The elusive white Nokia N9 is now available

Nokia has just released the white color version of its MeeGo flagship. The white Nokia N9 was officially announced at this year's Nokia World, but it's only now that you can actually purchase one.

We were contacted by one of our readers, who found white Nokia N9 units in a couple of Finnish retail stores. For now these only come in 64GB flavor but at least cost only as much as their black siblings - €629.90.

The white Nokia N9 shares most of its hardware with the black version, but its non-painted unibody is made from glossy, rather than matte plastic. It turned out that the white matte plastic was too easy to get messed up in everyday use, so Nokia went for plastic instead.

We are yet to see if the WP-running Nokia Lumia 800, which shares the N9 body will get a white version, too.

Check out those live shots of the new Nokia N9 that we took at Nokia World 2011 and don't forget to drop us a line in the comments, sharing your thoughts on this beauty. And if you are planning to actually get it and you happen to live in Finland you might follow one of the two source links below to place your order.
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New clues of Nokia Champagne and Lumia 900 WP phones appear

We've known for a while now that the Nokia Lumia 800 isn't the real WP flagship by the Finns - the elusive Nokia Lumia 900 will probably take on that role and it just left another clue of its existence. And it brought a friend.

A Windows Phone app, Times of India, was downloaded and used by a Nokia Lumia 900 and a Nokia Champagne, both of which running Windows Phone. But they're running a newer build of WP - 7.10.8725 (7.1 is the internal version for 7.5 Mango).

Could this be the Tango version of Windows Phone that we've heard of? Our earlier encounter with the Champagne suggests that it is.

As for the Lumia 900, we've seen it a couple of times before and heard about some its specs - namely, a 4.3" ClearBlack AMOLED and 1GB RAM. That's what the leaked brochure claimed, anyway.


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Samsung: The Galaxy S II is still set for April launch

Yesterday we got indications that the Samsung Galaxy S II launch will be delayed by as much as a month. But now Samsung stepped up and announced (via Twitter) that the Samsung Galaxy S II flagship will still arrive on time in April to scheduled markets.

Unfortunately, there's no concrete information about which markets will be getting the Galaxy S II first.

The company also said that the device will be "gradually rolled out in each market according to the local launch timetable". It sounds laconic enough. It may mean that the Galaxy S II will hit everywhere, just gradually, not in huge numbers. Or that key European markets will be getting it first. We can only guess.

We're yet to see what's what with the Galaxy S II. As you know it already came in for a preview and we're currently working with it.


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Ponsel Windows Bakal Dipasarkan 11 Oktober

WASHINGTON - Microsoft berencana untuk menghadirkan kembali ponsel pintar terbarunya yang berbasis Windows. Smartphone tersebut diperkirakan akan dijual pada 11 Oktober nanti.

Straits Times melansir berita ini dari Harian Wall Street Journal, Jumat (1/10/2010). Dikabarkan, smartphone dengan sistem operasi Windows tersebut akan dijual secara eksklusif bekerja sama dengan AT&T.

Perusahaan software terbesar di dunia itu akan menjual tiga jenis smartphone berbasis Windows Phone 7 dari berbagai merek, yaitu LG , Samsung dan HTC. AT&T sendiri dikabarkan akan menjualnya lebih dulu, yaitu pada 8 November nanti.

Sistem operasi Windows memang telah kehilangan pamor setelah Apple dengan gencar meluncurkan iPhone. Bahkan posisi OS mobile Microsoft semakin tergencet oleh kehadiran platform Blackberry RIM dan Android Google. Peluncuran ponsel Windows ini diharapkan dapat meningkatkan kemballi pangsa pasar OS Mobile Microsoft.

Menurut firma riset Gartner, pangsa pasar sistem operasi Microsoft di dunia tahun ini akan turun mencapai 4,7 persen. Padahal tahun lalu pangsa pasarnya sempat mencapai 8,7 persen.

Bulan Juni lalu, Microsoft mengatakan telah menghentikan pengembangan ponsel pintarnya yang bernama Kin. Microsoft lebih memilih fokus sebagai penyedia software ketimbang mengembangkan handset.

Namun rumor ini masih belum bisa dipastikan. Pasalnya Wall Street Journal pun hanya mengutip pernyataan ini dari sumber mereka di Microsoft. Namun saat dihubungi AFP, pihak Microsoft menolak untuk berkomentar mengenai rumor dan spekulasi.


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HTC Kenakan Super LCD

JAKARTA - Berbarengan dengan ajang Nokia World 2010 yang digelar di London pada 14-15 September silam, HTC pun menggelar event sejenis pada 15 September. Yang disodorkan oleh pabrikan asal Taiwan ini adalah dua produk dari sub-brand Desire. Keduanya mengusung OS Android dan memakai versi 2.2 (Froyo).

