Nokia Mobile Reviews and Games

Beta new version 6 FlashDevelop: for release 3
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

games 2008: about GDC speaks Guillemot Mobile mobile Gameloft’s
“That’s one of the difficulties of the business,” Guillemot admitted, showing that if you created five games a month, across 1,000 handsets, in ten languages, you’d end up with 50,000 SKUs. At the GDC Mobile 2008, Gameloft’s President & CEO Guillemot spoke at his opening keynote about mobile games and the market, all nicely put together in this Gamasutra article. Some keypoints: Guillemot showed just how much of a change has occurred in the industry by showing the growth of the large mobile developers, with Gameloft now making almost ten times what it did in 2003 (from 14.9 million US to 141 million US). The major problem that all developers face are thousands of different handsets in use and hundreds more that are developed every year, plus hundreds of carriers across the world with tens of languages to support. And even then developers have to submit their games to the carriers. Note: naturally the fragmentation is something that Flash Lite is able to handle well (optimally, only one build per language version is needed, instead of thousands of SKU’s - and the weakest point being market penetration of the Flash Lite devices (still too small for most distributors) Additionally, the non-standard data charges (how much does it cost to download data from mobile network) is an issue > although we are moving towards flat-fee rate charges mobile games industry groth actually slowed in 2007 due to: slowdown of the US economy and its impact on the world walled garden approach of carriers the distinct lack of gaming upon the iPhone delayed launch of Nokia’s OVI platform

Specifications Preview: Nokia Leaked N96
QVGA on the screen of the device, max. The Nokia N96 specifications have been leaked at the Nokia Germany site. QVGA on the screen of the device, max. Is this the next Nokia flagship? 3.6 Mbit / s (download) or 384 kbps (upload), circuit connections to max. Data transmission speed to Herunter-/Hochladen: 296/177, 6 kbps GPRS Class B, multi-slot Class 32, max. What do you think? Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventVlog: Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda With the Nokia N95 I’m also surprised at the DVB-H support for live TV. QVGA on the screen of the device, max. Class A, multi-slot Class 11, max. The 2.8 inch screen is great, but I’m still wondering if this will be the next Nokia flagship. SDTV on TV Output Real Video (QCIF) with 30 frames / s Support for Flash movies in Internet Browser Digital rights management: OMA DRM 1, OMA DRM 2, WM DRM (Windows Media DRM) Live TV DVB-H-based mobile TV with integrated antenna DVB-H, class C, 470-750 MHz Access to videos on the browser Downloading, streaming and playback during download Support for Flash movies Music Digital music player - support for MP3, AAC, eAAC +, WMA and album cover Editing and sharing playlists Equalizer and visualization of sounds Online search and purchase music tracks in Nokia Music Store - with support for WM DRM-protected files (Windows Media DRM) Radio FM stereo radio (87,5-108 MHz) with support for RDS; possibility for the use of the VHF radios in offline mode Nokia Internet Radio Main Camera Up to 5 megapixels (2,592 x 1,944 pixels) Optics by Carl Zeiss Autofocus, automatic exposure control Aperture: F2.8 Focal Length: 5.2 mm Focus range: 10 cm to infinity Two flashlights (LED), video light, lighting-support autofocus and recording progress indicator Second Camera VGA (640 x 480 pixels) Video recording function Video recording in MPEG-4 format, with up to VGA 30 frames / s Digital video stabilization Video clip length: Depends on available space Video File Format: MP4 (standard), 3GPP (for MMS messages) Program settings for automatic, a video light, white balance and color mood Photography Photo Resolution: Up to 5 megapixels (2,592 x 1,944 pixels) Format for photographs: JPEG / EXIF Details on the recording location: Automatic recording of information on location in the image file Program settings for automatic, flash, serial shots, self-timer, color humor, white balance, contrast, exposure correction, help Discover Digital maps and navigation Integrated GPS module with support for A-GPS (Assisted GPS) Nokia Maps application Free downloadable maps for more than 150 countries, millions of locations, location details and satellite images ** To purchase upgrades available multimedia travel guides and navigation services for the car navigation Sprachgestützte For pedestrians: Special optimized for pedestrian navigation with Directions E-mail and Messaging Easy-to-use e-mail client with support for attachments (photos, videos, music files, and text documents) Support for e-mail protocols SMTP, IMAP4 and POP3, as well as for MMS and SMS messages Common SMS-/MMS-Editor Compatible with Nokia Wireless Keyboard SU-8W (optional) Mobile Internet Access Nokia Web Browser with Mini Map function, visual history display, support for HTML and JavaScript, Flash Lite 3.0, and for Flash videos Support for news feeds (RSS) Connection options WLAN (IEEE802.11 g / b) with support for UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) USB 2.0 micro-USB port (Type B) 3.5-mm jack for connecting a standard headphone and TV output for connecting a TV for playback of photos and videos (PAL / NTSC) Bluetooth 2.0 with support for stereo audio transmission (Bluetooth profile “Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP), and EDR (Enhanced Data Rates) Use of Nokia PC Suite for Nseries devices (PC software), in conjunction with Bluetooth wireless connections or cable connections to the USB port compatible PCs Standard package Nokia N96 Nokia battery BL-5F Nokia data cable CA-101 Nokia video output cable, CA-75U Nokia Stereo Headset-HS-45, with remote AD-54 Nokia cigarette lighter charger cable DC-4 Nokia compact AC-5E Thoughts I’m surprised at the built-in 16gb plus a memory card slot. 64 Kbps - Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) for the simultaneous use of voice and packet data connections in GSM / EDGE networks. SDTV on TV Output MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/SP), up to VGA at 30 frames / s codec with hardware acceleration, max. SDTV on TV Output Windows Media Video (WMV9), up to CIF / QVGA at 30 frames / s codec with hardware acceleration, max. It’s got some really interesting features, but I’m iffy about the small battery, 950 mah reminiscent of the poor battery life on the original Nokia N95. Data transmission speed to Herunter-/Hochladen: 177.6 / 118.4 kbps EGPRS Class B, multi-slot Class 32, max. Data transmission speed to Herunter-/Hochladen: 107/64, 2 kbit / s Video Center Video Center: Central application for video experiences Access to the recent play videos and simple continuation of play My Videos: collection of videos stored in the device Access to Internet video, compatible with news feeds and video podcasts, updates and downloads directly over the cellular network Catalog for new Internet video Video codecs and formats MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263/SP), up to VGA at 30 frames / s codec with hardware acceleration, max. I translated the page to english and list the features here. Source: Stefan, Intomobile: German Nokia webmasters leak N96 specifications Supported networks UMTS networks (WCDMA 2100/850; HSDPA) Quad-band operation in GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks (EDGE) Automatic frequency band and mode switching DVB-H, class C, 470-750 MHz Dimensions Volume: 92 cm 3 Weight: 125 g Length: 103 mm Width: 55 mm Depth: 18 mm (places to 20 mm) Memory 16 GB of internal flash memory, memory expansion via hot-swappable microSD memory cards Approximate storage capacity is 16 GB disk space: – Video: 40 hours – Music: 12,000 songs 128 Mbytes of RAM, 256 Mbytes of system memory (operating system plus dynamic memory for user data) Operating Hours Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh Talk time: GSM: up to 220 min; UMTS: Up to 150 min Stand-by Time: GSM: Up to 220 hours; UMTS up to 200 hours Video playback: Up to 5 hours (in offline mode) Music playback: Up to 14 hours (in offline mode) TV Play: Up to 4 hours (DVB-H) Display and user interface QVGA TFT display with a 6.1 inch diagonal display (2.8 inches) and 16.7 million colours at a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels User interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2 Active standby mode, multimedia menu Data transfer In UMTS networks (WCDMA 2100/850) are both voice and data connections possible (packet switched connections to max.

iPhone the coming Flash to
Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike. According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million.

