Samsung has launched their latest S60 Symbian phone in London yesterday. Today and tomorrow the phone is being showcased at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London. Drop buy if you’re in the neighborhood.

The I7110 will get you HSDPA and WiFi support, a 2.6 AMOLED screen, geo-tagging and navigation capabilities, GPS with voice, a 5 megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash and advanced video recording. The phone will be available in various markets this November. Stay tuned for more information about pricing as we don’t have any of that for you right now.

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So… A Nokia touchscreen phone! Where do I sign up for it? Who do I have to sleep with to get one? I had my share of Nokia phones and they have always turned out to be very dependable devices. The Nokia Tube might be is Nokia’s touchscreen idea and it’s rumored to arrive on October 2nd in London.

I am sure it will be a very successful phone although it might be overshadowed by the G1 released yesterday and the expected BlackBerry Storm. The photo above looks like a press photo, but there’s no press release filled with hot details to confirm the Nokia Tube.

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If Sony Ericsson is considering changing the Windows Mobile OS which it is currently using for their upcoming Xperia X1, that must mean only one thing: Sony Ericsson won’t split up just yet and they will continue to create smarter phones. (more…)

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Nokia has been awfully silent lately, at least for me. Luckily I just came across a concept phone which might represent the future of the N-Series. I don’t think there are any numbers left so this N smartphone is referred to as the N-XT.

The phone has been designed by Chris from Symbian Freak, is a public concept which Nokia could pick up if they wanted to.

From the picture above we can see immediately the main characteristic of the N-XT. It will have a display which will both slide and swivel. And here are the rest of the imagined features:

• 4.1 inch full-touch display with a Wide-VGA resolution of 480 x 800 pixels and 16 million colors
• Symbian S60 5th Edition Touch interface
• 8-way D-pad
• quad-band WCDMA connectivity
• 8 MP camera with Carl Zeiss lens, optical zoom, auto focus, face detection, xenon flash & dual-LED flash and video recording (WVGA at 30fps)
• Dedicated graphics processor unit (GPU)
• Accelerometer
• A-GPS and compass
• Built-in DLP 720p projector
• Wi-Fi and Bluetooth
• Audio & Video players
• FM radio and FM transmitter
• 3.5mm audio jack
• 24GB of internal memory plus microSDHC support
• 1,800 mAh battery.

OK then, it looks good on paper. Would you like one? Would anyone care to imagine a price for it? Please keep it under $2,000 please!

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Isn’t this some good news? RIM surpasses Windows Mobile in market share for the second quarter of the year. RIM comes second after Symbian which dropped significantly from the same time last year. Amazingly Windows Mobile lost the second position although they have about the same market share they did last year.

BlackBerry is up to 17.4% from last year’s 8.9%. They have almost doubled their market share in a year. Apple went from 1% to almost 3% during the same period. The biggest looser seems to be Symbian which has lost about 10% from 65.6% to 57.1%.

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We’re constantly checking on Nokia to see when they’re finally going to release their fist touchscreen phone. Usual rumors say the 5800 Tube will be ready by the end of the year but it looks like we might have an earlier UK release. October 8th is the date people say the Nokia Tube will come out for the public.

Besides the introduction of the touchscreen, this device will be the first to run on Symbian S60 5th Edition. Is Nokia going to have it done in exactly one month from today?

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Hot on the heels of the 8-megapixel behemoth called the Innov8 comes yet another S60-powered device from Samsung, the i7110. Although not officially confirmed yet, from what we can glean from the picture, the i7110 seems to be a handsome-looking handset in a candybar form factor. As for the specs, all we know is that the device plays home to a 5-megapixel camera, runs on Symbian S60 operating system, supports microSD expansion, and might feature 3G/HSDPA support going by the front-mounted camera in the picture. The release may be set for as close as this autumn, so we wouldn’t be surprised if Samsung was prepping an official announcement already.

Tags: Cell Phones, i7110, s60, Samsung, symbian

Here’s a rather displeasing rumor following Steve’s Ballmer’s wet dream of developing a Zune Phone. Some sources claim that Nokia will carry Zune content. Why in the world would anything like that happen? Nokia is the leader of cell phone manufacturers across the world. They have a well established market share that’s growing each quarter. They have their own Symbian OS which not only will improve in the future but it’s also rumored to merge with Google’s Android.
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Word around the street is that Google’s Android and Nokia’s Symbian are going to merge. Merge into what may I ask? Why would Nokia, kings of the cell phones business so far, operating handsets on their own Symbian OS which is going open by the way, want to mingle with Google’s Android, an OS we have talked much about without actually getting nothing good in return. There are millions of Symbian devices working out there while there’s a maybe Android phone or device for later this year.
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Well Nokia doesn’t seem to waste any time does it? After fully purchasing the Symbian platform and announcing it will be an open platform, it was rumored that Nokia will release their first touchscreen phone for the general public. That means it won’t be a high end smartphone but an affordable mid ranged handset. The device is supposed to hit the stores by the end of the year.
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We’ve seen Opera 9.5 and Mozilla 3 roll out in the past month. We were really expecting for the mobile versions of these two great browsers. While Fennec from Mozilla will be available somewhere in September, Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta will be launched on July 15th. Simply go to the official site, download it and try it on your mobile.
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That’s right you heard me right, Nokia is finally buying Symbian out. It was something bound to happen. One of the top seller of regular and smart cell phones will completely own Symbian. And there’s a twist to this transaction too. Nokia is going to go open source on Symbian software.