Seakan ingin pula merangsek pasar dengan teknologi terbaru dengan komponennya. Sebut saja layar yang memakai Super LCD (S-LCD). Padahal layar jenis ini yang kabarnya akan menggantikan AMOLED, justru dibuat oleh konsorsium antara Samsung Electronics dengan Sony. Namun, di ponsel justru HTC lah yang mengenalkan pada dua serinya, Desire HD dan Desire Z yang dirilis secara resmi di London.

Yang menarik memang seri Desire HD. Seri ini berukuran 12,3 x6,8 cm dengan ketebalan 1,18 cm saja. Dari keseluruhan perangkat kerasnya, yang paling menonjol adalah pada sektor kamera. Dengan resolusi 8 MP dan jaminan kemudahan pemakaian, serta prosesornya yang dipasok oleh Qualcomm dengan seri Snapdragon-nya (1 GHz).

Jika, Samsung memiliki UI TouchWiz, maka HTC pun punya HTC Sense. Sebenarnya Desire HD seolah diset untuk menandingi Samsung Tablet namun dikemas dalam ukuran yang lebih kecil alias setara dimensi ponsel umumnya. Tak heran jika layarnya pun hanya 4,3 inci.

Sedangkan seri Desire Z tampak disiapkan untuk pengguna yang lebih menyukai input memakai tombol QWERTY. Dengan spek yang sedikit di bawah Desire HD (misalnya prosesornya hanya 800 Mhz dan kameranya 5 MP), namun untuk ukuran sebuah ponsel Android, seri seberat 180 gram ini justru lebih lengkap. Selain layar sentuh juga tambahan touchpad optik bagi yang terbiasa browsing layaknya BlackBerry.


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Harga Nokia N8 Rp 4,95 Juta

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JAKARTA - Nokia Indonesia secara resmi telah menjual seri N8 yang ditunggu-tunggu itu di pasar Indonesia. Ponsel yang merupakan seri pertama yang memakai OS Symbian^3 ini dijual seharga Rp 4,95 juta. Seperti pernah kami sampaikan, bahwa seri ini merupakan ponsel pintar yang mengandalkan banyak hal. Beberapa si antaranya kamera 8 MP yang menggunakan Carl Zeiss dan flash Xenon. Kemampuan rekam videonya telah setara dengan high definition, serta audio berkualitas dolby digital plus surround sound.

Pada waktu demo ponsel di Singapura Juni silam, kami telah melihat bagaimana seri ini bak pemutar video yang menggabungkan kualitas gambar bergerak dan audio yang memukau. Bahkan untuk dihubungkan ke perangkat home theater.

Di Indonesia, fitur WebTV-nya telah tersedia akses ke OkezoneTV yang menampilkan berbagai program seperti berita dan hiburan. Juga berbagai aplikasi yang bisa diunduh melalui OVI Store.

Kabar menarik lainnya, program Comes With Music yang sempat disebut-sebut akan dihapuskan menjadi OVI Music, ternyata di seri ini masih tersedia. Artinya pengguna punya kesempatan untuk mengunduh musik sebanyak-banyaknya dari jutaan lagu lokal maupun internasional yang tersedia secara gratis.

Bagi pelanggan Telkomsel atau pembeli paket bundling dengan Telkomsel, Anda akan memperoleh paket data plan yang menarik.Misalnya paket data plan mingguan sebesar Rp 50.000,- dan paket data bulanan sebesar Rp 120.000,- untuk menjelajah ke OVI maupun website lain tanpa batas.

Namun, untuk sementara Nokia Indonesia baru menjual seri ini lewat online, melalui www.citibank.com khusus bagi pelanggan kartu Citibank.Atau juga bisa lewat www.belibarang.com dan www.marketplus.co.id. Bagi pemesan awal ini akan memperoleh bonus berupa bluetooth handsfree stereo Nokia BH-504 dan kabel HDMI plus adapter Nokia. Nokia menjanjikan untuk pengiriman barang langsung kepada konsumen.

Harap dicatat pembelian online ditutup sampai 10 Oktober 2010.



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RIM Klaim Miliki 250.000 Server Blackberry

ONTARIO - Research in Motion (RIM) melaporkan jumlah pengguna Blackberry di dunia saat ini telah mencapai 50 juta pengguna. Untuk melayani pengguna, perusahaan yang berbasis di Kanada itu menyatakan jumlah server Blackberry pun meningkat menjadi 250 ribu server.

Pertumbuhan jumlah pengguna itu menyatakan sepanjang kuartal kedua 2010, pengapalan Blackberry mencapai 12 juta unit. Keuntungan perusahaan pun langsung melonjak hingga sembilan persen dibandingkan kuartal pertama 2010.

Seperti dilansir Cnet, Sabtu (18/9/2010), keuntungan perusahaan naik menjadi USD796 juta padahal kuartal pertama hanya USD768,9 juta.

