Oh no! Seems like you are not allowed to touch the two antennas around the new iPhone 4, otherwise it looses reception! That’s why Rory Sinclair wrote an email to Steve Jobs explaining the problem. He asks: “Is it possible this is a design flaw?” Jobs answer: “You’re holding it wrong!”. Maybe we can find an explanation of how to hold it “right” at the introduction keynote of the iPhone 4…
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According to the Nokia people that CNET spoke to, the Nokia N8 will be the last N-series to run on Nokia’s Symbian platform, all N-Series from here on will run MeeGo. Lets hope that this is true since Nokia really gonna need MeeGo to compete with Apples iOS 4 and Android. What do you guys say? Should Nokia stick with Symbian on their top smartphones or should they go with MeeGo instead?
iPhone: iOS 4 is now live
Jun 22
iOS4 just went live on iTunes so you should be able to download it from there. If you have a jailbroken iPhone you will loose all your jailbroken apps etc so be careful 
. iOS 4 works with iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and iPhone 3G. Not all features are compatible with all devices. For example, multitasking is available only with iPhone 4 and iPhone 3GS
The iOS4 update contains over 100 new features, including the following:
• Multitasking support for third-party apps*
- Multitasking user interface to quickly move between
apps
- Support for audio apps to play in the background
- VoIP apps can receive and maintain calls in the
background or when device is asleep
- Apps can monitor location and take action while
running in the background
- Alerts and messages can be pushed to apps using
push and local notifications
- Apps can complete tasks in the background
• Folders to better organize and access apps
• Home screen Wallpaper*
• Mail improvements
- Unified inbox to view emails from all accounts in one
place
- Fast inbox switching to quickly switch between
different email accounts
- Threaded messages to view multiple emails from the
same conversation
- Attachments can be opened with compatible third-
party apps
- Search results can now be filed or deleted
- Option to select size of photo attachments
- Messages in the Outbox can be edited or deleted
• Support for iBooks and iBookstore (available from the
App Store)
• Photo and Camera improvements
- 5x digital zoom when taking a photo**
- Tap to focus during video recording**
- Ability to sync Faces from iPhoto
- Geo-tagged photos appear on a map in Photos
• Ability to create and edit playlists on device
• Calendar invitations can be sent and accepted wirelessly
with supported CalDAV servers
• Support for MobileMe calendar sharing
• Suggestions and recent searches appear during a web
search
• Searchable SMS/MMS messages**
• Spotlight search can be continued on web and Wikipedia
• Enhanced location privacy
- New Location Services icon in the status bar
- Indication of which apps have requested your location
in the last 24 hours
- Location Services can be toggled on or off for
individual apps
• Automatic spellcheck
• Support for Bluetooth keyboards*
• iPod out to navigate music, podcasts and audiobooks
through an iPod interface with compatible cars
• Support for iTunes gifting of apps
• Wireless notes syncing with IMAP-based mail accounts
• Persistent WiFi connection to receive push notifications*
• New setting for turning on/off cellular data only**
• Option to display the character count while composing
new SMS/MMS**
• Visual Voicemail messages can be kept locally even if
they have been deleted from the server**
• Control to lock portrait orientation*
• Audio playback controls for iPod and third-party audio
apps*
• New languages, dictionaries and keyboards
• Accessibility enhancements*
• Bluetooth improvements
• Better data protection using the device passcode as an
encryption key* (Requires full restore.)
• Support for third-party Mobile Device Management
solutions
• Enables wireless distribution of enterprise applications
• Exchange Server 2010 compatibility
• Support for multiple Exchange ActiveSync accounts
• Support for Juniper Junos Pulse and Cisco AnyConnect
SSL VPN apps (available from the App Store)
• More than 1,500 new developer APIs
• Bug fixes
Apple sold 600,000 iPhone 4s in one day on Tuesday, beating its previous record. Ordering websites crashed in both the UK and the US as the device went on sale. When the iPhone 3GS went on sale last year, one million were sold in its first three days but it debuted in eight countries, and the iPhone 4 has gone on sale in five.
A press release graced our inbox and we were pleasantly surprised at what it said – the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 is official, Sony Ericsson dusted off the Walkman brand with the Yendo and finally, the Sony Ericsson Cedar joins the GreenHeart ranks.
As we’ve already heard Sony Ericsson now reconfirms it’s working to bring Android 2.1 to their XPERIA X10 lineup, while the the big X10 should get 720p video capture too. These updates are coming in Q3 this year.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 is like a grown up X10 mini. It features a 3″ HVGA (320 x 480) screen with a scratch resistant surface, a 600MHz CPU running Android 1.6 with the same customizations that the X10 mini has and Timescape too.
The camera on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 is a 3.2MP snapper and the phone comes with a 2GB microSD card in the box. As far as connectivity goes, it offers quad-band GSM/EDGE, 3G with HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS. The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 will run for 259 euro.
Next up is the Sony Ericsson Yendo with Walkman. In terms of design and size, it’s very similar to the XPERIA X10 mini (though it’s 10mm taller at 93.5 x 52 x 15.8 mm and 81g). Although it appears to have the same UI as the X10 mini, it’s actually running a proprietary Sony Ericsson OS. The screen on the Yendo is a 2.6″ QVGA TFT unit.
