Here comes Nokia with miniature N97, not that it is miniature in any of the major performance parameters. In Nokia world, 2009, a conference in Stuttgart, Germany, Nokia disclosed its plans to launch N97 mini in October. This one is another addition to Nokia’s touch screen portfolio. And the buzz around is – what is it in N97 Mini which is not present in N97 and vice versa.
Let’s try to get an answer to this question by having a look at features the new N97 Mini exhibits:
The most striking add-on is the software on which N97 mini is going to run. The usual Symbian S60 OS will be running with user interface improvements like flick scrolling, more home widgets and more social networking tools.
The first of its kind is the addition of, Lifecasting with Ovi (a partnership with facebook). This program gives user, the liberty to post their location, update their status, photos on facebook, directly from the device homescreen.
It will have new Ovi maps loaded in it, where contents will be accessible from Lonely Planet, Michelin and Wcities.
The dimension of N97 mini is 4.4 inches x 2 inches x 0.5 inches where as N97 measures 4.6 inches x 2.1 inches x 0.6 inches.
N97 mini weighs 138 g, slightly lighter than N97 which weighs 150g.
It has a 5 Mega pixel, 4x zoom, 640 x 480 video recording resolution, 30fps recording frame rate, Carl Zeiss camera which is as good as N97 but is accompanied with more features like Geo-tagging, video stabilization.
It will support RealVideo and Flash Lite 3.0.
It sports a 3.2 inches inclined resistive touch screen as compared to N97’s 3.5 inches screen.
It possesses 8 GB of memory expandable to 24GB with an addition of 16GB microSD card while N97 has 32 GB of memory.
The stand-by time is as long as 12 days and music playback in offline mode is 28 hours.
This is accompanied with a QWERTY keyboard, with no D-Pad(directional pad) which was present in its predecessor, N97.
It is a Wi-fi, Bluetooth, and Quadband ( 850/900/1800/1900 MHz) GSM device.
Some drawbacks:
The smaller keyboard, which makes typing difficult.
There is no camera lens cover which makes the camera vulnerable to dust, scratches and finger prints.
There is no North American 3G Bands support.
This high end phone will cost $639 approximately, definitely not a miniature to N97 in this aspect, which costs around$700 Lets see it impresses how many and it will be interesting to keep a watch on N97 vs N97 mini battle.
Lets watch it more before you decide to go for it.
Nokia launches Booklet 3G and enters into PC business
From mobile handsets to PC manufacturing, Nokia seems to be striving for a market leader position on all latest gadgets and devices. It’s the mini laptop Booklet 3G that is the key phrase with Nokia besides its smartphones. That’s the tech news buzzing around you about Nokia and netbooks.
PC should not be such that it ties you down into one place. The growing demand is that people need PC with lot of mobility. The punch line of Nokia is Connecting People so with Nokia Booklet 3G, the company is evolving in anew dimension to connect people with comfort and convenience.
Apple’s iPhone has slowly crawled and grabbed lot of Nokia market share in the field of smartphones. So, with the news of Tablet Notebook from Apple, there is no wasting time by Nokia to give the right punch with Nokia Booklet 3G.
The full details of the Nokia Booklet 3G is yet to be disclosed by Nokia, but a sneak peek into this latest mobile PC reveals:
Nokia Booklet 3G will have 10 inch display monitor screens (same as Apple Tablets ah!)
It will be powered by Intel’s Atom microprocessor for an impressive performance.
This notebook will not weigh more than 1.25kgs, just because it is available with aluminum chassis.
The connectivity options include 3G/HSDPA and Wi Fi.
You will also enjoy the rich Ovi Suites applications from Nokia in Booklet 3G.
It is coming with full keyboard unlike Apple Tablets.
More can be known at the Nokia World Conference on September 2 and I shall keep you posted on that.
Advantages:
The greatest benefit that is making news is the battery life of this gadget. 12 hours of battery life is simply amazing.
What you get is a netbook that is offering you the experience of full mobile computing without the additional weight of a laptop.
Personal computer thus is geared towards being more personal, social and helpful gadget. Pricing is one issue that needs to be checked, but reports say that it’s going to be affordable and not so expensive as smartphones or Apple Tablets.
Maptor : The upcoming happening way of finding direction, if you are lost
Getting lost, forgetting the roadmap to our destination will be more of fun than a cause of anguish, kudos to Maptor, a trendy pocket device which integrates a map and a projector that projects a desired map (map of the current location you are in) on a solid surface like wall, floor, palm or any flat surface. etc and smartly indicates your current location with a red arrow, with the help of GPS, already installed in it. GPS automatically downloads the appropriate map.
This is conceptualised and designed by Jinsun Park and Seonkeun Park of Samsung Art & Design Institute, South Korea.
It is made of a biodegradable plastic PLA(Polylactic acid) with a touchpad button to perform basic operations like zoom in and zoom out. There is a heat discharging hole that puts away the heat generated by the in-built projector while projecting the map. It is also accompanied with Bluetooth facility for transferring maps in to the device.
Two major concerns about its performance is the readability of map in day light and the batter life.
It is already in news for good reasons. Maptor backed a silver award at International Design excellence award, 2009 organized by Industrial Designer Society of America (IDSA).
This device, being a smart way to get rid of the discomfort of folding and unfolding a paper map and forgetting directions, is definitely going to create waves in market.
