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Nokia N97 is the flagship phone combines a touch display and a QWERTY keyboard in a slide+tilt form factor. Key features include 32 GB of built-in memory, a 5-megapixel camera, FM transmitter, WiFi, and GPS.

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The folks at BGR has published a few pictures of the new Nokia 6790 Mako. The Nokia Mako is a futuristic looking side-slider GSM smarthphone with a full QWERTY keyboard. It runs on the Symbian S60 3rd Edition OS with Feature Pack 2 and sport a 2-megapixel camera, GPS and a 2.5 mm jack. If you have a minute or two, head over to BGR and check out the gallery

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DK and Hisham visit Nokia Singapore to take a first look at the highly anticipated Nokia N97, that’s going to be on sale in Singapore in June 2009 by all 3 carriers.

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T-Mobile USA is set to launch another affordable Samsung phone called the t239. It is slated to be available this month at the price point of $59.99 for a prepaid service or free on a two year contract.

Specifications are due to include dual band GSM connectivity 850/1900 MHz, a 177 x 220 pixels TFT display, a speakerphone, Bluetooth support, a VGA camera and 10MB of internal memory. T-Mobile’s myFaves unlimited calling to five numbers will be supported, as will Web2go. The t239 is a slider that comes in two color versions; dark scarlet and grey. And from the looks of it, there will be a free $25 refill card used for their prepaid service when you purchase it.

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Nokia has recently released some details on the successor to the 6600 slide, the appropriately named 6600i slide.

Depsite its low price tag this phone packs quite a punch:

- 3G connectivity
- 2.2? QVGA display
- 5MP camera
- Bluetooth 2.0, microUSB
- Accelerometer
- FM tuner
- 11100 mAh battery/3-4 hr talk time, 14.5 days stand-by

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Here are some fresh new pictures of the Nokia N97. The Nokia N97 is the second phone to feature a touchscreen while running on a Symbian S60 operating system. This is the new S60 5th Edition. Other features include 3.5-inch 640×360 pixels display, 5MP camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 3.5mm jack. Enjoy the pictures

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Samsung has decided to launch a TV phone for the Chinese market. Since China’s 3G network is now available, Samsung conceived a phone that will deal all Chinese 3G networks. The GT-I6320C phone is going to be handling both TD-HSDPA TD-SCDMA 3G and CMMB networks and it will deliver some TV content to future Chinese 3G subscribers. Details are scarce for now so we expect to offer you more details about the handset in the future.

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Apart from the standard features that a phone comes with such as contacts, calendar, etc, you will notice that the Neon comes with a 2.0 megapixel camera (with video capabilities). In addition, it has a MP3 Player with FM Radio, Stereo Bluetooth, and can hold up to 4 GB of extra memory.
The overall weight of the Neon is light, only a measly 108 grams so this will not fell heavy in your pocket or hand. More importantly, the 2.4 inch screen will make it easy to write your e-mail/text messages, view pictures, games. However, using the internet on some pages did not render the pages well. We are still testing the battery life on this, but found the call quality (sending and receiving calls) to be clear.

Overall, we really like the Neon and its price point. This decent slider has a full QWERTY keyboard and comes in Pink and Grey. Check out the video review here:

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The Nokia N85 and Nokia N79 have both received significant firmware upgrades, to version 20.175. Version 20.175 fixes as always some major bugs but also adds some new functions. It adds turning controls (flip to silent for incoming calls and alarms) and Nokia’s email wizard, together with email notifications on the active idle screen (homescreen). The email wizard (’Set up e-mail’, also known as Gimlet) is now becoming a standard part of Nokia’s S60 devices. As on other devices, you’re offered a choice between Nokia e-mail, which sets up email in the built in Messaging application, and Nokia Email Service (also known as Nokia Messaging), which offers a consumer push email solution for any existing email address.

Other improvements and corrections include Active Idle screen becomes blank in landscape mode, or Active Idle going dead after quickly accepting and rejecting an incoming video call, as well as improvements for the Application Manager, including Wrong Feature Manager flag used for seamless link functionality or The sis file that is installed to MoviNand or SD card that cannot be seen in application manager.

