Nokia and Fido launch the Nokia 6555

TORONTO - Fido and Nokia today announced the Canadian availability of the new Nokia 6555 mobile phone. Designed with the fashion conscious consumer in mind, with a stylish piano-black cover and retro analog clock display, the sleek fold-back handset exudes elegance and boasts superb functionality. The gentle curved shape and unique "smoothback" design, eliminates the sharp edge found at the hinge of most conventional folding phones, and makes the Nokia 6555 phone a joy to behold. Style mavens will not only be chic but comfortable when talking on their fashionable new mobile phone.
"Fido customers have for years enjoyed the easy-to-use and stylish interface of Nokia devices," said Patrick Hadsipantelis, VP, Marketing, Fido. "Design and functionality are very important to them when it comes to choosing the right mobile phone. The Nokia 6555 delivers on both counts, enabling our customers to stay connected and look good at the same time."
With support for Fido's MobileMail e-mail solution and a host of entertainment options, the Nokia 6555 handset allows users to stay in touch
while on the go. With the Nokia 6555, customers can browse, download, share and stream videos, for a rich mobile experience. The 16 million colour, 2.0" main display allows for crisp images and videos.
"Canadian consumers are demanding more from their mobile phones," said Joe Woo, Director of Sales, Nokia Canada. "With the Nokia 6555 phone, Fido and Nokia are giving consumers the opportunity to take advantage of Fido's network and full range of services. Now Canadians can take advantage of mobile e-mail and enjoy fast and easy downloads."

Along with the sleek design and fast downloading capabilities, the Nokia 6555 also includes the following features and functions:

- 1.3 megapixel camera and video recorder with 6x digital zoom for spontaneous capture of special moments to share with friends and family - XHTML browser for Internet browsing - Enhanced voice dialling - 30MB internal user memory, with support for up to 2GB memory with a microSD card - Bluetooth 2.0 for talking hands-free, connecting with other Bluetooth devices, or transferring data between the handset and a PC - Large keypad and generously sized scroll keys The Nokia 6555 is available exclusively at Fido retail locations, retail partners and online at Fido.ca for $75, including a 1G Memory Card, with a three-year Fido Agreement.

Nokia to Bring Microsoft Silverlight

ESPOO, Finland, March 4 -- Nokia
today announced plans to make Microsoft Silverlight available for S60 on
Symbian OS, the world's leading smartphone software(1), as well as for
Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets. Adding support for
Silverlight will extend opportunities for developers to create rich,
interactive applications that run on multiple platforms in a consistent and
reliable way.
"Today's consumers are very clear in what they want: easy access to
tightly integrated services and data on any device," said Lee Williams,
Senior Vice President in Nokia's Devices software organization. "Nokia's
software strategy is based on cross-platform development environments,
enabling the creation of rich applications across the Nokia device range.
Nokia aims to support market leading and content rich internet application
environments and to embrace and encourage open innovation. By working with
Microsoft, we are creating terrific opportunities and additional choices
for the development community, S60 licensees and the industry as a whole."
Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering
next-generation media experiences and rich interactive applications.
Silverlight is already powering thousands of applications around the world
and organizations including Entertainment Tonight, the NBA and NBC
Universal to deliver superior Web-based experiences to their customers. The
arrangement with Nokia will substantially extend the reach of Silverlight
by making the platform available for hundreds of millions of devices,
including S60 on Symbian smartphones from a range of manufacturers, as well
as Nokia Series 40 devices and Nokia Internet tablets.
"This is an important relationship on so many levels. Working with
Nokia means we are easily able to reach a huge number of mobile users,
including customers of all S60 licensees. This is a significant step in
gaining broad acceptance for Silverlight and ensuring it is platform
agnostic. This is critical since we want to make sure developers and
designers don't have to constantly recreate the wheel and build different
versions of applications and services for multiple operating systems,
browsers and platforms," said S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President of
Microsoft's Developer Division.
"There is clear market demand for rich, Web-based services across a
variety of device types, but developing these can often be commercially
difficult. For Microsoft this extends Silverlight to a broader range of
vendors, platforms and devices. For Nokia it expands the web runtime
options on its devices, enabling a wider community of developers and more
applications. This should help the uptake of higher speed mobile services
and advance a new era of anytime, anywhere device-based computing", said
Bola Rotibi , Principal Analyst at Ovum.

