Nokia Music Centric Device Coming On March 11?

At least that's what it seems from the image up on events.nokia.com. Nokia has an all round device in the form of the N97 coming, the camera part is taken care of by the N86, the E55 and E75 are promising business devices but there isn't an out and out music device that's been announced recently.The virtual event is scheduled for March 11 at 10:00 CET (2:30PM IST) and there are two live Q&A sessions scheduled for later in the day as well. This is what leads me to believe that a handset will be announced on Wednesday, obviously the tagline 'Your Music Player Is Ringing' is quite a hint too.What will be interesting to see will be whether a new Nseries is unveiled or we'll see another Xpress Music device. N87 perhaps? Another thing I was thinking about was what will be Nokia's new naming scheme be now that the N7x line has run out. Will we see them start afresh like the new non S60 6600 or will they look at a N6x?

Sadikk

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Opera launches Fingertouch technology

Opera has launched what they call Fingertouch technology, for touchscreen equipped devices. The fingertouch technology aims to make browsing websites easier and simpler for touchscreen-equipped mobile phones.

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When you are browsing a website, the fingertouch technology gives the use r visual feedback, when a hyperlink is clicked, and when there are links bunched close together. Opera Mobile, for touchscreen-equipped mobile phones running on the Symbian UIQ OS which contains the Fingertouch technology can be downloaded here.

Sadikk

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HTC and Orange unveil the HTC Dream.

HTC and Orange have together launched the Android-powered HTC Dream, in France. Going by this, Orange France is the third network operator to launch a mobile phone running on the Android OS, in Europe. The other two network operators that have launched an Android-powered device in Europe are T-Mobile, and Telefonica/O2. Not only that, but a few weeks back, Vodafone have taken up HTC's second Android-powered device - the HTC Magic, set to launch in the Spring which will make them the fourth network operator to launch a HTC Android-powered device in Europe. It's interesting to note, that, of the aforementioned network operators, Orange is the only one of those not to be a member of the Open Handset Alliance, indicating that interest for Android-powered mobile phones is on the increase.

Sadikk

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Nokia Has Just Impressed Me Big

Five minutes back I received a call from a Nokia representative, she wanted to know if it was a good time to talk. Luckily I wasn't in class and could talk. She said she was calling in regard to my recently purchased Nokia 5800 Xpress Music device. She wanted to know if I was facing any problems with the device?Since I have one of the first few batches of the device, I have faulty earpiece, a problem Nokia has acknowledged themselves. So I told her about the issue and the general lack of volume from the earpiece. Next, she said that Nokia was aware of the problem and would like to help get it fixed pronto. Her next question was whether I was okay with a Nokia Service center nearby to my place getting in touch with me in order to fix the earpiece. She also said they would try and get the job done as soon as possible.Brilliant.Something like this goes a long way in enhancing customer satisfaction, at least in my book. Everyone can make a mistake but acknowledging it and trying to make sure that customers get the fix too is commendable. Has any one of you go such a call?Or is it only a Nokia India thing considering the huge sales the device has enjoyed here? Whatever it may be, the bad press has surely got Nokia on its feet!

Source - Symbianblog


Sadikk

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An Investigation Into The 5800’s Earpiece

Russian website Mobile-Review has been looking into the Nokia 5800's earpiece woes and has produced a lengthy account of its investigation and the subsequent conclusion. They even have an official statement from Nokia.They used multiple 5800's in different settings and have come up with the following:▪ How long the phone is going to work before its earpiece breaks down depends on various factors and has nothing to do with the defect of the top right corner of the casing;▪ All broken earpieces have knobby contact surfaces (we examined them with an electron microscope) as well as scuffs all over juncture points;▪ As a rule the 5800's earpiece works for at least a month before giving up the ghost. The key conclusion being:▪ The failure occurred only when a working phone was placed in the box with the above mentioned air humidity level, our reference sample that spent two weeks in the same box, but was turned off, didn't show any signs of this problem. Basically, the earpieces were faulty and Nokia changed its earpiece suppliers in late January so therefore 5800s made (not bought) February 2009 onwards should be just fine. If you have a 5800 made before then, it is probable that you have a faulty earpiece. The simple solution to this problem is to hand over your 5800 to the Nokia Service Center and get the earpiece replaced.

Sadikk

Blogging from my BlackBerry® on Reliance Mobile, India's No.1 CDMA Network :)

Friday 27 February 2009 Nokia's Ovi Contacts application receives an update

Nokia's Ovi Contacts application, which ties-in with the default Contacts application, in Symbian Series 60 phones, running on Feature Pack 2, and enables you to see where your contacts are and, what they are currently up to, via Instant Messaging, has been updated.The new release of the Beta doesn't add a host of improvements, but, rather, it should run more smoother overall than the previous version, and also the search facility has been improved upon. Supported devices include the N96, N85, N78, and N79.


Sadikk

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Sony Ericsson releases four new panels for the XPERIA X1

 

Today, Sony Ericsson's XPERIA X1 smartphone, powered by Windows Mobile 6.1, has seen the release of four new panels for the handset's panels inerface. The four panels, which will be available to purchase come the middle of next month, are:

• CNN Panel: The CNN panel allows users to be kept updated with the latest happenings , such as news, sports, and weather, as well as CNN-specific content.
  