Menurut CEO RIM Jim Balsillie, pertumbuhan ini akan terus berlanjut pada kuartal ketiga dan keempat, terutama setelah peluncuran Blackberry Torch yang sebentar lagi juga akan meluncur di Meksiko dan Eropa.

Balsillie juga mengungkapkan akan segera mematuhi segala aturan di sejumlah negara di kawasan Timur Tengah, di mana RIM diminta oleh Uni Emirat Arab (UEA) untuk mematuhi aturan terkait keamanan data.

"Kami bersedia untuk mematuhi, tetapi kami tidak bisa kompromi untuk masalah keamanan. Saat ini RIM telah memiliki 250.000 server BlackBerry di seluruh dunia, yang semuanya menggunakan proses enkripsi," kata Balsillie.

Di pasar Amerika Serikat, Blackberry juga diketahui berhasil mempertahankan posisi BlackBerry sebagai pemuncak pasar smartphone. BlackBerry sukses menjungkalkan pesaingnya termasuk Apple (IOS) dan Google (Android).


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Nokia Siemens Berinvetasi di OpenCLoud

JAKARTA - Nokia Siemens Networks menanamkan investasi di OpenCloud, penyedia sistem Application Servers dan Service Broker.

Nantinya hubungan OEM yang ada akan diperkuat sehingga memungkinkan teknologi OpenCloud diintegrasikan dengan perangkat terpadu charge@once, solusi charging dan billing (penagihan) konvergen modular yang fleksibel dan skalabel dari Nokia Siemens Networks.

Nokia Siemens Networks dan OpenCloud telah sukses melakukan kerjasama dalam dua tahun terakhir, sehingga berhasil memenangkan banyak pelanggan baru di seluruh dunia. Belum lama ini, yakni pada Juni tahun ini, Nokia Siemens Networks mengumumkan kontrak dengan Vodafone di Portugal, yang memanfaatkan teknologi Service Broker dari OpenCloud untuk mengurangi waktu dan biaya untuk meluncurkan layanan-layanan baru.

"Setelah sukses bekerjasama dengan Nokia Siemens Networks, kami senang dapat meningkatkan kemitraan kami ke tingkat strategis," kata Jeff Gordon, CEO, OpenCloud. "Investasi ini akan digunakan untuk mempercepat pengembangan portofolio kami untuk mendukung pertumbuhan cepat pasar Service Delivery Platform, dengan mamanfaatkan jangkauan pelanggan global, keahlian dan kemampuan penyediaan layanan Nokia Siemens Networks," tandasnya.

"Investasi ini akan memungkinkan Nokia Siemens Networks untuk memanfaatkan peluang layanan Converged Charging and Service Delivery Platform yang sangat besar di pasar," kata Rick Centeno, head of Charging, Billing and Care, Nokia Siemens Networks. "Kami akan dapat memberikan penawaran terintegrasi kepada para pelanggan kami dengan lebih baik yang sesuai dengan seluruh kebutuhan mereka seputar pengembangan, penyediaan, pengendalian dan pengenaan biaya layanan," tambahnya.

OpenCloud, didirikan pada tahun 2000 adalah sebuah perusahaan yang didanai swasta. Perusahaan ini menghadirkan Application Server real-time untuk industri telekomunikasi untuk secara lincah melakukan pengembangan, implementasi dan pengelolaan secara efisien atas layanan komunikasi antar manusia untuk teknologi jaringan generasi saat ini dan di masa mendatang. Berkantor pusat di Cambridge, Inggris.

OpenCloud memiliki kantor di New Zealand, Spanyol, Singapura dan Jakarta. Perusahaan ini telah menerima investasi dari karyawan, pemegang saham dan investor; No 8 Ventures, Advent Venture Partners dan Motorola Inc.

OpenCloud juga menawarkan dukungan konsultansi, implementasi, pelatihan dan dukungan layanan 24 khusus untuk lebih dari 30 pelanggan di seluruh dunia.


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Nokia Masih Siapkan 10 Ponsel Lagi Hingga Akhir Tahun

JAKARTA - Agar pangsa pasar tak tergerus, PT Nokia Indonesia akan mengeluarkan sekitar lima sampai 10 produk baru lagi di sisa tahun 2010.

Legi Soegianto, Manajer Produk Nokia mengatakan, persaingan di industri ponsel yang sangat ketat membuat perusahaan harus merilis minimal dua produk per bulan. Persaingan yang ketat ini menurutnya sudah berlangsung sejak tahun lalu.

"Selain itu, kami juga harus menyesuaikan dengan kebutuhan pasar baik yang pengguna baru maupun yang ingin mengganti ponselnya," tutur Legi kepada Kontan, Jumat (3/9/2010).

