Nokia X Android is the new Symbian?

Nokia has launched Android based smart phones, despite its partnership with Microsoft. It is a logical move, although people were still sceptical because after all Microsoft has stuck a deal to buy Nokia and the handset maker's devices should sport Windows Phone 8.

But then let's remember how Microsoft has been one of the largest software supplier for Apple computers, despite the epic silicon valley rivalry.

There will be three Nokia Android models to start with, the cheapest Nokia X which will rival Samsung Galaxy Y and Q-Mobile I think. Then Nokia X+ which will rival Samsung Galaxy Star, and finally Nokia XL which will compete with some models offered by Huawei etc.

 Bold, Confident, Colourful is what Nokia X like wants you to be, and I guess this is a rebirth of Asha platform with design guidelines from Lumia after dumping Symbian completely.

I strongly believe Android is going to replace Symbian on Nokia budget phones. Cheap phones are a big market for Nokia, in fact that's the only market segment feeding Nokia with some cash as the high end market is already swallowed by Samsung/HTC/Apple.

There is a special deal for Nokia X buyers, one month free Skype subscription. The terms and conditions of this deal are unclear but somehow there is a deal of some sort. I feel like this confusing deal will only confuse people because after all it's a confusing deal :)

Nokia even recommends which bluetooth headset you should use with Nokia X, so silly of Nokia marketers. They should know that Bluetooth headsets are soooooo out of fashion. Although Nokia BH-118 looks nice.

I'm not including the specifications of the phone in here, you may check those out at GSM Arena.
The price of Nokia X in Pakistan is also unknown for now, I will update it when its available.

Review and Specs of Nokia C2-01

Nokia C2-01 is a simple phone with 3G access, its the continuation of Nokia's strategy to flood market with low price average functionality cellular devices. Nokia C2 mobile phone contains a 3G internet access, which will make staying connected to your favorite social networks on the go easier.

Its a small newsroom inside your pocket, and a small email inbox as well. 3G internet definitely makes it fast, leaving traditional GPRS/EDGE far behind.

Upside:
Battery life is definitely a plus, no full blown smart phone out their gives you the battery life of these tiny phones.

Form factor of Nokia C2-01 is very small, that means very little burden inside your pocket. I sometimes hate the Samsung Galaxy S inside my pocket, its not as big as Nokia N9 but still when I'm not watching the videos the extra size of display kinda bothers me.
Camera in Nokia C2-01 gives you a pretty nice result with its 3.2 megapixel camera. Although a flash ain't there, but still you could take snaps in bright sunlight at least (I wonder where most of the Europe stands in this case).
Nokia is still giving out free Ovi mail accounts which can be used to keep in sync with all of your email accounts all at once.
Built in messenger is also present and provides connectivity with popular chat services like msn, yahoo, and google talk. Attaching photos to email, and sharing photos on facebook is also made simpler. Nokia Ovi store has got a whole slew of productivity apps and games which can be conveniently downloaded using high speed 3G internet connection.
2 Inch display area of this phone makes it even more interesting and easy to use.
Specifications of Nokia C2-01

Display and user interface
Screen size: 2"

Resolution: 320 x 240 pixels
Available colours
Black
Warm Silver
Memory
Internal memory: 46 MB (plus 15 MB for phonebook)
MicroSD memory card slot, hot swappable, up to 16 GB
Dimensions
Size: 109,8 x 46,9 x 15,3 mm
Weight (with battery): 89 g
Volume: 65 cc
Power Management
BL-5C 1020 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk time
GSM 8 h 45 mins
WCDMA 4 h 30 mins
Standby time
GSM 430 h
WCDMA 450 h
Data network
GPRS MSC32, max. 100 kbit/s DL / max. 60kbit/s UL
EDGE MSC32, max. 296 kbit/s DL / max. 177.6 kbit/s UL
DTM MSC11
WCDMA max. 384 kbit/s DL / max. 384 kbit/s UL
Connectivity
2 mm charger connector
Stereo Bluetooth version 2.1 with Enhanced Data Rate
USB charging
3.5 mm AV connector
Camera
3.2 megapixel camera
Extended depth of focus (EDOF)
Zoom up to 4x (digital)
Full focus
Fullscreen viewfinder
Others
Stereo Bluetooth 2.1 support
Series 40 software platform

