Day: September 4, 2008

“According to symbian-freak, they have already obtained a new firmware for Nokia N95 8GB. The software update file is to be ran from your PC directly, but not from the Nokia Software Updater service. It is not sure if this version 30.0.010 is the final release version, symbian-freak has posted the change log for this updates. You might be able to find download link for version 30.0.018 too.
New features:

• Maps 2.0 (e.g. Pedestrian navigation, Traffic info, Multimedia city guides, satellite imagery)
• Full N-Gage
• Nokia Search 4.0 with Google plug-in
• Share on Ovi
• Enablers for “Comes With Music”
• Mosh & Ovi Bookmarks added to Browser

Changes/Improvements:

• Download! application updated (v 3.1.50)
• New baseline for Startup settings
• New baseline/upgrade to Music Player
• Baseline update for Flashlite3 (improved viewing of sites like YouTube)
• Current consumption improvements (for e.g. WLAN scanning)
• New baseline for VoIP (with significant error corrections)
• General error corrections” via slashphone.com

“Today at ITU Telecom Asia, Spb Software, the world’s leading maker of Windows Mobile software, releases Spb Online to mobile network operators. Spb Online is a set of premium online services for 3G networks that stimulates subscriber uptake of mobile entertainment. Spb Online makes the following services easily accessible from handsets.

• Mobile TV
• Online Radio
• News
• Weather
• Online Games
• On-device Catalog

Spb Online radically changes the on-device user experience, functioning as a clear single entry point to advanced online services from mobiles, and allows mobile network operators capture multiple benefits from 3G networks:

• Increased ARPU
• Branding through fully customized content and UI
• Improved subscriber loyalty through quality mobile experience

Spb Online, with its breakthrough patent pending TV technology and unparalleled on-device usability, is a solution that tackles the issue of weak user interest in multimedia services, fuels subscriber content discovery, and unlocks the potential of 3G. “We are a proven partner of mobile operators through our customisation and usability products,” — emphasizes Sebastian-Justus Schmidt, Spb Software CEO. — “and we now see a great future for Spb Online, which is set to be a strategically important product for the industry.” Currently Spb Online is available as a solution for mobile operators. Spb Online will be released to end-customers later this year. Mobile operators are encouraged to download Spb Online for internal testing and evaluation from the Spb Online download page.

“Today LG unveiled the successor to its popular Viewty touchscreen handset, the new KC910. The KC910 is what LG is touting as the only 8 megapixel cameraphone with a full touchscreen interface as well as the thinnest 8 megapixel cameraphone , thanks to its slim 13.95mm profile. LG’s new flagship handset has a large 3” WQVGA (400×240 pixel) touchscreen display that promises to provide users with a high-quality multimedia experience when it comes to both photos and videos. Speaking of video, the KC910 is capable of recording clips with frame rates ranging from 5 to 120 frames per second, meaning that it can make videos that run faster than normal as well as those that slow down fast action to a more easily viewed pace. None of this would be possible, of course, without the KC910’s Schneider-Kreuznach lens equipped camera, which has an effective ISO rating of up to 1600 and is backed up by a true xenon flash.Other features found on the KC910 include an A-GPS module for navigation as well 3G HSDPA data connections for up to 7.2Mbps of download speed. WiFi is also on board for further data convenience.LG has said that it will provide further specs, including the cellphone’s “pet name”, in the near future. In any case, LG says that the KC910 will be available for purchase in October of this year.” via mobileburn.com