You might have read the report that came out recently, showing that an amazing 65.2% of Chinese mobile subscribers are buying apps from the Ovi Store. (This is nearly three times more than Android Market and Apple Store users combined.) We don’t know about you, but this figure really blew our minds. And it turns out that Nokia holds plenty more amazing records. Here are seven that made us go wow!
The world’s most listened to tune
The Nokia tune comes from the composition Gran Vals, by the Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. Anssi Vanjoki who, along with Lauri Kivinen, selected the famous excerpt brought it to Nokia in 1993. It is now heard worldwide an estimated 1.8 billion times per day, or about 20,000 times per second!
The world’s most popular mobile game
Snake, now over thirteen years old, was originally programmed for the Nokia 6100 series of handsets. Adapted for mobile phones by Taneli Armanto, who still works for Nokia, it’s now embedded in over 350 million devices worldwide, making it the most popular mobile game ever.
The world’s biggest manufacturers of digital cameras
There are now more than 4 billion people worldwide taking pictures with their mobiles. The camera phone is already the most widely used type of camera in history. Consequently, since 2008, Nokia has been the world’s largest manufacturer of digital cameras.
The world’s biggest cinema screen
Last year in Rosengård, Sweden, Nokia constructed a cinema so large that it had to be assembled and watched outside. The 1,428 square metre (that’s 51 metres x 28 metres) screen was hoisted up in front of a tower block and held in place by two giant cranes, while four XLM HD30 projectors, each weighing 140 kilos, projected the Prince Persia movie onto it.
The world’s most popular mobile phone
Of the estimated 5 billion cellphone users worldwide, only a lucky minority have smartphones. But the Nokia 1100 is owned by an incredible 250 million people worldwide, making it the world’s most popular phone.
The world’s smallest stop motion character animation
In an ambitious project the makers of Wallace and Gromit, Aardman Animations combined the might of the Nokia N8′s image capture ability with the concept behind Professor Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope. The result was the fabulous story of Dot.
The world’s most capable multitasking phone
Okay, this one isn’t confirmed by the Book of Guinness World Records, but we’re yet to see any evidence of it being broken. In September 5th 2010, the Nokia E5 ran a massive 74 apps simultaneously. This smashed the previously record of 62 held by a Samsung Omnia HD running on hacked firmware. Now that sure is an amazing amount of multitasking!
evolution1g:
13:05 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Woah!
rodakk:
13:27 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
I was kinda surprised to see my little 'record' in here (E5 multitasking capabilities)
Cheers, guys!
Nokia Nseries:
18:49 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
That's no little record Rodakk! You guys at Mobile Geek Inc are world record breakers and we think that's something worth celebrating
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13:31 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
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Yash Maheshwari:
15:45 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
The world's most popular game, and yet Nokia decides to dump it from their phones.
Nokia Nseries:
20:48 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Yash, Snake's going nowhere. It's too good a game. Manu, muchas gracias por su apoyo. Somos muy afortunados de tener amigos como usted!
HT:
16:37 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
@ Yash,do u know anything else rather than complaining? I feel pity on you that have you ever searched on ovi dat there's snake for almost every phone even on my N8 device,though it is my first Nokia,I ain't noob like you LOL… god bless you!!
devgenius:
16:40 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
wow…………………………….
nokia rocks……………………………………….
ManuVenezuela:
17:07 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
The world’s smallest stop motion character animation <—- Que impresinante!! 11años siendole fiel a nokia
Sigh:
19:11 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Yes, well done Nokia, especially on the last one. Now let's kick symbian in the nads and push windows phone 7, right?…
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19:13 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
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shreyas:
19:32 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Nokia rocks!!
nic:
19:41 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
What about the biggest brainless corporate decision ever: deciding to kill a platform that attained so many world records to become an OEM for WP7.
Nokia Nseries:
20:59 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Hi Sigh, we'd never kick Symbian in the nads, even if they did have any. It might have many detractors but Symbian will always have a special place in our hearts.
I'm not sure the Book of Guinness World Records have a category for that Nic. If they do they'd doubtless be plenty of contenders. We're as confident as can be that we won't be one of them.
Daz:
22:50 pm
Feb 15th, 2011
Some pretty impressive records. The E5 must have been on it's knees with that many apps running surely!? Nokias aren't renown for their speedy processors! The camera and cinema screen is pretty amazing. Personally I'm bored of the Symbian OS but love my Maemo N900 and am apprehensive about WP7, so a Meego device can't come soon enough!
gyan:
00:15 am
Feb 16th, 2011
great……n symbian was, better is best os for smartphones….knows android is just one step behind cos of its UI….
Venkatayuvaraju:
02:14 am
Feb 16th, 2011
I am so proud to have Nokia for communication purpose. Its connecting people.
Budz3510:
03:09 am
Feb 16th, 2011
Wow to E5..
Marco Leite:
04:03 am
Feb 16th, 2011
I'm Nokia user since 2005, I'm sure that Nokia has the best communication hardware. Good luck with Microsoft.
almasry:
11:07 am
Feb 16th, 2011
محمد حمدى
bABAR:
14:50 pm
Feb 16th, 2011
dere's just no alternativ, da most reliable handsets nokia hav
cheer up
iEdge_odchigue shaybob_john:
04:43 am
Feb 25th, 2011
Woah.,.,. My mother has an E5 then I play snake a thousand times, maybe everyday!! Well.,. Why not post Bounce Tales that game is pretty awesome too right?
Nokia Nseries:
16:08 pm
Feb 25th, 2011
It's a great game iEdge_odchigue shaybob_john. We totally understand you loving it so much. Bet your mum's pleased you're always on her phone
Kathiravan:
12:13 pm
Feb 25th, 2011
"Nokia" it is not a word. For me it is the HEART. I cant live without it.
Lad:
00:25 am
Feb 28th, 2011
Nokia forever! Still use my 6310i everyday charge it up every other week, wonderful
10 cool things that happened in February | Symbian Blog:
16:10 pm
Feb 28th, 2011
[...] break the world record for the highest an N8 has ever been when they go up, then they’ll join the 7 other Nokia world records that we covered [...]
ankit ganguly:
17:54 pm
Feb 28th, 2011
wowwwwwwwwwwwwww,dats amazingggggggggg………………..
Telugu Cinema Wallpapers:
20:04 pm
Mar 7th, 2011
I still use the Nokia tune
Nokia rocks!!!
lanujang:
13:51 pm
Mar 28th, 2011
i miss my Nokia 1100….
5 tecnologias muertas gracias a los celulares,Celulares Nokia:
22:03 pm
Jun 10th, 2011
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Timir:
13:32 pm
Dec 27th, 2011
Nokia RM217