Samsung Mobile Attempts Guiness World Record for Fastest Text Messaging While Skydiving

On December 19, at team of 10 skydivers attempted to set the Guinness World Record for fastest test messaging while skydiving. The team used five different Samsung Mobile messaging phones with full QWERTY keyboards. The challange was captured in the air with two aerial videographers plus two more cameras on the ground.The entire team took two jumps and landed safely. Samsung Mobile is sending the video to Guinness judges to determine if the record was sent and they expect confirmation in the coming months.

Phones used include: Samsung Propel, Samsung Alias, Samsung Gravity, Samsung Rant and Samsung Messager.

Video and Picture Taking Test on the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

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Nokia E63 Unboxing Video

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Home Screen Shortcuts Preview

Official Nokia 5800 XpressMusic Handwriting Training Video

S60 Tip: Sending Applications, Themes to Another Phone

Want to send applications or themes from your phone to another phone? Watch and learn...

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HTC Touch HD - 'Car Chase' Commercial

Funny AT&T Go Phone Christmas Gingerbread Commercial

Eyesight's Touchless Interface for Mobile Phones Demo

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Element Case Review and Unboxing For The iPhone 3G

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Nokia Group Calendar Widget - Send Free Text Messages, Share Your Calendar

Nokia Handwriting Calculator Application for the 5800 XpressMusic & Other Nokia Touchscreen Devices

Quick Tour of the Nokia Image Exchange Application From Beta Labs

Features:

Automatic Account Creation

You only need to allow Image Exchange to use network connections and it creates an account for you automatically. Your account is tied to your mobile phone number.

You can sign-in to the web service with the created account credentials.

Automatic Back-Up and Sync

Image Exchange transfers all images from your mobile to your private web account. No manual uploading is needed. Images added to your web account are transferred to your mobile.

The changes to image information are kept in sync between web and the mobile.

Instant Sharing

Image Exchange utilizes your existing contacts and adds other Image Exchange users automatically to whom you can share your images with. No configuration is needed.

Shared images are pushed to your contacts in a few seconds.

Keep Up With Your Friends

People who are in your contacts and whose contacts you are in, are shown under People-menu. You can access your friends' latest images easily and are informed when they have either published or shared new images.

In similar fashion, images that you publish or share appear under their People-menu automatically.

Upload & Download

Web interface allows you not only to browse images but upload new ones. New uploads are transferred to your mobile for viewing.

As all your images are stored on your web account, you are free to download them to your PC, Mac or Linux via supported web browsers.

Standalone Gallery for S60

Image Exchange functions as a fast standalone image gallery for supported S60 devices. Browse images on a timeline, mark your favorite shots and skim through your images quickly in grid.

Download it here

Shop Savvy Application Demo on HTC Google Android G1 Using Barcodes

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Nokia XpressMusic 5800 Promo Ad

Nokia E63 Review (3 of 3) - Applications, Text Input, Themes, Camera

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Nokia E63 Review (2 of 3) - UI and Browser

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Nokia E63 Review (1 of 3) Design, Dialling & Contacts Overview

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Incase iPhone Power Slider Case Review

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AT & T's Pantech C630 Video Unboxing

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Ivyskin Quattro T4 Case Review for The iPhone 3G

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How to Install Nokia Comes with Music

Nokia 7610 Supernova Theme Colorizer Live Demo

New Device Prevents Driving While Texting, Talking on Mobile Phones

A new automobile ignition key can prevent teenagers from talking on cell phones or sending text messages while driving.

The invention, by researchers at the University of Utah, is called Key2SafeDriving and is aimed at cutting down on road deaths. It relies on Bluetooth technology to wirelessly connect keys to phones.

"The key to safe driving is to avoid distraction," says Xuesong Zhou, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who co-invented the system with Wally Curry, a University of Utah graduate now practicing medicine in Hays, Kan. "We want to provide a simple, cost-effective solution to improve driving safety."

Motor vehicle accidents are the fifth leading cause of all deaths in the country. Among teens, however, motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death.

Studies by other researchers at the university have shown that driving while talking on cell phones is as dangerous as driving drunk. Several states have banned phoning and texting while driving, particularly for novice drivers. While statistics are difficult to come by, one estimate made prior to the rise in popularity of texting held that cell phone distraction causes 2,600 deaths and 330,000 injuries in the United States every year.

