Beijing Mobiledu Technologies to provide English-language learning and related services
London, UK and Espoo, Finland – Nokia, the world leader in mobility, and Pearson, the world’s leading education company, today announced the formation of a joint venture, Beijing Mobiledu Technologies, to accelerate the growth of Mobiledu, the premier mobile phone-delivered education service, developed by Nokia in China.
Launched in China in 2007, Mobiledu is a mobile service that provides English-language learning materials and other educational content, from a variety of content providers, directly to mobile phones. Customers can access the content through an application preloaded on new Nokia handsets, or by visiting the service’s mobile website and most other WAP portals in China.
Since its launch, Mobiledu has already involved 20 million subscribers in China, with 1.5 million people actively using the service each month. Mobiledu will continue to be delivered to customers in China through a range of channels, including Nokia’s Ovi Store.
The new joint venture company will merge the world-class expertise of Nokia in mobile devices and services, and Pearson’s industry- leading assets and expertise in education, to deliver a wide range of services to meet the high demand for education in China. Headed by Angela Long, formerly head of Mobiledu at Nokia, the Beijing-based company will begin operations immediately.
Robert Anderson, Senior Vice director and head of Corporate Alliances and Business Development at Nokia, said:
We are proud to have developed a service which is already highly valued. We believe that through this partnership with Pearson, a global business leader in education, we can offer an exciting future for this service and its customers.
John Fallon, Chief Executive of Pearson’s International Education business, said:
China is the world’s largest mobile phone market and the country with the largest number of people learning English. This is a great opportunity to combine Pearson’s English language learning and wider educational services with the mobile technology capabilities of Nokia to meet this demand and help a larger number of people achieve their aspirations.
IEEE-USA says engineers may be taking jobs in other areas or retiring, fed data shows
On the eve of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Wednesday, a speech that’s expected to focus on the need for jobs, the nation’s largest engineering association is warning that the latest jobs data is discouraging for engineering.
The IEEE-USA, which is part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., believes some engineers are pulling out of the field and taking jobs in other areas or leaving the workforce because of the weak economy, based on its most recent analysis of government labor data.
The engineering group argues that engineering employment is a bellwether of national economic vitality. If companies are to create new products and systems, then they will need to hire engineers do the work.
Among electrical engineers, the unemployment rate dropped from 7.3% to 5.2% from the third to fourth quarter. Good news? Not necessarily, because the total pool of employed electrical engineers declined in that same period by 3%, from 331,000 to 321,000.
Gordon Day, past president of IEEE-USA, said in an e-mail response to questions: In the fourth quarter, there were about 10,000 more electrical and electronics engineers leaving their jobs (layoffs, resignations, retirements, etc.) than there were new hires, he said.
But even though many of those 10,000 were added to the population of unemployed electrical engineers, many others stopped describing themselves as unemployed. Some have found jobs in other fields or retired while some will have just stopped looking for employment in engineering, he said.
The unemployment rate is the ratio of the number who describes themselves as unemployed to the number who describe themselves as employed, and to some extent the numerator and denominator can change independently, explained Day.
Similarly, the unemployment rate for software engineers fell slightly from 4.7% to 4.1%, but the total pool of employed software engineers fell from 970,000 to 952,000, nearly a 2% decline.
It appears that electrical engineers who lost their jobs in early 2009 are taking jobs in other fields or giving up on their job searches, Day said.
The jobs data is not uniformly negative across all IT and engineering occupations. The numbers of employed computer scientist and systems analysts increased from 745,000 to 792,000, with unemployment falling from 7.3% to 5%.
Day said he hopes that the federal 2011 budget proposal, due Monday, will call for continued growth in funding for technology, especially those investments authorized in the America Competes Act.
Engineers and other applied technologists create jobs broadly, so it is very important to restore the health of the high-tech workforce, he said. The Competes Act, approved in 2007, includes a broad range of technology-funding and education initiatives.
