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10 Facts About Nokia by oluFELAxy(m): 1:56pm On Aug 20, 2014
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
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Re: 10 Facts About Nokia by Aidy97(f): 3:05pm On Aug 20, 2014
Good job

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