Nokia has introduced a prototype phone that could work based on the Coca-Cola. Chinese designer Zheng Daizi created a concept mobile phone that could be supplied with refreshments. Bio-loaded battery hold three or four times longer than conventional lithium batteries. The phone would operate on the basis of batteries that use enzymes to generate electricity from carbohydrates.

“I realized that ordinary phone batteries are expensive, consume significant resources when they are made and a problem in recycling, being environmentally harmful,” said Zheng. “The phone uses a bio-battery instead of traditional batteries which pollute.
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I joined in 2010 and thought to look over the last ten years mobile environment. Especially since it all happened. Yes, the first mobile phone with a camera, the first 3G network, Windows Mobile, iPhone – ten years have been incredible.

2000 Sharp launches first camera phone, J-SH04. This year will see the first phone with Bluetooth.

2001 First commercial 3G network is launched in Japan, and follows two years later and Europe.

2002 RIM BlackBerry smart phone make its first. T68i Sony Ericsson launches first mobile phone with MMS, which allows users to send longer text and even pictures.

Windows Mobile 2003 is released, reaching widely used by business people working in travel.

Motorola launches the 2004 United States a very thin slider phone, Razr, which immediately becomes a global success. Moreover, still is one of the best selling phones of all time.
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Lucky owners of one of the worst smartphones on the market, Nokia N900, have an extra reason for joy.

N900 can be used as a controller for PLAYSTATION 3 games consoloa. This is possible thanks to an alpha application called BlueMaemo. The application allows control of a variety of other devices via Bluetooth, PS3 being one of them.

There is also a short video demonstration N900 controlling console, posted on YouTube by maemo Italy, and all comments are in Italian. Following the clip, you can see how, with the help of the phone connects to the console and how it is used then to go into it.
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Interesting news from some employees of the Finnish company (found in a unofficial) which informs us that Nokia is preparing for Q2 2010 a series of dual-SIM phones. The only details known at present is that the facilities will be typical mainstream devices. If the rumors are confirmed, we will see in 2010 a significant increase in dual-SIM phone, after 2009 they have not sparked an interest so great as in years of onset.

One of the reasons that prevent the spread of dual-SIM phones at a level close to that of regular phones is the lack of interest from big companies to manufacture such devices. The only major producer that manifests as how this segment is Motorola. The rest, as we all know, are largely obscure Chinese manufacturers.

The new Nokia N900, N800 or N810 successor models, known for a feature that offers Internet browsing, integrates, besides luxurious list of technical specifications, and a method for making calls. Engadget and Gizmodo famous publications have no absolutely no doubt: the Nokia N900 is a true smartphone you umbreste on N97, spearhead of the Finns.

Basically, the new device is the N97′s technical platform, changed here and there. From a technical standpoint, the differences are numerous compared to N97: missing slide display which sit at an angle of 30 degrees from the QWERTY keyboard, missing keys on the front (at Home Hardware and the touch, call ) and the Qwerty keyboard has larger keys, positioned in a common block.

Heart of N900 is an ARM Cortex processor running at 600 Mhz. RAM is 256 MB, but applications can still dig into the 768 MB of internal memory of 32 GB, the system sees all the RAM, if necessary. A microSD card can provide even 16 GB, leading to 48 GB memory (like the N97). Display is 3.5 inches, is the resistive type and boasts a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels. We recall that a display rezitiv pressing needs, unlike capacitive sensitive to fine touch. Just wanted Finns …

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Aside from the 5730 XpressMusic phone, Nokia has also announced the new 5330 xpressMusic handsets. This new music phone boasts of instant access to music, a standard 3.5 mm jack that provides crystal clear sound and an extended battery life that gives 26 hours of playback time. In addition, the Nokia 5330 also features online sharing through Ovi, Facebook and MySpace.

The Nokia 5330 is a slider phone with 2.4-inch True Color TFT display, a numeric keypad and dedicated touch music keys for music play/pause, forward and rewind functions.

For its web browsing features, the Nokia 5330 supports mark-up languages including HTML, XHTML, WML as well as the following protocols – WAP, HTTP, HTTPS. Likewise, it supports SMS, EMS, MMS, audio messaging, IM, and cell broadcast.

Other key features of the Nokia 5330 include aGPS, a 3.2 megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, LED Flash and full-screen viewfinder. The phone supports video recording at 15fps-9fps, 5x digital zoom, video white balance modes with automatic, daylight, tungsten, flourescent and other settings.
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Nokia has recently released firmware updates for two of its NSeries smartphones – N78 and N82. The N78 firmware has reached version 20.149.051.1 and among notable things updates Nokia Maps to version 2.0 and makes user interface more responsive. This includes faster transitions between screens.

As for the N82, firmware version 31.0.016 adds UDP (User Data Preservation), as well as an update to Nokia Maps, which in turn is more stable after the update. AllAboutSymbian has more details on this one.

Apart from the highlights mentioned above, new firmware versions also make sure overall stability is improved, as many of the known bugs have been fixed. Naturally, it is advised that you backup your device prior to hitting the “Update” button.

(via: Engadget Mobile)