Nokia N96 contest winner revealed!!

And we got the winner of this great contest we run at NokiaN96.net, as you can see on this page. We will now reveal the winner that will get this fantastic price. We have not yet contacted the winner, we will make the post first and then contact him regarding this fantastic prize. The winner will receive on his home a fantastic Nokia N96 device, a copy of Million Dollar Poker and other nokia goodies, the lucky guy or girl just needs to wait for “the e-mail”.

Overall we got more or less 200 valid right answers, many of you answered C, as the correct answer, but the right one is A) Denmark. The poker star Gus is from Denmark. At the list you can see in the left side is the winner and the next 9 people  that have the chance to win if the winner doesn’t replies to our mail in 5 days.

And I would like just to finish by saying thank you to Nokia N-Gage and Gameloft for giving this prize to our readers. Thank you!

Exclusive: Win a Nokia N96 and more with “Million Dollar Poker”

Million Dollar Poker is now available for Nokia N-Gage and to celebrate, nokian96.net has teamed up with Nokia N-Gage and Gameloft to offer one lucky reader of this blog a fantastic Nokia N-Gage prize including:

1x Nokia N96

1x copy of Million Dollar Poker

And other Nokia Goodies

The actual Nokia N96 price is around 500$ and is one of the best devices from Nokia as you have been seeing if you followed us on this blog, and with this contest you get the chance to win this great device for free. Remember that this is only for NokiaN96.net readers. Indeed a contest like this was promised to you on the last posts and now you have the chance to win it!

With MDP, Million Dollar Poker, the game that will be included in this giveaway you will be able to play against  sophisticated AI opponents ‘trained’ by poker master Gus Hansen or compete against real poker buddies by challenging up to 5 players to a tournament via the multiplayer platform on N-Gage. There are four main play modes:

• Online Multiplayer;
• Exhibition;
• Career (mixing cash games and tournaments) and;
• Heads-Up Duels.

And just like real world poker, players need to prove themselves in tournaments before they get to sit at the big money tables.

Million Dollar Poker is now available at http://www.n-gage.com

To join this contest and to win a fantastic Nokia N96 you won’t need to know how to play poker, but to answer just a little question. Here it is:

Million Dollar Poker features Gus Hansen, but which county is Poker star Gus from?

a) Denmark

b) Australia

c) U.S.A.

Use the form below and answer ONLY with A, B, or C, add your e-mail so that we can contact you and your name.

Then, a winner will be picked at random from the users who got the correct answer. We will use random.org to do this.

and….to join this contest, that’s all!

Dates:

The contest starts from now and ends by 22nd July at 8:00 PM GMT time. The winner will be posted in the website by 23rd July 2009 (we will not reveal e-mail winners neither the first part of their e-mail, of course, only the name).

Follow the rules below:

-You are able to send one answer, if you send more than 1 answer and that answer is different from the prior you will be disqualified. If you send more than 1 answer but they are all equal, then your e-mail will be counted and, but only once.

-If the winner will stay in touch with the folks from “Million Dollar Poker” to send the details to win the prize.

Well, Good Luck to everyone!

BBC will start streaming live tv in the UK

Great news for all UK residents, the BBC has now started streaming live TV for n96 and the 5800.

First before you get too excited you should know that the resolution is only 176 x 144 and that’s almost half our screen size so there is plenty of room for development. Saying that not only do you get the standard bbc channels (bbc 1,bbc2 ect…) but you all so get all the free to view channels as well(bbc 3,bbc 4, itv 2,itv 3, sky 3 ect…).  The problem is that you will probably still need to connect to wifi to update channels and other information. It sounds like its the kind of thing that will only work when it wants too but unfortunately I am unable to test this service as my phone is getting fixed so it would be great if any UK users let us know there experiences with this.

To use this service you will either need to download this or you can visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/live/tv/ on your n96.

This is a big step up for n96 users since the DVB-H TV in the n96 is unused so it made it just like the n95 so personally I’m delighted with this and hope that more European countries avail of this.

Have you checked this post about the Nokia N86 8MP camera and video samples?

N96 campaigns ending

Nokia Portugal has released the new Nokia 5800 here in Portugal. When I checked the Nokia store in Portugal, Lisbon, I saw a complete store focused on promoting the 5800. I have not seen any poster regarding the N96. The store was covered by pink and white colours and there were some girls at the entrance of the store.

I think probably the same thing is happening in many countries. Nokia stopped promoting the Nokia N96 and began campaigns regarding the 5800.

Have you noted something similar to this? The end of the N96 campaigns and the 5800 substitution?

Below, you can check some pictures of the Nokia 5800 release at Lisbon.

Nokia N96 release date (again)

Hi.