Avoid Developers How GDC: Carrier’s Deck Japan In The Mobile Game
“Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month. “With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said. The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo! In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by. For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200.

Nseries Virtual Nokia Event Mobile Congress World
Nokia N96 maybe? Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USMobile World Congress Here I ComePreview: Nokia N96 Specifications Leaked Notice the question marks? Read on for the itinerary and your invitation link. Click on the image below for your invitation to the virtual event.

in N82 Performs Well Nokia Club the
The Nokia N82 is an excellent clubbing phone! You can view a slideshow below and some of the thumbnails. The flash is weaker. You can view all the pictures taken at my Flickr Set: Club Sol. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog I showed the pictures to my friends the next day and they couldn’t believe the pictures came out from this small phone. I’m always impressed at the camera on the Nokia N82. Note: It might not be visible in some RSS readers. The xenon flash really helped out on the Nokia N82. I have one suggestion for everyone: if you see red (no focus), don’t take the picture. It’ll be a waste of time because the picture will be blurry. I definitely can’t take the same pictures with the Nokia N95 and expect the same quality. The autofocus worked most of the time, but there were times when it couldn’t get a focus because of all the flashing lights in the background. I brought the Nokia N82 with me last Saturday night and took random pictures while in the middle of the dance floor.

Premium Service mobile game Adobe for Japanese developers Central Device
Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive. On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.”

FCC Passes Nokia Approval NAM N95 8GB
Today it appeared on the FCC pages. Nokia already announced the Nokia N95 8GB NAM on January 7th, 2007, but the FCC approval was nowhere to be found. I took some screenshots of the information that mattered and the link to the documents. It looks exactly like the current Nokia N95 8GB (Model Nokia N95-2), and we won’t be sure if there will be any unique features other than that 3G will work with AT&T’s 3G internet. Screenshots below: Nokia N95 8GB NAM Label Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB HSDPA/UMTS support Link to the FCC documents of the Nokia N95 8GB NAM. Related PostReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Laguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Brief: Sports Tracking Cabo Mexico It is called the Nokia N95-4, supporting networks using 850/1900 MHz HSDPA (high speed data packet access) in the Americas.

Mexico Tracking Sports Brief: Cabo
Check out the ‘workout’ at Cabo. Related PostRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Review: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Nokia N95 8GB NAM Passes FCC ApprovalLaguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAM I used the Nokia N95 NAM with Sports Tracker to track GPS location while on a small boat tour in Cabo San Lucas. I don’t have much time to blog more about it but I’m really amazed with this app. Surprisingly the pictures taken were also collected by the Nokia Sports Tracker.

CS3 Update #5 Device Profile Device Central Adobe
This update features the first Flash Lite 3 devices on the market, 41 new device profiles, and 26 updated profiles. Note: before downloading the update, you must first download and install these two separate updates (they are multi-lingual), Flash Lite 3 Update for Device Central CS3 and for Flash CS3 Professional. Download the update from Adobe (note that you must log in as existing user, or create a new user account). 5th update for the Adobe Device Central is now available from Adobe.

Variation for Newbies Nokia Guide N95
If you are thinking of buying a Nokia N95, I suggest you take a look at the Nokia N95 Variation Guide compiled by JohnyBruha at Howard Forums. Nokia N82 vs. I’ve also added a suggestion or request at the end. Nokia N95 Quadband GSM, 3G 2100 for Europe Available in Silver/Plum, Silver/Sand, Silver/Graphite, Silver/Red, and Silver/Pink color variants 30mb of RAM on boot with newest firmware 2.6″ 240×320 screen 950mAh battery Camera lens cover present MicroSDHC memory card slot expandable up to 32gb (current largest card available is 8gb) Flat, black media keys on secondary slide out keypad Nokia N95 NAM Quadband GSM, 3G 850/1900 for North America Available in Silver/Black, Silver/Bronze, Red 80mb of RAM on boot with newest firmware 2.6″ 240×320 screen 1200mAh battery Camera lens cover absent MicroSDHC memory card slot expandable up to 32gb (current largest card available is 8gb) Raised, black media keys on secondary slide out keypad Nokia N95 8GB Quadband GSM, 3G 2100 for Europe Available in Black/Black 90mb RAM available on boot 2.8″ 240×320 screen 1200mAh battery Equipped with demand paging for opening intensive applications faster and increasing the overall speed of the device Newest firmware allows direct viewing of YouTube content from YouTube website Camera lens cover absent 8gb of internal storage Memory card slot absent Front keys are smaller and grouped to accommodate larger screen Raised, black media keys on secondary slide out keypad Nokia N95 8GB NAM Quadband GSM, 3G 850/1900 for North America Everything else is identical to the Nokia N95 8GB Thoughts I have a suggestion and request for everyone including bloggers, buyers, and readers. This chart will help you know which features separate them from one another. Nokia N95-3 vs. All variations of the Nokia N95 have a standard set of features that do not change from model to model like 5mp camera, GPS, wifi, etc. Nokia N95 8GB Photo ComparisonView From Brooklyn with the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia N82Live at the Nokia Go Play Virtual EventVlog: Horseshoe Bay Beach, Bermuda With the Nokia N95 Nokia N95 8GB Photo Comparison”>Bar Fight! Nokia N95-3 vs. Nokia N82 vs. Let’s get rid of the N95-1, N95-2, N95-3 names and use “8GB” or “NAM” instead to decrease some confusion. Related PostReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70

Nokia Maps What New Beta in Preview: 2.0 is
Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use pedestrian navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). Satellite and hybrid images: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers satellite and hybrid view maps for selected bigger cities. Of course this increases the number of search results. Multimedia city guides: This new type of city guide features photos, videos, and audio streams. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use car navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). One box search: One box search to search for addresses or places that interest you is available with start-up of the application! Please note that you do not necessarily need to enter all letters of an address. Satellite images offer an accurate map view and they display individual city buildings. Real-time traffic feeds inform you of collisions, roadworks, and traffic jams. In summary, the update includes new pedestrian navigation, satellite and hybrid images, improved car navigation interface, and real-time traffic information. I’m about to preview the New Nokia Maps 2.0 beta, but before I use it, let me share with you what’s new with Nokia Maps 2.0. Navigation is visual and without voice guidance. Downloading satellite images may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. The results are displayed, sorted by category. You can change the view from the normal map view to satellite or hybrid map view via Options > Map mode > Satellite or Hybrid. Try it yourself by just choosing your destination and select Drive to from the selection key (in the middle of your mobile device). It is, for example, enough to enter the first three letters of a street name. You can purchase RTTI via Options > Extras > Traffic info. Just enter the address or name of a place for which you are looking in the search field and press Search. Multimedia City Guides have to be purchased as an additional feature via Options > Extras > Guides. Real time traffic information (RTTI): Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers real-time traffic feeds and dynamic rerouting in 18 European countries. Stop at any place you’d like to and continue your route afterwards. Read on for the specifics. I just spoke to Ricky Cadden from Symbian-Guru, James Burland from Nokia Creative, and they are also testing the beta as well. Pedestrian navigation: Bigger cities are more and more pedestrian-oriented and less suited for cars, therefore Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers you the possibility to explore a city by walking! This new method of accessing information about a certain city has a lot of advantages compared to traditional electronic or written city guides. To start a pedestrian navigation, choose your destination and select Walk to from the selection key menu (in the middle of your mobile device). RTTI is a feature that can be purchased separately. Breadcrumbs show your previous position and mark down the route you’ve been walking. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Improved user interface for car navigation: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers clear guidance and improved visual elements for car navigation. Note that the usage of RTTI may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. After the feed is received, the device can dynamically re-route you to avoid a traffic event.

