Official Press Release:

A range of attractive services await SingTel mobile customers who purchase a Nokia 6710. In conjunction with the 2009 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, the phone will be preloaded with a mobile racing application, the SingTel Race Mobile Guide. Racing fans can receive the latest news highlights, read about their favorite 2009 SingTel Grid Girls, and easily locate race events using Nokia Maps.

The Nokia 6710 will come with Walk and Drive Navigation’ (device lifetime license coverage for Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand), City Explorer (2 year license) on All Region, and for the first time on a mobile device, real time Traffic Information service (2 year license). With the City Explorer, consumers get access to maps plus a host of relevant and useful travel information on the location, event happenings and weather updates no matter where they are in the world. Using Traffic Information consumers will not only receive up-to-date traffic information, but the Nokia Navigation solution will also guide them around any traffic congestion. The sales package will also include a 2 GB microSD card bundle pre-loaded with Map data of SEAP (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, New Zealand and Australia).

Customers will also enjoy six months' free subscription to SingTel Locator, a location-based service allowing them to know the whereabouts of their loved ones. In addition, customers who sign up for a 3G Flexi plan will enjoy free unlimited local data for three months to explore the navigation features on the powerful Nokia 6710 handset with peace of mind.

To complement the impressive mapping capabilities, the Nokia 6710 Navigator offers an improved design from its predecessors with a slightly curved shape, providing a pleasant feel with a soft touch surface. The device also has a 5 megapixel camera, with standard with Carl Zeiss optics and dual LED flash on board to help you store those wonderful memories along the way. One can even geo-tag, which makes it even easier to pin point the exact location a picture was taken.

"The Nokia 6710 Navigator is a very powerful communications tool that comes with a very strong GPS solution,” said Vlasta Berka, General Manager of Nokia Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. “This is the first time that consumers will be able to enjoy real time Traffic Information right on their mobile devices. With the traffic information, consumers will be able to receive information on traffic congestion on their device, which will automatically update their travel plan and suggest an alternative route (when possible). The 6710 Navigator will also include the latest version of Nokia Maps with real time 'drive and walk' navigation, full regional maps and hardware elements like the dedicated navigator key, touch area for easy zooming and a large display optimized for outdoor viewing,” continued Vlasta.

"We are pleased to be the exclusive telco in Singapore to collaborate with Nokia to offer the Nokia 6710. This unique phone packs a punch with its multiple navigation features, making it a breeze for customers to navigate their way around Singapore and abroad. With the SingTel Race Mobile Guide, racing enthusiasts can access the latest race information, insights, and event promotions at their fingertips, anytime anywhere,” said Shane Da Silva, Vice President of Consumer Sales, SingTel.

“In addition, the free unlimited local data offer for three months enables customers to surf on-the-move and take full advantage of the live navigation services with peace of mind. Together with “live” traffic information and the free SingTel Locator service, this device is ideal for our customers who are constantly on the move and they will find the complimentary location-based services very useful,” added Mr Da Silva.

The Nokia 6710 Navigator is available at all SingTel shops, hello! stores, exclusive retailers and www.singtelshop.com from 22 August 2009.

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Introduction / Preview : Philips Xenium X830

The Philips Xenium X830 is a quad-band touchscreen phone with phenomenal battery life, up to 10 hours in talk-time and 1.5 months in stand-by-time. The Philips Xenium X830 features include a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, Bluetooth 2.0, Media player, FM-radio with RDS, 47MB of internal memory, MicroSDHC card support, MiniUSB, and a 3-inch TFT touchscreen display that boasts a 400 x 240-pixel resolution

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Introduction / Preview : Samsung Exclaim

Samsung Exclaim, exclusively from Sprint, provides instant access to text messaging, social networking and content management. The Samsung Exclaim, which connects to America’s most dependable 3G network, is designed with a unique dual-slider design providing the ultimate flexibility between a spacious, full QWERTY keyboard and 12-key numeric keypad. In addition, the Samsung Exclaim comes with MySpace and Facebook tiles loaded on the One Click carousel out of the box, with Twitter and many more available. This device is a multitasking machine, allowing users to listen to their favorite songs while surfing the mobile Web, playing games, checking email or instant messaging with friends. The Samsung Exclaim also comes complete with 2.0 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth capabilities, Sprint Navigation and can support up to 32GB of external memory (MicroSD) for storage of music, pictures, video and other content. This fashionable handset comes in White/Silver, Raspberry and Blueberry colors.

