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Nokia N900 Firmware Update V3.2010.02-08

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Nokia N900 has got a new firmware update yesterday (from v2.2009.51.1 to V3.2010.02-08).The update however is available only via N900 only not through Nokia Software Updater.

To update your N900 to the latest version,

Go to App Manager>Click on “Update”, you would be seeing an update for Maemo 5 [the total download size I reckon is 16.2 MB].

Visit My Nokia Blog post to find out more on this update.

Nokia N900 Firmware V3.2010.02-08 update

Nokia has added support for many regions in this update (according to the users upgraded to this new version).So this might be a world-wide release.

Via:My Nokia Blog

Puma Launches Eco Friendly Phone With Live Sports Feed

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PUMA and Sagem Wireless has unveiled the PUMA Phone at the ongoing Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC). This is an eco-friendly phone that can be charged from the energy of the Sun. Above this, another exciting feature is that it will deliver Live Sports feed through the LIVE SPORT NEWS service from Agence France Presse (AFP) .

Puma Phone

Some of the attractive features include GPS bike speedometer and run tracker, a pedometer, an analogue stopwatch and a yachting compass, along with the back solar panel for Earth-friendly battery charging.

Puma Phones with Solar Charging feature

The back side is a Solar Panel For eco friendly charging

This 3G phone has featured new stuffs which are kind of sporty and attractive.  Some of the exciting features are given below:

Feature Description
Eco-Friendly Integrated solar cell with charge indicator in the back of the phone
Sporty Features – Analogue stopwatch
– GPS run tracker
– GPS bike speedo
– Pedometer
– Yachting compass
– Location on map
– Geotagging
– AGPS
Display 2.8” full touch screen tablet, Resolution 240 x 320 TFT Screen, wide viewing angle
Battery Li-Ion 880 mAh, Standby time 350 hours Talk time:
3G mode: 4 hours
2G mode: 5 hours
Camera Dual Camera.
Main: 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash
Video chat with front camera
Music Music player which supports wide range of formats, FM radio
Connectivity W-CDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 and USB 2.0,
3.5 mm audio jack,
HSUPA Cat. 4 (up to 2.9 Mbps)
HSDPA Cat. 8 (up to 7.2 Mbps)
Memory card microSD
Accessories Eco friendly Box with which the phone and its accessories can be carried

The LIVE SPORT NEWS content from AFP will be available through the PUMA WORLD portal from May 2010. The PUMA PHONE will be available through mobile network operators across greater Europe and on PUMA online store from April 2010, following the international markets like India, Japan, China, USA, Canada.

If you want to see the detailed features of the phone, please see the document from the official website pumaphone.com given below:

Click Here PUMA PHONE TECH SHEET.PDF

The price of this phone has not been announced yet. Once the price is announced, we will update it as soon as possible.

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Announced

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Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro has been announced. Both are smart phones with 5-megapixel Autofocus Camera, full touchscreen and a lot more. Both of the smart phones runs on a 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor and Android 1.6 operating system. The Pro Version comes with full Qwerty keypad.

XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro

Both of the sister models are almost of same specification and design. let us see the specification and features of the phones.

Xperia X10 mini pro Xperia X10 mini

XPERIA X10 Mini Pro                                                      XPERIA X10 Mini

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro Features:

Features Description
Camera 5 megapixel,Flash, Auto focus, Geo tagging, Video recording
Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jack, aGPS, Bluetooth™ Technology, Synchronisation, USB mass storage, WiFi™
Design Touchscreen, Auto rotate, QWERTY keyboard(in Pro Only)
Messaging Conversations, Email, Exchange ActiveSync®, Instant messaging, Predictive text input, Text messaging (SMS), Picture messaging (MMS)
Memory Phone memory Up to128MB, SanDisk microSD™ (up to 16GB)
Entertainment Radio – FM radio with RDS, 3D games, Facebook™ application, Walk Mate, Video streaming, YouTube™
Music MP3, AAC, Album art, PlayNow™, Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
Processor 600 MHz Qualcomm MSM7227 processor
Operating System Google Android 1.6™
Screen 16,777,216 color TFT touchscreen, 2.55 inches, 240 x 320 pixels (QVGA), Scratch-resistant
Available Colors Xperia™ X10 Mini: 

Black, Pearl White, Lime, Pink, Red, Silver

Xperia™ X10 mini pro:

Black, Red
Battery Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hours 

Standby time: GSM/GPRS: Up to 285hrs

This phone will be available in almost all continents. It will be released early in certain countries like USA, Canada, UK, France, India, China, Japan etc. due to high demand of the model.