N96 Nokia Manager Life Explained Vlog: Battery Product by
We all know this battery performed poorly on the original Nokia N95 so why did Nokia decide to use it again with the Nokia N96. He also claims that software optimizations were attributed to the Nokia N96 to make it more efficient. I wanted to throw my original Nokia N95 with the 950mah battery in the garbage every day after hearing the low battery warning. It was more important to keep the device comfortable to hold. Take a look at the video below. Other video format: Mobile We all have to wait and see if what he is telling us is true. The most concerning issue on the Nokia N96 is the small 950mah battery. Nokia, don’t make me remember those days. Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoHands on With the Nokia N96Nokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USVlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness Demo I was able to talk to the manager at Mobile World Congress and get his answer on video. The Nokia N96 product manager says that bigger battery means bigger device.

games mobile about Gameloft’s Mobile speaks 2008: Guillemot GDC
“That’s one of the difficulties of the business,” Guillemot admitted, showing that if you created five games a month, across 1,000 handsets, in ten languages, you’d end up with 50,000 SKUs. And even then developers have to submit their games to the carriers. Note: naturally the fragmentation is something that Flash Lite is able to handle well (optimally, only one build per language version is needed, instead of thousands of SKU’s - and the weakest point being market penetration of the Flash Lite devices (still too small for most distributors) Additionally, the non-standard data charges (how much does it cost to download data from mobile network) is an issue > although we are moving towards flat-fee rate charges mobile games industry groth actually slowed in 2007 due to: slowdown of the US economy and its impact on the world walled garden approach of carriers the distinct lack of gaming upon the iPhone delayed launch of Nokia’s OVI platform At the GDC Mobile 2008, Gameloft’s President & CEO Guillemot spoke at his opening keynote about mobile games and the market, all nicely put together in this Gamasutra article. Some keypoints: Guillemot showed just how much of a change has occurred in the industry by showing the growth of the large mobile developers, with Gameloft now making almost ten times what it did in 2003 (from 14.9 million US to 141 million US). The major problem that all developers face are thousands of different handsets in use and hundreds more that are developed every year, plus hundreds of carriers across the world with tens of languages to support.

NAM Passes Nokia 8GB Approval N95 FCC
Today it appeared on the FCC pages. I took some screenshots of the information that mattered and the link to the documents. It looks exactly like the current Nokia N95 8GB (Model Nokia N95-2), and we won’t be sure if there will be any unique features other than that 3G will work with AT&T’s 3G internet. Screenshots below: Nokia N95 8GB NAM Label Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB HSDPA/UMTS support Link to the FCC documents of the Nokia N95 8GB NAM. Related PostReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Laguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Brief: Sports Tracking Cabo Mexico Nokia already announced the Nokia N95 8GB NAM on January 7th, 2007, but the FCC approval was nowhere to be found. It is called the Nokia N95-4, supporting networks using 850/1900 MHz HSDPA (high speed data packet access) in the Americas.

N96 Photos Sample Nokia First
Take a look. These are resized pictures. Since the photos were taken from a pre-production unit, I’m not that worried. Let me know if you see anything interesting. Auto Mode: Close-Up Mode: Camera Info: You can also view the technical exif data at the Ovi Share page of the photos by clicking he pictures. Related PostNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USMobile World Congress Here I ComePreview: Nokia N96 Specifications Leaked The photos were also taken indoors. For the photography geeks, take a look at the exif data below. I hope the quality on the final production will be better. Make sure to click on the pictures to see the full-size resolution. Auto Mode Close-up Mode As you can see, the images are bad. I managed to transfer the pictures via bluetooth to my Nokia N95 to bring back home after taking a couple of pictures from the 5 megapixel camera on the Nokia N96. Here are the first photo samples taken from a Nokia N96 pre-production model at Mobile World Congress.

NAM Vallarta Tracked and Geotagged Nokia Puerto the Mexico with Recap: N95
Thumbs up to Nokia, but battery did not do too well. I also embedded a map in this post to show the route from the beach back to the ship using Sports Tracker. Click on the dots to view the photos taken at those locations. You can view the complete Puerto Vallarta set at my Flickr account. If you zoom in, you can see how accurate the GPS performed. This whole process meant that the Nokia N95 NAM was running Sports Tracker to draw the route while Shozu was busy in the background geotagging the photos taken with the camera. I used the Nokia N95 NAM to take pictures at Puerto Vallarta, one of the ports visited during the cruise last week. All the photos were geotagged thanks to Shozu. I received the empty battery warning by the time I got back to the ship. Related PostNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Laguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMBrief: Sports Tracking Cabo MexicoReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Nokia N95 8GB NAM Passes FCC Approval If you are reading this from an RSS reader, you might not be able to see the map. Make sure to zoom in to see how accurate the GPS on the Nokia N95 NAM fared. View Larger Map Below are some of the geotagged photos. My girlfriend spent half of the day shopping for jewelry, so we did not really see much of the city. The map below shows our route from walking around the city then the taxi ride back to the ship.

Your Map To: with Photos How Blog Embed Geotagged for
A sample post with embedded map is the Laguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAM post. As an aside, you can also view your Flickr photos on a map by adding ‘/map’ to the end of the Flickr page url. Copy that link url. Go to maps.google.com and create a new map using the My Maps tab. Click ‘import’ and enter the geoRSS url you copied from the top At the top right corner, click on ‘Link to this page’ then ‘Customize and preview embedded map.’ Here you can change the size, zoom level, and map type before you grab embed code for your blog or websites. That’s it! Let me know if this was helpful to you. You won’t be able to embed that map for your blogs, but pretty neat nonetheless. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 This was how I was able to embed my map in my blog posts. Go to any page with the geotagged photos on Flickr. I usually select tagged pages. So you have a bunch of photos geotagged with GPS-capable cameraphones like the Nokia N95 or the Nokia N82 and want to show it off on your blog. Here’s the tutorial on how to do it so you and other bloggers can show off where you’ve taken your pictures. At the bottom of the page, look for the geoFeed link. You can use sets or tags.

