Nokia today released a new firmware for the E55. This brings the E55 up to the same software version as the E52, which was released in the beginning of February. The update should be available as an Over-The-Air update now. At least the following applications got updated:
Always remember to make a backup of your phone before proceeding with the update.
Engadget has gathered a pretty informative list on the differences in current and coming Windows Mobile / Windows Phone versions. As you can see, there has been some massive changes to the Windows Phone 7 Series OS.
4:27 long hands on video of the Windows Phone 7 Series UI by Neowin. Based from what I have now seen, this little thing will be big. The phone used in the video is by an unknown manufacturer.
Long Zheng from iStartedSomething has posted a nice set of photos of the earlier today announced Windows Phone 7 Series.
Start video-calling your friends for free, from anywhere, on your mobile phone today!
After fring launched the world’s 1st video calling over Internet on Nokia touch devices, 2 months ago, we heard lots of requests for video on more phones, thus we are adding today video support to most of Nokia’s popular 9.2 series phones, including the ever-popular E71, E51, E66 and more. So download your video version today!
Video after the break.
Microsoft today did what everyone was expecting and announced Windows Phone 7 Series. What everyone didn’t expect, is that they have developed this from scratch. White a complete UI and code revamp, Microsoft has made something different that we haven’t seen before. The UI is unique and looks good, specially designed to be used on a phone with a touchscreen.
Here is what CEO Steve Ballmer had to say:
It’s the biggest launch we have done in the phone space. I think everyone is going to stop and say wow, they are really upping their game. I think we have done a very good job but it’s a very competitive market out there.
Apple has done a nice job. But the smartphones today all kind of look the same. Everybody went ahead and kind of copied the user-interface approach of Apple and people will say Windows phone 7 Series is different, the way we integrated Bing, Office, Xbox and Zune.
Every Windows Phone 7 will come with three buttons on the front: ‘Start’ for quick access to the menu, ‘Search’ and ‘Back’.
We still have to wait for the phones with Windows Phone 7 Series on it until late this year.
More pictures after the break.
The Symbian^3 (S^3) platform is here! S^3 is the first entirely open source release following the platforms transition to an open source license on February 4th, 2010, which was the largest of its kind in history. Check out the cool video after the break.
A 3D performance comparison between Google’s Nexus One and Apple’s iPhone 3GS.
The test I’m showing here is a pretty typical 3D game scene. It contains a 3D environment and multiple animated 3D characters. The GPU is stress tested due to the high number of polygons in the scene and the CPU is stress tested as it is calculating the bone & skinning of the animation.
Starting up the test on both devices shows that the iPhone 3GS runs at 60 frames per second (fps) and the Nexus at between 30 to 35fps. As we add more woman models until we get to 8 models we see that the frame rate has dropped to 29fps on the iPhone and approx 21fps on the Nexus. Therefore, on the face of it, it seems the iPhone is 138% faster in this scene.
Check out the video after the break.
Sony Ericsson today announced two unrumored phones, the Xperia X10 mini and Xperia X10 mini pro. The phones are, not surprisingly, smaller versions of the original Xperia X10, and with a few downgraded features. It will run Android 1.6 on a 600MHz Qualcomm processor, 5 megapixel autofocus camera, A-GPS, 3.5mm headphone jack, Bluetooth, WiFi and a 2.55″ QVGA touchscreen.
The only difference between these two versions is the QWERTY-keyboard. Expect to see this phone in stores during the second quarter.
Check out the press release and specs after the break.
A few official press images of the Samsung GT-i8520 also known as Halo. Hit read more for the images.
Engadget has found a spec sheet for the yet unannounced Samsung i8520 a.k.a. Halo. This little thing has a few very interesting features. Specs:
The phone should be available in Europe and Asia in the third quarter. Boy do I love Mobile World Congress! Full specs after the break.
Sony Ericsson just announced the Vivaz Pro at the Mobile World Congress. This is basically the “original” Vivaz that was announced last month, but with an added QWERTY-keyboard. Another minor difference is a downgraded camera, from 8.1MP to 5.1MP. The Vivaz Pro will come in black and white, and should be available sometime during the 2nd quarter.
Full specs and press release after the break.
Samsung just announced the first Bada phone at Mobile World Congress. The Wave, S8500, comes with an amazing 3.3″ Super AMOLED screen at a resolution of 800 x 480. But, the screen doesn’t support multitouch(!)? On top of Bada, runs a TouchWiz 3.0 UI. Other interesting features include Wifi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, 1GHz processor, 5 megapixel camera, a-GPS, accelerometer, 2GB or 8GB internal storage with a possibility for a microSD card. The phone supports DivX, XviD, MP3 and WMV plus a virtual 5.1 surround sound and 720p recording and decoding.
The phone will be world wide available in April, but Samsung didn’t give us a price just yet. Check out the full specs and a hands-on video after the break.
