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May
29
2010

Video: Nokia N8 Overview – Part 1 of 3

| May 29, 2010 17:24 UTC | 0 comments | source

Check out this overview video that Nokia has put together. In this first video (out of three) you’ll find Chris Bennetts, Senior Project Manager at Nokia, showing you the homescreen, customization, multitasking, onscreen keyboard, email and messaging, internet browsing and navigation.

Nokia Conversations Blog:

We’ve seen the sample video and the sample photos of the feature-packed Nokia N8, now Nokia has released a trio of comprehensive videos showcasing the handset’s myriad talents. In this first video Chris Bennetts, Senior Project Manager at Nokia talks through the Nokia N8’s homescreen, demonstrating the customisable abilities of the handset, true multitasking that makes running multiple apps a breeze, the lighting-fast onscreen keyboard, email and messaging, internet and browser capabilities and finally maps and navigation. Join us after the jump for a full walkthrough of the new Nokia N8. Once you’re done let us know what you think in the comments section below. Stay tuned for episode two and three coming up next week.

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| May 29, 2010 17:24 UTC | Comments: | source
May
28
2010

HTC HD Mini Updated

| May 28, 2010 19:26 UTC | 6 comments |

The HTC HD Mini today received a minor update. The update, RUU_PHO3100_20100519.exe, improves ringtone sound quality.’

Update for HTC HD Mini Ringtone clarity enhancement

Release Date: 2010-05-28

This update improves the ringtone sound quality.

Read More and Download Instructions: HTC HD Mini Update

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| May 28, 2010 19:26 UTC | Comments: |
May
28
2010

New Nokia Messaging Beta for IM Now Available for Touch-based Devices

| May 28, 2010 12:21 UTC | 0 comments |

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uTSxIWOSzI

Nokia just released a new beta of the Nokia Messaging for IM.

Nokia Messaging for IM offers a desktop-like IM experience on your Nokia device.  You can stay in contact with your friends across multiple communities at the same time, easily switch between them and customize your status by community.  Highlights include:

  • Chat with your friends on the Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo!® Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi communities.
  • (new!) Easily change your custom status, avatar (picture) and switch between conversations and communities with just a few taps on touch-based devices.
  • (new!) Preview new messages in the Chat home screen widget.  When signed in to multiple communities, the widget will cycle between them.  You can also change your presence within the widget itself.
  • See your friends’ avatars and set your own using the camera or an image from your gallery (for Windows Live Messenger (new!), Gtalk (new!) and Ovi communities).

The new touch-based beta client is available for the Nokia N97 mini and Nokia 97.  It has not completed a full testing cycle on the Nokia 5800 and Nokia X6 but has passed the early tests – so give it a try.

Read More and Download instructions: Nokia Beta Labs

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| May 28, 2010 12:21 UTC | Comments: |
May
28
2010

Nokia N900 has Sold Below 100,000 Units

| May 28, 2010 12:02 UTC | 0 comments | source

Gartner today said that they estimate Nokia to have sold below 100,000 units of the Nokia N900 since its launch five months ago. Nokia’s previous top selling phone has been the N95, that was released in 2006.

Nokia sold below 50,000 N900s in January-March, while the iPhone has sold 8.75 million units during the same time.

A take from Reuters article:

The sales of less than 100,000 N900s compares with sales of 8.75 million iPhones in January-March alone.

The N900, which went on sale last November, is Nokia’s first phone running the Linux Maemo operating system, which analysts see as a key for Nokia to regain ground in the coming years.

In February this year Nokia unveiled a plan to merge Maemo with Intel’s Moblin operating system.

Nokia sold 50,000 N900s in the last quarter of 2009, and quarterly sales fell in January-March, Gartner statistics showed. Gartner does not track phone sales per model, but as the N900 is the only phone using Maemo, the statistics for operating systems show sales for the model.

Read More: Reuters

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| May 28, 2010 12:02 UTC | Comments: | source
May
28
2010

iPhone OS Outnumbers Android OS by 3.5 to 1

| May 28, 2010 10:48 UTC | 0 comments | source

Admob released the new statistics for April 2010, and it shows that the iPhone OS outnumbers Android OS by 3.5 to 1 on a worldwide basis.

Highlights of AdMob Mobile Metrics for April 2010.

