Samsung SGH i450: New Two Way Slider Phone like Nokia N95 with S60!

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To be announced really soon, official press photos of Samsung SGH-i450 are available now from mobil.idnes.cz. The i450 featuring a similar sliding design as Nokia N95. When you move the slider up a bigger speaker is unveiled instead of a media player control buttons.The Samsung SGH-i450 is a symbian smartphone, running S60 third edition. Comes with a 2-way slider, it will be announced for GSM Triband network and UTMS/HSDPA data connection. 2 megapixel camera is used on the phone, with an additional video call camera at the front.Unconfirmed Specification

Network: GSM Triband 900/1800/1900 MHz

HSDPA, UTMS, EDGE, GPRS

2.3″ 256k colors TFT (240 x 320)

Camera: 2 megapixel camera with flash

Secondary video call camera

Bluetooth

microSD card slot

1GB internal memory

MP3/AAC/AAC+/AAC+e/Real/WMA music player

FM radio receiver

USB 2.0″ More photos here:

Nokia and Microsoft to Deliver Windows Live Services to Symbian S60!

WiFiMobile.gif Nokia, the world’s largest mobile device manufacturer, and Microsoft Corp., a global leader in online communications and communities, have joined together to provide customers with a new suite of Windows Live services specifically designed for Nokia devices. Starting today, Nokia customers in 11 countries with compatible S60 devices can download the new suite enabling access to Windows Live Hotmail, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Live Contacts and Windows Live Spaces. Starting next year, customers who purchase compatible Nokia Series 40 handsets will also have access to these popular Windows Live services. Nokia and Microsoft are empowering the “mobile lifestyle” by providing mobile customers with easy access to their world of online relationships, information and interests. By enabling access to Windows Live services on both the Nokia S60 and Series 40 platforms using standard Web services protocols, our mutual customers will have the power to seamlessly move between contacts, e-mail, messenger, phone calls, text messaging, camera, gallery and browsing, all in an integrated way. “By taking advantage of the extensive and agile distribution network that Nokia has, we have the opportunity to bring the power of Windows Live services to Nokia devices, thus ensuring our customers can take their most important online information with them on the go,” said Jari Pasanen, vice president, Strategy and Technology, Nokia Multimedia.Nokia customers who own the Nokia N73, N80 Internet Edition, N95, N76 and the N93i can get the Windows Live services via the Download! application in the following countries: Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, U.K., Sweden, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Initially the service will be available as a free trial, and then customers in select markets wanting to continue using the service may be asked to pay a monthly fee.“The availability of Windows Live services for Nokia’s devices demonstrates our commitment to delivering great mobile experiences and extending people’s online lives — taking them from the PC to the device,” said Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of the Online Services Business at Microsoft. “The alliance will enable a much broader group of consumers to experience the benefits Windows Live has to offer, easily connecting them to the information and people that matter most from virtually anywhere.”Today’s announcement builds on the existing cooperation between Nokia and Microsoft, which integrated Microsoft’s Live Search for Mobile into the Nokia Mobile Search application. Nokia also plans to extend this service onto the Series 40 platform to enhance the search experience across a greater range of devices.

Palm to launch Linux based smartphone in October?


“Palm is expected to launch its first Linux-based smartphone in October, with the company likely to introduce more Linux models in the future, according to sources close to the company. Palm’s new smartphone will be based on the Linux platform developed for consumer devices by Wind River Systems – a continuation of cooperation between the two companies following Palm’s launch of its “mobile companion,” the Foleo, in the second quarter of this year, said the sources.The Palm Foleo, an on-the-go device which can perform functions similar to a UMPC (ultra-mobile PC), is also based on the Linux platform from Wind River.Palm’s new Linux-based smartphone will help facilitate Linux applications between the smartphone and the Foleo, the sources noted.Palm will also continue to cooperate with Microsoft to develop Windows Mobile-based devices, leaving the Palm OS (operating system) as a non-mainstream technology, the sources indicated.” via digitimes.com