Nokia has today published "Nokia in 2008" that includes Nokia 2008 Annual Accounts and the Review by the Board of Directors. The document is available in pdf-format on Nokia's Internet pages at www.nokia.com/financials. Shareholders may also request a hard copy of the document free of charge through Nokia's Internet pages. Source: Nokia

  Seeing is believing with the C903 Cyber-shot™. The slick and stylish mobile phone has a unique sliding lens cover to make great photography easy. The C903 Cyber-shot™ is made for taking memorable pictures with ease – just slide down the protective lens cover and snap away. The slim slider has dedicated camera keys and an impressive five megapixel camera to create big pictures with rich details and true colours.   Packed full of features, the C903 Cyber-shot™ will give you the best picture possible with Face Detection, finding up to three people in the frame at a time and Smile Shutter™, which automatically picks out natural smiles. Snap up to nine images in quick succession using BestPic™ to pick your best and delete the rest and show off your images with the crystal clear, auto rotating 2.4” display - send them to your blog or connect to your TV screen using the TV-out function. “The C903 Cyber-shot™ adds a creative and stylish mobile phone to our mid-range segment,” said Daniel Sandblom, Global Business Marketing Manager at Sony Ericsson. “The C903 Cyber-shot™ furthers Sony Ericsson’s digital camera heritage and makes capturing special images even more

  Entertainment Unlimited builds on Sony Ericsson’s leadership in music, imaging, gaming, content services, and applications to deliver unlimited opportunities for consumers to share experiences. Sony Ericsson unveils the next step in its evolution. The Entertainment Unlimited consumer proposition is the pinnacle of what the company has been working towards since the start of the joint venture in 2001 – the true fusion of communication and entertainment. Bringing together rich content, unique applications and best in class entertainment experiences, the new consumer proposition is based around three key promises: 1. Uniting best in class entertainment experiences into one offering such as the Walkman music experience, the Cyber-shot imaging experience, Java gaming and messaging integrated with services and applications. 2. Broadening entertainment experiences by seamlessly integrating the mobile phone into other devices in the home letting consumers share and enjoy top quality entertainment content through a variety of channels including TV, PC and Hi-fi systems. 3. Fusing communication with entertainment by removing barriers and offering unlimited sharing opportunities, multiplying the value of people’s entertainment experiences

  Sony Ericsson is bringing great music to the masses with the slick slider W395 Walkman™ phone, complete with large powerful built-in stereo speakers. Sony Ericsson is putting youth at the forefront with the launch of the W395. The stylish handset offers a full range of great music through special stereo speakers to boost your sounds, while allowing you to pump up the volume with the HPM-64 stereo headset with stereo widening for a great sound experience. The affordable W395 also comes complete with dedicated control keys for managing your music, a 1GB memory card and an FM radio keep you up to date with the latest tracks. Sony Ericsson favourite TrackID™ will help you find that elusive song, even if you’re not sure of the name, while PlayNow™ provides a full range of mobile entertainment content downloadable from your handset – from unique themes and wallpapers to specially developed ring tones.   “Sony Ericsson takes pride in understanding the youth market, and the W395 is a mobile phone that caters to all their needs with great music quality.” said Alexandre Cardon, Global product marketing manager (music) at Sony Ericsson. “Our most affordable Walkman slider phone to date allows users to share

  Samsung is expected to make good progress in manufacturing and distribution of mobile devices running Android operating system that will result in HTC risking to lose its Android market segment. The manufacturers will start competing around Q3 2009. The first Android smartphone by Samsung will resemble HTC Magic in terms of design, specifications, and 3.5G chipset from Qualcomm. The information leaked from Samsung and should be treated as unofficial. However, the same sources said that HTC feels very confident in Android smartphone market segment.  

  Yesterday you could see the intriguing YOUR MUSIC PLAYER IS RINGING on the main page of events.nokia.com and today Nokia has raised the curtain of mystery and unveiled 3 new XpressMusic mobile phones: Nokia 5730 XpressMusic, Nokia 5330 XpressMusic and Nokia 5030 XpressRadio. All mobile devices are designed for better sound quality, easier music player use, and more convenient navigation. As for price range, it is really wide and this fact cannot be underestimated because every phone will find its buyer and admirer immediately. Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is the most functional among the three devices: its has a full slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 3.2-megapixel camera, 3.5 mm jack and supports 3G, Wi-Fi, and HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbps. The mobile phone is 16 GB microSD card compatible (an 8 GB card is included in the package), and has 100 MB of onboard memory. An estimated retail price will be 280 EUR, before subsidies and taxes. The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic mobile phone has fewer features in comparison with the previous 5730 XpressMusic. It also has a 3.2-megapixel camera, 3.5 mm jack, 3G and 16 GB microSD card support. However, 5330 XpressMusic doesn’t support Wi-Fi and has no QWERTY keyboard. The onboard memory is 70 MB and there’s a 2 GB memory card

