Archive for August, 2011
Nokia Licenses aptX Technology, CD-quality Audio Over Bluetooth
Nokia just licensed an audio technology that will enable them to deliver CD-quality stereo audio wirelessly over Bluetooth (BT) connections. BT is already used to stream stereo audio wirelessly from handsets and other audio devices to headphones and speakers, but it is bandwidth-constrained. Expect to see a range of accessories using this technology in the 4th quarter.
Gurgaon Police Equipped With Nokia E5 to Capture Traffic Violations
Nokia India and the Gurgaon Traffic Police have partnered up to launch a traffic management project called 3rdEYE in the city. A software called Tselina will be integrated with Nokia E5 devices to capture photo evidence of traffic violations in Gurgaon. Up to 300 traffic police personnel stationed at different locations in the city will be equipped with the Nokia E5.
Demo: fMobi Beta, a Facebook Application for Symbian
Here’s a Facebook application for Symbian that you might want to try. It’s called fMobi and the version shown in this video is 1.2.2b. It’s currently beta for Symbian and is coming soon to the Nokia N9 (MeeGo). I’m showing it here on a Nokia N8. Check it out.
Nokia & Microsoft Party in Germany Aug 17th. Will We See Devices?
The Unwired reports of a party from Nokia and Microsoft in Cologne, Germany later this month. According the invitation, there will be a raffle to win Nokia devices with Windows Phone as soon as they are available. Could there be device announcements at this event? We’ll find out for sure on August 17th.
Nokia Changes Naming System to Numbers
Reliable sources told us last month that Nokia was considering to change the naming convention to just numbers. They were right. Nokia announced the new system today on the Conversations blog. It goes like this: first number is the relative price/feature point while the next two numbers give each device a unique identifier within that point.
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