President Obama is widely expected to give a lot of attention to jobs and unemployment in his State of the Union speech. Analysts and industry groups are predicting improved IT spending and hiring this year, but every report released discussing the economy in recent months underscore these outlooks with caveats and warnings, including the one released Tuesday by CompTIA, an IT industry group.
CompTIA runs a bimonthly survey of more than 300 IT companies on their spending, R&D, staffing and other aspects of the business. It measures the data and reports it as a confidence index on a 100 point scale, and in December this rating jumped 6.3 point to 56.6, meaning more companies are now viewing the economy in the positive range.
In particular, increasing staffing levels and technology spending are trending in the positive direction, although spending on new revenue initiatives and R&D is flat, the group said.
Tim Herbert, CompTIA’s vice president of research, said the next bimonthly survey will be released in March, and will be particularly important in telling how well the economy is doing. We will probably have some additional evidence whether the recovery has truly taken hold, he said.
Although there have been strong earnings reports from companies and shipments of things like PCs pointing in the right direction, Herbert is cautious about his outlook, and doesn’t see any quick return to pre-recession employment and spending levels.
As far as employment goes, the hope will be that employment improves in some way, even if it’s only minor improvement, Herbert said.
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Las Vegas, NV, USA – Good ideas are a dime a dozen, or so the saying goes. But now a single good idea could be worth a million dollars (USD). Nokia has announced a million dollar venture challenge to encourage innovators to create a mobile product or service that raises the standard of living or enhances the lives of those in growth economies. The Growth Economy Venture Challenge is part of Nokia’s global Calling All Innovators competition announced on January 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Announcing the Growth Economy Venture Challenge today at the conclusion of his keynote at CES, Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo called on innovators to do good by bringing mobile solutions to parts of the world that can benefit most. At the same time he explained that mobile solutions can be quite profitable, but not exploitive, leading to financial “win-win” scenarios for both innovators and consumers.
“We’ve seen what the tech community can do when it focuses on problems that are also opportunities”, Kallasvuo said. “We want to channel that energy toward improving lives in the developing world.”
The Venture Challenge will consider any submission that enhances the target growth economy and also provides a potential return on the investment. The Venture Challenge is not limited to software or hardware that uses Nokia device or software platforms. In fact, as many emerging markets have varying degrees of mobile and Internet adoption, submissions can also expand beyond the mobile phone. As examples of innovations in growth economies, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo spoke about several Nokia solutions and projects such as Nokia Life Tools, Nokia Tej and others that can be viewed at http://theprogressproject.com/.
The million dollars will be invested in a single winning organization with the best idea as decided by a combination of judges from Nokia Growth Partners, Nokia’s venture arm, and Forum Nokia, Nokia’s organization dedicated to 3rd party developers and other innovators. Through Nokia Growth Partners and Forum Nokia, Nokia offers developers and innovators potential funding, expert technical support and marketing programs designed to assist and promote 3rd party activities on Nokia platforms.
Additionally, ten finalists will be invited to present their ideas and business models to a panel of Nokia business people and private venture capitalists. This provides an opportunity for the innovators to receive business guidance and possibly other funding from participating venture capitalists.
The Venture Challenge finalists will be announced by mid May 2010. The final winner will be announced in June, 2010. The deadline for submissions is April 18, 2010.
Interested innovators can learn more and enter their submissions at www.callingallinnovators.com.
About Nokia Growth Partners
Nokia Growth Partners is a leading global growth stage venture firm focused on mobile technology, services and media. Nokia Growth Partners is funded by Nokia to provide superior returns and investments into companies, firms, and people that are changing the face of mobility, communications, and the internet. Nokia Growth Partners works closely with the promising companies adding value through deep domain expertise and network in the mobility market combined with many years of venture investment experience. Nokia Growth Partners offers companies in which it invests a global engagement model through its presence in the U.S., Europe and Asia. For more information visit: www.nokiagrowthpartners.com.
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Las Vegas, NV, USA – Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told attendees at the International Consumer Electronics Show that the world’s developing economies are places of increasing opportunity and upward mobility, where wealth is being created at an incredible rate and business opportunities abound – in part due to the spread of mobile communications.
