Nokia's Touchscreen Phone 5800 Xpress Music

Finally, Nokia has finally announced it's touch screen phone 5800 Xpress Music a.k.a Tube as I revealed in here before. Nokia 5800 Xpress Music will be the first device running the 5th Edition of Nokia's series 60 OS. Besides that, there is a website dedicated specially for Nokia 5800 Xpress Music and can find the latest updates or information about the phone. Features available on Nokia 5800.

• 3.2-inch touchscreen with 16 million colors, 16:9 aspect ratio
• 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash, autofocus
• Virtual QWERTY keyboard and a pen stylus, or plectrum
  
• GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and 3G
• Proximity sensor to save battery life and avoid inadvertent touches
• Built-in surround sound stereo speakers, 3.5mm headphone jack, TV out port
• 8GB memory, supports all main digital music formats.
• Available in red, black and blue

Nokia 5800 Xpress Music should be available by end of 2008, priced at $385.00 (RM1339.00).

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Nokia 6205 The Dark Knight Edition

As it's name suggested, it comes in Batman 'The Dark Knight' black with movie based movie-based multimedia and a pre-installed trailer, apart from standard blue version. Nokia 6205 is a pretty decent mid-range phone and is one of very few CDMA phones Nokia launch in U.S.

It offers a decent array of features. With the touch-sensitive music key, it allows the access tracks from external music service.  Its offers 2.0-inch 176 x 220 px internal and 1.28-inch 128 x 128 px external displays, a microSD expansion card slot, Bluetooth wireless technology and high-speed EV-DO Internet.

 

 

Brief overview of Nokia 6205 features:

• 1.3-megapixel camera with flash and 4x digital zoom
• 58 MB internal memory; expandable up to an additional 4GB with an optional microSD memory card
• Support for text, picture and video messaging
• Get It Now-capable for downloading games, ringtones, wallpapers and other mobile content
• VZ Navigator-compatible for audible turn-by-turn directions and location information
• Mobile Web for access to the latest news, sports, weather and more
• Voice dialing and voice commands for touch-free phone operation
• Built-in speakerphone
• Bluetooth-enabled for wireless headset support 

 

Source: MyDigitalLife

Nokia Tube an iPhone Killer?

A bunch of new photos and specs for Nokia's Tube, a.k.a. The 5800 XpressMusic, have been leaked to the Internet. The alleged iPhone killer S60 5th edition with touch screen user interface (UI) features:

• 640 x 360 pixels screen resolution and 16 million colors
• 3.2 inch TFT touch screen display
• 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics
• Dual LED flash and video recording
• Duad-band GSM connectivity with GPRS and EDGE, HSDPA connectivity, internal GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth.
• Internal memory of 140MB with microSD support.

Pictures after the jump..

 

As it looks from the specs, it is indeed going to be true competitor for iPhone.

 

Source: SymbianFreak

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

Nokia's new gadget, Nokia N810 Internet Tablet signifying a new phase in portable internet communication. Nokia N810 have ability to connect this pocket-sized device to the nearest Wi-Fi hotspot or over your Bluetooth mobile phone. You can make Internet calls, check your Google Mail or Facebook account, watch the latest videos on YouTube or update your blog using the device's slide-out keyboard along with its stunning touch screen.

The Nokia N810 is powered by maemo Linux based OS2008. The Nokia N810 features a highly customizable user interface and contains various novelties such as Mozilla based browser with Ajax and Adobe flash 9.

For more detailed specifications, head to Engadget

LG Viewty

The features:

• HSDPA (3.6Mbps)/ WCDMA, Tri-band (GSM/ EDGE)
• Display 240x400 (WQVGA)/ 3.0, 262k TFT-LCD
• Dimensions: 103.5mm x 54.4mm x 14.8mm
• Schneider-Kreuznach certified lens: 5.1 megapixel AF/MF camera with Xenon flash

The specifications;

• Image Stabiliser with a direct key/ ISO 800/ Smartlight
• Full-Touchscreen and 3.0 wide flat LCD screen/ mobile XD engine/ landscape view
• Handwriting recognition/ handwriting editing
• High speed video capture at 120 frames per second
• Jog wheel for resizing pages in web browser/ zooming in and out when taking photos/ raising and lower volume during calls
• direct uploading to YouTube.com/ Google package
• DivX mobile profile, TV out, document viewer

Main disadvantages: via GSMArena & CNET

• no hot swap memory card capability
• lack of camera cover
• lack of Wi-Fi
• camera mode switch is little tough to move

The price range: RM2020 - RM2100

I Fall for Nokia N81

I already post few features about Nokia N81 in here and for full feature sheet released by Nokia download from here (PDF format).

