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The Nokia tune is a phrase from a composition for solo guitar, Gran Vals, composed in 1902 by the Spanish classical guitarist and composer Francisco Tárrega. [1] It has been associated with Finnish corporation Nokia since the 1990s, becoming the first identifiable musical ringtone on a mobile phone; Nokia selected an excerpt to be used as its default ringtone.
Gran vals (Grand Waltz, used in the Nokia tune) Danza odalisca (Odalisque Dance) Pavana (Pavane) Paquito (Waltz) Pepita (Pepita) Vals en re (Waltz in D major) Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Memories of the Alhambra) [n 3] Mazurka en sol (Mazurka in G) Sueño mazurka (Dream Mazurka, on a mazurka by Chopin) Minueto (Minuet)
In 1994, a branding ringtone, the Nokia tune, was included with the Nokia 2100 series. [28] The GSM 2G network and mobile phones provided improved voice calls, international roaming and support for new services such as text messaging (Short Message Service (SMS)). [26] In 2008, the GSM 2G network had approximately 3 billion users.
The Nokia 2110 is a cellular phone made by the Finnish telecommunications firm Nokia, first announced and released in January 1994. [1] [2] It is the first Nokia phone with the famous Nokia tune ringtone. [3] The phone can send and receive SMS messages; and lists ten dialed calls, ten received calls and ten missed calls. At the time of the ...
The company also acquired Igor Software Laboratories, which developed the SoundMusicSys engine used in several Mac games, subsequently reworking this engine into the Headspace Audio Engine. This led to the development of the Rich Music Format (RMF), primarily utilized to play audio over the internet at small file sizes while allowing for the ...
Knut Fredrik Idestam (28 October 1838, Tyrväntö, Grand Duchy of Finland – 8 April 1916, Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866.
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Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communications corporation, founded in 1865. It is headquartered in Keilaniemi , Espoo , a city neighbouring Finland's capital Helsinki . [ 1 ] Nokia is engaged in the manufacturing of mobile devices and in converging Internet and communications industries.