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German site NokiaPort has rounded up a nice little cache of juicy Nokia details that it says is culled from “official information from Nokia, confirmed rumors and reputable sources of information,” and while we can’t personally vouch for most of what we’re seeing here, it’s all sounding reasonable enough — and with Nokia World right around the corner, we figured this would be a grand opportunity to lay it out and see how the chips fall. First up, Cseries and Xseries are said to be presented at the show, with the first Xseries model being an upgraded version of the just-launched 5530 XpressMusic with 3G thrown in, probably spelling doom for the 5800 — in other words, Xseries is very likely a wholesale rebranding of the XpressMusic line, which totally makes sense. Speaking of touchscreens and Nokia branding, the site says that we’ll see another touchscreen Nseries model to keep the N97 company before the year’s out, followed by Eseries’ first S60 5th Edition model in 2010. Coincidentally, they’ve got a part of a supposed new touch model pictured on the site (see above), though we’re not clear on what we’re seeing. In the Maemo department, the N900 is likely to be the only Maemo 5 device for the better part of the year, though there’s apparently a mysterious N920 already making the rounds in the Espoo campus.

As technologies go, xenon flashes are apparently on the outs with Nokia — better hang onto your phones, N82 owners — while capacitive screens should start to take hold. Samsung has already proven that S60 works just fine and dandy with a capacitive display on the i8910, so we’re stoked to see where Nokia takes it. Finally, OMAP3 cores are said to be working their way into the lineup following a Cortex A8-based introduction in the N900; Nokia has historically lagged its competition as processing power goes, so it’ll be great to see them start to match up with the Pres and the iPhones of the world — at least as far as raw computational might goes, anyhow.

[Thanks Hermann S., image via Eldar Murtazin]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

Nokia rumors: Xseries is XpressMusic successor, new Nseries touchphone in ’09? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 26 Aug 2009 15:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading Duo brings pen-based computing to almost any display

Filed under: Peripherals

Duo brings pen-based computing to almost any display originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You know, if you’re trying to get our attention, there are worse ways to go about it than by releasing photos of a mystery gadget proudly displaying our homepage. And though there is no credible word yet on the origin of all these Android MID pics that keep making the rounds, there has been much speculation. As SlashGear points out, the device has more than a passing resemblance to the Wallet, which France’s eviGroup has been threatening to lay on the world since back in May (a 5-inch touchscreen device touted as “halfway between a cellphone and a TabletPC”). And if that isn’t enough, someone named focus3G has been furiously posting new pics of the thing on his Twitpic account for two weeks now — we’ve contacted him for an explanation to no avail (not yet, at least). But what do you think? Hit the gallery below, and let the speculation begin.

Gallery: Mysterious Android MID poses for yet more pics, reads Engadget

Read – Wallet MID gets closer to release, US launch possible
Read – Even more photos of unknown Android MID appear

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds, Tablet PCs

Mysterious Android MID poses for yet more pics, reads Engadget originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Touch, it’s the panacea of e-book readers, right? Sure, just so long as readability isn’t sacrificed in the process. Flickr user Doodlydood uploaded some pics and video of Sony’s new $300 PRS-600 (on the left above) reader and did a quick comparison with his legacy PRS-505. Unfortunately, the glare from the plastic resistive touchscreen is an issue and the weak contrast, like the touchscreen PRS-700 before it, pales by comparison to Sony’s two year old PRS-505 with glass display. On the flip side, page turns on the new 600 were fast and “work extremely well” compared to the PRS-505. Unfortunately, that’s a minor victory when the whole purpose of an e-reader it to well, you know… read. See for yourselves in the videos after the break.

[Via Lesen.net, thanks Johannes]

Continue reading Video: Sony PRS-600 Touch is fast but too dim to satisfy PRS-505 owner

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Video: Sony PRS-600 Touch is fast but too dim to satisfy PRS-505 owner originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You should already be familiar with (or able to guess) the YP-R1’s specs and pricing, so we’ll just head straight to the good stuff. Our colleagues at MovePlayer handled a pink sample of the device and liked its 720 x 480 uncompressed video playback, slim casing, DJ utility (your use of which will be inversely proportional to your age), and the host of extra features like FM radio, voice recording and photo organizer. Their one major gripe related to scrolling around in landscape mode, but all in all they found it a very competent, sophisticated-looking entry into the PMP market.

[Via PMP Today]

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video

Samsung YP-R1 get first unboxing, approving review originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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