We told you earlier today about the Nokia N97 now we have a video showing it in action and have to say that this looks like one nice device. The screen looks like very sensitive although its is resistive and the touch looks like a much better implementation than the Nokia 5800. Check out the video after the break along with the official press release specs and pictures.
Live webcast direct from the 14th Nokia World Conference in Barcelona, Spain. Remember to hit CNTL F5 to reload the screen for the latest images
12:00-12:15
”Ovi – Connecting people, places, time and things to bring us closer”
Jussi Nevanlinna, Vice President, Portfolio & Product Management, Services & Software, Nokia12:15-12:25
”Connected Navigation” Michael Halbherr, Vice President Nokia Location Based Services, Nokia12:25-12:35
Joint Q&A
12:45-12:55
”Mobile Messaging for Everyone”
Tom Furlong, Senior Vice President and General Manager Consumer Messaging, Service & Software, Nokia12:55-13:05
”Year one of the N-Gage mobile games service”
Jaakko Kaidesoja, Vice President, Games, Nokia13:05–13:15
”Nokia Music”
Liz Schimel, Global Head of Music, Entertainment & Communities, Nokia
13:40-14:00
”Nokia Research – Bridging to the Mobile Future”
Henry Tirri, Senior Vice President & Head of Nokia Research CenterQ&A
I will bring you as much info as possible during the webcast and on the run up to it but for now all I can tell you is that it expected to be about the N97.
We think this might be it?
Photos form the live conference below
What’s happening just now:
08:25: Seems to something now to do with Nokia Maps – as of today it is changing is what was said
08:28: Nokia to use NavtTeq maps to deliver this new service
08:30: We are now hearing about E-Mail using Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange
08:31: Nokia E71 is biggest selling Nokia QWERTY device
08:32: Nokia messaging combines all mail services including hotmail, google, yahoo and IM clients.
08:37: Lost connection to the webcast but have now got a press kit on the N97
08:40: Assi Vanjoki joined the stage as guest speaker
08:44: We are now seeing the phone being built per requested spec in blueprint form
08:46: Phone will have 64GB memory
08:48: 3.5" Screen 16m Colours
08:49: Touchsceen mobile
08:51: Widget based O/S
08:54: 16:9 Video at 30fps
08:56: Slagging off Google Maps
08:57: QWERTY keyboard and on screen keyboard with size for use.
08:59: Click and flick 35 degree screen
09:00: Finally – The N97 is announced
09:01: 550 Euros to buy
09:01: 1st Half of 2009 for release
09:04: Media Session & Q&A Begins
Posted by: John
Nokia World 2008 is taking place this week in Barcelona, Spain and the event kicked off with the keynote announcing the Nokia N97 multimedia computer. The Nokia N97 brings a QWERTY keyboard and touch screen to the Nseries or you could say it brings a phone and S60 to the Nokia Internet Tablet. The Nokia promotional materials state, “Desktop.Laptop.Pocket” as they bring you a device with a 3.5 inch touch screen display (640×360 pixels resolution) that slides up and at an angle (similar to the AT&T Tilt) to reveal a full 3-row QWERTY keyboard and directional pad. More details after the break.
Mobility Today have taken a video look at the Mophie JuicePack which provides extra charge for your iPhone when you are away from a power point, it delivers a nice all in one enclosure too. The JuicePack does have a shortfall for those who want the ultra protection since the entire top of the phone is exposed. If you are in the market for a third party power option the JuicePack is definitely one to consider, you can see the video after the break.
If you like to take your gadgets with you everywhere even in the bath then check out T4 Shows latest video review of the Proporta BeachBuoy waterproof case. To test this to the limit Michael takes it into his hot tub and submerges his own iPhone 3G. See the video after the break, definitely one for the ladies this one.
