Finally, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) decided to kill the joystick on the popular E61, and voila – the E61i was born. The new device is also bit thinner than the original, and has different button order – much better, I might add. As far as I see, it’s more than likely that the E61i will be a hit.

This time enjoy in our short hands-on Nokia E65 video. This stylish device brought a slice of fashion to the whole ESeries device range. It has a built-in WLAN and all other features of the Symbian OS S60-based device.

Openwave Systems Inc. announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to extend its Mobile Integrated Dynamic Application System (MIDAS), a mobile AJAX platform, and Openwave Mobile Browser, Mercury edition to the Symbian ecosystem.

MIDAS, a mobile AJAX platform designed to enable the creation, customization and deployment of powerful new network enabled applications and interfaces for mass market mobile phones, is part of the Openwave Mobile Phone Suite, which also includes the Openwave Mobile Browser, Mercury Edition. The Mercury edition browser enables increased access to Web content on mobile devices and a faster experience. The Openwave Mobile Browser, Mercury Edition increases access to Web content by expanding upon Openwave’s off-net browsing capabilities with new features such as scripting, AJAX compatibility and “Wide Screen” and “Map and Zoom” display modes.

Motorola (NYSE: MOT) certainly surprised many people (me included) with the announcement of its Symbian UIQ 3.1-based MOTO RIZR Z8. The new phone targets young people and brings the new form factor – slider-kicker. This is also the first UIQ 3.1 powered device. Here’s the short video I took on 3GSM:

BLStream, a provider of mobile blogging solutions, announced that it has joined the Symbian Platinum Program to support the growing market for Symbian smartphones. As a Platinum Partner, BLStream is extending its Blogia mobile blogging solution to the Symbian ecosystem.

For service providers and mobile operators, the Blogia mobile blogging client-server solution offers revenue stream enablers and added brand value with support for customized branding. The newest SIP version of the Blogia client software for Symbian OS v9, along with the corresponding server software, enables subscriptions and invitations for viewing and contributing to the content that blogs offer. This feature enables end-users to get instant notifications about new blog postings and comments and thus increases service usage. Through remote configuration, licensing and branding, flexible business model support, customer retention, viral growth and ARPU boost for existing messaging investments, BLStream Blogia enables full provisioning of social media.

Renesas Technology Europe announced that NTT DoCoMo (NYSE: DCM), Renesas Technology, Fujitsu (OTCPK: FJTSY), Mitsubishi Electric and Sharp are developing SH-Mobile G2 single chip 3G platform that will support Symbian OS v9.3.

Aimed at high end 3G smartphones, the upgraded processors address the need for a standard OS platform for advanced applications, and also the increased demand for multimedia and additional applications in mobile phones. The platform offers a complete solution from Renesas embracing SH-Mobile G2, multimedia codecs, and Symbian OS v9.3.

The new platform is set to allow handset manufacturers and network operators to get the best and most differentiated phones to market faster, cheaper and more easily.

Nokia announced a software collaboration with Telecom Italia (NYSE: TI) to simplify service deployment through the platform-based model, help Telecom Italia in implementing their service convergence strategy and increase the amount of S60 devices in Telecom Italia’s portfolio.

Telecom Italia and S60 will work in close cooperation to support the advanced in-house service development in Telecom Italia and to enable a differentiated service offering across their portfolio.

The scope of the collaboration includes Telecom Italia’s access to extended capabilities of the S60 platform, joint marketing activities and close roadmap alignment to address Telecom Italia’s requirements on the development of S60 software.

Another Symbian S60-powered device introduced during the 3GSM is Nokia 6110 Navigator which comes with built-in GPS and is set to deliver navigation and location based services to the mass market. The new 6110 Navigator is very slick and comes in the slider form factor. Here’s the video:

Here’s my short hands-on video of the Nokia (NYSE: NOK)’s potential mainstream mobile TV enabled device. As I’ve already posted, the N77 looks pretty much like the popular N73. The main difference is in the camera…

The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N92 was announced almost a year ago, but the first shipments of the device started just recently. During the 3GSM, I’ve had a chance to try the N92 for a minute. Here’s the short hands-on video: