Nokia has just announced the launch of a new device, named the Nokia 5250.
It’s a touchscreen device powered by Symbian^1 OS and is aimed for any individuals looking for a modern, multipurpose mobile that also offers great value for money.
MUSIC
- Device comes with music player on homescreen and music can be downloaded from Ovi Music.
- Supports up to 16gb MicroSD
- FM radio
- Comes with a free copy of the acclaimed Guitar Hero 5 Mobile
SOCIAL
- Easy access to Facebook, MySpace, etc.
- Log-in to multiple email accounts such as Ovi Mail, Gmail and Yahoo! Mail
- Instant messaging
The device will last up to 18 days in standby or up to seven hours talktime. If you stick to music, then it can play for 24 hours without stopping
SPECS
- Runs the Symbian^1 operating system
- Offers GSM/EDGE communications
- 2.8-inch TFT screen with a 16:9 apect ratio and a resolution of 640 x 360 pixels
- 2-megapixel camera
- Measures 104mm x 49mm x 14mm
The Nokia 5250 will cost just €115 (RM460) before tax and subsidies and will be available 4th quarter of 2010.
* GSM 850/900/1800/1900
* WCDMA 2100MHz
* GPRS, EDGE, HSPA
* Display: 3.5 touch screen (resistive) 360 × 640 pixel resolution
* Symbian ^ 3
* 1200 mAh Li-Ion Battery
* Camera: 8 million pixel (CMOS) Dual LED
* support 720p HD video, 1080p high-definition player
* Bluetooth 3.0
* Micro USB v2.0, support for USB OUT function
* GPS
* WiFi 11n
If you have been waiting for a saviour to your check in needs, wait no more as ThinkChange has produced a proper Foursquare app for Symbian devices so you can check in at all the locations you go to anytime anywhere with just a few taps.
As you can see in the screenshots above, it has a login screen, a “me’ screen which shows your your friends checkins, your previous checkins, badges and mayorships, map view, places view and friends view.
Check out the video below on how it works on an N97.
Whatsapp Messenger which is very famous among iPhone and Blackberry users, has now expanded their service to the Symbian platform! It works like BBM on Blackberrys whereby users can chat among each other (now with people on other platforms) for free! Messages are sent using wifi/3G.
It’s an ALWAYS ON application like SMS. You don’t need to sign in to anything at all. Messages just comes like how you receive SMS.
For your information, currently Symbian users can only send text to friends. Transfer of images, audio and location is only available for iPhone and Blackberry (transfer images only).
Once installed, the app will look for other Whatsapp users from your phonebook and display them in the “favourites” list in your Whatsapp. You can then chat with them.
Tips:
- If you want to chat with your friend, make sure you have their phone numbers saved in your phonebook or else they will not appear in your favourite list.
- The app does not quit/close. It stays ON forever. This means it will keep consuming data (wifi/3G) so make sure you have unlimited data package or it will cost you a bomb.
Go download WHATSAPP for Symbian now! Remember to tell your Nokia, iPhone and Blackberry friends about this app so we don’t need to SMS one another anymore!
Negri Electronics has recently posted a video of them handling a prototype from Nokia that looks very much like the upcoming Nokia N8 but with full QWERTY keyboard. Since Nokia has announced that the N8 will be the last Nseries to be powered by Symbian, could this just be the E7… or C7? Soon we will find out.
For now, check out this video that shows off the multiple ports available on the device (including a HDMI port), the keyboard, homescreen widget, browser and the slider screen mechanism.
From what we can see, the screen seems to be a 4incher.. and has probably a 640×480px resolution screen. I like how thin it is for a device with slide out QWERTY and the look of the keyboard is very nice too. Did you notice the 8mpx camera in the video? Hope it shoots 720p HD and that would be sweet.
Nokia just announced the new X5 at the current Nokia Connections event at Singapore and woah.. I did not expect it to look like this.
