Has the iPhone passed its sell-buy date?

As an iPhone user myself I can’t help wondering whats next for the device, when you think of the features the iPhone lacks, which lets face it is about 5, after that what can Apple introduce to make the iPhone appealing?
App Store
The only answer I’ve been given to that question is the App Store, now with over 100,000 apps (as of Q4 ‘09) but lets face it, you won’t use them all will ya, and once you’ve played one racing game, the others look the same, same with shooters, and more, I’m just wondering whats next.
Since the first iPhone back in 2007, Apple haven’t changed the UI or the way the iPhone works once, whilst some may like that as it makes it an easy transition, I don’t know, to me the iPhone is still missing something which I can’t put my finger on it.
Here’s what I’m basing it on, like I said the App Store has now over 100K applications, but we’ve all got the same apps, everyone seems to have the ‘FaceBook’ app for example, which is more or less essential for anyone, but we can all get FaceBook on all mobiles, even that old Nokia 6233 I’ve got lying around somewhere, and YouTube is also now available for even the basic-est devices.
Touch Screen
Since the iPhone in ‘07, touch screen + phone, lets face it, wasn’t really working out, then Apple did their magic and, boom, touch screen working seemlessly, but now everyone knows how to make touchscreen phone and before you know it, you’ve a whole bunch of different manufacturers interpretation of the iPhone, which is all good and all and don’t get me wrong when you first get an iPhone, or an iPod Touch for that matter, its a great experience, but I’m the type of guy who used to have a new phone every 6-10 months, and whilst I’ve not got a different iPhone than I started with, I feel that everything you can get from the iPhone is now on the iPod Touch, but is also on most mainstream phones, the App Store, Touchscreen, having a touchscreen iPod, is now just a feature that everyone can follow. Speaking of touchscreen, the iPhone was the first touchscreen phone I’ve ever purchased, but after a while you do find yourself itching to actually press a button, I was using a Samsung this week, just a standalone one, nothing special, but it felt great to actually text using actual buttons, and lets face it, you can’t send an SMS with an iPhone on a bus, its more or less impossible, you’re relying on the corrector.
What do you want from the iPhone then?
I think it would go in Apple’s favour if they made an iPhone with an actual button keyboard, sort out the annoying features the iPhone needs, “Hey, can you send us that through Bluetooth?”, “…No, actually”, I’m fed up of answering that!

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ญาติของ Nokia 5800 Xpress Music

ตอนนี้ทาง Nokia ได้ออกมือถือออกมารุ่นใหม่ ๆ มากมาย และรุ่นที่จะถือว่าเป็นญาติ ๆ ของ
Nokia 5800 Xpress Music มีอยู่ 2 รุ่น (เมื่อ พฤศจิกายน 2552)
ผมได้สรุปของแตกต่างเด่น ๆ ของแต่ละรุ่นออกมา เผื่อจะช่วยในการตัดสินใจ

 

อ่านบทความต่อ คลิกที่นี่

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Nokia E71 – O pesadelo do BlackBerry

“O SmartPhone é completo e dificilmente se acha um defeito nas suas funcionalidades, visto que a usabilidade dos sistemas da Nokia está anos luz na frente da concorrência.

Fiquem aí com a minha análise e, se discordarem de alguma coisa, me crucifiquem nos comentários!

Design - Sim, este pode ser chamado de SmartPhone com S maiúsculo. O teclado, apesar de pequeno, é confortável para digitar uma grande quantidade de textos e ainda conta com o tão procurado ‘ç’, acentos automáticos e T9.

Ele é bem fininho e cabe em qualquer bolso com facilidade e sem incomodar. Além disso ele vem com uma capinha show de bola para proteger o aparelho de arranhões.

Som - O pequeno notável não fala, ele GRITA. Tá certo que os graves ficam um pouco prejudicados devido ao tamanho das caixinhas de som e que o equalizador programável não faz muita diferença, mas certamente é um diferencial.

Ele também conta com um rádio FM que pára sua execução assim que alguém te liga.

Conectividade - Esse é completo. Vem com tudo que tem direito! Bluetooth, 3G, Infravermelho, USB, GPS e Wi-Fi.

É certamente um celular para navegação na internet, além de um escritório na palma da mão.

Câmera - Sua câmera de 3.2 Megapixels não deve nada a de qualquer um outro celular com as especificações equivalentes. Se bem que hoje ter uma câmera com essa característica num celular já não é mais uma suuuuper novidade assim.

Além de tirar fotos, ela grava vídeo em MPEG4, 320X240, com som e 30fps. Para quem não sabe nada de siglas e quer uma opinião sincera. Está na média.

O diferencial - Bem, o diferencial é a Nokia, que traz uma variedades e aplicativos que acompanham o celular. Você tem praticamente todos os IMs do mercado, além de Twitter e Skype.

A duração da bateria também impressiona para um SmartPhone com tantas funcionalidades. Ela dura aproximadamente 17 dias em stand-buy e 10 horas e meia usando direto.

Uma das únicas coisas ruins é que ele só vem com 110MB de memória interna e nenhum cartãozinho de memória na faixa. Porém ele suporta até 8GB de memória.

