Nokia N96 commercial video
February 13, 2008
And here’s the first commercial video for the Nokia N96. Finally a decent commercial from Nokia, actually showing of what the phone can do.
S60 Touch looks boring
February 13, 2008
Found this video on S60’s new touch interface, but I must say it does look boring? Sure they’ve managed to keep the overall look and feel of S60, making a transition very smooth. It seems however to lack all the cool animations and transitions of a modern UI. Hopefully we’ll see more of that in future versions of the S60 Touch.
Sony Ericsson announce Xperia X1
February 11, 2008
This is basically my first evening in the new flat in Stockholm, and guess what I find when I check my email? Xperia has been officially announced!
Finally Sony Ericsson has seriously entered the smartphone business. We’ve earlier written about Xperia in “Is ‘Xperia’ Sony Ericssons rumored P5i or is it a webservice?“, now it seems we were both right and wrong. It’s a smartphone, it’s a product line, but it sure is not the P5i nor a webservice. Instead the Xperia X1 marks a new episode in Sony Ericsson history with a product line developed for web communication and multimedia entertainment.
Sure the P990, W950, W960 and the P1 were all decent devices classified as smartphones, but seriously if you ever used them you’d know there were moments you just wanted to smack them hard against a wall. The P990 and P1i were essentially business phones and filled their purpose somewhat satisfying. The W950 and W960 still are top of the line music devices, but nothing I personally would use. A modern consumer wants both of these world, business and entertainment in one device and hopefully thats exactly what the X1 will do.
This baby has one flaw, it’s not running Symbian under the hood, instead Sony Ericsson has decided to spread it’s risks with operating systems (like most manufacturers these days) selecting the Windows Mobile platform for the Xperia line. Yes it’s a shame, I feel you all.
Enough blabbering, here are the goodies! The Xperia X1 features some really cool stuff such as a 3 inch 800×480 pixels 65 536 color touchscreen (ching ching!) perfect for watching movies during those long hours at trains or flights, HSDPA and HSUPA (fast downloads AND uploads), a full QWERTY keyboard, optical joystick and a 4-way key. There’s also an aGPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera able to record (and playback) VGA (640×480px) videos at 30 fps. All this in a neat arc-slider package measuring 110 x 17 x 53 mm and 145 grams. Did I mention it comes in two colors? Black for sinners and silver for saints. And oh yes, it will be available sometime during the second half of 2008.
Full pressrelease and more images after the break.
Official Nokia N96 specifications
February 8, 2008
German Nokia website leaked specifications on yet unannounced but rumored Nokia N96.The device looks much like the newly shipped N81, but is essentially an upgraded and redesigned N95. Amongst the highlights we could mention the DVB-H feature enabling users to watch TV, 16GB internal memory and MicroSD slot, dual LED flash and S60 3rd with Feature Pack 2.
Here’s what you get with this baby:
- Quadband EDGE
- Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz
- DVB-H Class C (mobile TV)
- 92 cc volume
- 125 gram weight
- 103 x 55 x 18 mm
- 16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot.
- 950 mAh battery
- 6.1 cm (2.8 inch) 320×240 display with 16 million colors
- 3.5 mm headphone jack
- WiFi (802.11b/g)
- AGPS
- 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that also does VGA video recording at 30 FPS, Dual LED flash that can also be used when video recording!
- S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)
- microUSB
Full official specification list (in german) after the break.
Video: Moto Z12 “Skarven” teaser?
February 5, 2008
Rumors are this video is a teaser for the Motorola Moto Zine flagship device, the Z12 also known under the project name of “Skarven”. The video displays people in urban areas rushing around carrying TV’s and DVD players, which could be interpreted as an indication for the coming Z12. The teaser focus on multimedia, such as video viewing, music, Internet access and of course mobility and was perhaps aimed to target young people in an early stage of their carriers?
More info after the break.
