Matt unboxes and previews an early pre-release version of the Sony Ericsson Xperia X2. The XPERIA X2 takes the 3 inch screen from the X1, and upgrades it to a 3.2 inch WVGA TFT display. The handset will be powered by a custom version of Windows Mobile 6.5. Other features include a 3.5 mm audio jack, accelerometer and 8.1MP camera with AF.
In this video the folks at technobuffalo compares the internet browsing experience of the HTC HD2 with that of the iPhone 3GS.
Update: The video is working now
Nintendo investigating possible copyright infringement in the new Nokia N900
After the recent Nokia video showcasing it’s nokia N900 playing old SNES games through the use of an emulator. Because of this, Nintendo seems to be a little upset and claim that the video(which has since been taken down) showing somebody playing Super Mario World & Super Mario Bros. 3 could be a copyright infringement.
In an interview by Edge, according to Robest Saunders, Nintendo’s UK PR Manager, they shall be taking “rigorous steps” to protect the rights of these games, however old they are but they are still waiting for a verdict from their legal team which is still examining whether the video is a legitimate copyright ingfringment.
Whatever Nintendo does on the legal front with Nokia, they know that there is always this community of hackers that have been playing these games on smartphones since ages so this story shoudnt really affect us consumers directly.
[Thx rwishi and Toni Rönn]
For those that just bought the Nokia N97 Mini and cannot use the phone to sync with their Mac should try to download the unofficial N97 Mini iSync plugin. According to the developer this plugin enables the Mac syncing (but its not perfect). Download the plugin from here (use this plugin as your own risk, you may damage your phone)
Current issues:
- The icon is the N97, not the Mini.
- Syncing is Bluetooth only, no USB (yet).
- This is the first time I’ve ever made an iSync plugin and I’ve no idea if it’ll work for anyone other than me! As such this is considered development software provided as-is. I take no responsibility for any of loss of data.
[Thx Daniel]
Starting today, the operator 3 is the first of the operators in Sweden to offer the latest HSPA Evolved technology with 21Mbps. The HSPA Evolved is available in Stockholm, Gothenburg and Malmö – Lund and in Karlskrona.
HSPA Evolved, which is also known as HSPA + is the next generation of HSPA technology. The first version of HSPA Evolved supports data speeds up to 21 Mbps, which means that a user can expect practical speeds of up to 16 Mbps, about 60% faster than other networks for common mobile broadband. Future versions of HSPA Evolved will offer speeds up to 42Mbps, then 56Mbps and finally 168 Mbit / second.
Ill see if i can get my hands on one of these modems for review!
This is getting quite frustrating. More than a month after the launch of two of the most anticipated mobile phones in the US, there is complete silence about their launches in India.
Motorola Droid photo
I am talking about the Motorola Droid and the Nokia N900. Everyone knows them both. Motorola Droid is the iPhone killer that everyone who is not an iPhone fanboy wants to try out at least once. We have been reviews from websites abroad, and generally everyone seems to like the Droid. It is approaching a sales target of 1 million, for chrissakes. That is a vote of confidence by the tech-savvy American public, certainly. So when are going to see it in India?
Photo: Nokia N900 features a 3.5" WVGA touch screen
I was once a Motorola fanboy. Those were the days of the first Motorola Razr. We spent what was a fortune in those days. Some Rs 17,000 or so. Yes, we. We bought two. Me and my brother. And for a long time, we had the snazziest phone around. I stil have it lying around somewhere. Once I got used to their atrocious user interface, and decided to do nothing more than send SMSes and take calls, it was a great mobile phone alright. The Motorola Droid, on the other hand, is the complete opposite of the Razr. This can is fast, has a touchscreen, can run multiple apps simultaneously, runs the latest version of Google Android.. (if you are looking for Google Android phones in India, click that link or this one for more info.)
And then the Nokia. My first phone ever was a Nokia 5110, and then I went through several Nokia phones temporarily ditching it for the Razr once, and then went back to Nokia again. Their current interface, the S60 Symbian, looks seriously cluttered and is a kludge to use on their latest phones. It looks like it is seriously a generation behind the interfaces on even Windows Mobile phones with a custom interface like the HTC ones!
All that has – possibly – just changed with the launch of the expensive but powerful Nokia N900. While we know that this is a brilliant phone on paper (apart from the resistive screen), we need to see this. We need to touch this, use it to know if this is the phone that will save Nokia from ignominy.
No chance. Motorola and Nokia have both been silent about the launch of their phones in India. What is it – supply issues? Is the demand so high? There is reason to believe so, I guess. 1 million Droid sales in US is no joke, and the N900 has met with much enthusiasm and probably, the company wants to focus on the biggest smartphone markets first. After all, when it comes to smartphones, India is seriously lagging.
I have even tried to see if there are any gadget shopping websites in India, which offer the N900 or the Droid. No such luck. All we can do is wait and fume, for now.
The Symbian Foundation is in the process of transforming the Symbian OS. Nokia has given the world its first glimpse of what the user interface for next version of this operating system is going to look like.
Version 3 is expected to debut next year, but Nokia started showing it off this week.
What's New?
Symbian^3 will clearly show its evolution from S60, but there are changes. The most noticeable of these is support for addition homepages which the user can scroll through with a flick of their finger. These will hold the links and widgets the user has chosen.
Some changes are less obvious. Nokia promises it will support the capacitive touchscreens that are rapidly replacing resistive ones, for example, and multi-touch is also being added.
In addition, a great deal of work is going into simplifying the user interface, making Symbian^3 easier for new users to learn.
Nokia's Role
Nokia is the largest user of the Symbian OS, and a majority of the phones it makes run this operating system.
Still, other companies use it too -- like Ericsson -- and so the theoretically independent Symbian Foundation handles development.
The unique swivel form factor that opens to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard will become the favorite on everyone’s wish list this season but the surprise gift this holiday season is the Nokia 7705 Twist’s Habitat mode. Whether it’s Mr. Claus or the little elves calling, you’ll never mistake a caller again with the customizable on-screen avatars, each dedicated to a specific contact to show when you have a message or call.
The Nokia Twist also allows you to light up the holiday season with its Contact Light Ring which displays different color lights when you receive a message or a call from different contacts in your phone book.
Available at Verizon Wireless
Price: $99.00 with a two-year contract
