Nokia Research Center (NRC) Tampere today extended its open innovation partnerships to include a new frame agreement with University of Tampere. This new agreement will recognize and formalize the co-operation between the University of Tampere and NRC, especially in the areas of human-technology interaction, games research and context-aware media.
“Nokia Research Center has an interest in new interdisciplinary research. New user interfaces and novel service concepts related to NRC ‘Rich Context Modeling’ focus area are some of the more concrete areas that need expertise across scientific disciplines,” says Jyri Huopaniemi, NRC Tampere laboratory director.
NRC explores technology frontiers, solving scientific challenges today, for Nokia to deliver irresistible personal experiences tomorrow. To fulfill its mission, NRC leverages a global open innovation network of research collaborations with universities, research institutes and other technology companies. At present NRC has research framework agreement with twelve leading universities across the world. For more information, visit http://research.nokia.com .
Nokia today announced the Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, device that follows in the footsteps of the million-seller Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, and now comes with lifetime voice-guided DRIVE and WALK navigation licenses, quick access to the latest Ovi Maps software, full regional maps and easy zooming, all with familiar Nokia touch UI and brilliant 3.2 inch widescreen. The latest version of Ovi Maps (www.maps.ovi.com) includes a number of new features such as high-resolution aerial images, 3D landmarks for over 200 cities, terrain maps, weather service, premium travel and events content and traffic and safety warnings. The enriched point of interest information within Ovi Maps is supported by Lonely Planet, Michelin and Wcities. Navigation licenses come pre-installed and ready to use, and included in-box is a car charger and easily mountable Nokia car kit. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition also boasts stereo speakers and surround sound, playback time of 35 hours, swift HSDPA internet connection and 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, and memory expandable up to 16GB.
The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition is expected to begin shipping in the third quarter of 2009 at an estimated retail price of €285 before taxes and subsidies.
For more information, have a look at the data sheet and check out the blog post at Nokia Conversations.
