33min Tour of Nokia Test Centre

Last post, we had a look at a recent visit to a Nokia test centre. This is where they put phones under extreme heat, cold, pressure etc to see if they are 'worthy' of being called a Nokia handset.

Some interesting statistics mentioned on All About Symbian:

• "Kevin Smith, Rob Johnson and their team 'break' around 2000 production handsets PER MODEL tested. Staggering.
  
• Each model has to pass over 200 different mechanical tests.
  
• Temperature testing takes place from -40 Centigrade to +85 Centigrade, a 135 degree range!
  
• The slow-motion camera used to film the drop tests runs at 100,000 frames per second, 2000 times faster than TV...
  
• Nokia test phone keys, d-pads and other moving parts up to a million times. Each, i.e. per physical phone."

If you have 33 minutes to spare during your lunch hour, have a look at an extended version of the tour conducted by Nokia of their test facilities.

How do they make a Nokia Phone?

We have all wondered it. How do they test Nokia Phones? Below is a tour at a Nokia test facility to give you a sense of the tender love given to each mobile phone you hold in your hand.


Nokia's Handset Test Laboratory from Mobile Industry Review on Vimeo.

Fastest SMS Viewer? Combining Inbox and Sent together

Do you wish that you could open your SMS inbox and view it as a conversation with your Sent sms messages? Have a look at this program called SMS Diary. It claims to be the fastest SMS and MMS viewer in the world. I've bought my own copy after being very impressed with the smooth scrolling interface and cutting down the time taken to open up my inbox to read a new message from 4 seconds to 1 second. This program deals with one of the biggest gripes with the Nokia E65 being very laggy or slow. Try it out and if you like it, pay $US9 at www.smsdiary.eu to get a license key.

Leo's Nokia E65 in "Body of Lies"

You're a mobile geek if you watch a movie and when you see a mobile phone, you get excited that they are using the same phone as you. In Ridley Scott's movie "Body of Lies" with Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo is seen chasing the Muslim terrorists with a Nokia E65 keeping him connected to the director of the CIA. The movie looks at a CIA operative trying to penetrate a Muslim terrorist organisation with the help (and obstruction) of the CIA director and the complications that come with international politics.

Also starring in this movie are a few other Nokia phones and to show it was not an exclusive product placement, there was also a clear shot of a Blackberry as well and a Samsung(?) mobile to blow up the building at the beginning of the movie. Have a look next time but don't forget to enjoy the movie :) What other movies have you seen starring the Nokia E65 or other phones?