Nokia Launches X3 & X6 Mobile Phones For The Entertainment Lovers

Nokia has opened doors to welcome you to a new world of melodious entertainment with the launch of two phones, Nokia X6 and Nokia X3. 

Nokia X6 is a touch screen interface with an internal memory of 32 GB to store songs, video and other files. Nokia X6 is nicknamed as “Comes with Music device” because of its ability to play music for over 35 hours, and download music. Its 8-band graphical equalizer can play mp3, AAC, AAC+, WMA, eAAC+, and SPMidi files. It has an integrated 3D stereo speaker for crystal clear hi-fi sound quality. Videos and photo viewing is enhanced on the 3.2” display with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Get crystal clear pictures from the Carl Zeiss optical lens 5 megapixel camera that comes with a Dual LED flash. This is not all; connect to your friends and social contacts through Facebook and Ovi. The phone operates on Symbian OS 9.4 version and is supported by GPS navigation. It uses a BL-5J Li-Ion battery which gives a talk time of 8.5 hours and has a standby time of 401 hours. It can play video for 3.5 hours and music for 35 hours. The phone is sleek weighing 122 g and has a build of 111.0 x 51.0 x 13.8 mm. It is priced at 450 Euros.

Nokia X3 packs in itself most of the music features of the Nokia X6 phone and is the unprecedented Series 40 phone enabled by Ovi Store. It has an integrated 3.2 megapixel camera for quality image capture. There are dedicated music keys to access the media player. It comes with stereo speakers, so you can enjoy music from the in-built FM radio and media files even without a headset. It can play music for 24 hours. The Ovi functionality enables to share uploaded pictures. Connect with family and friends through conversational messaging, email, MMS and Bluetooth technology. Nokia X3 has a 2.2 inch QVGA display with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. Like the X6 phone, Nokia X3 also supports GPRS class A and TCP/IP.The Nokia X3 brings with itself a WH-500 Nokia Stereo Headset, a MD-9 mini speaker and an 8 GB micro SDHC card as accessories. It comes in a frame of 96.0 x 49.3 x 14.1 mm weighing 103 g and has a slide design. It is priced at 115 Euros.

Nokia Introduces Wibree Technology To Compete With Bluetooth

 

In order to address the various issues that have been unattended to by the contemporary wireless technology, researchers at Nokia have initiated to develop a new wireless technology based on Bluetooth standard. The Wibree technology promises to complement the Bluetooth technology in smaller devices such as heart rate monitors, wireless keyboards, wrist watches, sports sensors and toys. The Wibree technology would consume less power and is cost-effective compared to the Bluetooth.

Wibree can be named as an open technology, the first of its kind to offer the capability to connect personal computers or mobile devices like wireless keyboards, watches, sports sensors and toys that operate on small button shaped battery cells. Like the Bluetooth, Wibree uses 2.45 GHz bandwidth and can transfer data at 1Mbps up to a range of 10 meters. However, Wibree only consumes a fraction of power required for the Bluetooth. Thus Wibree gives the advantage of long battery life and enables the transmission of small amounts of data using the Bluetooth technology at low cost.

Wibree technology can be executed by two methods. The Wibree chips that implement Stand-alone technology are suitable for small devices such as wireless keyboards and mouse, toys and sensors. The Wibree chips that implement Bluetooth-Wibree dual mode technology are intended for mobile phones so the user can benefit from the high speed of Bluetooth and the ability of Wibree to connect to small wireless devices. Also the battery power consumption will be less.

Nokia released the Wibree technology to the public in 2006 and said that the Wibree products could be released by mid 2007. Towards accomplishing this, Nokia has been working with CSR, Nordic Semiconductor, Broadcom, Epson and other companies. Nokia is trying to promote the Wibree technology as a complement to the existing Bluetooth and has denied that it is not a replacement to the Bluetooth. Bluetooth is beneficial for data-intensive applications involving transfer of files and audio, while Wibree is suitable for transfer of lesser amounts of data. Hence combining both the technologies the user can achieve low power consuming connectivity to smaller wireless devices.

Nokia N900, the new entrant in the market is a successor to the Nokia N810 mobile phone. The Nokia N900 is a mobile phone capable enough to give tough competition to its counterparts. Its mobile computer works on Linux operating system and has Maemo software for complete web browsing that is supported by Mozilla technology and Adobe Flash Player 9.4.This gives full freedom of web browsing.