The Yendo features a touch-enabled version of Sony Ericsson’s excellent Walkman interface along with Facebook, Twitter and Orkut integration. The Sony Ericsson Yendo is more like a Walkman with phone functionality added, so its specs are not very exciting in phone terms – dual-band GSM/EDGE, 2MP camera, Bluetooth with A2DP, FM radio and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Finally, the Sony Ericsson Cedar is from the GreenHeart line, complete with the Human Curvature design and recycled materials. It weighs just 84 grams and it features quad-band GSM/EDGE, 3G with HSDPA, a 2MP camera that can record VGA video at 30fps.
The Sony Ericsson Cedar boasts Widget Manager 2.0, which gives you access to social networks right from the homescreen.
The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8, Sony Ericsson Yendo and the Cedar are scheduled for release in the third quarter of this year.
At the Nokia Connection event in Singapore Nokia announced the social messaging and music focused Nokia X5-01. It’s an S60 3rd Edition handset in a vertical slider, with QWERTY keyboard, form factor, which gives it square shape when the slide is closed. The Nokia X5-01 is currently scheduled to be launched in Indionesia in Q3 at a price of €165 before taxes and subsidies.
The Nokia X5-01 expands the portfolio of mid-tier QWERTY devices from Nokia (slotting in between the X3 and E5). QWERTY devices may have originally targeted at the enterprise user, but in recent years they have become increasingly popular with consumers and have moved down the pricing tiers. The X5-01 is a great example of this, with its music and consumer-friendly social messaging focus at a very competitive price point.
Key hardware points
- Dimensions of 74.3 x 66.4 x 16.8 mm (113.4 cc) and 129g weight
- 2.36 inch QVGA screen (320 x 240)
- microSD card slot and 200 MB of internal memory, 128 MB RAM
- Quad-band GSM and tri-band WCDMA (850/1900/2100 Mhz or 900/1900/2100 Mhz) with WiFI (b/g) and Bluetooth 2.1
- 5 megapixel camera with LED flash
- Dedicated music hardware key, accelereomter enables ‘spin to skip’ feature (spinning phone jumps to a random music track), 3.5 mm audio jack, FM radio
Key software points
- Easy access to social networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Hi5) through shortcut or client applications.
- Multi-headed IM client (Nokia messaging for IM) gives access to Yahoo Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, Google Talk and Ovi Chat.
- Nokia Messaging (for email) gives easy access to email, inlcuding consumer ‘push email’ functionality.
- Access to Ovi Music Store for music purchase and download. Available as a Comes with Music handset in select markets.
- Additional Ovi services Ovi Store (applications and games), Ovi Share (share photos and videos) and Ovi Contacts.
The Nokia X5-01 will ship with Nokia X5-01 handset, Nokia BL-5F Battery (950 mAh), Nokia Travel Charger (AC-6), Nokia Headset (WH-102), Nokia 2GB microSD card (MU-37) and Nokia Connectivity Cable (CA-101D). It will be available in a range of colours including Pink, Azure, Graphite Black, Yellow Green and Purple.
Nokia have already announced the Nokia X5 TD-SCDMA device for China, but it has a completely different form factor. This reflects the fact that Nokia plan to have various models within the same naming series (as also seen with the C1 a fortnight ago).
The New York City-based QderoPateo launched a new augmented reality, social networking application for the iPhone 3GS (and I guess the iPhone 4) called WorldLenns. Touted by MobileMarketingWatch as “Foursquare on steroids,” it allows users to “tag the world.” As you walk around the city, event or wherever you happen to be, start WorldLenns and leave your two cents about that place. Don’t want to write – feel free to leave a photo!
Then, once other app users are around they’ll see someone has left a note/photo which they can read and/or leave their own comment or photo. And this is how users connect via WorldLenns.
This process of tagging, QderoPateo calls space SpaceTagging which creates a user-generated content database that is accessible for the other users. The content can be filtered by channel and by a radius distance of a specific location.
Finally, and this is how the company plans to make some money. In addition to the end-user features, WorldLenns also provides opportunities for consumer brands, sponsors, artists and entertainers.
WorldLenns (FREE) from iTunes.
Samsung just unloaded a whole lot of phones, running the gamut of Android, Windows Mobile, and Bada operating systems. For Android, there’s the Galaxy 3; for Windows Mobile 6.5, there’s the Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5; finally, for Bada, there’s the Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro. It’s quite an impressive spread to announce all at once, despite the all of the TouchWiz flying around. They’re also showing off the Beam projector phone, the Galaxy i5500 (named Galaxy 5), and the Galaxy S at the show. Let’s run down some of the specs for the new guys.
Galaxy 3 (I5800)
- Android 2.1
- 3.2″ 240 x 400 display
- Wi-Fi (b/g/n), 3G, GPS
- Bluetooth 3.0
- 3 megapixel camera with autofocus
- Available in Europe and Asia in July
Wave 2 Pro (S25330)
- Quad-band EDGE, GPS, Wi-Fi
- 3.2″ touchscreen
- 3 megapixel camera
- Slide-out QWERTY keyboard
- Bada OS
- Available August in Russia and Southeast Asia
Wave 2 (S5250)
- Quad-band EDGE, GPS, Wi-Fi
- 3.2″ touchscreen
- 3 megapixel camera,
- Bada OS
- Available August in Russia and Southeast Asia
Omnia Pro 4 (B7350)
- 2.6″ 320 x 320 touchscreen
- Dual-band 3G, Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth, GPS
- FM radio
- 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus
- Windows Mobile 6.5
- Available July in Europe, Europe, Southeast Asia, Russia
Omnia Pro 5 (B6520)
- Tri-band 3G
- 2.5″ 320 x 240 display
- 2 megapixel camera
- Windows Mobile 6.5
- Available August in Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, India, Latin America
