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Nokia demonstrates Beacon 24 Wi-Fi 7 solution at Apex Legends Global Series esports gaming event

Nokia today announced it will showcase its Beacon 24 device at the ALGS esports gaming event, allowing fans and gamers to see firsthand the power of its Wi-Fi 7 solution for eGaming applications

Located in the heart of the convention center’s challenging Wi-Fi environment, Nokia’s demonstration, in partnership with Qualcomm, SONY, CORSAIR and EA, offers visitors an exclusive chance to battle a mystery pro head-to-head in the Apex Legends game, powered solely by Nokia’s Wi-Fi device. Visitors will also be able to take on some of their favorite gaming content creators as part of a “take-over” event taking place at the Nokia booth.

The Nokia WiFi Beacon 24 embeds unique latency and queuing technology to give service providers a powerful Wi-Fi gateway solution that can rival any commercial and retail device on the market. Equipped with an advanced gaming optimization application available on Nokia’s Corteca platform, the Wi-Fi 7 device delivers the ultimate end-user experience, delivering gaming-level latency that optimizes performance.

“As a gamer, I thought Wi-Fi gaming was a fantasy—speed is everything, and lag can kill your game. But Nokia is changing that with devices that can deliver a wireless gaming experience as good as wired, if not better. I was blown away by how easy the gateway was to set up and by its overall performance. I’m all in for Wi-Fi gaming with Nokia,” said Josh Zlatinszky aka NMoose, a professional gamer and content creator.

“Last year, our Beacon devices powered the first Wi-Fi Apex Legends tournament, proving wireless eGaming is possible. Today, we’re upping the ante, showcasing their strength in one of the world’s most difficult environments for Wi-Fi, a busy convention center hosting an esports event. This can be a game changer for operators that want to offer more advanced Wi-Fi, latency, and performance management features to deliver the ultimate gaming experience,” said Gino Dion, Head of Innovation Solutions, Bell Labs Fellow at Nokia.

ALGS attendees that want to try their hand at beating the best in Apex Legends or want to see the latest WiFi Nokia devices powerful enough to support virtually any eGaming environment, can visit its booth in Hall J at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center.

Nokia signs video technologies license agreement with Samsung

Nokia today announced that it has signed a multi-year patent license agreement with Samsung covering the use of Nokia’s video technologies in Samsung’s televisions. Under the agreement, Samsung will make royalty payments to Nokia. The new agreement is separate from Nokia and Samsung’s existing 5G patent license agreement. The terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties.

Arvin Patel, Chief Licensing Officer, New Segments at Nokia, said: “We are delighted to have reached an agreement with Samsung covering the use of our video technologies in their world-class TVs. The agreement is yet another proof point of Nokia’s leadership in video and multimedia technologies, and further validation of our decades-long investments in multimedia R&D and standardization.”

Nokia is a leader in the development of video and multimedia technologies, including video compression, content delivery, content recommendation and aspects related to hardware. In the past 25 years, Nokia has created almost 5,000 inventions that enable multimedia products and services and continues to play a leading role in multimedia research and standardization. Nokia’s expertise in multimedia and video research is built on continuous investment to advance the industry. Nokia has invested around €150 billion in R&D since 2000 (including over €4 billion in 2023 alone) for cutting edge technologies including cellular and multimedia.

Resources and additional information

Webpage: Patents powering consumer electronics I Nokia

Nokia launches world’s first 5G 360° camera for industrial use

Nokia announced today that it is launching the world’s first 5G-enabled 360° camera for industrial usage. The camera is designed for harsh industrial conditions and comes with cyber-secure software and built-in security hardware. The camera is the result of long-term extensive Nokia multimedia research and contains many of Nokia’s ground-breaking innovations.

Waterproof (IP67) and shock-resistant, the camera provides 8K streaming with low-latency high-resolution 360° video coupled with spatial audio over 5G, Wi-Fi, and Ethernet, enabling versatile usage scenarios and minimizing the need for extensive use of traditional cameras at industrial sites and entertainment events. The Nokia 360 Camera (WiFi variant) provides a cost efficient solution with full benefits of 8K 360° multimedia streaming, and the Nokia 5G 360 Camera – Extreme Temperature variant enables product deployment in extreme temperatures.