Ele está na faixa de R$1200,00 e vale cada centavo.”

Fonte: Fayerwayer

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Pico ChainSaw Pro: la motosega su Symbian

E’ disponibile una nuova (in)utility per il sistema operativo Symbian S60 V5.

Il programma si chiama Pico ChainSaw Pro e, come è facile intuire dal nome e dagli screen, si tratta di una motosega simulata sul vostro smartphone.

La motosega potrà essere controllata sia tramite accelerometro che tramite il touchscreen.

Il programma è simpatico, ma costa 1€ e si può trovare sull’Ovi Store.

A mio avviso è 1€ sprecato, ma a qualcuno potrebbe piacere..

Vi lascio con un filmato che vi spiegherà nel dettaglio il suo funzionamento.

Via | HwMobileForum

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ตอนนี้มาลงตัวที่ Nokia N79

ช่วงนี้อยากได้มือถือใหม่ แต่ก็ไม่รู้จะเอารุ่นไหน(จริงๆ ก็ยังไม่มีตังค์ซื้อ) ก็เลยพยายามตั้งโจทย์ขึ้นมาดูว่าเราต้องการสเป๊กแบบไหนบ้าง ก็เลยได้มาราวๆ นี้

1. เบา น้ำหนักไม่เกิน 110 กรัม (หัวข้อนี้ค่อนข้างสำคัญเพราะไม่อยากให้มันถ่วงกระเป๋ากางเกง)
2. บาง (จะได้ไม่ตุงกางเกง)
3. มีปุ่มกดพิมพ์สะดวก (จริงๆ อยากได้แบบที่เป็น QWERTY keyboard)
4. ลงโปรแกรมเพิ่มได้ (สมัยนี้ก็ได้แทบทั้งนั้น)
5. ต่อ Wi-Fi, EDGE, GPRS ได้ (อันนี้จำเป็นเหมือนกัน เพราะคิดว่าจะเอาใช้ทำงาน)
6. ฟังวิทยุได้ (อันนี้ก็จำเป็น เพราะเบื่อๆ ไม่มีอะไรทำก็ฟังวิทยุ)
7. ไม่ใช่ Windows Phone OS(หรือ Windows Mobile) อันนี้แบบว่าไม่ชอบเป็นการส่วนตัว แม้จะไม่เคยใช้เลยก็ตาม

ตอนแรกๆ ก็จะมุ่งหาแต่รุ่นที่เป็น QWERTY keyboard อย่างเดียวเลย ทั้ง Nokia E63, i-Mobile TV640, Nokia E75, Nokia N97, BlackBerry Curve 9700 …

แต่สุดท้ายแต่ละเครื่องก็กดปุ่มได้ยากมาก เพราะเราเป็นคนนิ้วใหญ่ ดังนั้นพอไปกดปุ่มเล็กๆ มันก็เลยจะพลาดไปโดนปุ่มข้างๆ เสมอ

อ้อ.. เราตัด iphone ออกไปเป็นอันดับหนึ่งเลยนะ เพราะว่าไม่ชอบมือถือที่เป็นแบบ Touch อย่างเดียว และมันแพงเกินไป

พอได้ไปลองกดดูทุกๆ เครื่องแล้ว ก็รู้สึกเลยว่า การไปเน้นที่ QWERTY keyboard จะไม่เวิร์คซะแล้ว เลยเริ่มไปมองแบบอื่นดูบ้าง

ก็มาเจอ Nokia E52 ที่รู้สึกว่าคุณสมบัติได้เลย แต่ว่าหน้าตามันนี่สิคิดหนักเลย คือมันแปลกๆ อะ ถ้าจะให้เรามาถือเครื่องนี้สงสัยจะไม่เหมาะแน่ๆ

จนวันนี้ได้มาเจอกับ Nokia N79 ซึ่งเป็นรุ่นที่หน้าตาดูดีเอามากๆ และก็สอบผ่านจากโจทย์ของเราเกือบทุกข้อ ซึ่งเป็นรุ่นที่เรามองข้ามไปเลย

มานั่งๆ พิจารณาดูแล้วก็ครอบคลุมการใช้งานของเรามากกว่า E52 มากเลย เพราะ

• กล้อง 5MP ที่เป็นเลนส์อย่างดี แถม Macro ด้วย (E52 ไม่มีและแค่ 3.2MP)
• เปลี่ยนหน้ากากหลังได้ แถมมาให้ด้วยอีกสองสี น่าจะช่วยแก้เบื่อได้ดีทีเดียว
• ถ่ายวิดีโอได้ที่ 640×480 30fps (E52 ทำได้แค่ 15fps) เรื่องถ่ายวิดีโอนี่เราอยากให้มันถ่ายได้เต็มที่ เพราะกะจะใช้มือถือแทนกล้องดิจิตอลไปเลย
• และก็ได้คะแนนพิศวาสจากชื่อรุ่น N79 นี่เอง เพราะว่ารหัสของเราตอนเรียนศิลปากรคือ 438079 ซึ่งเลข 79 นี่เป็นเลขที่ของเราใน DEC รุ่นนี้ ซึ่งเราก็ค่อนข้างจะผูกพันธ์กับมันพอสมควร
• คะแนนพิศวาสอีกหนึ่งคะแนนมาจากการออกแบบให้ชื่อ Nokia ไปอยู่เป็นติ่งๆ ออกมาทางด้านบนขวานี่ด้วย เรารู้สึกว่ามันเก๋เอามากๆ เลย

