maemo.org members have been long interested in the open Linux device project Pandora, both seriously and in lovingly jesting fashion.
Now some are asking if MeeGo might look good sitting on a Pandora device, and I have to admit the thought is intriguing. There shouldn’t be any insurmountable technical hurdles, and each open project could reinforce the legitimacy of the other.
But why not take that a step further?
Since MeeGo will be an open source solution freely available to any device or class of device, what would keep the Linux Foundation from broadening the scope of sponsorship? Why not partner very closely with the Pandora project in every aspect? The Foundation could bring Pandora under its wing as the hardware sibling to MeeGo.
Of course that gets into a sticky area. Hardware sponsors like Nokia, which will be of course producing its own devices to run MeeGo, might balk at providing partial funding to the Linux Foundation if it got too deeply into open source hardware. Then again, think of such a venture more as open source research and development rather than simple competition, and even Nokia may see a benefit. Just as MeeGo drives down its software overhead, so could a sponsored Pandora do the same for hardware.
The value for Nokia and other corporate interests in such a scenario is that the attention on the mundane is diminished and differentiation becomes an even larger, more visible part of revenue contributions– and that is where companies need to focus their bottom line to improve margins anyway.
Naturally, such a scenario relies on all parties seeing a win-win, and Pandora’s leadership may not. In addition, the Linux Foundation could not be faulted for focuing exclusively on the softer side of this equation and avoid meddling with hardware. Perhaps Pandora could instead evolve into the same sort of organization, ultimately gaining sponsorship from Nokia and others. In that alternative, the Pandora organization and the Linux Foundation could form a partnership of mutual interest without any sort of actual merger.
Personally I find this potentially exciting and believe that sooner or later it’s inevitable… but as always, I’m highly interested in the opinions of readers. Well?
The telecom regulator is set to slash mobile short message service (SMS) charges by at least 50 percent, a move that is expected to encourage users to air more texts.
The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) decided in a meeting to cut SMS charges for all mobile operators. Under the move, the commission is likely to cap the maximum rate for each SMS, so that operators can charge as low as they like.
“The commission will disclose a new tariff plan for SMS services for the six mobile operators soon,” said Zia Ahmed, chairman of BTRC, yesterday. “We are planning to cut the rate by at least 50 percent from the existing tariff.”
BTRC formed a committee to recommend the tariff plan by this month, he said. “The existing charge for a SMS is a bit expensive, in comparison to voice service, although transmitting a SMS does not cost extra.”
Mobile operators welcomed the move. However, the exiting Tk 0.20 interconnection tariff for a SMS remains a hurdle to making a huge charge cut.
Bangladesh’s telecom market is yet to have a tariff plan for SMS.
Mobile customers have to pay a minimum of Tk 0.40 to a maximum of Tk 2 for each SMS in the six-operator market.
Presently, 53.83 million customers are using mobile phones in a population of 150 million in Bangladesh. The telecom penetration rate is around 34 percent.
SMS has become popular even though the tariff is greater for a SMS than a minute of a voice call. The cost of a voice call in the market today ranges between Tk 0.25 and Tk 1.25.
Market insiders said the ability to communicate confidentially with others without talking has popularised the SMS service.
Texting has been in practice since 1997 in Bangladesh, when Grameenphone launched the service for the first time. Subsequently, teens made the thumbing practice even more popular, as they could send greetings at once to a vast social circle during festivals.
Industry insiders estimated that the 53 million mobile users generate more than 20 million SMS a day, with the volume doubling during festivals like Eid, Valentine’s Day, Friendship Day and New Year’s Eve.
The market’s top operator Grameenphone charges between Tk 0.50 and Tk 1 per SMS, while the second largest operator Banglalink chares Tk 0.75 – Tk 1.
Aktel charges Tk 0.40 for an SMS to other Aktel users, while to charges Tk 1 for SMS sent to other operators.
Warid’s SMS charge ranges between Tk 0.29 and Tk 0.49.
Citycell offers the lowest tariff for SMS in the market — each to the same operator costs between Tk 0.40 and Tk 0.25 and between Tk 0.90 and Tk 0.85 to other operators.
State-run TeleTalk offers each on net SMS Tk 0.66 and Tk 1 for SMS to off net customers.
The SMS charge should be reduced, as technically it is a hassle free service, said Zakiul Islam, president of the Association of Mobile Telecom Operators Bangladesh (AMTOB).
When mobile networks are fully saturated with voice service, networks for data service like SMS remains free. “So, we should encourage people to communicate more via SMS at affordable costs,” Islam said.
Chris Tobit, chief executive officer and managing director of Airtel Bangladesh operations, said, “We are yet to know the BTRC decision. If the regulator decides to lower SMS tariff, it should be viewed in connection with the high taxation in the sector, which impacts profitability of our sector.”
In India, Reliance Mobile recently took an aggressive move and cut SMS tariff to only one paisa for non-commercial use. The company now charges one rupee (Rs) for unlimited SMS in a day and Rs 11 for unlimited SMS a month.
Rifat Islam, a student of American International University Bangladesh, said, “Sometimes talking for a prolonged period of time over the mobile annoys me. At those times, I prefer SMS.”