The ability to transmit video and audio over private and public wireless networks enables real-time remote-control usage, enabling customers to reduce the risk of accidents and increasing reliability and operational efficiency. Coupled with the leading Nokia Real-time eXtended Reality Multimedia (RXRM) software solution, the camera completes a full end-to-end solution for customers seeking real-time remote use cases such as situational awareness, remote monitoring, remote inspection or teleoperation of industrial equipment.

Nokia RXRM provides extensive APIs for customer AI platforms to benefit from 360° video and 3D OZO Audio. Customers can implement analytics, overlays, extended reality and novel innovations on top of immersive live video. RXRM’s ground-breaking 360° video and spatial audio increases the accuracy of what users see through near-instant, ultra-HD content streaming. It provides truly immersive experiences that will redefine the ways in which people work together in industrial context.

RXRM customers in different fields are already using the technology for a variety of use cases, delivering on the vast potential for this immersive technology to make industrial processes safer, faster and more cost efficient.

Finnish company Callio Pyhäjärvi is an early RXRM customer, and they have repurposed Europe’s deepest mine (Pyhäsalmi mine: 1,445 meters) into a multidisciplinary operating environment for R&D, remote operations, training and for spearheading the latest technologies for the mining industry globally.

Sami Ranta, General Manager, RXRM, Nokia, said: “Nokia RXRM allows industrial customers to enhance their business processes, saving costs from product support to field operations. Adding a 5G-enabled industrial camera product to RXRM now offers a complete solution for real-time remote use cases such as situational awareness, remote monitoring, teleoperation and stadium scale sports and entertainment events.”

Sakari Nokela, Chief Development Officer, Callio Pyhäjärvi, said: “The Nokia 5G 360 Camera is a true innovation for demanding industrial use cases. Previously, existing cameras have been unable to meet the challenges posed by the harsh conditions of mining operations in Callio Business Park. With the trusted Nokia product reliability and security, this camera effectively addresses a critical gap in the market.”

First look at the all new Nokia 3210

 

The all new Nokia 3210 has dropped in and it is a step back in time but with current looks, lightweight with tactile keys and a removable back cover this is half the thickness of the original model which we still have for comparison to give you an idea of what to expect.

Today we will give you a quick first look and unboxing of the revived mobile phone for its 25th anniversary and if you have any questions as always feel free to ask..

Lars Silberbauer, CMO of Human Mobile Devices (HMD), comments: “The Nokia 3210, a cultural icon,  is back at the pinnacle of global dumbphone boom as consumers look to balance their screen time usage with a digital detox.  The Nokia 3210 has simplicity at its core, allowing consumers to be totally present. Forget dumbphone, this is 2024’s fun phone.”

 

The Nokia 3210 – keeping it simple:

  1. Design: back to 1999 retro design for a ‘nostalgia trip’ user experience
  2. Powerful: a long-lasting 1450 mAh 2  battery keeps going for days with up to nine and a half hours of chat
  3. Retro gaming: comes with snake – hit a new high score
  4. Camera: snap away Y2K style with a 2MP Camera
  5. Trimmings: a flash torch
  6. €79 Get yours now at https://www.hmd.com/en_ie/nokia-3210

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The Nokia 3210 is back for its 25th anniversary

It’s the mobile phone that defined a generation. And now, 25 years on from its original release, the legendary Nokia 3210 is back in Scuba Blue, Grunge Black and Y2K Gold– brought to you by European mobile innovator, Human Mobile Devices (HMD), makers of Nokia phones.

‘Dumbphones’ are making a comeback as people look to return to simpler times. In 2023 Human Mobile Devices (HMD) saw sales of the iconic Nokia 2660 Flip phone, double; and HMD expects further feature phone market growth in 2024.

