Shiny new handsets continue to be lobbed out of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) at an impressive rate of knots, and the latest to be seen arcing through the air is Nokia’s new N86 smartphone.
Mike Slocombe
Nokia N86 Officially Announced – Nokia’s First 8MP Snapper
Text And MMS Messaging Continues To Grow
The Mobile Data Association (MDA) has been running wild over towering mountains of raw data, skipping gaily through meadows of mobile traffic reports and splashing in streams of SMS statistics to being you their latest quarterly report on mobile phone usage in the UK.
Covering mobile activity from October 2008 – January 2009, the study looked at text messaging (SMS) and picture and video messaging (MMS) traffic and discovered that UK phone owners sent 78.9 billion text messages in 2008, up an RSI-inducing 20 billion texts on 2007.
Sony Ericsson Walkman W995 8MP Cameraphone Announced
With a deft tug on the velvet rope, Sony Ericsson’s curtains have swished to one side to reveal their new Walkman W995 smartphone, promising punters nothing less than a “complete on-the-move entertainment experience”.
Section 76 Photographers Scotland Yard Protest: Report
We’ve already commented about how the photographers rights in the UK were rapidly being eroded by aggressive cops, but things look set to take a turn for the worse with the introduction of section 76 of the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 today.
Lumix LX3 Review: High End Digital Compact Camera (pt. 2)
Part one of the Lumix LX3 review gave you the tech specs, part two gets into the meat.
Look and feel
We spent an age weighing up the pros and cons of various high end compacts, finally identifying the LX3’s biggest rival as the hugely capable Canon G10.In the end, the size advantage of the LX3 proved too compelling, with the Lumix measuring 109 x 60 x 27mm compared to the G10s pocket-busting 109 x 78 x 46mm. It weighs in substantially lighter too, at 265g compared to its rivals 350g.
Dell Latitude XT2 PC Touchscreen Tablet Laptop Announced
We’re loving the look of Dell’s new Latitude XT2 PC touchscreen laptop.
Billed as the industry’s first tablet PC with multi-touch screen technology, the XT2 looks to be a real versatile performer, with its rotating multi-touch responsive screen supporting natural gestures like a scrolling, two-finger panning, pinch to zoom, rotating and more.
Twitter Enters The Top 100 UK Website Listing
Unless you’ve been living under a cyber-rock for the past month or two, you’ll know that Twitter has become the most talked about service on the web, and its growing popularity has been reflected by the site shimmying its way into the top 100 UK website listings.
Nokia 5630 XpressMusic Phone: Slim’n’Speedy
The new phones just keep on coming as the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona looms ever-closer, and the latest update to hit t’Internet is a fact’n’stat assault by Nokia’s new Nokia’s 5630 XpressMusic candybar-style handset.
Powered by the Symbian S60 OS and serving up nippy HSDPA and HSUPA connectivity, it’s rather a pleasing slimline slab of shiny black plastic with a natty coloured trim around the outside.
Nokia E75 Business Smartphone – Details And Photo
In yet another leak ahead of next week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, retailer Expansys managed to let the cat out of the bag and posted up full details of the new Nokia E75 business smartphone.
LG KM900 Arena Touchscreen Mobile Announced
With the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona looming on the horizon, details of new phones are leaking out all over the place.
News has just reached us of LG’s latest flagship multimedia phone, the Arena KM900, which packs a ton of functionality into a familiar-looking package.