Geotagging Integrated into N82 on Next Firmware Update

According to S60 Blogs, the next firmware update of the N82 should include Geotagging integrated into the camera settings. No firm date was offered, but the update is on course to be released during Q1.The post also says:Work on Location Tagging is progressing well, some other new features are also being added (that I can't talk about yet).I wonder what those features will ...

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Get Together in London

WOMWorld is a website where you can find listed in one place chat about NSeries phones. They scour the internet and link to discussions on forums, posts on blogs and general news stories about specifically the Nokia NSeries range. I've found many an interesting post and blog via their site.The guys from WOMWorld, friendly bunch that they are, have decided to get together in London one evening early next month, to share with like minded NSeries freaks (I mean that term in the nicest way, including myself under that description) to share a chat over a beer about the greatest mobile products in the industry. Also, during that evening, Ryan Gallagher from Camera Toss is going to be passing through as part of his excursion on the Nokia NSeries Urbanista diaries, and he will give a demo of 'Camera...

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N78 Advertising

From AAS, this ad for the N78. It has to be said when I first saw the N78 I was far from impressed. Now I'm starting to change my mind. It could actually be even a more popular handset than the N...

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Nokia N95 8GB - First Impressions

So, now the N82 has been returned, I've had to look across the market to see what phone I should get next. Normally, I go back to the N73, but I'm finding that is now becoming just that bit old now, despite being one of the best NSeries phones, ever. So, not wanting the N73 again, I've looked to see what took my fancy. There's not a lot on the market right now, really. The new NSeries, N78 and N96 are still a while off, and really anything other than a smartphone just doesn't cut it. I considered the Sony Ericsson W960, and also the Nokia E51, but ultimately decided on the N95 8GB. I've owned the N95 a couple of times in the past, but this is...

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Iconic Handsets

There have been some iconic mobile phones, over the years. Handsets that have really stood out, and stood the test of time. The reasons a handset becomes part of mobile folklore will usually be either because of a classic design, or outstanding features. Take the Motorola Star Tac, for example. Feature-wise nothing special but it is a real design classic of a mobile phone. Or who could forget what popularly became known as the Motorola Wings, the Motorola V3688. This handset was tiny, and just felt great to use, despite being absolutely useless for anything other than calls. The V3688 even sucked at SMS, with poor message input and early handsets...

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Hands on with the Nokia N96

At the Nokia Press event today, I also had the opportunity to get some hands on time with the Nokia N96. The first thing I noticed was the size, it was smaller than I expected. The design is similar to the N95, with the dual slider, but overall reflects more the N81 in design. Some people are not too impressed by this, for myself I like the look of the phone.The screen is large, and dominates the handset when closed. Open, and you see a good keypad, well laid out and very easy to use. There will be no problems with text input on this phone.A lot of the innovation on the N96 is inside. Firstly there is support for DVB-H which is basically support for digital television. I'm not sure how this affects us in the UK, the last time there was a Nokia phone with DVB-H support it didn't release in...

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Hands on with the Nokia N78

Earlier on today I attended the Nokia Press Conference in the new flagship store in Regents St in London, as Nokia presented live from Barcelona their new handsets. In all four handsets were announced, the Nokia 6210 Navigator, Nokia 6220 Classic, Nokia N78 and Nokia N96. Here, I'm interested in the two NSeries handsets.First, the N78. The N78 is a direct replacement for the very popular Nokia N73. The N73 is probably one of my favourite ever handsets, it matched a good feature set, for its time along with a very good battery life. Overall Nokia sold over 50 million N73 handsets. But, as with all things in the mobile industry, we move forward.I saw an N78 a few months ago, and to be honest, I was not impressed. It is always hard to judge what is clearly a prototype handset, however I didn't...

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N78 and N96 Live Pictures

I've been down to London this morning, to attend the Nokia Press event. I got some hands on time with the N96 and N78. They also had the 6210 Navigator phone and 6220 Classic. I will be back shortly to add some detail about the handsets, but in the meantime here are some pictures (click the image to view full size)Don't forget to click on the ticket in the post below to go to the online Nokia NSeries eve...