The devices offer a solution for a digital detox in a world where almost four in ten (38%) of 16-24 years olds worry they spend too much time on their smartphone. 1

Lars Silberbauer, CMO of Human Mobile Devices (HMD), comments: “The Nokia 3210, a cultural icon,  is back at the pinnacle of global dumbphone boom as consumers look to balance their screen time usage with a digital detox.  The Nokia 3210 has simplicity at its core, allowing consumers to be totally present. Forget dumbphone, this is 2024’s fun phone.”

A quarter of a century ago the Nokia 3210 was launched. It quickly became a smash hit, and it connected hundreds of millions of people. For 2024 it’s back. Only this time the focus is very much on disconnecting people from their screens.

Ben Wood, Founder, Mobile Phone Museum comments: “The original Nokia 3210 has a special place in many consumers’ hearts as one of the best-selling mobile phones of all time. It’s the perfect product to reimage for the modern era given its strong heritage and iconic design.”

“The Nokia 3210 is considered one of the most significant handsets Nokia ever developed and was loved by many for whom it was their first mobile phone. This modern twist on a design classic in its silver jubilee year is bound to grab people’s attention.”

The relaunch of a phone icon, the Nokia 3210 feeds into the increasing popularity and continued resurgence of feature phones as growing numbers of young people switch off and embrace the digital detox movement.

And where the Nokia 3210’s concerned, those wanting to take a break from social media, the internet and endless apps (whether that be for a day, a weekend, or indefinitely), can now do so in serious late nineties / early noughties style.

Updated for a new generation, the reimagined Nokia 3210 boasts a sleek retro design. It comes

loaded with all the essential features you’d expect from the OG feature phone, including a 2MP camera with flash (and torch!) and a long-lasting 1450 mAh2  battery that won’t die on you when you’re partying hard this summer. Because it’s 2024, this time round the Nokia 3210’s got 4G too for crystal-clear calls.

Just as it was back in the heady days of the early 2000s, the Nokia 3210 is set to be the must have lifestyle and accessory this festival season, and festival goers won’t just be choosing it for its robustness and no-nonsense functionality. They’ll be doing so to make a serious style statement too.

The trend for all things Y2K continues to go from strength to strength, and what’s more, and in keeping with all things late nineties and early noughties, the 3210 is only available in three bold colour-ways redolent of the era; Scuba Blue, Y2K Gold and Grunge Black.

And finally… the Nokia 3210 just wouldn’t be the Nokia 3210 if it didn’t have Snake – so that’s back too. Get your thumbs at the ready, tell all your mates, and see if you can’t just go get yourself a high score.

The Nokia 3210 – keeping it simple:

  1. Design: back to 1999 retro design for a ‘nostalgia trip’ user experience
  2. Powerful: a long-lasting 1450 mAh 2  battery keeps going for days with up to nine and a half hours of chat
  3. Retro gaming: comes with snake – hit a new high score
  4. Camera: snap away Y2K style with a 2MP Camera
  5. Trimmings: a flash torch
  6. €79 Get yours now at https://www.hmd.com/en_ie/nokia-3210

Nokia 215 4G, Nokia 225 4G and Nokia 235 4G announced

Get ready to indulge in a deliciously delightful tech treat! HMD has just unwrapped their latest creation, a selection box of bar phones to choose from including the Nokia 215 4G, the Nokia 225 4G and the Nokia 235 4G – and they’re just as sweet as chocolate. The trio of delights arrive in a rainbow of standout colours and prices start from €59 each.

These fun phones can be the perfect companion to digitally disconnect on nights out, allowing social media-weary Gen Z’s to switch off in style and take a digital detox. It’s quick and simple to use and looks great on the 2.8” LCD display.

Commenting on the launch Adam Ferguson, Global Head of Insight, Proposition and Product Marketing at HMD said; “The Nokia 215 4G, the Nokia 225 4G and the Nokia 235 4G are beautiful pocket-sized feature phones with adaptable functionality. At HMD we are all about developing products to meet our consumers’ needs. Some people will use the phone to disconnect, tune out and live in the moment.

Nokia 225 4G

A pocket sized 2.4” inch LCD display that has a 0.3 MP camera with flash that’s perfect for taking low-fi YK2 style pics, Bluetooth® connectivity, a 1450mAh1 battery with up to 9.8 hours of talk time and it comes in a range of two seriously popping colour ways Pink and Dark Blue.

