Nokia launches its latest E-Series rockstar aka the E72 in India

Calling all users who have had their eyes on the Nokia E72 .  The Finnish phone maker has finally announced its latest E-series rockstar aka E72 for India . Users can prebook the handset online .
Why are we calling this a Rockstar when this is a Business phone ??
The E72 has got features to please anyone . Apart from robust messaging

capabilities, the E72 has awesome music playback via a 3.5 mm headphone jack , a 5 MP Camera

which takes awesome photos and record 640×480px videos. The UI is snappier due to the new version of Symbian (9.3 FP2).
In short we are sure the E72 will rock the market.
Nokia has launched a unique campaign for the E72 titled How We Respond is Who We Are ( you might have seen a count down timer on the blog )
The price has also been revealed and the MRP is Rs.22989 . You are advised to use the contact form

on the pre-order site to confirm the price in your state. As usual users in Maharashtra might have to pay more.
Reserve your E72 Now

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Mozilla to award 10 add-on developers with a Nokia N900

The guys over at Mozilla are organizing a contest for Maemo mobile browser add-ons and are willing to award the top 10 developers with a new Nokia N900 each. If you're a developer, you can participate in the contest by submitting your add-on for the mobile Firefox browser for Maemo at the contest homepage.


The Maemo 5 based Nokia N900 started shipping a few days ago but we guess it will be a few days before all stores get theirs. So this challenge is your chance not only to get it for free but also to be among the first N900 owners.
To participate you have to develop an add-on for the mobile Firefox web browser and submit it before December 7, 2009.The judges will choose which TEN addons offer best user experience and innovation.
If you already have developed an add-on for the mobile Firefox, you only have to confirm that you want to take part in the challenge. Well, that is.
For further details on the rules follow that link.
The organizers are ready to supply the participants with all the needed SDK tools as well as with useful tips and personal advices. The deadline is just around the corner so hurry up. The clock is ticking.

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Nokia messaging

Nokia Messaging Team has announced over their blog, that they have launched a new site messaging.nokia.com.

This site will capture everything related to Nokia Messaging i.e. Email, IM, Social Networking and Ovi Mail across S60, S40, and Maemo devices. The site also offers some helpful how-to videos and brings in content from user guides, the official Nokia support forums, BetaLabs, and from blogs and Twitter.

Also, the website is device and country aware, so you can choose your device and see exactly what’s available for you in Messaging.

Check it out today and let us know what you feel about the website.

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Nokia- E72 specifications [Reviewed]

Check the adobe flash version if it's the updated version. - It's still the same 3.0 version but I expect a FW update to introduce the 3.1 version.

Try to open many apps at the same time and see how much it can manage simultaneously. I've tried opening 24 applications and RAM was down to 5MB or so. It does pretty good although at start-up it didn't have as much free RAM as Nokia claims it should or as much as the E71 has.
Feature Pack 2 allows you to organize access points and prioritize them. Also, it can allow you to add different access points and divide them by destinations (Internet, Multimedia, WAP...) so it's pretty handy because you can then choose the default connection to be, say, "Internet" and the device will automatically detect which access points should be used.

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he Nokia Messaging app is the same as the one on the E75. It works very well once it is set up correctly. Currently, I cannot set multiple inboxes simply because the phone is not supported. I cannot even update my FW because the phone is not supported either. My Gmail worked great on it, but nothing else seems to work. I’m not even getting an error like it sometimes happens with NM. I set up my mailbox but it never appears. The only thing that worked was Gmail. It supports HTML and seamless attachment download, I’m sure, check the pictures for that. Back when I had the E75 on test, I had 7 inboxes set up on it and it was working flawlessly (Ovi, Gmail, Hotmail x2, Yahoo, GMX x2).

Its camera quality in night & day

 Navigation:

As you might have all noticed, the majority of the requests had something to do with GPS and navigation, so I’ve tried my best to carry out some tests in order to see how the E72 behaves when used as a GPS unit. There are, however, a couple of things you should keep in mind:
- What I always repeat in all my reviews: the unit I have is a prototype and sometimes it behaves awkwardly. Both hardware and software on this device might not be final, so I will be waiting for a retail package to be able to judge it.
- My country – Lebanon – does not have detailed maps from Nokia, yet. I hope we get them sometime soon so I cannot tell you how Nokia Maps behaves when turn-by-turn voice guidance is activated or Walk option is turned on. You have to bear with me until we get a decent set of maps.

