Sony Pictures and Nokia are getting together to offer a freebie movie to anyone who buys a new N73 or N93i. That’s the good news, the bad news is that the movie is Ghost Rider starring Nicolas Cage, a movie that even die hard fans of the original comic have had a hard time defending.
A freebie is a freebie though and we’re sure the left over space on the 1GB miniSD card that the movie comes on will certainly prove useful. More bad news anyone? The deal is only available in the Middle East and Africa at selected outlets. Let’s hope this sets a precedent for other regions — Sony and Nokia, if you’re listening, we mean the UK… but with better films, please!
(Via Al Bawaba)
Published by Nick Renshaw on August 30, 2007
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Following on from yesterday’s Nokia announcements, the Finnish outfit’s new N-Gage mobile gaming service has been scheduled for a November roll out. This new service is part of Nokia’s internet Ovi umbrella portal and games can be downloaded via either a compatible handset or your PC while it also lets you try-before-you-buy. However, you will have to download the N-Gage gaming app before you get started but future Nokia handsets, like the N81 and N95 8GB, will already have it pre-installed.
Games will cost between €6 and €10 and Nokia has already lined-up some impressive titles including EA SPORTS FIFA 08, The Sims 2 Pets, Tetris, and Tiger Woods PGA TOUR while the likes of Capcom and Vivendi, and its famed Crash Bandicoot have also joined the N-Gage party. Nokia Publishing also announced new titles like Snakes Subsonic and Bounce Boing Voyage. Seven Nokia N-series devices will be compatible from its November introduction and these include N73, N81, N81 8GB, N93, N93i, N95 and N95 8GB.
(Nokia N-Gage website)
Published by Nick Renshaw on August 30, 2007
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Pocket Picks has already alerted you to the follow-up to the HTC Touch here but the original rumours billed it as the HTC P5500, aka HTC Nike. Now operator DoCoMo has launched the Touch sequel over in Japan as the HTC1100. As you can tell from the picture, a sliding number keypad has been added, no doubt to aid HTC’s frustrating TouchFLO touch-sensitive operation technology. We’ve also noticed the touch-screen size has been reduced from 2.8 to 2.5-inches while Wi-Fi has been unceremoniously scrapped. Instead, download speeds are now HSDPA style, which shows HTC is happy for this next generation 3G technology to handle the main connectvity duties. The HT1100 is still powered by a Windows Mobile 6 OS and harbours a two-megapixel camera.
We’re still unsure when this HT1100 smartphone will be be released in the UK and whether it will still bare this model number but rumours are circulating that HTC are preparing to announce four new handsets sometime next month. As ever we’ll keep you posted of any officially announcements.
(via Akihabara News)
Published by Jonti Davies on August 30, 2007
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This new handset from Kyocera is due in Japan on 5th September, and it’ll run on Willcom networks. The official line is that Kyocera has moved away from a sharp/ flat design to produce this ‘well-rounded and comfortable to hold’ creation, but in reality we think it looks a little too similar to a toilet seat. A bit 1997.
At least the phone’s specs can cut it (albeit not very finely) in 2007: the WX320KR has a 2.2-inch (240 x 320 pixel) TFT display, version 7.2 of Opera built-in, a 1.3-megapixel camera, and a handy mini-USB port for data transfer. But it still has those bathroom looks; maybe we’re just shallow.
(Willcom press release)
Published by Jonti Davies on August 30, 2007
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The latest addition to Japanese phone provider NTT DoCoMo’s 704i series is this, Panasonic’s rather swish-looking P704i slider. The new handset goes on sale in Japan tomorrow.
The P704i’s main selling point, other than its Kubrick-future looks, is its camera. It ‘only’ goes up to two megapixels, but it has what is reputed to be an advanced form of camera shake correction (which should help to reduce the chance of snapping horrible blurry pics). The P704i also has something called Smart Flash, which we can only assume to be superior to a not-so-Smart Flash.
