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Published by Boc Ly on November 22, 2012

If you want quick and easy access to your favourite local and international news sources then the latest version of Nokia Reader for Series 40 devices could be just the thing you’re waiting for.

The Nokia Reader app, which is available in beta, brings updated news to your phone without sacrificing battery life thanks to Nokia Notifications, which only uses your data connection when it is absolutely required – much of the hard work is done on the back-end servers.

You can select from your favourite news sources in the online directory of major news organisations, which is based on your location. If you live in a major city then you’ll probably even be able to choose a news provider specific to your hometown.

Nokia Reader can be added to your home screen (see instructions on how to do this) and then with just a couple of clicks you can be reading the stories in the Nokia Xpress Browser.

One of the great features of Nokia Reader is that your articles are stored in a cloud and based on your Nokia account. This means that if you switch to another Series 40 device, than you can still access all your articles on the new device.

Nokia Reader for Series 40 is now available for you to download and try in Nokia Beta Labs. It’s available for Series 40 devices and has been tested to work with Nokia C2-02, Nokia X3-02, Nokia C3-01, Nokia Asha 303 and Nokia Asha 300.

As with all beta apps, the Nokia Reader is still in development, so remember to update the team with your observations and tell them what you liked and didn’t like about the app.

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We recently introduced LiveSight, a technology based on a highly accurate, 3D map of the world. LiveSight provides the most precise and intuitive augmented reality experience and uses a phone’s camera viewfinder to make discovering the world as easy as lifting up a phone. After type pads, touchscreens and voice recognition, we want sight recognition to be another standard way to interact with the world around you.

Nokia City Lens, exclusively developed for Nokia Lumia devices, is the first application to provide a LiveSight-enabled experience and today we are pleased to announce that we are working on a new version that leverages the full power of this technology.

Because we want you to try these new features before anyone else, we are today making a beta version available for Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 800 and Nokia Lumia 710 for you to test and provide feedback for.

With your help we will make Nokia City Lens even better and soon all Nokia Lumia owners, including owners of Nokia Lumia 820 and Lumia 920, will get to enjoy the new features. So let’s see what’s new in Nokia City Lens.

 

The current version of City Lens shows you all the places nearby, even around the corner or a block away. In crowded areas, that can be a lot to take in. Our new Sightline feature lets you switch your view to only what’s in your direct line of sight, making it easier to spot great places that are right in front of you.

Please note that this feature is only available in supported areas, where we have already collected highly accurate, 3D data. In these cases, you will automatically see the filter icon in Nokia City Lens.

When scanning your surroundings in camera view, you can now freeze your view and study your options without having to keep your phone pointed at the target. Just tap and the screen “freezes,” letting you browse the scene more comfortably.

 

Now you can quickly view a place’s address without leaving your camera view. Just tap to view the information overlaid on your display while you keep scanning. When you’re ready to learn more about the place, another tap pulls up complete information of that place.

With this new version of Nokia City Lens we are making good use of the key features in Windows Phone. Nokia City Lens now lets you pin individual categories to your home screen, so you can jump directly to your favourite category searches with just a tap. Art buff? Create a Sights tile. Foodie? Create a Food tile. Wherever you are, you can instantly find what you love.

But you can pin even more than just predefined categories, you can make Nokia City Lens even more personal by pinning your favourite searches to your start screen, whether it’s books or sushi. Wherever you are, you’ll be able to see your closest options within the live tile right on your home screen without even having to launch the app. Just glance and go. Or tap to see what else is nearby. 

If you want to test this all-new Nokia City Lens with your Nokia Lumia 900, Nokia Lumia 800 or Nokia Lumia 710, download it from Nokia Beta Labs and let us know what you think.

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Today we announce the Nokia Asha 205, our most Social Nokia Asha phone to date. With its QWERTY keypad, it’s made to make messaging and connecting through social networks quick and easy.

