Fashion phone with exclusive accessories to be unveiled at Paris Fashion Week Espoo, Finland - Drawing upon the accolades of its highly regarded L'Amour Collection, Nokia has joined creative forces with talented fashion designer Giambattista Valli to craft the Nokia 7373 Special Edition. For this one-of-a-kind cooperation between a thriving creator of new designs and the pioneer in mobile fashion accessories, Nokia returns to the style capital of Paris during Fashion Week. Here the ...

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Nokia today announced that the Nokia Software Updater application is now available from selected Nokia local support web pages as well as http://www.nokia.com/softwareupdate. After a successful trial run last year, Nokia is expanding the program to enable people to update their own mobile device software without having to visit a service point. So far, over three quarters of a million people have updated their Nokia device using Nokia Software Updater.

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Anybody looking for a new phone and a free playstation 3 console should check out this months special offers in the MaXit mobile phone shop - yes we sell phones via Carphone Warehouse and e2save partnership.

If you are a heavy mobile phone user, you can pick up a contract from as little as £55 a month on a 1200 + 150 minute deal with Orange. There's also offers on Wii consoles and of course Xbox 360s to be had.

The popular RIZR phone from Motorola receives and important update and now includes windows media 11 compatability out of the box. It will play DRM protected WMA music files without any problem. Combine with some super sexy A2DP stereo bluetooth headphones and you have your very own iPhone. Okay, not quite but it does come in some nice colours.

 

We knew they are coming and now they are official. I am talking about Nokia's new enterprise devices branded as the E-Series, the E65 and the E61i. Both the phones have been rumored for a long time and finally 3GSM took the covers off of these phones.

 

 The E65 comes much as a surprise as its a slider business phone. Nokia might be targeting the business women with this model, but one thing is for sure - this phone ROCKS! This is the best looking device so far in the E-Series lineup.

This stylish slider comes equipped with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and UMTS support, Wi-Fi, 2MP camera and a TFT display with a QVGA resolution capable of showing 16 million colors. The E65 was announced as a hard launch and so it is already available in selected markets and is selling for around 400 Euros.

 

Now onto the E61i, which is announced as an upgrade for the successful E61 QWERTY phone. The E61i features a 2MP camera and the memory card support has been changed to microSD instead of miniSD on the E61.

The keypad design has been slightly revamped. The E61i retail package includes a 2GB microSD card (Oh, is it a business phone or a music phone!?) and is expected to be available in early Q2 2007 with a 400 Euro price tag.

The E90 is the latest in Nokia's communicators stable. This is the first phone in this segment since the 9500 which was launched years ago. The new Nokia E90 will run the SymbianOS v9.1 with the 3rd generation S60 UI.

The Nokia E90 features all the current connectivity technologies such as quad-band GSM/EDGE/GPRS, UMTS, HSDPA, Wi-Fi, miniUSB, Bluetooth 2.0 and Infrared port. The external 16 million colors display has a QVGA resolution, while the internal wide-screenish display has a resolution of 800x352 pixels capable of displaying 16 mil colors as well.

The E90 measures somewhere between the 9300 and the 9500 communicators and weighs a hefty 210 grams. What comes as a surprise in this Enterprise phone is the slew of multimedia capabilities it possesses. The communicator features a 3.2MP camera (almost equivalent in quality to the N73's) and also has an FM radio, stereo speakers, and a microSD memory card slot.

Another surprise is that both the internal and external displays run on the S60 UI unlike on the 9500 whose external screen is rendered useless by the featureless S40 interface. The phone is powered up by a 1500 mAh battery which is advertised to provide a standby time of 14 days (2 days with moderate use).
 
The Nokia E90 will be available in Q2 2007 and will cost somewhere around €750-800.

What do we expect when Nokia joins hands with the renowned designer Giambattista Valli? Well, the 7373 Special Edition is born!! This phone makes the already fashionable L'Amour Collection even more desirable.

The Nokia 7373 Special Edition comes in Black Chrome and Powder Pink colors, both paired with signature Giambattista Valli phone accessories. The phone comes preloaded with exclusive Valli content including wallpapers, behind the stage videos, and more.

The Nokia 7373 Special Edition Powder Pink marries the faded luxury of grand architecture of the L'Amour Collection with Valli's iconic pearl necklace for a strap and a miniature pink skull. This set is Valli's interpretation of the contradictory elements of an intensive romance.

The Nokia 7373 Special Edition Black Chrome fuses its elegant glossy black appearance with an en vogue gros grain and onyx-like crystal strap. A black skull adds the finishing touches to a sensually appealing display of fashion.

