Cell Phone News from November 2009

Opera Mobile 10 beta, latest in the line of this awesome net browser, was made available for the Symbian OS a few weeks ago or so and now the time has come to extend its services to the more used Windows Mobile as well. This can be downloaded for free from the website. So definitely Windows Mobile users would also be able to join their Symbian OS counterparts in celebrating the vitality of the beta version of one of the best mobile web browsers in the world.

It has been a while that HTC came out with Magic and since then nothing was heard about an update, when it was absolutely necessary as there were a few things that needed to be fixed. The first update for HTC Magic is going to be available for Hong Kong only but it is being expected that other countries will also have their specific updates soon. Well the update (Sense UI) is a bit different from what other WinMo mobiles are getting; it has a few additional features or an extension of the already present features.

Sony Ericsson Satio is the latest addition to the fraternity of Sony Ericsson and even that is going to be blessed with a successor very soon in the shape of Sony Ericsson Kurara! Now this is a nickname given to this set; it is being said that this set will have more or less the same specs as Satio but is definitely going to be a bit more compact. The design is especially worth taking time and noticing because it is strange but attractive to say but the least.

At a first glance this is a large phone, extremely at that. Getting used to it might be a good idea though as this is going to be a major success! Blessed with a mighty capacitive screen will mean more user friendliness making WinMo highly liked amongst the consumers. This is second in line of the HTC series and quite like the original one in many ways. Key features are mostly the same as the original HTC HD2.

I think I have mentioned this before but anyway I will try and explain everything that has been updated. This is exactly one year after the launch of the first ever Google Earth release into the App Store, which happened to be Google's one and only Google Earth for mobile app. And the time has finally come when the successful thing gets updated itself. There have been many new features some of which are an easy access to the custom maps you've created on your computer, localization in 13 new languages and improved performance and icon selection.

Motorola, a onetime leading mobile producer all over the world especially in America has not been able to do quite a lot in the mobile market since the advent of the Motorola Razor series, a highly phenomenal success. But now the new Motorola MILESTONE is creating huge waves all around the world and it has become one of the most hugely anticipated sets right now. There is another thing worth writing here that is the new Motorola Milestone can be yours from as soon as today in Germany from O2.

It is being said that the final date for the launch of the eagerly awaited set XPERIA X10 will be kept somewhere in February, no formal announcement has been made as such though. Some of the camera and video examples have been caught on the internet, courtesy an audience which really wants to grab one. Now the XPERIA X10 (or better known by its nickname, Rachael) is proudly equipped with an 8 megapixel sharpshooter with autofocus and LED flash.

Nokia E72 is the pride of the Finnish Company; we all are aware of this fact. But even when it was persistently being waited for, the shipping date was being announced. Now finally Nokia has come out with the good news that the shipment of the business flagship Nokia E 72 has finally begun. We should also remind readers of the fact that it the handset is about two months late, as it was initially announced by the company that the set will be launched in the third quarter.

Nokia is going mobile TV by introducing the new version of the very successful Nokia 5330 called the Nokia 5330 the only difference between this and the previous one is the fact that a mobile TV has been added to it. Around four years ago Nokia came out with their first ever DVB-H enabled N92, which was then followed by the N77 and N96. Besides the integrated DVB-H receiver, the new 5330 Mobile TV edition features the same specs as the original 5330 XpressMusic - a 2.4 inch QVGA display, a 3.2 megapixel camera with LED flash, 3G and GPS capabilities, a 3.5 mm audio jack and a microSD card slot

The Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica, also known as the Galaxy Lite by some has hit the markets and has some awesome features that it could be proud of. Apart from everything else this is the pioneer Android phone to have come up with DivX support and the DNSe 2.0 sound engine both. The Android version supported by the Samsung Galaxy Spica is v1.5 also known to many as the Cupcake version. Now of course there are a few things that are not present in this Lite edition of Galaxy as compared to the original version.

The ITG xpPhone has already been unveiled in front of you but what you might not know is that it could come in more than one flavor! Ah yes, this is one detail that has only recently been updated and so the future users will now be able to pick the OS, CPU, storage and RAM memory as well as their favourite display to create a device that best suits their taste. This is one thing that will be appreciated by a lot of users.

Those who were around when Dell tried to break in the PocketPC business several years ago must know what a disaster they were at that. But the laptop manufacturer is ready to try their luck again; only this time they’re going to be doing a much wider and a rather unexpected field. Dell has made it official only recently that they will soon be producing a new range of smartphones under the brand name Dell Mini 3.

