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Motorola, through Motorola Venture s, its strategic venture capital arm, announced that it has made an equity investment in Tilefile Limited. Tilefile has developed an innovative social media platform that connects users and communities through a "content-neutral" media format. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
"It is clear that Tilefile is powering the next generation of social interaction around media through its unique and content neutral approach," said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. "Our investment reflects our commitment to innovative companies, such as Tilefile, as they strive to seamlessly connect people and communities."
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 Nokia today announced that the City of Maastricht, Netherlands has selected Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite as their standard platform for mobile applications. The solution enables the administrative officers of the City of Maastricht to integrate 900 Nokia Eseries devices into the Cisco corporate IP telephony system and synchronize contact and calendar details. Furthermore, the city will offer wireless email to some of the employees. To ensure an easy roll out and management of all services, the City of Maastricht is using Nokia Intellisync Device Management. The deployment of the service has started and is estimated to be completed in the beginning of next year. "Mobile working is increasingly important wherever business is conducted. The efficiencies and the cost-savings it delivers are important criteria for a city such as ours," said Marc Lustermans, project manager, City of Maastricht. "We have selected Nokia Intellisync Mobile Suite as our standard mobility platform given the modular structure of the mobileware which means that it can grow and be customized according to our evolving mobility needs today and tomorrow." |
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Motorola is showing off the stylish side of music with the introduction of MOTO U9. Through unique advancements in mobile entertainment technology, U9 makes music a multi-sensory experience and lets consumers rock out and look good — with an elegant form factor, Stereo Bluetooth, CrystalTalk Technology, external touch sensitive music controls and floating, animated screensavers that appear on the external display.
U9 delivers cutting edge mobile music capabilities:
* Easy transition from phone to music and back again, MOTO U9 allows one-touch access to your library and pauses music as calls come through.
* Microsoft Windows Media Player 11 makes the U9 ready to rock as soon as it's out of the box, with simple synching and automatic recognition of the device.
* Integrated music player supports multiple audio files: Windows WMAv10 plus Janus DRM, MP3, AAC, AAC+, AAC+ enhanced.
* Ability to download the latest music hits from more than 200 music stores onto the device from a PC using USB 2.0 for speedy transfers and data access.
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 Video recording on cellphones is set to reach high definition (HD) quality in a few years' time, an executive at the world's top cellphone maker Nokia said on Wednesday.
"It's coming. Technically, we are a couple of years away," Nokia's Chief Technology Officer Tero Ojanpera told Reuters in an interview. "It's still a few years away."
Cellphones have had cameras, and the ability to use them as camcorders, for more than five years, but only this year did Nokia start to sell a model, the N95, which records television quality video.
Better quality could boost sales of pricey multimedia phones and also hit camcorder makers such as Panasonic (6752.T), Samsung (005930.KS) and JVC (6792.T) just as the success of camera phones from Nokia and Sony Ericsson (6758.T)(ERICb.ST) has hurt the still camera industry.
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 Nokia today announced a deal with The Cloud, Europe's leading wireless broadband provider, which will see its customers gain free access to the new Nokia Music Store whilst on the move at any one of over 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots.
With a single account, music lovers can access the Nokia Music Store via their laptop computer or directly from optimised Nokia devices through Wi-Fi, beginning with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N95 8GB. Individual tracks cost 80p each with albums from £8. The Nokia Music Store also offers a monthly subscription for PC streaming for £8.
Nokia Music Store customers will experience fast download speeds and a seamless user experience over a Cloud Wi-Fi connection, allowing them to download tracks in seconds, rather than minutes. Cloud Wi-Fi networks are available in wide range of popular locations including McDonalds, Coffee Republic, BAA airports and across London's Square Mile. Just select 'Wi-Fi Zone - The Cloud' as an access point to start browsing and downloading.
