That’s it! Every little piece of news I’ve been wanting to blog but haven’t is complete. Do you know how many blog posts this would have been? Blogging is a full time job and I certainly wish I got paid to do it, but I’m not. On Monday I’m going to tell you who I’m working for. I’m going to have a regular 9-5 just like everyone else. It’s for a company I don’t even like. Ouch.

Like I said, this week I will be trying a new blogging format. Instead of 20+ posts in a day I’m going to tell a story once a day with all the news that I’ve found. Anyway, without further delay, here is the news that has been sitting in my queue for almost 2 weeks:

This New York Times article is a real testament to how far behind America is in cell phone technology. We don’t know what QR codes are.

Dave Winer, the guy who invented RSS, is celebrating his 10
year anniversary on the net as a blogger. On April 19 I will have had Ring Nokia (NYSE: NOK) for 5 months.

Fall Out Boy’s latest music video based on the song “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” is just a long Nokia 5300 ad.

Nokia N77 commercial, albeit with no sound.

Some guy shoots a video showing you what S60 is like on the Nokia E65. Not bad.

All About Symbian is one of my favorite sites on the internet. I’ve missed quite a lot from them:

• Steve and Rafe spent a sunny afternoon hanging out together with the Nokia N95. They provide many picture samples.
• Symbian market share is in trouble. Just like any other industry, manufactures try to do anything in their power to reduce costs. If that means using Linux instead of paying for an S60 license then so be it. Symbian currently has almost 75% of the smart phone market, but this report predicts that figure dropping to less than half by 2012.
• Rafe gives his opinion of the Nokia N77 based on his time with the device at 3GSM 2007. A video has also been published to accompany the text.
• In the first of a series of review on the Nokia N95 Steve takes a look at the navigation features of the Nokia N95. As someone who drives around a lot and can’t live without the digital compass built into my rear view mirror, I can’t wait to own a device with GPS functionality. Hopefully by the time that happens Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will release a version of the mobile mapping software that supports Nokia’s build in GPS functionality. I’m sorry Nokia but Google Maps is so much better than Smart2GO in my honest opinion.
• Rafe publishes the second installment of All About Symbian’s N95 review. This piece centers on the music capabilities of the device. It’s ridiculously long, but only because he doesn’t skimp on any details. I am displeased to hear that the N95 suffers from hiss on high end headphones. Feature request for Nokia: being able to mount my SMB shares would be awesome. I hope you review the Nokia 5700 Rafe and tell us how well this new “dedicated audio processor” performs.

Darla Mack is the poster child for S60 and Nokia blogging. Here is what I’ve missed:

• The N95 will cost around $750 here in America and the N75 will be $200 after contract.
• Darla Mack’s GPS finally works. It thought she was in Brazil?!
• Paul from My Phone Rocks gives his opinion of the Nokia N76 after having it for several weeks. He is a Nokia employee so that’s how he gets all the cool toys we don’t have access to yet.
• Remote Device Access is a new tool for developers that should make their jobs a whole lot easier.
• The Nokia E90 in grey. Black or stainless steel are my colors of choice.
• Nokia launched an online campaign in Asia where you can win the entire L’Amour collection. The cuteness is overwhelming.
• New headsets for spring. Pink isn’t my color, but we all know it’s Darla’s favorite.
• Nokia has done the most unorthodox thing ever, they remixed the Nokia tone! Enjoy these Middle Eastern renditions.

Symbian Freak compares the image quality of the Nokia N93 and N93i. What people fail to realize is the fact that what makes the N93/N93i so awesome is the video taking capabilities. I still think camera phones aren’t at the point of replacing my Canon A510. It’s going to become an even harder feat once wireless USB becomes prevalent in digital point and shoots.

James from The Creative Life Blog interviews Daniel, a man who knows how to make the images coming out of the Nokia N93 absolutely stunning. Now I know that the equipment doesn’t make the photographer, but having better tools does help.

Nokia UK is going to hire, for the first time ever, a sales director to handle the rising demand.

Unity Wireless receives $1,000,000 purchase order from Nokia India.

Nokia and VH1 premiered the first user generated music video “Voice” in India. Only 991 entires were submitted. For a country of over a billion I’m a little disappointed by that figure.

Om Malik wonders if Skype will save the Nokia Internet Tablets. Save? I think sales are doing pretty well for such a niche device. The price could certainly come down a little. I know personally I’m not going to buy one until GPS functionality is built in.

Nokia is going to release Intellisync for Linux this year.

An epic Nokia N93 and N93i review. I don’t like their style however. I much prefer Mobile Review.

