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Nokia India has announced the launch of its first series 40 touch-input device Nokia 6208 Classic.

The Nokia 6208 Classic, priced at Rs. 13,259, features a pen input along with an alphanumeric keypad and handwriting recognition features. It also features a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3.2 mega-pixel camera with dual LED flash, Stereo MP3 player and FM radio, 64 MB internal user memory (13 MB free) and a 5-way navi-key.
Vineet Taneja, Marketing Director, Nokia India said, "We are extremely excited to launch the Nokia 6208 Classic truly designed for convenience. This is our first series 40 touch input aimed to give our consumers an enhanced messaging experience. With a 3.2 megapixel camera, dual LED flash and 8x digital zoom, the Nokia 6208 Classic makes capturing memories and sharing moments simple, fun and easy."

The Nokia 6208 Classic is made from materials such as stainless steel and features larger fonts for messaging and browsing as well as viewing pictures and web pages. The Nokia 6208 Classic also supports optional microSD cards up to 8GB.

Source: tech2.in.com

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic phone is one of the successful devices presented by the company. It now appears that the finnish mobile phone manufacturer is rumored to launch a new phone called the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic, reports SlashGear.

It is reported that the new Nokia phone will sport a slim design and large 3.5inch touchscreen display. Apparently, the phone bundles up a 5 megapixel camera that should allow capturing clear and bright images as compared to the 3.2 megapixel camera integrated on the 5800.

This phone is speculated to include a 3.5mm headphone jack. Moreover, it is expected to run on a Symbian S60 5th Edition OS. Supposedly, the leaked images of this phone are coming through a source from China and from the images, it can be judged that the phone will be available in two distinct colors.

Images claiming to show Nokia’s follow-up to the 5800 XpressMusic touchscreen cellphone, the Nokia 5900 XpressMusic, have leaked, and while there’s no confirmation that these are legitimate they certainly look the part. Believed to include a larger, 3.5-inch touchscreen, 3.5mm headphone jack and 5-megapixel camera, the 5900 XpressMusic is expected to run the same Symbian S60 5th Edition OS as its predecessor.

What confuses matters is that an entirely different page is suggesting that, rather than the 5900 XpressMusic, the images are of the Nokia 5530 XpressMusic, another media-centric touchscreen handset but not the 5800’s successor. Instead, it’s said to use the same 3.2-megapixel camera, paired with a 2.9-inch display.

Samsung has strengthened its touch screen portfolio by announcing the launch of Samsung Star Samsung Star 3G full touch screen phones in the Indian market. Boasting compact designs and intuitive usability, the products are aimed at customers looking for full touch phones at more affordable price points. Samsung Star represents the first touch screen phone that the company is manufacturing at its manufacturing facility at Noida. Samsung also announced the launch of its innovative, music phone with touch screen functionality, Samsung BEAT DJ.

With the launch of the three new touch screen phones, Samsung now has a portfolio of seven touch screen phones, ranging from Star to its flagship touch screen phone, Ultra Touch launched last month.

"Samsung Star and Samsung Star 3G are significant additions to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, featuring all the essential functions in one single device. At Samsung, our effort is to deliver various full touch products for every consumer lifestyle," said Sunil Dutt, Country Head, Samsung Mobile Division.

Samsung Star (S5233)
Samsung Star comes with the latest multimedia features in a slim and compact body that measures a mere 11.9mm. It also comes with a stylus for convenience. Other features include -

* a 3.0-inch WQVGA full-touch screen and Samsung’s TouchWiz User Interface with Mobile Widgets and an accelerometer sensor
* “Photo Contact,” to call a contact by touching an appointed image.
* a 3.2 mega-pixel camera with smile recognition
* multi-format playback and Samsung’s DNSe sound engine
* recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service
* 50MB Internal memory, expandable up to 8GB via microSD cards
* Google applications like Google Search, Gmail, Google maps; online widgets and photo blogging

Gesture Control is a new feature added that allows the user to unlock the touch screen or run an application by just giving a gesture command. For example - to call a friend, you don’t need to search his/her number in the contacts list, just give a gesture command (A, B or C as per your preference and setting) - the phone will recognize the command and dial the number. In addition, the user can also customize various applications like C- Call, M – Music, I – Internet etc.The phone also supports a virtual QWERTY keyboard for messaging and handwriting features.

Samsung Star 3G (S5603)
The second handset, the Samsung Star 3G comes with full Internet browsing support with an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation and, as the name suggests, is a 3G enabled phone. It’s equipped with the same features as the S5233 including Gesture Control. It also has a 3.2 mega-pixel camera with Power LED Flash and 80MB Internal memory expandable up to 8GB.

BEAT DJ
Samsung's BEAT DJ handset was announced at MWC earlier this year and has finally made it to our shores. Running Samsung’s intuitive DISC User Interface, the BEAT DJ comes fully loaded with Bang & Olufsen audio technology.

"Samsung BEAT DJ is designed to take music on mobile phones to a whole new level of quality and exciting user experience. With amazing sound quality and advanced music application, the BEAT DJ J will appeal to a growing base of consumers who want to consolidate their music playing devices without compromising on style, function and experience", said Dutt.

With the BEAT DJ application & DISC UI, users will be able to add preloaded voice samples and sound effects to their favorite songs and record it. Users can also ‘scratch’ the records by swiping their fingers across the display. The handset comes with the following feature set -

* 2.8-inch AMOLED touchscreen display (240 x 400 pixels with 16 million colors), accelerometer
* 50MB internal microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
* 3MP AF camera, Geo-tagging, Smile Shot, Face Detection
* HSDPA, EDGE
* Bluetooth v 2.1, USB 2.0 (micro)
* GPS with A-GPS
* DivX, XviD, WMV, MP4 playback support
* 3.5mm AV socket, DNSe, SRS Virtual Surround
* FM radio with recording
* 50MB internal memory, expandable to 8GB with the micro SD card

The Samsung BEATDJ is also equipped with built-in real stereo speakers - powered by B&O's ICEpower amplifier.

The Samsung Star S5233, S5603 and Beat DJ are priced at Rs. 11,100, Rs. 14,499 and Rs. 18,990 respectively.

Source: tech2.in.com

Nokia today announced a new Eseries mobile phone, the Nokia E52 mobile with full QWERTY keyboard and a 3.2 megapixel camera. This new Eseries Nokia E52 mobile addition boasts eight-hour talk time and an ultra-thin body.

Nokia has already announced a new handset in their business E-Series range. Nokia E52 mobile is a 'voice optimized' mobile phone. Nokia has designed the mobile to offer users a longer battery life on a single charge. According to the company the Nokia E52 mobile will be capable of dishing out up to 8 hours of talk time. It's quite a sleek handset as well at just 9.9mm.

The form factor of the Nokia E52 mobile handset is the traditional candybar, with the E-series keys such as home, email, calendar and delete/back key in their regular places. With a slim design and weight at only 98g, it is also a workhorse with up to 8 hours of talktime, 23 days of standby time, support for Mobile VPN, where you can connect securely to your workplace, support for Nokia Messaging, Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveler.

The new Nokia E52 comes with noise cancellation, so now you'll be heard clearly no matter where you're calling from. All this comes on top of the features we've come to expect from Eseries devices including A-GPS, high-speed HSDPA and HSUPA connections, and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

Mobile VPN is built in to make it easy to access company intranets. This comes with Call Connect support, which enables businesses to integrate Nokia mobile devices with corporate phone systems, enabling users to be contactable through a single number, have a single voicemail box and offer least-cost call routing.

Getting up and running with email is simple. Support for Nokia Messaging, Mail for Exchange and IBM Lotus Notes Traveller make it simple to add personal or work email accounts to the device and the new to the E52 email user interface makes accessing your email a joy.

The Nokia E52 will ship with a 1GB microSD card and a free 60 day trial for Files on Ovi. It'll be available in two colours, metal grey and golden aluminium which will help show off the 2.4-inch display (which also has automatic landscape support). The device also sports a compass alongside Nokia Maps and A-GPS. Plus, with speedy HSDPA (10.2Mb per second) and newer HSUPA upload access at up to 2Mb per second, the E52 is equipped for effortless content sharing on the move.

Nokia E52 Technical Specifications:

Operating System: S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
*Band: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WCDMA 900/2100MHz or 850/2100MHz
*Data: GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA/WiFi
*Size: 116mm x 49mm x 9.9mm (4.6in x 1.9in x .4in)
*Weight: 98g (3.5oz)
*Battery Life: 1500mAh capacity
Estimated 28 days standby time / Estimated 8 hours talk time
*Display: 2.4" 16 million color QVGA, 240x320 pixel resolution
*Camera: 3.2 megapixel and LED flash
*Video: Recording/Playback
*Bluetooth: 2.0 with A2DP
*Memory: 60MB internal, microSD memory card slot with 1GB card included
*Other: 3.5mm audio port, built-in GPS receiver, compass

The Nokia E52 is expected to start sales in the second half of 2009 at an estimated retail price, before taxes or subsidies, of Rs. 16,160 ($325).

See below for some close up of the E52 hands on and enjoy the funky music.

Research In Motion (RIM) will debut an upgraded BlackBerry Storm 2 Smart Phone in September, SlashGear is reporting. According to "a source very close to the issue," the BlackBerry Storm 2 mobile will support Wi-Fi-a significant omission in the first-generation BlackBerry Storm mobile, which debuted last fall on Verizon Wireless.

The man at the helm of the affairs, RIM CEO Jim Ballsillie, has reportedly confirmed that RIM is currently "engineering" the BlackBerry Storm successor and will target the untapped mainstream consumer audience, which now comprises more than half of the 25 million RIM subscribers.

The report offers few BlackBerry Storm 2 Mobile details, but it's likely that RIM will upgrade the Storm's much-maligned SurePress click screen, which many reviewers reported was sluggish and awkward to use. Since the BlackBerry Storm is RIM's answer to the iPhone, a mediocre interface would likely be the first issue to address.

Recent rumors say the BlackBerry Storm 2 mobile will also include a 5-megapixel camera, an upgraded display, and a screen keyboard that's easier to type on. A slide-out keyboard? Probably not. If Blackberry fans want a physical keyboard, they already have plenty of worthy options, including the BlackBerry Curve and the BlackBerry Pearl.

Despite its shortcomings, the BlackBerry Storm has proven very popular. It was the third best selling consumer smart phone in the U.S. last quarter, according to market research firm The NPD Group.

RIM seems to be making all the right moves now. The BlackBerry Storm's sibling, the more traditional BlackBerry Curve, bumped the iPhone out of the top spot to become America's most popular smart phone in Q1 2009.

source:www.pcworld.com

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500 mobile, its first Google Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of Samsung I7500 mobile phone, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

"Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Google Android mobile phone," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. "With Samsung's accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers" he added.

The Samsung I7500 mobile is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2" AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds.

The Samsung I7500 mobile offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Calendar, and Google Talk. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.

Based on Samsung's proven product leadership, Samsung I7500 mobile comes with latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2"AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the Samsung I7500 mobile also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. Samsung I7500 mobile phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.

Samsung I7500 Mobile Features:
Network: HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps (900 / 1700/ 2100MHz)
EDGE / GPRS (850/ 900/1800/1900)
OS: Android
Display: 3.2” HVGA(320x480) AMOLED
Camera: 5 MP Camera (Auto Focus), Power LED
Video: Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, RA
Value Added Features: Full Web Browser Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Android Market
Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, WiFi, MicroUSB, 3.5mm ear jack
Memory:
Internal memory: 8GB
memory: Micro SD (Up to 32GB)
Battery: 1500 mAh
Size: 115 x 56 x 11.9mm

The Samsung I7500 Android Mobile will be available in major European countries from June, 2009.