When N-Gage was released most N-Gage user complained if the phone included with a built-in camera it would be the best mobile phone ever. Heard those mumbling Nokia came up with N81 with jaw drop features. A mobile phone with

• 2 megapixels camera (2 ok -lah)
  
• high quality STEREO speakers. (stereo dude)
• N-Gage games are playable in N81 and more are coming soon.
  
• internal memory 8GB and can support microSD as well (more than enough for me)

Everything I wanted available in one form, Nokia 81 - what else I need?

According to Mobile88, its cost around RM1970 - RM2050.

Nokia N82's New Feature

I already revealed about Nokia N82 specs few months ago here. However, Symbian Freak revealed a juicy new news about Nokia 82 - a new feature.

Auto screen rotation available and it is a bit different than the one in the iPhone. The iPhone's screen rotation only for certain applications like the Safari, image viewer and the iPod whereas Nokia UI allows the rotation for almost everywhere from main screen to the gaming.

Damn I like that, I'm a Nokia mobile user anyway.

Soure: Symbian-Freak.com

Samsung P2 with Touch Screen UI

With the multi-touch UI (user interface) getting famous among gizmo freaks revolutionized by Apple - Samsung also might felt hate to be left out so they came up with Samsung P2.

Samsung P2 is a MP3 player with totally touch screen.Lets see the features:

• capacity 8GB and storage type flash
• available colour white, black and red wine
• display screen 3" inch
  
• able to view picture, text and FM Radio feature
• format support: MP3, WMA, OGG (UMS only), JPEG, SVI, WMV, TXT

For full spec, view here. To have a detailed look on how it functions watch the video below:

Nokia Introduced Nokia 5610 & 5310 XpressMusic

Nokia has introduced two new Xpress Music devices and announced the launch of its Independent Artist Club (IAC) - a music-focused community platform; giving consumers a comprehensive music offering made especially for the mobile. The new Nokia 5610 and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic mobile share key features such as

• dedicated music key(s),
  
• music pause / resume on incoming calls
• support for 3.5 mm connectors
• extended battery life (yeah right)
• convenient music listening

Both the Nokia 5610 and 5310 XpressMusic are available from today authorised Nokia retailers nationwide at a recommended retail price of RM 1,339 and RM 1,199 respectively. (via Lowyat)

Nokia 5610 XpressMusic Specifications:

• slider style
  
• resolution 240x320 pixels, 16 million colours with 2.2 inch TFT screen.
• camera: 3.2 megapixels, VGA, Flash, Auto-focus, 8x digital zoom
• supported video format: 3GPP, MPEG-4
• music: AAC, AAC+, MP3, MP4, WMA, Stereo FM Radio
• connectivity: microUSB 2.0, 2.0 Stereo Bluetooth, headset 3.5mm
• 3G support
• internal memory 20MB supports microSD
  

Nokia 5310 XpressMusic Specifications:

• candybar style
  
• resolution 240x320 pixels, 16 million colours with 2 inch TFT screen.
• camera: 2.0 megapixels, video support 176x144 (QCIF), 4x digital zoom
• supported video format: 3GPP, MPEG-4
• music: AAC, AAC+, MP3, MP4, WAV, WMA, Stereo FM Radio, Visual Radio
• connectivity: microUSB 2.0, headset 3.5mm
• EDGE/GPRS support
  
• internal memory 30MB supports microSD

The pictures below is Nokia 5610 and 5310 XpressMusic respectively.