พอเช็คประวัติของมันดูคร่าวๆ ก็เห็นว่ามันออกมาได้ปีนึงแล้ว จากราคาวันแรก หมื่นห้า ตอนนี้เหลือหมื่นหนึ่ง ซึ่งก็ดูเหมาะสมดีกับความสามารถของมันตอนนี้

เราก็เลยกะว่าถ้าไม่มีตัวเลือกอื่นที่ดีกว่านี้มาแทน เราก็คงจะเลือกเจ้านี่แหละ ^ ^

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Reflections from MoneyTalks Forum

It was interesting to see such a huge participation and engagement at MoneyTalks Forum (November 12-13, 2009). Microsoft was featured and especially its BizSpark Program. I did not post this write up just after the event because I wanted to see how many will connect and interact with me among the business cards collected. I found the value of such great thinkers in my network and I maintain my live network online in LinkedIn. I felt that I made to the 6th biannual MoneyTalks Forum–without realizing the previous five successful ones!

The Finnish Mobile Assoiciation organized the moble circus during the second day of the event. This shows that the locus of mobile innovation is still live and kicking in Espoo no matter what the giants in mobile domains are doing!

Interesting part to this event is that you can book a meeting with the other participants in advance and there are 20 minute slots meant for that. This is where you have a chance to create the right connections for your collaboration or financing or both.

The whole delegation from Israel and US made the atmosphere interactive in dark Finnish weather. 7 minutes pitches and 1 minute pitches and even elevator pitches were interesting to observe! I summarized these in my previous blog – basics of entrepreneurship while presenting you cannot miss these components.

Ericsson, Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Microsoft, Otaniemi Marketing, Greater Helsinki Promotion and the main organizer of the event Technopolis deserve the great applaud in organizing such a great event. We look forward to future events from Technopolis to be of great success as well and sooner there will sustainable business model for Technopolis ventures as well.

Some of the companies featured on the event through presentations and pitches were: BookIT, Canatu, Ecotec, Cityvice, Fambit, Med-Byte, GP Bullhound, M-Technology, Pocum, Suntrica, Embedone, Embelir, FEnomen Creator, Mobiletools International and Sibesonke. Canatu and Sibesonke were voted best ventures with growth potentials. This shows that creativity as a differentiating strategy works and the light of beacon is emerging…

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Video: Stuff Magazine Tour of the Nokia N900 and "Meem 5"

Stuff Magazine takes a look at  “Meem 5″ powered Nokia N900. Ha, MEEM.

What’s echoing across many of the gadget blogs is that the N900 is:

• Chunky,
• Bulky
• Impressive – has “potential”.
• has a Great Browser

How much will this bulkiness put the mass public off from even trying out the N900? It was certainly enough for the supposed “Gadget Inspectors” over at the Telegraph to punish the N900 with only 6/10

Expect a full review (hopefully after some understanding of how to actually operate the N900) from Stuff Magazine peeps soon.

[Via http://mynokiablog.com]

Demencia Episodio [12] – Especial Campus Party MX

Bienvenidos a este Episodio 12 de Demencia, este podcast es un especial que grabamos durante la realización de la Campus Party México 2009, la verdad fue bastante gratificante estos 5 días llenos de convivencia y conocimiento, este podcast es tanto para la gente que asistió como para la que no asistió, los temas son variados y considero que interesantes, espero les agrade este episodio especial de Demencia.

 Dentro de este episodio tocamos los siguientes temas:

• Francisco Martínez nos platica del concurso de Modding.
• Daniel Rocha (Senior Technology Expert) de Nokia nos platica de QT. (daniel.rocha@nokia.com)
• Checo (LanFighters) y Guzmán (Alianza GCM) nos habla del ambiente dentro de Ocio Digital – Videojuegos

Puedes escuchar el podcast desde este reproductor.

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o descargarlo desde este enlace.

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Rihanna: Nokia Concert in London @ The 02 Academy

The Wait is Ova, The Wait is Ova, … The Wait is Ova, The review is finally here.

On Monday I was invited by a division of Rihanna’s Management and Nokia to attend her exclusive album launch concert. To my amaze, I was delighted to go; as you all know I’m a big fan of Rihanna and everything thats she’s put out this era so having this thrown at me randomly caught me off guard lol. Let’s begin.

As soon I as I arrived in the arena I was pleased that I was placed at the front row directly by the stage, all I kept thinking was Where is Rihanna, Where is Rihanna? I kept thinking she was going to pop out at any random moment lol. So I stood around eyes peeled while I admiring the stage set which can I say was pretty good!! I’d love to have something like that for a shoot one day it looked crazy!!, besides that lol, we serenaded by DJ’s Chase and Status [Producers of "Wait Your Turn"] which helped the crowd get into the party mood. The arena filled and then Nokia began to put a swirling “R” logo on their screens, it was then that the music cut and we knew she was about to make her entrance.