HTC HD2 is now available in Vodafone UK. The terms are one free on 24 month contract and 35 pounds tariff or on 18 month commitment at 40 pounds tariff. These offers are quite like the ones that are being offered for the iPhone which can make it a bit difficult for the customer to choose between the two. The best thing about an HTC is its large customizable touchscreen and the fact that it supports the latest version of Windows Mobile.

Nokia is coming out with new touchscreen smart phones every now and then and each one of them shouts quality. Though the company in their effort to increase quantity has lately, compromised on quality; though Nokia N97 is but one of their finer handsets. Even the original Nokia N97 was a phone par excellence even when it did not offer many outstanding features. It must be kept in mind that N97 is one of the pioneer S60 phones and its new version is just to fill in the little gaps that were left out by the original one.

This is big! Mozilla needs people to come up with good mobile browser add-ons and are going to be holding a contest very soon for that very same person. But the real news is the prize that each winner is going to be getting! Guess what, the top 10 developers to produce browser add-ons are going to be awarded with a new Nokia N900 each! So anybody out there who is a developer, or who thinks he can really develop a good add-on can and should participate in the contest.

Samsung has come out with Bada OS lately and it didn’t seem to be as much of a bad deal for the company as it was being touted by the gurus. Meaning the Samsung Symbian / WinMo portfolio thing wasn’t that bad a deal for the company. The company has specifically denied all the claims made by HMC Investment Securities about trying to make Android and Bada as their operation systems in the foreseeable future.

Windows Marketplace has been very painfully stuck at one place, not getting developed at a good speed. But now the time has come to get some work done on that too as the Windows Marketplace is in the next stage of development and is going to ensure anti-piracy! The best thing is that now you can buy Windows applications directly from the PC and then install them over to your Smartphone, equipped with the Windows Mobile 6.5. This all can be possible through the new desktop client.

Nokia 6760 slide is different. What it is, is still not understood as QWERTY keyboards are a common sight amongst all Smart phones these days, so that couldn’t be it. This is one full fledged messenger at your service and is not a version of any of the previous phones if that is what you are thinking. This was launched as Nokia Surge initially in the USA. This is a messenger for all and sundry, for the common people!

Windows Mobile 6.5 is essentially taking over the whole world. Everyone wants to have this version on their mobiles and that too as soon as possible. Now the facilities that it provides are something to look forward due to which it has been receiving some very good reviews from both the critics and the consumers themselves. Smart phones are especially the ones to be upgrading to this new Windows Mobile OS, the newest one of which is the Garmin-Asus nuvifone M20 .

Google Latitude has been an ultimate success story throughout the world as well all are aware of. it has been a good eight month since it was launched first and that time period requires even the best of the firm wares to be updated. So now Google Latitude needs to be updated too. This is one useful thing that we are talking about. Everyone would be enthralled to get an update alerting you of a buddy nearby!

We are about to meet two new faces in the Samsung world, the Samsung B5722 and C6112. There is nothing special about these good looking slider touch phones apart from one thing which is their ability to work with two SIM cards at the same time! Yes, each of these is capable of doing this. This will definitely open many doors of convenience for the people who have to carry two phones with them on a regular basis.

The Nokia N97 mini has officially been in the market for some time now. The company has only recently come up with a version suited to the winters. Nothing specific to make it winter based will be done; only the colour will go white depicting cold and snow. Of course there’s this holiday season coming up and then this colour makes it closer to the look of the original Nokia N97. When the Nokia N97 mini was introduced by the company originally only two colours, Cherry Black and Garnet were offered.

Nokia N900 and X6 are going to be launched early in the holiday season, as announced by the Company lately. Nokia N900 will be equipped with a new Smartphone OS whereas X6 will be equipped with a capacitive touchscreen. Well there are various opinions about how the Smartphone OS is going to taken by the masses. According to Nokia the trend is here to stay whereas according to the internet commentators the OS is not going to do very well.

Samsung B3410 is out in Spain; yes the phone that was not announced by the company officially. There are other sets as well which were unannounced but will be released shortly by the company. The next pretty little thing to be out is M3310, which has only recently been announced by the company. The first phone, Samsung B3410 was first out on a Russian website and has been all the rage since then.

Sony Ericsson has only recently come out with the much awaited specifications of their new and upcoming handset, Sony Ericsson XPERIA Pureness. This is a set marking the entry of the Company, into the market of stylish high end designer sets. The design is simple and the form of the set is anything but over the top, to put it correctly. By now you must be thinking, so what’s so special about this set?