Nokia's UMA Phone at The Wireless Weblog

From MobileWhack -- Nokia just announced its new UMA (universal mobile access) phone, the Nokia 6136, at 3GSM in Barcelona, Spain. As MobileWhack describes it, "The UMA feature in the Nokia 6136 phone lets the subscriber access voice and data services over WLAN, which not only increases availability but reduces operational costs dramatically."The quadband phone also features dual color displays including a 262k color active matrix main display, a 1.3 [...] Read More


Nokia's Wi-Fi Girly Phone at The Wireless Weblog

Techworld's Nicolas Callegari offers an extremely entertaining review of Nokia's new 9300i Communicator. The nokia 9300i, Callegari writes, is basically a new version of the Nokia 9300, with the addition of Wi-Fi connectivity as a standard feature. It includes Wi-Fi 802.11g and a hotspot finder, but Callegari says the 9300i's Wi-Fi reception is unimpressive compared to that of a Wi-Fi-enabled notebook. More importantly, Callegari says, he considers the Nokia 9300 series phones [...] Read More


Nokia Announces UMA Tests in Oulu, Finland at The Wireless Weblog

Reuters reports today that Nokia has started its first public tests of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), enabling Seamless hand-off between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Fifty families in the city of Oulu in northern Finland will be testing the functionality using Nokia 6136 phones. "UMA technology truly brings simplicity in the usage of voice over IP," says Nokia's Peter Ropke. "This pilot project is an important step forward in bringing functional UMA [...] Read More


Wi-Fi Nokia 6136 Cell Phone at The Gadgets Weblog

Nokia is releasing a new cell phone sometime this spring that will feature Wi-Fi access allowing it to double as a VOIP phone. This handset would likely be a welcome addition to most corporate business users that work in offices with wireless networks.No word on the expected price of the phone when it hits market, but I would not be surprised to see it sell for over $500 as many [...] Read More


Nokia's Latest Business Phone Coming Soon at The Mobile Technology Weblog

Nokia unveiled its impressive new business platform, the E71 today much to the delight of converged users everywhere. The handset is an email-focused business device despite the fact that the phone will not include Research in Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry service (which has been traditionally supported on all of Nokia's previous corporate models). Housed in a tasteful stainless steel case with etched graphics, the E71 will be available in gray or white [...] Read More