The usability of the keyboard is one of the key factors in the success of QWERTY phones, and the Nokia Asha 205 comes with isolated keys and quick-access buttons for superior speed and accuracy. Super-social, the phone even boasts a dedicated button for access to Facebook, for the first time on a Nokia phone.

System: GSM 850/900/1800/1900,Facebook ButtonNokia Slam, to share content faster and easierUser Interface: Series 40 AshaDimensions: 113 x 61 x 13mmWeight: 94.0g (including battery)Display: 2.4-inch 65k colour QVGA landscape QWERTY TFT displayCamera: VGAMemory: Up to 10MB free user memory; up to 32GB micro-SD cardConnectivity: GPRS/EDGE, 2.0 mm Charger Connector, Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR, 3.5 mm AV connectorBattery life: impressive 37 days standby / 11 hours talk-time

*The Dual-SIM variant of the Nokia Asha 205 has the same specs, but with a lower standby time – 25 days vs. 37 days.

The Nokia Asha 205 (and the Nokia 206 – also announced today) sees the debut of a brand new sharing technology from Nokia called ‘Slam’. What is it? Let’s say you take a picture, choose ‘Send’ and then ‘Slam’ from the list. This quickly detects the nearest Bluetooth-enabled device and offers that device the file.

The other person can accept and download the picture instantly, without any need to pair the two devices, as you have to with regular Bluetooth sharing. The owner of the other device doesn’t even need to have a Nokia phone or Slam installed. You can also share using all the normal options like social networks and email.

The device has a bold, expressive hardware design, and a colour palette to match. The Nokia Asha 205 comes in cyan, magenta and orange, with stylish two-tone mixes.

The Nokia Asha 205 is designed to make smarter use of the Internet, sipping data as it’s asked for, rather than guzzling it down unnecessarily. Notably, the latest version of the Nokia Xpress Browser is preinstalled, which uses cloud-based servers to reduce data volumes by 90 per cent, saving owners money. The browser is optimised for social networks and content discovery, making it quick and easy to make updates or read the content you want.

Owners will also find Nokia Nearby installed. While the phone doesn’t have GPS, it can make use of cell-tower co-ordinates to present a local map and identify nearby points of interest like cafes or landmarks. The app shares the massive database of places used in Nokia Maps, so they’ll never run out of places to go.

Facebook, Twitter and eBuddy apps are preinstalled to connect with friends and family from the start. There’s also the very popular EA gift pack of 40 free premium games (worth around €75, depending on the market) to download and keep forever.

Of course, owners also have access to the Nokia Store and the 1000s of free and paid games and apps available there.

In selected markets, the phone will also ship with Nokia Life or the new Nokia Life+.

The Dual-SIM variant of the Nokia Asha 205 comes with Nokia’s unique Easy Swap technology. This means that you can change one of the SIM cards through a slot on the side, without even switching the phone off. The phone remembers the settings for up to five SIM cards, in case you’re juggling between several possible options for making calls or using the Internet.

Lastly, we can’t finish without pointing out the incredible battery life offered by this phone, with a standby time measured in weeks, not hours, and talk-times that mean you really don’t have to worry about where the next battery top-up is coming from.

The Nokia Asha 205 will be available from Q4 2012. Without any operator subsidies or local taxes, it will cost around $62 USD.

Let us know what you think about the new Nokia Asha 205 in the comments. Also check out today’s other new phone launch, the Nokia 206.

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TweetWe’re delighted to announce our second new phone today, the Nokia 206.

The Nokia 206 brings together classic and contemporary, with a traditional keypad married to a stunning design and a generous 2.4-inch screen. Like the Nokia Asha 205, it comes in single and dual-SIM varieties.