It’s a squarish smartphone with slide-out QWERTY keyboard. It is running S60v3 Feature Pack 2, and has “Comes with Music” service. The X5 has a 5megapixels camera too. Price is about 185 Euro before tax.
This is how the slide out keyboard looks like. I personally don’t like the appearance of the phone. Somehow it reminds of the Microsoft Kin 1.
Check out this video I found on youtube.
What do you think of the X5?
Do you like how it looks?
Are you looking forward to own one?
Symbian users! Ever wished you can send text messages to your friends for free? Wouldn’t it be great if you can chat with your friends on iPhone and Blackberry for free? Soon you can!
Whatsapp Messenger which is very famous among iPhone and Blackberry users now, will be expanding their service to Symbian platform soon!
According to them, “WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messaging app which allows you to exchange messages with your friends and contacts without having to pay for SMS. WhatsApp Messenger is cross platform and is currently available for iPhone and BlackBerry and yes, iPhones and BlackBerries can message each other too! To send and receive messages, WhatsApp utilizes your existing smartphone internet data plan: 3G/EDGE (or Wi-Fi when available)”
Got the hang of it yet? I am one of the beta testers of the app for Symbian and I can say that it’s working very well even at beta stage. Check out some screenshots I took on my Nokia X6.
The app has to be connected to the Internet in order to work. Users can choose to connect to Wifi or 3G. Upon launching Whatsapp for the first time, we need to register our phone number so that your friends can see you in their Whatsapp contact list automatically.
The main menu of the app has 4 sections;
- Chats [all your chat sessions with your friends]
- Favourties [your chatable contacts... Wthe app automatically searches your phonebook for Whatsapp users]
- Contacts [your full phonebook contacts]
- Status [you can change your status to let your friends know if you are free to talk or not]
[LEFT] Status screen, you can select one of the preset statuses or set your own.
[RIGHT] List of conversations with your friends.
FYI, Whatsapp is “always-on”. That means there is no way to quit the app. It is always on cos it tries to mimic SMS… which is always available. You do not need to login to chat. Everytime you get a message, you will see a popup on the screen.
Whatsapp will soon be available in the OVI Store. Wait for it cos it is the most awesome thing to happen on mobile phones.
Nokia just announced a new device powered by the new Symbian^3 platform, the Nokia N8. It is launched with a new breed of camera to compete with the current point and shoot digicams in the market.
From the specs, I’d say that this Nokia N8 is the best Nokia camera device ever as it comes with a 12-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash. The camera sensor is larger than most of the sensors in current camera phones and also digicams out there, so expect photos with good noise control from this new N8.
The N8 can also capture HD videos at 720p and has the ability to edit them within the device itself. Watching videos is also great on the 3.5″ HD capacitive touchscreen. This is the first Nokia device to have HDMI output to you can plug it to your HDTVs to share photos and videos with your friends. Other than that, the experience of watching videos on the N8 is also different as it has Dolby Digital Plus surround sound and is ablt to hook into a dedicated Web TV application for access to news and entertainment on the move.
The N8 also has messaging and social networks features. Access live feeds from your Twitter and Facebook accounts from the homscreen itself. You will be able to comment, reach and post photos and statuses with one touch. As usual, the N8 comes with free global Ovi Maps walk and drive navigation with support in more than 70 countries worldwide.
The Symbian^3 powering the N8, is a new and enhanced version of the current Symbian OS and it now supports gestures and multitouch like pinch to zoom. Other enhancements are; 3 customizable homescreens, improved 2D and 3D graphics for faster and more responsive UI.
The N8 comes with 5 eye catching colours and will cost about €370 before tax and subsidies. The Nokia N8 is expected to ship in the 3rd quarter of 2010.
Today Nokia unveiled 3 new devices for those who are into messaging, emails and social networks.
NOKIA C6
The first one, Nokia C6 spots a 3.2inches HD touchscreen, slide-out four row keyboard (N97 had only 3 rows) and a 5 megapixels camera.