The team at Devicewire.com have just given us some great news based on an eMail from ALK/CoPilot :
The current version of CoPilot that you are stocking actually supports the Touch HD rather well, and we are simply working on an enhanced version that will improve screen resolution and also operate in landscape mode. In terms of updates, ALK will eventually post the new Touch HD version for existing customers to download when it becomes available.
So if you want a copy of ALK Copilot 7 for your Touch HD then click here for the European version and here for the UK & Ireland version
Posted by: John
If your a fan of Twitter like us here at MTA then you should check out WindowsMobile Cool’s round up of Twitter applications for Windows Mobile. They have posted a brief description of their top 5 applications with links to each one to try out. You can read the full article here and if you have any others to suggestions, let us know.
O2 today launches the UK’s leading priced mobile broadband Pay & Go service as it continues to re-instate consumer confidence in mobile broadband. By launching its USB modem at £29.99, O2 is following up its commitment to offer its customers great products with clear pricing and no strings attached. Pay & Go mobile broadband customers will also benefit from O2’s new coverage checker and 50-day Happiness Guarantee. Since these new customer-focused measures were launched in November, O2 has seen a considerable drop in the number of returned USB modems, showing that simple, honest advice has led to consumers being better informed at the time of purchase.
Orange has achieved the number one position in customer experience in the mobile broadband market according to an in-depth report commissioned by independent research and consulting organisation, YouGov. The report highlights that Orange has bolstered its customer satisfaction ratings, winning customers over with its outstanding network performance. Specific emphasis is placed on Orange network reliability at any point during the day or night, its network coverage reach, and its ability to deliver a continuous mobile broadband connection. After the announcement laid out by Tom Alexander, Orange is also identified as being the most improved network operator currently in the market.
Since the BBC launched the iPlayer for the N96 I knew it wouldn’t be too long until it would be available for other phones. However I can’t wait, so spent today looking for methods in getting my X1 to stream the shows.
I managed to extract the RTSP stream of Buzzcocks and successfully got that working on my phone. My next step was to find a way that didn’t involve me using my PC opening a collection of random XML files in order, to then email a link to my phone.
Several hours of coding and I managed to strip out the opening the files on the PC to a simple web script, however I still needed the 8 letter/number code for the episode to be parsed to the page.
Then when looking at the BBC source I noticed something. They now support the Samsung I900 a Windows Mobile device.
The method for checking if your phone is a Samsung, a simple User-Agent check.
Knowing how to modify the User-Agent in Opera on my X1 I placed the code need to pass the check and BINGO my phone now loads the BBC page and plays the shows.
These are the steps for an X1i Vodafone UK Branded
Run Opera
In the address bar enter opera:config (no http://)
Scroll down to User Prefs and click
Scroll down to Custom User-Agent and at the end of the pre-filled text add sgh-i900
Scroll down some more and press Save. You will get a prompt which suggests you may need to reset the phone, but for this you don’t.
Now point your browser to http://www.bbc.co.uk/mobile/iplayer/ and enjoy.
If on your phone the Custom User-Agent is blank, try visiting something like whatsmyuseragent.com copying the User-Agent which your phone is currently displaying and then add sgh-i900 to the end.
WARNING: Please only use whilst on WIFI. I accept no responsibility for you running up HUGE bills due to large data downloads. Even if you have an “unlimited” add-on, check with your network for their Fair Usage (Vodafone’s is 500mb) as you can quickly exceed it watching TV on your mobile!
The quality isn’t exactly great on a WVGA screen as it’s been built for the Nokia N96. According to beebhack these are the specs.
Access Method: RTSP streaming
Video Codec: H.264
Video Resolution: 320 x 176
Video Bitrate: 128 kbps
Audio Codec: AAC
Audio Bitrate: 64 kbps
Overall Bitrate: 192 kbps
ps if you get a BBC 502 error, don’t worry. Looks like they are playing about with the site themselves. Just try again later.
Story & text courtesy of: http://blog.artesea.co.uk
Posted by: John
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