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Introducing Nokia x6 and Nokia x3

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The Comes With Music story continues with the Nokia X6 & X3

Pioneering new ways for the world to experience music, Nokia today announced the launch of the new Nokia X6. Capable of playing up to 35 hours of music, the Nokia X6 is a powerful entertainment device, combining 32GB of on-board memory with a slick 3.2″ finger touch interface.

Jo Harlow, Vice President, Nokia, commented: “The Nokia X6 and Comes With Music is a powerful combination, enabling music fans to download all the music they could ever want – quickly, easily and for free. We’re giving people convenient access to and ownership of a vast music library and an exciting new touchscreen device to play their music on.”

The new Nokia X3 also joins Nokia’s music portfolio. The Nokia X3 is designed for music lovers and is the first Series 40 Ovi Store-enabled device. The Nokia X3 is a sleek and compact music device that comes with stereo speakers, built-in FM radio, and a 3.2 megapixel camera.

To make the most of the entertainment experience, Nokia introduced the Nokia Mini Speaker MD-9, a pocket-size speaker for big sound, and the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-505, an ergonomic and lightweight neckband headset for great music and call audio quality also in noisy environments.

Vopium, now available in 25 more countries

Vopium, the leading international mobile communications company, today announced the launch of its mobile VoIP service in 25 new countries, offeringlow-cost and free international mobile phone calls. By installing the free Vopium application on any of the more than 900 supported GSM mobile handsets, callers around in the new countries can now also take advantage of high-quality and affordable international calling. With the launch, Vopium is now available across 45 markets in all major territories including North- and South America, Western- and Eastern Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia Pacific. To get started, mobile subscribers can visit www.vopium.com. Once registered, all new users receive 30 free minutes of talk time and 30 free SMS.

Vopium is now available in 45 countries, and the 25 new countries are: Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Bulgaria, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Malta, Mexico, Poland, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Venezuela.

Have you used Vopium. Tell us about this service and your experience.

Nokia N900 Vs Apple Iphone 3GS

Apple’s Iphone has been standing as the #1 for a pretty long time. Although the competing brands released a lot of competitors, none of them made to even stand close to the iphone. But now the competition is getting a little tight. All the companies are releasing their own flagship devices to destroy the monopoly of iphone at #1 position. So we thought it would be nice if we could compare the Mighty Iphone with the Nokia’s latest sensational device N900. So let’s take a round up. Here we go,

Round 1: Who’s got the Sexy ??

Cell phones are also considered as a fashion statement today. “Moreover the beauty of a thing liesin the eyes of the beholder” so we leave that to you ;-).

Round 2: Features

Iphone has got a 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches touch screen display while nokia boasts of a whopping 800 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches touch screen display. Now thats a display which you can’t stop starring at.

Nokia n900 also sports a full QWERTY physical keyboard which iphone does not. But that keeps iphone slimmer than the n900.

Both phones have 256 mb ram but iphone has got a fixed size storage of 16gb/32gb compared to n900 32gb internal+ upto 16gb card support. let’s not also not forget the virtual memory of n900 which brings a total of 1gb ram. Now that would be ideal for any power multitasker.

Talking about multitasking, iphone fails miserably here as it follows one app at a time style compared to n900.

Both the phones have Arm Cortex A8 processors which brings a tie. But when it comes to OS, we have no doubt that iphone 3gs is the clear winner with iphone os 3.0. But that would be too early to say. Let’s wait and see.

Coming to photo and video capabilities, n900 takes the lead with a 5mp camera with dual led flash over the iphone’s 3gs’ 3.2mp camera without flash. N900 again takes video in WVGA(848 x 480)@25fps while iphone records video in VGA @ 30fps. Camera and video samples are to be compared before we can take a decision. Hardware wise, n900 wins. Performance wise, ????

N900 also features a FM-transmitter  which is absent in iphone. TV-Out is possible in both but cable has to be purchased separately for iphone.

Apps are as important as any other feature. And you all know who tops here. Now we know maemo is a linux based os. So it has a large developer community and may be sometime they might become a competiton to App store.

Round 3: Connectivity

Iphone 3gs supports HSDPA upto 7.2mbps while N900 supports HSDPA upto 10mbps. Both phones have wifi, A-GPS, bluetooth and no infrared.

