Evolution of the Nokia camera phone

2002 brought us some key world events. The criminal investigation and subsequent collapse of Enron, the US invasion of Afghanistan, the World Cup in Japan and South Korea and not forgetting the release of the first Nokia camera phone.The 7650 had a 0.3 MP camera and 640×480 resolution. Not much by today’s standards but at the time, it was cutting edge stuff. If we fast forward 10 years, those specs change slightly. How does 12 megapixels, Carl Zeiss Optics, Xenon Flash and 720p HD video sound?What happened in those ten years between was an evolution that has led many of us to photographic enlightenment.Take a look at our Nokia camera phone...

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Mobile Documents update

Users of Mobile Documents by Visiarc will be happy to know that Nokia Beta Labs now has an update ready for download, bringing the latest version to 0.9.20. With added features along with some bug fixes, anybody using the old version should update now. And if you haven’t tried it yet, then there’s no better time to give it a whirl. Read on to find out more. We’ve mentioned Mobile Documents before, receiving great feedback from everybody using it and your suggestions and comments didn’t go unnoticed by the developers. The update isn’t pushed right to your device, however navigating to the Nokia Beta Labs page will...

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Nokia blows bubbles over your display

Hello all! Do you remember that song – “I’m forever blowing bubbles in the wind”? Even if you don’t, that still reminds me of this application I want to talk to you a bit about: the  bubbles new application developed by Nokia.Pino told me the other week that the bubbles are creating some buzz around the blogosphere and I decided to add up to it. I’ll present you in the next few lines my so far relationship to these little soap-like rings.Before anything else, you should know that the app is an experimental version, therefore many things will go wrong: the installation, sudden crashing, weird colour display at times (at sudden...

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7 Nokia world records that will blow your mind!

You might have read the report that came out recently, showing that an amazing 65.2% of Chinese mobile subscribers are buying apps from the Ovi Store. (This is nearly three times more than Android Market and Apple Store users combined.) We don’t know about you, but this figure really blew our minds. And it turns out that Nokia holds plenty more amazing records. Here are seven that made us go wow!The world’s most listened to tuneThe Nokia tune comes from the composition Gran Vals, by the Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. Anssi Vanjoki who, along with Lauri Kivinen, selected the famous excerpt brought it to Nokia in 1993. It is...

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Win 2 new Nokia N8’s with #sharetheloveNokia

Ladies and Gentlemen and lovers alike,It’s that time of year again – things start to get a little flirtatious for the singletons among us andrather more loved up if you’re lucky enough to already have found that special someone.Over at Nokia Entertainment they are wholeheartedly behind the idea of Valentines Day, the world could always use a little more love, eh? So this Valentines they’re inviting you to “Share The Love” via the medium of twitter.Who doesn’t like to receive a Valentines message? They want you to @message your Valentine (whether you’vealready got them or this is your first move) with a valentines message and...

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