“Mobile communications have played a big role in bringing hope and higher living standards to literally billions of people,” Kallasvuo said during a keynote speech Friday. “The trend promises to accelerate in the coming decade, as the power and capabilities of smartphones spread across the globe.”
Kallasvuo discussed how innovators, particularly software developers, can join Nokia in its efforts to be a force for good by helping to accelerate development in these growth markets. He announced the USD 1 million Nokia Growth Economy Venture Challenge – a USD 1 million investment from Nokia to encourage innovators and developers to come up with innovate ways to help people and promote upward mobility around the world.
“We’ve seen what the tech community can do when it focuses on problems that are also opportunities,” Kallasvuo said. “We want to channel that energy toward improving lives in the developing world.”
Kallasvuo noted that there are about 4.6 billion mobile subscriptions among the planet’s 6.8 billion people today. “For the majority of the world’s people, their first and only access to the Internet will be through a mobile device – not a PC. And this access is spreading very, very fast.”
“In China, every month more than 7 million people gain access to the Internet for the first time, and mostly on mobile devices,” he said. “This trend shows no signs of slowing. The mobile device has become a necessity for upward mobility.”
Kallasvuo announced that Ovi Mail, Nokia’s mobile email service that is designed for users whose first email access is via a mobile device, signed up more than 5 million accounts in its first year, exceeding the first-year user totals for Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.
Kallasvuo spoke of the importance of understanding every market in which a company does business.
“Business people often tend to lump all of the growing countries outside the West into one category. They call them ‘developing countries,’ ‘emerging countries’ or ‘emerging markets.’ Each of these markets is uniquely different and complex. A one-size-fits-all approach just doesn’t work.”
Kallasvuo shared the CES stage with Jan Chipchase, whom he described as the “Indiana Jones of Nokia.” Chipchase travels the far corners of the world to help Nokia understand how people live and how mobile phones might help them to live better.
“People around the world have shown us that adversity leads to real innovation,” said Chipchase. “People in some of the world’s most remote and poorest countries have inspired us and amazed us. They know what they need and they find ways to make it happen.”
After Chipchase, Kallasvuo introduced the “Progress Project” and Frances Linzee Gordon, one of the Lonely Planet travel journalists who worked on it. For the Progress Project, Nokia invited Lonely Planet to investigate the benefits of mobility, giving complete editorial freedom to Lonely Planet’s writers. What resulted was a series of short videos that showed how lives are being improved by mobility.
“My first misconception about this project, was that Progress was merely about technology,” Linzee Gordon said. “In fact, it was really all about people. How people are using mobile devices to improve their health, wealth, business and education. My second misconception? Before this project, like a lot of people, I didn’t appreciate the potential for a global company to be a force for good.”
By Diana Ransom
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Will the company that revolutionize Internet search send the Apple (AAPL) iPhone looking for answers?
At a press gathering on Tuesday, Google (GOOG) unveiled the Nexus One, a Google-branded smart phone that will run on the search giant’s Android operating system. Some analysts say Google’s new device, which is being built by HTC of Taiwan based on Google’s specifications, will deal a firm blow to Apple’s hegemony in the smart phone arena.
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Where could Google succeed where other competitors have failed? The Nexus One boasts speed improvements and enhanced camera capabilities, and the device will be sold unlocked. So rather than being forced to sign a contract with AT&T (T), a service provider that has been criticized for network mishaps and poor customer service ratings in the last year, buyers may purchase service plans separately from the device.
The Nexus One is also nice to look at, says Michael Gartenberg, the vice head of strategy and analysis for Interpret, a market researcher in Los Angeles. “Google’s Nexus One is a beautifully designed device,” he says. “It looks like Google looked at the iPhone and said we can do better.”
For now, the iPhone is the dominant device in the sector. And critics of Google’s device say the company’s design improvements offer only slight advantages over existing devices and won’t necessarily shake iPhone from its perch yet.
