Windows Mobile Phones

Windows Phone Based Nokia Lumia 601 Rumored

Several months ago Nokia’s first Windows Phone-based smartphones – the Nokia Lumia 710 and 800 were introduced at Nokia World in London. Later the new Nokia Lumia 900 was shown in an official video, and we thought it was the last phone from the line, but now a picture of a new Nokia device has leaked via PocketNow, and it looks like the rumored Lumia 601…

Unfortunately, not much is known about this Nokia Lumia 601 for now other than the fact it has an 8MP camera with flash (you can say this after looking at the pic) and runs Windows Phone Mango (just like all the other phones from the line). As for the other specs, there are rumors that it will most likely have a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset with 512MP of RAM. And, judging by the photo, the screen seems to be a 3.7-inch WVGA. Plus we can guess that the phone will have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all the other connectivity features all modern smartphones in general and WP-based phones in particular have.

Of course, this Nokia Lumia 601 doesn’t seem to be a really powerful smartphone, and though its rumored features are way better than those of the older Nokia phones, they’re much more “modest” compared to phones like the HTC Sensation XE and XL, the new Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the others. But I can’t say it’s bad, no. After all, there are many people looking for good but cheap phones not equipped with the latest technology inventions, so the Nokia Lumia 601 will most likely be very popular among these people. The Nokia 800 (which is way more powerful than the 601) is offered by mobile operators for free with a two-year contract and about ?24 monthly, so we can guess that the Nokia Lumia 601 deals will be even more affordable.

So, summing up all the info above, I can say that if the Nokia Lumia 601 is real (don’t forget that there is a chance that it can turn out to be a fake), it’ll be a nice phone with not that interesting design, but equipped with rather good features. And if it’s cheap, too, it’ll surely find its buyers. So let’s wait and see if it gets official soon.

Symbian Anna update

After months of waiting, users of Nokia N8, E7, C7 and C6-01 can now update their phones software to the best version of Symbian at the moment. Update to Symbian Anna for these smartphones already started and will gradually reach all product codes – currently seems only available option for India, China and the Middle East. The new version of operating system is with number 22.14 and leads together with itself significant changes in performance of the phone, new browser, portrait QWERTY keyboard, improved ways to scroll pages of the main screen and a new set of icons. Of course, this is just a small part of the update it also includes changes in work with the web browser, email client, gallery and etc. If you have some of these phones you can update it via Wi-Fi or PC application Ovi Suite.

HTC Ruby

Recently we saw the first pictures of the new smartphone from HTC, which code name is Ruby. Just these pictures issued that HTC will present a phone with a completely new design. The device is probably intended for the networks of American operator T-Mobile, which is also suggested by the logo in one of the staff, but this doesn’t mean that we will not see it in Europe. According to information, the smart-phone offers 4.3’’ display with qHD resolution and relies on dual-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz, which would make it the fastest smart-phone from HTC Ruby. Mention is also two cameras with resolution – 8MP and 2MP, two hardware buttons – for photos and video capturing, 1GB RAM and Bluetooth 3.0 capabilities.

Android 2.3.4 for HTC Sensation

HTC Sensation is the first dual core smartphone of the company which came to market with Android version 2.3. But from HTC are willing to submit to the owners of the device the latest update of the OS – 2.3.4. The main change in this version is ability to use the front camera for video calls in Google Talk. Size of the update is 41MB and will upgrade the phone software to 1.45.401.2. It is not clear detailed list of changes but it is advisable to install it via Wi-Fi or USB connection, to avoid potential charges for mobile internet.