Nokia 235 4G and Nokia 215 4G

Nokia 235 4G is everything the Nokia 225 4G is, just with a slightly bigger screen. It’s got a 2MP rear camera and comes in three distinct colours, Blue, Black and Purple. Rounding up the trio, the Nokia 215 4G is a bona fide feature phone through and through –beautiful and durable in equal measures and it comes in Peach, Black and Dark Blue.  And, in case you were worried, all three devices come with Snake.

The Nokia 215 4G is RRP €59.00, the Nokia 225 4G is RRP €64.00 and the Nokia 235 4G is RRP €69.00 and all are available at hmd.com/ie

Perfectly peachy! Say hi to the Nokia G22 So Peach from HMD

Nokia G22 was one of the best inventions of 2023 (we didn’t say it, TIME Magazine did). Now it’s back in 2024’s colour of the year, Peach, for €149.99 right now. 

As Gen Z continues to lead a rise in at-home-repairs known as the FYI (fix-it-yourself) trend, our new wave of 4G and 5G self-repairable Nokia phones have caused quite  the stir amongst consumers.  In fact, in 2023 one in every four smartphones we sold in Europe were repairable, this is showing quite a significant shift in consumer purchase habits.

CMO of HMD (Human Mobile Devices), Lars Silberbauer, said:

“This phone’s low cost, good looking, great camera and you can even repair it at home. The award-winning Nokia G22 stands for a lot of the things that inspired the evolution of our business and it’s a great hint of what’s to come from Human Mobile Devices in 2024.”

HMD VP of Design, Raun Forsyth, comments: “We are so happy that our efforts to bring repairability to every price point are being recognized by consumers, and even Time Magazine. Designing what our fans want has to be the winning strategy here. Scroll through any feed right now and peach is trending – from how to wear peach, to how to make peach, and now you can dial in peach with a super affordable, stunning and repairable smartphone. A good phone shouldn’t cost the planet or empty your pocket.”               

If we were to play top trumps with this little gem, here’s our top five things about the Nokia G22 So Peach that we hope you’ll love

 1. Battery boss

Capacity: the battery lasts a whopping three days between charges.

Endurance: the battery holds over 80% of its original capacity after 800 full charging cycles..

Bonus feature: batteries deplete. It’s normal. With Nokia G22, however, you can swap out the battery for a new one and keep those adventures coming.

 2. More boom for your beats

Experience: OZO Playback delivers enhanced clarity and bass to your music

Audio Boost: this feature lets you turn the volume way up. And, when you want to keep the music to yourself, connect your wireless earbuds or plug in your headset.

 3. Snap happy

Lens power: the 50 MP rear camera on Nokia G22 packs a punch at this price point

Versatility: a there’s a bunch of different shooting modes, you’ll be ready to capture the day’s best moments. And when the day ends, Night mode will take it from there.

 4. Design excellence

Budget chic: it’s not just a pretty face, this phone is budget friendly.

Fix it yourself: sleek and elegant, but there’s more to Nokia G22 than meets the eye. With QuickFix repairability, you can replace the battery, screen and charging port yourself.3 This DIY design put it on TIME magazine’s list of best inventions of 2023. 

 5 . Warranty wonder

Value addition: Nokia G22 comes with a 3-year warranty as standard. You can’t put a price on peace-of-mind.

The Nokia G22 was our first repairable smartphone, followed by the Nokia G42 5G. They represent our push to bring fix-it-yourself repairability to affordable, stylish devices. But these are just the start of our self-repair journey.

HMD’s Pink Phone Collection

Add a splash of pink to your tech game because, on Wednesdays, we dial pink! Inspired by the highly anticipated Mean Girls movie remake this week, HMD, the makers of Nokia phones, pick their ultimate selection of pink devices that would make ‘The Plastics’ green with envy. The list includes smartphones, a top-selling feature phone and the latest earbud accessory.

