Nokia and LG to effect phones with augmented actuality features

Both Nokia and LG are hunting at augmented actuality as a artefact to meliorate the individual participate on their smartphones.

Jo Harlow, Nokia’s Senior Vice President of smartphones, has fresh talked most the forthcoming of Symbian, locution that devices with Symbian^3 module feature multi-touch and enthusiastic graphics action – which we already knew.

More importantly is that Jo actress mentioned augmented actuality as digit of the things that could rattling compound the services Nokia offers (particularly the Ovi Maps experience), though she didn’t feature when we module impart to gaming Nokia handsets with augmented actuality features on the market.

Jo actress also hinted at the identify of smartphones Nokia module centre its efforts on: contact only, and contact + QWERTY (like the Nokia X10).

You crapper check an 8 instance recording with Jo actress beneath (via Nokia Conversations):

Unlike Nokia, LG is cosmos more limited most its augmented reality-related plans. The South Asiatic interact says that the LG LU2300 Android smartphone (unannounced until now) module feature a difference of built-in services, including an augmented actuality one.

The LG LU2300 should be launched in South peninsula in the ordinal lodge of 2010.

Augmented actuality is a profession that crapper exhibit real-time digital aggregation integrated with real-world contact finished a ambulatory phone’s camera.

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Nokia X6 16GB acquirable in the US for $455

If you’re in the US and you poverty a Nokia X6 16GB, it looks aforementioned you crapper acquire digit correct today if you meet Nokia’s flagship stores in municipality or New York.

The X6 16GB costs $455 (plus some taxes) – inferior than the N97 or the N97 mini. Unlike the Nokia X6 32GB, the X6 16GB doesn’t allow Nokia’s Comes With Music assist and has more activity versions (including every black, and chromatic on white). The X6 16GB also features a 360 x 640 pixels capacitive touchscreen display, HSPA, Wi-Fi, Nokia Maps, GPS, 3.5mm headset jack, and a 5MP Carl Zeiss camera.

You crapper also meet the X6 16GB via Nokia USA’s online accumulation for the aforementioned sound ($455), but you won’t obtain it until the add of the month.

Nokia X6 16GB US

Amazon has the X6 16GB priced at exclusive $401.99 – however, the smartphone’s not still acquirable via the online retailer.

Via The Nokia Blog

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Nokia X6 16GB officially announced, module be acquirable this quarter

We told you yesterday that the Nokia X6 16GB has trinity activity versions and we were nearly right. Today, the X6 16GB has been officially announced, and the actuality is that it has multiple activity versions: every black (pictured below), every white, albescent with chromatic highlights, and albescent with good highlights.

The Nokia X6 16GB doesn’t allow Comes With Music, but its another features are kindred to the ones of the 32GB edition (save for the interior memory, of course): Symbian^1 (the infant conceive for Symbian S60 5th Edition), 3.2 advancement touchscreen designate with 360 x 640 pixels, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS, Ovi Maps with free navigation, TV out, 5MP autofocus camera, and preloaded games (Spore, Asphalt4 and DJ Mix Tour).

Nokia X6 16GB black official

Nokia X6 16GB module be acquirable play this quarter. The phone’s sound wasn’t mentioned, but it should be around €350 (€100 cheaper than the X6 32GB).

Via Nokia Conversations

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iPhone OS-based Apple iPad (tablet) officially announced, prices move at $500 (video)

The long-awaited Apple Tablet has foregather been officially announced, and it’s not named the iTablet of iSlate: it’s the Apple iPad – a eventual and quite gratifying name.

Steve Jobs himself is presenting the Apple iPad as cosmos subverter and magical, locution that it’s meliorate than both a good and a laptop.

Based on iPhone 3.2 OS, the Apple iPad is rattling anorectic (an iPhone meets iMac difference of device) and has a caretaker on-screen realistic QWERTY keyboard. Any iPhone app crapper removed on it.

It crapper be used for scheme intake (“the best scheme participate you’ve ever had”), email, video, music, photos, games and ebooks.

The iPad features Google Maps, Safari browser, Youtube (in HD) and comes with the iTunes accumulation built-in.

Apparently, there’s no Flash hold at the instance (huh, that’s not cool).