Passes FCC 8GB Nokia Approval N95 NAM
Nokia already announced the Nokia N95 8GB NAM on January 7th, 2007, but the FCC approval was nowhere to be found. Today it appeared on the FCC pages. I took some screenshots of the information that mattered and the link to the documents. It looks exactly like the current Nokia N95 8GB (Model Nokia N95-2), and we won’t be sure if there will be any unique features other than that 3G will work with AT&T’s 3G internet. Screenshots below: Nokia N95 8GB NAM Label Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB Looks like the Nokia N95 8GB HSDPA/UMTS support Link to the FCC documents of the Nokia N95 8GB NAM. Related PostReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Laguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMNokia N95 NAM With Sports Tracker, Flickr, Google To Embed Maps With Photos Brief: Sports Tracking Cabo Mexico It is called the Nokia N95-4, supporting networks using 850/1900 MHz HSDPA (high speed data packet access) in the Americas.

Well the in Club Nokia Performs N82
The Nokia N82 is an excellent clubbing phone! You can view a slideshow below and some of the thumbnails. I showed the pictures to my friends the next day and they couldn’t believe the pictures came out from this small phone. It’ll be a waste of time because the picture will be blurry. I definitely can’t take the same pictures with the Nokia N95 and expect the same quality. The flash is weaker. I’m always impressed at the camera on the Nokia N82. I brought the Nokia N82 with me last Saturday night and took random pictures while in the middle of the dance floor. Note: It might not be visible in some RSS readers. The xenon flash really helped out on the Nokia N82. You can view all the pictures taken at my Flickr Set: Club Sol. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog The autofocus worked most of the time, but there were times when it couldn’t get a focus because of all the flashing lights in the background. I have one suggestion for everyone: if you see red (no focus), don’t take the picture.

On Moderating My My Nokia N95 Blog
I like to keep blogging on my laptop, but I do moderate the Nokia Blog comments through my Nokia N95 phone using a plugin for Wordress. Moderating comments on my Nokia N95 NAM I use the Mobile Admin plugin for Wordpress to moderate incoming comments and respond while I am away from the Macbook Pro. Mobile Admin adapts the WordPress admin UI to be more friendly to mobile devices, specifically phones. With Mobile Admin, you can also write posts directly from the Nokia N95 or other phones. I think writing a post on the N95’s keypad will be time-consuming and choose not to do it. Ewan MacLeod from SMS Text News currently asked a developer to create a Wordpress S60 client. Norman John uses combination of the Nokia DT-22 Tripod, Nokia SU-8W Keyboard, and Nokia N95 8GB for mobile blogging. Blogging with mobility is becoming popular. For example, Ricky Cadden uses Maemo Wordpy on his Nokia N810. I’ll be closely watching its progress and see how useful it may be for me on the go without the Macbook Pro. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpReview: Fun with the Nokia N810Review: Nokia DT-22 Universal TripodThe Nokia N95 Fits on the Nokia Tripod DT-22Deal: Nokia N810 for $395 at Buy.com

coming Flash to iPhone the
According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million. If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike.

mobile Device Premium game Adobe Central Japanese for developers Service
On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.” Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive.

Adapter Nokia DT-22 Joby Gorillapod with Review:
It’s a simple tool performs perfectly for what it is made for. Another cool thing about it is the attachment that snaps your camera in. It secures your Nokia phone or any other camera to just about anything, anywhere, and everywhere. This way, you can secure legs in position first, then attach the Nokia DT-22 or other cameras when ready. I opted for grey to match the Nokia N82, but it comes in other fruity colors. It’s position stays secure. I just started playing with it and I love it. If you own a Nokia Tripod DT-22 reviewed a while ago, I recommend you to also get the Joby Gorillapod! I took some pictures of the Gorillapod in action below, but there are more Gorillapod pictures at Joby. Tripods are necessary for low light pictures where it is important that the camera does not move when taking pictures. Since our Nokia phones do not come with the standard screws, we still an adapter like the one on the Nokia DT-22 to attach to the Gorillapod. Not only did the Gorillapod work as a traditional tripod, but I was also able to hang my Nokia N82 to the car’s side mirror and wrap it around a patio siderail. Tripods will also be necessary if you would like to try taking HDR photos as described by Iamnotdrtran’s guide to Nseries HDR photography. Nokia N82 connected to the Nokia DT-22 and Gorillapod. There’s nothing bad I can say about the Gorillapod. Joby sells the Gorillapod for $25 shipped on their website, but you can probably save around $5-$7 if you get it on eBay or Amazon. Related PostHands on With the Nokia N96Vlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness DemoFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I Come The legs are flexible but firm.

NAM Nokia the Hits N95 US Mainstream in
Pics after the jump. It seems a little late, but I’m glad to see that one of the biggest retail chains has finally picked up my beloved Nokia N95. Apparently, Best Buy now carries the Nokia N95 NAM in it’s inventory. My hope is that we can show the masses what a real smartphone is and to stay away from the stagnant mobiles out there (I’m looking at you Motorola!). I wonder how long it’ll take them to carry the Nokia N96 once it comes out. lol Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: Nokia N96 Specifications LeakedVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product Manager I was browsing my local mall yesterday and happen to come across a very good friend of mine, and it looks like he’s going to be around more. In lieu of the new Nokia N96’s release in the near future, it seems that the Nokia N95 has finally been released to the masses. My guess, 4 years?

mobile Adobe Service Device Japanese Premium game developers Central for
Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive. On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.”

FlashDevelop: new for 3 version 6 Beta release
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

Than Less $70 Review: For Buy 8GB Cards Great MicroSDHC
The current prices at around $70 have made it so affordable that it’s hard to make an excuse not to get one. Check the Nokia microSDHC compatibility page to see if your Nokia device can handle it. I recommend getting one if you need more videos and songs to fill your phone on the go. Related PostNokia N95 Variation Guide for NewbiesBar Fight! Nokia N82 vs. USB adapter with my keys Faster Transfers I’ve been comfortable using bluetooth to transfer pictures and files between my laptop and phones, but sometimes it takes longer than I want to. I can’t believe how cheap the 8GB microSDHC cards have become. Nokia N95-3 vs. As of publishing this post, the list includes: Nokia E90, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N810, Nokia 6120 classic, and Nokia 5310. Convenient On a Macbook Pro, it was annoying that I did not have a built-in card reader. Transfers with the USB reader connected to the laptop are a lot faster. 8GB MicroSDHC connected to Macbook Pro MicroSDHC in the Future 16GB and 32GB microSDHC cards are planned in the future. The microSDHC card is compatible with my Nokia N95 NAM and Nokia N82. I remembered the prices originally started at about $120. I had to keep looking for the SD adapter to put the microSDHC card in so I can use a card reader. The USB reader is attached to my keys, so it will always be with me.

Flash the coming to iPhone
So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million. If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike.

