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Nokia 6260 Slide: First S40 Phone with Assisted GPS and HSUPA

Nokia has launched one of the most advanced, fully featured slider handset powered by S40 OS – the Nokia 6260 Slide.

The Nokia 6260 slide comes with a 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and LED flash, WiFi, 3G/HSDPA connectivity, and Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP. It also comes with GPS with A-GPS making the 6260 slide the first S40-based phone to come with such a feature. Moreover, it has TV-out functionality, stereo speakers and comes with 200MB internal memory and supports microSD card technology for additional storage.

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Nokia Pulls Out Of Japan

There are huge places and markets where nokia has extended its presence and it has raised its claim to an extent that it is sheer monopoly dominance. But it’s hard to imagine if there is a market that would force Nokia to even move out to pull of its loses. Here is the market anyways, that’s made nokia do so., Japan. Nokia never had a huge presence there anyway [the total market presence was only close to 1%., phew are we talking Motorola or Nokia].

“In the current global economic climate, we have concluded that the continuation of our investment in Japan-specific localized products is no longer sustainable,” Nokia executive vice president Timo Ihamuotila said in a statement.

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The Nokia N85 Review

The latest N Series phone a.ka. The Nokia N85 is in town.

Its one of the most feature packed N Series phones as on date.

The N85 is touted as the successor to the N95

We review the phone and take you through the highlights of this NSeries phone

With a strong lineup of multimedia features, the Nokia N85 is taking the world of mobile convergence to the next level. Gaming, photos, navigation and music blend together with the newest Ovi and third party services via 3.5G HSDPA and Wi-Fi connectivity to make discovering and sharing experiences quick and seamless.

The N85 reminds us very much of the N81 which was the first phone to support a new casing.

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Sony Ericsson handsets to contain new Location aware search App “Near Me”

3G Mobile Blog reports that Sony Ericsson has announced the new 8.1 megapixel Cyber-shot 905 phone will come preloaded with Mobile Commerce’s innovative ‘NearMe’ application – so you can always find exactly what you’re looking for right around you. It will also be available for download onto the GPS enabled C702 Cyber-shot and W760 Walkman handsets.

‘NearMe’ is a local search service that provides users with detailed information on local businesses, amenities, venues and events, all based on current location using the GPS capabilities of the user’s handset. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson handsets to contain new Location aware search App “Near Me””

BlackBerry Storm 9500 Touch Screen with Springs

RIM, the maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology. With the new model being announced Wednesday, the Blackberry Storm 9500, RIM is for the first time giving up the physical keypad in favor of a large screen, just like the one on Apple’s iPhone. But RIM has listened to users who find the iPhone’s glass screen awkward to type on because its virtual buttons provide no tactile feedback.

Storm features a revolutionary touch-screen technology that dramatically enhances the touch interface and enables easy and precise typing. The world’s first “clickable” touch-screen responds much like a physical keyboard and also supports single-touch, multi-touch and gestures for intuitive and efficient application navigation. The Storm’s whole screen is backed by springs, and when pressed, it gives under the finger. Continue reading “BlackBerry Storm 9500 Touch Screen with Springs”

Sony Ericsson Patent shows Camera Zooming using Motion Gestures

Sony Ericsson has filed a patent that allows zooming to be done just by the moving the camera back and forth. According to the patent, a reference object is needed to pre-determine the zoom factor that you want the lens to go. The patent talks about obtaining the output of an accelerometer and utilizing it in the camera zoom function. Continue reading “Sony Ericsson Patent shows Camera Zooming using Motion Gestures”

Sony Ericsson C905 8 MegaPixel Camera Phone

Sony Ericsson is going to introduce Sony Ericsson C905 Cybershot with an 8-mega pixel, cyber shot, auto focus and image stabilizing camera.

Sony Ericsson C905 details- 8 MegaPixel Camera Phone

The camera features of the C905 are truly top-of-the-range and include Face detection, Autofocus, 16 x Zoom, Xenon Flash, Anti-Shake, Image stabilizer and Bestpic to produce the highest quality images with the minimum of fuss. The actual camera works on 3264×2448 pixels, and the video shoots at 30 fps.

The phone has a built in GPS satellite receiver along with support for Assisted GPS that allows for faster GPS triangulation. It will come pre-loaded with Wayfinder Navigator software which provides turn-by-turn navigation system and directions.

