Daily Archives: October 26, 2011

Oct 26 2011

Nokia announced first two WP phones – Nokia 800 & Nokia 710

London, UK – At Nokia World, the company’s annual event for customers, partners and developers, Nokia demonstrated clear progress on its strategy by unveiling a bold portfolio of innovative phones, services and accessories, including the first smartphones in its Windows Phone-based Nokia Lumia range. The stunningly social Nokia Lumia 800 brings content to life with head-turning design, Nokia’s best social and Internet experience, familiar Nokia elements, such as leading imaging capabilities and new signature experiences. The colorful and affordable Nokia Lumia 710 is a no-nonsense smartphone that brings the Lumia experience to more people around the world.

First two smartphones based on Windows Phone introduce a range of new experiences designed to make everyday moments more amazing.

 

Nokia 800

Nokia Lumia 800, its first smartphone within the Lumia range running the Windows Phone operating system. This stunning new device combines a top-of-the-line feature set with a smooth single-piece body. The Nokia Lumia 800 offers the best Windows Phone experience to date, married with Nokia’s hardware know-how and software strengths.

This is an amazing phone to hold in your hand. The polycarbonate body is all subtle curves topped with a bright AMOLED ClearBlack display with toughened glass stretching to the sides of the phone. The Back, Start and Search buttons on the front of the screen are set in the glass, so there are no interruptions to the smooth surface. The phone comes in three vivid colours: black, cyan and magenta. On the back, there’s an eight-megapixel auto-focus camera with Carl Zeiss optics. The camera also shoots HD video at 30 frames per second. Social sharing or online storage can happen automatically or with two taps on the interface.

Inside, there’s a 1.4GHz processor and graphics co-processor driving the operating system to deliver a silky-smooth user experience. There’s 16GB of internal user memory, with cloud computing integrated to offer 25GB of free SkyDrive storage for your music and pictures. Communications are handled by a quadband reception, up to HSDPA 3G, WiFi and Bluetooth. Talktime is rated at up to 13 hours, or standby for up to 335 hours. It measures 116.5 x 61.2 x 12.1mm and weighs 142g.

The Nokia Lumia 800 takes the best of Windows Phone and adds to it with Nokia enhancements including Nokia Drive, which offers free turn-by-turn navigation and a dedicated in-car interface. Nokia Drive turns the Nokia Lumia 800 into a fully-fledged personal navigation device. Nokia Music introduces MixRadio, bringing a free, global, mobile music-streaming service with hundreds of locally-relevant channels available.

Socialites will love the Nokia Lumia 800’s social creds, too. Every major network is covered, offering sleek integration through communications and contacts to deliver an unrivalled social experience. The browser, Internet Explorer 9, offers fast, smooth performance – as well as broad support for the latest standards such as HTML5 applications.

 

The Nokia Lumia 800 will be available from November in France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK, across 31 operators. The estimated retail price is €420, before any local taxes or subsidies. Other territories including Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan will see the Nokia Lumia 800 before the end of the year, with even more markets following in early 2012

 

 

Nokia 710

Nokia Lumia 710 offers an accessible entrance to Windows Phone, enhanced with features that bring Nokia’s great strengths to bear. It’s a bright and fashionable phone, offering customization through exchangeable back covers and thousands of apps.

It comes in black and white varieties, with the choice of black, white, cyan, fuchsia and yellow back covers. The 3.7-inch screen offers an 800 x 480-pixel resolution with a ClearBlack TFT for great colors and readability even in bright sunlight. At the rear, there’s a five-megapixel auto-focus camera with an LED flash. The camera can also shoot HD video at 30 frames-per-second.

It’s designed for social, offering full integration of Facebook, Twitter and Linked-In, and photo-sharing can be done in just a couple of taps. The Internet experience on the Nokia Lumia 710 is powered by Internet Explorer 9, offering excellent performance and compatibility with a wide range of modern HTML5 web apps. Added to the Windows Phone software package is Nokia Drive, offering free turn-by-turn navigation and the latest version of Nokia Music featuring MixRadio which offers hundreds of locally-relevant music channels. Also on board is the Xbox Live Hub for gaming and Outlook Mobile for corporate email accounts.