• Skype panel: allows quick access to the Skype application, the panel shows you who is currently online, and there is the ability to customise your handset, with a number of effects.
• Mytopia Panel: The Mytopia panel allows you play either poker, or bingo, with anyone in the world. Or, if you'd prefer, you have the option of playing against yourself.
  
• On the Road Panel: The On the Road panel gives users quick and convinient access to your music playlists, and songs, as well as easy handling of calls, all via large, touch-friendly icons.<

The Palm Pre

The new-ness is underway, and Palm just debuted its long(est) awaited all-new handset, the Palm Pre. The curvy touchscreen handset has a 3.1-inch 320 x 480 multitouch display, with a silver center button down below and touch sensitivity all down the face -- the lower part is for "gestures." A full QWERTY keyboard slides out from the phone in a portrait orientation, and you can flip the phone on its side for accelerometer-sensed widescreen browsing. The phone is running Palm's all-new webOS platform, with TI's new OMAP CPU under the hood -- which Palm claims provides laptop-style power, and which juices the phones smooth transitions, scrolling and "deck of cards" app-switching. Other internal specs include EV-DO Rev. A, 802.11b/g WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth with A2DP and 8GB of built-in flash storage. There's a 3 megapixel camera with LED flash, mass storage-friendly microUSB plug and a good ol' 3.5mm headphone jack, but most exciting is the wireless charger -- a first for a mainstream phone. More shots are after the break, including a fancy FCC diagram depicting a removable battery. The phone is exclusive at launch for Sprint in the first half of 2009, no word on price just yet.

HTC Touch Diamond and Touch Pro details for Sprint and Verizon!!

Rumors, being what they are, can always change mid-news-cycle. In this case, the rumors surrounding the HTC Touch Diamond’s arrival on Sprint and Verizon later this month (August 2008) has been updated to reflect new information from PhoneArena that points to the svelte touchscreen offering from HTC hitting Sprint and Verizon in early September and October, respectively.

The HTC Touch Diamond is expected to arrive on Sprint’s network in CDMA form bearing the HTC Victor moniker. The HTC Victor sports the same 528Mhz CPU that we find in the HTC Touch Diamond’s GSM brethren, with 256MB ROM / 256MB RAM and 4GB internal memory.

Verizon’s CDMA-variant of the HTC Touch Diamond will keep the HTC Touch Diamond model name, so there’s a little less confusion to deal with on Big Red’s network. Unfortunately, Verizon’s HTC Touch Diamond will hit market sporting a pared down 400Mhz processor with only 128MB of RAM (compared to the 256MB in the HTC Victor and 192MB in the GSM-variant). Even worse is the rumor that the HTC Touch Diamond will arrive on Verizon’s network without the 4GB of onboard storage - opting, instead, for a microSD card slot.

Sprint’s CDMA-version of the HTC Touch Pro (codename: Raphael) will reportedly be called the HTC Herman. The HTC Herman will mirror Verizon’s HTC Touch Diamond by nixing the 4GB of internal storage in favor of a microSD card slot. On the upside, the Herman should sport a beefy 512MB of ROM.

On the flip-side, Verizon is opting to stay true to HTC’s naming scheme and will brand their CDMA HTC Touch Pro the Verizon HTC Raphael (HTC’s original Touch Pro codename). We’ll likely be seeing 512MB of ROM in the Verizon HTC Raphael, but will swap out the aluminum frame for a steel frame.

We’re also hearing that Sprint could have a 30-day exclusivity on HTC’s new smartphone wares, so Verizon customers will just have to wait to get their hands on the latest and greatest from HTC - which is par for the course anyway.

Otherwise, all handsets should be rocking the same specs as the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro’s GSM stablemates. That means the glorious VGA touchscreen display, GPS, and 3.2 megapixel autofocus camera will likely make the jump to the CDMA side of things.

As always, it’s healthy to keep perspective on speculation. Don’t take rumors as truth, you’ll end up being disappointed more than not.

New built-to last concept from Nokia, plus more

Today, Nokia showed off a trio of concepts, set to change the way consumers think about mobile phones.

First up – the cleverly named Wears In, Not Out concept – which basically aims for a phone to last five to ten years, as opposed to eighteen months, akin to a television, or a laptop.

Next – the Peoples First concept, this scraps the usual way we navigate through phone menus, instead it will work with what's known as Human Universals, allowing anyone, regardless of their native language, to use the phone. This is achieved by the menu consisting of one big list, which shows the phones history, so the user can navigate up, and down to call people, or activate features. Keeping the trend with Nokia's Eco Green philosiphy, the phone will be able to switch from colour, to mono screen, to save battery life.

Lastly, Nokia showed off a new charger – called Zero Waste, which aims to save electricity in the home. The charger will sport an on/off button,and it may offer a one hour charging time, and, the user's phone may tell the charger that it's full, and turn itself off.