The arena went dark, the stage lit, and a video back drop appeared showing images of Rihanna behind the scenes of her album shoot, on her way to fashion shows in Paris, and various other paparazzi shots from around september this year, while the video was accompanied by the intro to the Rated R album “Mad House”, and some cool effects reminiscent of the 80s and old television sets which funny enough the back drop was surrounded by.

The track ended and  ”Wait Your Turn” began to play it was then that Rihanna emerged from underneath the stage, the crowd went nuts as all eyes where on her. She sang, and she moved!, the new swagger that Riri’s donned lately just oozed from her presence, you felt that gangster bad chick element in every step, every lip movement, every hand gesture, plus it helped that she looked amazing. She looks great in photos but even more stunning in person, such a beautiful woman.

Going through at set list of  Wait Your Turn, Russian Roulette, Don’t Stop The Music, Take A Bow, Unfaithful Disturbia ,Hard, Live Your Life, Run This Town and Umbrella. Rihanna’s vocals were definitely on point particularly during the acapella version’s of Unfaithful, Take A Bow and Disturbia. If anything I would have to say the acoustic version of Disturbia has sparked a my reinterest in the track. She sung it as normal but it was the band who took it on this dark groove journey which really gave you a different feeling from the orignal, I loved it.

At more than one point Rihanna looked as if she was singing in my face which made my heart burn lol but I loved it, I didnt know whether to look away or not, but overall perfomring wise,  the vocals, the aura, the set, the crowd, it was all a great feeling, plus the guest appearances from Jay -Z  and Young Jeezy just helped to make the mood even better. I only wished that the whole thing lasted longer as time flies when your having fun.

A big success on Nokia’s part they really should do this more often and with great urban/pop artists, I would love to be involved in any of their future projects as this was superb.A big thank to them and all the teams involved that helped me to have a great night.

Check out some of highlights from the show below:

IMG| Andre DeVeaux

Sekilas Tentang Nokia Life Tools

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Jakarta – Nokia baru saja meluncurkan layanan barunya bernama Nokia Life Tools. Sebenarnya apa yang ditawarkan layanan tersebut?

Pada dasarnya layanan ini terbagi menjadi 3 bagian: pertanian, pendidikan, serta hiburan. Dalam hal ini Nokia bekerjasama dengan beberapa pihak seperti: Departemen Pertanian, BMKG, Synovate dan mitra industri lain dengan memberikan informasi, harga, berita dan tips berguna yang dikirim langsung ke pelanggan.

Dalam keterangan resmi yang diterima detikINET, Kamis (5/11/2009) Dr.Ir. Zaenal Bachruddin, M.sc selaku Dirjen Pengolahan dan Pemasaran hasil Pertanian, Departemen Pertanian RI memberikan penjelasan.

“Layanan pertanian akan menyediakan informasi komoditas mulai dari bibit, ternak, holtikultura, dan perikanan,” ujarnya. Dijelaskan juga bahwa pelanggan dapat berlangganan tiga macam komoditas yang paling sering ditanam di wilayah mereka. Selain itu masih ada beberapa informasi lain seperti prakiraan cuaca, harga komoditi, berita, serta tips seputar pertanian.

Pada layanan pendidikan dibagi menjadi belajar bahasa Inggris, pengetahuan umum dan persiapan ujian. Persiapan ujian ini ditujukan bagi siswa/siswi SMP dan SMA. Sedangkan layanan hiburan ini menempilkan konten hiburan seperti berita, musik, komik, humor, astrologi, serta resensi film.

Konten-konten diatas dapat dinikmati pengguna dengan sistem ermintaan/berlangganan melalui SMS. Mengapa SMS? Nokia mengatakan karena SMS dapat digunakan kapanpun dan dimanapun, selama ponsel berfungsi, tanpa perlu mengatur setting atau perlunya jangkauan GPRS. Layanan ini akan tersedia di Indonesia mulai awal Desember 2009, dengan layanan pertanian untuk Jawa dan Sumatra di tahap awal, serta layanan pendidikan dan hiburan yang tersedia secara nasional. ( j-red )

Free Game: Tic Tac Toe Touch (new and improved)

This version of Tic Tac Toe touch is slightly improved over the previous version available on the Ovi Store.

• It’s your standard 3×3 grid and it’s one player only.
• You play the “X”, computer plays “O” with standard tic tac toe/noughts and crosses gameplay.
• The visuals have improved slightly, plus the game keeps a record of your score (well, until you exit that is and then its wiped).
• After each game you’ll get one of three notifications of either winning, getting a tie or losing.

Download for free from the Ovi Store

Download for free from the Ovi Store

My Life Throughout Icons

This idea just sprung to my mind when I was staring at the TED logo and I immediately started to collect all the logos/icons/marks which somehow had an influence on my life, be it a commercial brand, an institution, a tv series, a band, a software or a website. I spent a whole day searching, scanning, editing, sometimes recreating these things, and it was a strange experience full of surprises and nostalgia. It made me smile when I saw the chronological connections between some icons that I had not thought of before. I realized that icons can do a pretty good job of defining a person. I just want to look at this thing for hours like a vain girl looking at a mirror – this may sound weird, but you probably would understand what I feel if you were to look at your own version of this.

