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Saturday, January 31, 2009

Nokia E71 firmware updated to v200.21.118

New functionalities in MCU SW version 200.21.118:

- Internet Radio application
- My Nokia application
- 3G power reduction for applications using keep-alive style messaging
- User experience improvements:
- Easy Dialing support for Simplified Chinese language
- Device Lock improvement: Open device lock with LSK + Fn-keys
- One key input method switch for China language
- ‘Mute’ option in Right Soft Key when wired headset / hands free is connected
- ‘Loudspeaker’ option in Right Soft Key immediately when phone call is started
- Enlarge characters in Chr-table
- NTLM v1 and v2 support for Intranet Browsing
- New black and red themes


Changes/improvements made to MCU SW version 200.21.118:

General
- Time zones updated
- Improvements to localization
- Localization fixes
- Missing localizations added
- Operator name database updated
- Startup Settings updated
- Certificates updated
- Security updates
- Stability and functionality improvements
- Barcode reader icon changed from 1D icon to 2D icon
- Windows DRM keys are not lost during NSU update from 110.07.127 Qwerty keyboard - Stability and functionality improvements - Keyboard mapping corrections Browser - Stability and functionality improvements - Flash Lite improvements Connectivity - WLAN stability improvements - EAP-FAST/TLS stability improved - WLAN roaming functionality improved - BT IOP and Dial-up stability improvements Maps - Several stability and functionality improvement Messaging - Stability and functionality improvements - Performance improvement Quickoffice - Several stability and functionality improvements VOIP / SIP - Many stability and functionality improvements Email - Mail for Exchange upgraded from version 2.5.5 to 2.7.22 - Improved functionality when sending email via SSL/TLS SMTP server Mobile dictionary - Stability improvements - Improvement for installed languages. Installed language can be removed. Camera - Camera image improvements & slow capture correction with certain HW’s - Stability improvements Music player - General functionality and stability improvements Java - Update for CLDC-HI (Sun 1.1.1s Java VM) Device encryption - Device encryption functionality and stability improvements Switch application - Application updates and stability improvements

Saturday, January 3, 2009

Nokia E63: The E71 made Affordable

The Nokia E71 has been touted as one of the best E-series phones to come from the Finnish company, but it’s relatively expensive when compared to the other previous models Nokia has released in the past couple of months. So as to offer everyone in the market a chance to own and enjoy the benefits of the E71’s great form factor as well as some of its stellar features, Nokia has announced the E63. It looks almost like an identical twin of the E71 albeit lacking the sopshitication as it trades in the steel accents for ordinary plastic. Aside from the external changes, it likewise dumps the 3.2-megapixel camera with autofocus, GPS and HSDPA 3.6Mbps connectivity for a more modest 2-megapixel camera and GPRS/EDGE connectivity feature set. Sure, the lack of HSDPA connectivity might be a bummer but at least it still comes with WiFi, Bluetooth, and the same reliable battery to make it a decent buy at its more affordable price of $255 which is roughly just P12K++ as opposed to the P23K SRP of the E71. This is, of course, just my assumption of how much it would probably cost, but let me just stress how its price will play a key role if the E63 has any chance at all in succeeding the local market.
Specifications:
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network UMTS 900 / 2100
  UMTS 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, November
Status Available. Released 2008, December
Size Dimensions 113 x 59 x 13 mm, 87 cc
Weight 126 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
 - Full QWERTY keyboard
Ringtones Type Polyphonic, MP3, True Tones
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hotswap,
 - 120 MB internal memory
- ARM 11 369 MHz processor
Data GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps
3G Yes, 384 kbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Downloadable,
Colors Ultramarine Blue, Ruby Red
Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels, flash, video (QVGA@15fps)
 - Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player
- 3.5 mm audio output jack
- Office applications
- FM radio
- Push to talk
- Voice command/dial
- PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing
- Built-in handsfree
Battery   Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by Up to 432 h
Talk time Up to 11 h

E71 look alike E63

E71 official Pictures

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Nokia E71

Specification
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - American version
Announced 2008, June
Status Available. Released 2008, July
Size Dimensions 114 x 57 x 10 mm, 66 cc
Weight 127 g
Display Type TFT, 16M colors
Size 320 x 240 pixels, 2.36 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard - Five-way scroll key
Ringtones Type Polyphonic, Monophonic, MP3, True Tones
Customization Download
Vibration Yes
Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Detailed, max 30 days
Card slot microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB, hotswap, buy memory
- 110 MB internal memory - 128 MB SDRAM Memory - ARM 11 369 MHz processor
Data GPRS Class 32, 100 kbps
HSCSD Yes
EDGE Class 32, 296 kbps
3G HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth Yes, v2.0 with A2DP
Infrared port Yes
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Features OS Symbian OS 9.2, Series 60 v3.1 UI
Messaging SMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Games Java downloadable, order now
Colors White Steel, Grey Steel
Camera 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels, autofocus, video(QVGA@15fps), flash; secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver - A-GPS function - Java MIDP 2.0 - MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player - Office applications - FM radio - Push to talk - Voice command/dial - PIM including calendar, to-do list and printing - Built-in handsfree
Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
Stand-by Up to 410 h
Talk time Up to 10 h 30 min