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iPhone developers has something to look forward this coming March 17th as a preview of the iPhone OS 3.0 will be unveiled. A brand new version of the SDK, Apple will be showing an advanced preview of the build.
Source: Engadget
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic is one of the music handsets announced by Nokia recently and is the first Nokia music centric handset to include a QWERTY keyboard as well as dedicated gaming keys.
The S60 smartphone specs include a 2.4 inch 240 x 320 pixel (QVGA) screen that displays up to 16 million colors, 3D engine and backlighting and ambient light sensor, a 3.2 megapixel camera with Carl Zeis lens as well as a 2nd front VGA camera, 3.5 mm audio connector, 100MB internal memory, 8GB MicroSD memory card and support for 16GB, WLAN 802.11 b/g and HSDPA 3.6 enabled, and bluetooth 2.0. The phone dimensions are 112 x 51/80 x 15.4 mm and weighs 135g.
The Nokia 5730 XpressMusic will come in four different colours - Black/Red, Black/Monochrome, Grey/Blue and Black/Pink. It will be priced at 280 Euro approximately USD before tax and subsidy. 1 more pic of the Nokia 5730 XpressMusic after the jump.
The Nokia 5030 XpressRadio is one of the handsets unveiled by Nokia recently which is Nokia’s debut offering with an internal FM radio antenna. A simple and economical phone, it comes in two colors - red and graphite.
Specs of the Nokia 5030 XpressRadio includes a 1.8 inch 128 x 160 pixels (TFT) screen that displays up to 65k colors, dedicated FM radio and channel selection keys, 2.5mm audio socket, MP3 grade ringtones, SMS storage up to 250 messages, GSM talktime of 10hrs 15 mins and FM radio plaback of 24 hrs. Dimensions of the phone are 107.7 x 44.6 x 14.55 mm and weighs 82g.
The Nokia 5030 XpressRadio will be available in the second quarter of 2009 for a price of 40 Euros or approximately 52 USD. Check out 2 more pics of the Nokia 5030 XpressRadio after the jump.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is one of the music centric handsets unveiled by Nokia recently which comes with an edgy top sliced designed. One of its cool feature is the illumination effect where the keypad will light up according to your mood and the music that you are listening to.
The music phone will hook up seamlessly to the Nokia Music store which is to rival Apple’s iTunes store. Users would be able to download as they want within a 12 or 18 month period.
The Nokia 5330 XpressMusic is a slider phone and the specs includes a 2.4 inch 240 x 320 QVGA display up to 16 million colours with True Colour TFT, 3.2 megapixel camera, internal memory of 32 MB and includes 64MB flash memory, microSD expansion slot up to 2GB, triband UMTS without HSDPA, GPS with Nokia maps, 3.5mm audio socket, GSM up to 7hrs and 45 mins, WCDMA up to 5 hrs. Dimensions of the phone are 101.2 x 48.5 x 14.05 mm and weighs 113 g.
The Nokia 5330 will be avalaible in the third quarter of 2009 at the price of 160 Euros or approximately 206 USD before tax and subsidies.
Source: Nokia
If you have an iPhone and in need to edit or enhance your photos, check out Dvice’s assessment of the 10 best iPhone apps that do Photoshop tricks. The apps include Color Splash ($1.99), Camera Bag ($2.99), TiltShift ($2.99), Oil Canvas (Free), Photo fx ($2.99), Magic Touch ($0.99), Stachetastic ($0.99), FAIL Maker (Free), Pano ($2.99) and PhotoKeys Photoshop Remote($3.99).
Source: Dvice
Sony Ericsson is releasing a Cosmopolitan Flower edition of the W595 phone targetted for the ladies. White in color with red flower patterns, it also comes with a ‘flower power’ theme along with five full songs preloaded.
Sony Ericsson W595 Cosmopolitan Flower Edition will be available in selected countries of Western Europe from March 2009 and its a pity Valentine’s Day is over since it would make such a perfect gift for that occasion.
Check out 2 more pics of the limited edition of Sony Ericsson W595 Cosmopolitan Flower Edition after the jump.
Windows Mobile 6.5 was announced at the Mobile World Congress recently and promises to be a big step forward in usability over the current 6.1. At a conference call, Steve Ballmer spoke about Windows Mobile as one of its 7 core businesses.
Windows Mobile 7 according to Steve Ballmer will be coming out next year as Microsoft ramps up on the mobile operating system which some 2,000 dedicated employees are working on it with nearly a billion dollars in yearly operating expenses. Somewhat unprofitable, Microsoft hopes to turn the tables around with the new OS as they face stiff competition with Android and Apple as they take up the momentum in the market share.
Source: VM Poweruser
The LG GD900 was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month which sports a transparent keyboard that might prove popular among the fashion conscious.The world’s first transparent design, the keypad illuminates a cool glow when the GD900 is slided open. The keypad will even glow in the dark and probably a thin transparent membrane is applied on top to register the key when it is pressed.
The features of the LG GD900 is still being kept under wrap but is scheduled to be released in the second quarter of 2009. We will taking a close watch on this fashionable accessory.
Check out the LG GD900 at the Mobile World Congress with 1 videoclip after the jump.
Telus, Canada’s national telecommunications company will be offering the BlackBerry Pearl Flop 8230 soon as the phone appears to be ‘coming soon’ on Telus website. It is rumored to be priced at around $100 on a 3 year contract. Canadian wireless provider Bell was the first carrier in the world to offer the BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8230.
Specs of the phone include GPS sensors, 2 megapixel camera, video recording functionality, Bluetooth, 128MB built in memory with expansion through microSDHC cards. It will be available in the standard black or pink colors.
Source: Engadget Mobile
Net Applications, a research firm takes a look at the web market share for mobile browsing for cellphones in February and showed that the iPhone operating system is trouncing its competitors with a 66.6% share. Java ME came in second with 9.06%, Windows Mobile third with 6.91% while Android and Symbian settles for a 6.15%.
iPhone is literally without competition in the smartphone traffic in the US, however it was noted that the achievements of Android and BlackBerry was praise worthy since they were only available at a later date and Android even manage to tie in with Symbian.
Source: Hits Link
