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iPhone to have iChat support or video calling ??

Mac geeks from 9to5 mac has found out some interesting news from the iPhone OS SDK 3.2 . Inside the telephone icons they have found two png files which is believed to be the video call icon for accepting and hanging video calls. So the next gen iphone will come with a front facing camera. Or this could be the support for ichat in current iPhones/iPad.

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Navigation: A Must Have App

So the fight between mobile phone manufactures have geared up very well now. Current scenario not only demands a great hardware from manufacturers but also a powerful software with a lot of integrated services. If you are thinking about HTML email support or a powerful web browser, then you are wrong. These have become a must have in mobile phones and are not specially demanded as they are expected to be available right out of the box.

What is rocking the market now is NAVIGATION. Not just navigation, but navigation with voice and turn by turn directions. Navigation of this sort was previously a premium service but now its coming built in or available as software update for most devices from almost all the manufacturers.

To start with, let’s go with Android who was the first to bring Navigation with voice and turn by turn directions in to the Motorola Droid through their firmware 2.1 update. Currently, Google’s Nexus One comes with this service pre-installed. Other Android powered device like HTC Hero is also expected to get this feature soon.

We all know how cool is Google Maps. The detailed view, street view, satellite view are all awesome and navigation is very smooth as well. Those who do not own an Android phone still can enjoy all the features except voice guided navigation and turn by turn directions through Google maps for Nokia phones which can be downloaded from google.com/maps through your phone’s web browser.

But why Navigate without voice and turn by turn directions when Nokia already provides a solution for it. And that too forever ! Nokia recently announced their Navigation Service as free for ever through “The Big Ovi Announcement Online Event”. Ovi maps provide you the following services.

Free Drive navigation
Free Walk navigation
Free maps and map updates
Free Events guides
Free Lonely Planet guides
Free Michelin guides

You can also choose from different languages for voice which is very helpful. The following devices are currently supported. Nokia X6 32GB, Nokia X6 16GB, Nokia N97 mini, Nokia N97, E72, E55, E52, Nokia 6730 classic, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic, Nokia 5800 Navigation Edition, Nokia 5230. More devices are being added.

Now the main players who are deprived of these services are Apple fan boys and the Windows Mobile Users.

Recent reports suggest that Windows Mobile 7 will come with free Navigation services but there are no strong evidences which indicates it. Google officials did say that they will release the same navigation app for iphone soon with all the services which Droid has. But no word has been heard on that after the release of Nexus One.

However, we have seen in November 09 a job listing from Apple calling iphone software engineers to develop a new map application. Apple said that they want to take maps to next level and asked to rethink how people used maps and found things. Apple also acquired the maps company Placebase which is a clear indication that there is maps app at work. But we are not sure when it will be available. Will it be introduced along with iPhone 4G or through the next software update ?

The Big Question is, which phone would you buy if Navigation is one of the primary feature you use. Comment below citing your reasons.

Nokia E97

Photos of nokia E97 Concept phone surfaces along with some specs.
The concept phone’s screen is based on E-ink technology and it’ll be very easy to share with your friends. If you want to show everyone a cool video or a photo, you can simply detach the display and show the content, without having to worry about storage space, because the screen uses a 4 or 8GB memory stick to store data just like an USB Flash drive.

Nokia E97’s screen can also be used like a photo frame on your desk, once it’s connected to the small USB base. Well it will be good if we dont wonder when this device will be out as it seems like it will take some really long time before we can see it in our hands. But its good to know that some real mind blogging technologies are coming to us.

Kinetic scrolling, Enhanced Homescreen, improved camera and response to nokia 5800 ???

According cell addict blog, the enough rumored Nokia 5800 V31 firmware update is under testing. However, its not expected to be out soon. One of the member at daily mobile happened to attend a nokia feedback session at Malaysia from where he asked the officials about the firmware update.
Here’s a quote from his post:

“The purpose of the meet and greet session was actually to get feedback from Nokia 5800 users. Kind of like a focus group. There were about 10+ of us there during the event and we expressed all our unhappiness about the phone. So here is what I got.

Apparently Nokia is aware of the new firmware update we are looking for. So v31 (or whatever it is going to be called) is confirmed coming. Right now they are in the process of testing the enhanced homescreen and kinetic scrolling on the Nokia 5800 amongst other things like camera improvements, response time, frequent crash.. etc.

But like I said, its still in the testing process. Bear in mind, the Nokia 5530 does have a faster processor than the Nokia 5800 and also certain hardware inside is different. When asked what is the rough date of the firmware release, Nokia is not able to give a date because they are still a long way in the testing.

From the looks of it, its not coming anytime this quarter of the year. Reason? They’d have to release the Nokia 5530 first before anything else. Also, of course it makes sense because the N97 was recently released and they have to let that simmer in a while. But hey guys, chill out! At least Nokia is aware of what we need….”