Packing the same 1.4GHz processor, hardware acceleration and graphics processor as the Nokia Lumia 800, the Nokia Lumia 710 offers exceptional performance at this price point. Inside there’s 8GB of user storage memory and 512MB of RAM. It has quadband radio reception, 3G up to HSDPA, WiFi and Bluetooth, so the communications options are covered. The phone measures 119 x 62.4 x 12.5mm and weighs 125.5g.

 

Available from the end of 2011, the Nokia Lumia 710 will first appear in Hong Kong, India, Russia, Singapore and Taiwan before becoming available in further markets in 2012. The Nokia Lumia 710 is expected to cost around €270 before any local taxes or subsidies.

 

Both smartphones include signature Nokia experiences optimized for Windows Phone, including Nokia Drive, which delivers a full-fledged personal navigation device (PND) with free, turn-by-turn navigation and dedicated in-car-user-interface; and Nokia Music introducing MixRadio, a free, global, mobile music-streaming application that delivers hundreds of channels of locally-relevant music. In an update delivered later this year, Nokia Lumia users will also gain the ability to create personalized channels from a global catalogue of millions of tracks. Also integrated in Nokia Music is Gigfinder, providing the ability to search for live local music for a complete end-to-end music experience, as well as the ability to share discoveries on social networks and buy concert tickets also coming in the Nokia Music software update delivered later this year.

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Nokia also announced its plans to introduce a portfolio of products into the US in early 2012 and into mainland China in the first half of 2012.  In addition to the existing products, which include coverage for WCDMA and HSPA, Nokia also plans LTE and CDMA products to address specific local market requirements.

 

Source: Nokia Conversations

Oct 26 2011

Nokia announced Series 40 Asha range phones

Nokia continues its mission to deliver high quality, stylish devices that provide the best access to social networks, the Internet and information, and offer the best overall experience and value proposition for the next billion mobile phone users. These consumers want access to innovations such as easy-to-use dual-SIM, local services and content, and third-party apps, all with a superior user experience for which Nokia mobile phones are known.

These devices comprise the new Asha family of Nokia mobile phones. Derived from Hindi – meaning ‘hope’ – Asha signifies Nokia’s focus on positive user experiences and connecting millions of people to new opportunities that help them reach their aspirations.

The Asha mobile phone family includes:

 

Nokia Asha 303

First up is the Nokia Asha 303. Beautifully rendered in metallic finishes, the 2.6-inch touch screen, with QWERTY keypad, is driven by a massive 1GHz processor, making it as powerful as most smart phones.

This powerful engine contributes to delivering a very fast internet connection via 3G and WiFi. And when you factor in the upgraded Nokia Browser, which compresses the web for mobile by up to 90 per cent, you’ll find the internet experience on this phone hard to beat.

One click from your bright home screen, which is readable in direct sunlight, takes you to your favorite social networking site, as well as email and instant messenger, proving Nokia has listened to what their customers really want and need.

There’s also one-touch access to your music player, with 47 hours of play time on a single charge and a 3.2-megapixel camera.

The phone works in landscape for games and portrait for chat. It’s highly desirable to a huge market of younger, price-conscious users for around €115, depending on region.

That’s everything most people want on a smartphone for around a quarter of the price. Weighing just 97g and measuring 116.5mm x 55.7mm 13.9mm, the Asha 303 has a talk time of around eight hours and a standby time up to 30 days.

As well as Angry Birds Lite, The Nokia Asha 303 comes preinstalled with Facebook Chat, Whatsapp and even Nokia Maps for Series 40 (in selected markets). It will be available in the holiday season, before the new year.

Key features: 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth and 1 GHz processor. Full QWERTY keypad. Display: 2.6-inch QVGA, up to 262k colors, capacitive touch. Readable in direct sunlight. Stereo FM Radio and Internet Radio, 47 hours music playback. 3.2 megapixel camera.

Dimensions: 116.5 x 55.7 x 13.9mm. Weight: 97g. Standby time: 30 days. Talk time: 7 hours. Angry Birds Lite pre-installed.

Colors: red, graphite, silver white, aqua, green, purple.

 

 

 

Nokia Asha 300

Next up, the Nokia Asha 300 also features a touchscreen and key pad. Like the 301 it has a 1GHz processor and 3G. Also preloaded with Angry Birds Lite, the 300 offers fast access to messaging, email and instant messaging. And upgraded Nokia Browser gives you swipe access to apps, music or games from the Nokia Store.

