Nokia N8 comes with 12-meg lens

It’s been a while since we saw a sleek phone from Nokia. So it’s refreshing to see the new N8, unveiled today, look the part with a large 3.5-inch screen as well as widget-like shortcuts for social networking sites on its front screen.

More interestingly, it comes with a camera that boasts no less than 12 megapixels – the Carl Zeiss lens here actually captures more info than a lot of standalone cameras out there. It also comes with a handy Xenon flash, though we won’t go so far as to say you can junk your SLR camera.

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LG Mini GD880

In a smartphone market crowded with gizmos of all shapes and functions, first impressions count. A lot.

Unfortunately, despite being called a “pocket rocket” by LG, the Korean electronics giant’s newly launched Mini GD880 fashion phone did not get my hopes sky high at first glance.

Its main screen menus are a noticeably slow when you swipe your finger across the display to move them, especially when you compare the phone to an iPhone or Nexus One. And for many users, that is as good a test as any they will carry out at a store.

Okay, if you have the patience to try out other features, there are some nifty ones. One of them is the ability to control the phone from your desktop using Bluetooth or USB. In other words, you can see what your phone is seeing, including its camera, from your PC. A nice way of spying on your colleagues at work, without looking like you are looking at them, perhaps?

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Gin already wrote a post on Nokia’s “Comes with Music” launch in Singapore today, but I’ve a few additional pictures and prices for readers.
Nokia 5800 Xpress (courtesy of Nokia)

Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
Estimated retail price: S$798
Availability: From 28th Feb 2009, Saturday (tomorrow)
Colors: red and blue, with silver-black from mid-March
Specs and features: Pretty standard for a mid-range touch phone. 3.2 megapixel camera. 3G, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. Comes with built-in A-GPS. Free 8GB micro-SD card. For all the specifics, go to Nokia’s product pagehere.

But I totally agree with Gin and Alf that the key differentiator is the “Comes with Music” service by Nokia. Brilliant tactical move by the handset giant. Basically, it allows users unlimited downloads of tracks from Nokia’s music store for one year. According to Nokia, they have about four million tunes in the store. Operator charges are of course separate. Singapore is the first country in Asia to run this service; it was first launched in UK last October.

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Nokia N900 hits Singapore

Nokia announced today that the N900 can be pre-ordered in Singapore from now to Mar 26 from http://www.nokia.com.sg/n900/preorder

Available for S$999, the Maemo-based device has a ARM Cortex-A8 processor, up to 1GB of application memory and OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics acceleration. It comes with 32GB of storage, which is expandable up to 48GB with a microSD card.

Local bloggers were given a quick hands-on with the device recently and most walked away impressed by phone, including the speed at which the phone handled multitasking and full Flash support from the phone’s Mozilla Firefox browser.

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Samsung Star Nano 3G S3370 Has Been Released

Samsung-mobile has just released the latest series of products "Samsung S3370 series Star Nano 3G" in the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi is Indhia. Handset has ever achieved great success in Indonesia was present in Indhia with the latest version, which has been equipped with 3G mobile technology features.

Design of this handset look more slender when compared with Samsung Corby touch, besides a more complete feature support from previous handset also obvious.
Short Specification :

* Network: GSM, 3G
* Model: candybar touchscreen
* Screen: 2.6 inci QVGA, TouchWiz UI
* Camera: 1.3 megapixel
* Connection: Bluetooth,3G
* Memory: eksternal slot microSD (2GB include)
* Application: Social Networking services (SNS)
* Other Features: MP3 Player, FM Radio, Mobile Tracker, Samsung Apps

Tags: specification, mobile phone camera, Hp music, mobilephone social network, mobile phone internet, mobile 3G, touch screen mobile phone Samsung Star Nano 3G seri S3370

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