The C6 comes with all the features that can satisfy your messaging needs. With customizable homescreen, you will be able to get access to your favourite contacts, emails and Facebook updates at a glance. The Nokia Messaging app that comes prebuilt with the C6, can support up to 10 email accounts. (eg: YahooMail, GMail, Windows Live and Ovi Mail).
Some other stuff worth mentioning are; FREE Ovi maps walk and drive navigations, support up to 16GB with microSD, It’s expected to be out in the 2nd quarter of 2010 and is estimated to cost about €220 before taxes and subsidies.
Video of the Nokia C6 in action.
NOKIA C3
The C3 is a Series 40 device with full qwerty keyboard. It comes pre-built Nokia Messaging (for all your email needs) and Nokia Chat (the app that connects you to all your IMs like MSN, Gtalk, Ovi Chat, etc). The Nokia C3 also has the conversational SMS chat feature, so you can keep on top of your text dialogue and find your favourite contacts homescreen, where you’ll also see news and alerts.
The C3 has WIFI, 2mpx camera, 2.4inch screen and support up to 8GB of storage. It will be out in the 2nd quarter of 2010, has options for a few colours: golden white, slate grey and hot pink and is expected to cost about €90 before taxes and subsidies.
NOKIA E5
I like this one. A new addition to the E series, combining all the good stuff from E71 and E72. The E5 is made for people who doesnt like charging their phones. Why? Cos the E5 comes with 18 hours and 30 minutes talk time (in GSM mode) and 29 days standby time. With the latest S60 v3 software, you can access your social network and contacts right from the homescreen.
Facebook updates are merged into your phonebook contact list so you can see what is everyone doing at that time. The E5 also comes with full messaging and chat features like the other messaging devices above.
Apart from the 10 email account support, the E5 also caters for the business users whereby it also capable of handling Microsoft Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.
The Nokia E5 comes in five mouth-watering colours – Carbon Black, Chalk White, Sky Blue, Copper Brown and Silver Gray. Estimated to cost €180 before taxes and subsidies and is expected to be available in the third quarter of 2010.
How do you get one?
Easy! It’s available online and you can read it anytime you want.
Nokia has finally decided to produce an e-zine featuring its services like Ovi Store, Ovi Maps, Comes With Music and many others to provide tips, guides and explanation for each and everyone of them to the users.In the magazine, one can find stuff like setting up mail, downloading music with Ovi Player, uploading media with Ovi Share, app reviews, steps on using Ovi Maps and more.
With the e-zine titled “Your guide to Ovi Nokia”, hopefully users will get a better understand of the whole picture and the services and devices Nokia produced to the market.
To all my friends in Malaysia… have you been waiting for the much talked about Nokia N900 device to be made available here?
Wait no more! The Linux-based Maemo powered mobile computer is now up for pre-order!
The Nokia N900 is priced at RM2280. Collection of the devices can be done on the 27th and the 28th of March 2010 at selected Nokia Stores so if you wanna be one of the first to own the N900 in Malaysia, pre-order now!
Below is a screenshot of the pre-order form on Nokia Malaysia website.
The first 300 ppl to pre-order will get a free “Nokia Extra Power DC-11″ worth RM278.
The DC-11: Simultaneously charge the two devices you use the most for calls, messaging, navigation or music. It provides up to one charge for your mobile phone. High-quality materials, rechargeable battery and excellent cable management make life hassle free when you’re on the move.
Woot! Seems like we have another upcoming C series device!
According to Engadget, the upcoming Nokia C6 is a 5230 lookalike with slide out full qwerty keyboard.
In my opinion, apart from the 3 buttons at the bottom of the screen and the bezeled frame, it looks kinda nice. I like it cos it has a 4 rows keyboard instead of 3 rows like the N97.
The Nokia C6 should be of a lower range than the N97 mini as it doesnt have the big hard disk space like the N97.