ENTERTAINMENT/PERSONALIZATION

• One Click Access to social networking sites
• Integrated music/media player
• Sprint TV® with an extensive selection of live and on-demand programming
• Sprint Music StoreSM allowing users to wirelessly download full-length songs directly to their phone for just 99 cents each
• Several streaming-radio applications, including Sprint Radio with more than 150 channels
• Available in White/Silver, Raspberry or Blueberry

PRODUCTIVITY

• Full QWERTY keyboard
• Text messaging (SMS) and Multimedia Messaging (MMS) support
• Sprint Navigation with GPS-enabled turn-by-turn driving directions, traffic rerouting and more than 10 million local listings
• Web browser capabilities
• Automatic speech recognition
• Calendar synchronization access to Microsoft Exchange Server
• 2.0 megapixel camera with 2x digital zoom and video camcorder
• Sprint Picture Mail
• Advanced Stereo Bluetooth® Wireless Technology with audio caller ID
• Access to Corporate and POP3 email including AOL, Gmail and Yahoo!
• External memory storage (MicroSD) up to 32GB

SPECIFICATIONS

• Dimensions: 2.2 x 4.5 x 0.7 inches; 4.7 ounces
• Display: 2.6” TFT (240 x 320 pixels and 262K vibrant colors)
• Standard Lithium (LiIon) battery: up to 4.75 hours continuous talk time*

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Samsung S9110 - review, price, Photos

Introduction / Preview : Samsung S9110

Samsung S9110 - Samsung S9110 is almost 2mm slimmer, standing at the pretty acceptable 11.98mm. It also packs a larger 1.76" touchscreen and matches its Bluetooth connectivity and speech recognition features.

The Samsung S9110 also puts Outlook sync support to the table but unfortunately lacks the 3G support of the GD910. Well, we guess even with the advance of technology they still had to leave something out to make the S9110 so slim.

The lack of 3G not only means there's no high speed data on the thing, but more importantly - there will be no video calls support. Now that's a bummer, where's the fun in a wristwatch phone that doesn't allow video conferencing?

The Samsung S9110 should be able to offer a built-in speakerphone instead in case you really prefer talking to your wrist rather than using a Bluetooth headset. A scratch-resistant glass take cares of the protection of the little fella's pretty face.

The body of Samsung S9110 is crafted from stainless steel, while the strap is made from leather, giving it some pretty stylish looks.

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Looks

Lightweight and modest looking, the E63 is a compact candybar phone that weighs 126g. The outer plastic casing comes in two colours — Ultramarine Blue and Ruby Red.

Our review unit is the Ultramarine Blue which while still attractive to the eye, was a bit too conservative for my taste.

The E63 looks near identical to the Nokia E71, though it has no side buttons for controlling the volume or voice recording.

A 2.36in screen (320 x 240-pixel resolution) provides ample space for viewing e-mail, text messages and browsing the Web.

The front panel of the device is largely dominated by a compact Qwerty keypad that should come in handy for heavy SMS and e-mail users.

The Qwerty keyboard also doubles up as a number pad as several keys at the centre can be used to dial numbers when on the home screen, which felt a little weird.

Despite the rather cramped appearance, the keypad is surprisingly soft yet comfortable to type on. One benefit I can see in having a full Qwerty keypad is that it’s quicker to type symbols, just like on a regular keyboard.

Still, the keys are placed quite closely together so expect to make typos from time to time.

There’s definitely a bit of a learning curve for adjusting to the keys on the E63 as I had to constantly eye the keypad to make sure my fingers were hitting the right keys.

Even after spending sometime with it, I’m still not able to type without making mistakes. I have a feeling that users with larger fingers will have problems with the keypad.