Courtsey: press.samsungmobile.com

Vodafone UK has recently announced the launch of the most awaited World's most advanced mobile computer Nokia N97. The Nokia N97 is scheduled to be launched this July in UK. Designed to meet the needs of today's Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 offers a 3.5-inch touch display with up to 16 million colors nHD16:9 widescreen (640×360 pixels) and a full QWERTY keyboard. This Mobile will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other.

This Nokia Nseries mobile packs in a variety of technologically advanced features including multiple sensors, 16GB expandable memory, processing power and connection speed. The Nokia N97 mobile comes with an 'always open' window which allows users to connect to their favorite social networking sites and internet destinations anytime, anywhere.

Vice President heading Nokia Nseries, Jonas Geust quoted, "the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence. Together with the Ovi services announced today, the Nokia N97 mobile computer adjusts to the world around us, helping stay connected to the people and things that matter most. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet."

Nokia N97 supports both systems WCDMA 900/1900/2100 as well as EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. It has an S60 5th Edition user interface and equips a Nokia BP-4L, 1500mAh battery. It has a dimension of 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm and 18.25 (L x W x H) mm at the camera area but it weighs only 150g.

The main highlights of the Nokia N97 are its following features which include 48GB memory consisting of 32GB on board and 16GB expandable via microSD memory card. It can play back MPEG-4/SP and MPEG-4AVC/H.264 at 30fps, at VGA resolution. The phone plays RealVideo format files up to QCIF at 30fps and supports Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF at 30fps. Its music player can playback formats like MP3, ACC, eACC, eACC+ and WMA while the Internet browser supports Flash Lite 3.0/ Flash Video.

The main camera of N97 includes a Carl ZeissTessar lens and captures images up to 5 mega pixels (2584*1938) in JPEG (16.7 million colors)/ EXIF (24-bit color) format. It can capture video in MPEG-4 VGA (640*480) at 30fps. It has an Aperture of F2.8 and Focal length of 5.4mm. It also has a Dual LED camera flash and video light which brings pictures and videos to life.

The battery of this techno gadget is designed to suit ones need. The battery life offers a talk time of up to 320min (3G) and 400min (GSM), a standby time of up to 400hrs (3G) and 430hrs (GSM). It has a video playback time of up to 4.5hrs (offline mode) and a music playback time of up to 37hrs (offline mode).

The phone's connectivity and data services include a WLAN IEEE802.11b/g with an UPnP support, Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0. It bundles up 3.5mm stereo headphone plug, TV-out support (PAL/NTSC), 2.0 Bluetooth wireless technology with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR) and GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS).


Nokia N97 Mobile Specification:

Technical Profile:
-System: WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA),EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
-User Interface: S60 5th Edition
-Dimensions: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm
*mm (L x W x H) *18.25 mm at camera area
-Weight: Approx. 150 g
-Display:3.5 inch TFT with up to 16 million colors nHD16:9 widescreen (640x360 pixels)
-Battery: Nokia Battery BP-4L, 1500 mAh

Media:
-Memory: Up to 48GB (32 GB on-board memory, plus 16GB expansion via microSDmemory card slot)
-Video playback: MPEG-4 / SP and MPEG-4 AVC/H.264, up to 30 fps, up to VGA resolution. -RealVideoup to QCIF @ 30 fps. Windows Media (WMV9) up to CIF @ 30 fps. Flash Lite 3.0 / -Flash Video in internet browser
-Music playback: MP3, AAC, eAAC, eAAC+, WMA

Main Camera:
-Lens: Carl ZeissTessar
-Image capture: Up to 5 megapixels (2584 x 1938) JPEG/EXIF (16.7 million/24-bit color)
-Video capture: MPEG-4 VGA (640 x 480) at up to 30 fps
-Aperture: F2.8
-Focal length: 5.4 mm
-Flash: Dual LED camera flash and video light

Operating Times:
-Talk time: Up to 320 min (3G), 400 min (GSM)
-Standby time: Up to 400 hrs (3G), 430 hrs (GSM)
-Video playback: Up to 4,5 hours (offline mode)
-Music playback: Up to 37 hours (offline mode)

Connectivity & Data Services:
-WLAN IEEE 802.11b/g with UPnP support
-Micro-USB connector, Hi-Speed USB 2.0
-3.5mm stereo headphone plug and TV-out support (PAL/NTSC)
-Bluetooth wireless technology 2.0 with A2DP stereo audio, enhanced data rates (EDR)
-GPS receiver with support for assisted GPS (A-GPS)

Vodafone UK also announced no price has yet been quoted for this Nokia masterpiece but there is no doubt that the price won’t stop the new generation netizens from purchasing it.

