Many Chinese companies have been making rip offs of numerous devices, but this one is surely worth mentioning. The NokiPhone N3000i is basically a combination of iPhone and Nokia’s N95. It has the looks of an iPhone and sliding features borrowed from Nokia N95.

It is a Tri-Band GSM 900/1800/1900MHz phone with 3.2-inch screen. It comes with a 2MP camera too. Here are its full specs:

• Screen : 16:9 wide screen, 260k QVGA
• Dual sim cards work at the same time – Dual Standby
• Bluetooth 2.0
• Key input
• Dual speakers
• Language : English/ French/ Vietnamese/ Arabic/ Russian/ Thailand
• T-Flash Card Supporting, 256 TF included
• Camera : factory print 5.0 mega pixels(2MP actually), max output is 1280*960, support video with sound, the time depended on storage
• Stereo Loud speaker, 64 chord ring tone
• MP4, AVI, Support to play in full screen, speed/pause and play AVI film
• GPRS & WAP connectivity, MMS Transceiver
• U disk support function to keep the information storage
• Calendar, To do list, Alarm, World Clock, Spotwatch
• Caller picture, caller Ring Tone, Caller Video
• Video Recorder, photo Editor, Audio Player, Sound Recorder
• Telephone directories : 300 groups of contacts, support MP3 ring, can use downloaded MP3 as SMS rings, 200 SMS, support MMS; can use downloaded MP3 as SMS rings
• Games : 1 common games
• More information : MP3, MP4, Handsfree, SMS group sending, Voice recorder, WAP, Handwritten input, Bluetooth, GPRS download, MMS, Memory extended

It costs $129.99 and chinnagrabber claims that you get best of both worlds. Well, kinda..

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Looks like the Nokia is not happy with the privacy laws prevailing in Finland. Nokia is now giving a threat that it will move away from it’s home country, if the laws which block other companies from poking into their employee’s emails are not introduced. On the other hand, Finland’s Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen straight away denied that they have received no threats from Nokia that they would leave Finland, if the laws needs to be changed.

The company generates around 1.3 billion euros (1.7 billion dollars) worth of tax revenues and employs 16,000 people in Finland

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Nokia and bit-side GmbH today announced that an agreement has been signed for Nokia to acquire substantially all assets of bit-side. Bit-side is a privately owned Berlin-based professional services and software company with 39 employees. By acquiring bit-side Nokia will strengthen and accelerate its mobile development for Nokia Maps.

“Acquiring bit-side enables Nokia to offer consumers the world-leading mobile location applications, such as Maps, along with routing and navigation at an accelerated speed” said Michael Halbherr, vice president and head of social location, Nokia. “Nokia has been working with bit-side since 2007, and bit-side has become a strategic development partner to Nokia.”

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At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Nokia (NYSE: NOK) will showcase the industry’s broadest and most exciting mobile device portfolio including the coveted Nokia N97 mobile computer, the multiple award-winning Nokia E71 and new devices announced for North America. CES also marks the first public debut in North America of the highly anticipated Nokia N97 mobile computer which has been repeatedly commended as one of the most stylish, functional and impressive converged mobile devices to date.
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Nokia has added a new section to its mobile website (nokia.mobi) called Here & Now which provides the latest world news, music, celebrity buzz, as well as information on Nokia services and products.

Featuring downloads, music, news, celebrity buzz, and a section to discover more information about Nokia’s service offerings, Here & Now is designed as an easily accessible means to get to know more about Nokia devices and enhance the mobile experience.

http://nokia.mobi

Nokia announced today that it has expanded its Supernova range of devices with fresh, new colors reflecting the latest runway trends, as well as enhanced services. Here is more info:

The Nokia Supernova 7610, 7510, 7310 and 7210 are now available in additional colors including Graphite and Passionate Purple. Building on the existing music and entertainment experiences offered by the Supernova range, the enhanced services let people share their images and video with friends through Ovi Share, as well as keep up to date with friends via Nokia Maps and instant messaging with Windows Live Messenger.

The Nokia Supernova range of products lets consumers express their personal styles on a number of levels ranging from bold colors, to exchangeable covers. Aimed at style conscious men and women who want to stay connected, the Supernova range delivers exceptional mobile functionality alongside a variety of social entertainment experiences.