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LG KC910 Renoir with Acceleromter Touch Screen, Smile & Face Detection

The LG Renoir KC910 is a mobile phone similar to the LG Viewty, with an 8 megapixel digital camera and Schneider-Kreuznach certified optics. It features a touch screen and provides innovative features such as xenon flash, image stabilizer, face Tracking, Smile Shot and blink detection. It comes with MP3, Wifi-WLAN, video calling, and document viewer technology. The touch screen contains accelerometer technology that allows motion gestures while the GPS receiver allows for geo-tagging photos directly on mobile device.

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Chat On Mobiles with Facebook Support

Hi guys,

I’m happy to announce ebuddy just pushed the button; now have a brand new version now available! Want to have a look? No need to wait a single minute, simply open your mobile browser, go to get.ebuddy.com and off you go! The most important new features we’ve added are:

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As of today, you can chat on Facebook and ICQ from our Mobile Messenger

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How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !

Ever since Steve Jobs rolled out the iPhone in Jan’07 MacWorld, mobile phone manufacturers were highly uncomfortable of missing the touch screen bandwagon.
The Finnish mobile giant is now armouring its artillery with Nokia 5800 a touch screen gizmo code named “tube”.With just three physical buttons and equipped with 8GB microSD memory card it can be further expanded up to 16GB. Unlike the iPhone the 5800 will not zoom out at the finger touch on the screen. Continue reading “How Nokia might win the Touchscreen War in India !”

Whats inside the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

The first S60 5th Edition based device, designed for music lovers, has been announced – the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic.  Nokia 5800 XpressMusic takes advantages of S60 5th Edition OS which features touch screen interface optimised for one-hand use and full support for tactile feedback along with Enhanced display resolution support a new Widescreen mode further compliments the touch UI.

It is among the first devices to support Comes With Music, Nokia’s music service which offers one year of unlimited access to the entire Nokia Music Store catalogue

We wanted to quickly run through the features in this phone

Some of the key features of Nokia 5800 include:

Sensor: Sensors enable very intuitive and smart usability for the key S60 applications. For example, silence the phone ringing by turning the phone upside down. Also, Internet browsing is made more convenient by enabling scrolling Web pages and interacting directly with Web content by touching with a finger or the use of keys or stylus. Continue reading “Whats inside the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic”

Blackberry Storm Touchscreen unveiled

The first ever touchscreen Blackberry handset, Storm, has been confirmed after Vodafone offered the device as a competition prize on its website.

It is not known exactly when the device will be available yet, but the fact that Vodafone is already pushing it suggests it could hit stores in time for the Christmas market. RIM has so far remained tight-lipped over the device, and is still yet to officially announce it. Continue reading “Blackberry Storm Touchscreen unveiled”

Obama ’08: Barack Obama’s Official iPhone & iPod Application

US Democratic candidate Barack Obama has become mobile-savvy and is using Apple iPhone as a political recruiting tool. Obama ’08 is provides official, comprehensive data on Barack Obama and Joe Biden’s campaign. It provides instant access to Barack’s positions on important issues, as well as local and national campaign news as it happens.

Barack Obama's Official iPhone & iPod Application

Key features of Obama ’08 for iPhone include:

  • Call Friends: A great volunteering tool that lets you make a difference any time you want by talking to people you already know. Your contacts are prioritized by key battleground states, and you can make calls and organize results all in one place.

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Y Browser – My Take – A Must Have

Hello Readers, I am going to review Y-BROWSER today this 3rd party software is THE most important software for a S60 user according to me. This software is an explorer for your device. This software is developed by Dr.  Jukka. It is very easy to install this software on your S60 device you just have to visit the site of Dr. Jukka and click on the Y-Browser application and install the sis file on your S60 device. I have taken screen-shots of the installation to make it easier for the readers.

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JoikuSpot Light – Make your mobile a hotspot

Hello readers, I am Dr. Anirudh Sharma and I will be featuring guest articles here on fonearena. I would like to star my fonearena quest by reviewing a very useful software that you can use to turn your mobile internet to a Wifi hotspot and use it on your laptop. I have been using JoikuSpot Light for sometime now an i will now review it for you about the basic functionality of the software and how to set it up and get going. The software has a basic aim to make you Wi-fi enabled handset as a router. Things you need before starting is a Wi-fi cell phone, a 3G, EDGE or GPRS connection and the JoikuSpot Light software which can be downloaded by Clicking Here>> The Software promises to turn your Nokia phones to a WLAN HotSpot. JoikuSpot software is installed directly to the phone. When switched on, laptops and iPods can establish instant, secure and fast WLAN connection via smartphone’s JoikuSpot HotSpot using phone’s own 3G internet connection.

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