The university has obtained provisional patents and licensed the invention to a private company that hopes to see it on the market within six months at a cost of less than $50 per key plus a yet-undetermined monthly service fee, according to a statement released today.

Lower insurance

Zhou says that "at any given time, about 6 percent of travelers on the road are talking on a cell phone while driving. Also at any given time, 10 percent of teenagers who are driving are talking or texting."

The setup could help parents secure lower insurance rates.

"Using our system you can prove that teen drivers are not talking while driving, which can significantly reduce the risk of getting into a car accident," Zhou said.

If things go as planned, the technology may be licensed to cell phone service providers to include in their service plans, said Ronn Hartman, managing partner of Accendo LC. The Kaysville, Utah, company provides early stage business consulting and "seed funding." It has licensed the Key2SafeDriving technology from the University of Utah and is working to manufacture and commercialize it.

Hartman envisions gaining automobile and insurance industry backing so that Key2SafeDriving data on cell phone use (or non-use) while driving can be compiled into a "safety score" and sent monthly to insurance companies, which then would provide discounts to motorists with good scores. The score also could include data recorded via Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites on the driver's speeding, rapid braking or running of lights, which are calculated by comparing the driver's position with a database of maps, speed limits, stop lights and so on.

How it works

The system includes a device that encloses a car key - one for each teen driver or family member. The device connects wirelessly with each key user's cell phone via either Bluetooth or RFID (radio-frequency identification) technologies.

To turn on the engine, the driver must either slide the key out or push a button to release it. Then the device sends a signal to the driver's cell phone, placing it in "driving mode" and displaying a "stop" sign on the phone's display screen.

While in driving mode, teen drivers cannot use their cell phones to talk or send text messages, except for calling 911 or other numbers pre-approved by the parents - most likely the parents' own cell numbers.

Incoming calls and texts are automatically answered with a message saying, "I am driving now. I will call you later when I arrive at the destination safely."

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Red and All Black Version of The Nokia E71 Live Pictures

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Spotted at this year's Nokia World, the red version sports silver chrome accents while the black sports black chrome accents. Both variants come with their own custom color themes to match the exterior.

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LG Cookie KP500 Unboxing Video

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Where to Buy a $99 iPhone? Wal-Mart!?

Apple's red-hot iPhone will soon be available at what might seem an unlikely place: your local Wal-Mart. And you might see it there at one of the store's legendary "Everyday low prices''— $99.

Bay Area Wal-Mart stores will have the iPhone in stock by the last week of December, and maybe before Christmas, said managers and employees at several stores.

"It's going to be very soon," said Mark Blome, store manager of the Wal-Mart on Albrae St. in Fremont. "Originally they were going to release it before Christmas, but they can't them that fast to us."

Employees at different stores said the company had been holding special meetings with workers who will be selling the iPhone to give them details on the launch.

"I'm excited," said Lina, the manager of the wireless department at the Mountain View Wal-Mart, who attended one of the meetings. She declined to give her last name.

Wal-Mart will be the fourth major retailer in the United States to carry the iconic phone. Originally, consumers could only purchase it in Apple and AT&T stores. Best Buy began selling the device in September.

The iPhone currently comes in two versions: one with 8 gigabytes of memory that sells for $199 and one with 16 gigabytes of memory that sells for $299. Both phones are only sold with a two-year service plan that costs at least $70 per month.

Some online Web sites recently reported that Apple will offer a special 4-gigabyte version for $99 through Wal-Mart. Most Wal-Mart employees contacted Friday either didn't know about such a model or said that Wal-Mart would not be carrying one.

But Kim Nguyen, who is the department manager of the cell phone department at the Milpitas Wal-Mart, said she was told by an AT&T representative that her store would be getting a 4-gigabyte model. She also said the store was supposed to get some iPhones two days before Christmas.

"They're trying to push it before Christmas because they know how people will want it for Christmas," she said.

Media representatives at Wal-Mart's corporate office in Bentonville, Ark., declined to confirm the impending rollout of the iPhone in company stores.

"We have not made any official announcement," said Ashley Hardie, a company spokeswoman.

Representatives for Apple and AT&T, the iPhone's exclusive U.S. service provider, also declined to confirm the rollout.