“Create 4 millions” contest by Nokia

The last two months Nokia notes 35% growth in downloading applications for phones with Series 40 platform. So that, the company decided to encourage developers of this type software with a contest. The name of the contest is ‘Create 4 millions’ and the total prize fund in it is 1 million euro. There are four different categories in which developers can present their applications: news, information and navigation services; games and entertainment; social networks and education; health and improve the live. In each category will be awarded 10 prized for the best applications + prize of 50,000 euro for the first place. In addition, Nokia gives two awards of 25,000 euro for custom applications, including best use of maps or navigation services and the best use of the touch screen as well as 50,000 euro for the best web application. The final date for inclusion in the competition is 20 September.

HTC will integrate technologies of Beats Electronics in their phones

Probably all of you have already heard about the products of Beats by Dr. Dre. This autumn the technology of Beats Electronics will get wider application, because HTC promises to integrate it in their smartphones. According to the website All Things D, the Taiwanese will invest 300 million dollars in Beats Electronics, which will provide the majority stake of the company and among the objectives of the transaction is to strengthen the positions of HTC brand in the United States. Beats Electronics will continue to operate as an independent company and will retain its current partnerships with Monster Cable, Chrysler Group and HP. HP will continue to make laptops with the audio technology, but not smart-phones, as it remains exclusive to models of HTC.

Google is buying Motorola Mobility.

Surprisingly, today Motorola Mobility announced that it will become the property of Google for the sum on 12.5 billion dollars. The price which will pay the internet giant is 40 USD per share. The deal already has been approved by the directors’ boards of both companies. The company’s new acquisition will allow them to improve Android mobile operating system and compete with other producers, especially Apple. Motorola Mobility will continue to operate as an independent company and licensee of Android. The transaction is expected to finish late this year or early next.

The first phone with Windows Phone Mango

Fujitsu Toshiba presented the first smartphone with Windows Phone Mango. The new device is named IS12T and it is waterproof by standard of protection IPX5. Moreover, the thickness of the phone is only 10.6mm. The model also has Qualcomm MSM8655 processor (probably @ 1GHz), 3.7” display, 13.2 MP camera with auto-focus, 32GB memory, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR and Wi-fi. This amazing smartphone is powered by Windows Phone Mango and will be available in several colors – pink, yellow, green and black. Unfortunately it may be available only in Japan.

HTC Eternity – a WP7 device with front-facing camera

HTC Eternity

Some photos and specs have leaked of the HTC Eternity – rumored to be HTC’s first WP Mango phone. The device has a giant 4.7” WVGA Super LCD screen and an 8MP camera with dual-LED flash, but sadly just a 1.5 GHz single-core processor. Not what you’d call slow, but still not the best one out there. The battery is a standard 1650 mAh, so battery life should be decent. The most interesting feature perhaps is the front-facing suggesting camera, that Skype integration might be just around the corner.

Galaxy S device with Windows Phone is coming?

Samsung Galaxy device powered by Windows Phone 7? The idea seems to be the one from Samsung, the company would have a prototype of the successor of Samsung Focus.

Codenamed “SGH-i917“, the Galaxy would be a Windows Phone thinner than the Galaxy S2 and could have 4.3 inch super AMOLED screen, 8-megapixel camera with LED flash, 1 GB of RAM and 16/32 GB memory for the ‘storage.

Obviously, the features are only hypotheses, but a Windows Phone based Galaxy S2 seems to be coming for sure, maybe this fall with the wave of smartphones with Mango.

New versions of Opera Mobile and Opera Mini

Opera Mobile 11.1 now supports working with voice search for Google and automatically complete words and addresses to write. You can search directly from the address bar of your browser and the application automatically offers even addresses that match the text you type. Opera has added experimental support for Flash for Android Honeycomb, which is probably good news for owners of tablets with the platform.

Opera Mini is now even with version 6.1 and also supports an option for automatic completion of entered text and addresses and use Voice Search on Google, a search directly from the input field and at others.

Both browsers are available for free download. Opera Mobile 11.1 is available for Android, Symbian/S60, Maemo and MeeGo, and Opera Mini 6.1 has versions for phones with Java, iOS, Android, Symbian/S60 and BlackBerry.

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