The official price of both the models has not been announced. We will update the price as soon as it is known.

But Wall Street Journal Reported on NOVEMBER 18, 2009 that it may cost $879 or 6,000 Swedish kronor or around Rs 40000 INR . But it may cost lesser than this expected price.

Update on Price: Sony Ericcson Xperia X10 Mini is available in India @ Rs. 15,000 INR.

Nokia 2730 Classic 3G: The Cheapest Nokia 3G Phone

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Nokia has revamped it’s low cost mobile model Nokia 2730 Classic with adding 3G to it.With this, Nokia 2730 Classic 3G becomes the cheapest Nokia 3G model mobile phone available in the market.Nokia just re-launched this version in India.

Check out Nokia 2730 Classic Pictures and Specifications:

nokia-2730-classic

The price of Nokia 2730 Classic in India is Rs. 4499 INR and in UK it’s £89.00

Specifications:

Size 109.6 x 46.9 x 14.4 mm
Weight 87.7 g (with battery)
Display -Size: 2.0″-Resolution: 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA)

-Up to 262,144 colours
Input Numeric keypad
Memory 30 MB internal dynamic memory
microSD memory card slot with hot swap, max. 2 GB
Operating system Series 40
Talk time – GSM 3 h 50 min
– WCDMA 3 h 30 min (Ectel)
Standby Time – GSM 340 h
– WCDMA 430 h (Ectel)
Camera
 -2 megapixel camera-4x digital zoom
Connectivity Bluetooth 2.0MicroUSB connector, USB 2.0

3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
Colours – Black
– Dark Magenta

Just review the above features and you can easily conclude that this may be the cheapest phone in the market with good features like an 2MP cam, 3G, Music player etc.That too at 4,500 INR, it’s worth the deal if you are looking to buy a phone in the range Rs. 4,000 to 5,000 INR.BTW, it costs  Rs. 2000 more than the non-3G version of the same model Nokia 2730 Classic.

Nokia X6 16 GB Phone Price Announced

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Nokia announced the new touch screen model Nokia X6 in January 2010 with lots of features.Nokia didn’t announce the official price of Nokia X6 when it was released, now Nokia has officially announced the price of 16GB version of Nokia X6 on it’s UK website.Nokia X6 16 GB doesn’t come with music subscriptions as opposed to other versions of the same model.

Have a look at the specifications of Nokia X6 16 GB:

 

 

Nokia X6 16 GB Front side view blackReview Specifications:

Size 111.0 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm
Weight 122 g
Display Size: 3.2"
Up to 16.7 million colours
640 x 360 pixels (nHD)
Input Finger-operated touch screen
Memory 16 GB internal memory
Operating system Symbian OS version 9.4
S60 5th Edition
Talk time – GSM 8 hr 30 min
– WCDMA 6 hrs
Standby Time – GSM 401 h
– WCDMA 420 h
Music playback time (maximum) 35 Hrs
Camera
5.0 megapixel AF camera
(2592 x 1944 pixels)Carl Zeiss optics

4x digital zoom

Autofocus
Dual LED flash
Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jackA-GPS

Bluetooth 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate

Micro USB connector for USB 2.0 High Speed to PC

MTP (Mobile Transfer Protocol) support
TV out (PAL)

Wi-Fi
Colours Black

White/Pink

Price: Nokia X6 16GB Official price : £299.00

Price in India: Around 22,000 INR- 23,000 INR

Nokia X6 Pictures:

Nokia X6 blue Side View

Photo credit

You may also see the Sony Ericsson Aspen features

Nokia 5233 Launched In India

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Nokia today released another touch screen Symbian series 60 music phone Nokia 5233 in India. Nokia 5233 is an affordable touchscreen mobile phone with only 2G and without Wi-Fi which are the only features different from Nokia 5230.

nokia logo

Nokia 5233 has all the other features of 5230 like full touch screen, 3.2 inch display which supports up to 16.7 million colors, 70 MB internal memory and expandable up to 16 GB, up to 33 hrs music playback time, 3.5 mm audio jack, 2 megapixel camera with 3x digital zoom and many more.

