Joe Hewitt, the brains behind the Facebook application for the Apple iPhone has quit further development of the application.

“Time for me to try something new. I’ve handed the Facebook iPhone app off to another engineer, and I’m onto a new project. My decision to stop iPhone development has had everything to do with Apple’s policies.” – Joe Hewitt

The Facebook application by Hewitt is the most popular application ever created for the platform. Thus this move will have a huge impact on the development of the application. The application will continue to develop but not at the excellent speed and quality as before.

Joe Hewitt is also known for his contribution towards the Mozilla Firefox Web browser.

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David Tang, Vice President of Nokia China said, “Nokia is boosting its leadership in the CDMA market by updating an already strong line-up with products that appeal to a wide range of customer needs”.

Nokia 6316s – A 3G way to stay entertained

First in the list is Nokia’s new 3G multimedia handset 6316s. This has an elegant design and powerful functionality together in a compact slide with a stainless-steel body. With the following features, the mobile makes easier than ever for people to stay in touch and share the things.  The features include

• 2.2-inch QVGA display
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• Bluetooth 2.1
• Music
• Web Browsing
• Imaging
• Music Player
• GPS
• Dedicated Music Keys
• Email

This handset is available in black, red and  golden color and is expected to reach the market during the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 3806 – A compact Health Assistant

The next in the list is Nokia 3806. This mobile also has the similar features like 2.2-inch QVGA display, 2.0 megapixel camera with video recorder, navigation key in metallic finish, Bluetooth 2.1 and a MicroSD card support of up to 4GB.

The phone comes with an interesting Health Assistant application which should help you stay healthy as it is supposed to make it easier for you to deal with various issues of your daily life. Users are allowed to efficiently manage thir stress and lead a healthier life.

This mobile is available in piano black, pure white and rose gold and is expected to be available during the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 1506 – The Cheapest CDMA

Finally in this list comes the Nokia 1506. This is supposed to be the most affordable CDMA model to date. Though it does’nt have much features, the available features include voice recorder,  a slender monoblock design with high-gloss colors, a Navigation key in metallic finish,  integrated handsfree speaker and long battery life.

This device is available in black and plum and is expected to reach the market before the end of 2009. Nokia has not announced the prices of these three new handsets so far.

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Earlier we had reported on mobile processor supporting upto 20 MP camera modules.

Toshiba has announced their new 14.6 Megapixel CMOS sensor for cellphones.This will be the highest megapixel offering witht the current camera phones packing upto 12 Megapixels.

The sensor feature backside illumination too instead of the normal front side illumination.

The backside illumination will allow better and brighter images with a smaller sensor. Toshiba claims light absorption is boosted by 40%, resulting in bright pictures despite the high-density 1/2.3-inch sensor.

Production should start by ed of 2009 but it will not go into mass production until 2010. This means that it will be sometime before we can see these sensors integrated into mobile phones.

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Yes, apple have released a WiFi-less iPhone, something that I consider very important since the iPhone’s software is kinda designed to always work best on WiFi networks. But if you Chinese guys(and ladies) can live without WiFi then you can always pick them up at 4,999 yuan($730) and 6,999 yuan($1,025). This pricing is quite strange since a regular iPhone 3GS(with wifi) can easily be bought for $835 in the black.

But this WiFi-less version of the iPhone may soon disapear considering that this initial batch was built when the Chinese government had it’s WiFi ban in force and since this was recently lifted I guess it won’t be soon before we see WiFi coming to these chinese iPhones. Maybe this is why the folks over at 163.com are reporting that there aren’t many people rushing to buy the iPhones.

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http://mashable.com/2009/10/30/china-iphone-wifi/

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Nokia have begun to start selling it’s first Notebook, the Booklet 3G. O2 Germany is the first to make the device’s global debut. Pre-orders have begun shipping and stocks should arrive in most shops by mid-November in USA.

In Germany, the Booklet 3G retails at 249 Euros and then 20 Euros monthly for a 24 month plan through O2.

In USA, AT&T is giving the Booklet 3G for 299$ with a two year plan.

