Last week, we were invited to visit the Nokia Research Center located in Bangalore, where the Nokia Research Team demoed us a pilot project called “We Meet“, a Location Aware SMS Based application.

This application allows the users to create groups and chat with group in realtime. And also since the application supports location sharing based on the CBS i.e Cell Broadcast Service, the user can even broadcast their location with the rest of the group members without a GPS enabled device.

We Meet works on Java and hence can be easily run on all S60 and S40 Devices. Using the Java application, you can create create a group, add members to a particular group, participate in a real time chat with a specific group,  modify application settings like turning on/off the location sharing service to protect your privacy, turning on/off the whole service etc. You can also keep track of the sent and received SMS using the inbuilt SMS Counter.

However if your phone does not support Java, you can still use the “We Meet” service by making use of the text commands listed here.

So if you are interested in trying out this group SMS application, just head over to the application’s home page and download the application.

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Samsung have announced the badaOS for their mobile phones. It will be a replacement to the Windows Mobile and Symbian platforms. The name “bada” is derived from a Korean word signifying “ocean”. The name was chosen as it represents the endless possibilities with the OS.

Samsung bada is a new open platform that enables a richer user experience in applications on Samsung mobile devices.

Right now no further information on the platform is available. Sasmung only gives us a sneak peek and slight info at an official site.

The official announcement should be in December when Samsung will officially launch the OS along with the SDK.

Here’s the link to the official site

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Earlier, we had published information and provided a leaked picture of the Sony Ericsson Kurara. Well now once again, we have some more leaked pictures of the Kurara. These are the live pictures posted by folks over at the SEMC Blog.

There has been some new information gathered:

• It runs on Symbian S60.
• It has a 3.5″AMOLED Touchscreen Display
• It has an 8.1Megapixl Camera with Portrait Mirror and it seems to lack the LED flash which we previously thought was present.
• It maybe capable of recording HD Videos.

While many rumours claim it to be an media centric device with good imaging capabilities, the lack of an LED flash causes doubt. The handset is set to be launched in 2010 at an unknown price.

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Well the day is finally here. Sony Ericsson is set to unveil the Sony Ericsson Rachel/XPERIA X10. There have been numerous leaks on the internet about the device.

Even Sony Ericsson had given us some sneak previews of the phone. So we decided to refresh your mind with details, pictures and videos of the phone before it’s announcement.

First things first. Sony Ericsson has created a site called What’s Next as a sneak preview to the XPERIA X10.

Here’s the link

Secondly this is the sneak preview video that Sony Ericsson have supplied us with:

Now another video which shows the Media UI of the phone:

Now onto the features of the phone that you can expect:

• 1GHz Snapdragon Processor
• Google Android OS
• 4″ Touchscreen Display with 854*480 Resolution
• 32GB Internal Memory, micro-SD Card Slot, 256MB RAM
• Accelerometer, 3.5mm Audio Jack
• 8 Megapixel Camera with Autofocus, Geo-Tagging, Face-Detection and Touch Focus
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, DLNA, mini-USB
• Black and White Colours

We will inform you with the latest news on the XPERIA X10 as Sony Ericsson announces it.

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This is the Samsung SCH-B710 which is special in a lot of ways apart from its unique form-factor. The B710 looks like a regular slider handset. But when you turn the display sideways, it transforms into a 3D Screen.

The phones also features:

• 3D Camera with Dual Camera Lens
• TV Tuner
• 3D Parallax Barrier Display

As of now this is a Korea exclusive phone and is not available elsewhere. But since it’s so unique, we are hoping it would be launched in other countries as well.

No other specifications are known. Pricing and release date is also unrevealed. But we will keep you up-to-date on any new information.

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The N900 is a fully loaded device and no one can complain about lack of features. We were anxious when it was leaked ,  moderately impressed when it was launched before Nokia World and we  were blown away when we used one at Stuttgart during the event. And now we don’t have words to describe how fascinating the last few days has been using the N900 as a primary phone.

This is a prototype device not meant for sale. I’m sure many of you would offer much more than cash to get hold of this one.