Nokia 206 (single SIM)*System: GSM 850/1900,User Interface: Series 40Dimensions: 116 x 49.4 x 12.4mmWeight: 91.0g (including battery)Display: 2.4-inch, 65k colour 320×240 QVGA TFT displayCamera: 1.3-megapixels, video captureMemory: Up to 10MB free user memory; up to 32GB micro-SD cardConnectivity: GPRS/EDGE, 2.0 mm Charger Connector, Bluetooth v2.1 with EDR, 3.5 mm AV connectorBattery life: 47 days standby / 20 hours talktime

*The  Dual-SIM variant of this phone has almost identical specs, but with a slightly lower standby time (25 days vs. 47 days standby).

The Nokia 206 comes in cyan, black, white, magenta and yellow, and boasts a sleek curved form with a distinctive modern look. Who said a feature phone had to look old-fashioned?

Slam it to me

As with the Nokia Asha 205, owners of the Nokia 206 can take advantage of the new Nokia Slam technology for sharing items on their phone. This uses Bluetooth for transmission, but doesn’t require you to pair the two phones. We’ll be going deeper into how it works and why you want Slam in a forthcoming article.

With the Nokia Xpress Browser installed, owners don’t need to fear running up excessive data charges when browsing the Web on their phone. It calls upon cloud-based servers which cut download sizes by up to 90 per cent, saving the owner money.

Where the service is available, the Nokia 206 will ship with Nokia Life.

Appstravaganza

You can also share instantly to Facebook, as well as email. WhatsApp ( in the single SIM version) and eBuddy are preinstalled, and there’s a gift pack of ten premium entertainment titles to download.  In addition, there are 1000s of free and paid games and apps in the Nokia Store.

The camera is optimised for content sharing with lower sized files. The 1.3-megapixel resolution can automatically resize pictures to around 700KB. This is great for a Facebook posting. It also offers an ‘intelligent imaging’ feature, which will tell you when self-portraits are in focus, and allows you to take a sequence of shots and choose the best. Video capture is also supported.

Once again, exchanging SIM cards in the Dual-SIM variant of the Nokia 206 is made easy thanks to our Easy Swap technology which gives access to a SIM-card slot in the side of the phone where you can swap cards without even switching the phone off.

This is another world-beater when it comes to battery life, too. You can (if you really want!) talk for twenty hours solid without a recharge, or you could leave it on standby for a whole month and still be able to use it.

The Nokia 206 will be available from Q4 2012. Without operator subsidies or local taxes, it will cost around $62 USD.

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Memory: Up to 10MB free user memory; up to 32GB micro-SD card

Nokia always repeat the same mistake with very tiny internal memory.

http://twitter.com/Hdrules Hradayesh

S40 doesn’t need high internal memory compare to symbian phones as not much app data is stored in internal memory in S40

Vikas Patidar

This is true but you know it will be loaded with 5-6 MB of local apps which you can not delete and ultimately user will end up with only 4-6MB of free memory in phone. And because of this sometimes. camera doesn’t work. Music player don’t update the playlist and phone becomes slow down.

http://www.facebook.com/mike.i.mac Michael Angelus

Vikas you are correct. Nokia users should be allowed to kill those apps which he doesn’t like by the user interface itself.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Amir-Lukmanhisyam/100000239066933 Amir Lukmanhisyam

so the point is just a bit bigger internal storage and the problem is solved…
sometimes even the OTA update consume those free space

http://www.facebook.com/people/Amir-Lukmanhisyam/100000239066933 Amir Lukmanhisyam

why Nokia 206 don’t come with Asha name like Asha 205?

http://conversations.nokia.com Ian Delaney

The Asha name is reserved for full-touch and QWERTY phones with a decisive focus on social networking.

Marc_Aurel

Well, except the Asha 300, 202 and 203, which are Touch & Type phones with an ITU-T number pad? ;-)

It seems that there is some confusion in the marketing department…

Tom

“will be available from Q4 2013.”
Rly?;)

http://conversations.nokia.com Ian Delaney

*cough* it doesn’t say that at all. (Thank you!)