Nokia today unveiled the new addition to its Eseries range, Nokia E75. Nokia, the world leader in mobility industry, has finally launched one of their latest additions to the E-Series range of business class mobile phone, the Nokia E75 with Nokia Messaging Service (push email)m, which mobilizes email solutions on Nokia mobile.

The Nokia E75 mobile is the first mobile from Nokia's stable to offers complete integration of email and messaging services. THe Nokia E75 Slider Mobile also provides an easy 3 step process for instant email set up and supports upto 16 email accounts.

Speaking at the launch, Vineet Taneja, Marketing Director, Nokia India said, "Business mobility is now a necessity. The prosumers and enterprises in India are fast realizing that mobile business solutions can help provide a competitive advantage. The power-packed Nokia E75 with Nokia Messaging Service is the definite efficiency tool that offers the complete mobile email functionality and gives consumers an enriched and easy to use email experience while on the move. Connecting to and using email now on will be as easy as using SMS giving people the choice of applications they want to use and when they want to use."

The stylish Nokia E75 mobile offers the best-in class corporate and consumer email experience via pre installed Nokia Messaging push email service.The Nokia E75 mobile boasts full desktop email functionality along with both standard keypad and QWERTY keypad to give an ease-of use experience to consumers across categories.

The Nokia E75 isn't quite as loaded with features as expected, as for starters it only supports 3.6Mbit HSDPA which is not exactly cutting edge by today's standards. As this is primarily a business mobile, the 320x240 resolution display is somewhat disappointing, although we can't complain too much about the 3.2 Megapixel camera considering the target market.

However, things improve from here as Nokia has managed to add both WiFi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and aGPS support.

Nokia E75 mobile supports MP3, AAC, Nokia podcast and Windows Media Player. The player is also compatible with polyphonic, MP3, video and talking ringtones. The phone also incorporates Ovi services, Nokia Maps and Nokia's games service N-Gage

Nokia E75 mobile has a built in FM radio, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microUSB connector (that's smaller than the normal mini USB), a microSDHC card slot and a forward facing camera for video calls. Software feature include Nokia maps, dual home screens (as per the E71) and office document viewers.

The Nokia E75 offers quad band GSM and dual band WCDMA (900/2100MHz), so it should work in most of the world which makes it a decent handset for those that travel a lot.

However, it seems like Nokia has decided to go with a mere 1,000mAh batter, compared to a 1,500mAh battery for the Nokia E71 which will most likely mean fairly poor battery life for the Nokia E75.



Nokia E75 and Nokia Messaging Service:

* The Nokia E75 will support all features of Nokia Messaging Service - an array of third party email solutions, namely Gmail, Yahoo, Rediffmail, Sify, Indiatimes, Net4, Hotmail and In.com amongst others, thereby providing direct access to over 90 percent of the world's corporate inboxes as well.
* It supports consumer friendly intuitive user interface that offers two customizable home screen modes for business as well as personal mode.
* Nokia E75 displays alerts for upto two email accounts on the home screen, ensures quick navigation and switching between email accounts and displays the first line of the mail under the subject line.

Its other features include -

* 2.4 inch TFT LCD (240 x 320 pixels)
* 3.5mm earphone socket
* MicroSD card support
* EDGE/GPRS, 3G with HSDPA
* Wi-Fi
* GPS with A-GPS support
* Stereo Bluetooth and USB 2.0 (micro)
* 3.2MP autofocus camera with LED flash
* Stereo FM radio



The Nokia E75 will be available at an MRP of Rs. 26, 299 (including an 8GB memory card) in two colors - silver black and red.