A lot of people want to know the release date of Nokia N96 mobile phone. Some bloggers have already said that it must be at 7th of May this year. Few days ago Meraj said the same thing here. I think he was right. And you, what is the day you think Nokia will release Nokia N96? Comment down here.

Symbian OS9.3 with S60 v3.1 Feature Pack 2 reviewed

Rafe over at All About Symbian has reviewed the Nokia N78. The important relation between the N96 and N78 is definitely the Operating System.

I decided to provide the readers with some extracts of the software bits contained in his review. A lot of this is ungrouped, and everything is really Rafe’s words:

The usual standard suite of software is present, including the PIM trio of Contacts, Calendar and Messaging. Web, Search and various office applications are all present. Feature Pack 2 brings a number of minor updates to these applications, but it is usability changes to the user interface that get most of the immediate attention.

The most obvious user interface change is the addition of a central softkey. This, for the most part, explicitly labels functionality that was already there, but should make things clearer to new users. Multi-tasking is made more obvious thanks to a redesigned task-switcher and the addition of an ‘Open applications’ item to the top of all Options menus.

Other changes that should be popular among N78 users include support for progressive downloads (start playing media during download), faster loading Java applications, full-screen picture caller ID for incoming calls, the inclusion of Flash Lite 3 (watch YouTube and other Flash videos in the browser), and inclusion of the WRT runtime (widgets).

The N73’s Gallery application was notorious for being sluggish, especially when viewing carousels of photos (thumbnail drawing rarely kept up with on screen movements). The good news is that the carousel has been re-designed from the ground up for the new Photos application and it also benefits from the faster processor of the N78. The end result is much better performance, with little or no lag time when moving around the carousel or viewing photos. A nice touch is the inclusion of an on-screen indication of where you are on a carousel, making it easy to navigate around large groupings of photos. When viewing an individual photo, you are able to add album and tag information, as well as the usual send, print, edit, slideshow and use image commands.

Share online, which allows the upload of media to online services such as Flickr, Share on Ovi, and Print online, which allows you order prints directly from your phone which are subsequently delivered by post, are all available out of the box and serve as ways of getting photos off the phone. Share online is particularly important here, as it integrates with both the Camera and Photos application, allowing for one click uploads to the web. Read more

Nokia’s fantastic four in Sydney – Australia

Nokia sheds more light on its upcoming phones, software and services at the recent Showcase Nokia 2008 event held in Sydney, Australia.

 

NOKIA unveiled some of its much-anticipated mobile phones, including the N96, the successor to the popular top-of-the-line N95 It also previewed three other feature-packed phones – the N78, 6220 Classic and 6120 Navigator.

The dual-slider N96 is optimised for video and TV thanks to its large 2.8in screen, 16GB of internal memory, built-in DVB-H tuner and support for high-quality videos in a wide range of formats.

N96

The N96, which supports common video formats including MPEG4, WMV and Flash video, can store up to 40 hours of content.

And for added convenience, the phone features a ”kickstand” on the back that allows for hands-free viewing.

The storage capacity of the N96 can be further expanded with an optional microSD card, such as the new Nokia 8GB microSD which increases the available memory of the phone to a total of 24GB.

The phone has a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, dual flash and video light. It can also record DVD-quality video at 30fps (frames per second).

N78

The phone also has an integrated GPS, so users can tag their pictures with location data and share them with their online communities.

Its lesser sibling, the N78, features a 2.4in display, 72MB internal memory, an integrated GPS, WiFI, HSDPA, a 3.2-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens, and a microSD slot.

The novelty of the N78 is its integrated FM transmitter that allows music to be played on any FM radio, in a car or at home.

Guiding hand(phone)

The 6210 Navigator is the company’s first GPS-enabled mobile device with an integrated compass.

6210 Navigator

Combined with an accelerometer which measures changes in direction and orientation, the built-in compass makes it easy to follow the map on the phone when strolling about on foot.

Also, the integrated Maps 2.0 application will plot the quickest route to the desired destination and illustrate it on the map.

The phone is ready for use out-of-the-box, even without a SIM card, and local maps will be preloaded on the 1GB memory card that will be bundled with the phone.

6220 Classic

The 6210 Navigator also features a 3.2-megapixel camera, MP3 player and stereo FM radio.

Moving on, the highlight of the 6220 Classic is its 5-megapixel camera with Xenon flash and Carl Zeiss lens, which Nokia claims is on par with many single-purpose digital cameras on the market.

It features an integrated TV-out which allows photos on the phone to be viewed on a TV.

Plus, the phone’s high-speed HSDPA connection makes it easy to update blogs and upload photos and videos online.

Also, the phone uses Adaptive Multi Rate-Wideband speech coding technology to give a more natural sound to human voice in phone calls. This helps when having a conversation in a noisy environment, according to Nokia.