Nokia 5233

Check out the main features and specifications below:

Features Description
Touch Screen Responsive touchscreen with tactile feedback, Handwriting recognition
Display Size: 3.2 inch, Up to 16.7 million colours
Camera 2 megapixel camera, 3x digital zoom, JPEG format, CMOS sensor
Video Recording Up to 640 x 480 pixels and up to 30 fps
Music 3.5 mm stereo, file formats: MP3, MP4, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, Nokia Ovi Player, FM radio with RDS
Video Playback Supports MPEG4-SP playback 30fps VGA, MPEG4-AVC playback 30fps QVGA, WMV9 playback 30fps QVGA, MPEG4-SP playback 30 fps nHD
Memory microSD memory up to 16 GB, 70 MB internal dynamic memory
Connectors Micro-USB connector, USB 2.0 high speed, 3.5 mm Nokia AV connector
Messaging MMS, SMS, Email, Nokia Xpress audio messaging
Browsing GPRS/EGPRS/EDGE 177/296 kbps (DL/UL), WCDMA 384/384 kbps (UL/DL)
Software S60, 5th Edition, FOTA (Firmware update Over The Air)
Application OVI Music, Nokia Maps 3.0, Facebook, You Tube,Mobile Dictionary, Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and many more
Colors Available White/Red, White/Silver, Black/Dark silver, Changeable colour battery covers

With the emergence of low cost touchscreen phones, Nokia is trying to produce affordable ones. Touchscreen has become the trend and till now Samsung has been leading in this affordable sector. Now Nokia is targeting to capture the market with such products.

The Nokia 5233 launched today in India will be priced at about Rs 7800 (INR)

Nokia 6303i classic released

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The Nokia 6303i classic has just been released today. This updated “i” version has a few enhancements and improvements to its predecessor.The main focus of this model is on its battery life. Another main thing can be its low price also, only 105 Euros.

The Nokia 6303i has  only a small update in the design to the original model which is under the bonnet. But the talk time has now been improved to eight hours and music playback up to 30 hours. And it now also supports instant messaging using the Nokia Messaging Solutions.

Nokia 6303i classic silver gold

Nokia 6303i classic gold silver

Review the key enhancements and specifications below:

Specification Description
Enhanced battery life Up to 8 hours talk time, up to 3 weeks on stand-by
Built-in music player and FM radio Listen Up to 30 hours of music
Camera 3.2-megapixel camera with dual LED flash, 4x digital zoom
Design Bar, Durable stainless steel design
Headset Connector 3.5mm AV connector
Memory Card Up to8GB microSD memory card, 2GB microSD included
Bluetooth Yes, Bluetooth 2.1
USB Yes, Micro-USB connector
Display 2.2-inch QVGA, Supports 16.7 million true colors
Email & Messaging email and instant messaging combined using Nokia messaging solutions
Colors Available Silver and  Khaki gold
Lower priced 105 Euros, INR 6800

It is priced at 105 Euros and Its Indian edition may cost Rs 6800 only.

Sony Ericsson Aspen (GreenHeart) Launched

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Sony Ericsson has today officially announced the launch of Sony Ericsson Aspen, Windows Mobile 6.5.3 powered Smartphone.

This is the latest addition to Sony Ericsson’s GreenHeart™ portfolio (focusing on reducing the impact of the mobile phones on the environment).And also this is the first SE Windows Mobile powered handset to include a ‘front facing’ QWERTY keyboard (like Nokia E72 and BlackBerry devices).