Sejauh ini, Nokia sudah merilis sekitar 15 produk baru. Dengan begitu, total model baru yang dirilis Nokia tahun ini mencapai 20 model sampai 25 model. Beberapa ponsel besutan Nokia sepanjang 2010 antara lain X5, X2, C1, C6, C3, D5, dan D3. Semua ponsel baru ini menyasar semua segmen, mulai dari segmen menengah bawah hingga atas. Hal ini tercermin dari harga ponsel Nokia yang berkisar Rp 300.000 hingga Rp 5,6 juta per unit.

Dalam waktu dekat perusahaan akan merilis E5 bulan ini dan N8 bulan depan. E5 merupakan ponsel bisnis yang menawarkan aplikasi quick office. Ada pula fitur push mail, chatting, serta kamera 5 megapiksel (mp). Untuk menunjang pekerjaan, ponsel ini dilengkapi pula dengan memori internal 250 megabit (MB), memori eksternal 2 gigabit (GB), dan microSD 32 MB. Ponsel ini akan dijual di kisaran Rp 2 juta per unit.

Adapun ponsel N8 merupakan ponsel high end berteknologi tinggi dengan kamera 12 MP. "Ini akan menjadi ponsel dengan kamera 12 MP pertama di portofolio Nokia," kata Legi berpromosi. Kamera ini juga menerapkan teknologi HDMI yang memungkinkan pengambilan video lebih jernih. Konsumen juga bisa mengedit video di ponsel maupun tersambung dengan PC. Aplikasi speaker dolby juga membuat suara ponsel jernih. N8 akan dijual di kisaran Rp 5 juta per unit.

Dengan menggempur pasar dengan total sekitar 20 model hingga 25 model baru, Nokia optimistis tahun ini bisa mempertahankan posisi sebagai pemimpin pasar. "Pangsa pasar kami masih di atas 30 persen dan kami harap tahun ini bisa bertahan menjadi pemimpin pasar," ujar Legi.



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Android Akan Tumbangkan BlackBerry Selangkah Lagi

Android Akan Tumbangkan BlackBerry Selangkah Lagi

Setelah menumbangkan iPhone, Android diperkirakan segera menumbangkan BlackBerry karena selisih pangsa pasar Android dengan BlackBerry hanya tersisa satu poin persentase pada kuartal kedua 2010. Laporan terbaru firma riset Gartner Inc mengungkap, volume penjualan smartphone global pada kuartal kedua (April–Juni) 2010 meningkat 50,5 persen per tahun, menjadi 61,6 juta unit.

Gartner menilai, lonjakan pertumbuhan smartphone memang tidak mengejutkan. Namun,peta persaingan di pasar smartphone global sudah berubah total. Gartner menegaskan, pertama dalam sejarah, sistem operasi Android produksi Google Inc mampu meraih predikat sistem operasi terbesar ketiga di dunia.

Sebab, pada kuartal kedua 2010 volume penjualan smartphone bersistem operasi Android sudah melampaui iPhone produksi Apple Inc. Karena digusur Android, posisi iPhone OS (iOS), yaitu sistem operasi yang digunakan iPhone, kini turun ke peringkat empat.

"Di pasar sistem operasi smartphone global, Android bertumbuh sangat pesat sehingga melangkahi iOS," ujar Research Vice President Gartner Inc Carolina Milanesi.

Berdasarkan data Gartner, volume penjualan smartphone Android global pada kuartal kedua 2010 mencapai 10,6 juta unit.Pada periode yang sama, volume penjualan global iPhone hanya mencapai 8,7 juta unit. Tidak mengherankan, pangsa pasar global Android pun melambung mengalahkan iOS.

Dalam pemaparan Gartner, pangsa Android di pasar sistem operasi smartphone global pada kuartal kedua 2010 meningkat pesat menjadi 17,2 persen, dari 1,8 persen pada kuartal kedua 2009. Sementara itu, pangsa pasar iOS hanya meningkat tipis menjadi 14,2 persen, dari 13,0 persen. Berkat pertumbuhannya yang sangat tinggi, smartphone Android pun diperkirakan segera mengalahkan BlackBerry, produksi Research In Motion (RIM) Ltd, yang menempati posisi terbesar kedua di pasar smartphone global.

Di pasar tersebut, pangsa BlackBerry terus melemah sehingga selisih dengan Android pun menjadi semakin tipis. Gartner mengungkap, pada kuartal kedua 2010 pangsa pasar global BlackBerry melemah menjadi 18,2 persen, dari 19,0 persen pada kuartal kedua 2009. Alhasil, selisih pangsa pasar Android dengan BlackBerry pun hanya tersisa satu poin persentase. Jika Android terus bertumbuh pesat dan BlackBerry terus melemah, maka Android diperkirakan mampu menumbangkan BlackBerry pada kuartal ketiga (Juli–September) 2010.