Some of the old icons – like Cicibebe, Nutella or Remeron – are still very present in my life, by the way. I placed those things according to where they first made appearence. There are some old icons I’m still looking for, so this is not the last version. I also plan to update it as years go by.

Nokia N97 Mini White Edition Launched

The Nokia N97 Mini launched a couple of weeks back and came in its shiny Cherry Black livery, which if we’re honest has more than a hint of copper brown to it. However, it’s time to start getting excited about the Nokia N97 Mini White Edition, as it’s popped up exclusively on Phones4u. Find out how to get your hands on a Nokia N97 Mini White Edition for free after the jump…

 

With its 3.2-inch screen, full QWERTY slide-out keyboard and 5-Megapixel Carl Zeiss optics camera, the Nokia N97 Mini White Edition is very much the same as the standard version but happens to come in a stunning crystal white livery.

 

As was suggested last week, the Nokia N97 Mini White Edition has popped up as an exclusive to retailer Phones4u and is tied to an Orange contract at the moment. This has us wondering if and when (and to whom) the Nokia N97 Mini Black Edition will be offered by, as we’ve still not heard anything about this handset.

 

You can get the Nokia N97 Mini White Edition for free and pay just £25 a month on an 18-month contract. For this, you’ll get the best looking Nokia N97 Mini around, as well as 600 minutes talk-time and 3000 texts a month.

 

So, thinking of plumbing for the Nokia N97 Mini? Let us know which version you like the best in the Comments below.

 

Resource: http://noknok.tv/

Video: GeekBrief's hands on with the Nokia N900

Cali Lewis from GeekBrief.tv, “a site that bridges the gap between hardcore geeks and grandmas who are casually interested in tech” has posted a very positive hands on of the Nokia N900. Cali seems to love that fm transmitter and the revived infra-red port, which will see universal remote control apps coming back to smartphones. Best of all, Cali sees the ultimate potential of the N900

“Software is really where the N900 can shine…it does really feel like I’m using a computer rather than just another smartphone“

“the more you undertand Linux, the more you’ll enjoy all you can do with a N900″

It’s interesting that whilst the N900 is meant for a select audience of geeks and the N97 meant for the masses, the N900 has much more appeal to the average consumer. As Cali says,

“a less technical person would probably enjoy the N900. It’s by far the simplest and FUN user interface I’ve ever seen [on a Nokia phone]“

Cali stills finds the iPhone UI to be much simpler, with the Android powered Moto Droid just slightly less challenging than the N900.

via GeekBrief.tv

Que veut dire « Symbian » ? C’est Quoi le « S60 » ?

Si vous possédez un Nokia, vous avez surement vu ou entendu le terme « Symbian » et « S60 ». Pour ceux qui se demandent que veut dire ces termes, voici une brève explication :

Tous les terminaux modernes, petits ou grands, ont besoin d’un système d’exploitation, aussi connu comme OS. L’OS contient toutes les instructions nécessaires pour qu’un ordinateur  fonctionne. Le plus utilisé sur les ordinateurs de maison est Microsoft Windows. Celui qui est le plus utilisé sur les smartphones est Symbian.

Symbian est l’OS utilisé sur le Nokia 5800, sur  tous les smartphones Nokia, et sur les smartphones d’autres constructeurs aussi, comme Samsung, Sonny Ericsson et LG.

S60, aussi connu comme Séries 60, est une plateforme logiciel et interface qui se place au dessus de Symbian. Dans le passé, il y avait d’autres versions de Symbian, par exemple Symbian UIQ, Symbian Séries 80 et séries 90. Cependant, aujourd’hui tous les fabricants de téléphone Symbian utilisent Symbian S60.

Pour plus d’info, visitez http://www.symbian.org/ ou http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS

Handphone Nokia 6300

Beberapa hari yang lalu ada tetangga nawarin nyokap gw HP Nokia type 6300 dengan harga Rp. 800.000,- dan kondisinya masih lumayan cuma lecet2 dikit, katanya sih coba tawarin anaknya siapa tau mau…, tapi gw ga tau nih Type 6300 itu seperti apa, truz gw coba googling deh.. dan ternyata ….wah kayanya boleh juga tuh, dengan harga second yang lebih rendah dari kebanyakan soalnya gw liat di internet harga secondnya masih diatas 1 jt….

