Sony S series and E series Walkman player price and specifications

August 31st, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in Sony

Sony Announced brand new Walkman music and video players on S Series and E series range .Walkman series is Sony’s answer to Microsoft Zune , Apple iPod touch Philips Go gear and Sandisk Sansa portable music and video players . The same Sony technology that delivers awesome sound quality in Sony Ericsson Walkman phone is used in E Series and S Series Walkman players .Both these players are available on variety of new colors ,and on 8GB and 16GB storage sizes. They have QVGA LCD screen with 2.4 inch ( S series) and 2 inch (E series ) capable of playing videos upto a maximum of 30 fps . S series Walkman player is little bit more advanced with more screen size ,video formats and music playback time . The E Series on the other side will be an entry entry Walkman player with lower price .

Sony S series and E series Walkman players uses Sony Clear Audio technology to deliver superior sound quality .

Sony S Series Walkman specifications:

Sony S Series Walkman includes a 2.4 inch fast responsive QVGA LCD screen display with 30 fps video playback . There is an FM tuner and recorder . S Series offer 42 hours of music playback through headphones and 17 hours through external speakers . The video playback time is 6.5 hrs and 5 hrs respectively as in each case above. This model ranges only less than a half inch in thickness , and is extremely lightweight . There is iTunes support to sync with Windows or Mac OS and transfer music and video file easily . The new S Series Walkman also opens JPEG images along with common audio and formats like MP3, WMA(DRM), AAC ,AVC (H.264/AVC) , MPEG-4 and WMV(DRM).

Sony S series Walkman Specifications .

Eseries Walkman drops the screen size to 2 inch in size .The music and video playback are 30 hours and 4 hours respectively . E series Walkman plays less number of formats when compared with S Series . Few of the supported formats are MP3, WMA(DRM), AAC(non DRM) and WMV(DRM) .

Sony S series and E Series Walkman price in India :

Sony Series and Eseries Walkman music players will be available from next month onwards ,in 8GB and 16 GB models with color options lack, red, violet or pink . S series Walkman will cost $110 and $130 respectively for 8GB and 16GB models (5300-6300 India price). E Series Walkman having a cut in specs cost only $80 (3800 INR) and $100 (4600 INR) in each case .

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LG KM900 Arena sales crossed one million mark

August 30th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in LG

KM900 Arena is an iPhone alike touch screen phone released by LG this year . This was the first phone to get newly deigned S-Class user interface used in latest LG phones . LG KM900 Arena specifications includes a 3 inch capacitive touch screen with accelerometer , 5 mega pixel camera ,8GB built in memory ,FM radio with transmitter , 3G ,TV-out ,Office document reader ,WLAN DivX support , Bluetooth and GPS . The moderate pricing of this phone attracted many customers like what happened in the case of the LG Cookie . While LG Cookie crossed the 5 million marks in sales , KM900 Arena just made it to the millions .

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Nokia N900 specifications price and India launch dates

August 27th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 84 Comments | Filed in Nokia

Nokia Today announced Nokia N900 internet tablet based on Maemo 5 Linux platform .Maemo 5 Linux is new generation mobile touch platform with speed and facilities which for the first time going to get introduced in Nokia N900 . We earlier covered the expected specifications and price of the New Nokia N900 internet tablet . But the code name Rover disappeared on official Nokia press release . This phone is going to be the next flagship model of Nokia ,after N97 . Like N97 , Nokia N900 internet tablet is specially built device for accessing internet and allied services on mobile phones . It will have a massive 3.5 touch screen ,32GB inbuilt memory ,GPS,WLAN and powerful 5 mega pixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics Tessar lens and slide out QWERTY keyboard . Maemo 5 enables Nokia N900 to provide internet experience on Firefox powered mobile browsers .Nokia N900 along with Nokia 5530 ,5230 and N97 Mini will be the main attraction at upcoming Nokia world on September 2009 .

Nokia N900 internet tablet official photos :

As you can see in the photos , Nokia N900 will have a qwerty keyboard and kickstand just like in N97 . There is 3.5 inch touch screen ,5 mega pixel camera and 32B inbuilt memory . The the difference is revolutionary new Maemo 5 Linux OS .Traditional the Nokia internet tablet were using of Maemo Linux OS . As per Nokia , the Maemo 5 Linux platform has the capability to deliver computer like speed and performance into mobile computing . N900 will be internally powered by TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor with PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 for graphics support . This processors along with 1GB additional application memory will provide PC like multi-tasking capability to N900 . The large 3.5 inch wide high resolution WVGA touch screen will provide great internet experience on Mozilla based Maemo web browser with Flash and JavaScript support .
Nokia N900 connectivity features include Bluetooth with A2DP ,WLAN and 10/2 HSPA and Class 32 GPRS .There will be Integrated assisted GPS system which uses installed Nokia Ovi maps . N900 camera is just another Nokia 5 mega pixel autofocus camera with Carl Zeiss optics . Don’t think that there will be a shortage of applications if you go for Maemo 5 Linux . Nokia N900 internet tablet comes with inbuilt applications like PDF reader ,File manager ,RSS reader ,image editor ,Nokia messaging for email and IM ,photo editor ,calender ,maps and support for downloadable games and widgets .

