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1865: The birth of Nokia
Fredrik Idestam establishes a paper mill at the Tammerkoski Rapids in south-western Finland, where the Nokia story begins. It was on the banks of the Nokianvirta river – the place that gave Nokia its name.
The Nokianvirta river is named after a dark, furry animal that was locally known as the nokia – a type of marten. -
1898: Finnish Rubber Works founded
Eduard Polón founds Finnish Rubber Works, which will later become Nokia's rubber business. -
1912: Finnish Cable Works founded
Arvid Wickström starts Finnish Cable Works, the foundation of Nokia's cable and electronics businesses. -
1960: First electronics department
Cable Works establishes its first electronics department, selling and operating computers. -
1967: The merger
Nokia Ab, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable works formally merge to create Nokia Corporation. -
1981: The mobile era begins
Nordic Mobile Telephone (NMT), the first international mobile phone network, is built. This Phone is an NMT portable cellular mobile telephone -
Mobira Cityman
one of nokia's first mobiles.
the battery cost £3700. that's cheap!
don't know how much the phone was. -
internet mobiles
The Internet goes mobile.
Nokia launches the world's first WAP handset, the Nokia 7110.
imagine trying to surf the web with that screen! -
N95 unveiled
The N95 was unveiled in September 2006 and was released at the end of March 2007. -
new phone N95
got my new shiny N95 today - it is so much better than my N73 - better photos and video - more control over contrast and exposure for photos - nice big bright screen. and you can view it landscape or portrait - which is nice! -
Wet Phone
My phone got very wet - it poured down with rain but I kept taking photos and filming at a Music Festival and by the end of the day it was so wet it stopped working - you coul deven see blotches of water inside the screen - I had to let it dry out for at least 2 days before it worked again. -
NOKIA N900
If you want a glimpse at the future of portable devices, you might find the Nokia N900 fascinating.
click to check out the N900 -
LOST phone
I lost my phone for 2 days and could not find it anywhere. Eventually I found it in the bin in my bedroom - but only because someone sent me a text message. My text alert tone is a song and when I found it in the bin it was singing the words
"I didn't think you'd ever find me here" - haha. -
TODAY - my phone is ill
won't charge - keep plugging it in to get message "not charging" - what is that about? it isn't very well -
2005: The billionth Nokia phone is sold
Nokia sells its billionth phone – a Nokia 1100 – in Nigeria. Global mobile phone subscriptions pass 2 billion. -
NEW PHONE
i do like my phone but it won't survive much longer - so by the end of august i will definitely get the new iphone - have been waiting for an iphone with a decent camera and the IPHONE4 is it! -
N95 goes into retirement
i'll spend the day making sure all my photos, videos and texts are archived on my computer and i will put my N95 in a box with all my other old phones - and probably take a photo of it in there with my new phone