Nokia has just unveiled a new series in its line of devices, the C Series. Along with the X and E series, the new line is more catered to the mass market, providing them smartphone features in a feature phone body.
The first device in this new series is the Nokia C5, comes with S60 3rd edition with OVI messenger pre-installed that allows users to connect to IM services like Windows Live Messenger and Gtalk.
It has a bright 2.2inch display and a 3.2megapixel camera. The C5 also comes with free walk and drive navigation courtesy of Ovi Maps. Social networking features for the C5, one of which is Facebook integration where the handset’s phonebook will display your contacts’ status updates. Good stuff!
The C5 is very slim, measuring at about 12mm thin and 46mm across (and 112mm high). Battery life is good for up to 12 hours talktime and it’ll stay on standby for 26 days between charges.
There will be 2 colour variations for the device, White & Warm Grey. It will be made available in the second quarter of 2010 globally in Europe, Eurasia, SEAP, China and MEA. Price would be around 135 Euro, which translates to about RM621 before tax.
Got loads of money but don’t know how to spend them? Fret not!
Nokia has just announced a product that you might wanna purchase and lighten up your wallet.
Introducing the luxury version of the N97 Mini, built with 18-carat gold and comes with fashionista apps like “ELLE 360Fashion” so you can stay up to date with latest fashion and spend more money buying clothes to match your shiny gold Nokia N97 Mini.
In my opinion, with the inclusion of fashion apps, Nokia is trying to target this to the female community. What say you?
The gold edition has the same features and specs like the ordinary one: 3.2inch touchscreen display with 360 x 640 pixels, full QWERTY keyboard, WiFi, 3.5G, GPS, Nokia Ovi Maps, 3.5mm headphone jack, 8GB internal memory, and a 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash.
It’s gonna be priced at about 2,499 Poland Zloty.. which is about 2882 Malaysian Ringgit and will be made available in the next quarter.
Read reviews of the new Nokia X6? Saw photos and videos of people playing with one and wished you can own one too?
YOU CAN!! FOR ONLY 66 BUCKS!
Nokia Malaysia is organizing a launch party for the Nokia X6 Comes With Music and Ovi Music Store in Malaysia!
Points to remember:
- It will be held at Bukit Kiara Equestrian Club Indoor Arena
- 29.1.2010 730pm til late
- There will only be 66 units up for grabs so make sure you come early come fast and grab it FASTTT!
- Be the first to be there wearing PINK or BLUE
Good news to all S60v5 users (N97, 5800, 5530 etc)!!!
Nimbuzz just rolled out a brand new version of its popular messaging app that supports Twitter!
According to them, they just did 3 great things by launching:
• the most powerful Twitter app on Symbian – adding a whole new element of “real-time”!
• a world first, with pop-up notifications for chats and events while Nimbuzz runs in the background!
• added kinetic scrolling to all 5th Edition phones – which will rock your touch screen!
The fully integrated Twitter function is better than any standalone Twitter client for Symbian, plus you get all that extra Nimbuzz goodness!
You can Tweet, ReTweet, Follow, Unfollow, Direct Message, visualize Timeline, Search, view Trends, view Profiles… you name it!
Here is a list of the new features and improvements:
* Full Twitter client – Timelines, Tweet, DM, Searches, Trends, Profiles and much more!!
* Kinetic scroll – available for Symbian 5th edition touch screen phones (e.g. Nokia 5800, Nokia N97, N97 mini, Nokia 5730, Nokia X6 )
* Chat History –see all your past conversations
* Pop-Up notification – for new chats and other events whenever Nimbuzz runs in the background
* DTMF tones in calls – now you can press 1 in a call , when the robot tells you so
* NimbuzzOut rate calculator – see the rates for calling to different countries
* Upgraded UI – new chat screen layout & contact list layout
Cant wait to try it on your Nokia touchscreen devices? Download the new Nimbuzz 2.2 for Symbian now from Nimbuzz.com
This time around Nokia launches a slew of colours for the new Nokia 6700 Slide to match your everyday mood. There are six stunning colours to choose from are aluminium, pink, petrol-blue, red, lime and purple… (somehow this reminds me of the iPod Nano).