The phone will be unveiled at the "Dress your Nokia in Giambattista Valli" party during Paris Fashion Week. The Nokia 7373 Special Edition will be available in select European markets next month for a retail price of around €280.

 

Who would have expected - Motorola is still in love with Symbian! After their infamous A1000 phone, Motorola never worked on a Symbian phone but instead concentrated on their proprietary Linux platform.

But the 3GSM saw quite a surprise in the form of the Symbian UIQ based RIZR Z8. This phone is an update to the not yet released RIZR Z6 and packs in a lot of punch. The Z8 is basically a 15.3mm thick slider with an unusual form factor. When slided, the bottom part slightly cracks in, allowing the handset to take the curve a little.

The Z8 features a 2.2" QVGA display capable of displaying 16M colors, a 2 megapixel camera with red eye reduction, stereo Bluetooth, a microSD memory card slot, 3G with video calls and is HSDPA enabled.

The Z8 is the first UIQ phone without a touchscreen and a slightly reworked user interface. The phone looks great and appeals mostly to the youth. The ones shown at 3GSM are black with green lining and green keys, but expect to see more colors as they hit store shelves in Q2 2007. No word yet on pricing.

Samsung today announced a new addition to its Ultra series with the introduction of the Ultra Smart F700. This mobile phone will be showcased at 3GSM World Congress next week. The F700 features unrivaled design and brings a superior range of multimedia experiences to consumers.

The Ultra Smart boasts a full touch screen (similar to the iPhone!) as well as QWERTY key pad (as seen on HTC phones). It also implements the VibeTonz technology which allows them to feel the buttons accompanied by responsive vibrations. A “Drag and drop” method of touch screen was adopted for easier menu navigation along with music play list control for an expanded multimedia experience. Volume, play lists, brightness of screens as well as other menu control can be controlled utilizing the touch screen.

The Ultra Smart reflects the latest speed of 7.2 Mbps under the High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) network. A full HTML browser along with the QWERTY key pad enables easy access to the internet for e-mail and data services. Using the new F700, business and creative professionals are able to view content on a stunning 2.78" color display. The device features a 5 mega-pixel camera with auto focus and also Bluetooth.

“The introduction of our Ultra Smart F700 reflects the needs of today’s consumers by including features such as touch screen, enhanced connectivity to mobile internet, and access to an array of multimedia content,” said Geesung Choi, President of Samsung’s Telecommunications Network Business. “The Ultra Smart F700 is a good example of how mobile phone will evolve in the future. Samsung will focus on bringing products that reflect and pursue our position as a premium leader.”

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Sony Ericsson announced several new mobiles today including the Cyber-shot K810 and K550 and the W610 and the much rumored Walkman W880.

The Sony Ericsson K810 (shown above) is successor to K800 Cyber-shot model. The phone comes with a few software updates. The Sony Ericsson K810 will be equipped with a Photo Fix application for optimizing brightness and contrast and will also have illuminated side camera keys. The hardware functionalities have remained pretty much the same. The Sony Ericsson K810 will be available within Q2 2007 in two colors: Noble Blue and Golden Ivory.

The second addition to the Cyber-shot line of mobiles is the mid-range K550. It has a 1.9" 262K colors display and a 2 megapixel camera with autofocus, a two-LED flash and an active lens cover. It would also boast quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, a Memory Stick Micro M2 card slot, and a FM radio. The Sony Ericsson K550 would become commercially available to selected markets in Q1 2007 in Jet Black or Pearl White color combinations.

The Sony Ericsson W610 is the new Walkman mobile phone on the block offering users wide multimedia features - full music phone capabilities plus a 2 megapixel camera with auto-focus. It would have a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, FM radio with RDS, Bluetooth with A2DP profile and a M2 memory card slot. The Sony Ericsson W610 will be available in Plush Orange or Satin Black in selected markets from Q2 2007.

The Sony Ericsson W880, the much rumored phone called the AI concept, is the next generation of the music phones by Sony Ericsson. It is an ultra slim mobile with a thickness of only 9.4 mm. The W880 is a tri-band GSM mobile with full support for 3G with video calls. It has a 2 megapixel camera, a M2 memory card slot and full support for Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP profile for listening music on a stereo Bluetooth headset. However the W880 lacks FM radio, which comes as a surprise.

Apart from these phones, the Swedish manufacturer also unveiled four new budget models. The Sony Ericsson K200 and K220 are both low-end camera phones, while the Sony Ericsson K220 and Sony Ericsson J120 would feature FM radio for listening to music on the go.

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