Mobile News and Mobile Info

Nokia N96 – to sell well in UK?

Mobile News is carrying an interesting article, and in the manner of giving a balanced view, I thought I would bring it up for our readers to comment on.

The gist of the article is that the N95 (and to a certain extent N95-8GB) was the first of a new breed of devices to cram in a superset of features, that was arguably not in any other devices at the time. However, that isn’t the case anymore, and there are some serious contenders out there, from Apple, Samsung, and the like:

…the N96, due next month, may find it harder with the heightened competition to make a mark in the same way.

Notably, O2 has already ruled the N96 out. It has the Apple iPhone of course, and a spokesperson said simply its move was a “portfolio decision”.

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Liquid camera lens using water and sound

Sure, pixel count and optical quality are key to determining a cameraphone’s worth. But, not much consideration is given to the size of the camera module in today’s high-end cameraphones. Smaller camera lenses make for smaller camera modules – in turn making for smaller, slimmer, and more power-efficient cameraphones.

Different research teams are looking into leveraging the refractive power of liquids for camera modules. There are already liquid-lens camera modules in production from Seiko and Varioptic, but those particular systems require constant voltage to maintain a focused lens surface – a waste of precious energy when you’re looking to save as much juice as possible. Read the rest of this entry »

Wow, say that post title 10 times fast. I dare you

While I’m no Windows Media expert, and certainly don’t pretend to be… There are some new Sony Ericsson Xperia Screenshots that have surfaced that may (or may not) tickle your interest.

The images surfaced from the Swedish site, dailymobile.se. As you can see here, they’ve gone ahead and posted a whole bunch of screenshots for us to enjoy.

Check out the screens featuring YouTube and Google Maps in action. Very interesting. The Xperia is running Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, and features a resolution of 800×480. As you can see from the YouTube screenshot, it looks like the new browser manages to pack a lot of content onto the screen.It should also be noted that the new Internet Explorer for Mobile is capable of playing YouTube videos, AND Windows Media Video. Read the rest of this entry »

In the mobile phone biz, product cycles are measured in months. On that scale, it’s easy to see how one of the hottest handsets to launch last year is struggling to stay relevant among the big-hitting smartphones that have surfaced recently. HTC managed to ship over 2 million of their HTC Touch smartphones with less than a year’s worth of sales, but the HTC Touch Diamond and HTC Touch Pro have all but banished the HTC Touch to the back-burner.

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