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 Nokia and Avvenu today announced that they have signed an agreement under which Nokia will acquire Avvenu www.avvenu.com. Avvenu provides Internet services that allow anyone to use their mobile devices to securely access, use and share personal computer files, even if their host computer is turned off. By acquiring Avvenu, Nokia plans to further enhance its portfolio of solutions for mobile operators, as well as deliver a secure file access and share service direct to mobile workers. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and has not yet been completed.
Nokia believes that anytime access to PC content is a missing ingredient to mobile productivity. Smartphone adoption is growing faster than previously estimated and surveys confirm that many people are using mobile devices to view, process, and edit content. Easy access to existing pc content will fuel mobile computing convenience and productivity.
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 Nokia today announced fresh investments of approximately USD 75 million towards its manufacturing plant in Sriperumbudur, Chennai, India, for the year 2008. This investment is geared towards enhancing the capacity of the manufacturing plant to cater to the burgeoning need of the Indian and other emerging markets. The manufacturing plant currently employs approximately 6000 people. Nokia started manufacturing in Chennai in January 2006 and has achieved the distinction of the fastest ramp up by any Nokia factory worldwide. The plant plays an integral role in Nokia's global production network of mobile devices. |
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 Etisalat and Nokia today announced a working partnership to accelerate the adoption of new mobile Internet services on Nokia mobile devices in the UAE. Currently available exclusively to Etisalat mobile customers, the partnership will bring Etisalat customers in the UAE easy access to both Etisalat and Nokia Mobile Internet and content services. The collaboration will focus on areas such as mobile downloads, mobile games, online image sharing, Instant Messaging and mobile media. The two companies are also working together to simplify the purchase of digital content with Nokia devices. The enhanced services are scheduled to be available for use by the end of 2007.
As part of the collaboration, Nokia will exclusively integrate Etisalat's Weyak content under the 'Nokia Download!' application providing another easy access channel to the content. Similarly, Etisalat customers will be able to access all the new Nokia Mobile Internet services on specific Nokia devices in the UAE.
"We are delighted to have the opportunity to work with Etisalat and not only enhance access to Mobile Internet and Etisalat content services but also bring new Mobile Internet Services to consumers, demonstrating that the Mobile device is becoming people's primary interface to Internet, content and social networks" said Kuba Pancewicz, Director Area Accounts, Nokia Middle East and Africa.
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 Vodafone last week backed Nokia's potentially disruptive move into digital content provision, just as rival manufacturers Sony Ericsson and LG Mobile counted themselves out of any face-off with their network partners over mobile content.
Nokia's deal with Vodafone is the second major endorsement for its 'Ovi' content portal, following O2 parent company Telefónica's decision to integrate its network services with Nokia's content play last month.
The Vodafone deal will see Nokia Ovi services made available on a range of 3G and HSDPA Nokia handsets ranged by the network, alongside its own content offering. Nokia has agreed to make certain devices exclusive to Vodafone as part of the agreement.
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Vyke Communications and Nokia Corporation has signed a global agreement to distribute Vyke's mobile Voice over Internet Protocol service, Mobile IP. Under the terms of the agreement, Vyke Communications has licensed Nokia to distribute the mobile handset software component of the Vyke Mobile IP service. "This agreement is a fantastic step forward for Vyke and its shareholders as it provides a significant new distribution channel. Elements of Vyke's Mobile IP service were originally developed in co-operation with Forum Nokia PRO and we are very pleased to expand upon that relationship through this distribution agreement.", as Tommy Jensen, executive chairman of Vyke declared. New users acquired via the Nokia on-device content portal 'Download!' will automatically be directed to Vyke's end user communications portal and have accounts created simply within the Vyke system. Nokia and Vyke said they have identified selected European markets for the initial launch of the service on Nokia's handsets so presumably the UK will almost certainly be one of them. New users signing up for Vyke's Mobile IP service via Nokia Download! will be awarded $1 of free Vyke calling credit. As calling North America and Western European fixed lines is only charged at ¢4 per call with no per minute charges, Vyke's introductory offer potentially provides tens of hours of free international calling from the mobile phone. |
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