The move would place one of the hottest tech devices on the shelves of the nation's largest retailer. Wal-Mart has some 4,000 discount, supercenter and Sam's Club stores in the United States, nearly all of which have a wireless sales department, said company spokesman Dan Fogleman.

It's unclear whether stores nationwide will be selling the iPhone. But at least two stores in upstate New York expect to have the device at about the same time as local stores, employees of those locations said.

Getting the iPhone into Wal-Mart should be a boon to Apple, industry and financial analysts said. By offering the gadget through the giant discount retailer, it will reach an audience that may not frequent the stores where the device is currently sold, they said.

"The upscale market has already been addressed," said Shiv Bakhshi, who covers the wireless industry for research firm IDC.

And the deal makes sense in the current economic environment, he said. Wal-Mart was one of the few retailers whose sales increased last month, a dismal one for retail business as a whole.

"Especially in a market that's headed for a recession, you want to go to the places where people are still shopping, where they're looking for deals," Bakhshi said.

But even if Wal-Mart does sell a $99 iPhone, the high service charges may cause shoppers to balk, said Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney.

"Unless they've done something with AT&T to get the monthly rate down, that's going be a real tough sell for lot those (Wal-Mart) shoppers," Dulaney said.

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Another Blackberry Storm Screen Scratch Test

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BlackBerry Storm Screen - Knife, Keys Scratch Resistance Test

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Surgeon Performs Amputation With the Help of Text Messages, Saves Life

Text messages are being credited in helping save the life of a 16-year-old in the Democratic Republic of Congo when a surgeon performed an amputation using surgical instructions sent to him.

A British surgeon amputated a teenage patient's left arm using instructions that a colleague sent via text messages, according to the U.K. Daily Mail. The teen initially received an amputation just below his shoulder after a hippopotamus bit him. The boy, identified only as J, had suffered from a severe infection after the partial amputation and had just a few days to live, the doctor told the newspaper.

Dr. David Nott said he did not know how to amputate the infected part, and he asked his colleague Meirion Thomas for instructions via phone messages. Nott was unable to reach Thomas by phone or e-mail, but Thomas did respond to a text while away on vacation. Thomas sent two replies containing instructions and encouragement.

Thomas called the procedure "easy" and wished Nott luck, but Nott told the Daily Mail that he believed the teen stood an 80% chance of dying.

Nott said that the potential for complications was "enormous." With a pint of blood, a scalpel, forceps, and minimal anesthetic, Nott removed the entire shoulder, including the scapula. Nott performed the surgery in October while working for the French group Doctors Without Borders. He relayed the story during an interview with the Daily Mail this week. The experience was one of many horrors Nott recalled during his time in Congo, which is at war.

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MySpace Launches Mobile Video Streaming Service, iPhone Not Supported Yet

MySpace is launching a mobile video streaming service that lets members of the global social-networking website watch favored snippets on the move.

News Corp-owned MySpace teamed with video coding specialty firm RipCode to create a way to let people use Internet-linked "smart phones" to watch videos they uploaded to MySpace profiles or mark as "favorites" at the website.

"Video is a natural next step for us in mobile," said Mobile for MySpace vice president John Faith.

"MySpace will continue to grow our video library as we increase delivery channels in order to keep pace with our users' accelerating desire for video consumption."

MySpace says its new video streaming service works with most popular handset models but has yet to be adapted to Apple's hot-selling iPhones.

Apple uses "progressive downloads" of video in iPhones, meaning digitized data must be downloaded to handsets before viewing can commence.

The free service, which is in a beta test phase, uses RipeCode technology to stream video in real time to individual mobile devices on-demand instead of calling on people to download files for storage in handset libraries.

"As the volume of video grows and the number of mobile devices supporting video continues to expand, companies have to find alternative solutions to deliver content to their customers across multiple screens," said RipeCode chief executive Brendon Mills.

MySpace Mobile at m.myspace.com boasts about 10 million monthly users.