N900 is the first phone we are seeing which has the processor written on the box explicitly. It is powered by a ARM Cortex-A8 600MHz CPU

The phone screen was covered with a protective film

Nokia does encourage you to recycle .

Here are the N900 Package contents

• AC Charger(microUSB)
• Converter from old Nokia pins to microUSB
• BL-5J Battery 1320 mAh
• Cleaning Cloth
• TV- Out cable
• in-ear earphones with ear-buds
• Manual
• and the phone obviously

The N900 is powered by a BL-5J battery which is the same power source for 5800 , 5230 and X6.  Its a 1320 mAh battery and we’ll find out in our tests if the N900 does fine.

There is a sticker on the rear which tells you how to open the cover.

The Camera on the N900 sits on the rear and comes with a shutter and a LED flash.

The SIM Card slot sits below the battery.

The phone comes with a stylus too. We rarely used it .

The 3.5 inch display is a treat for mobile browsing.

The N900 is bulky and very few users might have a problem with that.

There is a kick stand so that you can watch movies on your desk.

For now we are very much impressed with the N900 as its something totally new on a Nokia device. The UI is refreshing to use. The touchscreen works quite well. How do you like the N900 from the pics ? Any thoughts ?

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This innovative concept introduced at Nokia World ‘09 allows to you to experience immersion and effortless navigation in an Augmented Reality environment. New types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Through these new types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds.

With Mixed Reality, we would no longer face the ambiguity of having to choose between either the physical world or the virtual world at a single point of time. We could enjoy a virtual chat or to exchange any file with your friends/family when we are outside. Also, we could catch up with the latest updates/tweets/messages from our friends if we are travelling anywhere and still reply to them.

This might also help in building physical connections as well. If a virtual friend/acquaintance is physically close to us, his picture would pop up and start following him as he moves around.

Since its based upon eye movement, Mixed Reality would also make our presence on the internet a much more intuitive experience. When your eyelids are closed and doesn’t reopen for a period of time, the system detects it and goes either offline or into sleep mode automatically and hence would not disturb you while sleeping. It would later retrieve your offline messages when you are awake again, irrespective of the time period.

What do you think about this new concept? Do you think it will revolutionize the way we live and interact now? Do Pass on your comments.

You can read more about “Mixed Reality” at Nokia Research Website.

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After iPhone and Android Apps, Spotify is now gearing up for an S60 Client.

For the people who dont know, Spotify is a subscription based music streaming service which allows instant listening to specific tracks or albums with almost zero buffering delay.

To give you a basic idea of what to expect from the application, Spotify has released a video demo of its Client running on S60 which is currently in development and will be out soon.

Spotify Mobile Application will be soon available to all its premium subscribers shortly.

For more details on the S60 client, you can head over to Spotify’s Official Blog.

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Nokia N97 Mini was announced at Nokia World 2009 and here are some live pics of the phone in along with its big brother the N97. N97 mini is expected to hit indian shores my Diwali time at an expected retail price of Rs.31000. The N97 mini has been developed to make sure the N97 reaches a broader audience.

But considering the n97 is retailing at a price of about 32k in India we expect a price of below 30k for the mini.Diwali is not far away and its the time of the year Nokia breaks sales records year after year !

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Here is a a sneak peak into the new Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 (i.e. v20.0.005) that is coming shortly for all the N97 users. The Nokia N97 will finally going to have full kinetic scrolling across the device. Also some of the other new features, N97 Firmware 2.0 is going to possess are New Homescreen Widgets, An Updated Facebook application, Increased Free internal memory, some usability enhancements and also many stability improvements.

Check out the Video Demo below which shows all the major changes, the new firmware is going to sport.

The Nokia N97 Firmware 2.0 is going to come out this October via Software Update.

Kinetic scrolling across all the menus and increase in internal space memory was a big addition and also was one of the most requested feature by the N97 Users.

So what do you think about this firmware that is going to come out for Nokia N97? What else do you think is missing? Do pass on your comments.

Update : Found one more interesting video of the N97 Mini running v2.0 software

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