Finally, Nokia 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.
Hands on Nokia E65
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 extends MIDAS, Mobile Browser Symbian smartphones
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…
Hands on MOTO RIZR Z8
Motorola 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 joins Symbian Platinum Program; Extends Blogia to Symbian ecosystem
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…
Renesas’ new processor adds Symbian OS 9.3 support
Renesas Technology Europe announced that NTT DoCoMo, Renesas Technology, Fujitsu, 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…
Telecom Italia to drive advanced mobile market growth with S60
Nokia announced a software collaboration with Telecom Italia 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…
Hands on Nokia 6110 Navigator
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:
Hands on Nokia N77
Here’s my short hands-on video of the Nokia’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…
Hands on Nokia N92
The Nokia 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: