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SymbianBlog has released a freeware application for Nokia S60 phones with a built-in Accelerometer such as N82, N93 and N95 that enables you to control profiles, calls and alarms on your device using motion gestures by flipping the phone in certain directions.
When you are in a meeting or anywhere else, and a call is coming in, you can flipover your phone to make it go into the silent profile and hang up the phone call - without touching anything on the phone or just flip it back to silence the device- without disconnecting the call. FlipSilent also works with the S60 alarm so that when the clock is ringing, you can flip the mobile to snooze it.
Here are the options available in version 1 of the software:
+ Flip Over
- Mute Ringer: Mute the ringer - Default
- Hang up Call: Hang up the call when a call is coming in
+ Flip Back:
- Previous profile: use the profile you used before — Default
- Silent profile: remain in the Silent profile
- General profile: use the General profile
- Meeting profile: use the Meeting profile
- Outdoor profile: use the Outdoor profile
- Pager profile: use the Pager profile
+ Auto Start
- No: start without the phone boot
- Yes: Start with the phone boot with the configuration interface
- Yes & Hide: Start with phone boot, and goes into background — Default
VIA : ThinkAbdul
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We’ve already seen the very, very brief video demonstration of the upcoming iPhone firmware. This time GearLive, the folks who broke the news, went one step further proving it’s not a Photoshop scam, but a real thing. What follows is a short video demonstration of the new iPhone firmware’s features. Enjoy!
Thru : Intomobile
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Earlier this month we saw an all black 6300 come out of Asia, Singapore we thing, and now an all black 6500 Slide comes out of the wood work. Could 2008 be the year Nokia pulls a Samsung and makes all their devices blacker than black? With a 3.2 megapixel camera, dual LED flash, S40 and a solid stainless steel body this is a model to watch as one of Nokia’s best sellers.
What peaks my interest is why the back plate of the black model doesn’t say Carl Zeiss anywhere while the silver (original) 6500 does. One would think that would be a blow to the marketing people or that this model might not be a final retail unit.
For full gallery at Mobile 01 & read thru Intomobile
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In case you live in the U.S. and wanted to grab a decent mid-range music-centric phone, you’ll be glad to know FCC has recently approved the Nokia 5610 XpressMusic. What seems as the direct successor to the popular Nokia 5310 model has kept the slider form factor, yet it know has a much better 3 megapixel camera. Nokia’s Series 40 is running the show, meaning you’ll have one of the easiest to use phones on the market — not that other feature phone platforms are more complicated, it’s just that Nokia feature phones are known to provide great out-of-the-box experience.
At the moment of this writing, we’ve no idea whether some carrier will pick it up, but you’ll always be able to grab it at one of Nokia’s flagship stores in New York or Chicago, or directly from the handset maker’s website.
[Via: uberphones]
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Keen observers of the wireless industry already know the growth drivers in the next few years – open platform and mobile video. According to a statement from MultiMedia Intelligence chief research officer Frank Dickson:
2008 will see a heightened battle for control of the platforms and business models. Companies like Nokia and Apple will pull at the operators, trying to capture data, content and application revenue for themselves. Open platforms like Android will drive the mobile network to open up like the Internet.
Evidently, Google’s open platform initiative Android, iPhone’s invitation to outside developers, and the shifting directions of many handset manufacturers to control mobile content are paving way towards development of what MultiMedia refer to as “application-centric mobile devices”.
As always, we, the mobile consumers, are the biggest winners if these changes become a reality.
Thanks to MobileWhack
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- Stream music and videos from your computer
- Screen capture with mouse click and basic typing support
- Simple iTunes Remote control
- Browse your files
- Run applescript remotely
- iSight image capture
- Basic Spotlight search
- Easily create and add more apps
The software is intended as a demo so several improvements are needed to make this fully functional. Still, it is already a very practical program guaranteed to put smile on Apple fanatics.
Via MobileWhack
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Fring updated its VoIP application just in time for holidays. First they’ve included latest Nokia’s smartphones on the list, including Nokia N81, N82 and N95 8GB — you’ll probably notice it’s the black N95 rather than N95 8GB on the image bellow - we got an image from them.
Along with the support for new devices, Fring also announced that WISPr and history functions had been updated to work on Symbian UIQ based phones. The former is there to enable Sony Ericsson smartphone users to seamlessly roam within Wi-Fi networks.
Finally, they’ve announced the support for AOL’s AIM and Yahoo! Messenger, which are joining other instant messaging clients on the list: Skype, Google Talk, MSN, ICQ and Twitter (not actually the real IM client when you think about it).
And before we go, a short video explaining how to roam between 3G and WiFi on Fring follows after the jump. Enjoy!
[Via: Fring Blog]
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Here’s something for the uber-rich who dig Motorola RAZR2. Amosu — the company that is known for making cool phone like the iPhone, LG Prada, Nokia N95 and Sony Ericsson W880i look even cooler — has created a new luxury version of Motorola’s thin clamshell. The so called RAZR2 V8 Luxury Diamond Edition phone costs a fortune and only 5 these will be produced. Not that more people can afford the luxury handset, it’s more to say “if you buy this, you’ll almost certainly be the only guy/girl in the room with it.” Then again, I guess all 5 buyers of this phone probably know each other, so this doesn’t hold water. Or does it?
[Via: MobileWhack]
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Cnet reviews the T-Mobile Katalyst: “The T-Mobile Katalyst by Samsung doesn’t really look too different from other Samsung sliders we’ve seen. Measuring 2 inches tall by 4 inches wide by 0.7 inch thick, it has an understated gray-and-chrome design, with slightly blocky corners and a soft curve along its sides. The T-Mobile Katalyst weighs in at a relatively light 4.1 ounces, though it still has some heft when held in the hand. We can open the phone one-handed by pushing the bottom of the slider upward with our thumbs. There’s a slight bump underneath the screen that you can use as a thumb grip when sliding the T-Mobile Katalyst down. The sliding mechanism felt solid when opening and closing the phone, gliding smoothly up and down but still providing just enough resistance.The good: The T-Mobile Katalyst cell phone utilizes the HotSpot @Home service to make calls via Wi-Fi as well as regular GSM airwaves. It also has a 1.3-megapixel camera, a music player, and quad-band support. Call quality was excellent.
The bad: The T-Mobile Katalyst by Samsung has a slippery, flat keypad. It has also a dismal amount of built-in memory, and the microSD card slot is inconveniently located behind the battery.
The bottom line: Despite a few design quibbles, the T-Mobile Katalyst by Samsung is a great HotSpot @Home phone with above-par call quality.”
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PhoneArena reviews the Samsung FlipShot U900: “The Samsung FlipShot U900 is a nice upgrade from the A990, but we were anticipating a lot more. Both the Sound Quality and Reception are excellent, so using it as a phone is highly recommended. The redesigned keypad is easier to use, the new themes look nice, and the MP3 player sounds good. Unfortunately the Camera, which is the Samsung FlipShot U900’s main selling point, is also its biggest disappointment. Even though images are captured at 3MP, the AutoFocus system is too slow and images don’t look as good as other 2MP phones, such as the V9m or Voyager, nor as good as a cheap 3MP digital cam. Because of this, we can’t recommend the Samsung FlipShot U900 for someone who is looking for a top quality camera-phone, since the V9m and Voyager are both better choices. But if you have you heart set on a 3MP camera-phone for Verizon, then this is your only option.”
Read another Samsung FlipShot U900 review.
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