The web monster from Nokia, which has an ARM Cortex A8 CPU with a stock clock speed of 600MHz, has successfully been overclocked to boot at over 1GHz. I too have tested the device at 900MHz and 800MHz speeds and I have had no stability issues at all. Especially at 900MHz, everything feels snappier, and even an already great and responsive phone line N900 benefits from the speed increase dramatically.
Now I would never encourage anyone to go out and overclock their devices, especially when very little, if not nothing, is known about how efficiently the device is cooled (passively of course) and how overclocking the ARM Cortex A8 CPU would affect its and the surrounding components’ lifespan. However, if you are willing to take the risks, you can find how by following the below links…
Thanks to Apple and the iPhone (or iPod Touch) we’re familiar with the multi touch concept on mobile phones and devices. Nokia, the foremost company in the mobile phone industry, is yet to come up with a multi touch screen phone though… We found out last week that this might all soon change. Nokia patented a new technology allowing multi touch UIs with pressure sensing (ie sensing how hard you press on the screen), allowing 3D gestures on a phone’s screen to be interpreted as commands.
This has quite a few implications. Firstly, and most obviously, Nokia seems to be preparing to develop multi touch enabled devices in the near future. Secondly, I would interpret pressure sensitive screens as Nokia sticking with resistive touch screen displays, as opposed to capacitive ones preferred by Apple and some other brands.
I, personally prefer resistive screens, as they offer a wider array of input options. Additionally Nokia seems to be upping the ante by adding pressure sensing and re-interpreting the multi touch technology. Lets all wait and see what this will bring upon us!
The first firmware release for Nokia N97 mini, v10.0.20 / v10.2.20, is now online through Navifirm. This obviously sheds light on N97 mini’s (regional) availability, and while the much anticipated v2 firmware for the larger N97 still remains unavailable, this shows that it will be released very soon. Also we should note that v20.0.19 firmware for N97 can be tried out through RDA via Forum Nokia (another good sign).
Each day the release date nears, we get to see more and more news about Nokia’s N900. Hit the read link to see a quick round-up of N900 news and videos that have been making the rounds for the past few days…
Real-time strategy fans rejoice! One of the most popular RTS games of all times, Command & Conquer: Red Alert is coming to your iPhone/iPod Touch this October. Check out the video after the break!
Sascha from MobilPresse.com has written a nice preview for gReader, the upcoming Google Reader client by MojosStuios, which I have been looking forward to for some time now! Originally written in German, Sascha was kind enough to send us an English version of the preview. Hit the read link for more…
Unlike the previous phones that were the fruits of similar collaborations by Samsung and Giorgio Armani, here comes a smartphone that’s as capable as its competition as well as being fashionable. The B7620, with a price tag of €700, runs Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 6.5, features a full touchscreen 3.5-inch AMOLED display, slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera, GPS, 8GBs of internal storage and a microSD slot for further memory expansions. Previous fashion phones by Samsung were appealing to the eye but were poorer in terms of usability. This one seems to win both ways. Check out the videos after the break…
Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani fast specs (via GSMArena):
The IntoMobile team has spent some quality time with the HTC HD2 and they’re already calling this beauty “the baddest Windows Phone”. The video certainly proves them right. Watch on after the break…
This one’s for anyone who’s into football (or soccer depending on which side of the pond you are). Plusmo have created a great little widget for the N97 and all other S60 5th Edition devices, ESPNsoccernet, with which you choose and follow the league of your liking with live game visualization, commentaries, detailed fixtures. The widget is free on Ovi Store, so click that little blue paper-bag icon on your phone and download the widget already! N97 users can also place the widget on their homescreen, so what more can you ask for?
This was expected, but nevertheless news this promising can’t be taken for granted! Nokia made it official the other day that Qt, the popular cross-platform application and UI framework was ported to Maemo 5. This implies that Maemo 5 and other mobile devices that support the platform (ie. Symbian) will be even richer in terms native applications. The N900 must be smiling! Video showing Qt running on an N900 and the press release from Espoo after the break…
One of my favorite apps for Symbian S60 v5, also a favorite for many others on other mobile OS’s, is now available through the newly launched Windows Mobile Marketplace for Mobile for Windows Mobile users. Here’s the press release right from Shazam:
Shazam launches music discovery applications on Windows® Marketplace for Mobile
Hugely popular mobile music application now available on yet another platform
London, UK – October 06, 2009 – Shazam, the world’s leading mobile music discovery provider, today announced the availability of its music discovery application for Windows® phones via the just-launched Windows® Marketplace for Mobile. Shazam will be offering a free version as well as a separate full-featured version which users can access for a one-time fee. This will be the first time Shazam is simultaneously offering two versions of its applications at once, giving Windows phone users the choice as to how they want to experience and use Shazam.
