Posts published August 2008

VIDEO: HTC Touch Pro Smartphone Review

Powered by Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, the HTC Touch Pro is a successor of HTC Touch Diamond featuring a 3D Touch User Interface, QWERTY keyboard, 2.8″ VGA touch screen, 3.2 megapixel VGA camera, 512 MB flash, 288 MB RAM, Bluetooth 2.0, GPS/AGPS and WiFi 802.11b/g.


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Nokia N96 to be launched in North America in Q4 2008

Do you remember the mighty N96 dual slider which was announced this February in Mobile World Congress and which was delayed many time for UK and then was launched in India few days ago? Well things are getting in shape now. Nokia will be launching N96 in North America for high-speed 3G HSDPA networks which are widely used in the Americas during the fourth quarter of 2008.

Nokia N96 features all the magical cell phone features which combine a large 2.8 inch QVGA display with 240 x 320 pixels which means up to 16 million colors. With hands on this device you will know that Nokia N96 is a sleek, smart and powerful device which delivers an outstanding entertainment experience. Nokia N96 supports popular video download services including using Windows Media format plus and other wide range of video formats which can be stored in 16GB of huge storage in addition to a microSD slot. Estimated figure for the price tag are around 895 USD.

Well today must be the big day for Nokia as it has done a hat-trick today, announcing Nokia NSeries models: Nokia N96 (North American Edition), the Nokia N85, and the Nokia N79.

Nokia launches the N85 and N79 today in UK

Nokia is good in bringing upgraded versions of phone for previously failed handsets which aims to provide better prices its good specifications. Nokia is all set to launch its long rumoured mobile phones N85 and N79 in the UK today. Both phones have been launched as upgraded phones, N79 and N85 are upgraded model for N78 and N81. Equipped with Symbian OS both phones will offer 5 megapixel camera with auto focus feature, FM transmitter, and GPS.

Nokia’s N85 is known to be N81 successor with upgraded features and N-Gage friendly phone which will support with 10 demo titles. It has OLED screen with FM transmitter, a 8GB microSDHC which can be extended to 16GB, the N85 camera has been upgraded to five mega pixels and includes GPS navigation feature. It also has an AMOLED 2.6 inch screen which means rich colour screen. The interesting thing is that N85 can run about 28 hours of music with just one charge.

Nokia N79 a candybar smartphone will be a successor to the N78, with a fashionable style it will offer replaceable back covers and will be very similar to the N85. N79 will have a dual-LED flash to its 5.0 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. N79 will be a 3G phone equipped with built-in GPS, Wi-Fi and a 8GB microSD card instead of making it available as internal memory.

Although both phones have exciting new feature which makes them much better to buy them than their previous models and every one would like to know the price difference. The N79 will be sold for EUR 350. Price of the N85 model was not announced. Both handsets will be available in Q3 of 2008.

Nokia N79

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