Bloove is a Web-based mobile phone management system which lets you edit your contacts and work with your SMS or bookmarks using your web browser. You can backup, restore and copy SMS and contacts between different phones. Bloove works on over 300+ Windows Mobile, Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Samsung smartphones. And of course there basic features are free for as long as you want to use it, below i will list some of the features available.
They offers both free and paid usage plans, so you can chose to use what is best for you until you feel you need some of the more advanced features. With the Free version you can connect one mobile phone to you account, The contact Archive is up to 15 items and the Message Archive can hold up to 100 items.
With the paid plan you will also have access to SMS via POP3 (Gmail, Outlook or other mail programs) and auto synchronization.
All other features are unrestricted: you can manage an unlimited number of contacts and messages on the phone, and there is no time limit – as for the basic functions, they will be free for as long as you keep the application.
Below is the price plan and features:
Contact and SMS backup
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Contact and SMS restore
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1
2
Unlimited
Sending SMS to groups
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Scheduled SMS
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Auto sync enabled
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Max. archived contacts
15
3000
Unlimited
Max. archived SMS
100
3000
Unlimited
SMS via POP3
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Google Contacts sync
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Price
$ 0
$ 5 monthly
$ 36 annually(only $3 per month, you save $24)
$ 95 annually
Bloove provides read-only access to your SMS.
To setup POP3 access to your SMS you have to enable it on SMS via POP3 tab in your Profile menu. In your mail client use mail.bloove.com as POP (Incoming) Server, provide username and password you entered on previous step, be sure to uncheck “Leave messages on server” option (messages will not be actually deleted in Bloove, required only to track if it is downloaded or not). If your mail client asks for email address, use any fictitious one like username@bloove.com – it will not be used actually, if it asks to verify address – please skip this step. If you mail client asks for SMTP (Outgoing) server – please provide any, for example smtp.googlemail.com, it will never be used.
Bloove communicates with a mobile phone via wireless data connection: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, Wi-Fi etc. So, no cable, infrared or Bluetooth hardware are needed. You will of course need to install Bloove Agent application on your phone, and there is no installation required on your desktop. You can manage your phone from anywhere, as long as you are close to a pc with internet connection!
Now how this application works is that the server will an send command to your agent, the agent on your mobile phone then initiates and send the message on your behalf. Most J2ME phones require user confirmation to send SMS. Symbian phones will store the message in Sent folder, This cant be done for J2ME due to lack of API support.
You can download the Bloove Agent from bloove.com/m and install it on your mobile device, click here to register for the service. You can even use your OpenId to signup for the service.
One of the best things about being committed was getting presents. I know the kind of sentiments I felt the first time my dear wife gave me my first present. Unreal, fantastic and of course; indescribable. The feeling is always mutual, and I know for a fact that she loves presents like anything. Especially anything that’s gift wrapped.
So one time, she was pretty excited about a newly launched music phone back in 2008. The ads for it were viral enough to get her attention and she was gaga crazy over it. So me, as the doted fiancé, would make every effort and eventually learn the value of the rupee. Not that I was a cash waster, I would never waste a lot of money (read: a LOT) but I have always been lectured on managing money. So this time, I finally saved up enough cash to buy the cell phone brand new (seal packed and everything.)
Best part was that it was just in time for her birthday; coincidentally it being her first birthday we celebrate together. Gotta tell ya, the look on her face was just precious. Maybe it was the carefully selected gift wrapping, the size of the box… I dunno. Could be anything.
And there it was: her brand new Nokia 5610 Xpress Music with Red Trim.
Of course, happiness has that time when it just turns off every now and then. In this case, it was about 6-months later when an unfortunate accident caused a lot of damage to the phone, requiring immediate repair. Luckily, the warranty had hardly been used, so off I went to Karachi’s Nokia Care. They were pretty thorough; took in the phone, scanned the warranty the phone had with the other warranty provider, identified the problems, told me the wait time, no repair costs involved etc. As smooth as pie, I was about to get my cell phone a week later.
I guess it was destined to be this way. Its not everyday that I buy a new cellphone for my fiance that ends up damaged 6-months later that compels me to visit the brand’s service center and have it repaired free of cost, or else I wouldnt have witnessed this incident, now would I?
While I was collecting my phone from one of their Customer Service Staff and going over a few details, another staff member sitting next to him wanted to ask him something. She said the customer she was dealing with has a very unique concern.
The Concern:
How to remove the Camera feature from his Cell Phone.
Just so you thought I was kidding up there, here it is again…
The Concern:
How to remove the Camera feature from his Cell Phone.
Now everyone, let’s admit it: The notion of the above concern is outrageous as it is funny indeed. Considering I’m in customer services for a living and a pretty tech-savvy guy, I myself couldn’t help but smirk a little when I heard it. But that smirk was nothing compared to the service staff’s response who found the situation to be very funny. I also admit that this was purely a case of a customer not knowing the plain logics of why the above concern couldn’t be resolved, but being laughed at by someone who owes you their time and commitment is not a funny matter whatsoever. Imaging the embarrassment the customer had to suffer due to this. The service person could have politely explained the situation to him, no laughs included, but instead, well, you get the idea.