2: Lite on Flash mobile Developers Part market game view
The increasing visibility of Flash Lite on mobile devices is a clear sign that we are only steps away from entering this brave new mobile world of rich and engaging services and applications that entertain and inform us instantly—anytime, anywhere.” Whopping! 2005: Revelations Making money with mobile Flash Lite! As long-ish time Flash experts & trainers (involved in Flash development since 1999), our knowledge about mobile Flash Lite led to our first case of earning something: at the start of 2005 we held our first Flash Lite training for a big Finnish company (sorry, can not comment more on this). It took some time, and after that we started our own intranet type of blog — as we were not so sure we had anything reasonable enough to give to the forming Flash Lite community at that point. And back to game development: In September 2005, we launched our first Flash Lite game, called PayJaz (yes, not very informative name ) and released it for free through Adobe Exchange. Looking to the future, I envision a world where mobility, like TV and the web before it, becomes just another platform for the delivery of rich, engaging, and useful experiences, and Macromedia provides the tools and support the developer community needs to produce the superior experiences mobile users want. During that time 100% of the mobile Flash Lite devices shipped were in Japan. At MAX 2005 Adobe announced Flash Lite 2.0 – smashing improvements compared to 1.1. FL 2.0 seemed to be very advanced, and we hoped for rapid adaption by market. The devices & market: At that time, the devices that we tested the game content on, were mainly Nokia N70 armed with developer version of Flash Lite 1.1. But all sources at that time indicated that Flash Lite would be preinstalled in mobile phones very soon, and the market would be ready for Flash Lite content! (to be continued soon, with recollections from 2006, 2007, and 2008) player, and some other Nokia phones (if we remember correctly, we used phones like 6260). And those trainings have continued to this day, and we keep doing them still. Adobe’s vision: One article in particular made an impression: it was written by Gary Kovacs (Vice President, Marketing, Mobile and Devices, Macromedia), published 14th February 2005, and it stated amazing things like: “The adoption of Flash Lite has accelerated dramatically throughout the second half of last year and is expected to grow exponentially throughout this year, raising the total number of Flash-based devices from 17.2 million in 2004 to an estimated 40 million by the end of 2005.” “Of course, Flash Lite and FlashCast are only the beginning. This must be a killer tech in the mobile space And yes, the original article is still online if you want to check it out. (hope Adobe doesn’t remove it because of this blog posting Game development: During the spring, we kept honing our Flash Lite skills, and geared them somewhat towards the issues that people in our training sessions wanted to know. As we are passionate about games, and had been involved in making couple war strategy PC titles (Hi Martin & co at Battlefront ), and had done web Flash games, it was an obvious path for us to start thinking about making games with Flash Lite 1.1 – naturally we first had to figure out what kind of performance was possible with Flash Lite. Flash Lite blogging: And Alessandro, one of the pioneers in Flash Lite, started his blog in march 2005 (here is a link to the first posting ).

Game Carrier’s The Deck Mobile How Japan Avoid In GDC: Developers
“With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo! Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month. “Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by. You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said. The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200.

view on Part Developers mobile game 1: market Lite Flash
that paid the bills), but it seemed like a good idea to do Research & Design as Flash Lite seemed to be a thing for the near future. >> Added 27.2: Straying from the path (but we didn’t know it back then): [During 2004 we were developing a kick-ass Symbian game demo, In Sanity: Murder of Crows (which had some really nice features; even from today’s viewpoint). It seemed to be somewhat popular in Japan. Why Macromedia / Adobe Flash Lite? ) asked us to write a short summary on how we (Aniway Ltd.) are viewing the mobile Flash Lite game market currently & in the past, for his thesis. Those games are mostly Flash Lite 1.1., some of them are 2.1. Thanks to AVEK (The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture: http://www.kopiosto.fi/avek/en_GB/), we were able to raise 30 000 euros for making the demo, out of which we paid 15 000 and AVEK paid the other half. has been involved with Macromedia / Adobe Flash since 1999 (founding year of our company - some of us have experience with Flash couple of years before that; Flash was based on FutureSplashAnimator): during the time we have written 2 books on Flash (published by Docendo, only in Finnish), have done adver, single player & multiplayer games / multimedia / websites / consulting / other work-for hire for companies and organizations: standalone, web, mobile, database driven, xml driven - you name it, we have probably done it . Device fragmentation (porting to different devices) was a grave issue even back then, and one could only wonder why something like Flash Lite wasn’t used, as it seemed to offer an easier way for porting games & other content. We didn’t make a dime with Flash Lite in 2004 (so we just did what we were used to doing, web Flash etc. (obviously our background played a big part in this too) At that time, some of the key personnel of Aniway Ltd. And also we have trained companies, organizations, and individuals how to do things with Flash. Mobile Flash Lite 2004: Prologue We have worked with mobile Flash Lite since 2004. We believe that when Flash Lite 2.0 or 2.1 are mainstream, we will make this game with Flash Lite.] (to be continued very soon - with years 2005 onwards!) After the initial year (2004) we were a bit excited about the possibilities, and digged deeper into the subject. (or have been developed for both versions). As that will be a public document, we decided to publish it here as well - well, at least a more informal version of it, and not so short - actually, this will be an account of Aniway’s Flash Lite history & present & bit about the future as well Word of warning: if you are looking for market speech about how lovely & succesful Flash Lite is, you might not want to read this; although we love Flash Lite, we are Finns and blunt when push comes to shove. Flash Lite game and content market, perspective of a developer Our present with Flash Lite: We have developed a portfolio of Flash Lite games during the past. It was the first, and last, time for us to do Symbian game development. Also, we have done quite a lot Flash Lite work-for-hire, and trained a lot of people to make something useful with it. Our Flash history: Aniway Ltd. One of our employees Hannu (hi! owned 1/3 of a J2ME mobile money game development company, and during fall 2004 that company released its first J2ME game.

Embed Sports NAM Tracker, Flickr, Nokia With To Google Maps Photos N95 With
Pictures show up as dots on the map and goes to its Flickr page when clicked. View Larger Map I’m not sure if there are instructions already to do this, but I’ll write a How-To when I get back to New York and have more time to write. Related PostRecap: Puerto Vallarta Mexico Geotagged and Tracked with the Nokia N95 NAMLaguna Beach California Sunset Geotagged with the Nokia N95 NAMBrief: Sports Tracking Cabo MexicoReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 Nokia N95 8GB NAM Passes FCC Approval I combined data from Sports Tracker and the geotagged photos uploaded on the Cabo Flickr set to embed a map in a blog post. This is pretty cool to use for bloggers who take pictures with GPS-enabled phones like the Nokia N82 and Nokia N95.

For Great Review: Less $70 Cards Than Buy 8GB MicroSDHC
The USB reader is attached to my keys, so it will always be with me. Nokia N82 vs. Nokia N95-3 vs. USB adapter with my keys Faster Transfers I’ve been comfortable using bluetooth to transfer pictures and files between my laptop and phones, but sometimes it takes longer than I want to. I can’t believe how cheap the 8GB microSDHC cards have become. Nokia N95 8GB Photo ComparisonView From Brooklyn with the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia N82First Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta Transfers with the USB reader connected to the laptop are a lot faster. 8GB MicroSDHC connected to Macbook Pro MicroSDHC in the Future 16GB and 32GB microSDHC cards are planned in the future. It is also so small that it does not add extra space to my pocket. I recommend getting one if you need more videos and songs to fill your phone on the go. Related PostNokia N95 Variation Guide for NewbiesBar Fight! I just purchased SanDisk 8GB microSDHC card for $67 shipped that was packaged with a nifty USB card reader adapter I can use to insert into my Macbook Pro. As of publishing this post, the list includes: Nokia E90, Nokia N95, Nokia N82, Nokia N81, Nokia N810, Nokia 6120 classic, and Nokia 5310. Convenient On a Macbook Pro, it was annoying that I did not have a built-in card reader.

