Nokia has been issuing its Q3 results, the full press release follows. Unsurprising stats from the release are that multimedia (Nseries) smartphone sales are up 45% year on year, and that enterprise (now mainly Eseries) communicator sales are up by 27%.
Thanks to the people who emailed in about the Nokia Software Update web page, with the long awaited firmware upgrade for the Nokia N93 now actually online - I just updated one of the editorial N93s to v11.0.034. There's up to five Megabytes more free RAM and a faster camera, among other changes listed in the comments below.
Running Symbian OS 9 and S60 3rd Edition, LG Electronics have announced the JoY slider smartphone. A Q1 2007 release date is expected for the 2.4" LCD screened device. More details and specs shortly, pictures after the break.
Samsung's new S60 3rd Edition phone is having its first outing at today's Symbian Smartphone Show. Official specifications include HSDPA, UTMS, EDGE and GPRS connectivity, a 2MP camera (and front facing VGA), 2.3 inch QVGA 262k colour TFT screen, Bluetooth 2.0 (including A2DP), 45MB of internal memory and a microSD card slot. The specifications also list support for Windows Media Audio and Video formats in addition to the usual suspects.
The ability to stream your own personal media content from a base station to a remote device is now coming to Symbian OS through the SlingMedia Player. Allowing you access to your set top TV cable box no matter where you are in the world, it will do wonders for the mobile executive looking for the latest episode of Battlestart Galactica, although the technology is clearly leapfrogging the legal issues in a number of territories.
We're expecting an official announcemnt of LG's first Symbian Powered Phone to happen at the Smartphone Show keyote within the next hour. LG have a stand at the front door, which is strangely bereft of any marketing materials as we arrived, although a black slider/candybar style phone is under a lot of reflecting perspex to tease us . More soon.
According to Digital Chosunilbo, Samsung will tomorrow launch the SGH-i520 S60 smartphone. The phone runs on Symbian 9.2 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1. The phone has a QVGA screen, supports HSDPA connectivity and comes in a slim slide form factor. Pics after the break, and more information as we get it.
NTT DoCoMo recently announced its new 903i range of 3G FOMA phones. Seven out eleven run on Symbian OS, the D703i, F903i, SH903i, SO903i, D903iTV, SH903iTV and F903iX. New to the 903i series is out of the box support for the WMA format for music (inlcuding DRM), support for DoCoMo's DCMX™ mobile credit card and IC cards with triple the storage of conventional cards. Some of the handsets support the new Keitai-Osagashi Service (GPS) service which adds an additional range of location based services.
As predicted in AAS's review of the 5500, Nokia has announced a music edition of the phone. It's got a copper/black/orange colour scheme and is exactly the same hardware and sales package as the 5500 (headphone adapter with music controls, headphones, clip-on phone holder) but it includes a 512mb microSD memory card (which seems rather small, the 5500 can officially use up to 1gb and unofficially up to 2gb) and a bicycle phone holder. You can see official pictures of it here.
Shooting professional-looking video on the Nokia N93 isn't as simple as it looks. Over on 3-Lib, Steve Litchfield has prepared the definitive guide on what to do and what not to do in shooting your mini-masterpieces.
According to the latest research from Gartner, MobHappy reports via ITPro, smartphone sales are up 75% from 2005 worldwide, with Nokia accounting for 42% of the entire mobile device market, or over half of all converged devices.
Video podcast The Smartphones Show 16 has just gone live, with a hands-on review of the Sony Ericsson P990i, a brief promo of the Nokia N95 and a preview of upcoming Windows Mobile 5 rivals. The podcast is playable on any PC, Mac, Symbian OS 9 smartphone, iPod or PSP.
Rafe Blandford's been living and breathing Sony Ericsson P990i and UIQ 3 for two weeks now - here's his full review. Summary:shed loads of potential, very powerful, but also some rough edges and room for improvement through firmware updates.
Thanks to WOM's N95 site for the heads up on plenty more photos and video of the Nokia N95, including a very interesting walkthrough of how the integrated GPS receiver and mapping software works. Also a link to a new user Nseries video blog.