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Nokia Games and the N97

The Future of Nokia Games for 2009

The Future of Nokia Maps Promo Video

Talking With the Nokia N97 Designer, Eguchi Shunjiro

Hardware Overview of The Nokia N97

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Nokia N97 vs Nokia N96 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 vs T-Mobile G1 vs Blackberry Storm - Specs Fight

Size and weight

N97: 117.2 x 55.3 x 15.9 mm, weighs 150g

N96: 103 x 55 x 18 mm, weighs 125g

Xperia X1: 110.5 x 52.6 x 17.0 mm, weighs 158g

G1: 117.7 x 55.7 x 17.1 mm, weighs 158g

Storm: 112.5mm x 62.2 mm x 13.95 mm, weighs 155g


Interface

N97: Touchscreen (not multitouch) and full QWERTY keypad

N96: Numerical keys and media buttons

Xperia X1: Touchscreen (not multitouch) and full QWERTY keypad

G1: Touchscreen (not multitouch, but it’s possible) and full QWERTY keypad

Storm: Multitouch touchscreen with haptic feedback



Camera

N97: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash, plus DVD quality video recording

N96: 5 megapixel Carl Zeiss with dual LED flash

Xperia X1: 3.2 megepixel with photo light

G1: 3.2 megapixel, no flash or light

Storm: 3.2 megapixel with LED flash


Connectivity

N97: 3G HSDPA, GPS (with digital compass), WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth

N96: 3G HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth with AVRCP, DVB-H (for all the good it is)

Xperia X1: 3G HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, A2DP Bluetooth

G1: 3G HSDPA, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth,

Storm: 3G HSDPA, GPS, A2DP Bluetooth with AVRCP



Cut and paste

N97: Yes!

N96: No

Xperia X1: Yes!

G1: Yes!

Storm: Yes!



Storage

N97: 32GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB

N96: 16GB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB

Xperia X1: 400MB, expandable via MicroSD

G1: 256MB, expandable via MicroSD

Storm: 128MB, expandable MicroSD up to 16GB



Battery

N97: 320 mins talktime, 400 hours standby

N96: 220 mins talktime, 220 hours standby

Xperia X1: 360 mins talktime, 640 hours standby

G1: 300 min talktime, 130 hours standby

Storm: 330 mins talktime, 180 hours standby



Display

N97: 3.5” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 640 x 360 pixels (16:9 widescreen format)

N96: 2.8” TFT with up to 16 million colours, 240 x 320 pixels

Xperia X1: 3.0” 65k colour TFT, 800 x 480 pixels

G1: 3.2” 65k colour, 480 x 320 pixels

Storm: 3.25” 65k colour, 360 x 480


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Nokia N97 - Viewing Pictures in the Gallery

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Recording 16:9 Widescreen Video Using the Nokia N97

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Nokia N97 vs Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Live Pictures

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Nokia N97 vs iPhone Live Pictures

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Nokia N97 Hands-On Live Video Demo

Nokia N97 Demo Video Out!

The Nokia N97: Difficult Choices - Design Wise, With Trade-Offs

Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone maker, unveiled the N97 on Tuesday, a new flagship model with a large touch screen which it hopes will bolster its smartphone offering.

The Finnish handset giant hopes the new model will inject new life into its line-up of N-series multimedia phones, a former trademark of cutting edge technology that has seen few innovations lately.

"This is really the start of the new N-series ... really kicking off the next wave," Jonas Geust, vice president of Nokia's Devices unit, told Reuters in an interview, adding touch screens and full-qwerty keyboards will be key features in the new wave of products.

"What would there be these days without touch ... Touch for this category of devices is going to be important. Qwerty is also going to be important," he said.

The battle for a bigger share of the smartphone business has heated up since Apple introduced its iPhone last year, and all vendors are seeking a bigger slice of the market, which is set to continue growing despite gloom in the wider markets.

Nokia was the last major handset maker to introduce touch screen phones following the runaway success of iPhone. Last month Nokia started to sell its first such model and it has promised to introduce touch screen models across its portfolio.

Nokia continues to dominate the global market for smartphones -- handsets with computer-like features like e-mail -- but it sold less of them in the third quarter than a year ago, losing market share to Apple and Blackberry-maker RIM.

Nokia's ailing position in the high end of the mobile phone market worries investors and analysts as this is expected to weigh on the Finnish group's profit margins.

The new N97 is a direct rival to Sony Ericsson's X1 and HTC's Touch Pro -- which both use Microsoft's Windows software -- and analysts said by the time it goes on sale more direct rivals will likely have appeared.

"It might give Nokia a little edge, but it's six months until this reaches the market," said Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi.