Smart Money took a closer look at how Apple’s iPhone and Google’s new Nexus One match up:
Price
The unlocked version of the Nexus One, which will be sold directly to consumers via a new web store hosted by Google, will cost $529. A locked version of the phone, which will be sold initially by T-Mobile, will cost $179 with a two-year contract that will cost roughly $80 a month.
Apple’s iPhone 3GS now costs $199 with a two-year contract with AT&T.
Advantage: Nexus One
Network
For iPhone users, the only service provider is AT&T. AT&T says it has the fastest 3G network — a claim backed by organizations like the industry testing firm Global Wireless Solutions and Piper Jaffrey. Still, the telecom giant’s struggles with outages and slowdowns have been widely reported and culminated in a recent suspension of iPhone sales in New York and San Francisco. AT&T says that switching its “distribution channels” was the reason for the service halt. “While there’s always more to be done — particularly in markets like Manhattan and San Francisco — we have a high sense of urgency and we’re on the right track,” says Fletcher Cook, a spokesman for AT&T.
Like the iPhone, the Nexus One is also built for the GSM network. And while T-Mobile is currently the Nexus One’s only so-called subsidize provider, the device can also operate on AT&T’s network. However, because the device operates at frequencies unique to T-Mobile, “it won’t be able to achieve 3G speeds on AT&T,” says Jay Nakahara, a technology sector specialist at ICAP in New York. “If it is true that the Nexus One only runs at 2G speed on AT&T, I find it hard to believe that there will be a lot of demand to buy an unlocked version.”
Nexus One may have other suitors in the future. Version Wireless (VZ) in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe plan to eventually sell the Nexus One, according to Google.
Advantage: Nexus One
Applications
Apple’s app store offers more than 100,000 applications. Google’s Android Market offers between 15,000 and 20,000 apps. “You’re talking about a [tenfold] difference,” says Gartenberg. Although he says the quality of Apple’s apps may be vary widely, the momentum and attention among developers certainly favor Apple. “This is where Apple has had a real significant lead over Google’s Android,” he says.
Some analysts say that may change. The fact that Google’s Android is an open-source platform is attractive to developers, says Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, a San Jose, Calif.-based technology research firm. An Android app developer can create an app and see it instantly available. However, Apple app developers need to get approval first — a process that takes roughly 15 days, he says. And Apple can be picky. “People are really having trouble with the approval process,” Enderle says.
In addition, “if you’re writing an app, you’ll write one for the biggest platform,” says Nakahara. “It’s in Google’s best interest for its operating system to be as pervasive as possible,” he says. Google’s Nexus One will run the Android platform, but so will other devices from HTC, the Motorola Droid and possibly some handsets from Samsung and LG Electronics of Korea, he says.
And Google may soon launch an Android Cloud Service so that users can run on demand apps rather than download them to a handset, says Trip Chowdhry, an analyst at Global Equities Research in San Francisco. Nexus One users will also get access to Google Voice, the company’s call forwarding appliance, which was blocked for the iPhone by Apple.
Advantage: iPhone
Hardware
The Nexus One boasts a five-megapixel camera with a built-in flash and autofocus, while the iPhone 3.2-megapixel camera lacks a flash, says Chowdhry. “This is critical because there is a completely new category of apps called augmented reality, which require high resolution and autofocus to work well,” he says.
However, when it comes to usability, the iPhone has the advantage. Unlike the Nexus One, the iPhone has multitouch capability that allow users to rotate, pinch and zoom or un-zoom the display with their hands.
Although the iPhone may get a speed advance when Apple comes out with another version in June, at this point, the Nexus One will be faster in general, says Chowdhry. Because the Nexus One will house Qualcomm’s (QCOM) latest SnapDragon processor, it will run at about 1 GHz. The iPhone now runs at a slower speed — about 600 MHz, he says.
The Nexus One also offers a removable battery. Unlike the iPhone battery, which is sealed inside the device, the Nexus One battery can be replaced by the user.
Advantage: Nexus One
The Nexus One’s default email account may be through Google’s Gmail, but that won’t stop users from checking other email accounts, says Nakahara. In checking corporate accounts, though, iPhone and Nexus One users will likely run into similar difficulties, he says.
The Nexus One boasts a larger screen than the iPhone, which may be a benefit for picture taking and overall usability. However, neither the iPhone nor the Nexus One has an actual keyboard, which has upset some users.
Hello,
Long-term our series of web casts designed to help you meet today’s increasingly complex business challenges; we now turn our awareness to mobility.
Today, business mobility is about so much more than just mobile phones or PDAs. As the number of devices grows, so does the complexity neighboring the decision as to which is right for your needs.
The good news is you don’t have to make that decision alone.
Join our mobility webinar to discover how small net books can make a big difference to your business.
We look forward to you joining us.
Maggie Holland
Editor, ITS PRO
When?
Now Archived, Duration: 1 hour
(This webinar will be in English)
Why?
Mobile computing has gain mass fame across the world. In the past, demands for a full PC experience on-the-go have been well met through notebook PCs. Today however, many different mobility requirements have evolved and Dell and Intel have developed a range of solution from notebooks to notebooks that meet this wide range of mobile needs.
Notebooks may look like notebook PCs, but they don’t have the full capabilities of a computer. Instead, notebooks are premeditated to keep you connected when you are on the go. So what is the right choice for your mobility needs? Can your association benefit from these highly portable devices? What are the key points you need to consider to make sure you get the right machine for your needs?
To answer all these questions and more, attend the web cast. By participating, you’ll get to hear Dell and Intel’s views about notebooks, their opportunity and boundaries for business use and how they can make a real impact on your organization. This is a “Talk Back” live video webinar so take the opportunity to have your say, participate in polls and pose questions to our panel of experts.
SPEAKERS
Moderated by Maggie Holland, Editor, IT PRO
We have just educated that the Court of Appeals for the centralized Circuit has denied our appeal in the i4i case. We are moving quickly to comply with the injunction, which takes effect on January 11, 2010.
This order applies only to copies of Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007 sold in the U.S. on or after the injunction date of January 11, 2010. Copies of these products sold before these dates are not affected.
With respect to Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007, we have been preparing for this possibility since the District Court issued its injunction in August 2009 and have put the wheels in motion to remove this little-used feature from these products. Therefore, we expect to have copies of Microsoft Word 2007 and Office 2007, with this feature removed, available for U.S. sale and distribution by the injunction date. In addition, the beta versions of Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft Office 2010, which are available now for downloading, do not contain the technology covered by the injunction.
While we are moving quickly to address the injunction issue, we are also considering our legal options, which could include a request for a rehearing by the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals en banc or a request for a writ of certiorari from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Kevin Kutz, Director of Public Affairs, Microsoft Corporation
Nokia E72
Nokia E72 in stores now
Espoo, Finland – The highly-anticipated Nokia E72, a device tailor-made for business and personal messaging is now available in stores. To coincide with the arrival of the Nokia E72, Nokia has also released research* revealing that more people rely on email than on traditional phone calls or text messaging when sending and responding to critical information.
Speaking about the research results, Nokia vice president Ukko Lappalainen said, “The research shows that people are spending an average of five full days per year – equivalent to a full work week – responding to emails. Half of us (46 percent) choose email over voice or text to send and receive important information. The Nokia E72 was designed exactly with this kind of person in mind – it allows the owner to be more responsive and communicate how they want, whenever they want and wherever they are.”
The Nokia E72 builds on the formula from Nokia’s most successful full QWERTY keyboard device, the Nokia E71, and adds important new functionality such as desktop-like email and chat experiences. Morevoer, the latest version of Ovi Maps with A-GPS navigation and compass, an optical navi key and 5 megapixel camera are all packed into the sleek, beautifully-designed handset.