Photos Nokia Sample N96 First
Here are the first photo samples taken from a Nokia N96 pre-production model at Mobile World Congress. The photos were also taken indoors. For the photography geeks, take a look at the exif data below. I hope the quality on the final production will be better. I managed to transfer the pictures via bluetooth to my Nokia N95 to bring back home after taking a couple of pictures from the 5 megapixel camera on the Nokia N96. Make sure to click on the pictures to see the full-size resolution. Auto Mode Close-up Mode As you can see, the images are bad. Since the photos were taken from a pre-production unit, I’m not that worried. Take a look. These are resized pictures. Let me know if you see anything interesting. Auto Mode: Close-Up Mode: Camera Info: You can also view the technical exif data at the Ovi Share page of the photos by clicking he pictures. Related PostNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoNokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USMobile World Congress Here I ComePreview: Nokia N96 Specifications Leaked

Flash Flash launched and Home 2 Cast
Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences. Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.” By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels.

Readers Hello Blog Nokia
Saw my buddy Mark had this site up, and well here I am. Hey out there, new to writing for the Nokia Blog. Anyway be on the lookout for my Nokia N810 review. Coming soon. Related PostDeal: Nokia N810 for $395 at Buy.comFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpReview: Fun with the Nokia N810Moderating My Blog On My Nokia N95Review: Nokia N810 First Impressions by Ars Technica I’ve been blogging on my old personal blog about tech gear and cell phones for quite some time now.

Live in Box Blog: Barcelona Nokia Press
Now talking about Ovi SHare 2.0. . 1058 Introducing Nseries devices. it is the N95 phone turbo-charged. I’m in the press box above the Nokia booth watching the keynotes. Highlighting geotagging. 1102 Nokia N96 is the Nokia N95 successor. Nokia N78 is the update to the Nokia N73. Read on as I try to liveblog from Barcelona. 1051 Nokia Music is Live in UK with good traffic. 350 Euros. More everything what the N95 is plus a kickstand. Pedestrian, Satellite and hybrid maps. 1048 Ovi video is showing. 2q 2008. Full flash support. 1107 Q&A Related PostMobile World Congress Here I Come GPS. 3q 2008. Starting from the announcement of the Nokia Maps 2.0. My wifi access is going nuts, but I’ll try to make this work. 1030 Nokia gave us USB keys with pictures and info of the new products and services: Nokia N96, N78, 6210, 6220, Share Ovi, and Nokia Maps 2.0 1043 Missed the beginning of the keynote. 550 euros. 1104 faster usb transfer for N96.

by Manager Explained N96 Battery Life Nokia Product Vlog:
The most concerning issue on the Nokia N96 is the small 950mah battery. It was more important to keep the device comfortable to hold. I wanted to throw my original Nokia N95 with the 950mah battery in the garbage every day after hearing the low battery warning. Take a look at the video below. Other video format: Mobile We all have to wait and see if what he is telling us is true. He also claims that software optimizations were attributed to the Nokia N96 to make it more efficient. Nokia, don’t make me remember those days. Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosVlog: Nokia N96 DVB-H Live TV DemoHands on With the Nokia N96Nokia N95 NAM Hits Mainstream in the USVlog: Nokia N96 LED Flash Brightness Demo I was able to talk to the manager at Mobile World Congress and get his answer on video. The Nokia N96 product manager says that bigger battery means bigger device. We all know this battery performed poorly on the original Nokia N95 so why did Nokia decide to use it again with the Nokia N96.

market Lite 1: Developers game on Part view Flash mobile
It seemed to be somewhat popular in Japan. Why Macromedia / Adobe Flash Lite? has been involved with Macromedia / Adobe Flash since 1999 (founding year of our company - some of us have experience with Flash couple of years before that; Flash was based on FutureSplashAnimator): during the time we have written 2 books on Flash (published by Docendo, only in Finnish), have done adver, single player & multiplayer games / multimedia / websites / consulting / other work-for hire for companies and organizations: standalone, web, mobile, database driven, xml driven - you name it, we have probably done it . Those games are mostly Flash Lite 1.1., some of them are 2.1. that paid the bills), but it seemed like a good idea to do Research & Design as Flash Lite seemed to be a thing for the near future. (to be continued very soon - with years 2005 onwards!) As that will be a public document, we decided to publish it here as well - well, at least a more informal version of it, and not so short - actually, this will be an account of Aniway’s Flash Lite history & present & bit about the future as well Word of warning: if you are looking for market speech about how lovely & succesful Flash Lite is, you might not want to read this; although we love Flash Lite, we are Finns and blunt when push comes to shove. Flash Lite game and content market, perspective of a developer Our present with Flash Lite: We have developed a portfolio of Flash Lite games during the past. ) asked us to write a short summary on how we (Aniway Ltd.) are viewing the mobile Flash Lite game market currently & in the past, for his thesis. (obviously our background played a big part in this too) At that time, some of the key personnel of Aniway Ltd. After the initial year (2004) we were a bit excited about the possibilities, and digged deeper into the subject. Also, we have done quite a lot Flash Lite work-for-hire, and trained a lot of people to make something useful with it. Our Flash history: Aniway Ltd. One of our employees Hannu (hi! owned 1/3 of a J2ME mobile money game development company, and during fall 2004 that company released its first J2ME game. (or have been developed for both versions). Device fragmentation (porting to different devices) was a grave issue even back then, and one could only wonder why something like Flash Lite wasn’t used, as it seemed to offer an easier way for porting games & other content. We didn’t make a dime with Flash Lite in 2004 (so we just did what we were used to doing, web Flash etc. And also we have trained companies, organizations, and individuals how to do things with Flash. Mobile Flash Lite 2004: Prologue We have worked with mobile Flash Lite since 2004.

to iPhone Flash coming the
If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million.

FlashDevelop: new Beta 3 version for 6 release
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

Up Barcelona: Meeting Day Getting In Lost and First
Take a look at my picture story with the Nokia N82. The resort the we are staying at is incredible. Knowledge deficit in the Spanish language led to getting lost in the train. We ended up taking the train the opposite way and wasted about half hour. Thanks to Jeremiah’s Nokia N95 showing that we were going the wrong way, we didn’t end up somewhere hours away from the hotel. When we got back to the hotel, all the bloggers were there already. Only a few more hours to find out! Related PostHow To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your BlogPreview: What is New in Nokia Maps 2.0 BetaMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 I was looking to buy a pre-paid sim-card, but no luck. I arrived in Spain this morning and headed to a beautiful resort, Le Meridien RA in Calafell. The street performers entertained us while we looked for free wifi hotspots on our Nokia N82, Nokia N810, and Nokia N95 to contact others to meet up. When we couldn’t connect our phones to the internet, we used our little Spanish speaking skills for directions. These included James from Nokia Creative, Norm from Symbian World, Vaibhav from The Symbian blog, Matthew from Darlamack, Amir from Phone Rush, Stefanos from Pestaola, and Neil from iGadget Life. We discussed what we anticipated at the Mobile World Congress tomorrow. We eventually found our way back to meet with the rest of the group, though. However, I think Nokia will surprise us tomorrow. You can lie on the bed and see the beach through the high-ceiling window. The wonderful morning went downhill when Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to check out Barcelona, which was an hour away via train because all of the closer hotels were fully booked for the Mobile World Congress. When we got to Catalunya, Barcelona, most of the stores were closed because of Sunday (so weird). Donna and Robbie from Nseries WOM World were there to capture it on video. You can view this video on the Mobile World Congress virtual event. We concluded that we will see the Nokia N96 and Nokia N78 as well as an S60 touch device. I’m staying at a duplex with a balcony having an incredible view of the beach. Jeremiah from Nokia Users and I decided to preview Barcelona before meeting up with the rest of the bloggers at night.

