Target Customers: Executives and the young generation.
Most of the handsets on the Japanese shelves are multimedia-rich and the DoCoMo PRIME F-01A clamshell cellphone is no exception. The Symbian OS powered phone is one tough handset that could withstand a depth of one meter for half an hour under water. The PRIME F-01A was announced earlier along with a collection of 22 handsets. And yes, this HSDPA phone is compliant to Fujitsu’s FOMA specifications.
Technical Specifications: A 3.5″ widescreen VGA touch sensitive display, 5.2-megapixel camera with autofocus and face detection, VGA video recording at 30fps, microSD memory card slot, Fingerprint reader, e-Wallet function, and 1Seg TV tuner.
No info on pricing and availability at the moment.
Via: Akihabara
Written by Naveen on November 21st, 2008 with no comments.
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The new Nokia E63 is the company’s latest Eseries handset designed for a broader market thanks to the suggested price of EUR 199. The E63 builds on the flagship E71 handset and features a QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi connectivity, Mail for Exchange support, and dedicated key access to contacts, calendar, and email. Other specs include:
- CSD, HSCSD, GPRS, EDGE, WCDMA support
- 2.36 inch 320 x 240 (QVGA) display with support for up to 16 million colors
- Two customizable home screens – switch between a business mode to a personal mode
- Speaker dependent and speaker independent voice dialing
- 2.0 megapixel digital camera
- Built-in video recording and playback
- Built-in music player
- Voice and audio recording
- Micro-USB connector, full-speed
- microSD memory card slot
- 110 MB internal memory
- SMS, MMS, email, Web Browser,
- Nokia Music Store support
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR
- Speakerphone, Push to Talk, VoIP support
- Files on Ovi – allows you to get remote access to their PC files
- 1GB of online file storage for free
- Symbian S60 3.1 edition
- Measures 113 x 59 x 13 mm and weighs 126 grams
The E63 will be available in ruby red or ultramarine blue.
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Written by flung on November 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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AND finally, the new Nokia 6650 clamshell handset will be available starting today (Friday) to AT&T customers for a price of $69.99 with a new two year agreement and a $50 mail-in rebate. The 6650 handset, powered by the Symbian S60 platform features the following specs:
- 2.0 megapixel camera with integrated flash and 4x zoom
- Live video capture and playback
- Brushed metal fold design
- Internal 2.2 inch QVGA display with support for 16 million colors
- External 1.36 inch display
- Support for AT&T Navigator, AT&T Video Share, and AT&T Mobile Music
- 3G network support
- Built-in music player with support for MP3, MIDI, AAC, AAC+, AMR
- Streaming Radio, MusicID support
- Text messaging, IM, Email, Web browser
- Quad band GSM support
- microSD slot
- Measures 3.93 x 1.86 x 0.64 inches and weighs 3.95 oz
The Nokia 6650 is available now in red and silver.
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Written by flung on November 14th, 2008 with no comments.
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Symbian’s S60 platform finally arrives on Samsung handsets with the formal introduction of the new i8510 smartphone. The handset features support for quad-band GSM as well as dual-band WCDMA. While certainly a smartphone on paper, the i8510 also features advanced digital photography specifications such as an 8 megapixel camera, smile, face and blink detection technologies, image stabilization technology, and the ability to create panoramic pictures.
Other specs include:
- Video recording in QVGA resolutions at up to 120fps and VGA at 30 fps
- Symbian 9.3 S60 3rd Edition FP2
- 2.8 (?) 16 million color QVGA TFT display
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Built-in accelerometer
- Built-in Wi-Fi
- 16GB internal memory
- microSD memory card slot
- Bluetooth 2.0
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Written by flung on July 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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Cavale:
Symbian seems to be all geared up to please its customer and business partner base. The company is looking at building a partnership network through which Symbian can coordinate with its business partners, shareholders and customers as well. The new Symbian Partner Network is all about offering value and worth to a vibrant ecosystem. The program, which was recently launched, offers a more affordable plan and has slashed prices from $5000 to $1500. It aims to harness innovation and encourage partners and customers to help them design and build devices and offer solutions in a more cost effective manner. The program provides access to SDN++, which is its private developer network portal and has a simplified sign-up process, online payment and other value added features. The privileged partners can also look forward to private events and easy access to confidential information. The program also prioritizes the development of Symbian OS. This mutually beneficial program would definitely attract many takers.
Via: SlashPhone
Written by cavale on July 9th, 2008 with no comments.
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In case you didn’t hear about it earlier today - Nokia announced plans to acquire the remaining 52 percent of Symbian Limited, makers of the popular Symbian OS, for approximately EUR 264 million. In turn, Nokia will turn around and team up with several companies to create the Symbian Foundation - an effort to unify the Symbian mobile platform and “set it free”. That’s the right - the Foundation’s charter is to unify Symbian, S60, UIQ, and MOAP software and then provide a royalty-free open platform. Other companies in the Foundation include AT&T, LG Electronics, Motorola, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, STMicroelectronics. Texas Instruments, and Vodafone.
While Symbian is the most widely used mobile phone OS, it’s very clear that the competition is gaining on them. It’s increasingly evident that companies are positioning themselves to be the platform provider of choice. Just look at Microsoft’s Windows Mobile OS, Apple’s OS X for the iPhone, and Google’s Android platform. Each of these three competing platforms take different routes to delivering software to their respective hardware platforms. Both Microsoft and Apple are going their traditional routes with Microsoft licensing their OS to hardware manufacturers and Apple controlling both the hardware and software specifications for a relatively closed yet powerful platform and experience. Google hopes to gain market share by making their platform open and free to use (with money coming in from potential ad revenue). To combat these approaches, Nokia and the other companies had to do something - and that something was the founding of the Symbian Foundation.
According to the Foundation’s website, these companies are “coming together .. to bring to life a shared vision and to create the most proven, open and complete mobile software platform - available for free.” Membership within the foundation will be open to all organizations for an annual fee of $1500. The resulting Symbian Foundation platform will be available to members under a royalty free license. The platform itself will go open source in the next two years and will use the Eclipse Pubic License. The platform code will be available to all for free.
Of course - no one knows how all of this will pan out in the long haul. Will all the companies in the foundation be able to work well together? How will competing interests within each handset manufacturer play out in the OS world? One thing is for sure - things are getting more and more interesting in the mobile front.
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Written by flung on June 25th, 2008 with no comments.
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