Nokia smartphone owners receive a very good news from the Finnish company: the GPS Ovi Maps will soon be free. Those from Nokia but also tell us when we will be available.

Currently, only basic functions of Ovi Maps are free. If you want to use advanced features such as guided car navigation and pedestrian, you must pay. In the future, however, all the features of Ovi Maps will be free. Nokia made the move to increase market share in the segment of the GPS.

So if you were going to pay for any of the functions Ovi Maps, now is not the best time. Better wait until the free version appears.

Dual-SIM phone from China that we tested in the past have proven quite problematic, so I was quite reserved in their recommended. The last model came from editorial, Allview S2 Guld, but pleasantly surprised me by quality design, good autonomy and excellent sound playback. On the other hand, I met a few bugs that can still be solved in one way or another. Balancing the ups and downs, I feel that this dual-SIM worth the money, indicating that there is market and cheaper models which could equally well represent an inspired choice.

Appreciably Design

Classic candy-bar design has never touched the issue in relation to that of “shell” or slider, but was almost always more durable. Allview S2 is solid and gives the impression Guld product endurance over time.

Navigation pad and soft keys are well spaced, and the alphanumeric keyboard has dimensions appropriate for those with thick fingers. At the bottom we see the standard connection interfaces (miniUSB and 3.5 mm jack), and noting the camera lens back and external speaker.

Sides are crossed by a thick metal line, silver. All metal is hiding under the battery cover, slot cards and SIM cards for two places. The latter are located one above the other, and to remove the card from underneath one must first put on the bottom.
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On the “how bad is bread, getting better in Sweden”, Scandinavians show us again how advanced they are, not only to Romania, but by other countries with claims greater than us. Recently, Scandinavians are competing in connection speeds to the Internet from your mobile phone.

Company 3 Scandinavia together with Ericsson to bring about the fastest 3G network in the world. This should provide speeds (theoretical) up to 84 Mbps. The new network will be available throughout Norway and in four major cities in Sweden.

The announcement comes shortly after TeliaSonera has developed the world’s first 4G network, with speeds up to 100 Mbps. This however is only available in Oslo and Stockholm. Currently there are phones that supports neither of the two networks.

Microsoft and Apple seem to be in negotiations to make Bing default search engine on the iPhone, we learn from MacRumors, citing BusinessWeek. Sources indicate that negotiations are already bears a few weeks and appears to have been initiated against the background of growing disagreements between Apple and Google.

“I know that Apple and Google are the primary enemy,” said one anonymous source of BusinessWeek, which estimated that “Microsoft is now a pawn in this battle. If negotiations will conclude successfully, it is possible that Bing to replace Google as default search engine and desktop version of Apple’s Safari browser.

A recent Google mobile market and acquire a mobile advertising company to Apple has brought the two giants in a conflict situation. There are even rumors that Apple would try to distance itself from Google Maps technology used by iPhone.
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Google dropped the phone gPhone production in collaboration with China Unicom and two Chinese companies and has postponed the launch in China of a telephone provided with Android technology, following issues related to hacker attacks and censorship.

China Unicom announced in an internal note that Google will not provide authorization for cooperation in the field of content and applications using its trademark, according to the site chinatechnews.com and Reuters.
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Microsoft will try to promote the operating system Windows Mobile by launching the first mobile phone developed by the company, according to an analyst at investment bank Jefferies & Co.., Quoted by Bloomberg.

The American group will probably phone next month at the annual Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, said Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert, who described the terminal as’ phone Pink hear rumors about recently.

The device will encompass, among other features, a camera and a high-definition camera, supports it.

Windows Mobile market share fell below 10% in the third quarter of 2009, according to company
Gartner research, while the operating systems of Apple and Google have expanded their mobile customer base.
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Fashion house Versace Italian announced today, that in May, the first mobile phone that will bear the name.

On this occasion, Versace to join in the tradition launched by the competition and enter the world market a new line of accessories and items that luxury last generation.

The phone was designed by fashion house in collaboration with French company ModeLabs, which has made and the house phone
Christian Dior fashion.

Fidel Versace style, the new device will meet some of the elements of the house, such as skin and materials precious.

Date of launch of XP Phone has not been made public yet, but the price of XP Phone is estimated between 400 and 650 U.S. dollars.

According to TechTree, XP Phone will cost as a next-generation smartphones (without subscription) and installation of Windows 7 should not be impossible, since the phone can still run Windows XP.

Here’s the technical specifications XP Phone:
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