N900 also has radio which iphone lacks.

Round 4: Who is the Winner ????

We have seen in some rounds n900 took the lead while in some iphone. Now the question is which of these matters to you as everyone has their own taste and who is your winner ??

Jump up to the comment section to tell us your winner and why ???

Please note: Some features like price, mms, contract etc were not mentioned as these varies in many countries.

Iphone 3GS Coming To India

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Yes guys, the wait is over. Unconfirmed reports say, Apple has announced that they will release Iphone 3GS in India on 19th september 2009. Although the apple site doesnot hint us anything about this. The phone was expected this month but due to less stock caused by high demand in many countries the launch date had to be delayed. Anyway, there is only one thing we all wanna know. The price tag. Well here it is:

Iphone 3gs 16gb: Rs 36000/-

Iphone 3gs 32gb: Rs 40000/-

Now thats a very bad move from apple especially phones like nokia n900, sony ericsson satio etc are expected with a lesser price tag. Moreover, they could have atleast kept the price tag at 31k and 36k itself like they did in US where the prices remain unchanged. It seems like they are happy with iphone 3g sale in India which is why the price seems to be like this. Many of you might have planned to buy one but the price tag might not be fitting to everyone. Anyway, tell us you opinion about apple’s pricing strategy. Do you think iphone 3gs will go on sale well or not ??

HTC Hero: The Android Hero !

This is the latest phone from HTC known as the HTC Hero or as we call it The Android Hero. As the name, the phone is really a hero in what it does. The phone is a major uprade over HTC Magic. The best thing we like about this phone is that the phone […]

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Nokia N900 officially confirmed

See what this little maemo device got in for you.

Hardware

Dimensions

  • Form: side-slider
  • Dimensions: 110.9 x 59.8 x 18 (19.55) mm
  • Weight (with battery): 181 g
  • Volume: ~113 cc
  • Additional size and shape information:
    • Touch screen
    • Side-slide full keyboard
    • Kick-stand

Schematic of N900 Dimensions

Display and User Interface

  • Size: 3.5″ touch display
  • Resolution: 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA)
  • Desktop with up to 4 personalisable views
  • Landscape and portrait (for voice calls) modes
  • 3D Graphics acceleration with support for OpenGL ES 2.0
  • Brightness control
  • Ambient light detector

Keys and Input Methods

  • Touch screen with:
    • tactile full QWERTY keyboard with word prediction
    • virtual on-screen keyboard
    • pen input option with stylus
  • Dedicated zoom keys
  • Dedicated camera
  • Dedicated volume keys
  • Lock key
  • Notification light
  • Camera key

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Nokia Music Store India Goes Live

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After weeks of test run, Nokia India music store is now live. Nokia Music Store include the ability to listen to a 30 second clip of any track on the store before downloading it. You can browse for new music, get recommendations or search for their favorite artists, songs or albums all from the palm of their hand. You can download directly to a mobile device without having to download the same song again on their computer. You will also be able to transfer songs via a PC to compatible Nokia devices.

For those who are new to nokia music store, its an online music store from where you can download unlimited music for a monthly fixed fee or you may get free download coupon upon purchasing any of the following devices. All the expressmusic models,N97,  N86 , E71, E63,Nokia 5630, Nokia 5530 and Nokia 5230. These phones also come with a preinstalled client.

Nokia has also signed up with local music distributors like Universal Music Group, Sony Music, EMI and Warner and major independent Indian record labels including Tseries, Yashraj Music, Saregama, BIG Music, Venus etc.

The music store client is now available for only windows xp sp3 versions and higher.

Now do more than music with your 5800xm

Nokia yesterday announced the new version of their 5800 expressmusic. The phone titled Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition comes with lifetime voice and walk navigation license. The phone also found a transformation from its express music design to a silver tone look. The Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition will start shipping before the end of the […]

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Palringo gets an update: Bug Fixes & Touch Support

The social communication software for mobile palringo received an update today including several bug fixes and touch support for the s60 fifth edition devices. Now you will see your client responding faster with feedback. The app also lets you to sign up for new accounts within the app for itself which you previously had to go to the website. Palringo also has a mac client which is in pre-alpha stage.