Spesifikasi HP ini lumayan lho, nih speck-nya:

Nokia 6300

• Frekuensi : GSM 900, 1800 dan 1900 Mhz
• Dimensi : 106 x 43 x 13 mm
• Berat : 91 Gr
• Support Jaringan : GPRS Class 10, EDGE (EGPRS)
• Resolusi layar : 240 x 320 Pixel
• Dukungan Warna Layar : 16,777,216 color (24 bits)
• Kamera : 2 MP
• Fiture :
  SMS, MMS, Polyponic, MP3 Player, Memory internal 9 MB, Ekternal memory TransFlash (MicroSD), Bluetooth, USB, Browser WAP v.2.x, xHTML, Java Support MIDP v.2.0, Video Record 3GPP

Oia dah gitu komplit sama dus, CD driver plus bonus Memory Vgen 1 GB, Tapi sayang Headsetnya ga disertain, pi gapapa dengan harga segitu kayanya gw dah dapet lebih…. Tanpa ragu, gw beli tuh HP, eh dah gitu ditawar ama nyokap masih bisa kurang lagi, lumayan dikorting Rp. 25.000,-… truz gw beli kartu perdana Rp. 5.000,-…

NOKIA'S FUTURE VISION

At the ‘Nokia World’ event in Stuttgart (September 2-3), the research team unveiled some interesting concepts, including a Nokia device that boasts a no-glasses-required 3D display, the ‘Linked Internet UI’ concept which gives users an aggregated view of each contact’s content across multiple social networking sites, SMS, email etc, and the official announcement of upcoming N97 Mini.

Interesting stuff, which you can find out more about here. In the meantime, take a quick look at their somewhat minority-report-a-like (and extraordinarily cheesy) vision of the future here:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGwvZWyLiBU[/youtube]

According to Nokia, ‘this concept allows to you to experience immersion and effortless navigation in new ways. New types of interactions involving near-to-eye displays, gaze direction tracking, 3D audio, 3D video, gesture and touch. Through these new types of social linkages people will be connected in innovative ways between the physical and digital worlds.‘

Video Review: Nokia N97 Mini Review - The Phones Show - Episode 94

This episode by Steve Litchfield reviews Nokia’s N97 mini. The mini is the baby brother of the original N97, (seemingly) created to rectify to abysmal mistakes when Nokia succumed yet again poor compromises which rendered the original N97 somewhat ever so frustrating in general day to day use.

There are several positive notes that Steve makes, contrasting even the first Review of the mini by Mobile-Review’s Eldar and giving the keyboard a thumbs up.

via 3lib

In ’summary’ plus some personal ranting:

• +Better keyboard, better tactile feedback and layout

The N97 was the first Nseries to have a QWERTY keyboard and it somewhat failed miserably at it. The D-Pad which was only ever going to be useful for games consumed valuable space leaving users cramped keys.

The configuration of the secondary shortcuts were stupid, especially your standard, often used punctutation with full stops, apostrophes and commas all sharing the same button. Until firmware 2.0 and the longpress, this made it rather difficult unless you’d used the phone a while to get to these secondary functions.

Finally, possible the worst of it all, absolutely invisible tactile feedback of keys. With mine, I have to keep the keypad sounds ON to know I’ve pressed a button. I’ve noticed for some strange reason that the white N97’s had even worse keyboards, with keys not having even tactile feedback – some it didn’t even feel like you had pressed it at all!

The mini has No D-pad, improved layout of keys and better mechanical feedback.

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• +GPS very sensitive, very responsive and hasn’t let him down -

the original N97 has given several users issues with the GPS. As well as batch problems – some being better than others, some great some not even working! – , the design of the N97 itself meant that you just weren’t gonna get a 2009 standard reliable GPS ‘instant’/constant lock.

• + camera glass has no shutter/lens cover -

though Nseries users have gotten used to having protective camera lens covers, the original N97’s was so appallingly made that it destroys itself with the grains of dirt it manages to accumulate whilst in your pocket, scraping over the lens area to completely wreck your photos!

For sometime I’ve somehow avoided that but I too have fallen prey and now have pretty much unusable photos especially when the flash is used.

• + bulky plastic rear is now sleek and thin and stainless steel

the original N97 was meant to have a metal back, but as mentioned above with the poor GPS – this was due to the poor configuration of the GPS module which if the back were metal, N97 users would have gotten no use at all out of their GPS receivers at all!

• + screen is brighter and more vivid
• + oodles more phone [C:] memory for installation of apps.
  

A major problem in the original N97 meant that if you liked installing applications, you would soon run out of their microscopic initial 60MB of phone memory. [N-gage and the games were a major killer of C: ] This meant back in the days of 2003 when you had to uninstall one application to install another! What a slap in the face considering there’s 29.8GB there untapped. Even when applications are set to install in E: or memory card, some C: is still eaten up.

Overall effect of the changes is apparently stunning! But of course there are some shortcomings, but no where near a big of a showstopper as with the original N97 – well in Steve’s opinion anyway

• - smaller battery

The mini is using a BL-4D, 1200mAh as opposed to 1500mAh with the original N97’s BP-4L. The smaller screen could have meant that your “online as it happens” N97 mini could have lasted even longer with active online apps on your mini’s homescreen but it MAY be just as similar if not worse (don’t take my word for it, I have not seen reviews yet about its battery life). Note, when you set the homescreen apps offline, particularly email, you can squeeze a proper full day of use out of the N97.

You can of course, purchase spare batteries for extended use.

• - no fm transmitter

as well as for lack-of-space (and possibly interference from having a metal back somehow), this is an overall good compromise as here you’re loosing a feature in order to better one of the core features – GPS!

