Quad-speaker Nokia X7-00 leaks on video, runs on Symbian^3 (tech, news, report, leak, preview, Auckland, launch)

Nokia X7-00 is the next device to join the Symbian^3 gang. A leaked video shows a touch-based device with four speakers and similar hardware and software like the C7.  http://tiny.cc/x700


Additional information can be unearthed from the Czech forum, which is the source behind the leak. It seems that the Nokia X7-00 processor, graphics and RAM is the same as those of N8.
As you can see Nokia X7-00 also has the similar measurements and screen size, but again the camera department is less than stellar - a fixed-focus 8 megapixel camera plus a dual-LED flash. It's unclear whether the screen will be a ClearBlack AMOLED or the AMOLED used in C7.

Anyway, the most interesting thing about the X7-00 is the four speakers it's got one in each corner. We are sure lots of music geeks will appreciate this.

We guess the official announcement should take place soon.

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Mobile Phone Tech Preview: Nokia N8 With 12 Megapixel Digital Camera (report, Auckland, North Shore, "Nokia Repair"

Nokia N8 emphasizes its camera and imprinted particularity of be first device functioning Symbian ^ 3. Indeed terminal, Nokia integrates a sensor 12 megapixel embellished signed Carl Zeiss optic and a Xenon flash. The camera succeeds recording movies 720p HD. Nokia N8 confronts Best compact cameras although remains lacks zoom optic.  It feels solid in your hand as it is only 4.8 ounces in weight.  It feels just about the same as its rival Apple iPhone 4 except the N8 is slightly thicker.

This hot new model packs with cool features such a 12 megapixel sensor, powerful Xenon flash and the famous Carl Zeiss lens. All you Nokia lover can expect to see the N8 on Vodafone's shelves during Christmas 2010.  Nokia will selling this model worldwide starting October 2010.  Rumors has it that Telecome New Zealand will be retailing at $1,099 and perhaps lower if you sign up with a plan!  The scratch-resistant, anodized-aluminum case gives the N8 the looks of a highend product.

Real center entertainment portable device allows user watch videos acting HD Dolby Digital Plus surround. The device is smartphone touchscreen rather conventional articulated on display touch capacitive 3.5 inch REFERENCE resolution 640 x 360 pixels. Output HDMI allows connecting a external television. Comprises a receiver GPS which allows fully exploit Free software geolocating Ovi Maps.
User will notice the N8's new software, called Symbian^3 updated from the previous Nokia software.

Has 16GB internal memory for archiving, expandable to 32GB with card reader microSD. In connectivity the device is 3G quadri-band WiFi and Bluetooth. Nokia N8 also offers Web services TV programs, news and entertainment provided by CNN, E! Entertainment, Paramount and National Geographic; further content Web TV local available upon Ovi Store. Nokia N8 will launched on third quarters 2010
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Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani preview (tech, news, report "Samsung Repair", Auckland)

Introduction

Well, here's for the next phone courtesy of the joint efforts of Giorgio Armani and Samsung. Third in line, it's meant to be the perfect companion for Armani's suits and more importantly, for the executives that wear them. Let's face it, a high-street fashion label phone is all about the statement and a little less about the functionality. The Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani phones however, delivers on both and it does that with a charm of its own.

Honestly, when we first welcomed the review sample in our office, we were a bit put off by the large size, which seemed to make the golden highlights design even louder aesthetically. However we guess that in the fashion accessories worlds, being loud is the best way to attract the much sought-after attention.

After all, the B7620 is not tacky, it's just plain golden to our taste. And as you probably remember, our fearless editors don't mind dipping their feet in stores full of gold mobiles. So here goes, our quick preview of the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani as we briefly took it out for a spin.

Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani at a glance:
General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1900/2100 MHz, EDGE class 10, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Form factor: Slide-and-tilt full QWERTY touch phone
Dimensions: 118.5 x 58.3 x 16.4 mm, weight 164 grams
Display: 3.5" 16M color (65K effective) resistive AMOLED touchscreen of WVGA resolution
OS: Windows Mobile 6.5, TouchWiz 2.0 UI, Work&Leisure mode switch key
Memory: 8GB built-in storage, 192 MB RAM, hot-swappable microSD (up to 16GB)
CPU: 800 MHz processor with dedicated graphics accelerator
Camera: 5 megapixel auto-focus, with dual LED flash and VGA video at 30 fps
Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV out
Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support
Battery: 1500mAh Li-Ion battery
You can easily tell - just by looking at the Samsung B7620 Giorgio Armani model name - that's it's a really close relative to the already available Samsung B7610 OmniaPRO. Well, there are some hardware differences, of course. The new Armani phone can tilt its screen and has 8 gigs worth of internal storage, but it comes with a slightly larger footprint and doesn't have the 3.5mm audio jack of the OmniaPRO. Still, as you can see, they're almost like twin brothers.

But let's have a nice look of the new Armani phone by Samsung on its own, after all, it's the start of today's show.