And, in case you missed the memo, Mean Girls is back, and this time the drama is set in modern day. In a world where pink reigns supreme, check out HMD’s Pink Phone collection:

The Nokia 2660 Flip

Price: €74.99

Availability: here 

Colours: Pop Pink, Lush Green, Red, Blue, Black

Materials: Free of PVC, nickel, brominated and chlorinated compounds. Packaging made of renewable material.

Escape the drama with the current favourite amongst Gen Z, the Nokia 2660 Flip phone. This little gem sold out in 2023 due to demand but is back for more in 2024. It has received high praise globally for its gorgeous clamshell design, simple functionality and…lack of notifications! Create tech-free zones or times to prioritise face-to-face time. The Nokia 2660 Flip phone is affordable, stylish and has plenty of battery to keep you connected.

Nokia G42 5G So Pink

Price: was €249.99 now €209.99

Availability: here 

Colours: So Purple, So Pink and So Grey

Materials: Free of PVC, nickel, brominated and chlorinated compounds. Packaging made of renewable material and 100% recyclable

The Nokia G42 5G So Pink brings sass to your tech game – it comes with 5G connectivity so you can seamlessly snap, share, shop, stream in style, all at your own pace. Plus, it’s made with a 65% recycled back cover.  If you’ve ever dropped a phone, you’ve probably had to live with a cracked screen. The Nokia G42 5G is built with QuickFix repairability so you can replace cracked screens, bent charging ports and old batteries, all by yourself at home. In collaboration with iFixit, the Nokia G42 5G can be repaired with handy step-by-step repair guides and affordable replacement parts.

*Discounted offer in January sales

Nokia C32

Price: was €149.99 now €129.99

Availability: here 

Colours: Pink

Materials: Free of PVC, nickel, brominated and chlorinated compounds. Packaging made of renewable material.

We don’t always know where the day will take us. But, with a three-day battery life, the Nokia C32 is ready to go on that journey with you. With a rear dual camera to capture more light and deliver stunning Night mode shots, it’s perfect for sun set. It’s got a great feel with a glass back and beautiful accent details. Nokia C32 is your new sidekick in the ultimate movie of your life.

*Discounted offer in January sales

The Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2+ So Pink

Price: €89.99

Availability: here *So Pink is not available to shop on IE site yet but coming soon

Colours: So Pink, So Purple, So Grey, Black

Materials: Free of PVC, nickel, brominated and chlorinated compounds. Packaging made of renewable material.

You know what’s fetch? Elevating your audio game with earbuds that match your Mean Girls attitude. Enter the Nokia Clarity Earbuds 2+ – the ultimate accessory for those who slay in pink and mean it. Eco-Fabulous made with 60% recycled plastic, on-the-go charging with a carry case that gives you up to 35 hours of ANC. Come rain or shine, these buds are weather-ready with an IPX4 rating, making them splash resistant.

Nokia and Honor sign 5G patent license agreement

Nokia announced today it has signed a new patent cross-license agreement with Honor covering both parties’ fundamental inventions in 5G and other cellular technologies. The terms of the agreement remain confidential between the parties.

Susanna Martikainen, Chief Licensing Officer Mobile Devices at Nokia said: “We are delighted to have concluded an amicable patent cross-license agreement with Honor, one of the leading players in the Chinese smartphone market. It is the fourth major litigation-free smartphone agreement that Nokia has concluded over the past twelve months and highlights once again the strength of Nokia’s patent portfolio and decades-long contributions to cellular standards and other technologies.”

Wenyu Zhou, Head of Global Intellectual Property at Honor said: “As both 5G SEP holder and implementer, Honor highly respects IP rights and strongly believes that reasonable value of IP is important to the development of mobile industry. The conclusion of the patent cross-license agreement shows Honor’s commitment on innovation to enabling a smart life across all scenarios and all channels, for all people.”

Nokia’s industry-leading patent portfolio is built on more than €140 billion invested in R&D since 2000 and is composed of around 20,000 patent families, including over 6,000 patent families declared essential to 5G. Nokia contributes its inventions to open standards in return for the right to license them on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) terms. Companies can license and use these technologies without the need to make their own substantial investments in the standards, fueling innovation and the development of new products and services for consumers.