Anyway, I still find that I could thumb type faster on a regular keypad with T9 text input while making fewer mistakes.

Above the keypad are the usual call and hang up buttons along with a few useful shortcut keys like the home, calendar, phonebook and text message.

These buttons are great for quickly accessing common functions easily and there’s even one to turn on the LED so that it can be used as a flashlight.

If there is one design flaw in the phone’s button placement it has to be the call hang up button that doubles up as the on/off switch.

If you press the button for too long, it will display the profile menu which also makes it very easy to accidentally turn the phone off.

Another issue that bugs me is that the lack of a side button to adjust the volume — instead you have to hold the function key while pressing up or down on the directional pad to adjust the volume.

This makes it inconvenient to adjust the volume, say, during a call.

Functionality

As a mobile phone, the E63 has decent voice call quality and the speakerphone function is easily accessible and sufficiently loud to be heard while driving.

Users familiar with the Symbian OS should feel right at home with the E63. On top of being able to install Symbian applications on the phone, it has all the familiar features of a smartphone.

The home screen serves as the main interface, housing important shortcuts for sending text messages, web browsing and notifying you of new e-mail messages.

If you like to keep your work and private life separate, the E63 has a handy feature that gives you the option to customise a home screen for each.

For instance, you can have shortcuts for your e-mail and business contacts on your work home screen, and songs and games on the other.

E-mail is certainly the E63’s forte, as it uses the Nokia Messaging application, which you can download for free off email.nokia.com.

It is relatively easy to set up an e-mail account on the E63, as all you need is your e-mail address, password and you are good to go.

While I was able to get my Yahoo! and Ovi mail up and running, I ran into trouble with my Gmail account which was troubling since it’s my main account. But after a few tries, I managed to connect to it.

The Nokia Messaging interface is clean, simple and easy to use. Upon launching it, you will be shown all your active e-mail accounts, of which you can have up to ten.

The app functions like a full fledged e-mail client where you can compose a message and add pictures or files attachments.

Also, Nokia Messaging is highly customisable as you can preset it not to fetch e-mail while roaming, set limits on file attachments and such.

One cool feature of Nokia Messaging is that you can set it to retrieve e-mail only during office hours if you don’t wish to be bothered after working hours.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that the E63 has a rather long battery life.

I used it for two days straight with occasional web browsing and voice calls and the phone still retained half of its charge.

Definitely useful for long days out of the office and you wouldn’t have to worry about not being able to stay in touch.

Other features

The E63 comes with lots of other goodies that will come in handy for the typical business user.

You have two options for getting on the Net — WiFi and 3G connection.

The surfing speed was consistent when we tested the phone with a WiFi connection.

And as most websites have a mobile version, they were easy to view and navigate on the phone although you lose out on the full experience.

Moving on, the E63 doesn’t have an internal GPS, so you can’t use it to navigate. This is understandable as it doesn’t have a big enough screen for you to view maps comfortably while driving.

The phone has 10MB of built-in memory which is minuscule by today’s standards but you can easily expand it with a microSD card.

The phone has a 2-megapixel camera and it comes as no surprise that it cannot hold a candle to newer models though it still gets the job done.

Also, the LED flash doesn’t in anyway help in taking pictures in the dark. Although I could see my subjects clearly but the photos turned out awfully greenish when shot with the flash.

Video recording doesn’t fare any better but it still looks relatively smooth when compared with other camera phones.

Also, the E63 really isn’t a great music player. The speakers sound pretty awful so you are better off using earphones.

I certainly don’t see the E63 functioning as your primary music player, so it’s probably best to stick to a dedicated player.

Conclusion

The Nokia E63 is a mixed bag of goodies that does some things right and under performs in other areas.

Also, it’s a matter of preference whether you like or dislike the Qwerty keyboard.

For some, a regular keypad with T9 text inputis still the best way to type on a phone.

Possibly the biggest plus point of the E63 is that you can check your e-mail on the go as Nokia Messaging makes it easy to configure your e-mail accounts and stay in touch.

However, other additional features like the built-in camera and music player are just unremarkable.

