Since its global launch in February, the Nokia 808 PureView has received multiple awards, including Best New Mobile Device at Mobile World Congress 2012, as well as an award for Best Imaging Innovation for 2012 from the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA).
Vesa Jutila, Head of Smartphones Product Marketing at Nokia, demonstrated PureView's revolutionary imaging features to an elite group of journalists, bloggers and photographers in Jeddah, and said: "Nokia revolutionizes high-end smartphone imaging and sets a new industry standard with the Nokia 808 PureView. With this smartphone, you can capture the sharpest and most detailed pictures ever, and it is easier than ever to relive and share your experiences."
"But this is only the start: we're going to carry on developing the PureView technology for our future smartphones in ways that will again revolutionize the imaging experience," he concluded.
Mandar Bhide, General Manager, Nokia Middle KSA and Yemen said: "We are delighted to launch Nokia 808 PureView, an advanced smartphone full of advanced and exciting features, which is a testament to Nokia's commitment to delivering innovative mobile phone products for consumers across the globe, and to imaging enthusiasts in Saudi Arabia."
"Nokia's global strategy for growth focuses on a new winning smartphone strategy; such as the innovation we witnessed today with Nokia 808 PureView. This is a key part of this strategy as it pioneers new technology in smartphone handsets and sets a new benchmark for innovations in high-end imaging," he added.
The new smartphone also introduces Nokia Rich Recording technology, which enables audio recording at CD-like levels of quality, previously only possible with advanced external microphones, and also features the exclusive Dolby Headphone technology, transforming stereo content into a personal surround sound experience over any headphones and Dolby Digital Plus for 5.1 channel surround sound playback.
The Nokia 808 PureView features a large, high-resolution 41 megapixel sensor with high-performance Carl Zeiss optics and new pixel oversampling technology. At standard resolutions (2/3, 5 and 8 megapixels), this means the ability to zoom without loss of clarity and capture seven pixels of information, condensing into one pixel for the sharpest images imaginable.
At full resolution, it means the ability to capture an image, then zoom, reframe, crop and resize afterwards to expose previously unseen levels of details. The camera offers unprecedented performance in low-light shots, thanks to the pixel oversampling technology and amazing sensor that captures five times the amount of light. With superior low-light performance and the ability to save in compact file sizes for sharing in social networks, email and MMS, the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone makes it possible for anyone to capture professional looking images in any condition, and view it on any device.
Abdullah Al Mofeed, professional Saudi photographer, expressed his opinion on the pictures he took with the smartphone: "Professional and amateur photographers will get great shots alike, and lifestyle nature photographers will much appreciate the unprecedented details in resolution, thanks to this technology. The thing I like the most about this smartphone is that it offers professional imaging features in a small and portable size."
In addition to superior still imaging technology, the Nokia 808 PureView smartphone also includes full high definition 1080p video recording and playback with 4X lossless zoom and the world's first use of Nokia Rich Recording. This feature enables audio recording at CD-like levels of quality, previously only possible with external microphones. The Nokia 808 PureView also features exclusive Dolby Headphone technology, transforming stereo content into a personal surround sound experience over any headphones and Dolby Digital Plus for 5.1 channel surround sound playback.
In addition to the revolutionary experience offered by the Nokia 808 PureView, a big number of imaging mobile applications are available on Nokia store (http://store.nokia.com) to enhance the user experience, which can be directly downloaded to the smartphone.
Nokia 808 PureView uses a 4 inch multi-touch screen, and the highly damage-resistant Corning Gorilla glass helps protect the screen from scratches and accidental drops. The processor runs at 1.3 GHz and it supports Bluetooth 3.0 and Near Field Communication NFC wireless technologies. The battery can run for 9 hours of talk time, or 550 hours in stand-by mode, and the smartphone can connect to high definition television sets through the HDMI port and DLNA wireless technology, while providing high quality flash light to capture the best photographs and videos in low light conditions.
The smartphone supports syncing calendars, contacts and notes with Microsoft Outlook and can open Microsoft Office and PDF documents and compressed ZIP files. Nokia 808 PureView weighs 169 grams and will be available in the Saudi market in early June.
On big sister duty! Abbey Crouch supports her brother in concert with the help of husband Peter - Daily Mail
By Holly Thomas
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Forever on magazine covers and starring in ad campaigns, Abbey Crouch is used to hogging the spotlight.
But last night the 26-year-old took a rare back seat as she showed up with her husband Peter to support her younger brother John in concert.
Her sibling is a member of the band The Razz, who were supporting The View at the O2 Academy in Liverpool yesterday.
Supportive sister: Abbey Crouch showed up to watch her brother John perform with his band The Razz, who were supporting The View at the O2 Academy in Liverpool yesterday
Must have called a babysitter: Abbey was joined by her husband Peter
Abbey tweeted beforehand: 'Can't wait to watch @TheRazzOfficial supporting @viewofficial Tom night super excited x'.
The blonde showed off her tiny frame in super-skinny black jeans, elongating her already spider-like legs with black stilettos.