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Nokia Announced Touch UI for S60s

On Oct 16 Nokia announced the addition of touchscreen interface to their S60s OS. Even though it does resembles Apple iPhone's multi touch input system, Nokia is holding its own with a few promised extras. These include:

• Silencing the phone by flipping it on its face when an incoming call is received.
• Suppor for stylus-based input
• Tactile feedback response
  

Moreover, two new features - ScreenPlay and FreeWay - are coming to add even more sophistication to the platform:

• ScreenPlay is their new graphics engine that allows transparency and animations without taking up too much more battery life.
• FreeWay is less visible, but it's a new IP networking stack/ architecture on 3G networks/ WiMax to allow faster audio/ video streaming and VoIP calling

Click here to view the video to check out the prototype in action and if I'm not mistaken the prototype could be Nokia Ovi. (

via Gizmodo

What a Scary Mouse?

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How's that mouse? Looks scary isn't it? Found via PCinpact, it was designed by the famous 'designer' Chris Lomaka, known for some of his works.

Gross enough to place my palm on it.

HTC Touch Now Dual Slide

Apple changed the world of mobile phone with their release of iPhone with its outstanding multi touch features and few other features as well. With the release of HTC Touch, the mobile phone acclaimed as an Asia version of iPhone even though it can’t beat the iPhone directly. However, after few months release of HTC Touch, Taiwan-based company Hight Tech Computer Corp. has recently announced its new HTC Touch Dual an upgraded version of an impressive HTC Touch.

Key Features of HTC Touch Dual (Touch Slide)

• Discover TouchFLO™, a revolutionary touch-screen technology that allows finger-touch scrolling, panning and photo zooming
• Innovative 3D touch cube interface for quick and easy navigation
• Slide out 20 key keyboard or 16 key keypad for single handed typing
• Worldwide connectivity (HSDPA, 3G and GPRS/EDGE/GSM)
• Runs on Windows Mobile® 6 Professional with Direct Push Outlook® e-mail
• Live HTC Home™ featuring time and weather display, quick launcher, and one touch ring tone settings
• 2 Megapixels camera for shooting photos/videos and a second camera for video calls

Malaysian Made Dallab Dx8i

Never heard before the Dallab name , so do I. Dallab is actually a US based company and you can know more about them in www.dallab.com. The only reason I wrote this post because Dallab Sales & Marketing Sdn. Bhd. launched the latest Malaysian made PDA phone, which was unveiled by Y.B Dato’ Seri Dr. Lim Keng Yaik, Minister of Energy, Water and Communications. Dallab is currently the only company in this region to pass the Microsoft Logo Test Kit (LTK). It shows the capability to develop both hardware and software by adopting US technologies and local manufacturing in Sungai Petani, Kedah. The Dallab’s latest PDA phone Dx8i has won numerous awards, including the prestigious SIRIM approvals for its innovation and product quality being comparable to international standards.

Specifications:

• Quad band GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
• Runs on Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC Phone Edition
• 2.2” TFT QVGA LCD display with touch screen, 240 x 320 pixels resolution
• Flash Memory 320MB / SDRAM Memory 64MB
• Built in Wireless LAN 802.11b compliance, Bluetooth SIG Version 1.2 stack
• 3.0 Megapixels CMOS camera
• Supports microSD and USB mini port

View full specs here

Nokia N76

If I say this model looks alike Motorola RAZR V3, would you agree with me?

Specifications:

• UMTS/ GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900
• EDGE EGPRS class B, Bluetooth 2.0, 3G, GPRS, USB Port
• TFT 16 million colors (main screen), TFT 256k colors (secondary screen)
• 2.0 Megapixel camera
• Internal memory 26MB, supports microSD (T-Flash) up to 2GB, hot swap
• Runs on S60 3^rd edition
• High quality speakers

The good part:

1. Able to read SMS without flip open the N76 by just click on a button and view the message on the secondary screen.
2. Small indicator on the menu selection which lights up whenever a specific program is on – provide a quick insight of which program they have forgot to close.
3. Sound still crisp and crystal clear even when played loudly.