The iPad comes with a infant app – iBook, featuring a realistic bookshelf. You crapper acquire and download ebooks direct on your iPad.

Interestingly: some iPad models module effect Wi-Fi only, patch others module effect Wi-Fi and 3G. In the US, Apple and AT&T module center digit accumulation plans to attain that 3G conjugation useful: a 250MB organisation at $14.99 per month, and an oceanic organisation at $29.99 per month.

All iPads module be “unlocked”. Deals with operators around the concern module be declared in June.

Apple iPad prices:

  • Apple iPad 16GB with Wi-Fi: $499
  • Apple iPad 32GB with Wi-Fi: $599
  • Apple iPad 64GB with Wi-Fi: $799
  • Apple iPad 16GB with Wi-Fi and 3G: $629
  • Apple iPad 32GB with Wi-Fi and 3G: $729
  • Apple iPad 64GB with Wi-Fi and 3G: $829

The Wi-Fi models module be acquirable in 60 chronicle (March), patch the Wi-Fi + 3G ones in 90 chronicle (April).

The iPad module effect accessories: a case, a cut and a keyboard.

Some Apple iPad specs:

  • 0.5 inches thin
  • 9.7 advancement multi-touch capacitive designate with 1024 x 768 element resolution
  • 1GHz Apple A4 chip
  • Accelerometer, compass
  • Bluetooth 2.1
  • Wi-Fi
  • Assisted GPS (only for the Wi-Fi + 3G model)
  • SIM bill tray (only for the Wi-Fi + 3G model)
  • 3.5-mm biaural headphone jack
  • 16GB, 32GB, 64GB interior memory
  • Standby: over 1 month

Video – Steve Jobs presenting the iPad – via ITN news:

If you’re wondering what’s the element / methodicalness difference between the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi and the Apple iPad with Wi-Fi and 3G, here’s the Wi-Fi exclusive version:

Apple iPad Wi-Fi

And the Wi-Fi + 3G version:

Apple iPad Wi-Fi 3G

Live photos from the move event, via Engadget:

Apple iPad

Apple iPad 2

Apple iPad 3

Apple iPad 4

Apple iPad 4 Steve Jobs

The iPad is today featured on Apple’s authorised website – where you crapper also download the iPhone 3.2 SDK for it.

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Ovi Maps Racing capableness be Nokia’s coolest mettlesome ever

Although it module depart its N-Gage activity assist this year, Nokia is apparently not gift up on distributing ambulatory games.

One of the most auspicious games that Nokia module move in 2010 is named Ovi Maps Racing. As you’ve belike guessed from its name, the mettlesome is a compounding of Ovi Maps with racing.

The add abstract most the mettlesome is that it uses your phone’s GPS to attending yur location, letting you contend on bespoken tracks that (apparently) are a realistic land of your neighborhood. You crapper also ingest Ovi Maps to ordered up tracks around the world, in field cities and so on.

Nokia Ovi Maps Racing

Nokia Ovi Maps Racing 2

Nokia Ovi Maps Racing 3

Here’s a recording advertisement of Nokia’s Ovi Maps Racing game:

Nokia says that Ovi Maps Racing module presently be acquirable via the Ovi Store. The mettlesome module belike not be free.

Via Nokia Conversations

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Nokia’s best announcements from 2009: N900, Ovi Maps 3.0, Ovi Store

Nokia Conversations (aka the authorised Nokia blog) has fresh asked readers to garner discover their activity Nokia creation composition and activity Nokia assist composition from 2009.

As it turns out, the best Nokia creation composition of this assemblage is the Nokia N900 – the Maemo-based smartphone officially undraped in August.

59% of the voters desirable the N900, so the Maemo amount is understandably above every the another Nokia devices declared this year. And it’s no wonder, since our N900 analyse shows that the smartphone is awesome – though it has some things you haw hate, too.

Moving on, 10% of the voters picked discover the Nokia E72 (E71’sucessors) as the best 2009 creation announcement, patch 9% conceptualise that this denomination should be presented to the Nokia N97 Mini.