Sadar posisinya melemah, RIM pun berupaya bangkit. Senjata andalan terbaru RIM di pasar smartphone global adalah BlackBerry Torch. Meski demikian, Gartner tidak yakin BlackBerry Torch akan memberikan bantuan signifikan kepada RIM, untuk membendung gempuran Android.

"BlackBerry Torch memang akan mampu mencegah pengguna BlackBerry pindah ke smartphone lain. Namun begitu, BlackBerry Torch tidak akan mampu membuat pengguna iPhone atau pun Android berpindah ke BlackBerry," tutur Milanesi.

Firma riset Firma riset NPD Group Inc sepakat dengan Gartner. NPD menilai, BlackBerry Torch tidak akan mampu menandingi smartphone-smartphone Android kelas atas karena BlackBerry Torch tidak memiliki spesifikasi teknis setinggi para pesaingnya.

"Contoh paling nyata, Black- Berry Torch tidak dilengkapi layar sentuh sebesar layar sentuh smartphone Android seperti Droid produksi Motorola Inc,atau pun Droid Incredible dan EVO 4G produksi HTC Corp," tutur Executive Director Industry Analysis NPD Group Inc Ross Rubin.

Sekadar catatan, BlackBerry Torch dilengkapi layar sentuh berukuran 3,2 inci. Sementara itu, Motorola Droid dilengkapi layar sentuh 3,7 inci, HTC Droid Incredible 3,7 inci, dan HTC EVO 4G bahkan 4,3 inci.

Dibandingkan iPhone, layar sentuh BlackBerry Torch juga lebih kecil karena Apple membekali iPhone dengan layar sentuh berukuran 3,5 inci. Terpisah,firma riset International Data Corp (IDC) mengungkapkan, volume penjualan smartphone global pada kuartal kedua 2010 meningkat 50,4 persen per tahun menjadi 63,0 juta unit,dari 41,9 juta unit pada kuartal kedua 2009.

IDC mengungkapkan, pendorong utama pertumbuhan tersebut adalah smartphone bersistem operasi Android.

"Para sekutu Google meraih pertumbuhan tertinggi di pasar smartphone global pada kuartal kedua 2010. Pertumbuhan pesat pada periode tersebut terjadi berkat lonjakan minat konsumen terhadap smartphone Android," ujar Senior Research Analyst Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker Program IDC Kevin Restivo.

Dalam kelompok lima besar,produsen smartphoneAndroid adalah produsen smartphone terbesar keempat di dunia HTC dan produsen smartphoneterbesar kelima di dunia Samsung Electronics Co Ltd. Pada kuartal kedua 2010, masing-masing produsen tersebut mampu meraih pertumbuhan lebih dari 100,0 persen. IDC menjelaskan, HTC mampu menjual global 4,8 juta unit smartphone pada kuartal kedua 2010, alias naik 128,6 persen dari 2,1 juta unit pada kuartal kedua 2009.

IDC mengungkapkan, produk HTC yang paling laris pada periode tersebut adalah smartphone-smartphone Android seperti Desire, Droid Incredible,dan EVO 4G. IDC menambahkan pula, Samsung mampu meningkatkan volume penjualan smartphone global sebesar 172,7 persen per tahun pada kuartal kedua 2010,menjadi 3,0 juta unit,dari 1,1 juta unit pada kuartal kedua 2009.

Seperti HTC, IDC menilai,pendorong utama pertumbuhan Samsung adalah smartphone Android seperti Galaxy S Series. Berkat pertumbuhan mereka yang sangat tinggi, kedua raksasa smartphone Android itu pun mampu meningkatkan pangsa secara signifikan di pasar smartphone global. Berdasarkan data IDC,pangsa pasar HTC pada kuartal kedua 2010 meningkat menjadi 7,6 persen, dari 5,0 persen pada kuartal kedua 2009.


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Aplikasi Iphone:Terima Fax di iPhone dengan MyFax

Aplikasi iPhone : Terima Fax di iPhone dengan MyFax

Jakarta - Dalam benak Anda, mesin fax mungkin terdengar jadul. Namun jangan salah, masih ada orang yang setia menggunakannya.

Mungkin itu sebabnya, hadir sebuah aplikasi iPhone bernama MyFax yang 'mendigitalkan' barang kuno ini.

MyFax diciptakan Protus IP Solutions sebagai aplikasi gratis yang terhubung langsung dengan situs MyFax.com. Dengan aplikasi ini, pengguna bisa menerima fax melalui akun MyFax langsung di iPhone.

Jadi, bagi pengguna yang berpikir bahwa fax merupakan satu hal kuno yang masih eksis di dunia bisnis, mungkin aplikasi ini yang mereka cari.

Dikutip detikINET dari Appolicious, Selasa (17/8/2010), MyFax memiliki interface yang cukup sederhana dan mudah digunakan. Ketika pengguna menjalankan aplikasi ini untuk pertama kali, mereka harus memasukkan informasi akun MyFax dan akan digiring ke halaman utama.

