New Gadgets

Nokia has recently launched their Nokia Lumia 800 Windows Phone devices in markets other than the US, so how are they holding up? Well, according to Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop, the response to these new Windows Phones from Nokia have been pretty good so far.

“The reaction is remarkably positive,” Elop said in Barcelona at a conference organized by Morgan Stanley yesterday. “We need to introduce the experience to consumers to get them to try it because we know once they try it they will like it.”

Stephen Elop also predicts that demand for Windows Phone devices will start to pick up once Microsoft begins rolling out their Windows 8 platform, which will also feature the trademarked tile system that many Windows Phone users have come to know. Granted Windows Phone devices aren’t as powerful in terms of hardware compared to Android and the iPhone, but given that Nokia is a well established brand for mobile phones, coupled with Microsoft’s backing and funding for marketing, it would be very disappointing to see Nokia and Windows Phone flop.

We know that AT&T and Nokia are in talks about bringing Nokia’s Windows Phone devices to the US next year, so hopefully with the possibility of 4G LTE connectivity on Windows Phone devices will make adoption of the platform and handsets more favorable in the US. In the meantime you can check out our review of the Nokia Lumia 800 here.

It took Three UK six months to bring the Nokia E7 to its customers, but better late than never, as the E7 is one good Symbian^3 smartphone.

The carrier is offering the Nokia E7 smartphone for free with a new two-year £40 per month agreement called The One Plan.

Potential customers who wish to avoid being tied with a long-term contract can purchase the smartphone on PAYG (Pay As You Go) for £449.99.

With the ‘The One Plan’ that is offered with the Nokia E7 customers get 2000 minutes (anytime, any network), 5000 texts, all-you-can eat data, 5000 Three-to-Three minutes, Voicemail, as well as free PAYG SIM for a friend.

Those thinking of ordering the Nokia E7 from Three UK should be aware of the fact that the earliest delivery for the Symbian^3 smartphone is Friday, 6 May 2011.

As the carrier states, this is a time limited offer that will expire on May 31st.

It is worth mentioning that the carrier also throws in Free delivery for every customer who buys the E7, as well free Skype-to-Skype calls.

However, when clicking on the ‘Pick’ link, the correct image of the Nokia E7 is displayed.

As a side note, Nokia E7 is already available for UK customers, who can purchase the smartphone directly from Nokia’s webstore for £499 off-contract or £469 on PAYG (Pay as You Go). Check out in-depth Nokia E7 review for more info on deals and offers.

Those who are not bothered by a long-term contract can obtain the E7 for free from T-Mobile and Vodafone with a new £35/month two-year agreement.

During its regular conference Apple announced that 10 million iPhone were sold in 2008 calendar year, since last month has been sold more than 6.8 million iPhone 3G. Executive Director of Apple, Steve Jobs said: “Apple has surpassed RIM! And RIM – a quality company selling quality products. Apple became the third largest global supplier of mobile phones.

iPhone 3G together with Apple TV brought $11.7 billion revenue and $2.4 billion profit. But given the status of the Apple TV, this profit is largely a credit to iPhone.
Nokia and Samsung are the first and second handset manufacturers respectively, and RIM sold 6.1 million BlackBerry smartphones at the moment.

Nokia has paid 264 million Euros to buy Symbian Limited. The transaction took place in connection with the advertisement of the new open Symbian platform and Symbian Foundation.”This is a crucial step in our strategy of software development,” said Olli-Pekka Kallasvo, executive director of Nokia. “Symbian has already become the leading open platform for mobile devices. Through this acquisition and the establishment of Symbian Foundation, it will undoubtedly become the most attractive platform for phones in the near future. “

Symbian Limited is a company that develops Symbian OS, the market leader in producing mobile operating systems. Mobile devices that operate on Symbian OS make up 60% of the market, which is about 200 million phones that is 250 different models from 8 manufacturers. In the development of Symbian OS are involved more than 4 million people.
By the end of 2011 all the documents will be ready after which, all Symbian employees will become employees of Nokia.

Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Nokia, and NTT DoCoMo announced their intention to merge S60, UIQ, Symbina OS, and MOAP in order to create a single open mobile platform. In addition to the above brands, AT & T, Samsung Electronics, Vodafone, LG Electronics, Texas Instruments, and STMicroelectronics will also join this project.
These large, powerful mobile giants plan to adopt the position of the Symbian Foundation, an open platform, which has grown on the basis of Symbian Limited.

To create the Foundation, Nokia acquired the remaining assets of Symbian Limited. Motorola and Sony Ericsson announced the transfer of the technology UQI, and DoCoMo – MOAP. The new platform will be available in the near future.
Nigel Clifford, Symbian CEO said: “Ten years ago, Symbian was established by visionary people who wanted to provide the entire mobile industry on advanced open operating system. We want to become the most used OS on the planet, and today the Symbian mobile phone market has no equal. ”
President of Sony Ericsson, Dick Komyama, added: “Gross operating platform, which wants to provide the Foundation, will allow producers to turn their attention to the technical characteristics of the phones. Sony Ericsson believes that the Symbian Foundation platform will ease manufacturers lives, giving them the opportunity to provide more innovation and quality applications.”

Gadget called Universal Solar Cell Phone / iPod Charger will charge your cell phone or iPod MP3-player, using solar energy. Thus you will make a contribution to improving the ecology of our planet.
The device is very small and it’s easy to carry with you anywhere, even in pockets.
It can charge the following models of iPods: iPod Shuffle, iPod Nano, iPod Mini. And there are inputs for charging mobile phones of the following companies: Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Siemens, Motorola and Blackberry.
Universal Solar Cell Phone / iPod Charger can be bought for $90.

If you are tired of matted pile of wires and the various charges and you often cannot find what you were looking for – do not worry. The Italian design bureau Italdesign Giugiaro, offers his own solution – a universal Messless Charger.

The device has a lot of adapters, so you can charge Smartphones iPhone, MP3 players iPod, Nokia and Sony Ericsson phones, as well as gadgets with mini-USB input. In addition, the device can charge portable gaming consoles, digital cameras, etc.

But that’s not all: the charger itself, in fact, is a large dock, where up to 4 gadgets can be placed simultaneously. In other words, if you have a big family or you use all the gadgets at once, the decision of the Italians will be useful in such situations. With the help of Messless Charger you can charge laptops and other electronics, which require a higher voltage.

The size of Messless Charger is 20x20x6, 5 inches, its weight is 485 grams. You can have such a device for 70 British pounds sterling (about 113 U.S. dollars).

The world-famous Finnish company Nokia, the manufacturer, which mobile phones are almost in all pockets, in collaboration with scientists at the University of Cambridge have developed the concept of a unique technology, and introduced the mobile of the future Nokia Morph. This unusual phone can be folded, stretched and put together as you like. This unusual ability of the phone is explained by the use of nanotechnology.

The new gadget Nokia Morph has a flexible color touch display. Another advantage is the ability of working on solar energy and analyzing the conditions of the environment and giving this information to the owner. Translucent plastic shell of the gadget looks more like an unusual eraser than a mobile phone.

But, only some elements of the Nokia Morph concept will make its customers happy after 7 years. And if you want to look at the development of scientists and to see the gadget of the future with your own eyes, go to New York, the Museum of Modern
Art. Everybody can see the miracle technology in real at the Design and the Elastic Mind exhibition.

FreeLoader Pro is a wonderful gadget that can be a good present for everybody. This is not the first charger, running on solar panels, but the compact size and functionality is very beneficial to distinguish it from other similar devices.

FreeLoader Pro, in folded condition, has the size of the entire 15h6, 3×2 cm, and while opened – 23,8 x6, 3×2 cm. This gadget is able to charge anywhere where there is sun, almost any modern portable electronic devices: mobile phones Nokia, Samsung, LG, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, Blackberry and iPhone, portable game console Nintendo DS Lite and Sony PSP, most of today’s media, portable DVD-players, virtually all PDAs, the devices for reading electronic books and digital cameras.

In case your digital friend is discharged at night, FreeLoader Pro has a built-in battery with a capacity of 1600 mA / h, and if necessary, it can serve as a universal charger, operating from the USB-port.