Friday, August 13, 2010

Interesting History Of Mobile Phone, The Case Of Innovation From Nokia

Innovation of Nokia mobile phoneproducts have a long journey. It reflect how Human innovate so that advanced Mobile Communication is able to be realized. This Finnish mobile phone giant has been in the mobile phone world  for 17 years since 1982. And Here's the interesting pictures of the evolution

1982: Mobira Senator. Nokia's firstmobile phone using NMT network. This phone can only be used in the car.

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Mobira-Senator

1987: Mobira Cityman 900. Portable Nokia cell phone is still using the NMT network

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Mobira cityman 900

1992: Nokia 101. First handset with "candy bar"shaped.

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Nokia 101

1992: Nokia 1011. Digital portable phone with a GSM network.

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Nokia 1011

1994: Nokia 232. The first mobile phone that supported data services, fax and SMS.

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Nokia 232

1996: Nokia 9000 Communicator. The first mobile phone complete with fax, calendar, email andinternet.

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Nokia 9000 communicator

1996: Nokia 8110.This is the first Nokia mobile phone slide shaped.

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Nokia 8110

1997: Nokia 3810. The first mobile phone specially designed for Asian consumers.

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Nokia 3810

1998: Nokia 5100. The first mobile phone that the user can change cell phone's casing.

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Nokia 5100

1998: Nokia 5110. The first cell phone phone that the user can select the game.

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Nokia 5110

1999: Nokia 8210. Nokia's first fashion phone launched in collaboration with Kenzo

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Nokia 8210

2001: Nokia 6310. This phone is sturdy and simple. This was also the first Nokia phone using Bluetooth connectivity.

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Nokia 6310

2002: Nokia 3650. This is the first mobile phone equipped with camera to take the video.

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Nokia 3650

2003: Nokia 7200. the first flip mobile phone from Nokia.

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Nokia 7200

2003: Nokia 6108. The first Nokia Touch screen mobile phone.

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Nokia 6108

2005: Nokia N 92. The first mobile phone equipped with a DVB-H to view and record television shows.

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Nokia n 92

2006: Nokia N95. This is the first Nokia phone with GPS capabilities in it.

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Nokia n 95

2008: Nokia E71. Nokia Slim phone with qwerty keypad.

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Nokia e 71

2009: N 97. This cellular phone is connected to the Internet all the time.

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Nokia n 97


Saturday, August 7, 2010

BlackBerry Torch Officially Presented

We just got a quick hands-on with the BlackBerry Torch - unfortunately our unit wasn't powering on. We're headed back for more in just a second and there's video on the way, but check the gallery for some hardware shots and some Droid X / iPhone 4 head-to-head action right now! We're headed back for more in just a second and there's video on the way, but check the gallery for some hardware shots and some Droid X / iPhone 4 head-to-head action right now! More images after the break...


Update: We went back in for round two with a functional device -- the hardware is quite nice, and the keyboard feels similar to the Tour / Bold. Update: We went back in for round two with a functional device - the hardware is quite nice, and the keyboard feels similar to the Tour / Bold. Software-wise, we're still waiting to play with BlackBerry 6 in-depth, but it definitely feels like the OS overwhelms the hardware a little when it's really cranking -- for example, the phone basically locked up while it loaded Engadget in the new Webkit browser, but when it was done loading it responded smoothly to panning and zooming. Software-wise, we're still waiting to play with BlackBerry six in-depth, but it definitely feels like the OS overwhelms the hardware a little when it's really cranking - for example, the phone basically locked up while it loaded Engadget in the new Webkit browser, but when it was done loading it responded smoothly to panning and zooming.


Update 2: We've got video, people. Update 2: We've got video, people. It's a little scattershot in scope, but it should illustrate the basic feel of the new OS. It's a little scattershot in scope, but it should illustrate the basic feel of the new OS. You can find it below the fold. You can find it below the fold.