Nokia announces devices, services and agreements at CeBIT

^{Music on the EDGE} Nokia announces devices, services and agreements at CeBIT

11 Mar 2003 at 20:52 GMT Timo Poropudas

Nokia unveiled Tuesday three new terminals, three enhancement products for mobile devices, and several connectivity solutions for business and home environments at the CeBIT2003 trade show. Nokia also published co-operation announcements with T-Mobile and KPN Mobile.

In addition to Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) capability, Java (TM) support and Bluetooth, Nokia's introductions include a broad selection of features such as EDGE connectivity, presence, integrated camera, enhanced user interfaces, music services and more.

Mobile EDGE is faster

The Nokia 6220, an EDGE-enabled mobile phone, is designed to become a core part of the mobile office. The MMS phone includes an integrated camera, color display and a mobile email client. With EDGE, downloads on the Nokia 6220 are more than twice as fast as with GPRS. The presence-enhanced contacts of the Nokia 6220 let users conveniently publish their availability, intentions and whereabouts to colleagues, family and friends. The tri-band phone is expected to start shipping in Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific regions in the third quarter of 2003.

Back to the car phones

The Nokia 810 (GSM900/1800) is a thrown back to old time car phones with an external antenna. The new Navi wheel, a separate display, voice dialing and voice command capabilities, together with support for Bluetooth technology, give today's phone a lot versatility than old car phones had.

Two people can use the memory resources of the device separately with a single SIM card, which is convenient for those who share the use of a company vehicle. The Nokia 810, which supports both High Speed Data as well as GPRS, is scheduled to arrive in the third quarter of 2003, in Europe, Africa, and select markets in Asia-Pacific.

The new capabilities of the Nokia One Mobile Connectivity Service easily extend corporate applications to employees in the field. The service allows interaction, responses and alerts on mobile devices, eliminating delays in mission-critical production and business processes. The Nokia One Mobile Connectivity Service efficiently connects corporations and their mobile employees using mobile phones, smart phones, PDAs, or a landline, over multiple access methods including voice, SMS, web and WAP.

Furthermore, Nokia and T-Mobile have today announced co-operation in order to provide corporate customers with solutions that combine Nokia's leading range of business terminals and T-Mobile's mobile data services. The co-operation will start by bundling the Nokia D211 GPRS-WLAN card with T-Mobile's "Communication Center", allowing business professionals on the move to connect easily and securely via WLAN or GPRS to their corporate information resources. With initial deployment in Germany, the collaboration will expand to include all of T-Mobile's European subsidiaries.

Music for your ears

The Nokia 3300 music phone has an integrated music player (MP3/AAC), an FM stereo radio and a digital recorder. The music key on the device allows one-click access to music services, while a USB connection enables the fast transfer of music files from the PC to the device. Additionally, the Nokia 3300 lets consumers play games, send multimedia messages to compatible terminals and connect to mobile services, all from the same device. The Nokia 3300 music phone working on GSM 900/1800 frequency bands is scheduled for shipments during 2nd quarter 2003 in Europe, Africa and Asia Pacific.

With the Nokia Digital Pen, users can write notes, draw diagrams or colorful pictures. These can be transferred via Bluetooth technology to a compatible phone, and then forwarded as an MMS or e-mail.

The Nokia Image Viewer, connected to a compatible TV or video projector, allows people to send images wirelessly from a compatible phone and view and share them on a large screen at work and home.

The Nokia Add-on Lens can be attached to a Nokia 3650 phone camera, enabling sharp pictures at a very close range.

In addition, Nokia and KPN Mobile announced today that KPN Mobile would offer i-mode content through the Nokia 3650 mobile phone. KPN Mobile's customers in Germany (E-Plus), the Netherlands and Belgium (BASE) will be able to access i-mode content via a standards based XHTML browser phone in GSM/GPRS networks. The Nokia 3650, based on the Series 60 Platform with a large color display, built in camera and Java(TM) capability is the first GSM handset from Nokia with an XHMTL browser that will give access to KPN Mobile's i-mode content.