Pictures of the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet are now emerging and Engadget has the scoop. "We're still waiting for the press release, but that's Nokia N810 Internet Tablet in the fo' realz. Yeah, sexy is an understatement. We peeped this model in a spyshot back in July and appears to be the same lovely recently revealed by the FCC. The obvious improvement to the N800? The full QWERTY."
Nokia shows off S60 with it's new touch interface
Wow Nokia show off the S60 with Touch INterface and it's an exciting concept being shown at the Symbian Smartphone Show and is focussed around their new touch interface and should give the iPhone a run for it's money. "Today at the Symbian Smartphone Show Nokia showed S60 running with a touch interface. The touch interface will support both finger and stylus input, has full multi lingual support, has support for tactile feedback (haptics) and is backwardly compatible with the existing S60 platform. Read the full story for and to view the video showing S60 Touch running on some concept devices. "
The full Nokia press release on the S60 is below:
"As Internet is entering into the core of mobile experiences, Nokia continues to implement new innovations for S60 on Symbian OS(TM), the market leading smartphone software, to develop the best possible mobile experiences for people. S60 will introduce new features that enhance the user experience and enable manufacturers, developers and operators to design new types of mobile devices, applications and services. The touch user interface in S60 smartphone software offers licensees the opportunity to develop devices with a variety of input methods, whether it is a touch screen with a traditional keypad, touch screen with a qwerty keyboard or touch screen alone, supporting both finger or stylus optimized input, in addition to the range of access options that already exist today. S60 touch user interface comes with support for tactile feedback, which means that there is a physical pulse and feedback when the user taps on the screen. This provides better awareness of the device's response improving the user experience. Existing S60 3rd Edition applications will run on touch enabled devices unmodified. Tools will be made available for developers to further optimize the touch experience of their applications. From motion and orientation to proximity and light, sensor technology is expanding to new areas and shaping the future for mobiles. S60 brings sensor support to the platform as a generic solution enabling support for a range of sensors in S60 devices. These technologies open up a new kinetic world to the user and offer completely new opportunities for application and game developers. Also, the new UI Accelerator toolkit will allow device manufacturers to develop rapidly and easily impressive graphical effects and new types of interactions, further increasing the user appeal and excitement. S60 will be the first mobile software platform to deliver the complete Web video experience as Flash Video will be integrated with the Web Browser for S60. This allows people to view on the go Flash-enabled Web sites and Flash Video, such as YouTube, as they would do on their desktops. S60 and 3, the mobile media company that launched the first 3G network in the UK, will demonstrate at the Symbian Smartphone Show in London X-Series devices based on S60, and the vision both share of creating great Internet experiences on mobile devices. "We are constantly on the lookout for new innovations to enhance X-Series, our offering for Internet on the mobile", said Ken Johnstone, Director of Products, Global 3G Handset & Application Group, at 3. "The user experience is central to everything that we do, and we believe that X-Series provides the best-in-class Internet experience on the mobile." "S60 on Symbian OS offers a great platform to innovate with Internet services", said Matti Vänskä, Vice President, Mobile Software Sales and Marketing, Nokia. "We see experiences converging, and people demanding more and more of the functionalities that smartphones offer, both of which highlight the significance of ease of use. The focus of our strategy is to give people choice and simplicity - both key to delivering the best user experiences to add value to people's lives." These technologies will be available for all S60 device manufacturers during 2008. At the event, Samsung showcased their latest S60 devices, the new Samsung i450, Samsung i550 and Samsung i560. To date, 65 devices based on S60 and Symbian OS have been launched, 36 of which are based on the latest S60 3rd Edition. S60 has been the leader in converged device software since the introduction of the first S60 device and continues to lead by a clear margin, with 53% global market share in Q2 2007 (Canalys, 2007)."
Asus eee specs
The Asus eee is getting me pretty excited at the moment, I especially like the hardware and the specs are looking good too. "Asus has made the specifications for the upcoming eee PC configurations available. They have not released any pricing details as yet, but we shall keep you posted. The highlights include an 8GB (SSD) with 1GB RAM; the lowlights include a 2GB (SSD) flavor with a paltry 256MB RAM. Jump for the complete d-low on the various permutations soon to be available, all boxed up in a sexy table."
Freeware-palm mobile version
Freeware-Palm now has a mobile version for all of us Palm Addicts to take advantage of. "Palmfreeware.mobi is a mobile friendly Palm OS and Treo phone free software directory with some great gps, games, themes, medical, battery and backup applications."
ilovewindowsmobile
Has anyone seen ilovewindowsmobile? Or I should say I "heart" Windows Mobile if you follow what I mean, anyway, back to the point, it's a collection of six programs to enhance your Windows Mobile experience including Fun Contact which takes the iPhone contact concept including scrolling to Windows Mobile.
Nokia N95, why all the hype?
I have seen the N95 in person, I have also been lucky enough to play with it and whilst it looks nice the one thing I don't like is how thick it is. IMHO it's a brick and I personally think the Treo 680 and 500 is much more nicer in appearance. I just don't understand what all the hype is about.
A quick introduction
Hi my name is Karen Lindop and I am pleased to be accepted as a new Associate Writer for PalmAddict. My current set up is a Tungsten T|X which I use religiously. Before that I used a T|3 but my digitizer caused me difficulties. I hope to keep the PDA flame alive by posting on experiences and software that I have used and I want to thank Sammy and his team for allowing me the opportunity to write for this site.