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Take Your Seats for NSeries at the Mobile World Congress

Most recently Nokia have had a few online events when they are launching new products. Tomorrow is the first day of the Mobile World Congress and once again there will be a virtual online launch event.This will offer you the opportunity to talk online with product managers who have been involved with the latest releases, and there will also be chat rooms where you can discuss the new releases with bloggers and other NSeries fans.To access the online site, click on the ticket at the top of this post. It all kicks off tomorrow, at around 10.20 C...

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N96 Spec Leaked

Intomobile is always a good read, and one of my daily visits. This time they have come up with a great scoop, the confirmed spec list for the N96:• Quadband EDGE• Dualband HSDPA 850/2100 MHz• DVB-H Class C• 92 cc volume• 125 gram weight• 103 x 55 x 18 mm• 16 GB internal memory AND a microSD slot; • 950 mAh battery• 6.1 cm (2.8 inch) 320×240 display with 16 million colors• 3.5 mm headphone jack• WiFi (802.11b/g)• AGPS• 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens that also does VGA video recording at 30 FPS, Dual LED flash that can also be used when video recording!• S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 (Flash Lite 3 enabled web browser included)• microUSBI'm glad to say the spec list includes the rumoured stuff I posted about here. I think you can also take as confirmed the spec of the N78 from that...

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N82 Available in Black

The Black N82 is now official, as spotted by Stefan, over at IntoMobile. We'd always imagined that a black version would be available, and now we have confirmation. I did actually get to see a live handset just last week, but I wasn't allowed to say anything. You don't know how tempting it was, and how hard to keep quiet!The N82 looks as good, if not actually better, in the flesh, so to speak, than it does in the pictures. Like a lot of people I've always had a preference for phones in black, I think they just look very classy. The N95 8GB looks way better than the N95 Classic, the N73 Music Edition is way better than the original N73.I can't...

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Turning Your Mobile Into a Live GPS Sports Tracking Tool

I receive an interesting email yesterday evening, about a new Java app called Map My Tracks, that offers real time GPS tracking, focusing on soprts enthusiasts. The app will work with handsets that have an internal GPS unit and also to handsets that connect to an external GPS unit via Bluetooth.Here's the press release:Launched today, Map My Tracks is a new Java mobile application that uses GPS technology to accurately track a sportsman's position in real time, displaying useful live information including pace, time and elapsed distance. A selection of screenshots of the service in action is available at http://www.mapmytracks.com/about/screenshots.Once back home sportsmen can replay and analyse tracks to see where performances can be improved, as well as review useful information like average...

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Killer N95 deal - For Today Only

This offer comes thanks to the guys at E2Save. For today only, they are offering an N95 on a 12 month contract with 12 months half price line rental, on the O2 network. The tariff is O2 600, which offers 600 minutes and 500 text per month for what will effectively be £20 per month!As with all cashback deals, make sure you check how to claim your money back. E2Save are one of the largest online retailers and part of the Carphone Warehouse Group of companies. This offer is only open to UK residents over the age of 18, and is subject to a credit check, as per all UK contracts.Click here for m...

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Turn Your Symbian Smartphone into a Mini Wi-Fi Hotspots

Finland based software house, Joikusoft says that it has developed an application for Symbian Series 60 based smartphones which converts them into a Wi-Fi hotspot, using 3G cellular for the backhaul connection. When turned on, external WLAN devices can discover the open JoikuSpot and establish internet connection wirelessly using the mobile phone's 3G internet connection.Joikusoft says that their software application also presents a new type of a business opportunity for network operators, saying that JoikuSpot encourages its users to upgrade their mobile data plans to faster and fixed monthly plans, and usage of JoikuSpot sizeably improves the user data ARPU.Reading the instruction manual for the software though makes no mention of encrypted usage via conventional WEP/WPA or the ability to...

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Mobile World Congress 2008

It used to be called 3GSM. Now known as the Mobile World Congress (that name sucks) it all kicks off next week, 11th February. I am lucky enough to be attending the event, but due to other commitments I will only be there for one day!I am flying out to Barcelona on the 12th February, at 6am, and flying back later the same evening. I think a lot of the announcements will happen next Monday, for Nokia at least, so my main focus will be getting live pictures and video of the new NSeries devices. I hope the N78 will be officially announced and also the N96. Who knows if there will be anything el...

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