The bad part:

1. Not a very scratch resistant – paints easily gets scratched
2. Wrongly placed earphone jacks

New+Redesigned iPods

I'm not really an iPod fan, but looking these in a local newspaper yesterday somehow attracts me to publish this. Yup, like the title, Apple just launched their new range of iPods; the multi-coloured iPod shuffle, the iPod classic, the iPod nano (now it supports video!), and a soon-to-be-launched iPod touch.

The real highlight here is the iPod touch, which have look and size like the iPhone. It have a 3.5-inch, 480x320 pixels touch screen, meaning that it will be easier to browse through the menus. Like most of its other siblings, it supports audio, photos, and videos, plus a web browser (yup, you guessed it: it's Safari) since it have a Wi-Fi connection. Simply said, it's like an iPhone, minus the phone :P.

If you have a broadband connection, you can click here to watch videos of iPod touch in action, showing off its features. It comes in two choices, 8GB and 16GB, starting from US$299 (±RM1041.07)

For detailed tech specs, click the links below:

• iPod shuffle
• iPod nano
• iPod classic
• iPod touch

via Apple

iPhone Unlock Software Released

Finally after so many speculations and hopes whether iPhone fans outside US can own one, their wish had been answered today. The iUnlock - free software to unlock iPhone finally achieved by iPhone Dev Team and its been independently tested.

So call your papa, mama, uncle, aunty or whoever in US buy iPhone and download the iUnlock to unlock the iPhone and show off to your friends.


For more information and download the iUnlock, kindly head to
iPhone Free Software Confirmed [Gizmodo]

Nokia Transfomers Edition

Transformers fans you guys got additional and unique collectors item and it is from Nokia. The Nokia 5700 and 5300 which are released in completely black colour are actually Transformers phone limited edition. The Nokia 5300 comes with a blue keypad light and limited edition Transformers phones collectible inside the package. Besides that, Gizmodo reports that N93 will get Transformation edition as well coming Q3 2007. The features are still same but you can expect addons such as Transformers game, background image and Tranformers-ish ringtones.


Click here to view Nokia 5300 exclusive pictures.

Click here to view Nokia 5700 exclusive pictures.


via Justamp

Over Heated Nokia Batteries

World top hand phone maker, Nokia announced serious news when they said that the 46 millions batteries used in their phones could overheat. The Nokia branded ‘BL-5C’ made by Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co. Ltd. between December 2005 and November 2006.

The battery could potentially overheating due initiated by short circuit while charging, causing the battery dislodging. Nokia also said 100 cases of battery overheating cases have been reported globally but lucky no serious injures were reported.

The ‘BL-5C’ is Nokia’s most widely used battery and several suppliers have made more than 300 million of Nokia. However, the company would replace the batteries for no cost.

Consumers should visit the website www.nokia.com/batteryreplacement or contact their local Nokia call center.

Motorola RAZR2 V8

The new Motorola RAZR2 V8 which is expected to be available before end of August at a recommended retail price of RM1, 599. A stainless steel internal frame, seamless casing and chemically hardened glass combine to give MOTORAZR2 extraordinary strength and durability. Sounds cool isn’t it.

Features:

• An ultra-slim design, 11.9mm.
• Vacuumized metal and hardened glass front catches light creates visual intrigue.
• Windows Media Player 11 lets you access over 200 online music stores worldwide including favourites such as MTV Urge, Yahoo and Napster.
• 2 Megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom, 2 hours of video capture and playback.
• 512MB of on-board shared memory
• Opera 8.5 browser.
• High Speed USB 2.0.
• Large, external 2” QVGA display 320x24 resolution.
• MotoSync makes it easy to organize your corporate phonebook, calendar and emails.
• Intergrated Bluetooth
• CrystalTalk helps deliver crystal clear voice quality in noisy environments.

iPhone Hacked Again

I got this news erm can be said as juicy news from Tech2.com, hackers from Europe claimed to have unlocked the iPhone by using Sim reader/writer and a blank SIM card with full capabilities of making calls and SMS on their home network.

For more detail,

Tech2 [iPhone Unlocked in Europe]