The 6700 Slide has a 2.2″ screen and a full aluminium frame.
This device is an imaging monster too, spotting a five megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, dual LED flash and a dedicated camera button, this is like an Nseries already! Not forgetting the capability to edit photos and upload them to social networks on the go.
The Nokia 6700 slide also excels in the music aspect, as it comes with an FM Radio, 12 days standby time, 4 hours of talktime and 29 hours of music playback via headphones!
The device will be expected to be available in the first quarter of 2010, the 6700 is estimated to retail for €160 before taxes and subsidies.
Check out the promo video of the Nokia 6700 Slide below.
Seems like Nokia realised that many users are not clear on the direction and the app availability for email, social network and messaging on Nokia devices.
That’s why the company launches a new portal that features all the messaging options and ambitions.
The portal is divided into 3 main sections: Email, Instant Messaging and Social Networking.
Each section tells users what they can do on their phone in messaging and how it helps them to communicate better.
Once the user has selected the device, the graphic changes to match messaging options for the selected model.
Check out this widget below with international artiste Rihanna talking about some stuff.
What stuff? You have to click play to view it.
“Nokia today announced the launch of a groundbreaking new global music partnership – Nokia Play 2010 – with the Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) and Universal Music Group International (UMGI)”
The partnership will launch international superstar Rihanna’s highly-anticipated new album, Rated R, with Nokia via an exclusive live, streamed concert and simultaneous listening parties in multiple locations around the globe on November 16th 2009.
Streamed live from London, Rihanna will perform for the very first time a select number of tracks from her new album. In front of fans in London and an audience globally, the exclusive gig will showcase Nokia and IDJMG’s ability to bring fans closer to artists, and artists closer to fans via its home on www.nokia.com/rihanna
This event places Rihanna at the forefront of cutting-edge technology to deliver music and exclusive content to fans, whilst enabling fans to get closer to the live action from wherever they are in the world.
Listen up Rihanna fans! You now can:
* Sign up to watch the live stream
* Invite your friends to watch the performance simultaneously with you through Facebook and Twitter
* Download a web widget counting down to the live performance.
* Download an exclusive Rihanna mobile application from Nokia’s Ovi Store.
* Download the album with an exclusive track either to their PC or over the air to mobile from Nokia Music Store or Comes With Music.
In addition, Nokia will offer of an exclusive version of the new Rated R album via Nokia Music Store, as well as a companion Rihanna application with exclusive footage and other links on Ovi Store.
Rihanna stated, “I am so excited to partner up with Nokia. They are doing some really revolutionary things with this album, enabling me to reach more fans than ever before.”
To secure your place in the making of music history, register at www.nokia.com/rihanna now!
Reminder: Live Stream will take place on 16th November 2009
Just when you thought Symbian user interface is getting old since the new touchscreen devices are currently using S60v5 (which was ported from S60v3 with touch capability added), don scat!
The people at Symbian Foundation are actually working on new Symbian platforms namely Symbian^3 and Symbian^4
Check out the timeline above to find out when these new n good looking Symbian versions are coming.
The second open version of the Symbian platform. It extends Symbian^2 in many ways, including graphics support for advanced layering and effects, full HDMI support for a great television playback experience and improving data performance – ideal for streaming high definition audio and video.
Symbian^4
Symbian^4 is expected in 2010. It will feature Direct UI – a complete makeover of the touch UI, Qt as the primary runtime and the majority of SHAI in place, making hardware adaptation easier than ever before.
Check out this video showing off the Symbian UI Concept posted by Symbian Foundation.
Can’t wait to see this being implemented! Come on Symbian! Speed it up!
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