News / Nokia

Nokia to Acquire Plazes

June 23, 2008

Nokia and Plazes (www.plazes.com) today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of Plazes, a privately-owned start-up company of 13 people with its principal operations in Berlin. Plazes provides a context-aware social-activity service that people can use to plan, record, and share their social activities: why they are at a given location at a given time, whether in the past, present or future.

“This acquisition helps Nokia to accelerate its vision of bringing people and places closer together, in line with our broader services strategy,” said Niklas Savander, Head of Nokia Services & Software. “In addition to the key assets, through this acquisition Nokia will bring on a visionary team with an advanced understanding of social-activity services, as well as the technical ability to further develop this area.”
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Cellphones / Games / News

EA Mobile Releases Kung Fu Panda Mobile Game

June 5, 2008

EA Mobile has released a brand new action game for mobile phones, based on the upcoming Kung Fu Panda animation movie produced by DreamWorks.

Kung Fu Panda mobile game brings Po, the cute panda bear, to your handset, and asks you to help him in the attempt to defend the so-called Valley of Peace and become a Kung Fu expert. The game also allows users to take the role of Tai Lung, the villain that Po will have to defeat.

Kung Fu Panda comes with ten levels full of action, various kung fu styles, hidden power-ups, a surprise “unlockable character” and many more features that promise to offer a great time to all players.

The new Kung Fu Panda mobile game is available only in the US for the moment and can be bought directly from EA Mobile’s website, found at this address. European gamers who want to take some Kung Fu courses together with Po will also have the chance to get the game, but later in June.

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Cellphones / News / Samsung

Samsung Introduces Soulb

May 30, 2008

Samsung yesterday introduced Soulb, its latest candybar phone. It comes with the touchscreen keypad of the original slider but compensates with an ultra-thin design and media features: the handset is just 0.39in thick but still finds room for a 3-megapixel camera with an LED flash, 1GB of built-in flash memory, and a microSD slot for extra storage. The phone also have new design user interface and allows for basic on-device video editing.

The Soulb is being positioned as Samsung’s next mainstream fashion phone and will ship in five colors ranging from a safer gray to pink and violet. A quick launch is planned for Germany, where the phone will be available from early June; the company expects a much wider launch that should include nearly all of the world. North America isn’t included in the list for the current version of the phone, which lacks 850MHz band support for its calling and 3G Internet access.

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Games / Nokia

Nokia to Distribute KONAMI Games for N-Gage

May 20, 2008

Nokia and KONAMI, a leading global developer, publisher and manufacturer of electronic entertainment properties, today announced that KONAMI mobile titles will be added to the N-Gage mobile games platform. The mobile version of the award-winning METAL GEAR SOLID® will be the first title in the games line-up. METAL GEAR SOLID® MOBILE has received top honours at the 2007 International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), taking both the Grand Prix and Operator’s Choice Awards.

The new version of the classic game features original content that can only be found on the mobile platform. METAL GEAR SOLID® MOBILE includes never-before-seen dramatic 3D art displays and camera work. The detailed in-game graphics capture the atmosphere of the METAL GEAR SOLID® series and create a depth that completely draws the player into the game, and pushes the capabilities of the mobile platform. Players face the extreme tension of solitary infiltration in this version of the tactical espionage action game developed in conjunction with Ideaworks3D and utilizing its Airplay 3.5 SDK. An in-game camouflage system utilizes colour samples from the scenery of the real world captured by the handset’s camera. Moreover, additional controls are introduced that are made especially for mobile devices.
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