Nokia India is now the second largest market for the Finnish Mobile phone Maker.
China continues to be the no.1 . USA was at no.1 and is now moved to no.2
Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is in India for meeting some goverment officials .
Nokia Chennai’s Sriperumbudur plant has produced 60 Million handsets so far and about 50 % of them have been exported to over 58 countries
via [nokia press]
Nokia 6555 is the latest addition to Nokia’s range of phones.
It shares points with the Prism Collection and the 8600 Luna.
The 6555 is a 3G Clamshell .
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It will be available next month for a price of about (200 Euros) Rs.12000
The brand image for Nokia India is under serious threat due to the recent Nokia battery recall which we had covered last week.
The company even made a status check possible via SMS to 5555 with the BT <26 digit battery no>.
But panic struck people are thronging Nokia service centers and dealers to check the status of their battery.
About 4-5 % of phones in India are affected according to IntoMobile
Airtel, Hutch and other operators are co-operating with Nokia according to HT
Nokia CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo is going to be in India on Aug 22-24 . May be to have a idea of ground level situation in the country.
But He’s coming for meeting Top government officials.
via [IntoMobile]
After the Laptop Battery Advisories come the mobile phone battery nightmares. There have been a lot of mobile explosions due to improper usage and charging. Nokia has just issued a product advisory for Matsushita branded BL-5C batteries.
BL-5C is used in a lot of nokia phones
Nokia Press Release
Nokia announces product advisory for BL-5C battery
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today issued a product advisory for the Nokia-branded BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan between December 2005 and November 2006. This product advisory does not apply to any other Nokia-branded battery.
Nokia has identified that in very rare cases the Nokia-branded BL-5C batteries subject to the product advisory could potentially experience overheating initiated by a short circuit while charging, causing the battery to dislodge. Nokia is working closely with Matsushita and will be cooperating with relevant authorities to investigate this situation.
Nokia has several suppliers for BL-5C batteries who have collectively produced more than 300 million BL-5C batteries. This advisory applies only to the 46 million batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006, from which there have been approximately 100 incidents of overheating reported globally. No serious injuries or property damage have been reported.
Consumers with a BL-5C battery subject to this advisory should note that all of the approximately 100 incidents have occurred while charging the battery. According to Nokia’s knowledge this issue does not affect any other use of the mobile device.
While the occurrences in the BL-5C batteries produced by Matsushita in the time-period specified are very rare, concerned consumers can request a replacement for any BL-5C battery subject to this product advisory.
It is important to note that the BL-5C battery is not used in all Nokia products and that only a portion of the Nokia BL-5C batteries in use are subject to this advisory.
How to identify a BL-5C battery manufactured by Matsushita during the relevant period
In order to determine if a battery is subject to this advisory, it is necessary to remove the battery from the device. A Nokia battery will have “Nokia” and “BL-5C” printed on the front of the battery. On the reverse, the Nokia mark appears at the top and the battery identification number (consisting of 26 characters) is found at the bottom. Consumers should refer to this identification number to determine if their battery is among the batteries manufactured by Matsushita between December 2005 and November 2006. A comparison of that number with those subject to this advisory will determine a consumer’s ability to obtain a replacement free of charge.
Consumers should visit the website www.nokia.com/batteryreplacemen
About the BL-5C battery
The BL-5C is one of 14 different battery models used in Nokia products. As with many of its components, Nokia has a multi-supplier strategy for batteries, including the BL-5C. Matsushita is one of several suppliers Nokia has for the BL-5C battery.
A list of Nokia products that include the BL-5C battery is available at www.nokia.com/batteryreplacemen
Social Networking is such a big business these days. And every other brands is wanting to get a share of it.
Nokia is launching mosh.nokia.com which is the first time a mobile handset maker is coming up with a social networking website.
The site is in a private beta and you need to password to get to the registration form. We managed to get the code and grab a username.
You can upload Images,Videos,Documents and all kinds of stuff . You can share all your uploads with others as well.
The Mobile version of the site is at http://www.mosh.nokia.mobi and its pretty clean and optimized for mobile browsing.
Its Nokia in action so this is nothing special.
Visit : http://mosh.nokia .com
The Nokia Prism Collection will be available globally after the Nokia 7500 Prism was announced earlier in China, Taiwan.
