Rhianna’s concert recorded with a Nokia N8. Pretty good spot the guy/gal got :)
I’m amazed on the quality that phone can achieve in dark scenes! Please keep in mind that the firmware this is filmed on isn’t final, and the quality will be even better on the final release.
A PR video of the Nokia E73 Mode that was announced yesterday.
Basically the E73 Mode is ‘just’ a E72 with a facelift for T-Mobile US. The device will be available on June 16th.
Three days ago I posted a video called iPad Magic, now we have a video much like this one, but running on the Windows Phone 7 emulator. Maybe not as cool as the iPad version, but still a nice video.
Here is a screenshot of what HDBlog.it claims to be a dialer from a coming MeeGo release. As you might know, MeeGo is the outcome of what Nokia and Intel thinks Linux should look and function like on almost any device. Eventually we’ll see MeeGo on computers, airplanes, phones, cars, tablets and almost anything you can think of that has an internet connection.
MeeGo 1.0 was released a while ago. We will see better support for phones and touch screens in the coming 1.1 release, that is set to be released some time in October.
HTC released the long awaited Android 2.1 update for their Hero (GSM version). The update is currently available in Taiwan, the home country of HTC. No word if this update will also be available in Europe, but there shouldn’t be a problem with this since they use the same GSM bands in Taiwan and Europe, so the device should also be same. This of course isn’t the case with carrier customized Hero’s, owners of them still need to wait until the carrier of choice decides to update your Hero.
If you can’t wait for the update to arrive, you should give VillainROM a try.
Update: The version of your Hero after the update should be 3.31.751.1.
Tweakers.net attended a Windows Phone Developer event in Maarssen, The Netherlands, and got an interesting bit of information regarding the developer privileges on Windows Phone 7.
As you might know, Marketplace will be the only way to distribute applications (.xap files) on Windows Phone 7. Every application needs to be approved and signed by Microsoft before entering the Marketplace. According to tweakers.net, developers will be able to authorize up to five phones for developing needs. Developer phones will be able to run unsigned applications, and be able to side-load unsigned applications on the phone. Actually, now when I think about it, how could developers be able to test their software on actual hardware if it wasn’t like this?
The developer license will cost you 100€. With one license you will be able to submit 5 applications to the Marketplace a year. Students will be able to submit applications to the Marketplace free of charge (via DreamSpark).
Windows Phone 7 is set to be launched late Q3 or early Q4, so it isn’t that long before we see a final WP7 phone out in the wild.
T-Mobile US brings the Nokia E73 Mode to its list of phone with a contract. You’ll be able to get this phone for $69.99 with a 2-year contract. The Nokia E73 Mode is basically a Nokia E72 with a facelift for T-Mobile.
The Nokia E73 Mode is a Symbian S60 device with a full QWERTY-keyboard and a 2.4″ QVGA screen. A 5MP camera with flash and autofocus will take care of your photo needs. Other features include WiFi, HSDPA (10.2Mbps) and A-GPS with free turn-by-turn navigation.
Read More: Nokia USA (link not working during the time of posting)
Full Press Release after the break.
Eldar Murtazin, mobile god and chief of Mobile-Review.com, spilled out an interesting slide from a Nokia presentation. It shows Windows on the same line as Symbian and Maemo.
The slide shows Nokia’s strategy in operating systems. According to Eldar, Nokia will focus on delivering the next netbook (Booklet) with MeeGo on it, not Windows, so this would count out Windows 7 as the operating system. Will be interesting to see how this rumors turns out. Let’s hope we see a Nokia built device running Windows Phone 7!
Read Eldar Murtazin’s post here (Google Translate).