To add even more insult to injury, the CSR also asked if this was the same customer who called earlier today. When he got the affirmative answer, he went on even more with “Oh yeah, we were discussing this back in the lab today, really funny stuff dude, had a hearty laugh” etc.
If any customer services are reading this, then my Brothers & Sisters, this has to teach all of us something. While it’s a norm that we relate all of our funnier experiences amongst each other during lunch breaks or post it on notalwaysright.com (btw: DEFINITELY a must visit site), it does not have to happen when the customer’s sitting right in front of you. Just so you know customers do have their rights. They have the right to be treated with dignity and respect, no matter how naïve/irate/stuck-up/@$$holistic they might be. It shows the level of professionalism and commitment to your field. The fact that this was a worldwide recognized brand’s CSR makes it even more disappointing at their attitudes.
Customers also have the right to speak to the supervisor or manager if they feel the little bit of hurt coming from the staff too. Of course, anyone in Pakistan will admit that the slightest nudge here can lead to a verbal spat or a fistfight in a matter of seconds. Yeah we watch a lot of action movies and turn “Sanjay Bobby Dutt Deol” a lot every now and then. It’s almost how anyone in New York would argue just because they accidentally shoved past you while walking. The customer here might have been naïve and didn’t really know what to do, except probably feel sorry for himself, as if he had asked something stupid. Well, he didn’t, and if he knows that then he would never have accepted such an attitude.
So folks, if it sounds funny, it is funny; most of the times anyway. But don’t let the customer, or anyone for that matter, know that, at least not to this extreme.
Till Later…
P.S. To those wondering, just don’t use the camera.
This time I really wanted to go for a review with sleeves off, so thought to take my time (though reasons for delay were office related, personal etc as well). But here I am back again. This time, I have decided to take the things one by one rather than summarizing things in one or two posts.
Here is my take on Hardware first.
Dimension and build:
width x height x depth: 52.5 x 113 x 16.4 millimetres (2.1 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches) (0.9 mm more in depth from Nokia 5800, not noticeable, more width and height sure appreciable) Bounding-Volume: 97.3 cubecentimetres Mass: 138 grams (battery included) (29 grams higher than Nokia 5800 but considering metal body, its nothing)
Build is kind of perfect except the sliding mechanism as I mentioned in earlier post. Device seems solid from every side and even no components out under the battery. This time, I was not scared from opening the battery cover as just a side uplift for the same (its steel). Keypad layout is the same as was of N900, so I am happy about it, but one complaint was there and so is here about dedicated numeric keys. After all, its a phone first, touch way is nice, but somehow if dedicated numeric keys were there, then it was more of a phone. The 1200 mAh battery is so thin suiting to slim dimensions of cell. Sim slot mechanism is so cool, but I fear about loosing the metal plate (like I have lost hook of my BH-212 bluetooth headset). I really loved the way it has been built coz it didn’t make you feel that it has a full hardware qwerty keypad with it waiting to slide out.
Check the pics given beow.
Processor and Chipset:
CPU+Clock: 434 MHz (N900 has 600 MHz) CPU: ARM 1136JF-S Width of Machine Word: 32 bit CPU Core: ARM11 Level 1 cache: 16KiB data cache / 16 KiB instruction cache (Double of it N900 has) Instruction Set: ARMv6 (N900 has v7)
Part of RISC family, ARM processors are part of most of embedded electronics now days. ARM architecture was suitable for smart-phones for their higher clocking capabilities and low power consumption. Nokia took ARM architecture ahead and other players followed. Though now, we find Snapdragon processors clocking at 1GHz from same ARM family, but who might have seen power of even 600 MHz ARM Cortex A8 clubbed with PowerVR SGX graphics, would sure like to wait more. Yes!! the widely used 434 MHz one seems a bit outdated now, but still it stands better than the average if not the best ones out there. For students or curious ones, the architecture is like as given below:
Earlier released with 369 MHz, same Nokia 5800 shows 434 MHz now, I wasn’t really sure that both have the same processor or different ones. Little deeper dig told me that Nokia 5800 had different one named Nokia Rapido YII3E (kind of over clocked now) and iARM 1136JF-S sure has better capabilities. Not everything shows on specs. Check ARM official website.
Where N97 Mini lacks with other leading smart-phones of now days is dedicated graphics. it still without something like PowerVR SGX graphics that’s a let down for sure.
Memory:
RAM type: SDRAM RAM capacity: 128 MiB ROM type: Flash EEPROM ROM capacity: 512 MiB, including 280.6MiB user-accessible non-volatile storage Secondary ROM type: Flash EEPROM Secondary ROM capacity: 7630 MiB
This is the area of enhancement in N97 Mini over Nokia 5800. Nokia 5800 had only 73 MB out of 128 MB RAM accessible, while it has all. There was 256 MB ROM with only 81 MB available for users and now with N97 Mini it has 512 MB ROM with 280 MB accessible for users. Nokia N97 has a secondary ROM of 8GB in addition for all kind of usages, while still supports microSD, microSDHC, TransFlash, High Capacity (SD 2.0/HC) memory cards with capacity of up to 32GB. Yes!! I know greedy like us still cry loud for 256 MB RAM, but greed never ends.