The Nokia Asha 300 comes with a 5-megapixel camera with video It also feature music player, FM radio, Bluetooth and memory card capacity of up to 32GB.

The 300 weighs in at 85g and measures a sleek 112.8mm x 49.5mm x 12.7mm and boasts talk time of 6.9 hours and an astonishing 22 days stand by time.

All this for an amazingly affordable price of around €85, depending on where you are. Also available in the fourth quarter of this year.

Key Features: 3G, HSPA  Quadband and 1GHz processor. Touch interface with keypad. Display: 2.4-inch resistive  touch display, with 262k colors. 5-megapixel camera with video recording at up to 25 fps. Stereo FM radio and MP3 music player. Angry Birds pre-installed.

Dimensions: 112.8 x 49.5 x 12.7mm.Weight: 85g. Standby time: 22 days. Talk time: 4.3 hours.

Colors: graphite, night Shade, gold, white silver, pink and red.

 

 

 

Nokia Asha 200

Third up is the Nokia Asha 200, featuring dual SIM with Easy Swap which allows you to switch one SIM without turning off the phone. And via the sim manager you can personalize user profiles for up to five sim cards.

The Nokia 200 also has shortcuts for social networking, email, IM and others including RenRen, Orkut and Flickr support. With support for up to 32 GB memory cards, you can listen to a choice of thousands of songs for up to 52 hours. Plus, you can snap away, capturing images with the 2-megapixel camera.

It weighs 105g and shapes up at 115.4mm x 61.1mm x 14mm. Talk time is up to 7hrs and there’s a 36-hour standby time. It’s out before the end of the year, expect to pay around €60, before any local taxes or operator subsidies.

Key Features: Dual SIM with Easy Swap and SIM manager to personalize up to five SIM cards. Full QWERTY keypad. High performing loudspeakers, enhanced stereo FM radio, FM Recording (where permitted), 52 hours of music playback. 2-megapixel camera with 4X zoom.

Dimensions: 115.5 x 61.1 x 14 mm. Weight: 105g. Standby time: 36 days. Talk time: 7 hours

 

 

 

Nokia Asha 201

Nokia Asha 201 is the single SIM version of the 200 and is aimed at young music lovers. Instead of the extra SIM capacity you get a loud, loudspeaker and superb FM radio.

You get the same music storage and listening time as the 200, as well as social networking, including support for the superb WhatsApp, messaging app, easily downloadable from the preloaded shortcut or via the Nokia Store.

Measuring 115.4 mm x 61.1 mm x 14 mm and weighing 105g, the 201 has a talk time of up to seven hours and standby time of 35 days. Out early next year, it’s expected to cost around the same as the 200.

Key Features: Full QWERTY keypad. One-click access to social networking, email, Nokia Messaging, Whatsapp and Facebook chat. High performing loudspeakers, enhanced stereo FM radio, FM Recording (where permitted) 2-megapixel camera with 4X digital zoom. Access to Webapps.

Dimensions: 115.4 x 61.1 x 14 mm. Weight: 105g. Standby time: 35 days. Talk time: 7 hours. Display: 2.4-inch QVGA, up to 262k colors.

 

 

 

Source : Nokia Conversations

Oct 26 2011

New Symbian Themes : White Jewel by Giulio7g

White Jewel is a new premium Symbian S60 theme for Nokia phones created by Giulio7g. It is available in Symbian Belle & Symbian Anna versions.

Features:

  • Fashion theme
  • White and gold elements
  • Semitrasparent widget and custom iconpack.

 

White Jewel is FREE for a limited time (for few days). Go grab it before it goes paid.

 

Download Here (Price – FREE)

 

Source: Giulio7g

Oct 26 2011

New Android Themes : Halloween by olek21

Halloween is a new Android GO Launcher EX theme, created by olek21.

 

Download Here

 

[This theme requires Go Launcher Ex, install from the Android market. Then simply download the theme installation file from your PC, the file will be .apk. You can then transfer it to your Android device via bluetooth or usb cable. Or download directly to your phone, use Opera or Opera Mini browser as the default Android browser does not support over the air installation of .apk files outside Android Market]

 

Source: olek21