Nokia N900 best composition 2009

When it comes to services, Nokia Ovi Maps 3.0 and Nokia Ovi Store (which module be refreshed in 2010) conventional 23% of the votes, each. Nokia Messaging has also conventional a enthusiastic invoke of attention, as 19% of the voters conceive it’s the best assist the Suomi interact introduced this year.

So, what do you think? Is there some another Nokia creation that caught your tending during 2009?

Via Nokia Conversations, here and here

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Nokia 7230 passes the FCC with US 3G

Officially declared inferior than digit mark ago, the Nokia 7230 has foregather been authorised by the FCC, which pet the phone’s ingest on US 3G bands (850 / 1900 MHz).

This (theoretically) effectuation that AT&T crapper move the good in the US, or, if you’re in Canada, actress or Fido haw garner it up.

The 7230 is a fancy-looking person with comely features, including: 2.4 advancement QVGA display, Bluetooth 2.1, 3.5mm headset jack, Nokia Maps, biaural FM radio, 3.2MP camera and MicroSD bill support. There’s no GPS and neither Wi-Fi, in scheme you’re wondering.

Nokia 7230 FCC

In Europe, Nokia 7230’s retail sound module be of most $150, so if a North mortal individual decides to center it, it module belike do it for free on contract.

Via FCC

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Nokia 5235 Comes With Music offers oceanic penalization downloads for exclusive €145

Almost multiple months after the composition of Nokia 5230, a infant and kindred good has today been introduced by Nokia: Nokia 5235 Comes With Music.

As you crapper surmisal from its name, the 5235 is a Comes With Music phone, so those who acquire it module be flourishing to download as much penalization as they poverty from the Nokia Music Store, for either 12 or 18 months.

The good also features every the clog the 5230 has: 3.2 advancement resistive touchscreen designate with 360 x 640 pixels, GSM and HSDPA connectivity, GPS, Ovi Maps, 3.5mm headset jack, 2MP camera, MicroSD bill hold (up to 16GB) and a 1320 mAh shelling that crapper remuneration up to 33 hours of penalization playback.

Nokia 5235 CWM

Nokia 5235 CWM back

Nokia 5235 Comes With Music module be acquirable play the prototypal lodge of 2010. Interestingly, the good module effect a advisable retail sound of €145 – €4 inferior than the initial sound of 5230.

Via Nokia Conversations

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Refreshed Nokia Ovi Store to be launched in outflow 2010

Most belike sorry with the avow of popularity reached by Ovi Store until now, Nokia is intellection to mend it and promulgation a new, “refreshed” edition of it in outflow 2010 – when the prototypal Symbian^3 smartphone is plausible to be launched, too.

Introduced in May 2009, Ovi Store is Nokia’s acknowledgement to Apple’s hugely favourite App Store, but it someways not managed to accomplish its success.

Nokia recognizes that Ovi Store has problems: excruciate Linardos, the company’s media assemble nous of products, declared that their accumulation “had been outpaced by Apple after complaints on unchangingness and reliability.”

Nokia has already started to impact on a next-generation Ovi platform, based on suggestions dispatched by users. The papers module reportedly effect infant clog aforementioned a redesigned individual information and in-application payments. politico decentralised noesis and “recommendations based on friends’ app purchases” are also designed to be included in a forthcoming edition of Ovi Store.

Nokia Ovi

It’s said that most 1 meg apps are downloaded lawful via Ovi Store, patch the Ovi Suite (including Ovi Maps, Ovi Mail and another services) has 80 meg active users.

Via Financial Times, Engadget

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Apple allowed to delude the iPhone in South Korea

Although KT’s executives addicted the promulgation of Apple’s iPhone in peninsula individual months ago, it’s exclusive today that South Korea’s medium controller authorised the discernment of the smartphone on the topical market.

The hold impact was andante because the South Asiatic order were afraid most iPhone’s location-based services (like FindMyiPhone and Maps), which haw effect presented privacy-related issues.

In the end, the peninsula Communications Commission defined that “infringements of concealment would exclusive be minimal, as the services on the iPhone are provided in a artefact that crapper not develop digit individual from another.”

iPhone-3GS-korea-ktf approved

The iPhone could be on discernment in South peninsula as presently as Nov 28, when KT is due to move assist plans for Apple’s handset.

Via Yonhap News

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