She flashed a bit of stomach in a small white waistcoat, but kept warm with a black leather jacket.
A burger or two wouldn't go amiss! Abbey showed off her tiny frame in very skinny jeans
Abbey wore her wavy hair loose, and kept her make-up to a minimum.
She must have organised a baby sitter for her 15 month old daughter Sophia, as she was joined by her husband Peter Crouch.
The Stoke City footballer appeared relaxed in jeans and a denim shirt, and happily stopped to pose for a fan.
Eager fan: One onlooker was especially keen to be seen with Mrs Crouch
Abbey was in the limelight as usual when she flashed some 'side boob' in a daring playsuit the night before at the Esquire & Mr Porter London Collections: Men's Party on Friday night.
The mother-of-one went bra-less in a risqu Jasper Conran Spring/Summer 2012 playsuit, which she teamed with a pair of strappy Giuseppe Zanotti sandals.
Meanwhile, her Stoke City footballer husband looked dapper in a black suit.
Happy to oblige: Good-humoured Peter posed up for a fan
Earlier this month, his Stoke City manager Tony Pulis advised Crouch to enjoy his summer after Roy Hodgson failed to select him for the national side.
Pulis told the Stoke Sentinel: 'I have spoken to Peter and he was very disappointed to be left out – and rightly so.'
In the limelight: Abbey showed off her figure in a tiny playsuit at the Esquire, Mr Porter, Jimmy Choo party as part of The Men London Collections at Corinthia Hotel on Friday night
Nokia To Launch 808 PureView Device In US - NASDAQ
Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. (NOK) is set to launch its 808 PureView handset on the U.S. market Monday, a person familiar with the company's plans said.
Several postings on Nokia's US Facebook page this weekend refer to Monday's date, and a person familiar with Nokia's plans said the Facebook postings refer to the launch of Nokia's 808 PureView handset on the US market Monday.
The 808 PureView, which was first displayed at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona in February, features a camera sensor with a 41 megapixel capacity.
The technology for the device has taken five years to develop and is therefore only compatible with Nokia's old Symbian operating system, which the company is just in the midst of replacing with Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows operating system for smartphones.
The 808 PureView began shipping in May and is widely available in many markets in Europe and Asia.
Separately on Monday, Microsoft will announce plans for the first time to sell a tablet computer under its own brand at an event in Los Angeles, according to people familiar with the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier.
The device will use a version of Microsoft's latest operating system called Windows RT that works on chip designs from ARM Holdings PLC, these people said.
At 0819 GMT shares in Nokia traded 1% higher at EUR1.946.
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T-Mobile slashes data roaming prices for EU - The Guardian
T-Mobile has unveiled details of a market-leading tariff for consumers who want access to the internet through mobile phones while overseas, and announced plans that will prevent customers experiencing "bill shock" when they return from travelling.
The cost of using your mobile phone to access the internet is set to fall dramatically across Europe from 1 July following implementation of rules to stop UK mobile providers setting excessive charges.
It means holidaymakers may finally be able to chat to friends on Facebook or watch YouTube on the beach without breaking the bank.
Some consumers have suffered bill shock after unwittingly running-up charges amounting to thousands of pounds while on holiday, after leaving data-hungry smartphone apps running in the background.
Source: consumerchoices.co.uk However, mobile providers are introducing lower roaming charges and deals on data allowances in anticipation of tighter pricing controls.
T-Mobile will allow customers to buy "booster" deals, based on how much data they wish to use, and will completely block overseas internet usage until customers purchase one of the new packages (available from 18 June).
Comparison site Broadband Choices said T-Mobile was the best option for consumers wishing to use the internet briefly, buying 3MB worth of data for just £1 or 33p per MB.
However heavy internet users might find other tariffs cheaper than T-mobile's larger bundles, which are priced at £5 for 20MB and £10 for 50MB (both have time limits).
Three is offering an "all-you-can-eat" tariff, the Euro Internet Pass, for £5, while Vodafone will allow customers to use their existing UK plan overseas for an extra £3 a day.
However Three's Euro Internet Pass will not allow streaming or tethering – where a mobile is linked to a laptop to enable internet access.
For frequent travellers Virgin Mobile's new data passes, available from 25 June2012, are valid for three months or until the data is used up, so there is no need to use all the data allowance within 24 hours. This makes the £3 charge for 5MB or £5 for 10MB reasonably cost effective.
A megabyte of data is equivalent to accessing eight normal web pages or 200 emails without attachments, according to Which?. You would need 10MB to download one music track.
The Guardian has reported on several cases of mobile bill shock in recent weeks, including that of Alexandra Xanthaki, who faced a £2,600 bill after using an iPhone app to find restaurants on a short trip abroad.
Consumers can also end up considerably out of pocket if their phone is stolen. Johan Potgieter, was landed with a £9,000 bill from Orange after thieves stole his phone while he was on holiday in South Africa.