The remaining 52% of Symbian will go down for about $410 million. Not too bad Nokia, not to bad! And now the fun part follows. After the transaction will be complete, Nokia, joined by none others than Sony Ericsson, Motorola and Japanese NTT DoCoMo will start a Coalition of the Willing-like foundation which will turn the software into a free, open source resource. The three different Symbian versions will be combined into one larger open platform.

According to Nokia, AT&T, LG Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments Inc. and Vodafone Group PLC are also interested in joining. And probably more carriers and cell phone manufacturers will follow.

All in all this is a good and, I would say expected move from Nokia. With competition closing in on mobile OS, open sourcing Symbian seems like the smart thing to do. Good thing for them Android is taking too damn long to come out. Windows Mobile is however, a worthy adversary, and with LiMo’s Linux intentions we could witness a mobile OS revolution.

via AP

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Hmm…Why am I not excited? Other than being a bit more pudgy, the Nokia 7310 Classic is pretty much the 6300 Classic candybar with a different name tag. It runs on Symbian S40, has a 2-megapixel camera, and holds a 2-inch 262k color display. Nothing as flashy as WiFi but you do get Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP and USB. It is good to see that more and more cell phones are adopting a 3.5mm headphone jack, which can be found on the 7310 Classic too.

With a rumored $260 price tag when it becomes available, somewhat equal to that of the 6300 when it came out, we will have to wait and see if it enjoys the same success as the latter.
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Remember the Nokia 6210 Navigator? Yes, the very same phone with integrated GPS. It’s officially approved by the FCC, so it’s well on its way to the target release date of sometime in Q3 2008. A full-featured smartphone running Symbian OS, the 6210 Navigator is equipped with a 3.2 megapixel camera, as well as a secondary camera on the front for video conferencing.

The phone offers connectivity via a micro USB connector, and takes in microSD memory cards for additional memory. The nice part is the included self-mount car kit for this device - something amiss with the N95 and other GPS phones. It also supports Assisted GPS, and comes with on-board MP3 player and FM receiver.

Priced at US $430, check out the Nokia 6210 Navigator.

Source: FCC

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The Nokia N95 8GB has re-appeared at the FCC. This appears to be a minor update to the hugely popular smartphone. While the FCC documents filed by Nokia are cryptic at best, we managed to find some photographs of a battered N95. While the associated user manual does not have any information on what update the N95 has undergone, you can still go through it if you’ve misplaced your copy.

The Nokia N95 8GB costs US $779, and currently seems to be out of stock.

Source: FCC

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I was wondering when this would happen, but well, it happened today. Nokia will support Microsoft’s Silverlight platform (a competitor to Adobe’s Flash technology) with a view to deliver rich web applications on the S60 (Symbian OS) series of devices.

You may already know that Flash is available for S60 in the form of Flash Lite, but now Microsoft is aiming for a piece of the pie. Lee Williams, Senior VP for Nokia’s Devices software org claimed “Nokia aims to support market leading and content rich internet application environments and to embrace and encourage open innovation. By working with Microsoft, we are creating terrific opportunities and additional choices for the development community, S60 licensees and the industry as a whole.”

Like Flash, Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in and is used on such websites as NBA.com and NBC Universal. With a mobile phone, the reach will be much higher. For a demo, check out the MIX08 conference on March 5 in Las Vegas. Developers can get their hands on Silverlight for S60 later this year.

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S60 phones can now enjoy one-step Google search on their cell phones! Google has released the Symbian S60 integrated Google search. With this application, a Google search box is placed on the phone’s idle screen. Just input your query, hit search, and you’re taken to the results page in a jiffy. Of course, if you don’t want a Google search back plastered on your screen, you can also access the search function via the usual application launcher. This application could only be enabled in handsets with the Ctrl/pencil/edit key and would be initially available to the newly unveiled Nokia phones during the MWC: Nokia 6220 classic, Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia N78, and Nokia N96. Its service, however, will be extended to other handsets in the future.

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It’s been widespread in various blogs around the sphere: Nokia is prepping the new Symbian technology to give Steve a run for his money. The technology called the Symbian S60 Touch software is Nokia’s hope into dethroning the Jesus phone. According to rumors, the software features fully customizable themes and wallpapers, social networking, and full web browsing like that in the iPhone. Speculations abound that the Symbian S60 Touch software will be showcased in next week’s Mobile World Congress. We can’t wait!

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Check out the Sony Ericsson P1i, the thinner version of the P990i. Now, the P1i has all the goodies you would want on a smartphone, including HSDPA support and 802.11g WiFi. If you look at it, it could be a great little competitor to the Nokia N95 except for the lack of GPS functionality.

At 17mm thin, the P1i is a smaller brick compared to the 25mm P990i. Also, the P1i supports MemoryStick Micro (M2) - a 1GB card is bundled with the device. The P1i supports QVGA resolution, offering 262k colors. There’s also a 3.2 megapixel camera (with 3x digital zoom) on board the P1i. Compatible with GSM 900/1800/1900MHz networks, the phone weighs in at 124 grams. Entertainment options on the P1i are plenty, including 3D games, video streaming and radio. It supports the Bluetooth A2DP (advanced audio distribution profile) for wireless stereo music.

Being based on the Symbian operating system, consumers can take advantage of tons of third party applications available in the market. Bundled apps include McAfee Firewall Mobile and McAfee VirusScan. SE claims up to 10 hours of talk time and 440 hours of standby on this device.

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