Stefan, over at RingNokia, received an email from BostonIrishGuy with live pictures of the Nokia 8600 prototype. In case you aren’t familiar with the Nokia 8600, it’s a beautiful GSM/EDGE slider with US-friendly 850/900/1800/1900Mhz GSM radios, Symbian S40 interface, 2MPcamera, Bluetooth and 16M color QVGA display. Also known as the Luna, the Nokia 8600 recently…
FCC Approves the Sony Ericsson M610i – Lizy Gets Some Love
Yesterday we showed you that awesomely slick Sony Ericsson Walkman slider that we know only as the Shinobu. Today we submit to you the Sony Ericsson M610i (codename: Lizy) via the FCC test pages. Presumably, the older brother of the Sony Ericsson M600i Symbian OS qwerty-smartphone, the Lizy boasts full UMTS 3G on tri-band (900/1800/1900Mhz)…
Symbian Mocks Windows Mobile Smartphones with Wacky Video Clip
Those wacky Symbian fellows have launched an attack on the Windows Mobile camp with a seriously strange video clip that mocks the abilities of smartphones. The “Boo-Hoo” campaign of mockery belittles us smartphone users with wierd, somewhat disturbing characters saying that Symbian phones are better because they have “aroma phones,” privacy screens, and e-wallets. First…
15.9m Symbian smartphones shipped in Q1 2007; 20 million Symbian smartphone shipments in Japan
Symbian Limited, developer and licensor of Symbian OS the market-leading operating system for smartphones, today released the figures for the quarter ended 31 March 2007. Highlights: 15.9m Symbian smartphones shipped by licensees in Q1 2007, a 35.9% increase on Q1 2006 126 million cumulative Symbian smartphone unit shipments, as of 31 March 2007 20 million…
Scalado CAPS imaging technology chosen as reference component to ship within Symbian OS
Last year, we’ve posted that Scalado will provide mobile imaging software solution for Symbian OS. Finally, it’s happening as they’ve announced that Scalado’s solution for advanced image processing, CAPS-Imaging SDK, will be made available in Symbian OS as a reference component, shipping in Symbian OS developer and customer kits. However, this doesn’t mean that all…
Sony Ericsson P1i video walkthrough
Sony Ericsson P1i is the fifth generation of the company’s smartphone series and is the best Sony Ericsson smartphone so far. In this MobilitySite‘s short video, Jens Greve from Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications briefly goes through the main features of this powerful device, leaving us with a desperate wish to try it out. There’s WiFi,…
Photo comparison: Nokia N75 vs N76
In case you’ve been wondering which Nokia clamshell device is right for you, Nokia N75 or N76, the following photos (found thanks to Darla Mack) may be somewhat helpful. Both Nokia N75 and N76 are powerful smartphones (“multimedia computers”) and run Symbian OS with S60 UI on top of it. Furthermore, both devices have very…
Dell to sell unlocked Nokia smartphones?
Word on the street (from a Nokia insider) has it that Dell has recently inked a partnership with Nokia to sell the company’s popular smartphones, as well as accessories and other products. Dell has the power to leverage their market position in Nokia’s favor, and Dell could start to distribute unlocked, unbranded Nokia phones in…
Nokia N81, N82 in works?
Nokia is preparing two interesting NSeries smartphones – N81 and N82. Both of them will run Symbian OS with S60 on top of it and will boast 2.4″ QVGA 240×320, 16M colors screen. Furthermore, both devices support 3G networks, have two cameras (one for taking photos and other for video calls), and will most likely…
Nokia E61i disassembled
And now something for the total geeks interested in buying the Nokia E61i. Over at Flickr, I came across the Nokia E61i taken apart gallery. Anyone interested to know how this business baby looks like naked, should point the browser here. I admit – I’m a geek, I love these photos. I wouldn’t do this…