The Nokia E72 also comes with Nokia’s push consumer email service, Nokia Messaging, and now for the first time people can set up instant messaging (IM) directly from the homescreen, accessing communities such as Windows Live(TM) Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi Chat. Just like chatting via the desktop, people can respond to friends and colleagues across multiple communities in real-time.
The Nokia E72 can also accommodate multiple work and personal email accounts and, with separate profiles for work and play, allows people to be flexible when it comes to choosing how, when, where and who to respond to. While work emails rank as the most important messages to receive, they are not necessarily the most urgent messages to respond to. According to Nokia’s research, half of respondents (49 percent) prioritise their partners ahead of their bosses or managers (29 percent), colleagues (23 percent) and even customers (31 percent).
The Nokia responsiveness research was commissioned to examine the various factors that influence how people respond to various issues and situations. In addition to the research, an online campaign at http://www.nokia.com/responsiveness invites people around the world to respond to various issues and comments from TED Fellows.
See the results of the Nokia responsiveness research in the Nokia E72 press kit http://www.nokia.com/A4664066?kit=112
Notes to editors:
A full list of Nokia E72 features is available at http://europe.nokia.com/find-products/devices/nokia-e72
Nokia launches five new affordable mobile phones and Nokia Life Tools in Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia - Nokia Life Tools, the service which gives consumers in small towns and rural areas the ability to get a range of livelihood and life-improvement services on their mobile phones, will launch in Indonesia in early December 2009. Nokia also announced five new affordable and easy-to-use phones which will support Nokia Life Tools, and these phones will also be available globally.
“Following the successful launch of Nokia Life Tools in India, where people are getting the benefits of vital information sent directly to their mobile phones, we are pleased to bring this service to consumers in Indonesia,” said Dieter May, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nokia. “Inform, Involve, Empower – the vision of Nokia Life Tools – applies no matter where it’s implemented. With the number of devices that Nokia Life Tools supports, including the five new phones we are announcing today, we are giving people the solution that suits them the most.”
Five new mobile phones designed for consumers in emerging markets
With affordability and ease of use as the cornerstones of solutions for emerging markets, the five new Nokia phones – Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 – support Nokia Life Tools, and bring with them all the features that consumers around the world have come to expect.
Priced at EUR 20, EUR 24 and EUR 26 respectively (before taxes and subsidies), the Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616 and Nokia 1800 support FM radio, prepaid tracker, flashlight, anti-scratch cover and dust-resistant keymat, among other features. The long battery life, with up to 22 days of standby time, is vital for people in areas where access to electricity is limited.
The Nokia 2220 slide and the Nokia 2690, priced at EUR 45 and EUR 54 (before taxes and subsidies), also support email on the device through Ovi Mail, giving people in developing markets their first digital identity directly from their handsets. Ovi Mail accounts can be created on the device and people can start sending and receiving emails without ever needing a PC. Other device features include FM radio, VGA camera, GPRS and MMS support, phone books for up to 1,000 contacts, and Bluetooth. Standby times for the Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are about 20 days and 13 days respectively.
The first of the five new mobile phones will begin shipping before the end of 2009, with others expected to start shipping in the first half of 2010.
Nokia Life Tools in Indonesia
Nokia Life Tools will be available across Indonesia from early December 2009, with the Agriculture service available for Java and Sumatra at the first stage, and Education and Entertainment services available nation-wide.
Consumers will be able to subscribe to Agriculture, Education and Entertainment information and content. Nokia is collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture (Departemen Pertanian Republik Indonesia), the Center of Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG), Synovate and other industry partners to bring valuable agriculture information, prices, news and tips directly to consumers.
The Agriculture service will be available for commodities beginning with crops, livestock, horticulture and fisheries. Consumers will be able to subscribe to three of the most commonly grown commodities in their region. Also included in the Agriculture component are weather services, price services, and frequent agriculture news and tips.
The Education service features Learn English, General Knowledge and Test Preparation. Learn English has three levels of expertise with focus on English language fundamentals. General Knowledge will be primarily related to the province where one lives, as well as containing information at the national and international levels. Test Preparation will offer services at the Junior High School and Senior High School levels.
