Archive for 2008
When the Nokia N95 came out more than 18 months ago it was pretty much an over night success. It was also one of the first devices that I recorded an unboxing video of.
Since then there have been a couple of versions of the N95 and then a few months ago Nokia announced the updated N96. It’s taken a little while to get my hands on one but finally managed to get my hands on one earlier this week.
Nokia N96
I thought the best way to cover the N96 was to let our review Mark, who is an N95 owner, put it through its paces for a few weeks. So while he is playing with the new N96 and putting together the review I thought I’d share the unboxing video with you:
Nokia N96 Specification:
- Dimensions: 103 x 55 x 18 mm
- Weight: 125g
- Display: 240 x 320 pixels (2.8 inch)
- Network: GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 (Quad-Band) – WCMDA: 900/2100 (Dual-Band)
- Camera: 5 mega-pixels, Digital Zoom, Dual LED Flash
- Music: Supported formats: MP3, AAC, eAAC+ & WMA, FM Stereo Radio (RDS)
- Video: Hi-Resolution VGA Video 30fps Recording
- Messaging: SMS, MMS (with video), E-mail (POP3, SMTP, IMAP4
- Memory: 16GB (internal), microSDHC (external)
- Connectivity: microUSB, Bluetooth (2.0), Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11g)
- Navigation: AGPS, Nokia Maps
- Features: DVB-H Digital TV Receiver, TV Out, Office Document Viewer (Word, Excel)
Mark should have the review for us in about a weeks time.
Posted by: Matt
[Post tag(s): smartphone blog, Pocket PC blog, Windows Mobile blog, Nokia N96, Tracy & Matt]
November 25, 2008
Espoo, Finland – People use mobile devices to share their lives with friends and family and with this in mind, Nokia introduces the Nokia 6260 slide. The phone call is the most obvious way to use the new handset to connect with people, but it will also be used to share photographs and videos, check on a friend’s social network status or be guided to a restaurant to meet up with a loved one. For this, the Nokia 6260 slide features quick access to search engines and points of interest straight from the home screen and the new 360° navi-key allows a great mobile Internet experience.
Uploading images and videos to websites, blogs and social networks is quicker than ever with Nokia’s newest arrival, which features lightning-fast speeds over both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The Nokia 6260 slide comes with the latest 3G technology, with high speed uploads (HSUPA) and downloads (HSDPA), a great camera, music player and web browser with a simple, instantly familiar interface. Combined with the range of Ovi services on offer, Nokia brings a compelling mobile Internet experience to a huge group of consumers.
A 5Mpix Carl Zeiss camera with flash takes fantastic pictures which can be easily shared and uploaded to Share on Ovi or other photo and video sharing websites. In addition to the photo, music and sharing features that come packed in the Nokia 6260 slide, Nokia Maps and the assisted GPS provide a great navigation experience. The Nokia 6260 slide brings GPS into the Series 40 software platform for the first time, really signifying navigation arriving in the mass market.
The Nokia 6260 slide is expected to begin shipping at the beginning of 2009 for an estimated retail price of EUR 299, before taxes and subsidies
Some points regarding the 6260:
- 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens,
- WiFi
- HSDPA/HSUPA
- Nokia’s Ovi service
- Nokia Maps
- AGPS
- Series 40 device
As we get more info on this we will post it.
Posted by: John
Fusion Voicemail Plus is out for the Android G1 for USA users. Michael Manna gives us a step by step overview on how to setup your voicemail and finally keep up with those iPhone users who are enjoying visual voicemail. Great job to the crew at Phone Fusion, now how about introducing Phone Fusion UK, we deserve some of their great services too. Video after the break.
Spb Software created an Spb Mobile Shell-powered touch screen interface for O2 Xda Zest. Designed exclusively for O2’s latest Xda handset, the ‘O2 Menu’ helps to make the device ideal for those subscribers new to the Xda phones. The O2 Menu is carefully fitted to O2’s style and brand, and is integrated with the built-in Opera Mobile, for seamless Internet browsing. The new O2 Xda Zest is expected to encourage the conventional handset users to switch over to the more powerful Xda smartphones. Screenshots after the break.
VITO Technology have released Winterface 1.2 – mobile shell for Windows Mobile devices. Winterface greatly improves the default Windows Mobile interface by making it more customizable, finger-friendly, and functional. Since its release Winterface has proven to be very popular among WM users. Winterface gives Windows Mobile users unlimited freedom to customize. They can place icons to applications, settings, contacts, files, and favorite web sites to access any of them with one tap. Most important icons also show actual information, like number of unread text messages, missed calls, scheduled event, active phone profiles and much more.