At cost and performance side, then having an internal storage in GBs is sure the best for performance but ask for cost as well. So, the same justifies the cost of N97 Mini in a way.
Display:
Display Type: color transflective resistive touch screen TFT display Display Color Depth: 24 bit/pixel (16777216 scales) Display Diagonal: 3.2 " (81 millimetres) Display Resolution: 360 x 640 (230400 pixels) Viewable Display Size: 1.56 " x 2.78 " (39.71 x 70.6 millimetres) Dot Pitch: 230.3 pixel/inch (0.11031 millimetre/pixel) Video out: NTSC/PAL resolution, Proprietary connector
I am really not sure that whether both the display unit is the same as was used in Nokia 5800. Considering the price, they should have increased the resolution at least. It seems a bit more responsive than Nokia 5800, but that should be due to better OS and processor I guess. Moreover, I noticed that N97 Mini has something wider about display. Don’t know what it is, but its there for sure. May be some OS enhancements made that way or something else.
As far as discussion about Capacitive Vs Resistive goes, then sure capacitive ones have the wow!! factor, but still considering the price and convenience of stylus with resistive screen, I don’t mind being with a resistive one. I might be Nokia Fan-Boy, but checked capacitive one on iPod 3G Touch and didn’t found it so ground breaking that one can’t bear being with resistive one
I always been in love with my Nokia N82 5 MP Camera with Xeon flash and even after using N900 for a while, my faith didn’t broken that Xeon flash was something out of world. I was kind of totally disappointed with Nokia 5800 and sure Nokia N97 Mini seems brighter on this time. I am really surprised that even with Led Flash, it manages really good snaps otherwise I was so much in love with Xeon that never thought anything else could give something like this.
With this camera performance, it really justifies its price as Nokia N82 must be around 17.5k now days, I guess.
As about the technology, then I know that CCD one that is used in the main stream digital cameras will never make it to smart phones as they consumes a lot of power, though produce high quality of pictures, while CMOS ones will be susceptible to Noise even at the best. But practically, you can see that its totally acceptable for a non-professional to completely live and love his smart phone CMOS Censor based camera.
Though I am not sure which chipset it usages but I assume that it must be SIRF III like most of the devices. GPS really been a blessing and addition of Voice guidance by Nokia makes it something like part of life. I am still disappointed that why not free navigation made the way to my beloved Nokia N82 yet or will it ever? I know prices are slashed for navigation, but still …. Addition of Compass makes it so cool and accurate; something on another level. Sure faster than Nokia 5800 and Nokia N82 when it comes to locking and I still feel better than Nokia N900 due to so naive Ovi Map software there. Moreover, better performing Ovi Maps due to improved memory and prosessor I guess otherwise N82 has started troubling with new version of Ovi Maps. Adding a video from boybandreject00 for overview
Limitations of GPS technologies aside, its like integrating all your travelling needs like Camera, Music, Internet and GPS at the same place. Limitations are like .. I think it doesn’t sense that we are over some flyover or below that or obviously doesn’t get updated about if route are changed or temporarily blocked by authority for weeks. May be in other countries situation might be some different, but in India, it is fact.
Connectivity:
Cellular Networks: GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800, GSM1900, UMTS900, UMTS1900, UMTS2100 Cellular Data Links: CSD, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA,GPRS Class B Multi-slot Class 32,, EDGE Class B Multi-slot Class 32, HSDPA 3.6 (Cat. 6) USB: USB 2.0 client, Hi-Speed (480Mbit/s), USB Series Micro-B (Micro-USB) connector Bluetooth (802.15): Bluetooth 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate, Internal antenna Wireless LAN/Wi-Fi-(802.11): IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g, 54 Mbit/s
I come to read somewhere that when it comes to specifications, then Nokia likes to tick all of them, so is the case with Nokia N97. It drops Infrared and HSUPA support, but still have plenty of super fast connectivity options for utilizing its connected widgets.
I really feel that connectivity on the go is an era where Smart Phones beats Laptops, Netbooks and computers. Though N900 is a revolution of its kind, but still many coulod manage their works with a Full qwerty keypad and nice screen with all time connected fast web. Only issue was with switching so many available options, then Nokia is improving in this area with each device. While I find Nokia N900 the smoothest, N97 Mini also seems to have avoided most of the connectivity glitches.
Music Unit:
Audio Channel(s): 3D stereo sound Analog/Digital Converter (Recording): 16 bit nominal quantization, 48000 Hz sampling frequency Digital/Analog Converter (Playing): 16 bit resolution, 48000 Hz holding frequency Microphone(s): mono sound Loudspeaker(s): stereo sound Audio Output: 3.5mm plug Analog Radio: FM radio (87.5-108MHz) with RDS radio reciever, Proprietary headset as antenna
When it comes to Multimedia, then Nokia always been a champion of all and my expectation are much high after having N900. Still my demands will be the same. Find some way to play all kind of media files. Not a rocket science and could be done via any firmware update. I guess what needs to be done is negotiation with various format providers. Next annoyance is to use Wired Headphone for FM Radio. Why? What about Bluetooth Headset? Please drop this requirement …
I wish if FM Transmitter was part of the deal.. I was having no issue in buying this right now.
