Sony Ericsson Vivaz coming September 5th to AT&T
In the mood for a good Ma Bell camera phone (emphasis on the camera more than phone )? Sony Ericsson and AT&T have just now decided to bring the Symbian S60 -packing Vivaz stateside, still touting a 720p autofocus HD video mode and a 8.1 megapixel camera
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 720p-autofocus, at and t, att, entry, ericsson, galaxy-blue, lose-the-stylus, mabell, offered-online, press, s60, sony, sonyericsson, symbian, symbians60
Nokia X5 square slider gets official in Singapore
Well, hey, Nokia just officially launched the X5 in Singapore, apparently as a followup to the Twist and the latest chubby square slider to hit in the past few months after the the Motorola Flipout and Kin One .
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: camera, five megapixel, flipout, jun, nokia, official-spec, qwerty, result, s60, singapore
Nokia-Microsoft partnership bears first fruit: Communicator Mobile comes to E52 and E72
Last time we used "Nokia" and "Communicator" in the same sentence, we were talking about a giant QWERTY clamshell with roots dating back to the mid '90s -- but yeah, that's most definitely not what looking at here. Instead, we're seeing the first results of Nokia's newfound friendship with Microsoft , a build of Communicator Mobile that's all set up to run on the S60-based E52 and E72 . Granted, an enterprise instant messaging utility isn't something we can all use, but that's just as well since it's limited to just two devices in Nokia's range at the moment; eventually, it'll be preinstalled on "select" devices and be available to a broader selection of phones already in the lineup
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: communicatormobile, entry, friendship, get-cracking, instant, microsoft, mid, moment, nokia, Roots, s60, s60-based
Nokia cozies up to TD-SCDMA some more, launches China Mobile versions of the X5 and C5, joins TD Forum
Though the standard GSM technology path has always been (and will likely always be) Nokia's bread and butter, Espoo has warmed to the idea of alternatives in the past couple years -- they've ended up establishing a reasonably decent lineup with Verizon in the States, and for China, TD-SCDMA is the name of the game these days.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: china-mobile, design, entry, game, nokia, photos, press, result, s60, states, symbian
Nokia Nuron for T-Mobile review
When the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic was released a little more than a year ago, we thoroughly panned it in our review -- put simply, it felt undercooked and uncompetitive in a world where webOS, iPhone OS, and Android were all realities, regardless of Nokia's existing smartphone dominance through much of the world. More than a year later, we're now presented with the Nokia Nuron , a pretty close relative of that first S60 5th Edition device from back in the day; it's simply a carrier-branded version of the 5230 , which itself is a lower-end variant of the 5800.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: engadget, global-success, iphone, mobile, nokia, now-presented, s60, s60 5th edition, s605thedition, touchphone
Google pushes YouTube app to version 2.4 for S60 and WinMo devices
Hey, who needs Flash anyway?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: addition, engadget-mobile, entry, googlemobile, s60, suggestions, the-suggestions, windows-mobile, windowsmobile, winmo, your-individual, youtube
Vaunted firmware update for Samsung i8910 HD finally hits
Kinetic scrolling, ladies and gentlemen: are you ready for it? We sure hope so -- if you happen to be using Samsung's rather uncommon i8910 HD , that is -- because that sweet update promised back in December appears to have finally hit the ground running. Besides the significantly improved scrolling mechanism being rolled out through most of the handset's interface, firmware version JB1 is said to bring a "next gen" web experience, improvements to the camera and video recording settings, a repaired podcast app, and a smattering of bug fixes everywhere you look.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: firmware-update, general-release, i8910, jb1, ladies, mechanism-being, mobile, omnia hd, result, s60, samsung, update, web-experience
Google Buzz takes mobile location services to the next level
Google just announced that it's bringing some serious location-based integration to its services, all centered around the new Buzz social networking tool built into Gmail. Google's going to do location better than the usual latitude / longitude coordinates -- it's able to snap those to actual place names and then take context-aware actions depending on where you are
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: buzz, entry, everyone-within, googlebuzz, iphone, location-basedservices, names, place, s60, search, services
Fring adds Skype video support on S60, threatens to make front cams useful
Considering the proliferation of 3G, WiFi, in-home broadband, and front-facing cameras on phones, you'd think that there'd be far more obvious ways to bridge video calls between phones and PCs -- but alas, it's virtually impossible, particularly in the States where carriers have a complete aversion to the topic. Enter Fring -- one of the mobile industry's VoIP pioneers that has spread its love from Symbian to almost every smartphone platform worth mentioning over the years -- which is stepping out today with a new build for S60 handsets that offers video support through Skype.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: BlackBerry, engadget-show, fring, htc, mobile, podcasts, report, return-false, s60, skype, symbian, video calling, videocalling
Nokia’s 6700 slide and 7230 make up in price what they lack in excitement
No one's going to accuse Nokia of going after the high end, the fanboys and girls, or the fashionistas with its latest pair, but they've got at least two things going for 'em: 3G and blowout pricing. Starting on the left, the S60 -powered 6700 slide marks a distinct break for the company, shedding its tradition of Xpress-on cover compatibility for permanent shells available in six loud shades; it's supposedly pretty tiny (Nokia touts that it'll fit "in even the smallest pocket or bag") and still manages to offer up a 5 megapixel cam with Carl Zeiss optics. Next, the 7230 (pictured right) kicks up the style a notch (okay, really, they just rounded the edges and chromed them up) and offers a 3.2 megapixel camera to go along with its 2.4-inch display.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: 6700, 6700 slide, BlackBerry, mobile, news, nokia, podcasts, s60, symbian