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. 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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