• - smaller mass memory

Instead of 32GB it’s massively reduced to just 8GB. I’m only half way through the memory, but then I’m only a few months into the N97. What I like is the potential of hardly ever having to remove any data from the phone, videos/pictures, to store elsewhere to save space. But the mini’s 8GB should suffice most users, particularly as its has much more mass market appeal given its smaller footprint and overall improved usability.

If other than price, mass memory somehow affected other core functions, this is perhaps another good compromise.You can of course just purchase larger memory cards if you wanted the extra memory – 16GB/32GB.

• – smaller screen

Possibly the biggest difference if one is considering either the mini (3.2″, identical to 5800) of the original N97 (3.5″).  You can’t get over this like you can with the mass memory. Steve takes this positively in that he can now get his thumb across the smaller screen properly. Not that much of an issue for me as I’ve got big hands.

I reckon it would have still been possible to fit 3.5″ into a much smaller phone than the original N97, it’s just that there are space wastages around the screen making the phone so much bigger.

Cropped N97. via other blogspot

Though it probably works out best for the mini as it can be made with a cheaper? screen which is essential for the reduced battery capacity. Plus you get that extra space for the keys.

Overall, it seems if you can get over the screen size, the N97 mini should be the choice for you if you were so inclined to choosing either one of the N97 family.

Нова , мрачна , дори страшна реклама на Nokia N900 от Финландците.

След агресивните реклами на американския мобилен оператор Verizon Wireless , отнасящи се до новото им допълнение Motorola DROID , се появи тази реклама на Nokia N900. Устройството , което според доста хора би-трябвало да се съревновава срещу конкуренти като Apple iPhone , Android устройствата , Windows Mobile устройствата и общо взето всички нови мобилни джаджи в днешно време. Аз лично не съм уплашен , напротив , изумен съм колко добре и по какъв начин е проектирана , стилизирана , написана и реализирана тази реклама , вижте и преценете сами:

 

via: Nokia Conversations Twitter

Caricabatterie difettosi, Nokia ne ritira 14 milioni

Nota di Pao: Interessante sottolineare che la cinese Byd è impegnata nella progettazione, sviluppo e, ovviamente, produzione di batterie che saranno impegnate nelle auto elettriche. Se lavorano con questa cura, ci sarà da pensarci, prima di sedersi alla guida di un veicolo con le loro batterie..

E questa notizia fa il paio con quella pubblicata oggi, circa i passeggini per banbini, marcati Maclaren, ma fabbricati in Cina che hanno causato l’amputazione delle dita per alcuni bambini.

Sarebbe il caso di non considerare il costo di produzione come l’unico riferimento nella scelta di un fornitore…

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Scritto da: Federico Cella

Niente di cui preoccuparsi, dicono da Helsinki. Ma nel dubbio – siccome qualche rischio per l’utente potrebbe esserci – il colosso dei cellulari Nokia ha annunciato oggi che 14 milioni di caricabatterie devono essere ritirati dal mercato. Si tratta di quelli prodotti da un’azienda cinese, la Byd.

Nessuna lamentela o danni: “Stiamo intraprendendo questo programma di scambio come misura preventiva e precauzionale. Non siamo infatti a conoscenza di incidenti o casi di persone ferite”, ha detto il portavoce di Nokia, Doug Dawson. “La plastica che copre i caricabatterie in questione potrebbe allentarsi e staccarsi, scoprendo i componenti interni del caricatore e provocando un rischio potenziale di scossa elettrica se si toccassero certi componenti interni mentre il caricabatterie è inserito in una presa”.

I caricabatteria in questione sono i modelli AC-3E (gli unici venduti in Europa) e AC-3U, tutti fabbricati tra il 15 giugno e il 9 agosto, e gli AC-4U, prodotti tra il 13 aprile e il 25 ottobre. Non appena l’utente si dovesse accorgere di possedere uno di questi pezzi – come dice Nokia Italia, sono solo poche migliaia quelli distribuiti da noi – deve collegarsi al sito apposito oppure contattare il call center all’848.390.073. La sostituzione sarà immediata e gratuita. E i costi – circa un dollaro a pezzo per i fabbricanti – saranno ovviamente sostenuti dalla disattenta azienda cinese.

Fonte: www.corriere.it

Trace Cell Phone Numberst

The art and skill of being able to trace cell phone numbers in the past had been left to private investigators and law enforcement agencies as well as police officers. But what are you supposed to do when you can’t hire a private detective or cop because you simply can’t afford to, but you still need to get this information?

Well, the answer to this question is actually very simple these days. Recent widespread use of the web and personal computers, has made it really easy and affordable for any person to do a reverse cell phone number look up online and avoid the need to hire a private
detective.

One of the greatest advantages that we have nowadays is the fact that over 98 per cent of all cell phones that have been issued, are gathered and organized in online directories and databases practically accessible by everyone. This means that is highly probable that the number that you are investigating will fall into the 98% category

El Nokia Booklet 3G, muy pronto en tiendas

No es la primera vez que hablamos del nuevo equipo netbook de Nokia, conocido como Booklet 3G. En los últimos meses ha dado bastante que hablar, pues se trata de la apuesta de Nokia para entrar en el mercado informático móvil, con un producto dotado de conectividad 3G, el cual va más allá de los modelos que hasta ahora el fabricante definía como Internet Computers (véase el propio N97).

