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LG anounces the second mobile phone from the Chocolate series: BL20

admin — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:34:59 +0000

LG officially announced the launch of a Chocolate phone series, the BL20. The device will come with a touchscreen of 2.4 inches and a 5 megapixel camera – as well as BL40 – with LED flash and autofocus capability.

In terms of storage, the handset has 130MB of internal memory and a card reader 8GB MicroSD. Networks Quad-band GSM and 3G will be supported and, thanks to the Hotkey widget, users can customize their home screens with shortcuts to your favorite applications. Among them is a new feature called “Clear Capture Memo”, which writes text messages and voice.

Chocolate BL20 come to Europe in October costing approximately U.S. $ 394 without the need to sign a plan.

Motorola Dext

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:52:16 +0000

Motorola finally ended the speculation and launched its first phone with Android operating system, called Dext, who also has the unique interface of the company, MOTOBLUR.The phone is a slider with full QWERTY keyboard and whose main attraction is the usability of the new interface and its integration with social networks and communication tools.

Dext has a 3.1 inch screen, 5 megapixel camera, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS and an HTML browser that promises to be revolutionary. The phone also has a tracking service for GPS in case of loss or theft and also a backup of data on a company server.

What seems even revolutionary is the home screen MOTOBLUR comprises the communications boxes, greatly simplifying the management of various tools. One of them shows their messages, including SMS, email, instant messages and social networking. Outo shows what is happening, showing updates of your contacts in real time. We still have the calendar, integrated with Google Calendar, social status, allowing you to update multiple social networks in which it is registered and the news feeds, to view the latest developments.

The phone itself has no big news, but the new use Android promises a great usability to their owners. It will be available until the end of the year in the United States by T-Mobile, with the name CLIQ, and Latin America primarily through America Movil, which owns mobile operator Claro.

LG Etna

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:38:31 +0000

LG presented during the IFA 2009 its first mobile phone based on Android operating system, the LG Etna.
The appliance has keyboard with QWERTY layout, touch screen with 3-inch integrated camera with 5 megapixels.

LG did not reveal many details about the Etna, but it is likely that the device also has support for 3G, GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

C64 emulator for iPhone

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:11:30 +0000

Few believed, but after months of failures, Apple has finally approved the first emulator App Store: C64, which brings multi-touch screen iPhone and iPod touch some programs of the famous Commodore 64 computer, which made history in the 80s and 90.

In fact, emulators are prohibited by Kit (SDK official iPhone development), as they allow access to theoretically protected areas system. And it was precisely for this reason that Apple has demanded that the interpreter 2.0 BASIC (programming language native to C64) was removed from the application. Thus, it can only run the programs already included.

The cool thing is that in the future you can buy several other programs separately, through the procurement system In-App, made the application itself.

The C64 comes with 5 games already incorporated: Artic Shipwreck, Dragon’s Den, Jack Attack, Jupiter Lander and Lemans. Other titles now need to have their licenses negotiated so they can be sold for the iPhone and the price should be between $ 0.99 and $ 1.99.

Of course, this application makes sense only for the nostalgic who had the original computer. With graphics and primary and pixelated, the games do not bring any attractive compared with current titles. So, if you do not enj

oy something old, stay away from this.

The following shows the appz in action:

Havok on iPhone

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:03:46 +0000

In an interview to develop site-online.net, Jeff Yates of Havok, revealed that may put the game engine Havok on the iPhone.

When asked about the passage of Havok Animation, and Behavior Physics for PSP, Yates added: “We are very familiar with the technology of the iPhone, and if there is high demand, I see major problems in putting the Havok Phisics the iPhone.

The use of the Havok on the iPhone could be a step forward for companies to bet on the platform, one of the most widely used middleware in creating games for other platforms in the market.

Blackberry Gmail Plugin

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:59:13 +0000

RIM and Google heated up further in the northern hemisphere summer with the announcement of the development of a plugin to email accounts Gmail, indeed it is now available for download.

* Add or remove labels and stars in e-mail

* Report as Spam e-mail

* Conduct searches locally or remotely

* Archive your e-mail

* See e-mail as a conversation (as it appears on gmail webmail)

If you have a Gmail account integrated with your BlackBerry BIS only have to resend your service book and receive a message with the link to download the application.

Enabling the plugin in your Gmail BlackBerry.

If you currently already receive email messages from Gmail on your BlackBerry, you must delete and recreate the Gmail account on your page BIS (BlackBerry Internet Service) or, if there is a Corporate User (BES), you must access the page:

www.youroperator.blackberry.com

Note that in bold should write the name of your carrier, it is on this page where you register your e-mail and deletes it too.

So, follow the steps below:

1 – Click the “Start setup email”

2 – Write your login and password

3 – Click on e-mail accounts

4 – In the list, e-mail account, select your Gmail account and click on “delete this account

5 – Accept the elimination

6 – Go to “Add an email account

7 – Re-add your email account and password and click Next

8 – Click to close at the end of the page

Upon receiving new books or services, the message on your BlackBerry, you get a download this plugin for the Gmail message folder.

If you do not have your account linked to the BIS to receive on your BlackBerry, follow the steps below and enjoy this wonderful plugin.