Navigating with the E71 was never a hard task for me. Although I’ve read and heard complaints about how hard it was for the E71 to get a lock on the GPS satellites, I’ve tried it both in Europe and the rest of the Middle East (by rest I mean excluding my own country) and it never took more than 4 minutes to lock. I understand that’s a long time to wait but 4 minutes was the worst case while I had some good times like a minute or two in the UK. I’ve tried Garmin and Nokia Maps on it and they both worked fine.

On to the E72; The experience is a bit weird but I relate it to the fact that what I’m using is nothing but an early handset, one which has been over half the globe and through rough testing before it got into my hands. I’m saying that because while at times the E72’s behavior was amazing, at other times it failed to connect, trailing behind the E71 which showed great results.

I’ve been carrying out some tests for the past week and came to realize the following:

- At a given spot, when the E72 WANTS to act normal and connect, it does it in less than a minute, which amazed me.
- The magnetometer works great, as per the shots below, and takes between zero to 4 seconds to shift from one direction to another depending on your status: if you’re standing still and messing around with the phone, it will not detect your moves that quickly. But when driving and you make a turn, the switch is almost immediate.
- I don’t have detailed maps but I do get the positioning, the trip distance, the speed and everything else. And I do get the country’s name (thankfully) so it’s not that bad after all. So it locks and shows me my position on the map but no details around me whatsoever. Just barren land and a blinking red dot.
- When the E72 refuses to connect – for some reason which I ignore – the E71 succeeds after a while, leaving the E72 with the message “GPS works poorly indoor and in closed areas”
- While in “Satellite Status” mode, you can choose to change the view and visualize the satellites as squares on a radar-like map instead of the usual displayed bars.
- You can turn off the compass.
- I never used any Internet connection to aid the phone when trying to get a lock.
- While inside the car, it took almost double the time to lock (compared to when walking outside), which was roughly around 2 minutes.

Overall it was not a bad experience, but I believe the sensitivity can be much improved, just like it’s promised to happen with the N97 in the upcoming FW. Another weird thing was the Garmin XT was never able to get a lock; the signal was always too weak even when I was navigating on foot. It would have been great for me to able to get a lock with Garmin since I have the maps installed, but even though I had linked it to the internal GPS, it always failed to lock onto more than 3 satellites.

As a short conclusion, I cannot assume that navigation will be way better than the E71, but I cannot deny the improvement. When the E72 worked normally, it was great, and yes, better than the E71. But when it didn’t, it made me realize that nothing had changed, and that this aspect of the phone hasn’t been taken to the next level. Only time can tell. Hopefully, the next test I carry out will be on a retail unit with the final hardware/software.

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NOKIA E72 REWIEW & SPECS

Specifications

Physical features, power and memory

Physical features, power and memory

Size

• Form: Monoblock with full keypad
• Dimensions: 114 x 58.3 x 10.1 mm
• Weight: 128 g
• Volume: 65 cc
• Contemporary design with fully integrated QWERTY keypad

Display and 3D

• Main display:
  - Size: 2.36"
  - Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels (QVGA)
• Up to 16.7 million colours
• TFT active matrix

Keys and input method

• QWERTY keyboard
• Nokia Eseries one-touch keys for Home, Calendar, Contacts and Email
• Volume and mute keys
• Intuitive Optical Navi Key
• Media (Camera, Gallery, Music Player, Radio, Real Player, Voice Recorder)
• Messaging (Messaging, New email, New message, Read emails, Read messages, Read new emails, Read new messages)
• Organiser (Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, Data Synchronisation, File manager, Notepad, What time is it)
• Profiles (General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Offline)
• Tools (Connection manager, Device manager, Help, Landmarks, Personalisation, Profiles, Settings, Speed dialling, Voice commands, Voice mail)
• Application manager
• Bluetooth
• Browser
• Logs
• Navigator (= GPS data)
• Phonebook

