Nokia today proudly announces that the Nokia N95 slider phone, one of the newest devices in the Nseries range, was honoured with Popular Science magazine’s “Best of What’s New” Award in the magazine’s annual search for the top 100 technology innovations of the year.

The Nokia N95 offers a top multimedia experience, including integrated GPS, a 5-megapixel camera, digital music player, full PIM functionality and support for high-speed wireless networks are features that take this device to a new level. Its unique 2-way slide concept makes it physical versatility and ease-of-use for performing a wide range of functions, from reading maps to watching videos. The keypad slides out from one end while the dedicated multimedia keys slide out from the other end, converting the display into full screen landscape mode.

The N95’s innovative design is complemented with a high-quality 2.6″ QVGA 16 million color display and 3D graphics to enable it make full use of the integrated GPS feature with highly readable and detail-rich maps. The exclusive Carl Zeiss optics make shooting and watching DVD-like quality videos on a compatible television using Universal Plug and Play technology or the included TV-out cable easy. Photos and videos can also be emailed or uploaded to compatible blogs or photo sites.

This Popular Science award is a tribute to Nokia Nseries innovation and we are honored to be acknowledged for the second year,

said Nigel Rundstrom, Vice President, Multimedia, Nokia America.

The Nokia N95 offers an array of multimedia experiences with cutting-edge phone features that will be coming to the North American market during 2007. The N95 delivers, in a single package, what people need in today’s mobile environment - entertainment, PDA functions and most importantly, connectivity.

Best of What’s New is the ultimate Popular Science accolade, representing a year’s worth of work evaluating thousands of products,

says Mark Jannot, editor of Popular Science.

These awards honor innovations that not only influence the way we live today, but that change the way we think about the future.

In the 2005 awards showcase, the Nokia N90 and Nokia N91 were honoured by Popular Science.

The Nokia N95 is expected to start shipping in volumes during the first quarter of 2007 and is estimated to retail for €550 in Europe and Asia.

Samsung has released the X830. The X830 is the company’s latest mini music phone comes, which is equipped with an innovative MP3 player design. The attractive swing-open design allows for an ideal combination of mobile phone and MP3 player. When closed, the X830 functions like a MP3 player with a music player interface that horizontally displays the playlist, equalizer settings and song information.

Slim and narrow in size, the X830 phone measures an incredibly compressed 84×30x19.9mm and weighs in at a mere 75g. Swinging the phone open exposes the keypad and doubles its length for an intuitive calling experience.

This mini MP3 phone’s portability and compactness does not compromise the ease of use for its various multimedia functions. The click wheel navigation gives users hassle-free control of the music functions. The built-in 1GB memory allows for storage of 250 songs. Users can also download audio files from content providers, such as CNN or BBC through their podcasting. The USB 2.0 connection is fast enough to handle large data volumes, and the Music Library organizes downloaded music according to album name, song title, artist and genre for effortless search and playback. The phone also has Bluetooth® connectivity that allows users to talk or enjoy their music through a wireless stereo headset.

The X830, or Mini MP3 phone as dubbed by Samsng, comes in six different color choices - black, pure white, oasis blue, candy pink, orange and lemon green.

The X830 shows Samsung’s strategy to focus more on music segment. Samsung will launch various music phones targeting which focused on perfect balance between innovative design and various functions. We will continue to introduce cutting-edge multimedia phones to satisfy the mobile phone users.

said Kitae Lee, president of Samsung Telecommunication Business.

The Mini MP3 phone will be released in Europe by end of this month and will be expanded to other GSM markets shortly.

Mobistar and Research In Motion (RIM) today announced the availability of the EDGE-enabled BlackBerry® 7130g for business and individual mobile device users in Belgium.

Operating on Mobistar’s high-speed GSM/GPRS/EDGE wireless network, the stylish, lightweight handset provides the renowned advantages of the BlackBerry platform and delivers an exceptional mobile experience for Mobistar customers with support for “push” email, phone, text messaging, Web browser, organizer and other mobile applications.

The typing experience on the BlackBerry 7130g is exceptional thanks to RIM’s SureType™ keyboard technology that converges a phone keypad and an AZERTY keyboard to fit elegantly within the size constraints of a traditional mobile phone design. SureType provides users with an instinctively familiar look and feel and allows them to dial phone numbers and type messages quickly, accurately and comfortably.

The BlackBerry 7130g delivers all the benefits of the BlackBerry experience to users who prefer the traditional mobile phone form factor,

said Stephane Beauduin, Head of Business Marketing at Mobistar.

This new offering from Research In Motion represents the perfect way for our customers to reap even more benefits from our high-speed EDGE network for their communications both inside and beyond the workplace.

We are really delighted to make the BlackBerry 7130g available to Mobistar customers in Belgium,

said Charmaine Eggberry, Vice President and Managing Director, EMEA at Research In Motion.

The BlackBerry 7130g leverages the benefits of Mobistar’s powerful EDGE network together with the robust BlackBerry mobile platform to deliver a powerful and distinct user experience.

The BlackBerry 7130g incorporates premium phone features such as speed dial, speaker phone, call forwarding and Bluetooth® to enable hands-free options. It also features a bright 240×260 LCD screen that supports more than 65,000 colors and uses active matrix transmissive technology to deliver exceptionally vivid graphics. It also automatically adjusts both the screen and keyboard lighting to provide the best lighting for outdoor, indoor and dark environments.

