Nokia E7 Present in Indonesia

Nokia E7, the smart phone business which supported a variety of applications from leading software companies like Microsoft, has been present in Indonesia.

E7 since the end of January 2011 can be obtained by pre-orders through online ordering and shop. Across the official retail outlets across Indonesia mobile phone Nokia will sell for Rp5.999.000.

The product is called the "new stylish communicator." Bob McDougall, Country Manager of Nokia to the territory of Indonesia said that Nokia E7 is the answer to the needs of consumers will be smart phones.

"Smartphone users continue to seek solutions to understand their lives, in work and daily life. A communication technology that understands the needs of consumers. They also need a smartphone that they could carry with pride into the workplace, while a secure server to connect to the company, "said McDougall.

Nokia listen to suggestions from consumers, and forward it to the designers to combine the best things of their portfolios.

"The result is our latest business smartphone, the new stylish communicator E7," McDougall added.

Nokia E7 provides direct access to a secure and real-time to email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and lists corporate through Microsoft Exchange, as well as Office Communicator Mobile, which was developed by Microsoft for Nokia smart phones. Features that deliver corporate instant messaging and presence.

Irwan Hermawan, Product Manager of Nokia, said the product is available in black and silver, and in the second quarter will be available also in blue and orange.

"In addition to touch screens, the Nokia E7 also provides full QWERTY keyboard," said Irwan.

Nokia E7 run Nokia newest operating system, Symbian ^ 3. The phone is equipped with 8 megapixel camera and flash LED with high-resolution photos and high definition video. USB on-the-go will make it easier to share and use the files by connecting a USB storage media to Nokia E7. The cell phone has a flash memory on-board 16 GB.

Nokia has established cooperation with several major mobile operators in the country, such as Telkomsel, XL, Indosat and 3 to service Internet data packets. Packet data services offered include Nokia Messaging Unlimited Data Plan (push email, chat, and socio-FB and Twitter).

There are special offers for buyers packet bundling Nokia E7 Telkomsel. Customers will get free unlimited data package Nokia for 6 months and get the full version Angry Birds. Also available is Ovi Ovi Data Plan to access the Store.

Users can choose to subscribe to a daily, weekly, or monthly, according to the operator is used, with reasonable prices.

Nokia Back Take Over Full Symbian

Helsinki, Finland - Nokia Oyj will assume full control of the Symbian operating system, asset management retake key provided in the "open source community" to operate only a few years ago.

Nokia said on Monday (8 / 11) will take care of "platform" development from April 2011, while cross-industry Symbian Foundation will only take care of software licensing in the future.
Nokia bought by other shareholders in Symbian in 2008 and opened software for any manufacturer to use the base "open source." However, it failed to win widespread adoption and this year Samsung Electronics and Sony Ericsson left behind to support the Google Android.

"For other licenses leave Symbian, Nokia has little choice but to take full control," said Ben Wood, research head at CCS Insight.

Finnish phone maker continues to be a key contributor to software development and has created 95 percent of Symbian phone sales volume.

"It's a natural evolution for Symbian. The success of Nokia in the market" smartphone "lower middle is forcing competitors to use Android or Microsoft," said John Strand, founder and head of the Danish telecommunications consultancy Strand Consult.

"After Samsung and Sony Ericsson Symbian withdraw their support, it's likely only a matter of time before Nokia Symbian become the de facto operating system only," said Tero Kuittinen, an analyst with MKM Partners.

"I believe there are signs of Nokia Symbian development to reduce pressure and put more pressure on the back Meego for 2011, it is possible that Nokia is now turning to force maintenance with Symbian as a substitute for expanding aggressively," he said.

Symbian continued leadership in mobile phone market with 37 percent market share in the third quarter, but this rate fell two years ago.

According to research firm Canalys, Symbian's closest competitor, Google Android, has 17 percent of the market last quarter, just ahead of Apple.

Nokia shares rose from earlier lows and closed 0.2 percent lower in Helsinki, according to Reuters.