Mike Smith

where best online place to buy come early???

Alexus Pastrana

last quarter of 2013??? that seems long.

Marc_Aurel

It’s probably a typo.

http://conversations.nokia.com Ian Delaney

It was. *blush*

Vikas Patidar

What about a dual SIM Asha with 3G support and design like Nokia N9?

air_dex

What about the Asha Touch 305 and 308 ?

Vikas Patidar

None of them have 3G

http://www.facebook.com/kunfayakun3 Kunal Kaushik

why doesnt nokia use features like call blacklisting ??? this is where low priced handsets of nokia r facing competition from samsung…….this mobile has all the features dat anyone wud wish for except blacklisting and dat is why i m not going to buy it

http://www.hardware.no/artikler/piratkopiering-tillatt-i-portugal/113110 Data

eh… My calendar tell me we are in the year 2012 now, but this phone belong home in the year 2002.. So something is wrong here!

Mike Smith

What be avaliable dec? 2012

Guest

Nice NOKIA ASHA 206 ^_^ … Love IT :)

http://www.facebook.com/muhammad.w.afridi Muhammad Waqas Afridi

ya nice

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1187016204 Chintan Gohel

Can you produce a phone with the same size screen or bigger but higher pixel density? This is pretty low considering my Nokia 2700 classic is 2.0 inches but still 320*240. Also, the camera is kind of low for this 205 model. I need a 2.6 inch screen but normal keypad and the pixel density of 200ppi or higher. Do that, and I’ll be very grateful

Marc_Aurel

Not possible in the same price range as the 206. There isn’t much demand for such phones in any case.

http://www.facebook.com/lalyash Yash Vardhan Lal

everything is good .. but no USB connector … real bad .,,,

http://www.facebook.com/mike.i.mac Michael Angelus

No USB CONNECTOR :o NOKIA >_ Mike Smith

Has USB!

http://www.facebook.com/rrahuls Rahul Gautam

Back panel of the phone inspired by Lumia Series>> NOW we have a smaller lumia,,

http://www.facebook.com/mike.i.mac Michael Angelus

Nothing new in specifications.
But design is awesome. colors are bright and this phone can appeal to large young numbers who like to stay updated with facebook and twitter.

http://twitter.com/Da_PHAT_Ninja Michael Lococo

DUBYA TEE EFF?!?!? WEIRDNESS!

kingstu

Will the dual-sim variation work with North American frequencies (850/1900)? So far none of Nokia’s dual sim phones work with North American cellular frequencies.

dazz

Will it be available in France? (I know it’s not the primary market of the phone, but I’m seduced by the month of autonomy…

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=512623050 Carlos Eduardo Castrejón Khour

i would get into it if it had a torch :/

http://www.facebook.com/people/Christian-Vásquez-Troncoso/100001489662391 Christian Vásquez Troncoso

yellow and cyan version are really nice. They resemble the Lumia 920

http://twitter.com/capricotwi04 Caprico

Simply beautiful! I like the idea of copying the N9 design on such a phone. Still think this kind of hardware keyboard is the best a simply mobile phone can have.

http://twitter.com/LPmathur Ayush Mathur

I am pissed of by these dual sim phones man,,,, when I saw the post and pic of this phone I quickly thought this is the phone I am looking for as I wanted a feature phone with whatsapp and which looks premium and have deadly battery.
But my hard luck, the single sim version not coming to INDIA. comon I can’t use whatsapp on that dual sim box! :(

Mike Smith

Where i buy single sim version black?? i want to eat it now lol..i want 4 in all colours please. better not be Q4 2013, i think they mean 2012.. hurry i want it yesterday

http://www.omreddy.com/ Mahesh

did they say that its not coming to india?