1 – Click the “Start setup email”

2 – If necessary, include your login and password

3 – Click to add an e-mail

4 – Enter your e-mail gmail and click “next”

5 – Click Close

Now if you want to download directly from your BlackBerry go to:

http://www.blackberry.com/gmail

Learn more about Gmail for BlackBerry Plugin: Enhanced Google Mail™ plug-in for BlackBerry® smartphones

Nokia 4G modems

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:49:53 +0000

Nokia said it is making its first tests with 4G modems. Called RD-3, the device is based on LTE, the next generation of networks of mobile broadband, which should be operational by the end of 2010.

For now, the RD-3 is being used as a tester for network operators and network providers, and others who need to test their services LTE before they are publicly available.

It is not settled whether the modem in question is now marketed to the large scale together, the public. The Finnish manufacturer is part of the consortium that develops technology LTE.

According to Nokia, the RD-3 is compatible with existing networks such as GSM / EDGE (2G) and WCDMA / HSPA (3G) and works on different frequencies used by LTE.

The definitions of the LTE standard promises download speeds of at least 100 Mbps and 50 Mbps upload your phone.

Nokia Booklet 3G

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:57:55 +0000

The Nokia netbook will cost 575 euros, before subsidies and taxes. The news was revealed on Wednesday, the first two days of the annual meeting of the mobile phone giant, Nokia World, held in Stuttgart, Germany.

The Booklet 3G will start appearing in stores from the fourth quarter of this year, “offering” Windows 7, Microsoft as the operating system.

The mini-notebook was submitted on August 24 and at the time Nokia has advanced some characteristics and features of the new bet. The Booklet 3G has a 10 inch screen with a resolution of 1280×720 pixei, weighing 1.25 kg

Atom Z530 at 1.6 GHz Intel processor was chosen for the first netbook maker’s edition, which will have 1GB of memory and 120GB disk.

Nokia announces Facebook Partnership

admin — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:53:26 +0000

Nokia, the largest mobile phone maker in the world, announced on Wednesday a partnership with social network Facebook, while presented new proposals for release.

With the growing membership of users to Facebook, Nokia will establish a partnership with the social network. With the new service offered by the largest mobile phone maker in the world, you will have access via the mobile Facebook page, updating your details and your location, through an account .

In this partnership, Nokia announced two new models to be launched in the last quarter of the year. The X6 and X3 will cost 450 euros and 115, respectively, reports Reuters.

The survey revealed a new version of an existing model, which is expected in the market in October. This is the ’smartphone’ N97, but a smaller version at a price of 450 euros.

According to Nokia, the original N97 was about to reach the sale of two million units, outpacing sales of the previous model, the N95.

Nokia N96

admin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:33:27 +0000

Nokia announced that it would reveal some new kits in November, those with high quality photographs. However, in several sites some rumours have already pop-up, the new Nokia N96. But this Nokia N96, and this is not a rumour, it’s already hanging around on the hands of many of us. According to the specifications, the Nokia N96 has a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens with auto focus, which gives the user a photograph and a much better GPS receiver, consistent with Assisted GPS (A-GPS). You can get free maps available for download, covering over 150 countries, millions of locations, details of local and satellite imagery and Upgrades will be available for purchase: Multimedia city guides and Navigation services: Drive – voice guided navigation for use in car, or Pedestrian – orientation step-by-step optimized for use in pedestrian mode.

Nokia N96 16GB

The Nokia N95 has recently been updated with an 8GB version, but the new N96 will be integrated with 16 GB of internal flash memory and microSD memory card slot for expandability and flexibility of usage, and had about dynamic memory, 16 GB storage:
-Video: 40 hours
-Music: 12,000 tracks
The Nokia N96 HSDPA is also equipped with a 2.8 inch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0, Mini USB 2.0, infrared and 128 MB RAM, 256 MB of system memory (operating system plus dynamic memory available for user).

Nokia N96 – Specifications

• WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
• Automatic switching between bands and modes
• DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz
• Dimensions:

Volume: 92 cc
Weight: 125 g
* Length: 103 mm
Width: 55 mm
* Height: 18 mm (up to 20 mm, locally)

• Battery Management:

* Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
* Talk time: up to 150 / 220 minutes (WCDMA / GSM)
* Standby time: up to 200 / 220 hours (WCDMA / GSM)
* Video playback: up to 5 hours (offline mode)
* Music playback: up to 14 hours (offline mode)
* TV playback: up to 4 hours (DVB-H)

• Display and User Interface:

* TFT LCD QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) 2.8 “with up to 16 million colors
* User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
* Display with active standby, Multimedia menu

• Data Transfer:

WCDMA HSDPA 900/2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet switching data (PS max speed DL / UL = 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
* Compatible with Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data in GSM / EDGE. Class A (single), multi slot class 11, max speed DL / UL: 177.6/118.4kbps
EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL / UL = 296/177.6kbps
* GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL / UL = 107/64.2kbps

• Mobile TV based on DVB-H, with internal antenna
• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz, 76-90MHz) with RDS, Visual Radio ™ and use of FM radio in order offlineWindows Media Video (WMV9), up to CIF / QVGA 30 fps (frames per second) , hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or max SDTV on TV
• Digital music player – supports MP3, AAC, eAAC +, WMA, and integrated graphics of album covers
• Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store – with support files protected by Windows Media DRM
• Equalizer and visualization
• File Format Still image: JPEG, EXIF