Nokia today unveiled its latest addition to the Prism Collection, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism, aimed at design-conscious consumers. With its seamless diamond-cut design with a crystal centre key, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism continues to highlight the geometric shapes and personalized style of the Prism Collection. Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism will be available in the first quarter of 2008 with an estimated retail price of EUR 375, before taxes and subsidies.

Nokia worked in collaboration with the creative designer Frédérique Daubal, which resulted in unique laser-etched graphic designs, distinctive wallpapers as well as exclusive accessories to the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism. The wallpapers inspired by Daubal communicate the reflection of light and capture the feel of angular prisms and triangles.

“At Nokia we are constantly looking for new and innovative shapes, styles and materials combined with advanced features and personalized experiences,” said Jo Harlow, who oversees the Live category in Nokia. “Additionally, we continue to seek opportunities to collaborate with designers and artists at the top of their fields, who can offer different talents and insights to help us create products that meet the individual and unique lifestyle needs of consumers.”

The graphic design of the aluminium back cover, together with intriguing light effects, make each handset unique and complement the glamorous appeal of the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism.

Combining special design and technology, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism features an eye-catching large OLED display, with organic, modern digital art wallpapers inspired by Daubal. From a technical standpoint, the Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism comes with a 2 megapixel camera, 3G technology for fast and easy downloads and browsing, 1 GB of internal memory and a music player with matching headset. The user can also personalize the color of the light in the keymat choosing from 49 different colors.

Additional wallpapers designed by Frédérique Daubal are available for downloading at www.nokiaprismcollection.com. The website also includes images and information of the Nokia Prism Collection.

Nokia 7900 Crystal Prism

Ever wants to share a phone with your sibling, but you are worried about mixing up the Contacts in the phone book? Maybe you are a parent and you want to purchase a mobile phone for the use of every member of the family, but will rather prefer a phone that will not mix up the Contacts. I am happy to inform you that the new Nokia 1209 offers the solution.

The Nokia 1209, among other features, offers additional cost management features to make phone sharing easy and convenient. Innovations include the pre-paid tracker, a cost-tracking application, and the multiple phonebook - which allows up to five people to store personal contact lists of up to two hundred numbers on a single phone. Designed for first time buyers, the Nokia 1209 incorporates Nokia’s intuitive user interface, dust resistance, and offers up to 80 languages. The Nokia 1209 also has a one-piece key mat for durability and reliability.

Nokia 1209

The Nokia 1209, together with the Nokia 2600 classic were today unveiled by Nokia, targeting consumers in emerging markets. The Nokia 2600 classic allows consumers to customize their phone with colourful, fully changeable Xpress-on covers and MP3 ring tones. The cheerful Nokia 2600 classic also features a number of entertainment features, including an FM radio and a VGA camera.

The Nokia 2600 classic, which will retail for approximately 65 euros before applicable taxes or subsidies, has begun shipping, ramping up in all key markets during the first quarter of 2008. Nokia 1209 will become available globally during the second quarter of 2008 and will retail for approximately 35 euros before applicable taxes or subsidies.

Nokia 2600 Classic

Bluetooth(R) technology, the global standard for short range wireless communications, is 10-years-old this week. Though the Bluetooth technology was born over a decade ago, the first products didn’t appear commercially until the year 2000. In that short time, a span of eight years, about 1.5 billion Bluetooth enabled devices have been shipped, and the organization behind the technology, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, has grown from a handful of companies to 10,000 members.

The Bluetooth technology has been most deployed in mobile phones, portable computers and audio electronics. It is hard imagining enjoying digital lifestyles nowadays without the use of Bluetooth. Transfers of photos, music and video clips between digital or mobile devices are now easy even to the non-technically inclined individuals. Thanks to Bluetooth.

Since Bluetooth eliminates the use of wires that easily entangled, I cannot see myself using a mobile phone that lacked Bluetooth. Connectivity between my phones and laptops are always done via Bluetooth either for transfer of files or synchronisation with Microsoft Outlook. If a phone lacked Bluetooth, forget it, I am not going for it.

I wish the Bluetooth technology can do much more though; like charging my mobile phone from my laptop using Bluetooth so that I don’t have to worry about a desktop-, USB- or car-charger. That will be a thrill. This seems like an El Dorado now, but then we are in the age of miracles. Any technological breakthrough can happen.

I want to believe that in the next few years, we will see more deployment of the Bluetooth technology in home electronics. It will soon become the standard, where every TV set and stereo equipment will have Bluetooth by default, just as it is currently happening with cell phones. By then, using the ability to pair Bluetooth devices, it is not difficult to imagine the limitless possibilities of what can be done with Bluetooth technology.

Bluetooth Network

It has been long since I used a wrist watch, about five years ago since I started using a cell phone. Since that time, the desire to use a wrist watch disappeared. Why hung a chunk of metal and leather on your wrist for the purpose of checking time when your cell phone can do the same?

In an ongoing poll, it appears that nearly two-thirds of people prefer to check the current time on their cell phone rather than on a conventional wrist watch.

Whenever my friends asked me why I am not using a wrist watch, I will tell them that I am already surrounded by time devices. I carry at least two cell phones, an MP3 player which displays time, time in the dashboard of my car, time in my laptop, wall clocks in my office, living room and bedroom. Why do I need to spend money to read time on an extra device?

Other than fashion purpose, I see no need for a wrist watch. As I used to tell my friends, unless the wrist watch can perform a multiple functions of a wrist watch, a thermometer, stethoscope, wind vane, trek-o-meter, etc, (something like a James Bond’s type of wrist watch), then count me out.

Where do you stand? Are you reading time on your wrist watch or cell phone? Whatever your answer, the good news is that you can combine all available options. Ours is a world of convenience; Time devices are in everything and everywhere. Happy New and Prosperous Year to you all.

Read time on your wrist watch or cell phone

A Japanese company today unveiled a new device that will allow people “speak” through their ear so they can use their mobile telephones in noisy places.

The device named “e-Mimi-kun” (good ear boy) — doubles as an earphone and a microphone by detecting air vibrations inside the ear, developer NS-ELEX Co. said.

The earpiece and an accompanying device can be connected to a mobile phone, or wirelessly to a Bluetooth handset, so that users no longer have to cover their mouths when speaking in a loud environment, the company said.

Exterior noise is reduced six-fold by the earpiece, it said, while a chip developed by Sanyo Electric for the accompanying device reduces sound levels ten-fold, it added.

NS-ELEX believes the product would be useful for people working in places such as factories, restaurants and amusement parks.

Links:
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