http://twitter.com/LPmathur Ayush Mathur

go to nokia india website and see all products. u will only see nokia 206 dual sim but no single sim. likewise asha 205 dual sim only, no single sim.
If u know, asha 305 was launched in india (it was dual sim) and still its single sim version asha 306 shows coming soon! Don’t know will it ever come.
Dual sim phones really sucks, no good speed, no whatsapp and other messengers compitible, no goog battery.

http://www.facebook.com/avishekpaul727 Avishek Paul

coolest phone in the world so cute..

http://twitter.com/incorporatedto incorporated.to

I totally agree with you there Avishek Paul :-D The Nokia 205 really is a beauty :-D

http://twitter.com/AnkitGelra Ankit Gelra

so many features…so little a price……like the back cover …so lumia like

http://www.facebook.com/aron.matic Aron Matic

Goddamn, I want to eat this phone so hard, would sell my Lumia 800 for it.

daskino

pretty will buy 2, one in each color, will it come to denmark?

Mike Smith

I want Single sim 206 please Australia first release black.:) Maybe next week wonder who stock first????

http://twitter.com/incorporatedto incorporated.to

Nokia 206. It is really a beautiful model. I love the design, features and colours. Perhaps for some it seems boring since it does not have a touchscreen or perhaps it is less a favorite as other brands, but still. I love Nokia for making these models, because I am still a (onyl 35 years old) user who is not clued to a touchscreen device. Nokia 206, I am really going to get me one as soon as they appear in the Nokia Shop, and I do love the colours, the yellow one for sure, pehaps the blue one too, as an extra? :-D

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We’re taking our commitment to regular updates for our location apps very seriously and a good example is Nokia Transport (aka Nokia Transit in North America), which has been recently redesigned with a more intuitive and glance-able interface, specifically for Windows Phone 8. Today we’re also introducing a new beta version of Nokia Transport for Windows Phone 7, with a very similar feature set and design. We are also introducing an update to Nokia Transport for Symbian.

The most obvious update to Nokia Transport is the improved interface – we believe it’s going to be even easier and more intuitive to use. We’ve introduced a new segment map that provides a detailed map view for each part of your route. Just tap or swipe a specific segment of your journey to open a map and a detail view that lets you easily see where you are and where you need to be. Another tap or swipe collapses the view.

Because we know that you might want to plan in advance, for instance when meeting friends for dinner, with the new Nokia Transport for Windows Phone you can do that. Simply enter the date and your departure time in the time picker to view your route options, and then select the route that works best for you. Now you know what time you need to leave, the station you need to get to, and the train you need to catch.

We’re also introducing more options for you to tailor Nokia Transport to your needs. Not only can you now choose to display distances in miles or kilometres, but you can also decide how to be informed about departure times. Some of us like knowing the exact time a train leaves, while others like knowing how much time we have until the train leaves to adjust their walking or departure time. Now you can choose to display departure times either by actual times (e.g. 2:48pm), or relative times (e.g. now or in 13 minutes).

Last but not least, Nokia Transport for Windows Phone now makes it easier to find your previous destinations and lets you easily delete your destination history if you prefer to keep it clean.

If you have a Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 8, make sure to update Nokia Transport from the Windows Phone Store to the latest version (v 3.0). If you have a Nokia Lumia with Windows Phone 7 and you want to test these new features before anyone else, just go to Nokia Beta Labs and download Nokia Transport beta (v 3.1) now, but don’t forget to provide your precious feedback.

Today, we’re also introducing a beta version of Nokia Transport for Symbian with a better user experience and search function, but most importantly with the ability to get coverage update over the air. This means that you don’t have to download a new application every time we extend the areas where Nokia Transport works. If you want to try it now, go to Nokia Beta Labs and download the beta.

Nokia Transport is available in over 550 cities and 53 countries worldwide and our coverage is constantly growing. If you want to know in which urban areas Nokia Transport is available and where we can also provide timetable information, just check our comprehensive city coverage page.  

What do you think about these updates to Nokia Transport? Let us know in the comment section below or send a Tweet to @heremaps.

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