Nokia N9 Meego OS based Smart Phone

The Rise Of Meego: Nokia N9 Goes Public

Nokia N9, Meego OS based smart phone everyone was waiting for is finally a reality. Meego is Nokia's Linux based last resort, which may save the sinking Titanic of Nokia (perhaps we should call it "NokiaTanic").  There are no hardware buttons on this device except power & volume control, looks like Nokia has realized the bitter truth finally thanks to iPhone.

There is no doubt that Finland based Nokia was a huge success before the arrival of iPhone. It stayed relevant in "post-iPhone" and "pre-Android" era as well. But now we clearly see it desperately struggling to survive the one and only almighty iPhone and  a barrage of Android smart phones. Anybody remember WP 7 tag line? Well it was something related to things people do commonly, and hubs and home screens etc etc. Nokia is trying to sale the same slogan once again, although in a different packaging. We got 3 home screens here, I wonder if it will make life easy or maybe complicate it for dumb iPhone users(as Android fans say), hence scaring away anyone who's thinking to join in from that club.

Nokia N9 Pre-loaded Application Software:

Be glad!!! your N9 sports a whole lot of application software out of the box!!! For example Vimeo, Twitter, and Skype. Vimeo is an increasingly popular video sharing service, although it lacks the financial support Youtube is enjoying. But still it's doing a good job, its inclusion in Nokia N9 can be considered Nokia's battle cry against Google. Although Nokia has already joined anti-google camp by joining hands with Microsoft Windows Phone 7.

Nokia N9 contains 3G for internet connectivity, and it lets other friendly devices to use its capabilities. It can become a Wi-Fi hotspot whenever you want. Many other smart phones can do the same by installing 3rd party software, but Nokia N9 is built with wi-fi Hoptspoting in mind. Nokia is giving us a free game as well, i.e. your's truly "Angry Birds".

We see google Latitude bundled with every Android device out there, Nokia is packaging Foursquare as a response. You could let your friends know your location anytime with your brand new Nokia N9 Meego OS based smart phone. Associated Press is always in your reach, as soon as you turn on your Nokia N9. Because it is pre-installed in this beautiful smart phone. Nokia N9 also brings daily weather reports to your pocket with AccuWeather application.

Nokia N9 is a device with killer looks, as you can see in the image above. It's available in blue, pink, and black colors.

They say the maps application on Nokia N9 will turn your smart phone into "the only guide you'll ever need". Most probably it will remain true until unless you got an iPhone or Android in your pocket.

 Nokia N9 heavily relies on Qt SK for application development. Applications can be easily downloaded from Nokia Ovi store. 
There are many more applications already available for Nokia N9 on Ovi store. But still we can't see many developers going mad writing Nokia N9 Qt based apps. Maybe TrollTech(the company which originally created Qt) should have never sold itself to Nokia. After all Nokia has got a bad repute for half baked love affairs with so many technologies (Sun Java, Adobe Flash). I don't think there will be any improvement in situation, because maybe Apple will launch its much rumored iPhone 5 shortly. Which will short circuit all the plans Nokia has got for sure.

At first they've made Angry Birds available with Nokia N9 but you know Angry Birds is out there for almost any platform, they even got a Google Chrome Application. And I'm damn sure we'll get a port for Nokia 3310 very soon :p ha ha ha just kidding friends.

Nokia N9 Upside:
Battery life is no doubt the best feature of Nokia N9, 50 hours of music playback is truly impressive. Nokia N9 video playback time is also wonderful, I can't believe N9 can keep on playing 720p video for 4.5 hours. Androids seriously need to improve on that.
Here's a nice Nokia N9 youtube video, it's got a point to make.