Nokia N900 technical specs:

3.5 inch touch-sensitive widescreen display .
Integrated GPS with Nokia Ovi maps support .
N900 ‘s 5 megapixel autofocus camera will have LED flash with 3* digital zoom . Images at (2584 × 1938 pixels) ( Video recording at up to 848 × 480 pixels (WVGA) and up to 25fps .
Processors :TI OMAP 3430: ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX with OpenGL ES 2.0 support .
Memory :Up to 1GB of application memory (256 MB RAM, 768 MB virtual memory)
32 GB internal storage ( expandable upto 45 GB via card slot )
BL-5J 1320mAh battery.
TV out ,WiFi ,Bluetooth ,3G ,EDGE
Color :Only black
Maemo media player plays all popular video and audio files .
FM transmitter and Receiver .

Nokia N900 box will contain :

Nokia N900,Nokia Battery (BL-5J),Nokia High Efficiency Charger (AC-10),Nokia Stereo Headset (WH-205),Video out cable (CA-75U),Nokia charger adaptor (CA-146C),Cleaning cloth

Nokia N900 price and launch dates:

Nokia N900 will be officially released at Nokia world on September 2009 . It will be available all over the world from October for a price of 500 Euro . So in India the price of N900 would be around the launch price N97 ,that is 34000 INR.

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Microsoft OneApp for mobile

August 26th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in Software

Microsoft announced the development of an all in one mobile application ,OneApp for accessing its services like Bing ,Windows Live messenger as well social websites like Twitter , Facebook from GPRS and 3G powered mobile handsets . Apart from this ,OneApp also includes games ,web applications and custom user built mobile application using OneApp software developer kit that is expected to be available in coming months . .Microsoft OneApp is designed to work will medium low end mobile phones to high end phones .The size of the applications is only 115KB, and will consume only very little memory . The application will have cloud support and data compression technologies to make it work perfect with internet enabled mobile phones . More details and launch date of Microsoft OneApp will be available soon . Keep subscribed to our newsletter as we provide download links when developer version emerges .

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Nokia 5230 touch phone launched

August 25th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 71 Comments | Filed in Nokia

Nokia today announced Nokia 5230, a very cost effective mobile device into their Symbain S60 V5 touch series. Nokia 5230 is so far the lowest priced Nokia touch phone. This phone limits its price from predecessors like N97, 5800 Xpress music, 5800 navigation, N97 mini, Nokia X6, and 5530 Xpress music by avoiding WiFi and degrading the camera quality to only 2 mega pixel . Apart from camera, Nokia 5230 specification includes a large 3.2 inch TFT touch screen with accelerometer sensor and on screen keyboard, upto 16GB expandable storage, assisted GPS and exceptional 33 hours of music playback with 1320 mAh battery. Nokia 5230 will be available in 2 colors black and white, which can be further selected on the basis of 5 other colors of back frame. Nokia 5230 is also compatible with high speed 3G and EDGE networks.
Nokia 5230 photos

Nokia 5230 specification :

Nokia 5230 is powered by the latest Symbian S60 V5 OS that is used in flagship models like 5800 Xpress music, N97 and N97 Mini. Though the music tag is not there, Nokia 5230 appears to be a good music phone. It includes quick music playback keys, supports storage of 16 GB and provides 33 hours of extensive music playback. Nokia 5230 music player comes with audio controls and equalizers for manual adjustment of sound output.

As you can see in the image, Nokia 5230 has media bar that can be used to access Ovi store,Youtube , galleries, and other favorite applications right from the phone home UI. There is also a contact bar that has the capability to include thumbnail images upto 20 contacts. You can slide this to make make phone calls and send massages .

Other notable features of Nokia 5230 :

2 mega pixel camera without autofocus1(600×1200 pixels and video recording at 30 fps) .
70 MB internal memory .
Bluetooth with A2DP .
Assisted GPS with Nokia Ovi Maps .
No WLAN.
FM radio with RDS .
3.2 inch wide 360 x 640 pixels TFT resistive touchscreen with support for 16M colors, accelerometer and hand writing recognition .
Class 32 GPRS.
Full function web browser with WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds support .
Standard Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery with 7 h talk time and 7 h 432 h stand by time .
Office document reader and photo editor.

Nokia 5230 smartphone package includes.