Mereka kemudian tinggal memilih 'Inbox' dan akan menemukan inbox mesin fax virtual. Fax yang masuk juga akan muncul pada inbox email yang disertakan saat mendaftar ke situs MyFax.com.

Aplikasi MyFax untuk iPhone tersedia secara gratis. Namun, layanan MyFax.com merupakan layanan berbayar dengan sistem langganan.


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Apple Dituntut Nokia Gara-Gara iPhone dan iPad 3G

Apple telah dituntut oleh Nokia. Dakwaannya, melanggar lima paten penting pada iPhone dan iPad 3G. Menurut juru bicara Nokia, Paul Melin, perseteruan paten ini terkait dengan teknologi untuk meningkatkan transmisi data dan percakapan. "(Teknologi) penggunaan penempatan data di aplikasi dan inovasi di konfigurasi antena yang meningkatkan kinerja dan menghemat tempat memungkinkan perangkat yang lebih kecil dan lebih kompak," jelas Melin.

"Nokia adalah pengembang pemimpin dari banyak teknologi kunci di perangkat mobile. Kami telah mengambil langkah ini untuk melindungi hasil-hasil dari pengembangan pionir kami dan mengakhiri penggunaan tak legal dari inovasi Nokia," kata Melin.

Casey Johnston dari Ars Technica mengatakan bahwa sebagai ganti tuntutan penuhnya mungkin saja Nokia tertarik menerima pembayaran royalti dari penjualan iPhone and iPad. "Ini akan membuat Nokia menerima 1-2 persen dari setiap penjualan atau sekitar 6-12 dollar AS per iPhone dan 10-17 dollar AS per iPad," katanya.


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Tapping your phone

Telephone tapping is officially strictly controlled in many countries to safeguard an individual's privacy; this is the case in all developed democracies. In theory, telephone tapping often needs to be authorized by a court, and is, again in theory, normally only approved when evidence shows it is not possible to detect criminal or subversive activity in less intrusive ways; often the law and regulations require that the crime investigated must be at least of a certain severity. In many jurisdictions however, permission for telephone tapping is easily obtained on a routine basis without further investigation by the court or other entity granting such permission. Illegal or unauthorized telephone tapping is often a criminal offense. However, in certain jurisdictions such as Germany, courts will accept illegally recorded phone calls without the other party's consent as evidence, but the unauthorized telephone tapping will be avenged too.[citation needed]


In the United States, federal agencies may be authorized to engage in wiretaps by the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a court with secret proceedings, in certain circumstances.

Under United States federal law and most state laws, there is nothing illegal about one of the parties to a telephone call recording the conversation, or giving permission for calls to be recorded or permitting their telephone line to be tapped. However the telephone recording laws in most U.S. states require only one party to be aware of the recording, while 12 states require both parties to be aware. It is considered better practice to announce at the beginning of a call that the conversation is being recorded.


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iPhone 4G prototype?

The rumor mill is gearing up for the launch of Apple's fourth-generation iPhone, and the latest rumor has an aroma of fermented hops and barley.

Many observers expect Apple to release a new model in late spring or early summer. CEO Steve Jobs said recently that an updated mobile OS would be ready this summer--a perfect opportunity to release new iPhone hardware. Fueling speculation that a June launch is imminent is a report from Boy Genius Report that it has "confirmed with multiple AT&T sources that the carrier has now put a block on employees taking vacations in June."


Engadget is fanning the flames with photographs it says contain images of the forthcoming phone. Here's Engadget's explanation on how the images surfaced:

Apparently the phone was found on the floor of a San Jose bar inside of an iPhone 3G case. Right now we don't have a ton of info on the device in question, but we can tell you that it apparently has a front facing camera (!), 80GB of storage (weird, right?), and isn't booting at this point (though it was previously, and running an OS that was decidedly new). It's not clear if this is definitely a production model, or just a prototype that found its way into the world, but it's certainly a compelling design, no matter how you look at it.

Perhaps bolstering Engadget's report is a Twitpic posted in February that bears a striking resemblance to Engadget's images. However, other blogs reported that the images were actually of a Japanese iPhone counterfeit. As "proof" of the validity its report, Engadget reposted a grainy, heavily redacted photo it posted with a January iPad prototype story it now says shows the forthcoming iPhone sitting next to the then-yet-to-be released iPad.

Additionally, a MacRumors reader posted these images--purportedly from a Chinese Web site--that appear similar to those posted earlier by Engadget, although some readers suggest these are really images of the what was described as a Japanese counterfeit.

Of course, one has to wonder whether a company that guards the secrecy of its unreleased products as fiercely as Apple would actually allow an employee to take a prototype out to mingle with pretzels and spilled beer.

