UNSURPRISINGLY, Nokia has announced that it will supply traffic and geo-coding data to Microsoft's Bing Maps.
Nokia, which owns the mapping firm Navteq, will provide Microsoft's Bing Maps service with traffic data and geo-coding algorithms. The firm said it will deliver traffic data for 24 countries along with travel disruption notifications.
Nokia said Bing Maps will provide traffic data in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UAE, UK and US. The Finnish phone company also confirmed that Bing Maps will use geo-coding that is already present in Nokia Maps.
With Bing Maps now geo-tagging, users can have coordinates translated into actual place names, something that is particularly useful on mobile phones when given a URL that includes only 'latlong' = that is, latitude and longitude - coordinates. Microsoft didn't waste much time incorporating traffic data into Bing Maps for the UK, though like most things Microsoft does these days, Google beat it to the punch a while ago and has been providing UK traffic information for some time through its Google Maps service.
Nokia said more of its mapping functionality will appear on Bing Maps in the future. The firm spent billions purchasing Navteq and its tie-up with Microsoft could mean that it will eventually make money someday out of its costly purchase. ยต
Nokia Lumia 900 with Batman branding unveiled - popherald.com
May 28th, 2012, 4:00 A.M.– Nokia Lumia 900 with black case and Batman logo unveiled, coming to the United Kingdom “very shortly,” but no United States (AT&T) launch date.
Ahead of the much-anticipated showing of the “Batman: The Dark Knight Rises” next quarter, Nokia told Pocket-lint website that it will sell a special, limited-edition Nokia Lumia 900 featuring the Batman-inspired design.
The new phone is coming to Phones4u stores in United Kingdom soon, but no word on the possible United States launch. According to the report, the special edition Nokia Lumia 900 features a black case color with the iconic Batman logo lasered into the phone’s polycarbonate unibody.
Similar to the original Lumia 900, the Batman variant comes with Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system, an 8-megapixel camera, 4.3-inch AMOLED display, and 1.4GHz single-core CPU.
In United States, the Nokia Lumia 900 supports Long Term Evolution of AT&T, and currently sports the tag price of $99.99.
Image via Pocket-Lint.
Nokia Lumia 900 Batman edition arriving 'very shortly' - Know Your Mobile
The Nokia Lumia 900 will soon follow in the footsteps of the Lumia 800 as a Batman edition is reportedly on the way.
The Batman-themed Lumia 900, which will go on sale in the UK 'very shortly', according to Pocket-Lint, comes with an etched Batman logo on the back of the device.
There's been no confirmation from Nokia on whether the Batman edition will have the same custom box, the Dark Knight app and Live Tile or any preloaded wallpapers of the caped crusader as the Lumia 800 version, but we have a sneaking suspicion it will.
Although tight-lipped on numbers - there were only 40 made of the Lumia 800 Batman edition, the last of which was given away by Nokia at one of its own events - we get the feeling you will need to strike quickly.
The Batman edition Lumia 900 is expected to arrive in the UK, Germany, France and other European countries in the next few weeks.
For the uninitiated, the Lumia 900 is a Windows Phone device with a 4.3-inch screen, 8-megapixel camera and a Carl Zeiss lens, and comes equipped with a range of Nokia exclusive apps such as its SatNav software, Nokia Drive.
Keep your eyes peeled on the night sky for our Bat-Signal - or just visit Know Your Mobile - for more details.
Ex-Nokia Siemens engineer admits eBaying nicked routers - The Register
A hard-up ex-engineer at Nokia Siemens swiped wireless routers worth thousands of pounds from his employer to refurbish and flog on eBay.
Dewaldt Hermann, 33, appeared at Swindon Crown Court to admit he was behind a spate of thefts some months after he started work at the firm, Newbury Today reports.
Tessa Hingston, prosecuting, said Hermann had trousered £6,000 from peddling the stolen goods by the time the police raided his garage to find more stolen kit.
Hermann was snared when he left his PC logged into his eBay account after leaving Nokia Siemens' Kembrey Park office in Swindon, the court was told. A colleague using the machine found auction listings of equipment belonging to the firm.
The routers were estimated to have cost Nokia Siemens £28,000 when new, but had a scrap value less than a quarter of that tally. The units were stored in the firm's office after being returned by biz customers, which Hermann believed were due to be dumped, said David Maudner, defending.
He said Hermann, a married father of two teenage step-children, felt financial pressures after his wife was forced to take part-time work, and pointed to his client's clean criminal record.
After Hermann pleaded guilty to theft on 22 May, Judge Euan Ambrose told him "the items that you stole had a variety of different fates".
"Some were repaired, refurbished and sold on eBay. In fact, your work had effect and they were sold at a greater value than they would have been worth. Some you still had in your garage," he added.
Judge Ambrose said the total value of routers, which were taken in late 2010, was a little over £7,000.
He handed Hermann a one-year community order and told him to complete 300 hours of community service. Hermann, of Peregrine Road, Bishop’s Green, was also ordered to cough up £725 in court costs. The branch of Nokia Siemens that he was worked for has since closed and the firm was not seeking compensation.
It was revealed during the case that, after leaving Nokia Siemens, Hermann landed a job in September 2011 as a field networks engineer at 2e2. But a spokesman confirmed to El Reg that he has been "suspended" due to the court case. 2e2 made no further comment, Nokia Siemens did not respond to calls and Hermann was unavailable to comment. ®
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