So, here I am finishing my first round of review for Nokia N97 Mini. Will be back soon about other things. Join the conversation and suggest me more.
I received similar sms and here it says : CONGRATULATIONS! your mobile no. has won the sum 125, 000.00 pound GBP on this year NOKIA promo. For Claims Call +2348032416714 & email : nokiapay.dept@live.com
I replied the email given asking for the credibility of the promotion and have yet to hear from them.
I have a feeling this is all a scam. After reading so many similar complaints over the same incident, I am certain this is not for REAL!! How much can they afford to give out to so many people????
With Airtel’s imminent launch in Bangladesh, Grameenphone has heated up the competition with three new packages and cheaper rates.
The announcement of new rates for pre-paid GP customers came on Sunday. Chief executive of Grameenphone Oddvar Hesjedal said that price plans had been changed ‘extensively’.
GP, country’s largest mobile-phone operator, slashed rates within 10 days of its chief executive apprehending that a price war, almost inevitable with Indian giant Airtel’s entry, would adversely affect the sector.
In an interview with the Economic Times, Hesjedal said that he feared Bharti (Airtel), which recently bought Warid Telecom’s Bangladeshi chapter, would “attack the market on price front and send tariffs plunging.”
“That is good for subscribers, but not for the sector,” he said in the interview published on March 3, adding that call rates in Bangladesh were already the lowest in the world.
But contradicting his conviction, Hesjedal announced cheaper rates saying that the change came in line with the need of its subscribers, found in a research by the company.
When asked if this was a pre-emptive bid to be ahead in a price war, the GP head said, “It has nothing to do with that. That was not the intention.”
The new packages are essentially simplified versions of the existing plans, said GP’s marketing chief Arild Kaale, admitting that the earlier pre-paid packages were complicated to choose from.
“A research by GP found that customers are forced to use our competitors’ connection as we now have only one price option,” he said.
Pre-paid GP subscribers have to spend Tk 1.50 per minute on average.
But the new packages — Shohoj, Aapon and Bondhu — have introduced cheaper rates and a wider range of options.
Shohoj package offers Tk 0.79 per minute call rate to all operators and Tk 1 per SMS.
The second option, Aapon has a relatively higher call rate of Tk 1.49 to other operators, but offers a special day time and night time tariff (12 pm-4 pm and 12 am -8 am respectively) of Tk 0.49 per minute for calls to GP numbers.
It also allows Tk 0.49 per minute call anytime to three Friends and Family (FnF) numbers.
The Bhondhu package offers seven FnF numbers at Tk 0.49 per minute anytime with a Tk 0.99 per minute call rate to all operators.
GP also made some changes in its Djuice connections, which is focused towards the youth and had managed to gain response due to its reduced call rates within Djuice users and special night time call rates.
Under the new arrangement, any GP pre-paid subscriber can switch to Djuice or vice versa.
Existing pre-paid subscribers can change to any of the packages free of charge until April 13, afterwards a migration fee of Tk 10 would be charged, the company said in a statement.
“Subscribers can migrate from package to package every 30 days to find the one that fits them best,” marketing chief Kaale told the press briefing.
The company, however, would charge an extra Tk 0.09 for the first minute of calls made by Apon and Djuice connections and an extra Tk 0.30 for the first minute of calls made by Shohoj and Bondhu connections.
GP puts an end to its previous pre-paid package titled Smile by the announcement of the new packages, which would be available at selling points from Monday, GP’s chief commercial officer Kazi Monirul Kabir told bdnews24.com.
“Every new pre-paid connection would be under the Shohoj package by default,” he added.
A closer look at Nokia E72 states that it has a good camera support and its overall appearance is quite an eye grabbing one. Available in the bright red color, this cell phone looks perfect for all kinds of Nokia E72 users. With a good 5 mega pixel camera and Bluetooth support, the ones who go for the technical specifications would be surely impressed that all they want is very much present in a single device.
Features of Nokia E72 Explained
Push E-mail functionality:- with the push email functionality present in this cellular phone the users can have an access to Nokia messaging and the Microsoft mail. With the help of the IBM Lotus Notes Traveler, the users are able to access their E-mail accounts directly while performing the other chores.
Performance Oriented Device:- Nokia E72 is a true performance oriented device as it features a high speed 3.5G connectivity, a highly responsive User Interface and a long lasting battery life.
Imaging support:- The imaging support of this cell phone is provided by an in built 5 mega pixel camera that features one touch auto focus and flash. The auto focus of this device allows the users to capture their moments in style and that too in high quality.
Modern-day design:-this mobile phone has a real chic and present day design that is made up of a complete QWERTY keyboard, a clear QVGA display and a spontaneous Optical Navi Key.
Navigation support:- The navigation support of this cellular phone is made up of an assisted GPS, preinstalled Nokia Maps and various other locations that allow the users to find their way easily while they are on the move.The display of Nokia E72 is 2.36” TFT one that has the ability to display 16.7 million colors.
It looks like everyone is suing everyone, and the most aggressive player: Nokia. The most famous incident is Nokia trying to stop iPhone from being sold in EU, and Apple is doing the same to Nokia in US.
