Nokia Shutters Mobile-Gaming Service N-Gage

Nokia plans to stop producing mobile videogames for its N-Gage platform next year, it said Friday.

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An N-Gage demo at videogame retailer GameStop in 2003

In a blog post, the cellphone maker said it will continue selling games through its Ovi app store. Customers can download games through N-Gage until September 2010, it added, though new games will not be published there. Previously purchased games will also continue to work on handsets, though the community features will be disabled in September as well.

Nokia, which faces cellphone rivals such as Apple and Samsung, once saw N-Gage as a way to help tap into consumers’ appetite for mobile games, but the service got off to a rocky start, including several launch delays. It had previously developed a gaming handset, also called N-Gage, that sold poorly and was pulled in 2006.

The company has since turned its attention to Ovi, which competes with Apple’s larger App Store, as well as other devices like netbooks, which it expects to begin selling next month.

While Nokia’s post elicited condolences — “Next year will be a sad day when Ngage closes its doors,” one wrote — commenters on gadget blog Engadget, which said it wasn’t an unexpected move, were less supportive. “I thought it ended before it began,” one wrote.

Nokia 6788 Hits China Mobile

Nokia 6788 is Nokia’s first TD SCDMA based device which is the domestic standard in mobile communications for China Mobile, China’s and also world’s largest mobile phone service provider. May be the largest source of mobile subscribers can help Nokia relieve their pain for their low grasp on the smartphone territory. Let’s take a look at its amazing specifications.
Specifications of Nokia 6788

* 2.8-inch QVGA display
* 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash
* 4GB of onboard memory with microSD expansion
* GPS
* 3.5mm headset jack slot
* Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
* OS : S60 3rd Edition

It will be available in China at the end of this December.

Nokia CORE

It’s been a while since we last saw a Nokia concept phone we really liked and the device pictured below can fit this category perfectly. Nokia CORE is a cool design, based on the Star Wars universe and the core of a solar system. The interface of the handset is the most important feature, since it allows it to control a PC.

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Nokia CORE also serves as a mouse and it can transfer its interface to any PC nearby, via WiFi and Bluetooth. You’ll then control the new device by using CORE’s interface, as if it were the one on the PC. There’s also a camera aboard the phone, plus an OLED display covered with an anti-scratch layer.

All of the contents stored on the Nokia device and its interface get immediately transferred to the PC it connects to, so it should have a pretty cool UI, or else it would look strange on the big screen.

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nokia n900

N900 on the t-mobile network

Mark Guim from The Nokia Blog just got a Nokia N900, which has 1700 MHz 3G network used by T-Mobile USA. 2.26 Mb/s download, 0.34 Mb/s upload, ping time of 174 ms. That’s fast, almost double the speed of current fastest operator in America.

here some specifications of the nokia n900.

Hardware Specs:

* GPS, along with an accelerometer.
* Dimensions: 59.7mmx111mmx18.2mm
* Weight: 180g
* 3.5″ 800×480 (WVGA) touchscreen
* OMAP3430 500/600 Mhz processor (Fun Trivia: Same CPU as the Palm Pre)
* Bands: GSM Quad-Band 850, 900, 1800, 1900. WCDMA 900, 1700/2100, 2100
* 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss camera with dual-LED flash, autofocus, and sliding cover
* Though the renders we’ve seen show two lens-like circles near the screen, we’ve got no word on what’s behind them. However, we feel safe in assuming that its a proximity sensor and a front-facing camera.
* 1GB total virtual runtime memory (256MB physical RAM, 768MB virtual memory)
* Wi-Fi, HSPA
* 32GB internal storage, expandable up to 48GB via external memory
* Keyboard variants: English, Scandinavian, French, German, South European, Italian, Russia
* In the box: Connectivity cable, headset, charger, battery (1320 mAh), Video-out cable, microUSB adaptor, cleaning cloth

* In all of the renders we’ve seen, it appears to be running Maemo 5.
* Multitasking: “Run all of your favorite applications simultaneously”
* Live Dashboard allows all open tasks and unread messages to be displayed in one view
* Browser: Firefox 3 with support for Flash 9.4
* Built-in automatic update software
* Contacts has some sort of status sharing built in, allowing you to share your status, location, and mood. Support for Contacts on Ovi and Google Talk.
* All SMS and IMs accessible from one view
* Cellular voice or VOIP both supported… maybe UMA?
* Captures video at 800×480 in AVC/H.264
* Image tagging and geo-tagging support
* Nokia intends to have at least a dozen add-on apps available at launch, including a game called “Bounce”, a Jaiku/Twitter app called “Mauku”, and a few widgets.

Via The Nokia Blog

How to Upgrade a Nokia n80 to Nokia n80 Internet Edition

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The Nokia N80 was a cell phone the company released that was quite popular with customers. As with any new form of technology, Nokia released a better version not long after. This new version is known as the Nokia N80IE or Internet Edition. The two phones have the same features, but the IE has better software, which makes looking at things online or surfing the web look better. Luckily, you can easily turn your Nokia N80 into the Nokia N80 Internet Edition with just a little work.

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Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Cell phone
• Computer
• USB cable
• Internet access

1. Step 1

   Download the Nokia Software Updater and Nokia PC Suite by visiting the official website. This software is free of charge. Simply follow the directions when prompted.

2. Step 2

   Back up the files on your Nokia N80 because this process will remove all files from your phone. You can do this by saving the information to your SIM card.

3. Step 3

   Connect the USB cable to your cell phone and plug it into your computer. Make sure that your phone is on the charger and the SIM card is inside before proceeding.

4. Step 4

   Select the PC Suite button on your cell phone. Your computer should recognize the new software attached.

5. Step 5

   Run the software updater that you downloaded previously by clicking on the icon on your desktop. This program will automatically download the updates onto your cell phone, but continue to follow the prompts when given.

6. Step 6

   Watch for your Nokia phone to reboot and return your factory settings such as date and time. Now your old Nokia N80 is a fully working Nokia N80ie.