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I’m gonna try to make this thing short, apparently Nokia wants us Egyptians to hate the whole company, First, for not releasing GPS devices in Egypt with a tailored software that disables the GPS (GPS devices are banned, in-depth article here), but we also don’t get access to Nokia’s services, apparently Nokia blocked the Share on Ovi service (and recently, MOSH) in the whole Middle eastern region due to the fear of being blocked by ISPs in the region (Gulf countries block websites that contain pornography, freedom of speech, even voIP), Read the rest of this entry »

“This was written the day of the launch of the N79 and N85 on a beautiful sandy beach in Hurghada, I simply wrote this because I’m fed up with Nokia’s ignorance to this issue.”

Disclaimer: I’ll try to regard this as the last time I rant about this, so please try to relate to the poor suckers that live in Egypt without legal GPS goodness.

Problem: GPS devices are banned in Egypt for no reason at all, that means we don’t get to buy/try/see/touch/feel cool devices like others all over the world.

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Today, Nokia Announced 2 new exclusively locked phones at the CeBIT Exhibition in Hanover, Germany “Something I really hate; Locked Phones”, Nokia 6124 Classic and Nokia 6650

Nokia 6124 Classic:

The 6124 Classic is an S60 V3 device “Exact Version isn’t pointed in the Press Release”, Available exclusively for Vodafone, It Features a a 2.0″ Screen,2.0 Megapixel camera with LED flash, HSDPA a.k.a 3.5G support, It’ll start shipping only for Vodafone’s Markets worldwide “Yes, This includes Albania, Australia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Turkey and United Kingdom” in Q2 08.

What I like about this device is that it’s much announced features is all balanced and there’s no feature that truly makes the phone stand out, “It’s not like a phone with great capabilities and a freakingly bad camera, Yes, I’m talking about the N81!”, and I love the fact that Nokia is still thinks of basic multimedia devices.

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Today , i was really surprised to see the ad of the Nokia N81 8 GB in the local newspaper , N81 8 GB being sold in Egypt sooo early !! Normally it takes months for phones to be released , even all the GPS Phones Aren’t released in Egypt , but the price was a bit astronomical , listed as 3600 £e , Approximately 660 $ !! it is being sold now at Mobile Shop