Colours and covers

• Available in-box colours:
  - Zodium black
  - Topaz brown

Connectors

• Micro-USB connector which supports charging. High-Speed USB 2.0
• 3.5 mm Nokia audio connector

Memory

• 4 GB MicroSD memory card (with hot swap), support for up to 16 GB
• One-touch use as USB mass memory storage
• 250 MB free user disk space

Power

• Nokia Battery BP-4L 1500 mAh Li-Ion standard battery
• Talk time (maximum):
  - GSM 12 h 30 min
  - WCDMA 5 h 54 min
  - VoIP 13 h 42 min
• Standby time (maximum):
  - GSM 492 h
  - WCDMA 576 h
  - WLAN 110 h
• Video playback time (maximum): 13 h 6 min
• Video recording time (maximum): 6 h 24 min
• Video call time (maximum): 4 h
• Music playback time (maximum): 37.5 h

Environmental features

• Energy efficiency: Power Save mode, ambient light sensor, unplug charger reminder, High Efficiency Charger AC-8
• Eco content and services: Eco zone via Ovi store, eco tips in tutorial, maps for route optimization and pedestrian navigation
• Materials: free of PVC, free of brominated & chlorinated compounds, antimony trioxide as defined in Nokia Substance List
• Recycling: device is up to 80 % recyclable
• Packaging: up to 60 % recycled material, 100 % recyclable
• User manual: eco tips on Green Page
• Full Eco declaration

Communication and navigation

Communication and navigation

Operating frequency

• E72-1 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/2100 HSDPA
• E72-2 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/1900 HSDPA
• E72-3 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 850/2100 HSDPA
• Offline mode

Data network

• GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
• EGSM class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed 128/384 kbps (DL/UL)
• WCDMA 850/1900/2100, WCDMA 900/1900/2100
• HSDPA maximum speed: 10.2 Mbps
• HSUPA maximum speed: 2 Mbps
• WLAN 802.11b, 802.11g
  - WLAN Security: WPA2-Enterprise, WPA2-Personal, WPA-Enterprise, WPA-Personal
  - WLAN Quality of Service: WMM, U-APSD
  - WLAN wizard
• TCP/IP support
• Capability to serve as data modem
• Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes

Local connectivity and synchronisation

• Bluetooth version 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate, A2DP
• Add-on solutions enable integration into enterprise private branch exchange (PBX) infrastructure
• Digital Home support
• UPnP support
• MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
• Printing
• Network (Raw). Direct TCP/IP socket connection to any specified port
• Network (LPR). Line Printer Daemon protocol (RFC1179)
• Printing to file
• USB PictBridge printing
• Support for PC synchronisation with Nokia PC Suite 7.1 (preinstalled) and Nokia Ovi Suite

Service

• SIND

Call features

• Integrated hands-free speakerphone
• Conference calling
• Number screening for messaging and calls
• Any key answer
• Call waiting, call hold, call divert
• Call timer
• Logging of dialled, received and missed calls
• Automatic redial
• Speed dialling
• Enhanced voice dialling
• Side volume keys
• Mute/unmute
• Contacts with images
• Conference calling with up to 6 participants
• Video calling (VGA): up to 640 x 480 pixels, up to 15 fps
• Push to talk
• SIP VoIP 3.0
• Voice call continuity (VoIP cell/WLAN handover)

Messaging

• SMS with support for up to 10 concatenated SMS (long messages)
• SMS Storage: up to 999 messages
• Speed dialling for SMS sending
• List of recently used numbers
• Multiple SMS deletion
• Undo function for SMS deletion
• Text-to-speech message reader
• EMS picture messaging (send and receive)
• MMS version 1.2, message size up to 300 kb
• Automatic resizing of images for MMS
• Common inbox for SMS and MMS messages
• Number screening for messaging
• Distribution lists for messaging
• Instant Messaging:
  - Windows (MSN) Live
  - OMA IM
  - Presence
  - Ovi Contacts

E-mail

• Supported protocols: IMAP4 (with idle), Nokia Messaging, Microsoft ActiveSync, POP3, SMTP
• Support for Nokia Messaging service
• Support for Mail for Exchange
• Support for Lotus Notes Traveller
• HTML email support
• Multiple simultaneous email accounts (e.g. business email + private email)
• Support for e-mail attachments
• Support for e-mail with filtering
• OMA e-mail notification support
• Integrated Nokia Mobile VPN

