Pocket-lint has received a confirmation that Windows Phone 7 will launch on October 11th. The main event will be held in New York and streamed worldwide.

Phones running WP7 will not be available on that date, but they will ship before the end of that month.

Think the guy in the image look a little creepy? Well, that’s not why I posted this, but because of what he wrote on the Ovi Blog. The guy in the picture is Steven Stewart, and he is Senior Manager for Ovi Music.

I think people are going to be surprised with how truly amazing the new devices are. It’s so satisfying to see Nokia creating a new generation of “do-it-all” phones that you will lust after. Fast, sleek, sexy, and powerful. Pictures don’t do them justice. Once I held them in my hand and had the full experience, I didn’t want to let go. My biggest problem now is deciding which of the many phones to use as my main device! Right now, the Nokia N8 has a hold on my heart, but others are fighting to show me why they should be the one in my pocket.

I can’t wait for Nokia World to see if this true! The N8 looks marvellous, but will there be something even better? We’ll see next week when Nokia World starts.

Samsung today announced its first dual-core CPU called Samsung Orion.

The new CPU is clocked at 1GHz, and runs on a dual-core ARM CORTEX A9 CPU. The new chip will deliver 5 times the 3D graphics performance over the Hummingbird processor. Other interesting features include 1080p HD video encoding/decoding at 30fps, support for two on-device displays and a third external screen (for instance an HDTV) hooked up via the on-chip HDMI 1.3a interface.

Even though you might think that the second core will make this thing power-hungry, it actually has an opposite effect. It is possible to turn off the second core while it’s not needed, and this will lead to lower power consumption when compared to today’s mobile processors.

Selected partners will receive this new CPU in 4Q2010, and it should be ready for mass production in 1H2011.

Nokia today released a new firmware for the E52. According to ZomgItsCJ, this new update to version 051.018 brings the following changes:

Data package content, Changelog, corrections or changes :
Updates:

• Browser upgrade into 7.2.6
• Cherry updated to version 2.1
• Freestyle Baseline 3.0 (latest version) update
• QuickOffice upgrade into 6.2.439
• New languages introduced, Office 2007 compatibility
• OVI Music client Inc9Br5 update
• Music 3.0: full album purchase, PIN less activation
• Lotus Notes Traveller 8.5.1 update
• My Nokia update
• OVI Store 1.6 update
• OVI Sync 2.0 update
• OVI Files widget 1.2.3.0 update

Removals:

• Windows Live removal

CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS:

• New chat functionalities for the users
• Microsoft Office Communicator added to vanilla SW UDA content
• Nokia Messaging for Instant Messaging / Nokia Chat 2.0 added to vanilla SW UDA

Content:

• Improved Email, Calendar and Contacts experience
• Performance improvements
• Stability and usability improvements
• No changes to vanilla memory cards
• HW Specific change:
• PR3.0 includes SW Support for Rapuyama 1.13 (previously Rapuyama 1.11 supported).

The phone main processor version is going to change. This component needs the software update because of component ID’s are determined in software.

• There are no electrical changes which can effect to RF performance or normal customer use.
• This HW change will be implemented for production during P2 period in 2011. Next

Maintenance release PR4.0 is going to be mandatory update.

• Altogether 450+ errors are fixed.

New Feature :

• Microsoft Office Communicator 1.7 integrated
• Nokia Messaging for Instant Messaging / Nokia Chat 2.0 integrated
• Bloomberg added

And this is the ‘changelog’ that Nokia released:

This software release comes with Microsoft Office Communicator 1.7 and Nokia Chat 2.0, bringing new chat features to your device. This release includes a number of usability and performance improvements, including updated browser, updated QuickOffice with Office 2007 support, and a new version of Lotus Notes Traveler. Many of the Ovi applications, including Ovi Music, Ovi Store, and Ovi Files, have been updated. There are also improvements to the e-mail, calendar,and Contacts applications. To get this software through your device, select Applications > Software Update, and choose the software you want to update. Alternatively, this software release is available through the Nokia Software Updater.

There’s no need to make a back up of your system before updating since of the UDP feature the E-series has.

The first official Windows Phone 7 web advert is now live and kicking. This is just a teaser of what is to come, and you won’t get anything else than the home screen of WP7. The text ‘Revolution is Coming’ is followed by a link to windowsphone7.com.

Download the Nokia N8-00 User Guide here.

Tapani Kaskinen, Senior Comms Manager at Nokia, today confirmed that the Nokia N8 will be available on September 28th. Those of you who have ordered the Nokia N8 directly from Nokia, should receive it on Tuesday, September 28th, 2010.

The Nokia N8 is the first phone to run on Symbian^3. Personally I have to say that I’m pretty impressed about this device, and I think that it will sell quite good. For instance here in Finland, you’ll have to pay 499€ to get this thing, and this is cheaper than what you’d have to pay for a competing device with roughly the same specs.

Here’s a demo of Apple’s HDR image captre that you’ll see in the iOS 4.1 update, that is scheduled to arrive this Wednesday.

The HDR image is actually a combination of many images. The camera captures the image with many different exposure settings, and they are later combined into one final image by the software.

Check out this speed comparison between iOS 4.0 and iOS 4.1. The test was done on an iPhone 3G.

You’ll see speed improvements like the ones in the video this Wednesday, when iOS 4.1 is released.

The unofficial world record of how many apps a phone OS can run simultaneously got broken today. Previously, the Samsung Omnia HD had the record with 62 (here) apps running simultaneously, but the new ruler is the Nokia E5 with 74 applications The previous record was also done on a hacked firmware, and this new record is done on an unaltered firmware.