Nokia said the new phone is expected to retail for prices similar to the N95 and N96 when these were first introduced. The N97 is scheduled to reach markets latest in June next year.

Nokia introduced its last major N-series hit, the N95, in 2006 and started its sales early last year. To date it has sold more than 10 million N95s, creating revenues of several billion euros.

"Nokia faced difficult choices with the N97. It tried to cram in lots of different technologies such as a touch screen, full qwerty keyboard and plenty of memory, but it had to make trade-offs in its size and features," said Ben Wood, research director at CCS Insight.

"It has ended up with a relatively thick device that lacks some of the benchmark features expected in flagship products in mid-2009," he said.

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Its Official: Nokia Launches the N97 QWERTY Touchscreen Phone

Barcelona, Spain - Nokia today unveiled the Nokia N97, the world's most advanced mobile computer, which will transform the way people connect to the Internet and to each other. Designed for the needs of Internet-savvy consumers, the Nokia N97 combines a large 3.5" touch display with a full QWERTY keyboard, providing an 'always open' window to favorite social networking sites and Internet destinations. Nokia's flagship Nseries device introduces leading technology - including multiple sensors, memory, processing power and connection speeds - for people to create a personal Internet and share their 'social location.'

"From the desktop to the laptop and now to your pocket, the Nokia N97 is the most powerful, multi-sensory mobile computer in existence," said Jonas Geust, Vice President, heading Nokia Nseries. "Together with the Ovi services announced today, the Nokia N97 mobile computer adjusts to the world around us, helping stay connected to the people and things that matter most. With the Nokia N97, Nseries leads the charge in helping to transform the Internet into your Internet".

Sensing your 'So-Lo'
The Nokia N97 introduces the concept of 'social location'. With integrated A-GPS sensors and an electronic compass, the Nokia N97 mobile computer intuitively understands where it is. The Nokia N97 makes it easy to update social networks automatically with real-time information, giving approved friends the ability to update their 'status' and share their 'social location' as well as related pictures or videos.

Widescreen - Internet and entertainment
The home screen of the Nokia N97 mobile computer features the people, content and media that matter the most. Friends, social networks and news are available by simply touching the home screen. The 16:9 widescreen display can be fully personalized with frequently updated widgets of favorite web services and social networking sites. The Nokia N97 is also perfectly suited for browsing the web, streaming Flash videos or playing games. Both the physical QWERTY and virtual touch input ensure efficiency in blogging, chatting, posting, sending texts or emailing.

The Nokia N97 supports up to 48 GB of storage, including 32 GB of on-board memory, expandable with a 16 GB microSD card for music, media and more. This is complemented by excellent music capabilities, full support for the Nokia Music Store and continuous playback time of up to 1.5 days. The Nokia N97 also has a 5-Megapixel camera with high-quality Carl Zeiss optics, 16:9 and DVD quality video capture, and support for services like Share on Ovi for immediate sharing over HSDPA and WLAN.

The Nokia N97 is expected to begin shipping in the first half of 2009 at an estimated retail price of EUR 550 before taxes or subsidies.

Surprise! It's the Nokia N97?!

Someone just posted a pic of the N97 at the mobile review forum...is this the new phone that will be launched minutes from now at Nokia World? Let's wait and see...

Update: Press Release

N97 Video Demo Out!
N97 Live Hands-On Video Demo

Nokia Countdown Timer Up Again for Nokia World 2008

With the Nokia countdown timer up again for the "Nokia World 2008" event, there are a lot of speculations (most people believe its an N-Series) on what product will be launched, most especially because no one in the internet world has uncovered any leaks, which has always been the bane of Nokia product launches.

Here's a report by Reuters:

Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, will unveil an "interesting" phone to strengthen its product and service offerings later on Tuesday, a company official said late on Monday. "There's going to be some interesting hardware," said Udo Szabo, a senior manager for Nokia's service business, in a speech at a Mobile Monday industry networking event. Analysts expect Nokia to unveil new smartphones at the annual Nokia World media and industry conference in Barcelona on Tuesday. The expected launch has created a buzz on the Internet, but unlike many other mobile phone announcements no pictures of the new products have been leaked. Nokia added on Monday also a countdown timer to the Internet page for Nokia World, something which has in the past indicated company's major announcements.

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