Web browsing

• Supported mark-up languages: HTML, XHTML, MP, WML, CSS
• Supported protocols: HTTP, WAP
• TCP/IP support
• Nokia MiniMap browser:
  - HTML 4.01
  - XHTML MP 1.1
  - ECMAScript / JavaScriptTM 1.5
  - AJAX
  - OMA 2.1
  - HTTP / HTTPS
• Nokia Mobile Search (for the device and the internet)

GPS and navigation

• Integrated A-GPS with compass
• Nokia Maps 3.0

Image and sound

Image and sound

Photography

• 5 megapixel camera (2592 x 1944 pixels) with autofocus and flash
• Image formats: JPEG, Exif
• CMOS sensor
• 5x digital zoom
• One-touch autofocus key
• Focal length: 4.7 mm
• Focus range: 10 cm to infinity
• LED flash
• Flash modes: Automatic, On, Off, Red-eye reduction
• Flash operating range: 1 m
• Automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Automatic, Manual exposure compensation +2,0 ~ -2,0
• Capture modes: Still capture mode, video mode, panorama mode and sequence mode
• Scene modes: Auto, user defined, close-up, portrait, landscape, sport, night mode (w/o flash), night portrait
• Colour tone modes: Normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
• Light sensitivity modes: Automatic, low, medium, high
• Show viewfinder grid
• Still image editor

Video

• Main camera
• VGA: 640 x 480 at 15fps
• QVGA: 320 x 240 at 15 fps
• QCIF: 176 x 144 at 15 fps
• Up to 10x digital video zoom
• Front camera:
  - Up to 2x digital video zoom
• Video recording file formats: .mp4 - default (VGA, QVGA) or .3gp (QCIF for MMS)
• Audio recording formats: AMR, AAC stereo
• Automatic, sunny, cloudy, incandescent, fluorescent
• Scene modes: Automatic, night
• Colour tone modes: normal, sepia, black & white, vivid, negative
• Clip length (maximum): 90 mins (High or Normal quality) or limited to MMS size approx. 30 seconds (Sharing quality)
  Note: Clip length is dependable on available memory
• Media player
• Real Player
• Video playback file formats: .mp4, AVC/H.264, .wmv, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP
• Video streaming: .mp4, AVC/H.264, .wmv, RV, Flash Video, H.263/3GPP
• Video calling (VGA) 15 fps
• Video ring tones
• Video editor on device

Music and audio playback

• Music player
• Media player
  - Equalizer
  - Shuffle
  - Repeat
  - Loudness on/off
  - Stereo widening
  - Selection by artist, album and genre
  - Album graphics display
• Music playback file formats: AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, MP3, AMR-NB, WMA
• Audio streaming
• Dedicated volume keys
• FM radio 87.5-108 MHz with RDS support
• 3.5 mm audio connector
• Nokia Music Store support
• Ring tones: polyphonic (25 built-in tones)

Voice and audio recording

• Voice commands:
  - Media (Camera, Gallery, Music Player, Radio, Real Player, Voice Recorder)
  - Messaging (Messaging, New email, New message, Read emails, Read messages, Read new emails, Read new messages)
  - Organiser (Calculator, Calendar, Clock, Converter, Data Synchronisation, File manager, Notepad, What time is it)
  - Profiles (General, Silent, Meeting, Outdoor, Pager, Offline)
  - Tools (Connection manager, Device manager, Help, Landmarks, Personalisation, Profiles, Settings, Speed dialling, Voice commands, Voice mail)
  - Application manager
  - Bluetooth
  - Browser
  - Logs
  - Navigator (= GPS data)
  - Phonebook
• Enhanced voice dialling
• Voice recorder
• Audio recording formats: .mp4
• AMR-NB, GSM EFR, FR & HR, AMR-WB for CS speech call
• Digital microphone
• Text-to-speech message reader

Personalisation: profiles, themes, ring tones

• Customisable profiles
• Ring tones: polyphonic (25 built-in tones) HH: US ring tone, ROW ringing tone
• Video ring tones (3 built-in tones)
• User-defined themes
• Home screen modes: Business and personal

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