Overall, the E63 is specifically designed for business users and mainly caters for those who use e-mail and SMS a lot.

Plus, for RM1,080 you are getting a decent phone with WiFi connectivity and a good e-mail client.

Pros: Excellent e-mail client; decent Qwerty keypad; WiFi connectivity; cheap.

Cons: Camera is average; speakers not good enough for music; lacks volume control buttons.

Nokia E63 Specification
3G smartphone
Operating System: Symbian OS 9.2
Display: 2.36in QVGA LCD (320 x 240 pixels)
Camera: 2megapixels
Connectivity: GSM 900/1800/1900, EDGE, Bluetooth, WiFi 802.11b/g
Messaging: SMS, MMS, e-mail
Internal Memory: 110MB
Expansion slot: MicroSD
Stand-by/ Talk time: 480 hours/4 hours 40 minutes
Other features: Music player, organiser, stopwatch, calendar, voice recorder, Adobe PDF reader, Quickoffice
Dimensions (W x D x H):113 x 59 x 13mm
Weight: 126g
Website: www.nokia.com.my
Price: RM1,080

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The Nokia 6303 in 24ct gold is being sold for £599.00 at the goldstriker website.

The Nokia 6303 is ideal for people that see the current value proposition of the Nokia 6300. The 3.2 megapixel camera comes to life on the large 2.2 inch screen, and with pre-loaded Nokia Maps, the Nokia 6303 combines a long list of features with excellent battery performance.

Added to everything else, people can plug any music accessory into the standard 3.5 mm audio jack and have a fully fledged mobile music player able to carry thousands of their favourite tracks.

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Today INQ Mobile took the next step in its mission to bring easy-to-use mobile internet to the mass market

with the launch of two new 3G Social Mobiles complete with internet-based Twitter and media sync capabilities.

The new phones offer high-spec functionality without the hefty price tag - shaking up the market by giving operators a unique proposition - a 3G social mobile with the speed, usability and suite of applications capable of driving data usage in the mass market.

The INQ Chat 3G is the company's first qwerty-style phone

, while the compact INQ Mini 3G expands the range and provides an entry-level social mobile ideal for the price-sensitive prepay market. They complement the award-winning INQ1.

For the two new phones, Twitter joins the suite of communications applications that INQ has already woven into the heart of its social mobiles: which include Facebook, Skype and Instant Messaging.

Working closely with the Twitter team, INQ has developed an authentic Twitter application for both its new Social Mobiles. After the initial log in, Twitter will be 'always on'. Consumers can send tweets and retweet via the internet rather than using SMS. With the INQ Chat, a specially designed Twitter widget will deliver Twitter updates straight to the home screen.

The INQ Chat 3G was developed in response to consumer and operator demand for a qwerty-style keypad device from INQ. It has a new email client developed by INQ that incorporates free push Gmail - removing a cost for push mail typically borne by operators or passed on to consumers. The INQ Chat 3G comes complete with the expanded suite of INQ applications; Facebook, Skype, email, IM and Twitter.

The INQ Mini 3G is a slimline Social Mobile that offers Twitter, Facebook, IM, Skype and web-based email services like Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and GMail. It brings the usability that INQ is known for to a new form factor. Like the INQ Chat, the INQ Mini offers impressive capability at a fraction of the price of other application-rich devices.

Both phones have plug and play HSDPA modems enabling high-speed wireless broadband on PCs and Macs.

The INQ Mini 3G and the INQ Chat 3G represent a new design direction for the company; both can be customized with a range of seven coloured backs.

The INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G applications can be updated over the air - a unique feature essential to keep pace with how online applications change and consumer usage evolves.

INQ is also introducing seamless media syncing between its devices and PCs or Macs. The software, powered by doubleTwist, syncs music from iTunes and WMP straight to your INQ mobile and, unlike most other sync solutions, doesn't require the customer to give up using their favourite media player on their computer. The new mobiles from INQ will also be able to sync video and photos.