For corporate customers, BlackBerry® Enterprise Server software tightly integrates with Microsoft® Exchange, IBM Lotus® Domino® and Novell® GroupWise®, and works with existing enterprise systems to enable secure, push-based wireless access to email and other corporate data.

For individuals and smaller businesses, BlackBerry® Internet Service allows users to manage up to ten corporate and personal email accounts (including Microsoft Exchange, IBM Lotus Domino and most popular ISP email accounts) from a single device.

Nokia and Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS), the world’s leading interactive entertainment software company, today announced a collaboration that will see EA become a major supplier of mobile games to millions of Nokia mobile device owners through Nokia Content Discoverer. This solution allows mobile customers easy access to downloadable content through a collection of shopping mall “stores” on their mobile device. Initially, customers will be able to download seven EA titles, Tetris®, Tetris® Mania, The Sims(TM)2, Doom®, FIFA 06, Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 06 and FIFA Street 2 this holiday season. Starting in mid-2007, EA intends also to support the launch of the Nokia next generation mobile games platform with top EA titles that will be custom-designed for Nokia S60 devices.

In an effort to advance the content delivery model and overall player experience, Nokia and EA will work together to craft a superior mobile gaming experience for consumers worldwide. Nokia device owners can look forward to improved game quality, outstanding performance and intuitive delivery.

Nokia shares our vision of making it easy for people around the world to find and play the best quality games on their mobile phones. We are looking forward to working more closely with Nokia on promoting a delivery system that propels mobile gaming forward,

said Mitch Lasky, senior vice president, EA.

This relationship will bring together EA’s great brands and development studios with Nokia’s innovative hardware and global consumer reach.

The core of Nokia’s games strategy is to make it easy for people to find, buy and play great quality mobile games and we’re excited to expand our relationship with EA to help make that possible,

said Jaakko Kaidesoja, director, games, Multimedia, Nokia.

Nokia and EA have a common vision regarding the opportunities in mobile games and how to turn them into a reality. When you combine Nokia’s leadership in hardware, usabiliy and software platforms with EA’s brands and quality thresholds, the results will speak for themselves.

Launching the first half 2007, Nokia’s next generation mobile gaming platform makes it easy for people to find, buy, play and share rich and immersive games on a range of Nokia smartphones. EA intends to deliver a range of popular EA SPORTS™ and EA™ branded mobile titles at the launch of this next generation mobile gaming initiative.

Nokia and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced an agreement to make content from Warner Bros. Entertainment available through the Nokia Content Discoverer client, which is installed on millions of Nokia devices currently available globally.

The multi-country agreement will create a dedicated Warner Bros. mobile content “storefront” available to consumers through the device-resident Nokia Content Discoverer client, part of Nokia’s complete mobile content ecosystem. Compatible with leading Nokia handsets based on S60 and Series 40, Nokia Content Discoverer is embedded as an on-device portal in more than 20 Nokia handset models, comprising millions of devices currently in the marketplace through leading mobile operators and retail outlets worldwide.

On launch, mobile subscribers in select European and Asian countries will be able to explore the dedicated Warner Bros. Entertainment channel and discover images, tones, games and video clips. The consumer offer brings together premium and promotional content from some of the world’s most revered entertainment brands, including Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera, DC Comics, Superman Returns, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, V for Vendetta, Dukes of Hazzard and Batman Begins.

This agreement represents a key addition to our Nokia Content Discoverer program, providing Nokia customers with a convenient and familiar place to shop for the world’s most popular entertainment content,

said Brad Brockhaug, Director, Business Development and Channels, Forum Nokia, Nokia’s global developer program.

Nokia Content Discoverer is part of a content ecosystem designed to improve access to mobile content downloads for millions of subscribers. These consumers now will be able to personalize their mobile devices with their favorite Warner Bros. content.

Nokia Content Discoverer facilitates easy access to downloadable content by mobile subscribers through a collection of shopping mall “stores” run by branded content providers, leading content aggregators and mobile service providers. Operators are able to build their own branded mobile shopping mall, with better positioning of content and the presence of the operator’s brand on the device, generating higher adoption. Consumers’ experience of content shopping is greatly enhanced through Nokia Content Discoverer’s advanced on-device caching of content catalog metadata which allows free browsing of the content stores in the mobile mall, as well as automatic content updates, integrated preview/prelisten and proficient content installation capabilities.

Nokia Content Discoverer offers a new channel for us to distribute Warner Bros mobile content. It also provides end consumers with more choice and ease of access in this increasingly sophisticated space,

said Billy Wright, Vice President of Global Wireless, Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.

We are delighted to work with Nokia on this unprecedented launch and look forward to working together on further opportunities in the near future.

Nokia Content Discoverer is currently embedded in select S60 and Series 40 devices available in the global marketplace, including the Nseries multimedia devices (Nokia N70, N71, N72, N73, N80 and N93), Eseries devices for enterprise users (Nokia E50, E60, E61 and E70), Nokia 5500, and Nokia 3250 handsets currently available in mainland China and on Nokia 6131 devices in China and other Asia-Pacific markets. Nokia Content Discoverer is expected to be in the hands of over 20 million consumers worldwide by the end of 2006.

More information about Nokia Content Discoverer is available online at: www.nokia.com/NCD. To download the Nokia Content Discoverer client to additional Nokia devices based on S60 Platform visit: www.nokia.com/catalogs.