by Matthew on November 5, 2009
Expansys have just listed the Nokia X6 on their site based in the UK. The Nokia X6 is priced at £529.99 off contract with a release date set for the 12 November which is next week.
The Nokia X6 has a 3.2 inch touchscreen display along with a 5 megapixel camera and runs the Symbian Series 60 5th edition operating system. The phone measures 111mm x 51mm x 13.8mm and is a quad band phone on 2G networks as well as working on 3G and HSDPA. Other connectivity on the Nokia X6 includes Bluetooth 2.0 and wireless at 802.11g. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 4, 2009
Google have announced that their voice search software now understands Mandarin Chinese on Nokia S60 phones allowing Google to move in and grow their search business in that area of the world.
The software is currently capable of understanding various English accents and also a few Mandarin accents although not all just yet. As well as working on the Nokia S60 range of phones, Mandarin voice search will also come soon to Android based phones as well as the iPhone in China. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on November 4, 2009
Nokia have announced five new mobile phones that are heading to Indonesia. The phones named the Nokia 1280, Nokia 1616, Nokia 1800, Nokia 2220 slide and Nokia 2690 are all affordable phones and easy to use which support the Nokia Life Tools. As well as being targeted at Indonesia, Nokia also mention that the phones will be available worldwide.
“Following the successful launch of Nokia Life Tools in India, where people are getting the benefits of vital information sent directly to their mobile phones, we are pleased to bring this service to consumers in Indonesia,” said Dieter May, Vice President, Emerging Markets, Nokia. “Inform, Involve, Empower – the vision of Nokia Life Tools – applies no matter where it’s implemented. With the number of devices that Nokia Life Tools supports, including the five new phones we are announcing today, we are giving people the solution that suits them the most.”
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by Matthew on October 28, 2009
Symbian have launched the Horizon App store that aims to compete against app stores already open by Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and Windows Mobile. The Horizon App store went live today along with the first 50 applications. Symbian also have plans to allow 1000’s more applications through the system next year.
The Symbian operating system is used on a lot of phones including many Nokia phones, Samsung, Sony Ericsson etc… and a lot of these companies already have started app stores. Nokia for example, has the Nokia Ovi store. Each of these app stores will support the new Horizon store and integrate offerings in to their stores. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 28, 2009
The Nokia Booklet 3G is soon to launch. Engadget in Spain managed to get their hands on a Nokia Booklet 3G for unboxing to see what it’s all about. Installed on the Booklet was Windows 7 Home Premium which is a step in the right direction from Best Buy which were showing a Windows 7 Starter Edition.
The video is after the jump, but for now a quick run down of the specs shows that the Booklet 3G weighs 1250g max, measures 264 x 185 x 19.9 mm, runs an Intel Atom Z530 1.6GHz processor and has 1GB of RAM. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 27, 2009
Nokia have announced the Nokia Illuvia special edition phone range. The new series comprises of three phones that build on previous models which include the Nokia 5530 xPressMusic Illuvia, Nokia 6700 Illuvia and the Nokia 6303 Illuvia.
All that the Illuvia name brings to the mentioned phones is that they have a casing that’s purple in colour and also have a few purple themed wallpapers. It is unknown at the moment if these phones will be launched anywhere else but the Netherlands as they were built for The Phone House over that way. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 16, 2009
The US Nokia store has put an official release window date on their site. The Nokia N900 is listed as appearing available at the End of October 2009 which is just in a few weeks time. The UK Nokia store also has a shipping window of November which indicates that the device will be launching at very similar times.
Available for pre-order now, the Nokia N900 is described as a touchscreen computer that has a maximum of a 48GB capacity. The phone has a slide out QWERTY keyboard for text entry and is fronted by a large touchscreen. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on October 15, 2009
Rumours of a new Nokia N920 [NOK] have surfaced today although we are still waiting for the N900 to arrive. According to Pocketables, they were tipped off by someone who also showed them an early prototype of the phone that looks to be running Diablo.
The phone, according to tipsters, is set to have a 4.13 inch capacitive multitouch screen that will match it up nicely with the HTC HD2. The N920 will not have a keyboard and instead make use of full screen input. Although the Nokia N920 will be more powerful than the N900, the N900 does have the keyboard which might be enough to sway people in that direction. [click to continue…]
by Paul on October 5, 2009
AT&T launched the HTC Pure on Sunday which makes the launch a couple of days earlier than the official release of October 6 tomorrow. This makes the Pure the first device to be made publicly available that runs the new Windows Phone operating system.