INQ's ground-breaking platform was built from the ground up for the mobile internet and offers unprecedented integration throughout the handset. Popular internet applications are not simply bolted on (as they are with proprietary systems which are primarily voice and text) - but embedded within the underlying software, delivering benefits such as native messaging and an address book that consolidates phone contacts with those from relevant applications.

This allows INQ to remove many of the cumbersome steps that have made using these services on ordinary mobiles frustrating or time-consuming. INQ phones multi-task, so key applications like Facebook, Skype, IM and email are 'always on' and accessible with one click from the home screen; a log-in to any application is required only once.

Frank Meehan, INQ's CEO, said: "We build phones that focus specifically on what people want to do most on mobile, and deliver it at a price point that's easy for consumers and profitable for operators. We have completely broken the vice grip hold that high end smartphones had on great mobile internet experiences, and made them available to everybody."

"With the INQ Chat 3G, we've reinvented the qwerty for consumers by creating a fantastic social mobile. With the INQ1, we were blown away by how much consumers were writing just using the standard 12 keys - 30% of them were regularly sending emails. So we know that a keypad will go down a storm."

INQ Mobile launched in 2008 to give consumers high-quality yet affordable mobile internet, and enable carriers to stimulate data usage across their customer base. The company recently released data detailing device usage on UK and Hong Kong networks that show usage patterns typically seen only on high-end smartphones. An average of 65% of INQ users use Facebook regularly, 30% use their INQ frequently for email, and Windows Live Messenger activity is three to four times greater than on comparably priced 3G phones. In February 2009, INQ1 won 'handset of the year' at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The INQ Chat 3G and INQ Mini 3G will be available in Q4 2009.

INQ Chat 3G specifications include:

• 114.5mm x 61.0mm x 12.8mm
• Widgets automatically push Twitter and Facebook updates to the home screen
• Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
• Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
• 2.4" QVGA TFT landscape display
• 3.2 megapixel auto focus camera
• Built-in GPS
• 120MB memory, (expandable to 8GB)
• Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key
• Download support
  Audio: AMR, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+(Audio only), MIDI, MP3, wav
  Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
  Streaming
  Audio: AMR, AAC, AAC+, EAAC+(Audio only)
  Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264

INQ Mini 3G specifications include:

• 102.9mm x 45.8mm x 12.8mm
  Active address book is presence-enabled showing live status from all your contacts, letting you chose how to contact them
• Built-in plug and play HSDPA modem to give your PC wireless broadband access
• 2.2" QVGA TFT landscape display
• 2.0 megapixel camera
• 100Mb user memory (expandable to 8GB)
• Brew 4.0 and Java MIDP 2.0 for application development multitasking supported by dedicated Switcher hard key
• Download support
  Audio: AMR, AAC, AAC+, E-AAC+(Audio only), MIDI, MP3, wav
  Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264
  Streaming
  Audio: AMR, AAC, AAC+, EAAC+(Audio only)
  Video: MPEG4, H.263, H.264

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The Chinese arm of Taiwanese smartphone-maker HTC has released details of three new Android-based devices that are planned for launch in China later this year. According to an IDG News interview with Jackie Zhang, marketing director at Dopod, HTC's Chinese distributor, the three phones are the HTC Hero, a low-end device called the HTC Click, and a version of the HTC Magic adapted for China's homegrown TD-SCDMA standard. The devices will be the first Android-based phones to launch in China - the world's largest mobile market - and Zhang said that Dopod is planning to offer as many as seven further Android phones next year.

The HTC Click, which has yet to launch anywhere else in the world, will launch in China in 4Q09 at a price point around JPY3,400 (US$500), Zhang said. It will come with two detachable front covers that let users change the colour of the handset. The phone supports WCDMA, the 3G standard used by second-placed operator China Unicom. Meanwhile, the HTC Hero, which has already been launched by HTC in North America and Europe, will cost around JPY5,600 and will also work with Unicom's network. According to Zhang, the phone could start shipping in China late this month if it passes China's testing and security procedures. Meanwhile, the TD-SCDMA-based version of the HTC Magic is set for launch either late this year or next. The phone is designed for China Mobile's TD-SCDMA network and will use OMS (Open Mobile System), the operator's own Android-based mobile platform.

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