(NTT DoCoMo press release)
Published by Caspar Field on August 30, 2007
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Running Windows Mobile 6 and sporting a 2.8″ touchscreen display, LG’s new KS20 has popped out today as a slightly more compact sister for the new KU990 Viewty. The sweet little beast boasts a 3.6Mbps HSDPA mobile internet connection, 2MP camera, and is aimed at the business market with various email, security and Office-friendly features. We think that it could appeal to rather more users than that… Hit the jump for a nice, juicy pic.
Continue reading ‘LG unveils the KU990 Viewty’s touchscreen little sister, the KS20′
Published by Caspar Field on August 30, 2007
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Now where have we seen a form factor like that before? However, Nokia is claiming that despite it’s Series 60 touchscreen concept is only a demo for the operating system, not an indication of how such a device might look. But the thing is, if you are going to make a touchscreen phone handset with a large screen, it’s a bit tricky for it not to look like an iPhone.
Nokia says that devices based on the touchscreen S60 platform are definitely due for production, destined to arrive in stores in 2008 — which is red-hot news. Apple may have upped the bar in the mobile world, but it’s going to have to work hard to stay ahead of the game.
(Nok Nok via Engadget)
We covered some of Coca Cola’s mobile ambitions a while back with Sprite Yard, but in the interim it seems the soft drinks giant has gone and gotten itself in a big hurry to get with the mobile marketing fan fare.
In a recent Q&A with Advertising Age, Coke’s Global Interactive Chief, Carol Kruse, gave a run-down of the company’s plans which among other things included allowing your phone to interact with vending machines; Kruse commented:
We’re understanding that a mobile device is extremely important to a teen or young adult and can be an effective way to market to consumers but on their terms. We need to be careful we wrap our brand around an experience the consumer is already doing. Youth are already using mobile phones to communicate to each other, to build community, to text, to send photos. We’re just trying to enhance that and bring the Sprite brand into it.
Kruse goes on to mention that the Sprite Yard mobile social networking site will launch in eight different countries over the next eight months. If the UK is one of them, we’ll be sure to pay it a visit and give you a full report as soon as it’s out.
(Via mocoNews)
The handset which has been rumoured for ages and which was leaked via some official pics earlier today has now been confirmed by Nokia; ladies and gentleman, the N95 8GB is definitely on its way. Described as it is in Nokia’s own press release as ‘the world’s greatest multimedia computer’ may be taking things a bit far, but it certainly does raise the feature bar somewhat.
Retaining the 5MP camera, built-in A-GPS, WLAN, HSDPA and two-way slide features from its predecessor, as well as all that extra storage space the 8GB version comes with a new luminous 2.8″ QVGA screen (the VGA rumours weren’t true, sadly). We’ll be interested to see what a RAM-boost to 128MB does for performance, too. The handset is set to ship in the fourth quarter of this year with an estimated price tag of €560 before subsidies or taxes.
Continue reading ‘Nokia officially announces N81 and N95 8GB handsets’
Published by Nick Renshaw on August 29, 2007
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Nokia announced its new Music Store today, allowing you to download tracks direct from your handset. At the moment the compatible phones stretch to just the N95 8GB version and N81 but it’s a start. It works much like Apple’s iTunes music store with all the major and independent music labels on board with individual tracks costing €1 (67p), albums priced at €10 (£6.70) while you can stream music to you PC for a monthly subscription of €10 (£6.70).
You can also transfer purchased songs via your PC to 16 compatible Nokia devices, including the new Nokia 5310 and 5610 XpressMusic phones. This is made easier with Nokia’s new-look Music PC Client (available later in the year) that synchs your music library, playlists, lets you rip CDs and gives you access to the Music Store, a la iTunes. Alternatively you can use Windows Media Player to manage your music.
Purchased music will be delivered in (notably Mac-unfriendly) WMA format encoded at 192Kbps, with Nokia announcing ‘millions’ of tracks will be available on launch in Q4.
(Nokia Music Store website)
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