Conceived Direct UI company Nokia

The company Nokia has demonstrated the concept of interface for future mobile phones. At the picture shows that the unit given the large touch screen, which occupies almost the entire front panel. Hardware buttons are very few.

The user interface called Direct UI simplifies device management, given the support of recognizing gestures. More detailed information yet.

Sony Ericsson Walkman Xmini for Japanese operator KDDI

The company introduced the Sony Ericsson music phone, for the second-largest operator of Japan's KDDI, provider of services to a standard CDMA in the country rising sun.

The small size and a bright-colored shell suggests that this model focuses on the youth audience. Musical apparatus made in the form-factor Slider has a 4GB embedded memory that supports Bluetooth profile A2DP, do the same in the kit includes high-quality headphones. A distinctive feature of the phone is its small size, as well as the existence of touch control keys under the screen, which do not need to disclose the phone.



Specifications:

• Network: CDMA
• Display: 1,8 ", TFT, c resolution 240h320 points
• Embedded memory: 4 GB (available approximately 3.5 GB)
• Communication: Bluetooth, infrared
• Description: Work with e-mail, support for music services
• Dimensions: 44h75h18 mm
• Weight: 75 g

The unit will be sold only in Japan, put the information on to other countries not. In the retail chain operator apparatus appears at the end of this month.

Verizon Releases BlackBerry Storm Firmware Upgrade

Verizon Wireless has released a firmware update for its Research in Motion BlackBerry Storm device. The 4.7.0.75 update is now available via the phone's Desktop Software Manager -- accessible by connecting your phone to your PC and running BlackBerry Desktop -- and is expected to go out over-the-air by late Friday evening.

The upgrade comes amidst a storm of emotion as BlackBerry fans clash with the numerous reviewers delivering overwhelmingly negative impressions of the device. Perhaps the most attention-grabbing report has been writer David Pogue's piece in The New York Times , in which Pogue stated he hadn't "found a soul who tried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled or both."

So can tweaked software turn the numerous naysayers around? It seems much of the critical lashing is geared more at the Storm's design and hardware, including its notably absent physical keyboard. Software issues have arisen as well, however, including Pogue's claim of constant "freezes, abrupt reboots, [and] nonresponsive controls."

The firmware update is supposed to correct some of those, including issues in switching between landscape and portrait modes as well as subpar multimedia application performance.

Some blog reports indicate Bell Canada is already one step ahead, distributing version 4.7.0.76 of the operating system.

Source : PC World