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Windows Phone 7 OS review: Start from Scratch! (mobile, phone, news, report, tech, Auckland)

Introduction

A modern smartphone OS needs to be balanced - drawing on excellent cloud services and standing on the cutting edge of software. The Windows Phone 7 OS is nothing like Windows Mobile. It's got a trendy, almost magazine-like new look, and it is incredibly simple to use despite its different approach to just about everything.

   

Windows Phone 7 has a brand new interface

Microsoft received a loud collective boo when it revealed that Windows Phone 7 will not support multitasking. But the company is trying to break the mold here. Instead of making a playground for apps, it made WP7 the “killer app”. Anything extra that you install just integrates in and extends the relevant features.

They must’ve sat down to think. A complete makeover or start from scratch. In an odd way, it looks like they never actually made up their mind. That doesn’t matter though. The important thing is Windows Phone 7 is breaking loose from its “Windows Mobile” heritage and changes everything about itself – from the homescreen to the very nature of apps.

 

Key features:

Premium mobile OS (high minimum hardware requirements)

Clean, uncluttered interface with distinctive design language

Easy and thumbable user interface

Smooth operation with cool animations and transition effects

A fresh start with no legacy support needed

Backed up and developed by one of the largest software companies in the world

Excellent MS Office mobile implementation

Top-notch social integration

Excellent cloud services integration (SkyDrive, Windows Live, Xbox Live)

Wireless syncing of multimedia content

Internal memory expandable via microSD card slot (where available)

Main disadvantages:

No system-wide file manager

No videocalling

Limited third-party apps availability

No Bluetooth file transfers

No USB mass storage mode

No multitasking

No copy/paste

Too dependent on Zune software for computer file management and syncing

No music player equalisers

No Flash or Silverlight support in the web browser

No sign of free Bing maps Navigation so far

No DivX/XviD video support

No internet tethering support

New ringtones available only through the Marketplace

Swapping memory card requires hard reset; cards not readable by computer

Microsoft is not fossilized in their own mythology. They are finally looking competitive in the apps and services part of smartphoning and Windows Phone 7 is their ticket out of the mold.

Bing has evolved and is perhaps drawing people away from Google Search. Bing Maps even beats Google Maps on some counts (Bird’s eye view is so much better than the plain top down view). The Windows Live Messenger got social with Facebook integration. Even the new Internet Explorer 9 beta is impressive – you know, for an IE iteration, at least.

We know what you’re thinking: we came here for the Windows Phone 7 review so where is it and why should we care about Microsoft’s new services? But you should. Because Microsoft has made their new Windows Phone 7 the perfect mobile platform for accessing all of their online services.

Bing Search and Maps are a part of the OS, rather than apps, so are Xbox Live and the Zune Marketplace. And the new Internet Explorer mobile is starting to make up for years of embarrassment.

    

The Zune Marketplace • Games with Xbox Live integration

If you’ve got a traditional app-centric approach, you need to figure out what app does what. The downfall is that related content gets handled by vastly different apps, which complicates things. Enter Microsoft’s solution to the issue.

The center of the new mobile experience are the so-called Hubs – they herd together related stuff from the Web, from apps and from services.

   

The People hub knows what’s new with Dexter

In Windows Phone 7, the People hub puts together the usual phone contact info with the social networking stuff. In short, everything about someone you know can be found here. Sure, Sense UI and MOTOBLUR for example are doing the same magix on Android OS. But Windows Phone 7 applies this whole concept to all the other features, not just the phonebook. And it’s the stock interface, not some third-party software enhancement.

The well-though OS however is not without its downsides. You can see we've got a really long list of disadvantages up there, but Apple iOS and Google Android had even longer ones at launch - not to mention the superior hardware that WP7 debuts on. It's also good to know that Microsoft engineers are already working hard on fixing those up in further updates to the OS. For instance, they promise copy/paste functionality in the first months of 2011. We hope they've got many more of those in the pipeline. So hold your horses with the bashing and hop on on the guided tour to Microsoft's latest mobile OS, because it's nothing like you've seen before and it deserves the benefit of a doubt at this early stage

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New Palm Pre 2 may keep the old design, but will boost the specs (mobile, phone, news, report, Auckland)

The French carrier SFR published some information on the yet unannounced Palm Pre 2. According to the published ad, the new phone will keep the recognizable curved design, but will have a 1Ghz CPU.


SFR already removed the article from its website, but the information has already escaped in the wild. Palm Pre 2 should pack a Cortex A8 1GHz processor and 512MB RAM (like Pre Plus). It is supposed to run on the new webOS 2.0.

We don't know if keeping exactly the same design is a good idea, but there is nothing certain yet. We'll hold our thoughts until the official announcement.

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Android, Apple iPhone 4: What is Super WiFi? (Tech, news, report, Auckland, "iPhone Repair")

The FCC just cleared a path for a new generation of "Super Wi-Fi" technologies. Sounds great! But what the heck is Super Wi-Fi?  http://tiny.cc/superwifi
Super Wi-Fi is still Wi-Fi...
It's not as though Super Wi-Fi is some entirely alien concept. For all intents and purposes, it's Wi-Fi! The same kind of wireless data transmission you use around your apartment or at the office or waiting in line at Starbucks. It's just much, much more powerful.