“Sony Ericsson Aspen™ is the business phone with a conscience, perfect for any consumer or company who want to make a green choice in their daily work life.” Said Quentin Cordier, Global Marketing Manager, Sony Ericsson. “An affordable GreenHeart™ phone with the latest version of Windows Phone, the Sony Ericsson Aspen™ has a rich user interface and powerful productivity tools. But it’s not all about work, stay in touch with the fun parts of life with Media Browser and PlayNow ™, with simple access to social networks and quick and easy access to media files. Find the fun with a-GPS, Google Maps™ and snap pictures with the 3.2megapixel camera.”

Aspen supports quad-band GSM/EDGE with either HSPA 900/2100 or 850/900/2100 radios, it has Wi-Fi (and of course Bluetooth).Aspen also has a built-in A-GPS support and comes with Google Maps for navigational purposes.Human curvature design makes it to fit into the palm of the hand.

SE Aspen is scheduled to be available in the markets in 2010 Q2.Specifications of Aspen are listed out in the table below.

SE Aspen PIU White Professional-

Specifications:

Size 117 x 60 x 12.45 mm
Weight 130 grams
Memory card support SanDisk microSD™, up to 16 GB
Operating system Windows Mobile® 6.5.3
Talk time GSM/GPRS Up to 10 hours
Camera 3.2 megapixel camera4x digital zoom

Multishot

Self timer

Smart contrast
Connectivity 3.5 mm audio jackA-GPS

Bluetooth™ technology

Google Maps™

Micro USB connector

Modem

Synchronisation

USB mass storage support

USB support

Wi-Fi™
Screen 65,536 colour TFT2.4 inches

240 x 320 pixels (QVGA)
Colours Iconic BlackWhite Silver

Sony Ericsson Aspen Pics:

Sony Ericsson Aspen_1

Aspen_Front_White-Latin-E-mail

Aspen_Back_White

More Pictures:Link

Price And Availability:

Sony Ericsson Aspen is released and is available in markets worldwide at $325 (e-bay) and is priced at Rs. 14,999 INR in India.

Google’s Nexus One Is Here

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Finally, the boss is here.Google nexus one, which has been receiving huge attention world wide, (thanks to the leaked pictures,documents and videos on the web) has been officially announced.

The phone runs on the latest Android 2.1 software.The phone is made in collaboration with the hardware support from the mobile phone manufacturer HTC.

Google Nexus one techrena exclusive

The most appealing features of the phone include:

  • A 5 Megapixel camera (With Auto-focus and LED flash)
  • Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz Processor
  • 3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touch screen
  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
  • Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver
  • 512MB RAM & 512MB Flash Memory
  • Audio playback up to 20 hours
  • Up to 10 hours Talk time on 2G
  • Expandable storage memory up to 32GB (4GB microSD card included)
  • Tri-color clickable trackball (with notification LED-alerts you whenever new text messages/chats/emails arrive)

Pricing: The prices are the same as we have seen in the leaked documents

$ 529 Unlocked Version Without Service (Can be used with any GSM network)

$ 179 With Two-year contract from T-Mobile

With 1 GB processor included, the phone provides much faster multitasking environment, allowing you to seamlessly switch between the various applications.Google has already made available the following popular web applications into the phone  in-built.

  • Google Maps Navigation
  • Gmail : Can access multiple Gmail accounts
  • YouTube
  • Google Voice
  • Google Talk
  • Cooliris Gallery (With 3D interface)
  • Android Market : Access to huge number of other Android applications

ORDER ONLINE:

To purchase Google HTC Nexus One online, navigate to http://www.google.com/phone

Google Nexus One Preview Video

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Google Nexus one phone the going to be ‘The first biggest tech product launch from a major company’ in 2010, is scheduled to be in Android Press Conference.

Of course, we have had  lot of leaked pictures, leaked web pages and now it’s the turn of the videos.As you can easily find out, plenty of videos have been making way to video sharing sites like YouTube, Dailymotion etc. One such video (the longest possible video, I’d say) which caught my attention was this one from Dailymotion, the duration of the video is 09:59 .

The video shows a Nexus One phone(?) with French interface being explored by an enthusiast showcasing its various features:

Note: The video, however has no audio

The shorter versions of the same video are also available on YouTube.Can’t wait it till Jan 5th ?? 🙂