Widsets in the press. This is an application I’m still not using since the last time I tried it gave me a headache.

Preview of “Creatures of the deep” on N-Gage as well as “System Rush Evolution.”

Nokia chooses an unsigned band called “Greyskull” out of Dallas to promote the “You Make it Reel” ad campaign in Asia. Don’t forget to check out the video on the bottom.

My-Symbian compares the Nokia N95 to the HTC P3300. He prefers S60, but notes that Windows Mobile has much a better calendar, a more complete today screen and the sync support is unrivaled. I’ve been following Windows Mobile with a close eye. That OS is getting ridiculously better year after year.

Carbide.c++ wins the Jolt award for “Best Mobile Development Tool.” Congratulations you guys!

Some interesting threads on Howard Forums:

• Nokia N93i review
• Ultra high resolution red Nokia E65 pictures
• Nokia N95 prototype review
• Nokia BH-302 Review

Video: Some guy on taking apart the Nokia N95!

Video: Bill Clinton at the S60 booth at CTIA 2007.

Some sexy Nokia L’Amour ads.

A fake Nokia 5300 that looks … exactly like a 5300.

The Nokia N95 is already in short supply in the UK.

Nokia Flexi WiMAX Base Station Wins Emerging Technology Award for Innovation at CTIA Wireless 2007.

Video: Nokia E61 review.

Video: The photo taking capabilities of the Nokia N95. Might want to hit mute as the soundtrack is quite awful.

Nokia Siemens launch isn’t going to happen in Argentina and Colombia. Ouch.

Nokia Enterprise Solutions appoints Shakeb Rais as the National Sales Manager, Security and Mobile Connectivity (SMC).

Video: Rhapsody on the Nokia N800.

Golden Mobile and Nokia unveil the first Nokia Care Centre in Jordan.

Video: Nokia’s Mustang at CTIA 2007.

Nokia in 2006. Read the press release, now download the actual document.

Timo Ihamuotila appointed to the Nokia Group Executive Board. Congrats.

NokiaCast 19: The capabilities of the Nokia N95.

Video: Demo of just about everything the Nokia N95 can do, all in one neat little ad.

Nokia trialing mobile TV in India with Prasar Bharti.

Symbian Freak thinks Nokia should start using Xeon flash for their camera phones as opposed to LED. I couldn’t agree more!

Micosoft has over 3500 employees blogging. How many does Nokia have? Does Nokia push its employees to blog?

Nokia N95 Retail boxes in Singapore have more accessories than other retail boxes. That case in particular looks very nice.

An Evening with S60 post follow ups:

• John Greene’s coverage
• Phil, from Nokia
• Mark’s recap
• Darla Mack’s insights

Video: This is THE video to show your friends if you want to demonstrate the S60 browser.

AT&T (NYSE: T)’s Kris Rinne, executive vice-president of network planning and architecture, announces that AT&T plans to upgrade its UMTS/HSPA network to enable faster up-link speeds. With HSDPA pushing down-link data at broadband-speeds, AT&T wants to boost their Cingular wireless network’s current UMTS-based up-link speed using HSUPA. The HSUPA software upgrade would enable peak up-link speeds of 1.5Mbps, a considerable improvement on the current UMTS-based upstream speed of around 300Kbps. The upgrade will be rolled out in 58 to 65 US markets over the course of 2007, completing AT&T’s 3.5G HSPA initiative.

Via : RCR News

The Ogo2.0 is the successor to the not-so-successful Ogo personal communicator from IXI Mobile. The idea behind the device was to keep users connected via Instant Messaging and Email. Conspicuously absent from the original Ogo’s feature set, the lack of voice capability, web-surfing, and camera essentially doomed the Ogo to falter in the shadow of the Sidekick. Now, IXI Mobile wants another (O)go at the personal communicator market with the Ogo2.0.

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In the quest to make our live truly “wireless,” tech startup Powercast has developed a method to wirelessly transmit power via radio waves. The company says that it harnesses the energy of radio waves to power and recharge devices equipped with a special receiver. This promising new technology has the potential to cut one of the last wires in out lives – the one tethering your mobile device to the charger.

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Motorola has introduced a new EDA – that’s Enterprise Digital Assistant – that aims to take the PDA to a whole new level with an “all-in-one communication device that harnesses the voice and data applications people expect from an office setting and delivers them in the form of a durable and compact handheld mobile computer.” The Motorola (NYSE: MOT) MC35 is a rugged enterprise solution for the business person on-the-go.

