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"The convergence of mobile and fixed/land-line technologies means consumers are looking for products that can help make their lives easier," said Peter Ropke, Senior Vice President, Mobile Phones, Nokia. "With the Nokia 6301 utilizing UMA technology, worldwide triband GSM coverage is combined with superior indoor WLAN coverage to create a device that people can use in virtually any situation.
With UMA technology, the consumer can use the GSM network or a broadband Internet-connected WLAN network for mobile services. This can ensure excellent indoor coverage both at office and home. The consumer can have one multi-mode handset that works everywhere with enhanced and easy-to-use voice services. And, WLAN/UMA provides excellent coverage and sound quality, even in areas where mobile phone reception has previously been poor.
With UMA technology, the Nokia 6301 benefits operators as well, allowing them to deliver voice and data services to subscribers over WLAN, substantially increasing mobile service availability while decreasing the costs related to network deployment.
Orange will be one of the first operators to offer the Nokia 6301, as part of its Unik/Unique portfolio.
Yves Maitre, Senior Vice President, Devices, Orange said "The Nokia 6301 is a stylish new addition to our Unik range of converged fixed and mobile phones. Orange's Unik offer brings together the convenience of a single phone and tariff at home and on the move and the widest range of UMA handsets. The Nokia 6301, with its sleek candy bar design and attractive stainless steel exterior adds to the appeal of Unik for Orange customers."
The Nokia 6301 is an evolution of the modern monoblock design. Weighing a mere 93 grams and measuring less than 13.1mm thin, the Nokia 6301 is constructed of quality materials. To accompany the UMA technology, the Nokia 6301 also offers consumers a modern suite of features, including a 2 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and full screen viewfinder. Ideal for home and office, the Nokia 6301 comes with an attractive desk stand, the Nokia Desk Stand DT-23, to hold the phone and keep its battery charged while connected to WLAN.
The clean lines and recessed buttons of the Nokia 6301 are highlighted by a stainless steel frame with hand-hugging curves. In addition, the Nokia 6301 includes:
- 2-inch QVGA screen
- USB/PC Synchronization
- Internal user memory of 30MB and 128MB in-box microSD card, with support for up to 4GB microSD cards
- Voice dialing, voice commands and voice recording
- MP3 player, FM radio
- Integrated hands-free speaker
The Nokia 6301 has a talk-time of up to 3.5 hours and a standby time of up to 14 days. The Nokia 6301 is expected to begin shipping to select markets in Europe during the fourth quarter of 2007 with an estimated retail price of 230 euros before subsidies or taxes.
Article Courtesy of Nokia
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"MySpace Mobile is made possible on the T-Mobile Sidekick through two components. The first component is the client software, being made available for download in a staged rollout to the T-Mobile Sidekick user base throughout the next several weeks. The second component is the service that powers the application. Danger has created a private interconnection to MySpace, whereby each user can access all of his or her account data and interact with friends in real-time."
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The new service has pertinent information including new messages, friend requests and comments located in one easy-to-navigate home screen. To use other aspects of the service, users simply navigate through the four main sections of the application: Home, MyMail, Blog and Search. The Sidekick's directional pad allows users to jump easily from each activity without waiting for a page to load.
Real-time Updates
MySpace Mobile users can stay signed in to MySpace even when they are on the go with their T-Mobile Sidekick. Real-time features include:
- Profile editing, which allows users to edit their MySpace profile directly from the MySpace application, quickly and easily, wherever they are. Profile updates are immediately reflected on the MySpace Web site.
- Optimized photo management, which empowers users to - with the click of a button - upload photos with captions from their T-Mobile Sidekick photo galleries, directly to MySpace.
- Full-featured MySpace messaging, including push content and notifications powered by the Danger service. The service automatically pushes content, such as new friend requests or new messages, to the end user, meaning that users are notified of new MySpace activity even when they are using other T-Mobile Sidekick applications. This changes the interaction paradigm from request/ response (as it is via the browser today) to real-time, push messaging.
- The application will provide "Online Now" status for a user's friends who are online, further advancing the "always-on" model.
- Users can read, reply to or post comments to the profiles and photos of friends, as well as read and reply to comments on their own profiles.
This week, T-Mobile will begin a multi-week rollout of the new application to T-Mobile Sidekick users. T-Mobile customers can access and subscribe to the service through the Download Catalog. The new service will be available to all Sidekick 3 and Sidekick iD users by the end of October.
Article Courtesy of MobileDia
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After selling 500,000 units on its first weekend and then surpassing the 1 million mark after a sharp and controversial price cut a few weeks later the iPhone is projected to sell over 2 million units by the end of the year. The price, now $399, is thought to be low enough to appeal to holiday shoppers, putting it in the reach of more consumers. Bitten by the initial price drop, original buyers are scrambling to put together the paperwork to get themselves a $100 credit at the Apple store. The bitter taste, though, perhaps won't be washed out by the time Apple has their next hyped product, whatever that is.
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"Helio announced their smallest phone to date. The Heat is a slider with touch-sensitive, electrostatic controls on the face. Like the original Chocolate or Sony Ericsson W950, the Heat has two sets of touch controls - one for navigation and a second for media playback. The Heat features a QVGA screen, stereo Bluetooth, a 1.3 MP camera and 136 MB of built-in memory. However it has no memory card slot. It also features access to Helio's GPS and music services like the Drift. Heat is available today in Black or Gold for $150."
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"The Motorola W205 is a new consumer focused handset with only basic features. It's not as low-end as the FONE, but the feature list reads more like 2003 than the current day. Motorola will begin shipping the W205 phone in the first quarter. Pricing was not announced but should be low. Also announced in the W series were the W510 and W215..."
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"The red BlackBerry Pearl's stylish exterior measures just 4.2" x 1.97" x 0.57", weighs only 3.1 ounces and includes the supple and responsive trackball that makes vertical and lateral scrolling fast and easy. It's packed with such features as a 1.3-megapixel digital camera, multimedia capabilities and an expandable memory slot along with easy-to-use phone, email and browser applications. The unique "push-based" BlackBerry service gives users synchronized access to both personal and corporate email accounts with attachment viewing, and the ability to manage multiple email accounts while on-the-go...."
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"...The 7373 is a decent update to the 7370. With a better 2-megapixel camera and expandable memory card slot, the 7373 works well as an everyday phone. Although some might be irked by the lack of accessible buttons when the phone is closed, which renders the phone almost useless when closed, the 7373 is still a good looking phone. Users looking for a functional and fashionable phone would not go wrong with the 7373."
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"Nokia reckon that music gets you talking, so we lent our fashion editor Kim one of the new 5300 XpressMusic phones to see what she thought...
Definitely one for the music lovers, the Nokia 5300 XpressMusic has a nifty slide-operated design that even the most technology illiterate can manage. Making its next step into the world of music mobiles....
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"Ready for a public debut at 3GSM in Barcelona next week, Samsung has announced its new Ultra Smart F700 handset in Korea today. With obvious inspiration from Apple's iPhone, the Ultra Smart F700 includes a 2.78" touch-screen, but one-ups Apple's design by adding a slide out QWERTY keyboard.
The addition of a keyboard is not the only thing the new Samsung Ultra Smart F700 has over the iPhone though, as Samsung's offering also includes a 5.0 megapixel camera with auto focus and HSDPA high-speed data for wireless connectivity at up to 7.2Mbps. Bluetooth is on board, and memory can be augmented with microSD memory cards....
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