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10 things you did not know about Nokia |
axxxr
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1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tune was originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed to "Nokia Tune" around 1998 when it became so well known that people referred to it as the "Nokia Tune."
2) The world's first commercial GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by Prime Minister of Finland Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.
3) Nokia is currently the world's largest digital camera manufacturer, as the sales of its camera-equipped mobile phones have exceeded those of any conventional camera manufacturer.
4) The "Special" tone available to users of Nokia phones when receiving SMS (text messages) is actually Morse code for "SMS". Similarly, the "Ascending" SMS tone is Morse code for "Connecting People," Nokia's slogan. The "Standard" SMS tone is Morse code for "M" (Message).
5) The Nokia corporate font (typeface) is the AgfaMonotype Nokia Sans font, originally designed by Eric Spiekermann. Previously in advertising and in its mobile phone User's Guides Nokia mostly used the Agfa Rotis Sans font.
6) In Asia, the digit 4 never appears in any Nokia handset model number, because 4 is considered unlucky in many parts of Southeast/East Asia.
7) Nokia was listed as the 20th most admirable company worldwide in Fortune's list of 2006 (1st in network communications, 4th non-US company).
8. Unlike other modern day handsets, Nokia phones do not automatically start the call timer when the call is connected, but start it when the call is initiated. (Except for Series 60 based handsets like the Nokia 6600)
9) Nokia is sometimes called aikon (Nokia backwards) by non-Nokia mobile phone users and by mobile software developers, because "aikon" is used in various SDK software packages, including Nokia's own Symbian S60 SDK.
10) The name of the town of Nokia originated from the river which flowed through the town. The river itself, Nokianvirta, was named after the old Finnish word originally meaning sable, later pine marten. A species of this small, black-furred predatory animal was once found in the region, but it is now extinct.
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shaliron
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I read that on wikipedia as well 
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jasond
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Nice one. 
I particuarly like the ringtone meanings. |
Spawn
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Interesting stuff there axxxr  , one thing i do like about nokia phones is their ringtones and sms tones that come with their phones. Would love to have a few of them put on my p990i but cant seem to work out how to do it...my fave is the 6680 tones. |
QuickShare
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number 6 was so true as im living in asia nice one buddy 
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DickySnapples
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interesting facts, i knew a few of those,but not all.
another is-
nokia's message alert tone is morse code for "connecting people"
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very nice.
Wait so the model number is unlucky to the far east of Asia, so ALL of Asia can't have a 4?
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nice. i never knew that.
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mada_152
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I like the part of the Francisco Tárrega's "Grand wals" aka nokia tune part & also the mesages meanings....that's cool,now I have Gran Wals by Francisco Tárrega as my ringtone....
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Also, there is the town Nokia which is next to the town Tampere where Nokia does testing, R&D and a few other things. Nothing is done in the town Nokia though.
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fatreg
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is it
no-kia or nok-ia?
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sapporobaby
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is it
no-kia or nok-ia?
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Nokia. No pause. Pronounced in Finnish it would have maybe a tiny bit more accent on the "N". Something like: "N'okia".
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renesis
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No, no, no. It is... NOTIA: NOT.artificIal.inteligenciA. 
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On 2006-08-28 15:31:48, QuickShare™ wrote:
number 6 was so true as im living in asia nice one buddy
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Isn't it only half-correct? I thought its not because its bad luck, but the chinese word for "4" sounds similiar to their word for "death". In Mandarin, 4 = "si", death = "sei"
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@axr very interesting, thx for it
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