Nokia introduces the Nokia 6124 classic exclusively with Vodafone

Espoo, Finland - Nokia today announced the launch of the Nokia 6124 classic, exclusively available from Vodafone in Vodafone markets. The Nokia 6124 classic is a compact multimedia device offering Vodafone customers faster and easier access to all of Vodafone's high speed Internet and entertainment services.

Vodafone and Nokia will make it easier to access the Internet quickly at the click of a button on the Nokia 6124 classic. Customers will get the full suite of communications, content, Internet services and browsing, through seamlessly integrated Vodafone services on this Nokia device.

Available exclusively for Vodafone customers world-wide, the Nokia 6124 classic features superior data rates with 3G broadband offering downloads up to 10 times faster than 3G networks. A large 2.0" display with outstanding brightness and clarity adds more pleasure for internet browsing and video streaming. Taking pictures is convenient with the 2 megapixel camera, flash and panorama mode. The external memory card slot allows the user to expand the memory up to 8GB, which offers plenty of space for favourite images, videos and music.

"With the Vodafone exclusive Nokia 6124 classic we continue the successful collaboration we started with the exclusive Nokia 6234," says Jens Schulte-Bockum, Global Director Terminals at Vodafone "We are proud to offer the new Nokia 6124 classic which will allow our customers to access the complete suite of Vodafone communications, browsing, content and Internet services. In addition, the exclusive Nokia 6124 classic offers customers further improvement in their experience with many of Vodafone's services already launched with leading Internet partners."

"The name says it all, as the Nokia 6124 classic represents the iconic design familiar to the Nokia brand, now made exclusively for Vodafone customers. It's a great example of our collaboration and shows Nokia's commitment to customers, says Markku Suomi, Vice President, Connect, Nokia. "3G broadband appeals to users who want convenient access to the latest information, as the device can even be used as a fast modem to access the internet from the PC."

Based on S60 and Symbian OS, the Nokia 6124 classic enables the user to download additional applications and content on the phone. It also allows the user to run several applications on the device at the same time - making it easy to browse the Web while listening to your favorite music or talking.

The Nokia 6124 classic will start shipping in Vodafone markets in the second quarter.

United Kingdom Court Rules Qualcomm Patents Invalid

ESPOO, Finland, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nokia
announced that a United Kingdom High Court judge issued a ruling in
favor of Nokia in the action brought by Qualcomm against Nokia on 24 May,
2006. In the ruling the judge determined that all of Qualcomm's asserted
GSM patent claims are invalid. Therefore Nokia does not need to compensate
Qualcomm for these patents.
"We are pleased with the Court's decision that the patent claims are
invalid and believe it is consistent with and supported by the facts,' said
Rick Simonson, Chief Financial Officer, Nokia. "This is the second court to
conclude that Qualcomm does not have relevant and valid GSM patents."
In a separate case filed by Qualcomm against Nokia, the US
International Trade Commission (ITC) last week decided against Qualcomm's
petition for review of Judge Luckern's Initial Determination issued on 12
December, 2007. Judge Luckern concluded that Nokia does not infringe the
three alleged Qualcomm patents in the case and that one of the patents is
invalid. This ITC investigation has now been terminated.
"The UK High Court and US ITC findings are further evidence of Qualcomm
overstating its position as an industry innovator and demanding
compensation for patents that are not relevant or valid," Simonson added.
Similar patents, asserted against Nokia GSM products, are at issue in
separate cases filed by Qualcomm against Nokia in China, Europe and the
United States. The parties have agreed to temporarily stay these patent
infringement lawsuits pending court proceedings in the Delaware Chancery
Court. Patent invalidation actions, filed by Nokia against Qualcomm patents
in suit, continue in China and Germany.
Qualcomm has yet to prevail in any patent litigation action against
Nokia despite having filed 11 lawsuits around the world over more than two
years.

