The N86 - Nokia's first 8 megapixel phone

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia announced its first 8 megapixel monster (more like a critter actually): the N86.



The only words that come to my mind after seeing the Samsung i8910 are "too little, too late". But let's not get too incisive. This is a step forward for Nokia. A small one, but at least it's in the right direction. The N86 comes with improvements in a few areas (very fast CPU, 8MP camera, Flash Lite 3.1, a good battery and a load of Java APIs) and one obvious downgrade: the 2.6" screen.

All in all it's very good that Nokia have finally decided to step into the 8MP arena. I'm sure we will see a true flagship device from them again, in time.

More photos of the N86 can be found here.

New Nokia N97 announced!

Earlier today, at Nokia World 2008 in Barcelona, a new addition to the Nseries family was announced. The Nokia N97, a 3.5 inch touch screen, full qwerty device, is the latest smartphone from the Finnish manufacturer and, after a long line of mediocricies, a good one. Sure it has only a 5 megapixel camera, but the other specs are pretty nice and together add up to form the best Nokia to date.

Press photos can be found here:

http://www.nokia.com/A4630648?category=n97#

Firmware update for N95 (v21)

A new version (21.0.016) of the N95 software is available to download by Nokia Software Updater. While it's nowhere near the upgrade that v20 was, it still has general bug fixes, speed improvements and, above all, intergrated Flash Lite 3 and WRT. Well worth updating, in my opinion.

Nseries PC Suite 2.0 graduates

Today Tommi announced via the Beta Labs blog that Nokia Nseries PC Suite has graduated. This means that it is no longer considered a beta, but a fully functional piece of software.

Nokia Nseries Pc Suite 2.0 update

Nokia Beta Labs have just released an updated version of Nseries PC Suite 2.0. Download it and remember to give the developers feedback.





A clear changelog has yet to be made available at the time of this writing, but I can say the stability has been improved (so far mine's been problem-free as opposed to the flickering screen and freezing I got from the previous release). But keep in mind that this is still in beta, even though it is quite mature.

Nokia Nseries PC Suite 2.0 beta

Once taken down for tweaking, the 2.0 version of Nseries PC Suite is back at Beta Labs. It is a bundle of all the other software pieces released independently so far.

The downloading and installing is done by a Web installer. You just tick the the components you want to install and they are downloaded and installed. Simple as that. Oh, and remember to uninstall your classic PC Suite first. I had a bit of a headache 'cause I forgot.

The new layout is pretty cool, I for one like it much more that the old Suite one. You can browse by the "Music", "Internet", "Photo/Video" and "Tools" tabs.

Download it from here: http://www.nokia.com/betalabs/nseriespcsuite

N810 ships!

The new Internet Table, Nokia N810, has been released to stores.
It promises to surpass the N800 in terms of specifications and functionality (it has GPS).

Press release here: http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1169511

N82 official announcement

To all you camera-phone lovers out there (and me), the Nokia N82 has been announced. It looks like a combination of N73 and N91. Sort of.

Key specs:

-5MP camera with Xenon(!) flash

-100MB internal memory (+microSD card)

-1050 mAh battery

-2.4" QVGA 16M colors display

Press release: http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1168264

More images: http://www.nokia.com/A4138058?category=n82#

N81 and N81 8GB now shipping

It's official. The game-orientated, music-focused slide phones are at large.

The two new additions to the Nseries family don't have any top-notch camera capabilities, nor are their music skills out of this world. The treat is the gaming-optimised interface and build. The are 2 dedicated game keys above the display and the N-Gage client is pre-installed, with a plethora of games being available through OVI (not sure when).

So, press release here, if you're getting one, congrats. I'm sure it's a great entertainment center.

http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1161376

Nokia N810 Internet Tablet

While checking for new press releases from our favorite phone manufacturer, I found a new set of photos, depicting a new Nseries device. And here it is, the N810 internet tablet.

This new bad boy has a stunning screen, and GPS (!). Like any internet tablet, it has a wide variety of connectivity options. And... wait for it... a QWERTY KEYBOARD that slides out from underneath.

The nseries.com site has also been updated. From there, these are the main features of this new goodie:

-High-resolution 4.13" WVGA display (800 x 480 pixels) with up to 65,000 colors
-DDR RAM 128MB; Flash 256MB
-Internet Tablet OS: maemo Linux based OS2008
-Sadly, all I could see is that it has a VGA camera, though I might have missed a few lines.

Find more pictures here: http://www.nokia.com/A4136017?category=n810

UPDATE: Found 2 youtbe videos, one is like a commercial, the other is a short demo (sort of).
http://youtube.com/watch?v=JVZ6E9EnJ3I
http://youtube.com/watch?v=dywlV40L3rA&mode=related&search=