With that in mind, Microsoft now actually have the latest Marketplace ready and waiting to go which allows you to download applications just as you do on Android, iPhone, Nokia and WebOS smartphones. Marketplace’s or app stores depending on what OS you are using are fantastic as they allow you to browse through a catalogue of games and applications that can be downloaded and easily installed over the air. [click to continue…]
by Paul on October 2, 2009
SlashGear have reported that Nokia will join the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) which means we will start seeing Nokia phones starting to use wireless charging features. Wireless charging is extremely handy as you generally plug in a charging mat in to the wall then any compatible devices that are sat on the mat are charged wirelessly. This saves the messy tangle of wires that you find behind your desk. However, there is a problem with wireless charging compatibility as not all devices are compatible which kind of ruins the point of it.
The Wireless Power Consortium was designed to bring a standard to wireless charging. When members sign up they agree to use a standard so that their devices can be charged on other members mats and vice versa. With Nokia signing up for the standard its a step in the right direction. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on September 18, 2009
Nokia have created a cool little app to assist those who are blind or visually impaired with reading text messages on their mobile phone.
The Nokia Braille Reader application sits in the background and when a text message is received the application automatically loads up. When a part of the screen is tapped the message is then relayed to the user through a series of vibrations. When a dot is raised the phone vibrates sharply and when the dot is not raised a less forceful vibration is felt. Each dot is played one at a time with 6 dots creating each letter. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on September 14, 2009
Nokia have hinted that there will be more Nokia Booklet 3G’s on the way and have said it’s not the only one of it’s kind. The comments came from Nokia Conversations where users were providing feedback and one of the Nokia Booklet team was seen to say… ‘Great feedback here! Thanks! As you may imagine, balancing portability, power, performance, price and whatever other “p” you can think of to build a winning product is as much art as science.
While we think we have a great first product (and hope you try it and agree), I would be the first to admit that we can do more. So rest assured that your input has been duly noted, and we will do our best to live up to your expectations. Please keep the suggestions coming. Best Regards, John’
The Nokia Booklet was only just announced last month and already they are planning the next device. Of course, there isn’t loads you can do to a netbook other than making it look a little nicer, having a slightly larger keyboard and give it a little more power, memory etc… but it’s great to see that they are running with the Booklet. Could we next see a Nokia Booklet Tablet? [click to continue…]
by Matthew on September 14, 2009
Details of the new Nokia Erdos have leaked. The Erdos features a polished aluminium casing along with a mirrored 2.4 inch OLED QVGA screen.
The camera has 5 megapixels, has auto-focus and uses Carl Zeiss optics for the lens. To light up shots the Erdos also features a dual LED flash. Memory on the phone can be expanded by using a microSD card up to 8GB in capacity. For connectivity it supports Wi-Fi, aGPS and Bluetooth (A2DP). [click to continue…]
by Matthew on September 14, 2009
The guys at Fonearena have created a comparison of the new Nokia N97 Mini vs the original Nokia N97. The general idea behind the N97 mini was that it would be more of a fashion statement and to achieve this Nokia have made it available in 3 different colours. To take a look at the technical differences which you are possibly more interested in, check out the video after the jump. [click to continue…]
by Matthew on September 10, 2009
Sony Ericsson are launching the Satio which is a 12.1 megapixel camera phone. It is powered by the Symbian OS S60 5th edition that can be found in phones such as the Nokia 5800 and the N97.
The phone it’s self is just 13mm thick and weighs 126 grams. As the Satio has such a large megapixel camera built in the lens cover bulges out slightly that kind of takes away a little from the quite small frame that houses the rest of the camera.
As with the Sony Aino mentioned yesterday, the Satio also excels in both the camera and in music. The 12.1 megapixel sensor has a nice lens to work with along with a xenon flash and video light which helps provide decent pictures in low light situations. As with the Aino, the Satio also has smile detection, face detection and touch focus. What touch focus does is allows you to tap the screen at the point where you want it to focus and then the camera focuses on that particular spot. Other camera features include 12x digital zoom and image stabilisation. [click to continue…]