All the phones are expected to be available locally in the second half of the year.

New Maps

At Showcase Nokia 2008, Nokia also announced it has updated its mapping and navigation software, Maps 2.0, by improving its pedestrian navigation, adding multimedia city guides, offering satellite images, and redesigning the user interface.

The pedestrian navigation feature or “Walk” will help users find their way when they are on foot by giving them visual turn-by-turn guide. It also helps you to locate yourself by giving information about the surrounding buildings, streets and parks.

In newer handsets, like the 6210 Navigator, it will point the direction in which you are walking by using the handset’s built-in compass for orientation.

Users will also be given the option to purchase multimedia guides that feature photos, videos and audio streams, which are supposed to make the journey more enjoyable.

A beta version of Maps 2.0 can be downloaded from www.nokia.com/ betalabs.

Meanwhile, Nokia’s Ovi Internet services gets a boost from Share on Ovi, a new free personal media sharing service that makes it easy to upload, manage and share files through a mobile, desktop or other connected device.

Share on Ovi offers allows users to socialise, interact and collaborate and is designed for more than 100 different media types with unlimited storage and unlimited uploads.

To sign up for an account go to http://share.ovi.com.

Source: The Star Online

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Live pictures and video of N96

And they keep on coming…Will at IntoMobile has posted tons of pictures comparing the N95 to the N96, and also a video where he plays around with the unseen jewel.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aK-uKD2AiQ

The glossy-black finish hides buttons that illuminate from below…so cool. The sliding mechanism is much improved over the N95 – springy and snappy at the same time, it’s incredibly satisfying. The music controls illuminate upon sliding the N96 down. A kickstand pops out from the rear, making video and TV viewing convenient. Oh yea, and the TV (DVB-H) is smooth and crisp. Overall, the Nokia N96 is slightly (emphasis on slightly) longer than the N95, with about the same width and thickness, but feels lighter and more solid. And, speaking of solid, did I mention that much improved sliding mechanism? If you just bought a Nokia N95, I’m sorry to say that the Nokia N96 is the new hotness. The Nokia N95 is still the cat’s meow, but the N96 gets the lion’s share of the glory. That glossy-black finish might not be your cup of tea, but damn if I didn’t love it.

 

 

Source: IntoMobile

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Nokia ties up with Google

Nokia has recently tied up with Google to facilitate web search on its products. This was announced at the Mobile World Congress in which Nokia also launched new models offering new services. One of those models is the fantastic Nokia N96.

The integration of this Google software will begin in select markets on Nokia N78, Nokia 6210 Navigator and Nokia 6220 Classic. Nokia N96 is also included in this group. However, Google search will be extended to additional models in the future.

This feature, will be available in over 100 countries, serving mobile owners speaking 40 languages. Nokia is improving its market share and launching more and more mobiles “mini personal computers”, as the company said.

“As we continue to free the internet from the limitations of the desktop, we are taking mobility into a completely new realm of possibility,” Nokia Chief Executive Officer Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo said.

Nokia Executive Vice President (Mobile Phones) Kai Ostamo, while commenting on its new range of phones, said “we would like to be called Mobile Experience Company and not just a mobile phone company.”

Last Friday Nokia Shares (NOK) ended with a loss of 0,69% while Google shares (GOOG) lost 0,49%

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PopCap Games to develop multiplayer mobile games for SNAP Mobile

Game Developers Conference 2008, San Francisco, CA and Espoo, Finland- Nokia and PopCap Games, the leading developer and publisher of casual games, will bring connected mobile Java(TM) games to the SNAP Mobile platform. The award winning Chuzzle(TM) is the first game to be re-developed by PopCap under a multi-game agreement.

 

“SNAP Mobile is all about bringing fun multiplayer Java games to the masses,” said Paul Whitaker, Head of Business Development for SNAP Mobile, Nokia. “With a catalog of broadly appealing games, PopCap titles are a perfect addition to our growing portfolio.”

 

“Downloads of our mobile games continue to grow rapidly and we have learned that consumers are increasingly looking for on-the-go games that allow them to interact with one another,” said Andrew Stein, Director of Mobile Business Development, PopCap. “To help meet that growing demand, we’re happy to cooperate with a company like Nokia that shares our vision of bringing engaging and fun casual games to the mobile mass-market along with a proven track record of efficiently distributing and hosting connected mobile games.”

 

The multiplayer version of Chuzzle(TM) will feature community offerings, including chat, leader boards, and more. The original single player version of Chuzzle(TM), which was named ‘Casual Game of the Year’ in 2005 by Billboard’s Digital Entertainment & Media Excellence Awards, is expected to be available on a variety of mobile devices powered by SNAP Mobile by the end of 2008.

Source: Nokia

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