Well it’s a great time be a Nokia phone owner, especially if you own a smartphone….I mean multimedia computer. With upcoming releases things will get even better. Reason 1: If you didn’t know yet this coming Q4 (possibly September) Nokia will launch it’s much anticipated N-Gage gaming platform. While there rumors surrounding a possible dedicated gaming phone, this platform will allow quite a few existing smartphones to play games on the platform. It’s almost certain that the N93, N93i and N95 will be able to play all games including Creatures of the Deep, ONE – Who’s Next? I have seen demos of these games and with all of these, especially Creatures of the Deep and ONE the graphics are amazing. The system can be compared to the XBOX live online gaming platform.
On to reason 2. With XpressMusic phones, Music edition phones and the ability to support microSDHC cards it would not come as a surprise that Nokia has plan to release an online music store. With many phones supporting high speed connections you will be able to download them directly from your phone. Beat that iPhone! Rumor has it that it will be launched on the 29th of august.
Reason 3.Nokia has gone all Web 2.0-ish and reason 3 just happens to fall in this category. A soon to-be-released social networking site by Nokia will have according to the Nokia N95 blog the ability to:
- Browse Audio, Images, Applications, Games, Videos and People
- Tag items
- Upload and share all items mentioned in point 1
- Download all items mentioned
-Connect to the mobile community.
This social networking site will be called Nokia Mosh and will also feature a mobile version accessible from you mobile browser.
Reason 4: New phones are expected to be released, including the rumored N81 and N82 phones. I’m also expecting a possible new flagship phone, but this time in the flip-phone form-factor………..
What are you expecting before the end of the year?
Oh my oh my, I am almost wetting my pants in anticipation!
) site could combine numbers 1 and 2, or work as a portal to them (I hope the N-Gage platform site at least will have its own distinct identity; would hate to see it diluted too much into a Web2.0 site).
Sounds like the Nokia Mosh (what a hipitihip name! “Cought in a Mosh!” by Anthrax, anyone?
A high end flip phone eh? Come now, Ricky, you DO need to tell us just a tiny bit more now don’t you?
Ups, what a horrible, embarrassing, mistake I made.. I was on Ricky’s site earlier, and did not realise I had changed sites… sometimes my brain is slower than my click finger.. sorry!
Viipottaja,
It seems like the Nokia Mosh will indeed combine reason 1 + 2 as it said to browse Browse Audio, Images, Applications, Games, Videos and People (Yep Games too!!) AND Upload and share all items mentioned already. But I’m unsure how the N-gage/Nokia Mosh will fit together.
The Ngage system itself also seems very web 2.0-ish, but we’ll have to see.
Devin
I would like to add a 5th reason.
Reason 5: Nokia Siemens Networks. With all these rich content and data capable phone, Nokia Siemens Networks is positioned to deliver. Think of Nokia’s IPTV.