The black version of the Nokia N97 phone will be available at US flagship stores tomorrow. Already stores in New York and Chicago have received their stock of the Nseries phone today, but there is already a good waitlist at both these locations.

The Nokia N97 comes with a tilting 3.5” display, QWERTY keyboard, fully customizable home screen and access to the entire range of Ovi services as well. This device is priced at $699.99.

Nokia N97

Qualcomm Incorporated, a leading developer and innovator of advanced wireless technologies, products and services, today introduced the WCN1312(TM) – a single-chip, high-performance 802.11n-compliant wireless local-area networking (WLAN) solution for handsets and mobile devices. This highly integrated device supports data rates of up to 72 Mbps – significantly higher than previous 802.11a, b, and g Wi-Fi solutions, which makes for a better user experience while downloading data, watching streaming video or surfing the Internet.

The WCN1312 solution offers a high level of integration with a 2.4 GHz 802.11n baseband processor, media-access controller, RF transceiver, transmit power amplifier, low-noise amplifier, transmit switch, power coupler and radio-frequency (RF) bandpass filter all in a small 7×7 mm package. This simplified design eliminates the need for many external RF components, minimizing the component count, which in turn, results in a smaller system footprint.

The new WCN1312 chip uses low-power 65nm CMOS technology and advanced power-management techniques to minimize sleep, standby and active power consumption. It is optimized for performance with Qualcomm’s complete Mobile Station Modem(TM) (MSM(TM)) solutions and supports a variety of mobile operating systems, including Qualcomm’s Brew Mobile Platform(R), Android and Windows Mobile. The WCN1312 chip is the industry’s first mobile handset device to support both 1×1 and 1×2 dual-receive configurations to increase range and data throughput performance when needed. The WCN1312 solution also implements advanced coexistence architecture and algorithms to optimize performance when paired with Qualcomm’s Bluetooth(R) solutions. This is slated for sampling in Q2 2009.

Source: MobileBurn

Boost Mobile revealed its plans to open 50 exclusive retail stores nationwide, thereby expanding its presence to all major metro areas all over the country. The first retail store was opened in Philadelphia, with 9 more to open across many US cities in the first half of this year. 40 more stores are scheduled to come up by this year end.

Cities to receive Boost Mobile Exclusive Retail Stores in the first half of 2009 include Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Chicago, Orlando, New York, Charlotte, Minneapolis, San Francisco and Las Vegas. The Boost Mobile Exclusive Retail Store chain will offer customers a complete handset line-up plus all kinds of accessories as well. In addition to this, Boost Mobile handsets will also be available through almost 20,000 major US retail outlets such as Radio Shack, Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Sprint retail stores and independent retailers as well, with Re-Boost cards made available at almost 10,000 locations around the country.

Source: MobileBurn

Gresso, known as one of the finest ever manufacturers of luxury mobile phones, recently released two new lines of phones, Lady Gold and Ultramarine Gold. These lines have been inspired by the tremendous success of Gresso’s Lady Diamond collection.

The Lady Gold collection is in homage to femininity and elegance. Designed in a stunning brilliant red color, the device combines looks with complicated technological processes. The case is coated with many layers of ceramic of Magenta Diamond color. Special sparkles added in the coating give the device a radiance parallel to none. The Lady Gold collection comes in a limited edition of 15 pieces.

Gresso Lady Gold

The Ultramarine Gold collection, on the other hand, comes in a brilliant, sparkling, ultramarine colored case. While red stands for love and passion, blue, the color of the sky and the ocean, symbolizes strength and serenity. An equally impressive model, the Ultramarine Gold collection also comes in a limited edition of 15 pieces. Both lines feature the typical Gresso style and design, with a transparent sapphire back, titanium case, Roman numeral keyboard, functional keys executed of 18K gold and so on. The devices will cost about 4800 EUR each.

Gresso Ultramarine Gold