10 things you might not know about Nokia

So i stumbled upon the Nseries Blog today and found one interesting post there. Thought of sharing with you guys.

1. The name Nokia comes from the river ‘Nokianvirta’ which flows through the town ‘Nokia’ in the region of Pirkanmaa.

Nokianvirta

2. Before focusing on telecommunications products, Nokia produced tyres, rubber boots and televisions, amongst others products!

Nokia Rubber boots

3. The Nokia theme tune was originally composed by Francisco Tarrega, an influential Spanish composer and guitarist of the Romantic period.

Francesco Tarrega

4. The ‘special’ tone on Nokia phones when receiving SMS messages is actually Morse code for ‘SMS’.

SMS

5. The world’s first GSM call was made in 1991 in Helsinki over a Nokia-supplied network, by then Prime Minister of Finland, Harri Holkeri, using a Nokia phone.

Harri Holkeri

6. A pulse analyser, designed in 1962, was the first electronic device produced by Nokiapulse analyser

7. Nokia’s first handheld mobile phone was the Mobira Talkman, launched in 1984. Its price was approximately €4,560 (in today’s money).

Mobira talkman

8. Nokia’s first touch screen phone was the Nokia 7710, launched in 2004.Nokia 7710

9. In May 2007, Nokia’s 1100 handset was the best-selling mobile phone of all time and the world’s top-selling consumer electronics product.

Nokia 1100

10. The Nokia N70, N90 and N91 were released simultaneously and were the first Nseries devices ever launched.

Nseries