  • The majority of unique iPhone OS devices were located in North America (49%) and Western Europe (28%). The top five countries with the most unique iPhone OS devices in April 2010 were the United States (44%), United Kingdom (9%), France (6%), Canada (5%) and Japan (4%).
  • 75% of unique Android devices were located in North America in April 2010, followed by Asia (12%) and Western Europe (11%). The United States had the most unique Android OS devices (75%), followed by China (8%), the UK (3%), France (2%) and Germany (2%).
  • In the US there was a 2 to 1 ratio of iPhone OS devices to Android OS devices. Worldwide the ratio of iPhone OS devices to Android devices was 3.5 to 1.
  • In AdMob’s network there were 8.7 million unique Android OS devices and 10.7 million unique iPhones in the United States in April 2010. When non-phone devices running the iPhone OS – the iPod touch and iPad – are included the number of unique devices jumps to 18.3 million in the US.
  • In AdMob’s network there were 11.6 million unique Android OS devices and 27.4 million unique iPhones worldwide in April 2010. When non-phone devices running the iPhone OS – the iPod touch and iPad – are included the number of unique devices jumps to 40.8 million worldwide.
  • 2 new Android devices, the Sony Ericsson X10i and HTC Desire, entered the top 10 smartphones in the United Kingdom in April 2010.
  • AdMob overall worldwide traffic for April 2010 increased 8% month over month to 18.0 billion.
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May
28
2010

Microsoft Expects to Sell 30 Million Windows Phone 7 Devices Through 2011

| May 28, 2010 10:17 UTC | 0 comments | source

Microsoft sure is aiming high with their Windows Phone 7 OS, that is if you believe expected sales numbers during year 2011.

Microsoft yesterday told at the ReMIX event in France that they will sell 30 million WP7 units before the end of 2011. By comparison, Apple has sold 51+ million iPhones in three years. But, Apple’s strategy is a little bit different when they only target one device at a time, and Microsoft again will fight this with a full front battle with many devices.

Guess they could do this, and I will be one of those 30 million buyers :)

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| May 28, 2010 10:17 UTC | Comments: | source
May
27
2010

My Thoughts on Windows Phone 7

| May 27, 2010 23:18 UTC | 0 comments |

As some of you might know, I today attended a Windows Phone 7 Developer Hub in Helsinki, Finland. Since this was an all-day event, I haven’t posted that many articles today.

It’s hard to describe how I feel about the coming Windows Phone 7 in any other word(s) than “Amazing!”. It will have it’s faults in the beginning, but what I saw and heard today was really convincing. I also played around with the Asus WP7 prototype, and it immediately felt good and sort of easy to use.

Have you noticed that almost every big web-service around us is actually quite simple, and the layout is clean? Google Search, Bing Search, Twitter, Youtube, MySpace, just to name a few of them, are all following this ‘simple and functional’ way of thinking. In my opinion, WP7 will be the first mobile OS to join this same simplicity and functionality. Now when I look at my iPhone for instance, I see a bunch of colorful icons that actually don’t blend in with the layout, they don’t seem to belong together. With WP7 all the extra eye-candy will be taken away, but still you can call the OS graphical. Bear in mind that the 3rd party developers still can make their applications and games look the way they want. Developers can make their extra-graphical applications if they want, there is no restriction on that.

I hope to hear a lot more of WP7 in the future, and for the time being it is definitely the next mobile OS of my choice. This of course could be changed during the coming announcements that we will see during the next few months.

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| May 27, 2010 23:18 UTC | Comments: |
May
27
2010

Steve Ballmer is not Going to Attend WWDC 2010

| May 27, 2010 21:59 UTC | 0 comments | source

Well this one didn’t comes as a shocker, but Microsoft just confirmed via their official Twitter account that Steve Ballmer will not attend WWDC  2010.

The rumor that started earlier today told that Steve Ballmer would announce Mac/iPad/iPhone development support in Visual Studio 2010. Good idea, but now when you think about it’s quite insane.

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| May 27, 2010 21:59 UTC | Comments: | source
May
27
2010

Steve Ballmer to Present at WWDC 2010?

| May 27, 2010 08:23 UTC | 0 comments | source

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will eat up 7 minutes of Steve Jobs’ keynote at WWDC 2010. According to an analyst with Global Equities Research, Steve Jobs will talk about Visual Studio 2010, and a possible ability to develop iPhone/iPad/Mac applications on a PC.

According to Trip Chowdhry, an analyst with tiny Global Equities Research, 7 minutes of Steve Jobs’ keynote is allotted for Microsoft. Microsoft will reportedly be talking about their development tool Visual Studio 2010. The new version of Visual Studio will reportedly allow developers to write native applications for the iPhone, iPad and Mac OS.

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| May 27, 2010 08:23 UTC | Comments: | source
May
26
2010

Windows Phone 7 Gaming – Twin Blades

| May 26, 2010 21:19 UTC | 0 comments | source

Cool gaming demo on a Samsung prototype running Windows Phone 7. Shows the kind of power you’ll get on Windows Phone 7 and its requirements. The phone is basically a modded Omnia HD, with a Snapdragon processor and Windows Phone 7.

According to the story on WMPoweruser, it took one employee two weeks to convert the Xbox Live! game into a Windows Phone 7 game. 90% of the code is identical.

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| May 26, 2010 21:19 UTC | Comments: | source
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