Nokia today announced the Prism collection which is aimed at the Fashion conscious users.The Prism collection comprises of the Nokia 7900 Prism and the Nokia 7500 Prism.
The highlight of this collection is the Color, Material used and Graphics. It boasts of a signature diamond-cut design, geometric patterns and graphic light-refracting colors. These phones are similar to the
Nokia 7380 and 7390 L’Amour collection
Nokia 7900
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Nokia 7500
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These two mobile models will be available in the third quarter of 2007.
The Device profile of yet another phone has been spotted on Nokia’s Developer forum. This time its the Nokia N81
Its a 8 GB slider phone and is a sequel to the N91 8 Gb edition.
The phone if not a rumor is expected to be launched in Q4 2007
Samsung has raced past Motorola for the the 2nd spot in the global market share for mobile phones by shipping about 37 Million mobile phones this quarter.The growing list of handsets the Korean company has in its offering might be the reason.
Things are not so good for Motorola and have not managed something as spectacular since the RAZR about a couple of years back. Motorola’s top management might under go a change .It managed only about 35 Million shipments in the quarter and is seeing huge losses.
Sony Ericsson is till behind with about 25 million shipments.
Samsung’s success can been attributed to hits Ultra Line of handsets and also a lot of Entry level handsets for the emerging markets.(Both Moto and SE are trying to find an answer for this one )
Nokia is the market leader and is expected to announce its results for the quarter in a months time.
You might have seen the Nokia N-gage and the Ngage-QD . It was not a big hit but it defintely made the mobile gaming experience a enjoyable one.Nokia is currently working on a new N-Gage gaming platform. Details are expected to be announced any time. Unlike the previous version the new n-gage is expected to be compatible with at least all N-Series phones.
The Graphics looks really good.Will the 3D accelerator in the N95 be powerful enough for 3D Gaming ?
Lets wait and watch, for now enjoy the video.
check the video for a preview of what’s in store
Nokia might be rolling out a 8 GB version of the highly popular N95 to keep out competition from W960 and Apple Iphone
This XML file NN95_8GB-1r100.xml was found on Nokia’s developer site
The specs are not clear though apart from the 8 GB storage.
Nokia 7500 Prism is the latest fashion phone from Nokia.It was launched in China earlier this week.
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The successor to the Nokia 8800 has finally arrived. Aimed to target the luxury phone market, the 8600 Luna has been named so after the Roman god of Moonlight. The body is made of glass and stainless steel similar to the Nokia 880 and the 8800 Sirocco.
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The expected price of this handset is about Rs.40000-45000 similar to the 8800 and Sirocco (700 EUR)
Great news for Mobile Developers in and around chennai.
Nokia is starting of its Open C Events in the Country.
If you are wondering what Open C is about but are interested to find out, then head to the venue.
Venue
Le Royal Meridien
1 GST Road,
St. Thomas Mount,
Chennai – 600 016,
Tamil Nadu,
India.
Date 24th April 2007, Tuesday
Time 09:00 – 17:25
Nokia unveiled the latest E series at 3GSM 2007. The much slimmer E series range is bundled with a lot of additional features. E65, E61i are the sleek mobiles in dark red and brown black colours. Both devices run on S60 3rd Edition on Symbian OS 9.1. and have WLAN, GPRS and EDGE connectivity. Navigation and usability have been made easy with the “D-ring.” The center is a large square select button, and around it that is a raised, beveled square ring that controls the direction
The E65 has a 240×320 screen (QVGA), camera, MicroSD slot, and WCDMA (3G), EDGE, GPRS and WiFi connectivity whereas the E61i appears to be a tweaked version of E61 and has a QWERTY layout. The other models at the 3GSM 2007 by Nokia were the E90 and 6110.
The E90 has a two stage hinge, one stage that opens fully to put the screen at 90 degrees to the keyboard and a second stage that is adjustable from 90 to 180 degrees. The screen is pretty large anmd website can be viewed without the scrolling and resolution troubles.
The 6110 features Nokia Navigator, which includes many of the features that must be purchased as add ons to Maps like directions and city guides.
The other models were Nokia N77 and 3110. N77 has stereo Bluetooth support, microSD memory card slot, a 2 megapixel camera and 3G support with video calls. On the other hand 3110 is a perfect mid range phone with 1.3 megapixel camera, a stereo FM radio, Bluetooth, Infrared and tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support.
Nokia 3110 Classic – the successor to the 3100 ?