Nokia N9 Specifications:
Nokia N9 Memory:

1. 16 GB or 64 GB
2. RAM 1GB

Nokia N9 Talk Time and Battery Life:

1. GSM Talk Time 11 Hours
2. WCDMA (3g) Talk Time 7 Hours
3. GSM Standby Time 380 hours
4. WCDMA (3G) Standby Time 450 hours
5. Video playback time 4.5 hours (720 p)
6. Music playback time 50 hours

Nokia N9 Display:

1. Screen size: 3.9"
2. Resolution: 16:9 FWVGA (854 x 480 pixels)
3. AMOLED display
4. 16.7 million colours
5. Capacitive touch screen
6. 2.5D curved glass
7. Anti-glare polariser
8. Scratch-resistant Corning® Gorilla® glass
9. Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
10. Compass (Magnetometer)
11. Proximity sensor
12. Ambient light detector

Nokia N9 Data Networks:

1. GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
2. HSDPA cat 10 maximum speed up to 14.4 Mbit/s, HSUPA cat 6 up to 5.7 Mbit/s
3. WLAN IEEE802.11 a/b/g/n

Nokia N9 Camera:

1. 8 megapixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics
2. Wide-angle lens
3. True 16:9 imaging
4. Large lens aperture F2.2 for better and faster photos in low light conditions
5. Dual LED flash
6. Digital shutter
7. Continuous autofocus
8. Touch-to-focus and exposure lock
9. Focal length: 3.77mm / 28mm
10. F number/Aperture: F2.2
11. Still images file format: JPEG/EXIF/XMP
12. Digital zoom up to 4x for still images and video

Games:
Preloaded

1. Angry Birds Magic with NFC support
2. Galaxy on Fire 2
3. Real Golf 2011

Graphics Features

1. Support for OpenGL ES 2.0 enables 3D graphics
2. Use the accelerometer to play games

Package Contents

1. Nokia N9 all-screen smartphone
2. Nokia Fast USB Charger AC-16
3. Nokia Charging and Data Cable CA-185CD
4. Nokia Stereo Headset WH-901
5. Get started guide
6. Product information leaflet

Nokia N9 price in Pakistan?
We'll give you a price pretty soon, its not available as for yet.

Nokia C7 Astound Review and Specifications

T-Mobile brings Nokia C7 Astound to US, a Symbian smart phone offering by Finnish Cellular giant Nokia. Nokia C 7 Astound is an interesting move, and it is apparently one of the few last Symbian gadgets by Nokia Corporation. Nokia has established a good reputation with their Nokia N8 camera phone which Nokia claims is the best camera phone of the world right now, Nokia has definitely injected some of their N8 expertise into C7.

Apparently Nokia fused  Nokia C6-00 and Nokia N8, added a dual LED flash on the back and boom!!! came out Nokia C7 Astound. C7 is fully capable of shooting 720p HD video, and it's also got On Demand Web TV plus GPS.Nokia has been in love with Qt development platform for quite a while now, we know the "relationship" became more fiery after Nokia's acquisition of Troll Tech, the software company that gave birth to QT.Nokia C7 Astound is powered by Symbian^3 Operating System, everybody's well aware Symbian's future is a huge question mark now. The fog seems to be dissolved(and unleash a not so favorable result for Symbian) after Nokia shaking hands with Microsoft and agreeing that Nokia will create hardware for Microsoft Windows Phone 7.
Wi-Fi quality is expected to be good, but I don't have real user stories related to it yet. I hope we'll get a good deal of reviews soon. Maybe this phone will be a choice for people annoyed poor battery life of high end smart phones.