Update April 19 at 7:15 a.m. PDT: Gizmodo is now weighing in with a lengthy post titled "This is Apple's Next iPhone." Where Engadget says the device it's reporting on was found in a bar in San Jose, Gizmodo claims that it got hold of a gadget "found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look like an iPhone 3GS."

And, says Gizmodo: "We disassembled it. It's the real thing."

Whereupon it offers up a bevy of photos and video, along with details such as a "front-facing video chat camera," camera flash, micro-SIM, and a larger battery.

Beyond that, Gizmodo assembles such an array of circumstantial evidence as to suggest that, in Gizmodo's judgment, "there's very little possibility that it's a fake." Those clues range from Daring Fireball's John Gruber asserting that a prototype iPhone has gone missing from Apple to the lack of firmware for the device (which reportedly "was running iPhone OS 4.0 before the iPhone 4.0 announcement," though it was later remotely killed by Apple), and the fact, Gizmodo says, that the device "behaves exactly like an iPhone does when connected to a computer" and that "Mac OS X's System Profiler also reports this as an iPhone in restore mode...but report different product identifiers (both CPID and CPRV) than either the 3G or the 3GS."


source : m.news[dot]com
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Atom Runs Android, Google Plans Tablet

With the iPad in the market and a host of Linux or Windows tablets to follow, all eyes are on Google's response. Its upcoming Chrome OS, which is entirely geared to mobile browsers, will be important in the new hybrid formats between phone and PC. But before those 'cloudbooks' debut later this year, Android is also expected to appear on a tablet soon.

Google CEO Eric Schmidt hinted to the New York Times that Google was working on its own Android tablet rather than relying on third party vendors alone - a tactic it has already tried, with limited success, in smartphones, with the Nexus One launch. However, given that the tablet is an emerging category, Google may want to ensure it dominates it under its own brand, and turns the format to its vision of browser-oriented, cloud-based activities - rather than the downloaded content that is the centrepiece of iPad.

Other tablets expected around midyear are a MeeGo device from Nokia, the HP Slate, Dell's Streak and Lenovo's already announced IdeaPad s10-3 - and we are still waiting to see Microsoft's two-screened Courier concept platform turn into a commercial product.

At the chip level, the tablet will be a key testing ground in the battle between the Intel x86 and the ARM processor architectures. ARM licensees like Qualcomm and Freescale are edging into Intel's PC territory via hybrid devices like e-readers and the new smartbook designs, while Intel is pushing its low powered x86 platform, Atom, into ARM's smartphone heartland, again hoping to use tablets and other 'in-between' products as a conduit.

Although Intel has its own chip/OS combination - Atom and MeeGo, the latter in conjunction with Nokia - optimized for netbooks and tablets, it cannot ignore other operating systems. In netbooks, Windows remains dominant over Linux, and in the new formats, Android could be a major player. This week, Intel announced it had ported the Google OS to Atom, targeting smartphones and slates. Renee James, general manager of Intel's software and services group, told EETimes, at the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing, that there were already interested customers for Atom/Android. "Intel is enabling all OSs for Atom phones," she said. LG is the first vendor to show an Atom-based smartphone, the GW990, which will ship in the summer, though this will run MeeGo.

Some vendors have moved a step ahead of Intel with their own ports. Acer put Android on Atom netbooks last year.


source : theregister[dot]co.uk
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Omnifone signs Music Deal for Android

BARCELONA - Omnifone, the digital music service provider, is to make its MusicStation offering available to all mobile handsets which carry Google Inc's Android operating platform, it said on Monday.

Omnifone, which already provides its service to the likes of British pay TV company BSkyB and Vodafone, said it would debut its service on the Google Nexus One and HTC handsets at the Mobile World Congress industry event in Barcelona.

MusicStation for Android will offer all users on the Android platform immediate access to a catalog of over 6.5 million tracks, with additional features such as search and discovery systems, social networking aspects and news updates.

"Omnifone is delighted to be able to deliver the richest and most sophisticated music capability on mobile, and one that will work effortlessly on any manufacturer's Android device," Omnifone Chief Executive Rob Lewis said.

Mobile operators and handset makers have all started to offer music services in a bid to increase customer loyalty and grow revenues.


source : Reuters
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Nokia Smartphones Get New Names

There's been quite a few Nokia smartphones being released to date, but the company will now cut down to a select few in four different series.

In conjunction with the announcement of the Nokia C5, Nokia clarified its new naming convention across its smartphone portfolio. Moving forward, there'll be four smartphone brands, including Nokia Cseries, Xseries, Eseries and Nseries. Within each series of devices, there'll be a new range of numbers from 1 to 9, each signifying the range of functionality on offer, and the approximate prices of the devices - with 9 representing the highest end of devices.

The Nokia X3 and X6 were the first phones to use the new naming convention, followed by today's announcement of the Nokia C5. In other words, these three phones are mid-range devices within the respective series. Upcoming Eseries and Nseries smartphones will also be named based on the new naming convention, though specific announcements have not been made.

