok sees that you’ll be able to experience effortless navigation in an immersive Augmented Reality environment.
The [...]

Nokia N900 Tablet is Real, Out and Official

August 27, 2009 Click to read more →
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Here we go – no more rumours about the new Nokia N900.
It’s now official as Nokia has fessed up that it’s real and that the new tablet packs a Maemo–powered OS that promises to be way more intuitive than the Symbian of old.
‘Mozilla-based’ browsing points to a taste of Fennec as well as well as [...]

Nokia Booklet 3G Released

August 24, 2009 Click to read more →
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As predicted here back in February Nokia has just dropped a brand new netbook.
The Nokia Booklet 3G has now become official and will be out real soon and, as you’ve probably guessed from the name, it’s got mobile broadband.
The Nokia Booklet 3G is powered by an Atom processor and will be running Windows – [...]

A Load of New Nokia Mobile Phones Appear on Flickr Ahead of Nokia World

August 17, 2009 Click to read more →
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Are you in love with Nokia phones?
Well, here’s something to help you with your Christmas wish list!
A stack of new Noks have appeared in a spy shot stylee – there’s a couple of ‘already knowns’ but quite a number of brand-news!
To start of with there’s the Nokia N97 Mini as well as the 5900 XpressMusic [...]

Nokia N97 Mini Photographed With N97

July 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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Last month I brought news about the Nokia N97 Mini.
Now leaked pics of the N97 Mini have appeared to bolster Ev’s posts on the Vodafone Ireland forum.
So, what’s the difference ‘tween the Mini and the regular N97 smartphone then?
The Mini is smaller; duH!
It has a smaller body and touchscreen and no D–pad down [...]

Modu Modular Mobile Phone Finally on Production Line

July 12, 2009 Click to read more →
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Remember the clever Modu modular mobile I wrote about back in February 2008 and whose release date was whispered as being this Spring?
Well it’s apparently ready for production.
Gizmodo has received a tip; albeit via Israel, via Google Translate – so I’m guessing it’s not exactly water-tight.
Saying that though there is an article citing Modu CEO [...]

Europe Gets 90% of Mobile Phones Produced to use Standardised Chargers

June 30, 2009 Click to read more →
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The European Commission has announced that 10 mobile phone producers, which goes to represent some 90 percent of the mobile phone market in the EU, have signed an agreement to use standardised chargers for mobile phones using a micro-USB connector. 
FTW!!!
European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen said  that the mobile phone market in Europe alone is responsible for [...]

Apple iPhone 3GS – When and Where to Get it First in The UK

June 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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The queues for the iPhone 3GS have started already in New York for tomorrow morning – London doesn’t appear to be quite that eager.
The Carphone Warehouse will be quicker off the mark tomorrow and will open their Oxford Street stores and some others in major cities ahead of Apple and O2 – from 7am onwards. [...]

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