Windows Marketplace for Mobile, Microsoft Corp.’s new mobile store that allows users to browse and download mobile applications to more than 50 million existing Windows® Mobile devices, operates on an innovative new operating system that gives users access to quality applications through a seamless shopping experience. Shazam allows users to discover and share music simply by holding a phone up to a song as it is playing. The Shazam application has been downloaded by more than 8 million users on the iPhone App Store and is among the most popularly downloaded applications on BlackBerry App World, Nokia’s Ovi Store and Google’s Market.
“Windows Mobile is the latest platform for which we have developed our music discovery application that has been used and enjoyed by so many people around the world already,” said Andrew Fisher, CEO of Shazam. “We are delighted to have been included as part of the debut of Windows Marketplace and we are very pleased to be working together with Microsoft to deliver the Shazam service to a whole new population of users.”
Users of the free Shazam application will have the ability to discover up to five songs per month and have the option to share their discovered music. Premium users will get unlimited tagging capabilities plus additional features that include:
Access to Shazam’s Tag Charts which indicate what music and which artists are hot and are being tagged by Shazam users in country
Recommendations for similar tracks based on the tagged songs and artists
Biographies of tagged artists and bands
Music and album reviews, and discographies
New users will be offered the opportunity to trial the full-featured Shazam application for seven days, after which they will be prompted to purchase it or revert to the limited, free edition.
“Shazam has proven to be a popular application across numerous devices and platforms,” said Jason Lim, director of ISV and developer experience at Microsoft. “With this in mind, we’re excited to have Shazam as part of the global launch of Windows Marketplace for Mobile. The Shazam application will provide people with a unique and compelling music discovery experience and we’re very pleased to offer it.”
At launch, the Shazam applications on Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be available in English in more than thirty markets around the world. Shazam expects to roll out multi-language versions in the coming weeks.
When the 5800 Xpressmusic was announced I was pretty excited that I was going to be able to use a stylus to take notes with my very-hard-to-read handwriting. But the application for taking notes with a stylus was nowhere to be found. Enter Xpress Note! Xpress Note does just that, and nothing more. The application is compatible with 5800 Xpressmusic, N97 and the 5530 Xpressmusic. If you, like me, would like to quickly scrap a note on your phone, you can download the app here…
The latest version of Fring for iPhone was caught on video. Version 2.0.0.4 of the great instant messaging / voip client has an improved interface, as well as links support in chat, an easy mood text updating, disabling push notifications for Twitter and user profiles and picture upload. Video after the break!
Toshiba showed-off a new set of smartphones and a new technology in CEATEC the other day: K01, K02, L02, an unnamed smartphone and the TransferJet technology. Read on for the details…
More details Samsung’s upcoming Android 1.5 OS phone, the i5700 Spica leaked online the other day. The phone will sport a capacitive touchscreen display, 3.2MP camera, a full variety of connectivity options (HSDPA, Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth) and a microSD card slot and a 800MHz CPU. Expected to hit the streets with a €350 price tag, the Spica is not expected to have any TouchWiz-style UI modifications.
Sony Ericsson Satio is now available to purchase in many parts of the world. The Satio has a steep price tag of €550, but considering its 12MP camera with Xenon flash AND LED flash, 3.5-inch touchscreen display, fast CPU, Symbian S60 v5 OS and great looks it’s a great phone especially for those who’d want to use their phone as a point-and-shoot camera replacement. To refresh your memories, here’s a photo gallery of the Satio (the phone previously known as Idou):
The web monster from Nokia, which has an ARM Cortex A8 CPU with a stock clock speed of 600MHz, has successfully been overclocked to boot at over 1GHz. I too have tested the device at 900MHz and 800MHz speeds and I have had no stability issues at all. Especially at 900MHz, everything feels snappier, and [...]
Thanks to Apple and the iPhone (or iPod Touch) we’re familiar with the multi touch concept on mobile phones and devices. Nokia, the foremost company in the mobile phone industry, is yet to come up with a multi touch screen phone though… We found out last week that this might all soon change. Nokia patented [...]
The first firmware release for Nokia N97 mini, v10.0.20 / v10.2.20, is now online through Navifirm. This obviously sheds light on N97 mini’s (regional) availability, and while the much anticipated v2 firmware for the larger N97 still remains unavailable, this shows that it will be released very soon. Also we should note that v20.0.19 firmware [...]
