The mobile king of yesteryears is looking to attain some of its past glory.
But how didNokia really shape the future of telecommunications?
Do you remember the heydays of Nokia?
Nokia was the king, queen and everything in those days.
Buying a Nokia mobile phone was considered the ultimate target of buyers when lots of other phones existed.
In fact, 91?2 people out of 10 bought a Nokia.
It was rugged, it was powerful, it could connect even from sewers and its battery lasted weeks.
Nokia was a dream to own in those days.
In some ways, Nokia is responsible for the mushrooming Android smartphones and iPhones world over.
Nokia gave great mobiles to buyers, be it a Nokia 1100, 5100 or 3310.
It ushered in a revolution with the S40 and S60 operating system which featured on its later touch phones.
Even the neo-rich couldnt afford a mobile phone.
Nokias real journey in the mobile phone business began with a mildly successful Nokia Mobira Cityman released in 1987.
It brought out its first really mobile phone which could fit in a pocket called Nokia 232 in 1994.
Though costly, it was still the most affordable mobile phone in those days.
Nokia 5110 also gave you the liberty to change the front panel to the color of your choosing.
In many ways, Nokia 5110 could be called the first mass mobile phone in the world.
Nokia 3210 (1999)
Nokia 3210 was the first mass mobile phone.
In fact, in those times 7 out 10 mobile phone users had a Nokia 3210 in their pockets.
With 160 million units sold, the 3210 is one of the most popular and successful phones in history.
The biggest USP of the Nokia 3210 was its size and weight.
The talking point of Nokia 3650 was its circular keypad which becomes a hit in the United States.
And yes, the Nokia 3650 became the first phone to feature a massive 3.4MB of built-in storage!
relegated to being fringe players.
By 2005, feature phone technology had taken off and Nokia dabbled in its famous N Series mobile phones.
The N90 was one of three N Series handsets which sought convergence between mobiles and computers.
The other N Series mobiles were the easily forgettable N70 and the ludicrously oversized N91.
Though Nokia N91 stands out as it had a mechanical 4GB hard disk for storing music.
Nokia N90 was a bit clunky and oversized but it established the advent of future smartphones.
It could run Apps like Quickoffice and Nokia LifeBlog and also had fully activated Nokia maps.
It also had a 2.0 MP camera that gave 20 digital zoom and could record 2-hour videos.
Nokia 6810 (2004)
Nokia 6810 was Nokias get everything cramped in a single mobile smartphone.
The 6800 series was the first to support the dual-band GSM 900/1800 standard with support for GPRS.
The S60-based N93 had a camcorder with 3x optical zoom and a desktop screen for video playback.
Nokia 9110 became an instant hit among business executives who later moved on to BlackBerry.
It could send faxes, emails and even photos.
The only issue with Nokia 9110 Communicator was it could support only one color, green.
Nokia decided to take BlackBerry and iPhone head-on with Nokia E71.
The E71 had a full metal body, 320240 color screen, and a manual keyboard.
By 2010 Nokias downward spiral had begun.
Failing to adapt to the growing needs of the mobile owning generation cost Nokia hard.
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music could be said to be the last best seller smartphone from Nokia.
By 2010, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Android smartphones had taken a complete foothold.
It remains to be seen whether it regains the past glory or is waylaid by Samsung and Apple.
source: www.techworm.net
