I was reading the Crave when I stumbled upon this material. The Crave was invited to participate in Nokia’s glimpse of the future event, "The Way We Live Next". The event took place at Nokia’s Research & Development facility in Oulu, Finland (not far from where I’m at).

The biggest hype in the Nokiasphere right now seems to be the newly announced S60 touch UI. At the event Nokia presented an animated demonstration of the S60 Touch. Of course all post iPhone devices with touchscreens will draw attention to Apple’s innovations. I bet Apple’s lawyers already are planning on how to file lawsuits.

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These are some spy pictures on the New Nokia N82, expected to be announced next Friday, November 02.

Rumored specifications are as follows:

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All About Symbian’s Steve Litchfield, also known from The Smartphones Show, has presented his verdict on the recently shipped Nokia N95 8GB. Steve goes through the pros and cons of the smartphone and compares it with the ‘old’ Nokia N95.

"A big thumbs up overall though. Nokia has listened carefully to the feedback coming from early N95 users and has addressed just about every criticism and done it in style. The original device enjoyed several major firmware updates and countless extensions via the Download! application and I’d expect this to see the same attention from Nokia."

Check out Steve’s review here.

Nokia’s full pressrelease here:

Bored? Never again - Nokia N81 8GB now shipping

October 22, 2007

Get and play music and games on the move

Espoo, Finland - Mobile entertainment just got more fun with the Nokia N81 and Nokia N81 8GB multimedia computers now available globally. Designed for the best in music and gaming, these devices come with dedicated music and game keys and are loaded with memory so you can store more and play more.

The 3D Multimedia Menu introduced in these devices is the first step to bringing a new user interface to the Nokia Nseries range. The new menu makes it easy to discover and enjoy your digital content and the Internet, and share your experiences with others.

"Accessing your portable music and games collection is not enough anymore," said Jonas Geust, vice president, Multimedia, Nokia. "Today people want to be more in control of how and where they consume their digital entertainment. They want to discover new favorites and share them without being confined to one location - and it’s devices like the Nokia N81 that facilitate this."

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Who can escape the Sudoku craze?

SUDOKU CLASSIC offers thousands of high quality grids and several levels of difficulty. With hints, undo function, annotation and the possibility saving your grid at any time of the play, this game will challenge your logic skills during hours whether you are a simple beginner or a real Sudoku addict!

Outstanding Game Play
- Thousands of Sudoku grids
- 3 levels of difficulty
- Supports pencil marks
- Unlimited saving capabilities

Features:

• Sudoku solver
• Hints
• Undo
• Annotation
• Save game state upon exit
• High score table

Minimum Requirements:

• All Symbian S60 3rd Edition