The Nokia N79 has just been updated to a new firmware version, V31.002. But again, as usual, Nokia hasn’t released any official changelog as it was with the last few firmware updates but you can take a look at this page on the Nokia Discussions Forum where some users have been reporting all the bug fixes they have found

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The ITG xpPhone is a phone set to become the world’s first Windows XP phone. The device looks similar to the Nokia N900 but runs on Windows XP.

The phone features:

• 158 x 75 x 16 mm, 400 grams
  
• A 4.8″ Touchscreen Display
• x86 (32bit) Architecture CPU allowing you to install other OSes
• 5 hours talktime and 5 days standby time
• 512MB or 1GB RAM
• 8gb SSD or 120GB HDD
• GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth

The device features a highly customisable UI. Here are some screen shots of the device:

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Earlier, we had published information and provided a leaked picture of the Sony Ericsson Kurara. Well now once again, we have some more leaked pictures of the Kurara. These are the live pictures posted by folks over at the SEMC Blog.

There has been some new information gathered:

• It runs on Symbian S60.
• It has a 3.5″AMOLED Touchscreen Display
• It has an 8.1Megapixl Camera with Portrait Mirror and it seems to lack the LED flash which we previously thought was present.
• It maybe capable of recording HD Videos.

While many rumours claim it to be an media centric device with good imaging capabilities, the lack of an LED flash causes doubt. The handset is set to be launched in 2010 at an unknown price.

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We had earlier heard about a Sony Ericsson device codenamed Kurara. Now only a day after the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 has been announced, we have another leak to satisfy our hunger.The Sony Ericsson Kurara (Final Model Name Might Change) is a full touchscreen phone running on Symbian S60 (Not sure if it’s 5th Edition).

The other features include:

• 3.5″ AMOLED Touchscreen Display
• 8.1 Megapixel Camera with LED Flash(The camera is almost centrally located on the device. Don’t know why but there must be a reason for placing it so)

Thats all the information we have gathered and have to offer for now. But as soon as new information comes out, we will be sure to let you know.

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Nokia India is having a little meeting with the Nokia Digital Design Team in Delhi tomorrow and FoneArena will be there

Here are the profiles of the folks from the Nokia Digital Design team we’ll be talking to (Profiles credit : vinu )

• Nikki Barton – Head of Digital Design – Nikki is heavily influenced by her design and cultural experiences. With 20 years of work in digital interaction worldwide, her experiences are fairly diversified by now. That said, she believes that her training and education has heavily influenced her work throughout her life. She considers solid, good design training as a real advantage. For Nikki, design and user experience are inextricably linked and should not be thought of as separate exercises.
• Robert Williams – Design Manager, Nokia Design Studio: London, UK – Rob was originally attracted to design because he always liked creating things that get into people’s hands. Trying to understand people and how one can make things that improve or enhance their everyday lives is really interesting to Rob.
• Younghee Jung – Senior Design Specialist, Nokia Design Studio: London, UK - When Younghee started university, she studied general science. She was good at mathematics and asked to join the math department. It got her thinking, and she realized she wanted to be closer to everyday life and people. She switched to the industrial design department after that semester. She has always been a very curious person. Being close to and able to study various aspects of human life is what drew her to design.
• Juliana Ferreira, (Design Specialist, Interaction Design), Nokia Design Studio, London, UK

Please send us your questions to the Digital Designers like about you phone icons , homescreen, we’ll try our best to get them answered.

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Nokia Lifetools  has seen great success in India and it was even showcased at Nokia World in Germany.Now Nokia does not want to stop with India and has taken the same model to Indonesia which is another emerging market. It launched 5 new phones Nokia 1280, 1616, 1800, 2220 slide and 2690 with Lifetools support and it will be coming to the market in December 2009. These phones will be available round the world

The handsets come in a price range of 20 – 54 euro which is roughly Rs.1400 – 3600

Nokia 1280 Nokia 1616 Nokia 1800 support FM radio, prepaid tracker, flashlight, anti-scratch cover and dust-resistant keymat, among other features. The long battery life, with up to 22 days of standby time, is vital for people in areas where access to electricity is limited.

The Nokia 2220 slide Nokia 2690 also support email on the device through Ovi Mail

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We spotted the Nokia Laptop – Booklet 3G at SEE2009. Bill Perry from Nokia was using this as a main computer to showcase publish.ovi.com. The booklet was connected to a TV via HDMI. Imagine using your laptop for a while and then you look at the battery indicator and it says 10 hrs remaining. The device is pretty small in terms of size and if Nokia sold one in India even devoid of 3G, it would sell really well !

Do you like the booklet ? let us know

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The HTC HD2 has finally shown up on the T-Mobile website and according to the website its due to arrive this month so that means that it should be available anytime within 28 days. Funny part is that Coolsmartphone seems to have found some mistakes from the post. Here are a few of them:

• the device is mistakenly called the HTC Touch HD2
• the picture is actually of the original HTC HD
• the device supposedly has ‘Android Market’
• screen specifications are incorrect

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• Video : HTC HD2 vs iPhone 3GS

Many analysts have called it the game over for Sony Ericsson but this is not stopping the folks at SE from innovating.The SE Satio was an impressive handset considering the Symbian implementation. And now the SE Xperia X10 with Android. Nice to see a brands going with multiple platforms these days. All this means healthy competition and more choice for the consumer. Hope prices are realistic !  Here are some SE X10 pics straight from the SE HQ

The X10 might come to India as we got an email about the handset from SE India and also the SE india site features the handset.

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Opera Mobile 10 Beta was out for download yesterday and here are some screenshots and a video of the application running on a Nokia N97

Have you downloaded the app yet ? How do you like it ?

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