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Someone told me to check out RapidWeaver, but I have Windows.

Any similar blogging software available that you guys would recommend?

Larry Page and Eric Schmidt came to the gross realization today that they haven’t penetrated the mobile market at all. Instead of starting from scratch, an effort that would’ve taken several years, they choose to purchase two of the most important companies in our industry. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) is known for the infamous RAZR design and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has a rich history of innovation dating back to 1991 when they launched their first GSM phone.

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will launch a series of phones under the "GCell" brand name. Agreements have been made with all the major international operators and every GCell will support both CDMA and GSM networks. The phone itself will use your Google account id for authentication and all your information will be on Google servers around the world.

Google’s vision of a mobile device is a tool that connects to your current ecosystem of content creation and consumption. All the Google products will fuse into a mobile experience unheard of today:

• Google Maps: Always know where you and your buddies are. You will never get lost. Google has the most complete database of location data. From Night Life, Businesses, Residential and even Wikipedia integration, you will always know where to go and have the capability of learning about places that are foreign to you. Look up a location on your desktop at home, star it and now don’t worry about having to type the address a second time into your phone.
• Gmail: Today Google is announcing infinite storage to compete with Yahoo. All your Gmail messages will be pushed to you. All GCell devices will have threaded conversations so your SMS messages flow in the same way your Gmail conversations do. Manage your contacts on your GCell or any other internet enabled device.
• Google Video: With the recent purchase of YouTube Google has built the largest database of user generated content on the planet. While other operators charge a monthly fee to access such videos, all GCell devices will have this capability built in: free.
• Google Calendar: Being organized is no longer something that requires Outlook and an Exchange Server. Any reminders or calendar entries you input in your GCell are instantly added to your Google Calendar online and vice versa. You’ll never miss an appointment again.
• Google Homepage: People have already proved that Google’s custom homepages are wildly popular; Google is expanding that concept to GCell. Just log onto your Google Homepage and select which widgets you’d like to see on your GCell. It’s as simple as that and of course everything will stay in sync. You don’t have to worry about reading the same piece of news twice.
• Google Reader: Your RSS subscriptions are about as personal and important to you as your email. Now you’ll have access to the all new GCell Reader application which brings the Google Reader experience to a smaller screen.
• Google Documents and Spreadsheets: Paying for Word and Excel is an obsolete model, but have you ever thought how much of a hassle it is to remember and move documents from one device to another? All GCell devices are capable of viewing and editing documents and spreadsheets. Start working on a paper at home, proof read it on your daily commute to work and then do some minor touch ups on any internet connected machine in your office.
• Google Finance and Google News: Google adopts the same ticker format that many news programs use. All GCell devices have an external one line OLED screen that constantly displays your stock, news, battery, signal strength, etc. to you at just a glance.
• Froogle: See something you want to buy? Before swiping your credit card load up Froogle to see where you can buy for less. We aren’t talking about where online either, Froogle will show you stores near your present location that have the same item.
• Google Notebook: See something you want to be reminded about later? Just snap a picture and upload it to your Google Notebook. Have a thought you really want to get off your chest, but don’t want to deal with typing? Just put your GCell up to your face as if you were making a regular phone call and record whatever it is you have to say. Then upload it to your Notebook. Great for teachers too! Wear your GCell device around your neck and have your lectures automatically uploaded to your blogging engine of choice.

Google believes that syncing is something a user shouldn’t have to worry about. We make sure that what is on your GCell is accessible to you via any browser. Google is working with Adobe to release an Apollo application called "Google Desktop" that will let you manage your data and GCell on any platform, on any computer, anywhere in the world.

Over at Esato forums, user “nextgenerati” posted an intriguing photos of the upcoming Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) phone. Apparently, it’s the slider device codenamed “edtna”, possibly the new W910 or W890, that will sport a 2 MP camera, and will be available in a 3G and/or a non-3G version. Photos look real, but the common sense tells us that the Swedish-Japanese company already have similar devices. Still, this baby may be made for the North American shores. We’ll see…

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M:Metrics has recently released some interesting stats how music phones have penetrated the UK market.

According to the study there are 220 mobile phones in the country that can play music, representing 40% of the overall mobile phones marketshare. Ten music-enabled mobile phones account for almost half of mobile music consumption. Not surprisingly Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) Walkman-branded devices are dominating the marketplace.

It’s weekend and we’re bringing you four rip-offs in a single post. Here are the Chinese “versions” of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) 5300 Xpress Music, LG VX8600 (clamshell Chocolate), MOTOKRZR K1, and Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE) W850. One wonders when will this end?

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