Sony Ericsson has just launched the latest panels for its multimedia convergence phone, the Xperia™ X1, teaming up with the popular social networking site Facebook and Microsoft Windows Live. These web-centric panels come in addition to the existing connectivity panel from Dashwire, a site which allows you to sync your phone content to the web and share it to a range of popular social networking sites.
A gold edition of the Motorola A1600 touchscreen phone has just appeared on the Chinese website of Motorola. Designed in the style of the Motorola V8 Luxury edition the A1600 trades the snake for crocodile skin but this doesn’t make it any less tacky.
Motorola Ming A1600
This time Motorola somehow managed to convince the renowned French jeweller and watch maker Cartier to take part. However it seems that the design is mostly done by Motorola with Cartier only providing a business card holder included in the retail package.
We can’t quite get the idea behind all those gold editions that seem to be spawning recently. However we have to admit that among them all the A1600 is probably the most acceptably looking (we will by no means go as far as calling it attractive).
Motorola Ming A1600 Open View
Other than the new shiny colours the Motorola A1600 Gold has no differences from the original model. It still flaunts the 2.4-inch 262K colour QVGA touchscreen display and the signature MING semi-transparent plastic active cover. The handset also runs on the same Linux based OS and has quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support (no 3G as you might have guessed).
The Motorola A1600 also packs a 3 megapixel shooter, a microSD card slot (up to 4GB), stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), a microUSB port, and a stereo FM radio. Its final noteworthy feature is the built-in GPS receiver which allows both real-time GPS navigation and geotagging of the photos taken with the built-in camera.
Motorola A1600 is already available for purchase, costing about 685 euro (865 US dollars).
Posted by: John
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Riding in the wake of the successful Diamond and Touch Pro comes the rather uninspiringly titled S740. It’s not easy to understand why HTC have opted for this configuration however it’s here and it’s very much worth having a look at.
We posted our review of the HTC Touch HD about a week ago. Since then many of you have sent us questions and although we’ve ben covering them through the comments on the review post there are some questions that we thought we’d answer through the video below.
The other question I’ve been asked a lot lately is ‘which device should I buy?’ This is a very difficult question to answer, the device that’s right for you depends on so many factors so I’ve also attempted to cover some of this in the video.
The HTC Touch Pro, Touch HD, Xperia X1 and Touch Diamond
You’ll also find a demo of TomTom 6 and the Gsen application working on the HTC Touch HD.
Hope you enjoy the video and that it helps answer some of your questions. Please do feel free to post further questions below or email me and we’ll try to get them answered for you.
Posted by: Matt
Video and movie playback on your mobile or media device is generally very good thanks to today’s technology. But one thing that has been missing, it’s a cinema like experience!
Well we are now one step closer to it. The Optoma Pico Projector is a small, portable mobile projector that allows you to view media on the big screen, whilst on the move!
Pico Pocket Projector
Simply connect this 115g projector to your iPod or Smartphone and watch movies on a projected display of up to 60". With a battery life of around 1.5 hours what more could this nifty gadget offer. Well it has an in built speaker and a lamp life of a whopping 20,000 hours.
So if you like watching media on the big screen, or need an efficient solution for giving presentations, the Pico Pocket Projector is the solution.
A unique combination of the latest Texas Instruments DLP Pico chipset, an LED light source and Optoma expertise has enabled the creation of a pocket projector that is not only incredibly small and light, but one that produces remarkable image quality.
DLP technology enables an incredible contrast ratio for a pocket projector which, when coupled with the amazing colour reproduction of the LED light source offers images of exceptional quality, details and clarity. The Optoma Pico sets the standard for pocket projector image quality.
Super efficient LED technology enables a remarkable battery life of up to 1.5 hours enabling a full length movie to be viewed on one battery charge.
Head on over to Clove Technology to find out more about the Optoma Pico Projector.
Optoma Pico Pocket Projector specification:
- Projection Type –DLP
- Lamp – LED
- Lamp Life – 20,000 hrs
- Acoustic Noise – Silent
- Contrast Ratio – 1000:1
- Power – Battery Operated
- Recharging – USB
- AV Input – 1 x 2.5mm 4 pole jack socket AV Input combines stereo audio and composite video PAL\NTSC(576i\480)
- Weight – 115g (4oz)
- Dimensions – W50mm D103mm H15mm
- Throw Ratio –1.9
- Proj Distance – Min 0.25 – Max 2.6
- Image Size – 0.15 – 1.5m (6-60")
- Speaker – 1 x 0.5w
- Battery Life – Up to 1.5 hours
- Power Input – Mini USB connectors
Posted by: Matt
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