NetsizeGuide industry 2008 Mobile overview, The
In his answer, he doesn’t mention Flash Lite, so really nothing to see there Flash Lite wise It is a 300+ page .pdf filled with information: hard data about the market, senior executive interviews from some 25 top people in the industry, survey results, speculation about the future etc. Best music Get here mp3Best mp3 wanted Only musicMusic you sought All tracksMusic you ever saw Best catalogQuality tracks Best musicMp3 library download store Mp3Box mp3 music Download musicMP3 music zone downloadsMP3Fara archive mp3 downloadsSounds mp3 buy FiroMusic Download The topics include: mobile marketing mobile payment mobile gaming mobile music mobile TV mobile communities mobile search The guide is not tech oriented, and Flash Lite is only briefly mentioned as part of one question, made to CEO of the Gameloft, Michel Guillemot. All those who want to get solid package of data related to the mobile industry, should go and grab the latest NetsizeGuide 2008.

mobile New Nokia from Lite phones 3.0 Flash
Nokia announced new handsets at the Mobile World Congress, among them the first Flash Lite 3.0 phones: Nokia N96 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia N78 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6220 Classic (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6210 Navigator (Flash Lite 2.1)

Flash coming the to iPhone
If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike. So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million.

Adobe for developers Central Device Premium Service Japanese game mobile
On one of they game they had 1.5 million downloads the first day of release on their social network service.” Adobe has announced a Device Central Premium Service for Japanese mobile game / content developers, together with CELL (most of the content in their site is in Japanese only; shortly put, they are one of the leading mobile Flash Lite game developers in the world & Japan - they have a game catalogue of over 600 Flash Lite titles): The new service: Allows real-time device information two days after the devices are released to the market Web subscribtion based (no pricing known yet) Available later this spring (Japan only) Alessandro saw some of their games & numbers at the Adobe booth in Mobile World Congress (Barcelona): “I saw some of their games and a presentation at the Adobe booth and some of their numbers are quite impressive.

Flash Flash 2 and Cast launched Home
Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences. By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.” Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series.

Game In Developers Japan The Carrier’s Mobile GDC: Deck Avoid How
For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200. “With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by. Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. “Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month. At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said. The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo!

Carrier’s GDC: How Mobile Japan The Game In Avoid Developers Deck
Even with Flash if you spend a lot on the initial game, the porting cost is next to minimal,” he said. In Japan, Collier said the trend is to create short, simple games based on Adobe’s Flash Lite that create games in a browser. The most popular is Mobile Game Town, which for context, said has three times as much traffic as Yahoo! At the GDC Mobile, David Collier/Pikkle (mobile content provider in Japan), told developers how Japanese game developers are overcoming two of the mobile game industry’s biggest obstacles, device fragmentation (porting the game to hundreds of mobile devices) and sharing revenue with carriers. “With Java or Brew, you don’t spend that much on the initial game, but then you do when porting it. In some cases, people also pay monthly subscription fees. Via MocoNews “Flash does solve a lot of the porting problems, when you are turning around a lot of games every week,” he added. He said the games have been phenomenally successful. You guessed right - Flash Lite is the key - and we couldn’t agree more with David *** “There is a new type of application category that will bring us out of the claws of the carrier and bring us to the promised land of mobile entertainment,” he said. In another, the player creates an avatar and a room, where friends could visit and leave a message. He said by using Flash, the developers won’t have to tweak an application for every phone because it runs in the browser which are fairly standard. He said the business model is still evolving, but many of them rely on Flash ads inside the games. For one Japanese site, he tested the game on 20 phones, but it ended up supporting about 200. And because it’s not an application, it also means that developers can avoid the carrier’s deck as being the main point of distribution. Mobile, and gets about 15 billion page views a month. The company has 7 million registered users, and nearly 1 million Flash games are played daily. In one game Collier demonstrated, a waiter grabbed the food as a buffet passed by.

3 release Beta 6 for version new FlashDevelop:
There is a new version of FlashDevelop available, Beta 6 release for version 3. If you haven’t used/heard about FlashDevelop (which is a open source script editor designed mostly for Actionscript 2/3 development) read more here about it. The changes in the newest version (compared to the old ones) can be found from here. Download FlashDevelop 3.0.0 Beta 6

Live Press Nokia Box Barcelona Blog: in
Now talking about Ovi SHare 2.0. . 1058 Introducing Nseries devices. Full flash support. 1107 Q&A Related PostMobile World Congress Here I Come 350 Euros. 3q 2008. I’m in the press box above the Nokia booth watching the keynotes. My wifi access is going nuts, but I’ll try to make this work. 1030 Nokia gave us USB keys with pictures and info of the new products and services: Nokia N96, N78, 6210, 6220, Share Ovi, and Nokia Maps 2.0 1043 Missed the beginning of the keynote. 2q 2008. Read on as I try to liveblog from Barcelona. Pedestrian, Satellite and hybrid maps. 1048 Ovi video is showing. Starting from the announcement of the Nokia Maps 2.0. GPS. 550 euros. 1104 faster usb transfer for N96. More everything what the N95 is plus a kickstand. it is the N95 phone turbo-charged. Highlighting geotagging. 1102 Nokia N96 is the Nokia N95 successor. 1051 Nokia Music is Live in UK with good traffic. Nokia N78 is the update to the Nokia N73.

Demo Live Nokia TV DVB-H Vlog: N96
The 2.8 inch screen is enough to to satisfy. Amir from Phone Rush asked the questions while I captured it on video. It looks great on the Nokia N96. Related PostFirst Nokia N96 Sample PhotosNokia Nseries Mobile World Congress Virtual EventPreview: Nokia N96 Specifications LeakedVlog: Nokia N96 Battery Life Explained by Product ManagerHands on With the Nokia N96 I’m glad I finally saw a live demo. Take a look. Additional video format: Web high resolution, Mobile DVB-H is one of the features on the Nokia N96. I’ve read about DVB-H on the internet and devices capable of showing live TV. The only problem is that it is not widely available. I think only a half dozen countries can broadcast mobile TV. On a positive note, the Nokia N96 will have a built-in 16gb of storage plus an expandable microSDHC card slot. You can basically watch live TV on your phone. It is like having the secondary front-facing camera on my Nseries phones like the Nokia N95 and Nokia N82. Before the Nokia N96 DVB-H (live TV on your phone) demo at the Mobile World Congress Nokia booth, the the stand staff said, “Please don’t play around with it too much.” I’m sorry, but I haven’t seen anything like it and I know I won’t any time soon. By the time the Nokia N96 comes out, we will probably have up to 32GB cards for a total of 48GB of storage. My phone has it for video-calling… but I can’t use it in the US.

iPhone Flash to the coming
According to this article by Gearlive.com, Flash is finally making it’s way to the iPhone. Hope Flash comes to iPhone soon, and you all will make some success stories There is no official confirmation for this, let’s hope this is for real. Do keep in mind, that although iPhone is a favourite pet of press worldwide, the sales have been about 5 million devices - and Apple’s target is 10 million. So, in comparison to the volumes of Flash Lite enabled phones that for example Nokia is selling, 5 or 10 million isn’t really that much. If we think only in number of devices out there, iPhone should have no impact on the Flash Lite ecosystem; but it might very well be that the reality is different — currently Flash Lite is (still) suffering from “device base too small” syndrome amongst the distribution channels, and hence Flash Lite applications or games are not gaining visibility or marketing support in the field. But with a single platform like iPhone, a good Flash Lite application might be succesfully distributed, thus increasing the faith in Flash Lite platform among the developers and distributors alike.

