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Ultra-Stylish T1, S1 and E1 Phones From Lumigon Promise European Class and Android 2.1 [Android]

admin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:57:47 +0000

Have you ever heard of Lumigon? Me neither. Apparently they’re a Danish company who’ve spent two years working on these three ultra-stylish Android phones

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Ultra-Stylish T1, S1 and E1 Phones From Lumigon Promise European Class and Android 2.1 [Android]

Nokia denies giving up Symbian

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:12:33 +0000

Friday Nokia said the upcoming Maemo-based high-end systems Nokia N900 cell phone t is not a threat to Symbian system status.

On the 11th of this month there is news that Nokia will abandon Symbian system, in turn pushing open-source platform, Maemo. This week, Nokia launched in October acknowledged to be high-end phones based on Maemo Systems Nokia N900.

However, Nokia said Friday, and will not give up Symbian. Nokia’s sales director for Anxi 10000 Iozzi (Anssi Vanjoki) said: “This is not a threat to Symbian’s position, Symbian will be our main platform for the future will be fully complete.”

Late last year, Nokia’s Symbian has just completed the acquisition of the remaining 52% stake in the work to achieve 100% Holdings of Symbian. Maemo is a Linux-based software platform for mobile devices, which is the operating system, Nokia’s top brands, to compensate for some of the congenitally deficient Symbian

Nokia released high-end Linux mobile phone

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 13:03:50 +0000

The world’s largest mobile phone maker Nokia Thursday announced that next month will launch a first use of Linux system software, high-end mobile phone N900, products tend to have individual computerized cell phone to show against the Apple (Apple) smart phones iPhone ambition.

Nokia N900 with Linux open source operating system developed by the Maemo to operate high-end products, as well as ARM’s Cortex-A8 processor, and give Intel (blog) processor. Products available in touch screen and slide-out keyboard, excluding subsidies and taxes, the retail price of each is about 500 euros (712 dollars).

According to foreign media reports, because of Nokia’s smart phone operating system developed by Symbian, now a huge market share, surpassing rival Apple, BlackBerry (BlackBerry) manufacturer RIM and Google combined market share, Nokia today also clarify in particular, adoption of Linux-based operating system, and will not affect the company’s promotion of Symbian’s strategy, both in its high-end product lines in parallel.

Nokia’s executive vice president of marketing, said Anssi Vanjoki, new products will help enhance the company’s market competitiveness against the iPhone, but he stressed that Nokia N900 is not a direct challenge to the iPhone, but rather by the use of Linux, Maemo operating system, so this phone to provide “similar to the personal computer experience”, for example, simultaneous operation of several windows programs.

He pointed out that this product back in iPhone, before the appearance of any development-related information, then under the company’s schedule development; In contrast, currently only using the Symbian operating system, the company has launched a smart phone, only in direct competition with the iPhone

Nokia Beta Labs exposed latest Photo Browser

admin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:10:53 +0000

Nokia just launched Beta Labs Nokia Photo Browser for non touch cell phone. This application was used for touchscreen Nokia with Symbian S60 5th edition. Now this application available for Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 1 and S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.

Using this Nokia Photo Browser will let user to watch the photos with an interesting interface. With 3 dimension effect, photo zooming and face Detection makes the photos browser more attractive. You can download this application here

Nokia will release flagship N98

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:28:42 +0000

Nokia will be the fastest at the end of 2009, released its first 12 million pixel camera phone, although not to disclose any spy and products according to the parameters, the news from both Nokia and Carl Zeiss company, we can see a certain authenticity. Of course, Nokia released 10 million pixel handset is not already an open secret that, as a present, there are only eight million pixels flagship N86, 500-megapixel mobile phone is also one of the few, and therefore a higher standard this year is obviously a matter of course the flagship camera. In addition, with the Sony Ericsson Satio, Samsung 12 million pixel M8910/M8920, such as the surfaced phone, Nokia is also bound to feel pressure from other competitors, on a N86 phone will be difficult to conquer the world continue to maintain in enough high-end market competitiveness.

Nokia and Intel jointly develop system oFono counter Android

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 02:26:27 +0000

May 18 news, Nokia and Intel work together to develop a low-key oFono recent operating systems, to support the future launch of GSM / UMTS mobile Internet devices (MID), the Internet, etc. It is reported that the co-operation named oFono plans, provide staff for the development of GSM / UMTS mobile phone infrastructure applications, its open-source Linux platform, integrated modem, the core software stack and application program interface (API), including, numerous industry believe that this will be Nokia and Intel to integrate their Linux distribution of Maemo and an important step in moblin.

Analysis of the industry, although the plan is for the development of oFono mobile Linux applications, but Nokia and Intel’s recent strategic point of view, both MID and the Internet watch the market and intends to join hands to counter the Google Android platform, which Nokia beyond the field of traditional mobile phones, Intel revive the mobile communications market, will have a reciprocal effect of extra points.

Prior to this, Google launched an open mobile alliance (Open Handset Alliance), has attracted the world’s five largest mobile phone brand in the four plant manufacturers to join by the end of 2009 may be launched before the Android phone, but Nokia has always been to maintain a wait and see attitude, but Nokia layout for the Linux platform for a long time, with the exception of the introduction of its Maemo platform Internet Tablet products, also to acquire Trolltech (Trolltech) to further enhance the combat capabilities of Linux software, the input oFono plan will be available after the Android platform, Nokia was the most important Linux out