Hi, very good, and informational posting. keep it up! thanks, akhilesh.
On 9/7/08, Pradeep banakar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Default Facts about "NOKIA" > 1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work > named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco TÃfÆ'Ã,¡rrega. 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 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. > Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: > http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > Registration is now open! > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please > visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > -- visit my blog at: http://freestuff4indians.blogspot.com Wanna skype me? Skype ID: akhil.akhil Join Access India convention: For updates on it visit: http://accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Registration is now open! To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