Congress Virtual Nokia Event World Nseries Mobile
Any predictions? Notice the question marks? I’ll be there in person, but you can experience it through your computer by attending Nokia Nseries virtual event at the Mobile World Congress. From the itinerary it looks like two new devices, Ovi Share, and new Nokia Maps will be announced. You can directly ask questions to the product managers through the virtual event. I wonder what they have in store for us. Read on for the itinerary and your invitation link. Click on the image below for your invitation to the virtual event.

Guillemot games 2008: about Gameloft’s GDC mobile Mobile speaks
And even then developers have to submit their games to the carriers. Note: naturally the fragmentation is something that Flash Lite is able to handle well (optimally, only one build per language version is needed, instead of thousands of SKU’s - and the weakest point being market penetration of the Flash Lite devices (still too small for most distributors) Additionally, the non-standard data charges (how much does it cost to download data from mobile network) is an issue > although we are moving towards flat-fee rate charges mobile games industry groth actually slowed in 2007 due to: slowdown of the US economy and its impact on the world walled garden approach of carriers the distinct lack of gaming upon the iPhone delayed launch of Nokia’s OVI platform At the GDC Mobile 2008, Gameloft’s President & CEO Guillemot spoke at his opening keynote about mobile games and the market, all nicely put together in this Gamasutra article. Some keypoints: Guillemot showed just how much of a change has occurred in the industry by showing the growth of the large mobile developers, with Gameloft now making almost ten times what it did in 2003 (from 14.9 million US to 141 million US). The major problem that all developers face are thousands of different handsets in use and hundreds more that are developed every year, plus hundreds of carriers across the world with tens of languages to support. “That’s one of the difficulties of the business,” Guillemot admitted, showing that if you created five games a month, across 1,000 handsets, in ten languages, you’d end up with 50,000 SKUs.

2 and Home launched Flash Flash Cast
Licensed by operators like NTT DoCoMo, Verizon Wireless and Chunghwa Telecom, Flash Cast offers operators the ability to tailor mobile experiences based on subscriber’s profiles and device capabilities while reaching high volume, mass-market handsets.” In addition, this was said about Flash Lite: “With more than 150 percent year-over-year growth worldwide of devices shipped with Flash Lite, Flash Lite 3 with support for Flash Player compatible video is now available in a wide range of devices, including the Nokia N95 series, Sony Mylo 2 and NTT DoCoMo’s 905i series. Adobe has announced the launch of of Flash Home and Flash Cast 2 technologies at the Mobile World Congress (Barcelona, Spain) according to this press release. Some of the key company names involved are major content providers like MTV Networks, Nasdaq Stock Market, eBay, Reuters and Dolce & Gabbana, which are said to use Flash Player compatible mobile products and solutions. Adobe Flash Home: “Adobe Flash Home application combines customizable data-enabled wallpapers and home screens with live data services to provide users with more personalized mobile experiences. Mobile users can also experience full user interfaces in handsets created using Flash technology like the LG KE850 Prada, LG KG800 Chocolate, or the Samsung D900.” By enriching the idle screen with branded content, users can instantly access more expressive, visually rich content.” Flash Cast 2: “Delivers rich, easy-to-use data services through mobile applications such as news, sports or entertainment channels.

from New Nokia phones 3.0 Flash Lite mobile
Nokia announced new handsets at the Mobile World Congress, among them the first Flash Lite 3.0 phones: Nokia N96 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia N78 (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6220 Classic (Flash Lite 3.0) Nokia 6210 Navigator (Flash Lite 2.1)

New is What Maps in Beta Preview: Nokia 2.0
In summary, the update includes new pedestrian navigation, satellite and hybrid images, improved car navigation interface, and real-time traffic information. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use pedestrian navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). Satellite and hybrid images: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers satellite and hybrid view maps for selected bigger cities. You can change the view from the normal map view to satellite or hybrid map view via Options > Map mode > Satellite or Hybrid. You can purchase RTTI via Options > Extras > Traffic info. Downloading satellite images may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. RTTI is a feature that can be purchased separately. Real-time traffic feeds inform you of collisions, roadworks, and traffic jams. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Improved user interface for car navigation: Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers clear guidance and improved visual elements for car navigation. Breadcrumbs show your previous position and mark down the route you’ve been walking. To start a pedestrian navigation, choose your destination and select Walk to from the selection key menu (in the middle of your mobile device). Please note that you do not necessarily need to enter all letters of an address. Satellite images offer an accurate map view and they display individual city buildings. Stop at any place you’d like to and continue your route afterwards. Contact your service provider for information about data transmission charges. Related PostFirst Day In Barcelona: Getting Lost and Meeting UpMobile World Congress Here I ComeNokia N82 Performs Well in the ClubReview: 8GB MicroSDHC Cards Great Buy For Less Than $70 How To: Embed Map with Geotagged Photos for Your Blog Just enter the address or name of a place for which you are looking in the search field and press Search. The results are displayed, sorted by category. Please note that you need a valid navigation license to use car navigation (there is a 3-day free trial available for each device). One box search: One box search to search for addresses or places that interest you is available with start-up of the application! It is, for example, enough to enter the first three letters of a street name. This new method of accessing information about a certain city has a lot of advantages compared to traditional electronic or written city guides. Note that the usage of RTTI may involve the transmission of large amounts of data through your service provider’s network. Navigation is visual and without voice guidance. Of course this increases the number of search results. Multimedia city guides: This new type of city guide features photos, videos, and audio streams. Read on for the specifics. I just spoke to Ricky Cadden from Symbian-Guru, James Burland from Nokia Creative, and they are also testing the beta as well. Pedestrian navigation: Bigger cities are more and more pedestrian-oriented and less suited for cars, therefore Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers you the possibility to explore a city by walking! After the feed is received, the device can dynamically re-route you to avoid a traffic event. Multimedia City Guides have to be purchased as an additional feature via Options > Extras > Guides. Real time traffic information (RTTI): Nokia Maps 2.0 Beta offers real-time traffic feeds and dynamic rerouting in 18 European countries. Try it yourself by just choosing your destination and select Drive to from the selection key (in the middle of your mobile device). I’m about to preview the New Nokia Maps 2.0 beta, but before I use it, let me share with you what’s new with Nokia Maps 2.0.