 The network connectivity is augmented by a GPRS class A interface and has HSPA speed of up to 10 Mbps for download and 2 Mbps for upload. The phone is designed for continuous TCP/IP connectivity and can serve as a data modem through USB. The 3.5G WLAN connectivity with Quad band GSM supported by GPRS and EDGE technology enables data transfers over Wi-Fi of up to 54 Mbps. Mail for exchange, POP3, IMAP and SMTP are the email and messaging protocols that are supported on the Nokia N900. It supports rich HTML content and email attachments. There is also A-GPS functionality for accurate and effortless navigation. The Ovi maps application displays rich 3D, satellite and hybrid maps. Nokia N900 has an integrated 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optical lens for refined clarity and a Dual LED flash for perfect pictures keeping in view the variant ambient conditions. It offers 800 x 480 resolution video recording and supports mp4, .avi, .wmv, .3gp; codecs: H.264, MPEG-4, Xvid, WMV, H.263file formats for Video playback. The 3.5 inch touch screen WVGA display features 3D Graphics acceleration with support for OpenGL ES 2.0 that enables multi window multitasking menu options. It makes viewing images, videos and files a pleasure trip. The sleek and compact design is adorned by a side slider which has the display in the front and the camera at the back. When you slide the top layer you find the QWERTY keyboard beneath it for input. The other input option is the touch screen and a stylus for writing. There are dedicated keys for camera, zoom and volume.

Telephone utility is augmented by the integrated hands-free stereo speakers and blue tooth. It has all features like call waiting, hold, divert, conference call besides internet calling. Contacts can be stored with images and there is complete log of missed, received and dialed calls. Its fully equipped 3.5 mm stereo media player supports mp3, .wma, .aac, .m4a, .wav file formats. There is an in-built FM transmitter for music lovers. The phone weighs only 181 gms and has dimensions of 110.9 × 59.8 × 18. It comes in a rich black color and is quite classy. The package includes BL-5J 1320mAh battery, an AC-10 charger, stereo headset, video out cable, a CA-146C charger adaptor and a cleaning cloth. The phone is available in select markets at a price of 500 Euros (approximately Rs.35, 000) exclusive of subsidies and tax.

In the process to maintain its position in the line of social networking sites, Facebook has been researching to make its website more efficient. Ways are being devised to make the site brisker so that its users do not have to spend more time navigating between the pages. Facebook Lite is mainly intended for users living in places having either no broadband or an expensive broadband. So that they can save bandwidth. Facebook Lite promises to be much faster than the existing version.

Facebook faces huge competition from Twitter, which has set its mark as one of the best social networking sites connecting people across the globe. Facebook has purchased Friend feed, one of the best know aggregator of web information for around $50million. The main reason for this acquisition probably is to benefit from FriendFeed’s technology and its real-time web approach. Facebook can also improve the site by using the latter’s powerful search product.

Facebook opened up its simplified version known as “Facebook Lite” to some of its users early this week to test its functioning. Also messages were sent to users who accessed the Facebook site inviting them to experiment the new Facebook Lite. Some users who had the chance to explore the Facebook Lite pages stated that it had features similar to that of Twitter in terms of posting comments and updates.

Facebook Lite promises to be brisker so that users can have easy access to the Status updates. It also assures that accepting “friend requests” and posting comments on walls would be easier. All said and done, Facebook Lite is still in its testing phase and not open to all users. Reports obtained so far state that Facebook Lite looks like a simplified version of Twitter & Friendfeed with comments enabled.

The LG GC900, nicknamed Viewty Smart is an addition to the LG legacy of smart phones and an improvement over the first LG Viewty. Its 8 megapixel camera having a resolution of 800×480 enables print quality pictures and video recording. It works on GSM technology and boasts of a 3D S-class User interface. It has HSDPA 7.2 Wi-Fi and Bluetooth for internet connectivity.  The phone also incorporates FM radio with RDS. The video and music player are supported by Dolby.

LG GC900 sports a 3” WVGA touchscreen display which is 4 times clearer than most phone screens. It has a 1.5GB in-built memory and provides a memory card slot to support a 32GB SD card. The phone promises complete entertainment with its DivX and XVid video playback capability.
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The Samsung Omnia i8910 HD Launched In India Priced At 33,990 INR 

Samsung well known for its recent mobile phone releases has come up with another sleek model. Samsung India launched the Samsung Omnia HD .Samsung Omnia’s eye catching feature is its 3.7-inch AMOLED screen having a resolution of 340×640 pixels. Samsung Omnia  i8910 HD is priced at Rs33,990.

Samsung Omnia i8910 HD is the first Series 60 Fifth Edition mobile to be released in India. The huge AMOLED screen is the stark feature that Omnia i8910 posseses that can magnetize customers. Continue Reading