It looks like the blood hounds are being let loose, because some folks think some folks think that mobile market is the new big thing. I guess it’s just a safer bet to put their money on mobile related things since it’s the ‘in’ thing now. What happened to looking forward to the next hit? That’s my take
Nokia has just announced the realease of a new smartphone in the new Nokia C Series, the Nokia C5. This block designed phone still maintains the Nokia look and feel.
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The C5 uses stainless steel in the design, but overall this is a very lightweight device coming in at just 89 grams and 112 x 46 x 12mm in size. The C series is expected to go from 1 to 10 to reflect on where a phone will sit within the range. On this basis the C5 will be smack in the middle.
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The Nokia C5 is expect to use Symbian s60 3rd Edition. The C5’s display is a 2.2″ 240 x 320 pixel non-touchscreen display. The camera is a basic but functional 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3.5G data connectivity, integrated GPS, microSD expandable memory, a multimedia player, 3.5mm audio socket, FM radio and USB and Bluetooth connectivity.
Price and availability wise, the Nokia C5 should command a price tag of around €135 and is expected to become available sometime in Q2.
The world is becoming a very lazy place to navigate, with Sat Nav becoming a commonplace feature on a lot of mobile handsets now - I do worry that the skill of being able to read a map is going to disappear. Whilst this may threaten the traditional names in navigation such as TomTom and Garmin it is opening up the possibilities of doing more with navigation and mapping both online and in a handheld format. And that has to be a good thing.
Geolocation services are springing up on more and more Apps and allowing people to interact more not only with their environment but also the people within it. A quick can of the “Nearby” function on Tweetie at any major event is a great way to gauge reaction and also see who is there!
I am very impressed with how Nokia have adopted the navigation and mapping services. They have made it part of the core functionality since the Nokia N80 and really got to grips with things with the Nokia N95, offering turn by turn voice navigation bundled with a lot of their contracts. It should be no surprise then that they were responsible for one of the world’s largest interactive installations recently in London. Check out the video below of their textable sign and integrated online campaign. It is beautifully executed and fabulously innovative.
The sales of mobile phones stagnated last year, as a result of the recession. But smartphones were the exception. According to figures by Gartner, 24% more smartphones were sold in 2009 compared to the year before. Nokia, Blackberry and Apple together sold about 172 million smartphones.
Also important changes as to the operating system of mobile devices. Even though half of the smartphones still use Nokia’s Symbian, it is clearly losing ground. Microsoft Windows Mobile is also on the losing side, being pushed out of the top 3 by iPhone OS. In 2009, iPhone doubled its amount of units sold from 11,8 to 24 million.
Big runner-up is Android. The 6,8 million units sold in 2009 were 10 times as much as the year before. According to Google’s Eric Schmidt, there are about 60.000 Google Android phones sold every day now. At that rate there’ll be more Android phones than iPhones by 2011.
In some recent research on the distribution volume of the iPhone, analyst firm IDC released the figures that Apple put up during the 2009 calendar year, doubling the numbers of the previous year and clinching the third berth among smartphone creators. Apple owning about 15% of the smartphone market landscape saw an increase of distribution of 82% compared to the previous year in ‘08. Another study released from Gartner, compares the consumption of smartphone based on OS (operating systems) opposed to the manufacturer. Despite information being calculated differently, the same numbers resulted displaying Apple 15% share of the landscape. Another observation made in the research published was the gap between Apple, Research in Motion (Blackberry) and Symbian (Nokia). According to the chart, Apple has made a tremendous stride into overtaking RIM with the 2× jump in distribution and Symbian has seem to lose of traction in the 2009 year, losing 5½% of their market-share assumably to RIM and iPhone OS.
Nokia, Microsoft and Linux continue to lose ground in the shift to smarter phones
Source: Gartner, Inc.
A report from Gartner issued Tuesday confirmed the trends reported three weeks earlier by IDC. Both firms are witnessing a global shift as users around the world trade in devices designed to make phone calls and send text messages for more powerful phones designed to also surf the Web.
Gartner recorded a 0.9% drop in cellphone sales for 2009 and a corrresponding 23% growth in smartphone sales. IDC calls them by a different name — “converged mobile devices” — but registered a similar pattern, showing smartphone sales up 15.1% for the year.
The spoils, however, were not evenly distributed among the players. In particular:
Nokia’s (NOK), whose Symbian operating system once dominated the market, saw its share erode once again (Gartner: down 5.5 points to 46.9%; IDC: down 1.1 points to 38.9% )
Apple’s (AAPL) iPhone share contiues to grow sharply (Gartner: up 6.2 points to 14.4%; IDC: 5.3 points to 14.4%)
Research in Motion’s (RIMM) Blackberry also gained ground, but more slowly (Gartner: 3.3 points to 19.9%; IDC: 4.2 points to 19.8%)
Phones running Google’s (GOOG) Android OS registered a nearly eight-fold gain in market share, albeit from a smaller base (up 3.4 points to 3.9%, according to Gartner)
Microsoft (MSFT) and Linux both lost roughly 3 points to end up with 8.7% and 4.7% shares, respectively, according to Gartner. Microsoft is hoping to turn that around with its new Windows 7 Mobile Series OS, introduced in Barcelona last week.
