Nokia has announced that the RAZR-like N76 is now shipping.... and those in a selected group of European countries also get vouchers for free Travis music tracks to download, courtesy of a link up with Sony. Press release follows...
Immpressive numbers from Nokia at the S60 summit, with the psychological target of 100 million S60 powered handsets been passed. It's relativly easy to sell a couple of hundred thousand handsets around the world, but as the numbers increase, the potential of the product must be realised. S60 clearly has that in the marketplace, and I suspect that the second 100 million will not take as long to reach as the first.
The Register reports that LG has "rolled out" their new S60 3rd Edition model the KS10 (previously known as Joy). However, the article goes on to state that "LG didn't say when the KS10 will hit the shops". El Reg also reports that the KS10 comes preloaded with various Google bits and bobs including Google Maps, Gmail and Blogger applications.
Samsung have announced a lightweight (92g) S60 powered slider phone. Following on from Nokia's 6120 Classic, the SGH-i400 is another entrant into the mid-range devices - with a 2 megapixel camera, and no 3g, it knows the market that it is aimed at. It's scheduled for a Q3 2007 debut in Russia, with the rest of Europe to follow.
In a superbly long and detailed review, Krisse reports on a few weeks spent with the very latest Nokia S60 clamshell, the 6290. Marketed as a feature phone, the 6290 shares many of the specs of its Nseries cousins. Are there any gotchas? Krisse also reports on the integration with Nokia Video Manager and on the new features in S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1.
Here is a small gallery of hands on photos of the recently announced Nokia 6120 smartphone. Included are some comparison shots with the Nokia E65 and Nokia N70 (Music Edition) that demonstrate the small proportions of this most recent S60 phone.
NTT DoCoMo today unveiled its FOMA 904i Series and three out of five of these phones run MOAP on Symbian OS. The D904i (Mitsubishi) features an accelerometer, the F904i (Fujitsu) has a tilting screen for Mobile TV and the the SH904i (Sharp) has a 6 colour filter screen for improved outdoors viewing. Each also supports a comprehensive range of services.
The Motorola Z8 has appeared as available for pre-order in the Motorola UK Shop. Although noted as being subject to change the price is listed as £334.95 SIM Free. Also of Z8 interest is a planned £5 million advertising campaign and details of the contents of the UK retail box.
9 months in the making, the Sony Ericsson P990 has finally reached a stage where its firmware can start to be taken seriously. Or so Asri al-Baker writes in his illustrated report, looking below at firmware R5A17. Major improvements are in RAM handling and transitions that can be switched off, though low media volume seems to be something of a drawback. Read on...
Podcast 21 is now live, by the way, with the Q&A that followed David Wood's talk at the Future Technologies conference last week. The question about whether smartphones were for the mass market fascinated me though - read on for some relevant photos of the current Nokia N95 marketing in the High Street and some thoughts...
The Register reports that VOIP company Truphone is to lodge an official complaint with the UK telecoms regulator OFCOM against phone network operators Orange and Vodafone, over the networks' crippling of the Nokia N95 to remove VOIP functionality. Truphone has a video of the N95's crippling here.
Interesting, although perhaps not surprising, to see that the Nokia N95 is now the Carphone Warehouse's top selling device, with over 50,000 sales forecast in the first month alone. Nokia UK say that all channels have had enough stock and that the demand has been met.
Never mind the quality, feel the width.... With both Nokia E90 and HTC Advantage in for review, it was time to pitch them directly against each other. Which flagship pulls off the 'laptop replacement' claim best? Which one's most usable as a mobile office while on the road?
In a superbly long and detailed review, Krisse reports on a few weeks spent with the very latest Nokia S60 clamshell, the 6290. Marketed as a feature phone, the 6290 shares many of the specs of its Nseries cousins. Are there any gotchas? Krisse also reports on the integration with Nokia Video Manager and on the new features in S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1.
9 months in the making, the Sony Ericsson P990 has finally reached a stage where its firmware can start to be taken seriously. Or so Asri al-Baker writes in his illustrated report, looking below at firmware R5A17. Major improvements are in RAM handling and transitions that can be switched off, though low media volume seems to be something of a drawback. Read on...
Podcast 21 is now live, by the way, with the Q&A that followed David Wood's talk at the Future Technologies conference last week. The question about whether smartphones were for the mass market fascinated me though - read on for some relevant photos of the current Nokia N95 marketing in the High Street and some thoughts...