Nseries

Nseries will remain the flagship series and should offer the most advanced range of products. To date, Nseries has offered N9x, N8x and N7x devices representing mobile computing, camera & gaming and mid-range multimedia smartphones, respectively. AT& T has subsidized N7x devices in the U.S., and it'll be interesting to see whether AT& T will pick up the new breed of Nseries devices now that Nokia is cutting down on the amount of devices to make sure that a select few reach a broader audience. An all-touch phone powered by Symbian^3 is expected to be released in this line later this year.

Xseries

Xseries focuses on social entertainment, meaning that it blends social networking and music playback capabilities. A high-end phone in this range is expected to be released later this year, more specifically a QWERTY slider powered by Symbian^3.

Eseries

Eseries will remain focused on productivity and business. The next big thing in the Eseries is expected to be a slab QWERTY phone powered by a ramped up S60 3rd Edition, featuring a design that'll make images of both BlackBerry and Palm OS smartphones pop up in your mind.

Cseries

Lastly, the new Cseries represents the core range of smartphones by Nokia. The new Nokia C5 will be the first of this kind, powered by a ramped up S60 3rd Edition, offering a host of messaging and social networking features. The Nokia C5 will for instance include a new phonebook where you can see your friends' status updates directly from Facebook.
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Nokia unveils low-cost C5 smartphone

Nokia unveiled a new C5 smartphone model on Tuesday, hoping to benefit from a booming demand for cheap smartphones and from rising consumer appetite for mobile social networking.

The C5 handset will be one of the cheapest smartphones from Nokia, selling for 135 euros ($183), excluding taxes and subsidies, and hitting the shelves next quarter.

"It is products like this that will grow Nokia marketshare in the smartphone segment and help them to increase their average sale prices," said John Strand, chief of telecoms consultancy Strand Consult.

Volumes on the smartphone market are seen surging in 2010, with some analysts forecasting up to 50 per cent growth, as handset vendors are pushing advanced features, once exclusive to pricey top-end models, into cheaper and cheaper phones.

Nokia continues to lead the global smartphone market with an around 40 per cent market share, but it has lost ground to Apple's iPhone and RIM's Blackberry.

The Finnish firm is in the midst of a massive revamp of its smartphone offering and has said in 2010 almost all of its smartphones would have a touch screen, a full keyboard or both, compared with less than half in 2009.


NAME CONFUSION

After introducing the C series -- focused on personal social networking -- Nokia has four smartphone product families. The E series phones are for business users, X series for youth and music, and N series for the most advanced models.

It plans to use the new names across its smartphone offering.

Nokia has historically flooded the market with phone models little different from each other, with additional confusion arising from their four digit names, which have been hard to differentiate for consumers.

However, the new naming of X series phones may also create confusion as Sony Ericsson has used the name for few years -- X1 and X2 smartphones are from Sony Ericsson, while Nokia has launched the X3 model.

Sony Ericsson's new flagship device is the X10, while Nokia is also widely expected to launch an X10 cellphone.
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Five billion people to use mobile phones in 2010

The ranks of cell phone subscribers will swell to five billion people this year thanks to the growth of smartphones in developed nations and mobile services in poor nations, a UN agency said.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) also said the number of mobile broadband subscriptions would exceed one billion this year after reaching 600 million in 2009. “Even during an economic crisis, we have seen no drop in the demand for communications services,” ITU Secretary-General Hamadoun Toure said in a statement at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the industry’s biggest trade show. The number of mobile subscribers had reached 4.6 billion people last year. “I am confident that we will continue to see a rapid uptake in mobile cellular services in particular in 2010, with many more people using their phones to access the Internet,” Toure said.

In the developing world, the growth has been driven by the use of phones for mobile banking and health services, the ITU said. “Good examples include sending reminder messages to patient’s phones when they have a medical appointment, or need a pre-natal check-up,” Toure said. “Or using SMS messages to deliver instructions on when and how to take complex medication such as anti-retrovirals or vaccines. Such uses can save millions of dollars and lives. People with no bank accounts but mobile subscriptions are also increasingly able to do financial transactions with their phones in developing countries.”


source : dailytimes
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Nokia X3 Unveiled

Nokia has confirmed that the Nokia X3 is Comes With Music friendly, like the X6. “Availability within different markets will be announced in due course,” a spokesperson for Nokia told us.

Straight off the factory line after the new Nokia X6 is its little brother, the Nokia X3. It’s no S60 smartphone, but it’s just about the best music dumbphone Nokia’s ever crafted to so read on for the meet and greet.

Like the popular 5310, the Nokia X3 is an S40 desinged for music plabyback. As well as a microSD slot for up to 16 gigs of tunes on the Nokia X3,there’s Bluetooth, a 3.2MP camera, 3.5mm headphone jack and 2.2-inch screen.
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