So head out to your store and grab yourself one of these if it’s available.

Here is the Nokia Booklet 3G Advertisement:

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You might have seen non-touchscreen phones , normal touchscreen phones and phones with support multi touch like the iPhone  or HTC Hero. Nokia seems to be working 3D Multi-Touch according to a recent patent filing

The screen will not only detect your finger position but also how much pressure you are putting on the screen. Imagine pressing the screen really hard to delete a message and a soft press for a scroll.

For now its just work in progress and actual implementation might take a lot of time.

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If you or your company develop SIM-based mobile applications, then you must be interested in SIMagine 2010.

Its an event which is inviting all developers who develop for the tiny chip which sits in you mobile phone a.k.a SIMCard.

Did you know that the SIMCard has inbuilt Memory and a tiny CPU?

Last year India sent in 18 entries.So where are you developers ? You have a chance to win 150000 euros in prizes

Last date for submitting your entry is  October 17, 2009 . So hurry up !

With about 3 billion SIM cards being shipped in 2008 , we are sure that the number will be more big in 2009.

Head over to http://www.simagine.info/ for more info.

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Technology is developing at an ever-increasing rate. Mobile phones are becoming an all-in-one device combining fatures of  digital cameras, media players, Internet browsers etc. We have seen 12MP camera-phone with optical zoom which some have commented on as a camera with phone function.

But now Texas Instruments have come up with 2 new processors  that will allow mind blowing amount of up-to 20 Megapixels on 3G camera phones! Texas Instruments say that the new coprocessors provide up to 20 Megapixel ( still imaging capabilities ) and 720p high-definition video recording ability. The new coprocessors are the latest additions to the OMAP-DM5x family.

The OMAP-DM515 and OMAP-DM525 coprocessors accelerate imaging and video performance. The OMAP-DM515 offers 12MP camera imaging capabilities whilst the OMAP-DM525 offers 20MP camera imaging capabilities. Both offer DVD quality to 720p.

The processors are under development and should be released in 2010. So hopefully we can see devices embedded with such chips next year.

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This is some good news for all cellular fans. Electronic giants Nokia, Samsung, Sony and Toshiba have teamed up with Silicon Image to create a new type of connector.The new connector is developed with a hope to bridge the gap between Mobiles/Portable Media Players and High-Definition Displays.

The High Definition connector is set to be the new industry standard according to the developers. The link will enable users to connect their devices directly to High Definition TVs and displays.

The main aim is to provide an easy and cost-effective implementation for manufacturers while offering consumers a simple and reliable mobile connectivity experience.  A single-cable with a low pin count interface will be able to support up to 1080p high-definition (HD) digital video and HD audio in addition to delivering power to a portable device.

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We have seen 12MP camera-phones from brands like Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson. Although Sony Ericsson was the first to announce a 12MP camera-phone, Samsung overtook it and launched theirs ahead of Sony Ericsson’s.

The Samsung 12MP camera-phone goes under the name of M8910 PIXON 12. It’s a rich handset in terms of camera but not quite the all-rounder that the i8910 OMNIA HD is.

Soon after both the handsets hit the market, we heard rumours about a new handset in the works. It was said to have features of both the M8910 PIXON 12 and i8910 OMNIA HD and even more!

The handset in the above picture is the Samsung SCH-M880, a Korean variant of the below pictured M8920.

The earlier picture showed the backside of the 12MP phone. The new picture gives us a sneak look at the side buttons. The side buttons which we assume to have camera controlling functions look very similar to the controls on real digital cameras.

The handset features include:

- 3.3 inch WVGA AMOLED Touchscreen display
- 12 Megapixel Camera with 3x Optical Zoom, Xenon Flash and LED Flash
- HD Video Recording at 30fps
- Dedicated camera control, mode dial, shutter and zoom
- UMTS/HSDPA
- WiFi
- GPS
- Bluetooth
- MicroSD card slot

We also think that the phone might come equipped with the 1GHz Processor announced earlier by Samsung since it supports Full HD Video Recording, Full HD Playback and 3D Games.

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