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Well, I was pleasantly surprised to find that DNS propagation is now almost instantaneous. The good news is that the Nokia Phone Blog has been migrated over to a speedy new host, and it looks like the site made it through in one piece.

Unfortunately for readers of the Nokia Phone Blog, I “forgot” to transfer over the images folder, so it looks like those great little pics on the bottom of every post are gone for the time being. Oh yeah, and other stuff on the site is probably broken too. Just to let everyone know.

So that’s that. Your normally scheduled blog entries will start right about now.

(Happy Halloween!)

Thanks to reader MikeK for this one. The Thrrum Visual Browser takes the Nokia idea of Point&Find, a new-age technology that I have yet to write about, and makes it a reality right now instead of having to wait another five years for Nokia to get the software part right.

Simply take a picture of any object - whether it’s a book, billboard, label, or whatever - with your (compatible) camera phone and Thrrum will do the dirty work of finding related information about your subject.

“With Thrrum Visual Browser and the included Cameraphone Search service, you can search and browse information related to the world around you with your camera phone. Thrrum Visual Browser provides 1-click access to the Web, comparison shopping, and more.”

The service costs $5.99 for a years worth of usage, but there’s no try-before-you-buy demo version. The software’s also only compatible on a handful of phones - the Nokia N95 and N73 among them, as well as Sony Ericsson K550, K770, K790, K800, K810, K850, and T650 models.

Doesn’t work on people. Yet.

Thrrum Visual Browser

Matsushita today reported earnings for its second quarter, which included expenses for the infamous Nokia battery “advisory” recall.

Among the highlights:

In the second quarter, Matushita made $573.8 million dollars in profit from sales of $19.93 billion dollars. The numbers were less than last year’s Q2 take of almost $700 million dollars.

Charges for recalling 46 million Nokia BL-5C batteries, repairing damage caused by a fire in one of the company’s battery factories, and fixing miscellaneous parts in products like massage chairs came to roughly $155 million US dollars.

On the bright side, the Japanese conglomerate sold a bunch of flat-panel TVs, semiconductors, cameras, and air conditioners which contributed to a 1 percent increase in sales.

Matsushita Reports Declining Profit - Forbes

David Dewhurst mailed in to let us know about his new Finnish language-learning game for phones equipped with Flash Lite 2.0, appropriately called Flash Finnish.

The latest version of Flash Finnish can teach basic vocab, colors, and numbers.

It’s been tested on the Nokia N95, N93, E90, and 6300 handsets, and should work with any newer (Symbian Third Edition FP1) phones.

Looks promising for those of you seriously attempting to learn the official language of Nokia. And then maybe you can tell me what “Espoo” means.

Grab the latest version at David’s official Flash Finnish web site: Flash Finnish v1.1

Most of you have probably noticed a new contributor on this website. His name is Sebastián and he already wrote a couple of great articles. To name a few: Personal Solutions For Push E-Mail On The E50, Why Your Battery Doesn’t Last Long And What To Do About It or the latest one on how to keep your data safe. You’ll see more articles from him so if you don’t want to miss any of that I suggest you subscribe to the Nokia E50 website right now.

Before I let him introduce himself, I’ll just add that I’m very happy and excited to have him in the team! Now, here is a small introduction from Sebastián:

I’m 25 years old, and I’m from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I’m an enthusiast for technology in general, and for mobile phones since I had my first cell phone, a Nokia 5120, an old TDMA phone. When I think about mobile communications, I am amazed with its evolution and try to know everything that is involved with it, from aspects of the user interface on a specific device, through different mobile phone platforms, to aspects related to the communications framework, for example, GSM modulation and encryption algorithms.

With regard to my mobile phone personal history, I have had other brands – namely Ericsson, Motorola, Siemens – but none of them were as trusty as any Nokia I’ve had (5120, 1100, 3100, 3120 and E50). My current E50 represents my return to Nokia phones, after a short recess with Siemens, and it’s my first serious smartphone. I’m quite happy with it, despite its small drawbacks. The excellent build quality, the overall balance between pros and cons, the size and classic aspect, the fact that it’s a voice-centric device resembles to me my first Nokia phone: just a simple brick that simply works. I agree with Jaro… Nokia is doing a good work connecting people, and it makes me really happy to be on board of NokiaE50.info.

Nokia 6555 Review
phonescoop
6 min - Oct 12, 2007

The 6555 packs a solid feature set into a stylish package.

Nokia E51 Preview
phonescoop
2 min - Sep 21, 2007

The E51 is Nokia's newest E Series business-class device. It packs a full feature list, such as HSDPA and WiFi into a slim bar-style form factor.

Nokia N95 8GB Commercial
thenokiablog
1 min - Sep 16, 2007

This is the Nokia N95 8GB product announcement. More info at http://thenokiablog.com/2007/09/16/nokia-n95-8gb-commercial/

Nokia N95

4 min - Jun 24, 2007

Differance between real and fake Nokia N95's

Nokia N95 Review
phonescoop
10 min - Apr 26, 2007

The N95 is Nokia's new flagship phone. It's relatively small, but packed with so many features we ran out of time before we could show you all of them.