Nokia Download!
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Nokia Download! is available on most Series 60 handsets and some Series 40 mobiles.
This service offerings categorised software - installing this app you are able to download applications, games, tones, graphics, videos in to your handset.
To be honest Nokia Download! is the worst service among such solutions as Android Market, Apple App Store or BlackBerry Application Centre.
The interface number of apps and app descriptions are poor. Installation is disturbing - with multiple confirmation messages and incongruous file management system. Billing system is unclear too - there are no pricing information available.
Download! is attempt by Nokia to provide application distribution system but it looks distinctly amateurish.
T-mobile G2 like HTC Touch HD
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New T-mobile, Android powered phone is believed to be announced on Jan 26th. This mobile will be called G2, T-mobile has registered a trademark G2 and domain T-MobileG2.com.
New device will be similar to G2 but has a few differences, like 5MP camera with flash and auto-focus, front facing VGA camera, video messaging. The rumour siad that new mobile will be a modified HTC Touch HD.
Qigi i6
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Another Android Platform mobile will be launched soon. Qigi i6, like-iPhone smartphone, is produced by TechFaith Wireless. This device will come in two versions, Windows Mobile and Google Android.
Qigi i6 is based on Marvell’s 624MHz PXA310 chip with GPS capabilities, supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE, WiFi, and Bluetooth 2.0. The i6 measures 4.3 x 2.3 x 0.58 inches.
This TechFaith mobile has 128MB of RAM, 256MB of flash storage and microSD slot. It is also equipped with 2.8-inch touchscreen display with 320 x 240 resolution and 2 megapixel camera.
BlackBery Storm
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BlackBery Storm is a touch smartphone form Research In Motion (RIM). This is first device from RIM without a physical keyboard, and it is a competitor to Apple iPhone.
Storm is besed on 528 MHz Qualcomm processor and has 3.25″ HVGA 360×480 screen. Storm is a multimedia mobile, suports such audio and video formats as MPEG4, WMV MP3, H.263, H.264, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, or WMA ProPlus
1GB onboard memory and 128 MB Flash can be expanded by microSD card. A 3.2 cammera with autofocus and flash and bluethoof are another strength of this mobile.
Cheaper mobile calls
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Mobile calls become cheaper thanks to WiFi Scype and Viop.
Increasing number of communication features available for mobile phones, and big number of ways for connecting to the net via mobile devices, caused that the cost of making call is falling down.
Many smartphones and middle-market mobile phones are equipped with WiFi. Nokia is a leading supplier of WiFi cells but BlackBery devices, Apple iPhone, and Google Android T-Mobile G1 are able to use Scype and Viop calls via wireless network.
The biggest advantage of mobile voip based calls are rates, for example Truphone, charges 6 cents a minute to landline calls and 30 cents a minute to mobiles.
iPhone vs. HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1
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iPhone is besed on Samsung S3C6400 chip, that runs on an ARM1176JZF processor at around 620 Mhz. HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1 is powered by Qualcomm MSM7201™ chipset, with Integrated ARM11 processor at 528 MHz.
T-Mobile G1 has more powerful GPU, ATI Imageon 2D/3D is able to generate up to 4 million polygons per second, and 133 million textured 3D pixels per second. iPhone’s Power VR GPU is able to generate up to 3 million polygons per second.
Google phone is equipped with 3 megapixels camera and Apple phone with 2 megapixels.
Communication and multimedia futures are similar - WiFi, GPS, USB, Bluetooth, web browser, games, applicatoins, etc.
Iphone has bigger display - 3.5″ to 3.17″, and memory - 8GB and 16GB flahs memory to 1GB (micro SD, up to 8GB).
iPhone and T-Mobile G1 have got touch screen, but HTC Dream is equipped with qwerty keyboard.
Price, with two year contract Google phone - $179, Apple phone - $199.
Handset market
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Global handset market reach 297 million units in second quarter of 2008.
The biggest mobile phones supplier is Nokia, which has 41.1% market share and more than 122 million shipped mobiles.
Samsung with 15.4% share is second, Motorola, with 9.5%, holding third place, and next is LG at 9.3% and Sony Ericsson at 8.2%.
What is interesting Apple has only 0.2% of handset market.
It is interesting how high market share will reach Android Platform based devices, especially HTC handsets, in 2009.
Sony Ericsson F305
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Sony Ericsson F305 is a first motion gaming mobile from SE.
F305 is equipped with 2″ TFT screen, 262.144 colours, with a resolution of 176 x 220 pixels. For mobile gaming this screen is too small, for example Nokia N95, great mobile gaming device, has 2.6″ 240×320 pixels,
F305 features stereo speakers, built-in FM radio, and Memory Stick Micro card slot, because phone memory is limited to 10 megabytes.
Sony Ericson C905
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New, flagship Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot mobile is expected to be released soon. This cell phone is armed with 8.1-megapixel camera with auto focus.
Moreover, as a high end device, this phone is equipped with GPS receiver, an accelerometer, TV-out.
Communication abilities of C905 are powered by such technologies as Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth and USB 2.0.
Big 2.4-inch QVGA display is very useful for making photos.
Sony Ericson C905 will be available in Q4 2008 with 2 GB Memory Stick Micro M2.
Sony PSP phone
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Sony is going to launch Playstation Portable Phone. This device will be a PSP with mobile phone features, and mobile connectivity.
The current Sony’s gaming handheld may be used as a VioP phone via Wi-Fi, but it is unable to use cellular networks.
Playstation Phone is developed by Sony alone - without Ericsson partnership, because Sony has learned from it’s error of giving Walkman brand to Sony Ericsson venture.
This device will be released on Christmas 2009.