Below: Gartner’s and IDC’s 2009 smartphone spreadsheets.
It’s automatically in iPhoto on your mac…and you didn’t do anything – it’s all automatic, no cables, no sending over bluetooth, no sharing over web services, no memory card transfer – NOTHING you had to additionally do.
You edit the photo in iPhoto.
You browse the photos on your N900, the edited version is there…. without having to send it back or do anything at all!
Doing NOTHING? Really? But your Mac has to be On Sync right? NO.
You need to be in WiFi range right? NO. This can be done from ANYWHERE.
Is this even possible?! YES! If Steve Jobs and his posse were here he’d call it MAGICAL.
Check out the video below:
If I can avoid it, I hate wires/memory card transfers when sending over photos to my computer. All Nokia phone’s I’ve been using since the 7610 have allowed me to just send over my photos via bluetooth. No cables, no memory card, no fuss. Or from My computer I can just browse my phone’s folders over bluetooth like it’s already on my computer.
This goes one step further with a 2-way sync. The photos ARE on your computer already and you don’t have to think about transferring photos at all, nor have to be in bluetooth range. It’s automatically done, over 3G (I wonder if it can sync using another WiFi hotspot – like your friend’s house or work etc?)
I guess the only problems would be if you are taking a large bunch of photos and you’re killing your battery (even quicker than it does so with normal use) but I guess there’s a way to switch this off.
Also – would this be possible for PC users?
From the http://doitdifferent.wordpress.com/ “I” writes exactly why this hacking capability makes the N900 so great. You can really PUSH the N900!
Why does this make the N900 so great?
This is why I wanted to try out an N900, because I thought I’d be able to hack it to do cool things. And I can. Why? Because it’s based on linux, closely related to a desktop linux and most importantly it’s open. This means I can use scripts I prepared on my desktop *nix system (a Mac, in this case). I can use software written orignally for desktops, recompiled for the N900. There’s a wealth of software out there, all free, and I can look into the source and see how it all works. And the N900 is linux, so how it works under the hood is familiar to me, and so I can hack it to do new stuff so easily. I had this working withing 24 hours of getting the N900. That’s amazing, name any other phone you can create new, genuinely useful functions for that quickly. And I spent a lot of that first 24 hours working, or sleeping or doing other things with the N900. I wanted a trial N900 to answer the questions missing from other reviews. How easy is it to hack? Can you make it do cool stuff? The answer so far looks like “yes”.
The shock of the Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo development has subsided and I think I’m now ready to offer some analysis as I see it.
Religious battles over application packaging aside, much of the conversation has centered on what this melding means for cell phones… dragging in Apple’s now-venerable iPhone and Google’s up-and-coming Android operating system for contrast and comparison.
But in poring over the OS framework (below) tonight it hit me harder than ever that mobile computing really isn’t just a buzz phrase for Nokia– it’s the real deal.
MeeGo Software Architecture Overview
Nokia and Intel are now better poised to do together with MeeGo what they had struggled separately to accomplish via Maemo and Moblin: free a desktop operating system (Linux) from its traditional roost and truly change– and own– the mobile landscape.
In other words, they’re facilitating Phase 2 of the original 1980s PC revolution.
Purists have been arguing that Android, despite its Linux underpinnings and carefully-crafted publicity, isn’t really doing this due to the higher degree of control Google maintains. True, it’s on a growing number of devices, but it remains to be seen how ultimately sustainable its Linux-under-wraps approach will be.
IBM misjudged the desktop PC market even after it introduced what became a major enduring standard in technology. Ironically, the company did not originally set out to create what amounted to an open source hardware paradigm and ultimately begged out of that business completely by 2004. Monumental mistakes such as allowing Microsoft to retain the rights to the DOS operating system proved over time to be a poison pill.
Nokia seemed to be wanting the open computing experience with its internet tablets but without the poison. Their cautious approach indicated they were wary of recreating IBM’s self-inflicted misfortune. There is surely much more money to be made in mobile computing, but given the faster rate of technological and sociological change now as compared to the 1980s it makes sense to develop a well-considered plan.
There have been numerous rumors dogging the Maemo devices line that Nokia would easily abandon what was essentially a skunkworks project, and some moves (like lengthy gaps between device releases) often supported such speculation. But this new marriage with Intel indicates, at least to me, that both companies are serious about being leaders– and survivors– in a mostly-open, truly flexible computing ecosystem.
Linux has long been maligned by spreaders of Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt as a hacker’s toy OS and maybe that’s why Google is so willing to distance its brand wrapper from its core. Despite traction gained by popular desktop incarnations such as Ubuntu, it’s never managed to inflict serious harm on Microsoft’s PC OS market share and seems to be content running the lion’s share of web servers instead.
However, the resources now in play with MeeGo have the clout, together, to change that public perception. In spite of its childish name, MeeGo may well represent the ultimate maturing of caterpillar Linux into a butterfly form with which closed mobile operating systems cannot long compete.
“The announcement Monday by Intel and Nokia that the companies are teaming up on Linux development may not have told the whole story. It’s possible, and perhaps even likely, that they’re teaming up on chip development, as well.