C7 contains a 680 MHz processor, and dedicated hardware for graphics with OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0 support. C-7 Astound also contains Accelerometer Sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Compass (Magnetometer Sensor).Looking at standard 3.5 mm jack I sometimes think why, why in the world were mobile hardware vendors inventing their own audio out connectivity standards? This nice touch phone won't be complete without a stereo bluetooth, in an age of wireless everything :) therefore Nokia has wisely included stereo bluetooth to the package.
The capacitive touch is pretty good than previous Nokia offerings, but still AMOLED display is not comparable to many Samsung Super AMOLED based devices.

OVI store is definitely present in this device, and maps are there as well. But the raw processing power inside this small stainless steel box is insufficient in my opinion. You know dual core smart phones like LG Optimus 2x, and Samsung Galaxy S2, Motorola Atrix are making the competition tough.

Specifications of Nokia C7 Astound

Screen Resolution	360 x 640
Screen Color Depth	24 bit
Screen Size	3.5
Display Technology	AMOLED
Device Size	117.3 x 56.8 x 10.5[2] mm
Weight	130 g
Display Touch Technology	Capacitive Touch
Maximum User Storage	350 MB
Mass Storage Memory	8 GB
NAND Memory	1 GB
SDRAM Memory	256 MB
WLAN	Wifi 802.11b/g/n
GBPower Management	2.0mm Charger Connector
USB ChargingBattery model	BL-5K 3.7V 1200mAh
GSM Talk Time	up to 9.6 hours
WCDMA Talk Time	up to 5.3 hours
Handsfree, audio out	3.5 mm

Price of Nokia C7 on T-Mobile USA is yet to be decided, its not listed on T-Mobile web site on time of this writing. But Amazon is selling unlocked Nokia C7 in $209.
What is the Price of Nokia C7 in Pakistan?
Price of Nokia C7 in Pakistan is 29000 rupees at the moment. This price of Nokia C 7 was quoted on a phone call, maybe if we go to market by ourselves we could get a deal around 27000/27500/28000. This was the price of brand new Nokia C-7 with one year warranty.


Concluding Suggestion:
Price of unlocked Nokia C7 Astound was $389 on time of this writing, which makes me think if you're spending $389 on a Symbian phone then why not get a better HTC Windows Phone 7 or Motorola Android phone by adding just $100 and spending a total sum of $499? Its nothing that would create thrill in market, its just another smart phone. So just wait for couple of months, and let the prices come down.
Apparently Nokia's somehow pulling itself together with models like Nokia E5, Nokia C3-00, Nokia X2-01, Nokia C6 which is pretty interesting though.


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Review and Specs of Nokia C6-00

C6-00 Nokia Review

Nokia C6-00 is the elder brother of Nokia C3-00, Nokia C6-01 will be hitting the market very soon as well. C6-00 is playing a very important role in Nokia's dooms day game plan.



Buy Nokia C6-00 Unlocked


We all know Symbian is badly beaten by Apple iOS, Google propelled Android (Andy), RIM's Blackberry OS. Most probably Windows Phone 7 will join the club soon, at least that's what Microsoft's propaganda machine is trying us to believe in.

The C6-00 features a slide out QWERTY keyboard, and a 3.2 inches touch screen. Although, its not capacitive touch but still its better than Nokia's C3-00. Nokia C3-00 features an awesome 5 mega pixels camera as well, and the result is pretty nice. Camera is accompanied with an LED flash, the C6-00 also makes geo-tagging a possibility. Camera software sports face and smile detection system.

Nokia C6-00 also supports the all time well known OVi app store, and allows you to install various applications.
What are the available colors for Nokia C6-00?
Black, and White and believe me both are awesome.
Nokia C6-00 has got the looks, but the software it runs on is pretty old and nothing comparable to iOS or Android etc. And the processor is very week, a 437 MHz of muscle is nothing comparable to Snapdragons hidden inside Windows Phone 7 and many Andy(Android) devices. Snapdragon is a 1 GHz processon, more than double.