The EU ruling caps charges imposed by UK network providers for overseas roaming.
From 1 July, the cost of data can be no more than €0.70 per MB, plus VAT, which is around 69p. This will then fall to 45 cents plus VAT, around 36p, in July 2013 and 20 cents plus VAT (around 16p) in July 2014 – vastly cheaper than some UK providers' current European rates.
Orange, for example, charges £3.07 per MB if you want to surf the net in Europe, while Three's pre-EU ruling fee is £1.28 per MB.
But some of the new pricing plans are not straightforward , with some only available to contract customers, leaving pay-as-you-go users facing higher costs, while others penalise light internet users.
Dominic Baliszewski from Broadband Choices said: "Even with these new lower costs, charges can quickly rack up. A £3 charge is still a lot if you're only using 1MB to quickly check your emails. A £3 data charge per day will cost £42 if used daily over a two week trip."
The EU rule does not affect the prices providers can charge for data roaming outside the European Union but from 1 July, people travelling further afield will at least get a warning text message, email or pop-up window from their mobile provider when they are nearing €50 of data downloads, or their pre-agreed level. Consumers will then have to confirm they are happy to go over this level in order to continue their data roaming.
Nokia to Adjust Operations in China - CRIENGLISH.com
Phone-hacking detectives probe former News International chairman James Murdoch and other executives' 'secret' iPhone accounts - Daily Mail
- Labour MP Tom Watson said he wanted to know what emails and text messages were sent from the 'secret' phones
- Questions raised over whether they were declared to the Leveson Inquiry
- They could reveal how much contact the Murdochs had with Downing Street over BSkyB bid
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James Murdoch makes use of a second phone
Detectives probing phone-hacking at the News of the World are investigating the call records of James Murdoch and three other News International executives after it emerged they have each held a 'secret' second iPhone for nearly three years, it is believed.
The former chairman and three other executives are understood to have received the new smartphones in 2009, in addition to their existing handsets.
The revelation raises fresh questions over why Scotland Yard detectives have only uncovered them now, more than a year after Operation Weeting, the initial probe into phone hacking, was launched.
There is no suggestion the phones were used for phone hacking but it is believed they could reveal just how much contact the Murdochs had with Downing Street in their failed bid to take over BSkyB.
Questions are now being asked about whether the executives disclosed their existence to the Leveson Inquiry into media standards.
Until now, there have only been references at the Leveson inquiry to Mr Murdoch's Blackberry, and not his iPhone.
The phones are thought to be supplied by O2 and not Vodafone which is News International's usual supplier.
According to the Sunday Mirror the monthly bill for the four phones regularly exceeded 1,000 and reached more than 3,000 the month following David Cameron's announcement of the inquiry into press ethics last July.
Two of the phones, including Mr Murdoch's, is still thought to be active while the other two have been disconnected.
Labour MP Tom Watson, who has waged a personal campaign against the Murdochs, said he would call on News International to explain why senior executives needed second phones.
He also raised questions over the content of the phones and asked whether the Leveson Inquiry had been made aware of them.
'Now that we know James Murdoch has a secret second iPhone I hope he will disclose the content of text messages and emails to the Leveson Inquiry and the police,' he said.
Tom Watson has called for James Murdoch to reveal the existence of his second phone to the Leveson Inquiry
'I'd like to know whether he used the secret phones to discuss the parliamentary inquiry with the other senior executives who were issued phones.'
A News International source confirmed the existence of the phones but said they were only acquired because they were a new development in the media industry.
The source added they were supplied by O2 because it was the only UK network supplying the new iPhone at the time.
A spokesman for the company declined to comment.
James Murdoch has faced fierce criticism over his handling of the phone-hacking scandal and repeated questioning of precisely how much he knew.
He told the Leveson Inquiry in April that he was given 'consistent' assurances by senior News of the World executives that there was no widespread evidence of phone hacking.
But his assertions appear to contradict claims by Colin Myler, the News of the World editor, and Tom Crone, the paper’s legal manager, that they both made him aware of widespread hacking within the organisation as long ago as 2008.
He has also faced questions over his relationship with Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, whose special adviser fell on his sword after admitting he had grown 'too close' to the Murdochs during their controversial BSkyB takeover bid.
Mr Murdoch resigned as chairman of BSkyB last April in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal, weeks after he quit as boss of News International and moved to the United States.
The son and heir apparent to father Rupert's vast media empire, who stayed on the BSkyB board as a non-executive director, left the company admitting he had become its 'lightening rod'.
Mr Murdoch’s departure from the BSkyB post he held since 2007 also followed his decisions to step down from the boards of auctioneer Sotheby’s and pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline.
Former O2 Arena boss and wife get shares in F1 - Pitpass
Is there anything this woman wont do to make her family 'famous'.Other broher got a part in Desperate Scousewives.Sister is a 'model' and Mother turns up to the opening of an envelope.And poor old Peter gets trotted out to 'support' them(ie provide publicity)every time!
- karen, Liverpool, 18/6/2012 07:53
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