Nokia yesterday updated the Ovi Maps Beta page with a newer version. There are no major changes but Nokia has tweaked it here and there to improve the stability and fix a number of installation problems.
In the Ovi Maps the “GPS indicator bar” has been replaced from the bottom right hand corner of the screen. The GPS position is indicated with a red dot and the map zooms in to a certain zoom level to provide a good overview. There is no visual difference between GPS positioning and the WiFi positioning at the moment but we are looking to improve this in future releases.
For cell-ID positioning a halo is shown (the red circle around the dot – as shown below). When you have a position fix and you don’t interact with the map, the map is panned to your position fix and zoom in or out to display the whole halo.
Nokia has released another video showcasing its app "Nokia Point & Find" (similar to Google Goggles). See previous video at "Nokia Point & Find Pilot Campaign Started in Colchester UK". Nokia has been testing the app in the Colchester, UK. The video takes you step-by-step through how the free app works with shopping, worldwide locations and identifying mysterious objects. See video above.
Mobiletag is already a downloadable application on all major mobile stores: Android, Iphone, Blackberry, Windows. Now its available on NOKIA OVI Store!
Mobile Tag has always tried to develop new technology from the consumer's point of view, and the mobiletag Universal Reader & shopping on OVI Store is no exception.
The concept behind this application is to send, receive and share information and best prices to everyone and for everyone through all standardized barcodes. The millions clients of NOKIA across the world have now the possibility to update their mobiletag application already embedded or to download the latest version.
Scanning a barcode with your Nokia mobile phone is simply taking a picture of it with your phone, using the mobiletag application. Mobiletag on OVI Store is free!
Alpine Electronics, the leading automotive and systems and audio specialist, announced today together with Nokia and NAVTEQ a strategic partnership to bring a new connected technology called Terminal Mode to car infotainment systems. This technology will provide Nokia's Ovi services such as navigation, powered by NAVTEQ maps, through smartphones that are integrated into the car environment.
By integrating the smartphone handset seamlessly with in-car electronics, this technology is able to bring smartphone widget-based services like navigation, music, weather reports and application stores, in addition to the usual call and talk functions of a mobile phone into the car environment.
T-Mobile USA today announced the upcoming availability of the Nokia 5230 Nuron, a smartphone solution for the masses packed with applications, maps with turn-by-turn directions, and more.
Operating on T-Mobile's blazing-fast 3G network, the Nokia Nuron offers dynamic Web browsing and rich experiences on a 3.2" touch screen. The device is also the first pre-loaded with Ovi Maps, a free turn-by-turn navigation solution from Nokia, and the first to have the Ovi Store pre-loaded, giving consumers access to thousands of compelling applications and games. The Nokia Nuron is expected to be available in the coming weeks exclusively from T-Mobile.
The Nokia Nuron is a mobile solution that allows consumers to easily make their way around town, download content and applications to keep them entertained, or help to manage their busy lives. Consumers can keep up with friends and family via IM, text, personal or work e-mail, and offers the ability to easily surf the Web with a full HTML browser.
Skype and Nokia today jointly announced the release of Skype for Symbian, a Skype client for Nokia smartphones based on the Symbian platform, the world's most popular smartphone platform. Skype for Symbian will allow Nokia smartphone users worldwide to use Skype on the move, over either a WiFi or mobile data connection (GPRS, EDGE, 3G). It is now downloadable for free from the Ovi Store, Nokia's one-stop shop for mobile content.
Skype for Symbian enables Nokia smartphone users to:
Make free Skype-to-Skype calls to other Skype users anywhere in the world
Save money on calls and texts (SMS) to phones abroad
Send and receive instant messages to and from individuals or groups
Share pictures, videos and other files
Receive calls to their existing online number
See when Skype contacts are online and available to call or IM
Easily import names and numbers from the phone's address book
Skype for Symbian will run on any Nokia smartphone using Symbian ^1, the latest version of the Symbian platform. Skype will soon introduce this client to Symbian mobile devices from other manufacturers, including Sony Ericsson.
Nokia has released the Firefox on Nokia N900 video. See it above. Nokia announced last month that Firefox for the Nokia N900 is ready to download from the Ovi Store.
Nokia today unveiled the Nokia C5 and a new naming convention, Nokia Cseries. The C5 is a smartphone packed into a feature phone body, boasting S60 3rd edition and a host of messaging and social networking features built in.
It also features a bright 2.2-inch display and a 3.2-megapixel camera. It also comes packing free walk and drive navigation courtesy of Ovi Maps and is ready for messaging with Nokia Messaging built in.
The Nokia C5 features a cool new feature in its phone book, where you can see your friend’s status updates directly from Facebook. You can also update your Facebook status easily and share your location with Ovi Maps 3.0.
The home screen will shows your favorite three friends for easy access to calling and messaging whilst Nokia Messaging enables you to keep in touch on IM using Google Talk or Windows Live Messenger.
Check out this interesting app that uses the Nokia N900 camera face detection systems to play a game. The game is called BurferFace and the goal is to pick up the burgers increase the score and dodge the knives that cost lives. See video above. To find out more and download it visit http://johanneskuhlmann.de/blog/2010/02/25/face-detection-and-tracking-on-the-nokia-n900/.
Nokia Research Center has released a video (see above) showcasing "Explore and Share" fast new wireless data transfer concept. In the video there is a live example of wireless transfer of an entire music album onto a phone in less than 10 seconds. That is blazing fast! The concept and working prototype has been tailored to fit in the retail environment that could be used to fill a device you’ve just bought with numerous apps, music, games and any other digital content, within minutes.
Nokia announced that Firefox for the Nokia N900 is ready to download from the Ovi Store. Firefox was released beginning this month on the Mozilla website, however, the app has been working its way through the Ovi Store approval process.
Firefox mobile has the ability to sync with your desktop or laptop browser. Using the Weave Sync plug-in, you can keep create a Weave account and keep all your browsers in Sync. Per the video above, you’ll be able to pull up pages from your history on a mobile device, which you previously browsed on your desktop.
Nokia has developed a new app called Nokia Feel that suggest things to do on your phone based on how your feel. You tell the phone if you feel energetic, lucky, lonely, happy, hungry, bored, lost, caring or creative and your phone suggest things to do. You can try it out at http://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-feel and give some feedback to Nokia.
Above is a video of 3D games headed to the Nokia N900 via the Ovi Store. The video showcases the 3D Rollercoaster Rush game, along with a brain-bending 3D puzzle game called Zen Bound that sees you stroking the screen in an attempt to wrap rope around objects floating in space.
The Symbian Foundation today unveiled the Symbian^3 (S^3) platform, the first entirely open source release following the platform’s transition to an open source license on 4 February, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history.
In a significant development in the convergence of communications and computing, Intel Corporation and Nokia are merging their popular Moblin and Maemo software platforms. This will create a unified Linux-based platform that will run on multiple hardware platforms across a wide range of computing devices, including pocketable mobile computers, netbooks, tablets, mediaphones, connected TVs and in-vehicle infotainment systems. Called MeeGo, the open software platform will accelerate industry innovation and time-to-market for a wealth of new Internet-based applications and services and exciting user experiences. MeeGo-based devices from Nokia and other manufacturers are expected to be launched later this year.
Over 100 fans were invited to shoot the official music video for the Noisettes new single Saturday Night, using only Nokia mobile devices. The fans filmed the Noisettes playing in a disused swimming pool in East London lead by music promo director, Kim Gehrig. You can create your own version at http://www.shotbyfans.com and then post to your Facebook profile for all your friends to watch.
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