  First of all, we’d like to point out that the manufacturer haven’t announced the retail price for the new devices but mentioned their market segment and shipping date: S5230 will be available in France in April and then in other European countries; S5600 will hit the European market a bit later, in May. Samsung S5600 is a relatively small and stylish mobile phone with minimalist yet attractive design. The TouchWiz user interface is worth being mentioned together with the Gesture Lock function that allows unlocking the phone and going to menus by drawing an English letter on the display with your finger. The menu-letter link is user-defined. Samsung S5600 has a 3-megapixel camera with Smile the Shot function, supports H.263, MPEG4, WMV file formats, and microSD memory cards up to 8 GB. The Samsung S5600 mobile phone has 80 MB of onboard memory. Samsung S5230 is a bit smaller than S5600 and has a larger display. This model also has the TouchWiz user interface, Gesture Lock, and a 3-megapixel camera but no 3G support if compared to S5600. The phone supports microSD memory cards up to 8 GB and has 50 MB of the onboard memory. Note that the manufacturer hasn’t given full specifications in the press release. Take this into account when

  And it will be a music surprise. We don’t have any more information about the event because the company keeps it a secret. Probably Nokia is going to unveil another music mobile phone or a service for music lovers – it’s anybody’s guess. Well, Wednesday is the day of learning the meaning of the YOUR MUSIC PLAYER IS RINGING on the main page of the events.nokia.com website. This sentence is the only thing that makes it possible to describe the upcoming event somehow. Maybe we’ll manage to get some details before the event begins. We’ll see.  

  We have learned that from Global Certification Forum (GCF). What we are speaking about now is not a single mobile device but two of them. GCF has got approval for two Toshiba smartphones. TG01 is one of them, other being named in the documents as “To Be Advised”. The specifications (not full) of the two mobile phones coincide. Both are quad-band GSM mobile phones (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) supporting HSDPA and MMS. Well, maybe the difference hides in the operating system they run.  

  Now we are going to say a few words about the latest LG mobile phones and LG Arena (KM900), which is a flagship phone of the company. Each of the following mobile devices has already found its niche market and thousands of fans. LG Arena (KM900) is famous for its new user interface and not only for that, new PRADA KF900 has a very nice additional device in the package, GD900 is half transparent, and the KP500 mobile phone can be considered one of the most affordable touchscreen phones ever. LG Arena (KM900)   This multimedia mobile phone was announced at MWC 2009 in Barcelona and got many fans immediately. LG Arena is a flagship handset of the company and it has done its best designing the mobile phone. A brand new 3D S-Class user interface specially developed by the company for Arena makes it possible to enjoy working with the phone and immerge into the world of multimedia. Each of 4 interactive user interfaces is situated on one of 4 facets of a 3D cube on the display. The interface is very convenient and enables the user to get the maximum from Arena very quickly and in a very convenient way. The LG Arena mobile phone has a metal case that is very reliable both in terms daily usage of the phone and in protecting components of the

  China Unicom, a Chinese mobile network operator, is in negotiations with Apple company regarding introduction of iPhone to China. China Mobile, a competitive operator, is also in talks with Apple and doesn’t want to comment on its rival’s activity. Meanwhile there are many iPhone users in China. Naturally, these devices have been imported in the country unofficially. As for the official appearance of iPhone on the Chinese market, it may not be that welcome because the Apple brand is not very strong in China. Moreover, there are different similar and fake devices available in the market.  

  The ezy100 mobile phone has a large high-contrast monochrome backlit display. The text size, keys, and inscriptions on them are quite large. There may be up to 500 contacts in the phonebook. The maximum ring volume is 100 dB and the maximum caller voice volume is 25 dB. Ezy100 has a powerful vibration alert and a one-touch emergency call function that deserves special attention: there is the emergency switch on the backside of the phone – once you slide it, the phone starts dialing a sequence of up to 5 numbers that have been programmed. Moreover, the mobile phone has 3 quick dial buttons. The retail price of the ezy100 will be $249. For a limited time, there will be a bonus desktop charging base in the package valued at $49. Kevin McDonnel, Oricom's Managing Director, says that the development of the phone is a response to feedback from the elderly and people with hearing loss or low vision.  

  The LG KM900 Arena mobile phone unveiled at MWC last month in Barcelona, is extremely popular with mobile operators in various countries around the globe. The company has already received pre-orders for more than 1 million devices or twice the pre-order sales of well-known Chocolate that eventually sold 20 million units. Taking into account the market reaction, LG expects the phone sales to catch up with Chocolate, Viewty, and Shine. We think that it is very likely to happen and especially because the company has expanded the initial launch market by several European countries.  

  Palm company is getting through hard times. A decline in revenue is expected to last through the Q3 2009. Moreover, the demand for Centro and Treo devices has reduced probably because the new Palm Pre has already been announced and is highly anticipated by consumers. These circumstances only aggravate the situation and Palm cannot start shipping its new smartphone as the company hasn’t got enough cash means for that. Palm CEO says that the company “got a difficult transition period to work through” and the new smartphone is slated to start shipping in the first half of 2009.  

  If you were lucky to attend MWC 2009, you remember that solar-powered mobile devices were everywhere. The only thing the manufacturers including LG and Samsung didn’t say a word about was the price of eco-friendly mobile phones. What we are about to surprise you with is that a solar-powered mobile phone may cost as little as… 40 USD! According to some reports, this is the estimated price of a new Coral 200 Solar mobile phone by ZTE, a Chinese company. Naturally, the device won’t incorporate the latest features and functions. It’ll be a low-class mobile device, but with an alternative way of charging the battery. An hour in the sun results in 15 minutes of talk time. The Coral 200 Solar mobile phone can also be charged traditionally – via a charger.