There is a major difference between C3-00 and C6-00, it is that C6-00 is a Symbian S60 based device whereas C3-00 is a less capable S40 series device.
Nokia C6-00 contains many other interesting features which are  front-facing camera for video calling, Wi-Fi, HSDPA, Assisted-GPS and stereo Bluetooth. An accelerometer is also built in to do automatic screen rotation, alarm snoozing and call silencing.
The 128 MB memory combined with the limited processing power inside the box appears to worsen matters, as soon as the new device charm factor ends the user finds that the phone is not good at even opening images and going though video galleries.
Nokia C6-00 runs on a 1200 mAH Li-ion batter, which gives up to seven hours of talk time and can stay on standby for 17 days. 
An overview of Nokia C6-00 Specifications or specs is given below.
Nokia C6-00 definitely supports Micro SD memory card up to 16 GB.
One very good decision by Nokia people is that they are now making phone with standard 3.5 mm audio jack, that means you can plug any stereo and any head phone in your home into Nokia C3-00 or Nokia C6-00 or Nokia E72.



Dimensions
Size: 103.8 x 52.5 x 13.9 mm
Weight (with battery): 131 g
Volume: 65 cc




Keys and input methods
Touch screen
Slide out QWERTY keyboard
Dedicated camera key



Display and user interface
Nokia ClearBlack display for improved outdoor visibility
Screen size: 3.2"
Resolution: 16:9 nHD (640x360 pixels) AMOLED
16.7 million colours
Capacitive touch screen
Orientation sensor (Accelerometer)
Compass (Magnetometer)
Proximity sensor
Ambient light detector



Power Management
BL-5CT 1050 mAh Li-Ion battery
Talk-time (maximum):
GSM up to 720 min
WCDMA up to 290 min
Standby time (maximum):
GSM up to 420 h
WCDMA up to 380 h





Data Network
GPRS/EDGE class B, multislot class 33
HSDPA cat 9 10.2 Mbps
HSUPA cat 5 2.0 Mbps

WLAN IEEE802.11 b/g/n
TCP/IP support
Capability to serve as data modem
Support for MS Outlook synchronisation of contacts, calendar and notes




Connectivity
Bluetooth version 3.0 with Enhanced Data Rate
High-Speed USB 2.0 (micro USB connector)
3.5 mm AV connector
Micro USB charging
FM radio
2.0mm charging connector



Memory
microSD memory card slot, hot swappable, max. 32 GB
2 GB microSD memory card included
Internal memory: 340 MB user memory



Software platform & user interface
Symbian ^3 for Nokia
Java MIDP 2.1
Qt 4.6.2, Web Runtime 7.2
HTML 4.1
Software updates Over the Air (FOTA) & Over the internet (FOTI)
Flash Lite 4.0
OMA DM 1.2, OMA Client provisioning 1.1



Applications
Nokia Messaging, Social, Ovi Maps with free , Lifetime navigation, Ovi Store, Nokia Ovi Suite, Cmail, Ovi Suite 2.2, Web TV, Games


The price of Nokia C6-00 in Pakistan is currently Rs. 18500. It is a nice phone in the end.


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• C6-00 Nokia price in in Pakistan is 18500 rupees.
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• C6-00 Nokia price in in Australia is 215 AUD.

The Nokia C6-00 Poem 

Real friendship isn't a big thing, it's a million little things
Like the little things that get us through the day
Nokia C6, staying close has never been so easy
Experience the joy of being close and in touch even when apart
Bring your closest friends and family to your homescreen
Priortise 4 or up to 8 contacts
Be in sync, know instantly what's going on
With updates on your homescreen
So you know when someone needs your attention, and a little boost
All your favorite chat accounts in one place
Choose your preferred way to respond spontaneously
Setup all your favourite email accounts
Homescreen widgets to help you stay connected
Convenience of touch screen, with easy to use QWERTY keyboard for quick typing
So you can stay in touch with your friends and family, whenever, wherever
Because what matters most in life is Close Friendship


Nokia C6: Staying close has never been so easy :)

Alternatively, The Nokia C6 poem can be called Nokia C6 Song or some might like to call it The Nokia C 6 Rhythm :) 


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