...but on a new spectrum...
As John explained previously, pretty much all Wi-Fi activity takes place on the same 2.4GHz or 5GHz frequencies. For the first time in 25 years, though, the FCC has opened up a sizable new block of unlicensed spectrum, this time between 50MHz and 700MHz.
...that lives in between your TV channels...
Ever since television went entirely digital, folks like Google have been lobbying, literally, to free up the airwaves between channels. The so-called "white spaces" would otherwise have been lying around unused or been subject to prohibitive regulatory precautions.

...that's much more powerful than what we have today...
Unlike current Wi-Fi airwaves, whose reach can be measured in feet, the spectrum that would carry Super Wi-Fi would be able to travel for several miles because of that lower frequency. Through brick walls, even—something your Linksys really struggles with. You can also anticipate download speeds of 15Mbps to 20Mbps—about as fast as a cable modem.
...that shouldn't interfere with your regularly scheduled programming...
Back in 2008, when the white space plan was first approved, the biggest concern was that using these airwaves for data transmission could interfere with TV signals. To mitigate those fears, white space devices will be required to query a special geolocation database, ensuring no signals are crossed.

...and that will have (literally) far-reaching benefits...
The advantages are already apparent. Google, for instance, already has a trial running in a Logan, Ohio hospital that's giving first responders and the hospital grounds alike super-speedy broadband. Wilmington, NC uses white-space to send real-time feeds from traffic and security cameras. And eventually, you would potentially be able to access your home Wi-Fi from several blocks away.
...though maybe not for a while.
So far, most of what we know about how the white space will be used is based on conjecture. There may be some proof-of-concept devices early next year at CES, and there may be more mass production of products in a year or two. But the first Super Wi-Fi projects are likely to be medical, municipal, large-scale. How long it takes for us to be always connected from anywhere and anything? That's up to the inventors and entrepreneurs to decide.   

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro review: Mini Me... ssenger (tech, news, report, update, "David Lim", Auckland)

Introduction  http://tiny.cc/xperia10

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro will have to stand on its toes to be seen but it doesn’t have to yell to be heard. Small and boxy, this certainly is not just another mobile phone. The X10 mini pro will impress many with the degree of miniaturization.

And it’s not just a likeable chubby – the X10 has the element of surprise on its side. It hides a capable keyboard behind its back and you wouldn't guess it's a full-featured smartphone from a first glance.

Even though there are so many Minis around – and no less Pros – the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini pro doesn’t risk getting lost in the crowd. Ironically, it’s the diminutive size that makes it prominent enough. A fact’s a fact: full-QWERTY smartphones just don’t get any smaller than that. By the way, did you notice that boxy and squarish messengers are on the rise lately? You can’t help it – market trends call the shots.

Four of a kind is not bad at all for Sony Ericsson and their Android operation. They have a funny thing going on though. They just keep zooming out on the XPERIA X10. So is the next thing we’re likely to expect from them an X10 wristwatch?

Key features

Ultra compact body

Physical slide-out QWERTY keyboard

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support, 3G with HSPA

Customized Android OS v1.6 with Timescape UI

2.55" capacitive touchscreen of QVGA resolution

Qualcomm MSM7227 600 MHz CPU

5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash and VGA video recording

Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g

Built-in GPS receiver and digital compass

Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and turn-to-mute

Standard miniUSB port for charging and data

Stereo Bluetooth with A2DP

microSD card slot with support for up to 8GB (a 2GB card included)

3.5mm-compatible audio jack

Android market

User-replaceable battery (as opposed to the X10 mini)

Main disadvantages

QVGA resolution doesn’t do Android graphics justice and limits the number of compatible apps

Dated OS version

Limited Android homescreen functionality

No alternative battery covers bundled

No smart dialing

No Bluetooth file transfers from the gallery

No Flash support for the web browser

Basic camera interface and features

Web browser lacks intuitive zooming methods

The XPERIA X10 mini had to be as compact as possible and Sony Ericsson do deserve credit for keeping most of the functionality intact. A valuable feature was inevitably sacrificed though. Proper text input is all but essential in a modern smartphone and the XPERIA X10 mini pro is going to do something about it.

The X10 mini pro has grown in all directions but it’s a matter of mere millimeters – a negligible price for what you get. The extra space has also allowed Sony Ericsson to make the battery user-replaceable. Not that this was a critical flaw for the X10 mini but users were right to complain. It’s now been fixed in the pro.

We did like the original Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini, and this was in no small part due to its cute smallness. The mini pro is perhaps even more impressive. If you’ve seen and held the X10 mini in your hand, the idea of a full QWERTY keyboard would’ve seemed less than brilliant. But Sony Ericsson did it and it looks like they did it right.

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