Pues bien. Todo parece indicar que se ultiman los detalles para su comercialización en nuestro país. La semana que viene, la prensa especializada contará con las primeras unidades para poder evaluarlo, y desde finales del pasado mes de octubre, Nokia permite realizar una reserva del mismo, a un precio recomendado de 699 euros.

Recordemos que se trata de un equipo de 10,1 pulgadas con teclado QWERTY y con configuración de procesador Intel Atom. Su peso queda establecido en torno a los 1,25 kilogramos, con un grosor de apenas 2 centímetros. Entre los componentes a destacar cabe mencionar el módulo de comunicaciones inalámbricas WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS asistido, así como acceso a redes 3G mediante chip integrado.

Destaca que Nokia haya apostado por incluir el sistema operativo Windows 7, quizá para ofrecer una plataforma más abierta sobre la que puedan correr las aplicaciones típicas que manejan los usuarios. De este modo, Nokia se asegura un mayor éxito, en base a la gran aceptación que están teniendo los equipos Netbook que son comercializados con el nuevo sistema operativo.

Pienso que aunque Nokia haya desplegado diseño en su nuevo equipo, debe apresurarse y utilizar su gran experiencia para la comercialización, dado que el mercado de portátiles es tremendamente competitivo, y comenzamos a ver nuevos netbooks con pantalla táctil, que sacan mayor provecho de las posibilidades de Windows 7. La experiencia de manejo mejora considerablemente, y poco a poco iremos viendo novedades en las aplicaciones implementadas.

PUSH competition winners

Nokia team PUSH is proud to announce they have winners from the contest they held over the past two months. You may remember when we first told you about the competition, but here’s a recap. All you had to do was think of a good hack for the Nokia N900! Winners will receive funding and other resources to make their hack come alive. What possible hacks made the cut?

Haptastic – A compass and map? Not any more with this wearable guide that can lead the way.

KAPingwiththeN900 – Flying high with this aerial photography project
LIGHT HACK CREW – Bring light graffiti to the N900

Rocket Pocket – Just Bonkers! An N900 in orbit, we love it!

SolderinSkaters – Tony Hawk who? It’s all about Solderin Skaters!

Blackberry 9000 VS Nokia E71 – Tough Fight

Blackberry 9000 Bold and Nokia E71 are two of the best business phones available currently in the market. There is a tough fight between the two and users will surely face a great dilemma to choose one of them.

Both these challengers have got somewhat similar physical attributes as both of these are QWERTY keypad phones as well as display characteristics are also quite similar. Blackberry 9000 has got a 2.6 inches screen that allows 65K colors at 480 x 32- pixels resolution. The trackball navigation is an exclusive feature on it. 114 x 66 x 14 mm are its casing’s dimensions with 133 grams of weight. Comparatively, the Nokia E72’s QVGA screen is of 2.3 inches that displays 16 million colors at 320 x 240 pixels resolution. The phone comes with physical dimensions of 114 x 57 x 10 mm with 127 grams of weight.

The first one has got a 2 mega pixel camera while its contender comes with a 3.2 mega pixel camera. The LED flash attribute is common in both of these phones while the E72 is loaded with Digital Zoom, Flash Mode, Auto Focus, CMOS Sensor, White Balance Mode, Capture Mode, Video Streaming and several other alluring features.

The media player of the Blackberry 9000 supports MP3, WMA, AAC+ files and the given video player allows DivX, WMV, XviD, 3gp files. MP3, WMA, WAV, RA, AAC, M4A music files and WMV, RV, MP4, 3GP video files are playable on the music player and video player of the E71.

3G HSDPA, USB, Bluetooth V2 with A2DP, WLAN Wi-Fi, GPRS and EDGE services are common in both the phones given for data sharing and connectivity. But HSCSD and Infrared are extra on latter one.

The Blackberry 9000 users will get HTML browser for Internet surfing only, the Nokia E71 users can enjoy WAP2.0, HTML & XHTML browsers as well as Nokia browser with Mini Maps application. Document editor, GPS navigation with A-GPS support (Google Maps for Blackberry 9000 and Nokia Maps for Nokia E71) and messaging services are also similar in both of these rivals.

8MB flash memory of Blackberry 9000 can be expanded up to 8GB through the given MicroSD card slot. On the other hand, the Nokia E71 comes with 110MB onboard memory plus MicroSD memory card slot supporting up to 8GB.

Nokia N900 meetup

The Nokia N900 meetup was a great success! Props to Matt for organizing the event & taking pictures, and to WOM World for the food/drinks…

Thanks to all the people who attended, including Tomomi, Dennis & his wife, Kevin, Brett of Pixelpipe, and the Mozilla crew

One of the most interesting aspect of the meetup was a demo of Fennec on the N900. Check the video above, and the other videos of the event after the break.

Update: Dennis provides a summary of the demo of Fennec on the N900.