Charlie Demerjian at SemiAccurate was the first to report on the existence of an Atom-based system on a chip (SoC) called Penwell, which is allegedly being jointly developed by Intel and Nokia.”
Semakin maraknya box repair atau tool flasher yang beredar saat ini menambah warna untuk
Para teknisi ponsel.karena Box repair atau tool flasher sangat di butuhkan mereka untuk memperbaiki kerusakan ponsel yang bermasalah di software.Semakin banyak alat 2 flasher yang dimiliki akan sangat membantu para teknisi dalam hal reparasi software ponsel pastinya untuk mendapatkan hasil yang lebih maksimal,karena memang tidak bisa dipungkiri bahwa box repair yang satu dengan yang lain memang saling melengkapi.
Bukan untuk dijadikan koleksi box repair,melainkan suatu kebutuhan untuk para teknisi.
Berikut Di bawah ini kupas tuntas Box repair Cyclone,Mulai dari bagaimana cara Instalasi hingga flashing menggunakan Box repair Cyclone.
I.instalasi software utama Cyclone
1.Klik ganda pada Cyclone Box installer untuk memulai install software utama Cyclone
2.Klik Next untuk melanjutkan proses instalasi
3.pada Destination Folder tidak perlu di rubah,langsung klik Next
4.Kemudian klik Next lagi untuk melanjutkan proses instalasi selanjutnya
5.pada Additional icons, bisa tandai semua agar icon Cyclone muncul di desktop Komputer.lalu klik Next
6.Tunggu proses instalasi berjalan sampai selesai.
7.Klik Continue Anyway untuk melanjutkan ke proses instalsi driver Cyclone Box
8.Driver Box sudah terinstal dengan baik lalu klik Finish
9.Setelah proses instalasi selesai hilangkan tanda pada launch Cyclone Box lalu klik Finish
10.Tunggu Proses Instalasi Nokia Connectivity Cable Driver sampai selesai
II.Pasang Box Cyclone ke computer
1.langkah selanjutnya pasang Box Cyclone ke computer.Apabila ada pesan Found New Hardware berarti box belum di kenali oleh komputer.
2.Pilih install from a list or specific location (Advanced) untuk mengambil driver secara manual,lalu klik Next
3.Cari lokasi driver di alamat C:\Program Files\Cyclone Box\Drivers lalu klik OK
4.Kemudian Klik Next untuk menjalankan proses instalasi driver.
5.Klik Continue Anyway untuk melanjutkan proses instalasi Driver Cyclone box
6.Klik Finish untuk mengakhiri proses instalasi Cyclone Box
III.Flashing via Cyclone
1.Klik ganda pada Icon Cyclone Box yang ada di desktop untuk membuka program Cyclone Box
2.Apabila ada pesan Cannot find “Cyclonebox.dll” lepas lalu pasang kembali Cyclonebox dengan baik,kemudian ambilkan driver box kembali dengan benar.
3.Apabila program Cyclone sudah terbuka dengan baik akan ada pesan Ready to work lalu pilih generasi ponsel sesuai dengan yang sedang di perbaiki.
4.Kemudian Klik Check Flashing Bus untuk mengetahui koneksi box dan ponsel.
5.Apabila Box dan ponsel sudah terhubung dengan baik maka akan ada pesan seperti gambar di bawah :
6.Klik add Image untuk mengambil File Flash atau firmware utama (MCU)
7.Isikan MCU dengan ukuran file terbesar dan gunakan Versi yang tertinggi,lalu klik Open
8.File MCU akan tersimpan pada Menu Flash Image di software utama Cyclone Box
9.Kemudian isikan Firmware pendukung untuk bahasa (PPM) dengan ukuran terkecil setelah MCU dan Versi Firmware harus sama dengan MCU yang di pilih sebelumnya.
10.Klik Add Image lagi untuk mengambil File pendukung untuk Content (CNT)
11.Isikan File CNT dengan ukuran file terkecil setelah MCU,PPM dan Versi harus sama.
12.Perhatikan lagi pengisian Firmware MCU,PPM dan CNT apakah sudah terisi dengan benar
13.Klik flash untuk menjalankan proses flashing.
14.Proses Flashing akan berjalan menuju area Erase flash tunggu proses erase sampai selesai
15.Kemudian akan berjalan masuk area write secara otomatis setelah proses erase.
16.Tunggu Proses Flashing berjalan sampai All Image Processed OK,yang berarti proses flashing selesai.
Bloove is a Web-based mobile phone management system which lets you edit your contacts and work with your SMS or bookmarks using your web browser. You can backup, restore and copy SMS and contacts between different phones. Bloove works on over 300+ Windows Mobile, Nokia, Sony Ericsson or Samsung smartphones. And of course there basic features are free for as long as you want to use it, below i will list some of the features available.
With this camera performance, it really justifies its price as Nokia N82 must be around 17.5k now days, I guess.
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So…is this a death to the NUMBERS only cheapo/mid-range Nokias with unmemorable names?
The shock of the Maemo + Moblin = MeeGo development has subsided and I think I’m now ready to offer some analysis as I see it.
