The Nokia 700, Nokia 701 and Nokia 600 smartphones debuted this morning, complete with the latest build of Symbian (Belle) and single-tap NFC sharing and pairing. To commemorate the launch and extend the range of NFC-enabled accessories, Nokia has also announced the Essence bluetooth stereo headset. It’s a huge day for Symbian and NFC, let’s begin.
August, 2011
The Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro may look like a bit of a rehash – the original X10 Mini Pro launched more than a year ago – but don’t be fooled. This itsy bitsy, teeny weeny smartphone mops the floor with BlackBerry’s messaging rivals.
Yesterday, app logs revealed the iPhone 5 could in fact be a world phone. This would be the first iPhone capable of roaming the globe on CDMA and GSM networks. Obviously this is major news for the US where two of the top four nationwide carriers, Verizon and Sprint, still rely on a CDMA backbone. Following our coverage, a report from the Wall Street Journal surfaced, suggesting Sprint would sell more than six million iPhones this year. The stock market ate it up like a piece of grandma’s fresh blueberry pie.
Canon Europe has just built the ‘Zulu’ rig. The custom rig holds 20 Canon EOS 5D Mark IIs and was used to capture footage for the EOS 600D pan-European campaign. Dubbed ‘Your EOS Adventure Starts Here”, the multi-million campaign follows one person’s ‘EOS Adventure’ in Cape Town. Ready to be inspired?
Though its waved goodbye to Halo, Bungie is still hard at work and the first product of its Bungie Aerospace project to work with independent developers will be with us next week. Crimson: Steam Pirates is set to sail onto the iPad for free on September 1. It’s a turn-based strategy title in which you control a crew of steampunk pirates plundering their way around the Caribbean.
The first chapter of Crimson: Steam Pirates will arrive with eight missions and two multiplayer maps along with Bungie.net and Facebook integration. More episodes are set for release but you’ll have to stump up some booty for them. UK pricing hasn’t been released yet but Chapter 2, which is due immediately after the games release, will cost a reasonable $1.99 in the US. Sadly there’s no word on an iPhone version of the game yet.
Out September 1 | £free | Bungie
Facebook has revamped its privacy options, and the good news is you’ll get more control than ever over what’s said about you, which pictures you’re tagged in, as well as who sees your posts, thanks to a system of categorising acquaintances like on Google+.
It’s a major overhaul, and while the company won’t admit it, tantamount to admitting its previous privacy controls were confusing, especially in the face of fresh competition from Google+. So even if you’re not using Google+ all that much, it’s proof competition is a very good thing.
Confusing news from Samsung this morning. It’s decided to revise its naming strategy for Samsung Galaxy devices bringing in a whole slew of new letters to let you know where you sit in the pecking order. The first model to benefit from the new branding is the Samsung Galaxy W, an Android Gingerbread phone with a 1.4GHz processor, 3.7in Super LCD screen and 5MP camera, which will be winging its way to 3 imminently.
Wondering just what that “w” stands for and what the rest of Samsung’s new letters mean? No need. Click through to wrap your brain around Samsung’s logic…
Though Nikon outed a slew of new Coolpix cameras this morning, the Nikon Coolpix AW100 deserves a story of its own. The company’s first rugged camera, it’s built for adventure and boasts a case that’ll take it 10m underwater, allow it to survive a drop of 1.5m and keep snapping in temperatures as low as -10°C. Its most delicate areas areas (the battery compartment, SD card slot, mini HDMI connector and USB/audio video connector) are also kept undercover to keep them safe from the elements.
Beyond that eminently batterable body, the Nikon Coolpix AW100 also comes with some pretty appealing specs that should deliver snaps that will make bearing all that bad weather worthwhile. Read on for full details on the tech heart beneath that rugged exterior…