*Cannot display sim contact on U-Sim (1000 contact sim card) when switch another UI language
*Dialing 110 customer care phone redirect the call to be an EMERGENCY CALL
*Music plays in speaker when receive sms under silent mode
*Smartone foneTV video not restore after end MT call
*Audio is improperly routed from headset to speaker when receiving a SMS message
*Phone hang during accessing Nokia Maps application in SW 11.049
*Cant access sim card contacts
*Can’t input Chinese character “?” by stroke input
*Themes: Audio Themes, when select Nokia – “Several sound files Missing” appears

New Features:
*Bookmarks updated to remove Download link folders
*MTP configuration to enable Social Cinema support
*TARM in 3.2 based devices
*Email plug-in functionality
*7-bit encoding of Turkish characters in SMS
*TP Wizard to check availability of Nokia email service
*Media player default settings changes
*2 New vanilla CTRs, called: EGYPT NO-GPS (releases MEA datapackage)
*2 new codes : SYRIA NO-GPS (releases MEA datapackage)
*Memory card ID change for Indonesia CTR’s. was MC001 and changed to –> MC002
*Update Bookmarks for China PRC Vanilla Core SW
*Files on Ovi Widget
*S60 3.2 based devices – Making Gimlet visible in Settings Wizard selection
*Turn “PnP Mobile Services” On
*S&S Application updates
*MPX player not accessible when USB cable connected

SW improvements and corrections:
*Active Idle
*Search & WLAN information difficult to read in Active Idle.
*Active Idle screen becomes blank in landscape mode.
*Default Active Idle shortcuts configured.
*Active Idle going dead after quickly accepting and rejecting an incoming video call.
*White boxes shown on the screen while doing orientation change quickly in idle mode.
*Application Manager
*The sis file which is installed to MoviNand or SD card cannot be seen in application manager.
*Wrong Feature Manager flag used for seamless link functionality.
*Flashlite sis installation is not successful in the first attempt.
*Application Update
*Unable to upgrade graphic icons in Media Player / Media Settings via sis file.
*Unable to upgrade ROM based UI application by installing new version to memory card.
*Application Update self-update never completes.
*Upgrade of BrowserAudioVideoPlugin.rsc via sw installation is not possible.
*Upgrade of Connection Manager via sw installation is not possible.
*Audio Performance
*Tunings improvements for IHF audio.
*Keypad tones cannot be tuned for IHF.
*Auto-Rotate
*UI Accelerator toolkit (Hitchcock/Alfred) stub file missing.
*Locking keys and then opening camera reveal confuses orientation sensor.
*Disable orientation in alarm ringing, incoming call and semi active state.
*Panic after orientation change.
*Bluetooth
*Bluetooth headset disconnects when Wireless Keyboard is disconnected from the phone automatically.
*Phone panics when changing views in Bluetooth menu while choosing the last connected device from paired view.

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Samsung has launched a new phone which has one remarkable feature. The Samsung SCH-W760 is a handset capable of infrared activities. The front camera is sensitive to infrared spectrum which means you will be able to use it even in dark environments. That means video calls in dark rooms will definitely be possible. Other features include a 3-megapixel camera, DMB reception, Bluetooth and a 2.8-inch AMOLED display. We have no prices and arrival dates for now but we’ll be back once they’re made publ

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Motorola has announced the Moto W7 Active Edition, a slider phone for fitness enthusiasts.MOTO W7 is equipped with an accelerometer that senses your body’s motions, orientation and hand gestures to perform tasks. They can flip the phone to silence an incoming call, snooze the alarm or pause music. Moreover, they are able to shake the W7 twice to launch a favorite application, or flick it to skip songs and images.
The specification list of the new MOTO W7 includes a 2.2” display that can offer a 320 x 240 pixel (QVGA) resolution, Bluetooth connectivity with A2DP, USB 2.0, 30MB of internal memory and an external memory card slot that supports up to 8GB of additional storage space. MOTO W7 features two cameras – a 2.0 megapixel for still images and a second VGA camera to make video calls to friends and family. Use the full screen mode to check out your videos or clips from sites like YouTube. Plus, you can access the Web, download data and stream video fast with 3G speed. When you need some extra motivation, pair MOTO W7 with a wireless headset such as the MOTOROKR S9-HD headphones to re-energize your exercise without getting caught up in wires.

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Canada carrier Bell Mobility officially launches the Samsung Vice mobile phone. Bell’s continuing the trend of full QWERTY keyboards for texting and email purposes. So, the Samsung Vice is offering yet another sliding QWERTY for a convenient solution for messaging (SMS, e-mail, IM, social networks and etc).

Paul Brannen, General Manager, Wireless Terminal Division, Samsung Electronics Canada explained “This fun and affordable handset addresses the unique needs of thosewho enjoy staying connected through social networking sites, instant messaging, mobile browsing, email and texting.”

Specifications Samsung Vice:
* Network CDMA EV-DO
* 2.2 inch display with support for 265K colors
* 2 MP camera
* MP3 player
* Support for GPS
* HTML browser
* E-mail, IM client
* Windows Live
* Recorder
* Bluetooth 2.0 (profiles A2DP, HF, HS, DUN, OPP, FTP)
* 31 GB of internal memory available to user
* Slot card format microSD (up to 8 GB card)
* 3.5-mm audio output

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