Nokia 5230 phone.
Free voucher to download 10 songs.
Nokia high efficiency charger.
Nokia battery BL-5.
Plectrum Stylus
User guide

Nokia 5230 price in India:

Nokia recently launched 5230 smartphone in India. Most of us use our digital camera for taking pictures. In this sense, the 2MP camera provided with Nokia 5230 is OK. There is GPS, 3G, expandable memory and wide variety of color designs to choose from. So the specifications of this device justify with the price announced by Nokia. The latest market price of Nokia 5230 in India is 8399/- INR.

Update: Nokia today announced Nokia 5235, a phone with similar specification and price of 5230.

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Nokia Booklet 3G specification price and launch date

August 24th, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in Nokia

Nokia today announced their first netbook after 25 years of mobile manufacturing success. Nokia calls its portable computer as Nokia Booklet 3G . Its just another Windows XP based Netbook like Acer Aspire One series ,Sony Vaio NW etc. Nokia Booklet 3G comes with exceptional power management features .As per Nokia ,the device would be able to hold charge for about 12 hours with full battery .We earlier covered Acer timeline series laptops with impressive 8 hour battery backup . Having 12 hour on specs ,the device will at least provide 10 hour’s of battery backup .Like any netbook ,Nokia Booklet 3G specification includes an Intel Atom processor with 512 MB L2 cache . The device will be built on an ultra-portable aluminum chassis which totally weighs about 1.2kg .


Nokia Booklet 3G images

Nokia Booklet 3G specification :

Intel Atom processor with 512 MB cache .
Memory 1-2GB RAM .
10 inch HD ready screen .
120-160GB hard disk
Windows XP professional SP3

Being a netbook ,Nokia Booklet 3G gives more importance to connectivity and networking features . There is 3G ,WiFi,Bluetooth front video calling camera and HD video out through HDMI port .Nokia Booklet 3G will have integrated access to recently launched Nokia Ovi store and GPS support though Nokia Ovi maps .There will be Nokia Ovi suite pre-installed to connect and sync the device with Nokia smartphones .

Nokia Booklet 3G launch date and price :

Nokia Booklet 3G specifications , launch date and price will be announced in Nokia World congress on September 2 2009 .

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ICICI ,Citi and HDFC bank mobile applications

August 23rd, 2009 by Mobile Blog Team | 1 Comment | Filed in Software

Mobile and internet banking are growing at a faster rate all over the world . Recent studies showed that more than 40% of banking transactions in Japan , US and other developed nations are through internet enabled mobile handsets . Almost all private and nationalized banks in India offer internet banking .Among which , ICICI ,Citi ,HDFC and SBI , SIB ,AXIS banks offer customized mobile banking solutions . The private banks like ICICI ,HDFC and Citi proved their extra edge on technology by launching Java based mobile applications ,that further provides more security and options to mobile banking experience .All these applications are capable of checking account balance ,credit-debit card details , doing fund transfer ,loan-insurance payment , bill payment etc .

ICICI imobile mobile banking application :

ICICI’s mobile banking solution is named as iMobile . A link to download imobile application can be obtained by sending an SMS IMOBILE to 5676766 from any GPRS enabled handset . This Java application is capable of running on small as well as high-end mobile devices . First you need apply for ICICI internet banking through your local branch . The details of mobile banking ,PIN number and further details can be collected from the bank representative after activation .ICICI bank customers can transfer upto 5000 INR per day to ICICI and other bank accounts . They can pay their mobile bills and insurance premium up to Rs 10000 per day from each account .Account Balance , demat/loan details ,credit card purchase history all can be accessed from the same application . ICICI banks iMobile application is free service for all existing customers of the bank.

HDFC bank ngpay mobile banking application :

HDFC bank mobile application ngpay (next generation pay) can be downloaded from here . Like ICICI imobile ,HDFC customers should first apply for internet banking and InstaQuery from their Local HDFC branches . After activation they can download the mobile application and access all HDFC bank services from mobile . They can pay mobile bills, book railway tickets ,plan travel through Makemytrip ,Yatra ,Deccan and other partners ,check bank balance , transfer funds to another account or debit cards,pay credit cards and insurance premiums ,shop for products and pay online.

Citi bank mobile application :

Citi bank is not much popular bank (in India) like ICICI and HDFC .Customers who opt for mobile banking should first register for internet banking and provide their mobile number . After activation they can download Citi mobile application by sending an SMS MBANK followed by last 4 digits of their Citi Bank Debit/Credit card number to 52484. The download URL will be then despatched via another SMS . Citibank mobile is currently available for Citi branch banking ,Suvidha and Credit Card Customers . They also provides mobile banking facilities discussed above .

These mobile banking softwares are officially provided by ICICI , Citi and HDFC banks . But customers should contact the respective branches before providing their account information to these applications .

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