Friday 08 February 2008

Android-based ARM handset to debut at Mobile World Congress?    [ 08-02-2008 17:53 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: Reuters     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

According to Reuters, ARM will showcase a mobile phone prototype running the Google Android platform. We don’t know what it will really be, plus nobody has seen a working model, and, the manufactures that will supply the parts of the phone, are still unknown. Remember that the commercial distribution of Android products was scheduled for the second half of 2008 with at least T-Mobile and HTC planning to ship Android-handsets this year. According to Strategy Analytics, the market share of such products will reach 2% in 2008.

Google and ARM have declined to comment whether they would really show an Android-device at Mobile World Congress, says Reuters.

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Nokia N96 images and specs leaked    [ 08-02-2008 17:37 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: IntoMobile     Translation by: Rytchkova Anja     

Thanks to a possible mistake of web-masters some info on the Finnish giant's new N96 smartphone leaked from his German site. The product's dedicated page was posted at the site and then removed, however lots of Internet sources managed to grab all pieces of info they only could find. Reportedly, Nokia N96 specs resemble those of the N95. However it comes with larger storage (16GB) and Flash Lite 3 support. Curiously, the new N96 is more of the Nokia N81 in terms of design, being a glossy all-black slider, plus it has grown length- and width-wise, yet dropped some millimeters off its girth, as compared with the predecessor.

According to IntoMobile, Nokia's German page had the following specs of the N96 posted :

• Networks - GSM/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900 MHz and UMTS/HSDPA 850/2100 MHz
• Symbian S60 3rd Edition FP 2
• Display – 2.8” QVGA, 16M colors
• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• AGPS
• DVB-H Class C
• Camera - 5-megapixel, Carl Zeiss lens, video capture at VGA 30 fps (double LED flash at video shooting)
• Memory - 16 GB
• microSD-slot
• 3.5-mm jack
• microUSB port
• Battery - 950 mAh
• Dimensions – 103x55x18 mm
• Weight - 125 g

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Samsung's 2008 flagship phone has Soul    [ 08-02-2008 16:59 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: Akihabara news     Translation by: Administrator     

Today, mobile phone giant Samsung announced its 2008 flagship device – Soul, an abbreviation of The Spirit of Ultra, is part of the slim Ultra series of handsets, combining features and style in one sleek, compact package. The Soul will debut next week, at the Mobile World Congress, to be held in Barcelona, Spain. Samsung are set to heavily push the Soul, with a big advertising campaign. The Soul is schedule to be launched in European countries, sometime in April.

The Soul is set to offer different sets of Graphical User Interfaces, with up to three different options for users. Thanks to the Soul's Thematic User Interface, users can change it, in accordance to their own, personal taste. Users can also make their own skins for the Soul, with the on-board User Created Skin application. 

Much like the rest of Samsung's Ultra Series, the Soul is encased in a slim, full metlic body. Also, the same is true of the handsets thinness, continuing the thin trend, at a petite 12.9mm thin. One of the centerpieces of the U900 is its Magical Touch DaCP pad which changes its navigation indicators on the phone change according to the user’s needs. Below is the Soul's feature set:

• Connectivity: quad band GSM/HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Display: 2.2" 16M color QVGA TFT
• Camera: 5 mpxwith autofocus, 4x digital zoom, face recognition, image stabilizer and WDR optimizer, power LED
  
• FM Radio with RDS
• Google mail
• 15 hours of music playback
• Bluetooth 2.0/USB 2.0
• ICE Power digital power amp by B&O
• microSD memory card slot
• Dimensions: 105.9x49.5x12.9 mm

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Microsoft wants to create Windows Mobile-powered device with Nokia    [ 08-02-2008 16:34 ]

Author: Irina Turina   Source: iTWire     Translation by: Administrator     

Today, Microsoft's Mobile Communications Business International Marketing Director, John Starkweather alleged that Microsoft are in talks with Nokia, in regards to creating WM-powered devices, but, obviously, at the current stage, he could not promise if any agreement would be met.

"They obviously have significant investments in Symbian but there are a lot of places where we have significant synergies and we would love to see the day where those synergies would extend completely with Windows Mobile. We work closely with Nokia and we would love to have them go all the way. It's something we talk about all the time" he told IT Wire.

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