The Entertainment service features a range of mobile entertainment content, including news, music, comics, jokes, astrology, movie news and reviews. The content will be available to consumers via subscription and/or on-demand.
At launch, customers of Telkomsel, Indosat, XL and Hutch (3) will be able to subscribe to Nokia Life Tools services. Nokia Life Tools will first be available on the Nokia 2323 classic, Nokia 2330 classic and Nokia 2700 classic in Indonesia. Aside from the 11 handsets which will come pre-loaded with Nokia Life Tools, the service will become downloadable on more phones later.
Nokia Life Tools services use an icon-based, graphically rich user interface that comes complete with tables and which displays information simultaneously in two languages. Behind this rich interface that comes out of the box on all Life Tools-enabled handsets, SMS is used to deliver the critical information to ensure that this service works wherever a mobile phone works, without the hassles of additional settings or the need for GPRS coverage.
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- Nokia 1280
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More information about Nokia Life Tools in Indonesia can be found at www.nokia.co.id/nokialifetools.
How to Use Remote Desktop
Remote Desktop
- You must first enable the Remote Desktop feature on your office computer so that you can control it remotely from another computer. You must be logged on as an administrator or a member of the Administrators group to enable Remote Desktop on your Windows XP Professional-based computer.
- 2. To setup your office computer to use Remote Desktop
- Open the System folder in Control Panel. Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click the System icon.
- On the Remote tab, select the Allow users to connect remotely to this computer check box, as shown below.
- Ensure that you have the proper permissions to connect to your computer remotely, and click OK.
- Leave your computer running and connected to the company network with Internet access. Lock your computer, and leave your office.
- The Remote Desktop Connection client software allows a computer running Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Windows NT 4.0 or Windows 2000 to control your Windows XP Professional computer remotely. The client software is available on the installation CD for Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition. The client software is installed by default on computers running Windows XP Professional and Windows XP Home Edition.
- 8. To install Remote Desktop Connection software on a client computer
- Insert the Windows XP compact disc into your CD-ROM drive.
- When the Welcome page appears, click Perform additional tasks, and then click Setup Remote Desktop Connection as shown below.
- When the installation wizard starts, follow the directions that appear on your screen.
- Once you have enabled your Windows XP Professional computer to allow remote connections, and installed client software on a Windows-based client computer, you are ready to start a Remote Desktop session.
- To create a new Remote Desktop Connection
- Open Remote Desktop Connection. (Click Start, point to Programs or All Programs, point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click Remote Desktop Connection.)
- In Computer, type the computer name for your computer running Windows XP Professional that has Remote Desktop enabled and for which you have Remote Desktop permissions
- Click Connect.
- The Log On to Windows dialog box appears.
- In the Log On to Windows dialog box, type your user name, password, and domain (if required), and then click OK. The Remote Desktop window will open and you will see the desktop settings, files, and programs that are on your office computer. Your office computer will remain locked.
- Nobody will be able to work at your office computer without a password, nor will anyone see the work you are doing on your office computer remotely. Note: To change your connection settings, (such as screen size, automatic logon information, and performance options), click Options before you connect.
- To open a saved connection
- In Windows Explorer, open the My DocumentsRemote Desktops folder.
- Click the .Rdp file for the connection you want to open. Note: A Remote Desktop file (.rdp) file contains all of the information for a connection to a remote computer, including the Options settings that were configured when the file was saved. You can customize any number of .rdp files, including files for connecting to the same computer with different settings. For example, you can save a file that connects to My Computer in full screen mode and another file that connects to the same computer in 800×600 screen size. By default, .rdp files are saved in the My Documents Remote Desktops folder. To edit an .rdp file and change the connections settings it contains, right-click the file and then click Edit.
- To log off and end the session
- In the Remote Desktop Connection window, click Start, and then click Shut Down.
- The Shut down Windows dialog box appears.
- In the drop-down menu, select Log Off, and then click OK.
