Mobile News and Mobile Info

Yesterday it was the 7610 that graced our pages. Today, we bring to fore another Supernova handset, Nokia’s latest flip phone, the 7510.
Classy as it is stylish, the new 7510 is an absolute head-turner with its sleek, iconic design that makes it a perfect handset to go with a vibrant social life. It’s got a 2-megapixel camera that utilizes Nokia’s own photo processing algorithm for low-light situations, the NIPS. An LED flash and 4x digital zoom capability further complements the phone’s image processing features. Images are viewed vividly through an internal 2.2” QVGA display that supports 16.7 million colors.

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The much-buzzed about Motorola ROKR E8 finally gets set for launching by T-Mobile on July 7.

With word about the ROKR E8 going around the mobile scene as far back as September of last year, many were curious and have waited for the actual coming of the handset that prides itself with amazingly clear calls and awesome musical experience – AND the highly-acclaimed proprietary technology that makes it very easy to shift between the two.

The ROKR E8 is the first ever device to showcase Motorola’s breakthrough ModeShift technology that allows for instant shifting from phone to music player function, and vice-versa, in just a touch of a button. In the absence of visible keys, the ROKR E8’s surface looks smooth when the handset is turned off. Once it’s powered on, a virtual keypad appears. A virtual music key serves to instantly toggle from phone keypad to music player control keys, while Innovative haptics mechanism takes care of the virtual keys’ tactile response.

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As of 6pm PST today, my iPhone will be turning exactly 1 year old. Well, actually, seeing as how it took me a good 20 minutes to get inside the Apple store last year, my iPhone’s 12-month birthday will fall on approximately 6:20pm PST.

So, just how has the iPhone lived up to expectations? And, how has the iPhone failed to deliver as a mobile phone? Read on to find out.

Usability and user experience
The one aspect of the iPhone’s appeal that is undisputed is its incredible UI and un-matched user experience. From the way the iPhone flicks through menus to the way I can interact with different applications and webpages, courtesy of multi-touch, the iPhone lacks a competent competitor.

Anyone even vaguely familiar with the mobile space will already know that the iPhone has redefined the way smartphone users should expect to interact with their handsets. Which inevitably means that we’ll be seeing more and more touchscreen offerings from other manufacturers. How long it will take them to refine their respective UIs to Mac OS standards has yet to be seen.

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The Opera Mobile 9.5 public beta version will finally be available on July 15. This was announced recently by Opera after an extensive delay left everyone hanging as to when they can experience the new mobile web browser’s added features and improvements.
Initially introduced in January, the Opera 9.5 had to be kept under wraps for some time to ensure its overall reliability and conformity with the Web’s latest and most advanced standards. The new 9.5, which is based on the desktop version, has been initially test-driven on HTC Touch Diamond mobile devices. Opera wanted to completely see how the browser would work on one specific phone before releasing it for use with other phone varieties.

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Symbian wants to know what people in academia think about the direction the smartphone space is heading and where it will be in 2012-2015. If you’re a University Student you have until the end of September to submit an essay, 10 winners will be selected, each will get 1000 British Pounds (1991.50 US Dollars or 1263.48 Euros).

More details here, good luck!

This one goes out to all you cyclists out there.

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could harness all that energy you’re putting in to pedaling yourself from point A to point B? While this new pedal-power harnessing technology won’t help you do more than yap on your handset just a bit longer, putting your bicycle’s pedals to better more use than ordinary transportation is a worthy feat indeed.

O2 is showcasing their new cellphone battery charger which takes your pedal-power and turn it in to electrical power. O2 plans to highlight the pedal-powered charger at the O2 Wireless Festival in London’s Hyde Park. Unfortunately, the demo is being shown on stationary bikes – which bodes well for applications for cardio machines in gyms around the world – but if successful, we could see the tech hit the street, literally.

We’re still waiting for Motorola to get real with their Motorola Z10 slider in the US. So, in the meantime, Rafe from AllAboutSymbian has posted some live shots of the Motorola Z10 in action.

Like the Motorola Z8, the Z10 features that trick kick-slider. But, with a 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, onboard video editing software, and higher-quality materials, the Motorola Z10 has more to be desired. Of course, there aren’t any indications that Motorola is planning to bring this desirable slider to its largest market in the US, but here’s to hoping.

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