Coming soon this second quarter, the Nokia N86 is a robust upgrade to your typical Nseries phone. Although it doesn’t sport the Xenon flash from the previous N82 series, the N86 hails more from the previous N85 line. It comes with a 8MP Carl Zeiss camera, WiFi connectivity and 8GB of storage. There isn’t anything that really stands out with the N86 — it’s pretty much a straightforward Nseries phone with all the bells and whistles for music, video, and Internet surfing.

At the end of the day, the N86 is a decent upgrade of the former series and is …read more

The UK now has a free application that allows you to make International calls on your cellphone at a fraction of its cost. Introducing Vopium:
Vopium is a free software program that uses mobile VoIP and Wi-Fi technology to reduce the cost of international phone calls on mobile whilst also maintaining excellent call quality. Free and easy to download, Vopium integrates directly with the address book on the phone, automatically re-routing all international calls via the least expensive method available. In addition to heavily discounted international calls, Vopium users can also slash the costs of sending text messages (SMS) abroad as …read more

Remember Truphone, the app that turned an iPod touch into an iPhone and make calls? Well it’s out for Android!

As well as being able to make low-cost international voice calls, Truphone customers can also easily Instant Message their friends across a variety of networks including MSN, Yahoo!, Google Talk and Twitter from within one Android application. Customers can also call friends anywhere in the world on Google Talk for the price of a local call, and similarly will soon will be able to Instant Message and call their friends on Skype.[source]
Truphone wants to be what Skype is for desktops and …read more

The Nokia E63 is the cheaper brother to the more elegant E71. Slightly thicker with more playful colors of blue and “Space Marine” red, the E63 boasts a similar form factor sans the secondary camera, HSDPA. It also comes with a lower resolution 2MP camera as compared to the E71’s 3.2MP camera. Truthfully, this is not a bad deal if you’ve always wanted to own an E71 but could not spare the extra cash. The phone is obviously targeted to compete with the Palm Centro which caters to a more young and hip market that desires much for a QWERTY …read more

Hola! The Sony Ericsson G705 is yet another entry to the 2008 fourth quarter releases of clamshells. The SE G705 comes with a 3.2MP digital camera and HSDPA connectivity for wireless surfing. Huge buttons and a huge screen and the rectangular form factor are added bonuses for people with big hands. This is also one of the few phones of SE that come with built in WiFi, which is a deal breaker for most people.

Here is a complete list of compatible accessories for the G705. The phone is due out this coming 4th Quarter and should be popular in …read more

At some point in a phone’s life, engineers would decide that it no longer needs an overhaul. The upcoming N79 is a proof of this postulate I have when it comes to “matured phones.” A phone reaches its peak (fastest UI, best real estate design, OK features) when all that’s left to add are neat covers. The N79 is a downgrade of the N82 – no Xenon flash, but it has a 5MP Carl Zeiss lens and brings forth much of the bells and whistles of the N78 and N82. Call it a midpoint in terms of features (I don’t …read more

Hey this guy, Keith Liu funny. He’s the head of Games and Communities Services for Nokia. This is an update on what Nokia has been doing with Ovi, about a year after it was announced. Should be interesting as well.
Timeline follows. Latest entry is at the top.
## Lunch time!
## For pornography and other “questionable items” images can be flagged. Nokia does not monitor or moderate content. The community works to flag images and reports them to Nokia, who, in turn removes them in half an hour to 12 hours.
## Uploading of photos demo. You can comment via website or via …read more

Today is day 2 of Nokia Connection 2008. and the media workshops begin now. I’m going to be doing a running account of the show. The latest updates are posted at the top.
Timeline:

## Discussion of Ovi. Ovi Share included for all Ovi services including N-Gage, music, photos. Q&A follows. Differences between the E66 and E71 is really just about the keypad options but the features are essentially the same.
## Security: Encryption of the Eseries devices in internal memory and with the memory card. “Lock and wipe” feature for SMS. An SMS can be sent via you or your IT …read more

Today, Nokia announced their top of the line enterprise model, the E71. Though it hails from the previous oh-so-thin E61 design, the new E71 looks more elegant and is a tad thinner and sharper on the edges. The Nokia E71 also comes with a dual home screen feature which gives the user easy access to two home screens including shortcuts – one for business and one for work.

Two notable things – the E71 comes with the standard Bluetooth and USB connectivity but it also comes with IrDA support for compatibility with older devices. Perhaps the only negative thing we …read more