T-Mobile and Nokia Introduce Nokia 6650 Exclusively for T-Mobile Customers

    ESPOO, Finland, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- At CeBIT 2008,
T-Mobile and Nokia announced the Nokia 6650, a stylish and easy to use
device optimized for use with T-Mobile services. Available exclusively for
T-Mobile International customers, the Nokia 6650 is equipped with the
latest wireless features, such as an integrated GPS and multimedia player,
allowing T-Mobile customers easy access to a wide range of services such as
web'n'walk, MyFaves, Mobile Jukebox and NaviGate.

  The Nokia 6650 will be available from T-Mobile during the third quarter
at T-Mobile sales points across Europe at a very attractive price. In
Germany for example, the Nokia 6650 will retail for just 1 euro together
with the Relax 100 rate.

  The Nokia 6650 - exclusive multimedia device

  The stylish, stainless-steel clad fold design is equipped with
state-of-the-art multimedia features and supports T-Mobile's services such
as web'n'walk, a service that allows easy access to the Internet on mobile
devices. High-speed HSDPA data connectibity enables fast web browsing and
downloading while the 2.2" TFT QVGA color display can display up to 16
million colours, making browsing and viewing photos, videos and menus a
pleasure. T-Mobile service My Faves keeps you in touch with the people that
matter the most while benefiting from the device's extensive talk time.
Mobile Jukebox users will appreciate the dedicated keys for the music
player. Furthermore, the Nokia 6650 has built-in AGPS (assisted GPS) to
enable quick positioning with NaviGate route management.

  The Nokia 6650 comes with a 2 megapixel camera with flash, 30 MB of
internal memory and a micro SD card slot, FM radio and many other features.
Images and videos can be uploaded to the web, sent from phone to phone via
a wireless Bluetooth connection, or viewed in full color on the device's
large display.

Nokia and University of Cambridge Launch the Morph - a Nanotechnology Concept Device

NEW YORK and ESPOO, Finland, February 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

Morph, a joint nanotechnology concept, developed by Nokia Research Center
and the University of Cambridge (UK) - was launched today
alongside the "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibition, on view from
February 24 to May 12, 2008, at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New
York. Morph features in both the exhibition catalog and on MoMA's official
website.













   Morph is a concept that demonstrates how future mobile devices might be
stretchable and flexible, allowing the user to transform their mobile
device into radically different shapes. It demonstrates the ultimate
functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering: flexible
materials, transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. Dr. Bob
Iannucci, Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, commented: "Nokia Research
Center is looking at ways to reinvent the form and function of mobile
devices; the Morph concept shows what might be possible."

 Dr. Tapani Ryhanen, Head of the NRC Cambridge UK laboratory, Nokia,
commented: "We hope that this combination of art and science will showcase
the potential of nanoscience to a wider audience. The research we are
carrying out is fundamental to this as we seek a safe and controlled way to
develop and use new materials."

 Professor Mark Welland, Head of the Department of Engineering's
Nanoscience Group at the University of Cambridge and University Director of
Nokia-Cambridge collaboration added: "Developing the Morph concept with
Nokia has provided us with a focus that is both artistically inspirational
but, more importantly, sets the technology agenda for our joint nanoscience
research that will stimulate our future work together."

The partnership between Nokia and the University of Cambridge was
announced in March, 2007 - an agreement to work together on an extensive
and long term programme of joint research projects. NRC has established a
research facility at the University's West Cambridge site and collaborates
with several departments - initially the Nanoscience Center and Electrical
Division of the Engineering Department - on projects that, to begin with,
are centered on nanotechnology.

Elements of Morph might be available to integrate into handheld devices
within 7 years, though initially only at the high-end. However,
nanotechnology may one day lead to low cost manufacturing solutions, and
offers the possibility of integrating complex functionality at a low price.