Nokia N85 is a two-way slider, revealing either a numeric keypad or music shortcuts. It is a Symbian S60 smartphone with 2.6” OLED display, 5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss lens and N-Gage gaming platform. For music it has 3.5mm jack, stereo speakers, stereo Bluetooth, FM transmitter and radio.

Each Nokia N85 comes with an 8 GB microSD card, up to 30 hours of music playback time and its high-fidelity sound means favorite tracks can be enjoyed virtually anywhere. Build a personal music collection from the millions of tracks and playlists available from the Nokia Music Store or other online music vendors, or synchronize PC and mobile music libraries via USB cable.

The Nokia N85 is pre-loaded with at least 10 made-for-mobile N-Gage gaming titles that jump off of the screen thanks to the dazzling OLED display and a voucher to activate one full game license. Dedicated gaming keys light up when the device is in landscape gaming mode to further enhance the action-packed experience.

N - Gage Gaming.

The Nokia N85 is an impressive gaming device as it features Nokia’s excellent N-Gage gaming service. Some 15 pre-installed demos are included along with a code to activate one of the games for free. Not only is the gorgeous screen ideal for playing games, but the gaming keys which come alive when you access N-Gage make playing far more enjoyable.

Although initially the Nokia N85 is only available as a SIM free mobile phone and on the Orange UK network its expected to be picked up by further network operators over the coming days further expanding the number of tariffs and packages available and allowing consumers to get the closest deal to their current usage requirements.

Now, the N85 improves in every area where the N95 was less successful and in doing so, it has become one of the most desirable mobiles available today, and there is no hesitation recommending it.

Motorola has launched its touchscreen GPS-enabled phone offering navigation maps and landmarks of 30 cities priced at Rs 15,847 in this festive season.

The phone has satellite based GPS which offers consumers lifetime free GPS navigation maps and landmarks of 30 cities, Motorola MobileDevices India and South West AsiaLloyd Mathias said:

It also allows voice-guided navigation across major national and state highways. “MOTOMING A 1600, is the first GPS-enabled mobile phone. The navigation service is free with no activation charges, independent of mobile networks and can be used even without inserting the SIM card,” Mathias said.

The touchscreen phone offers 1 GB MicroSD card and an expandable memory capacity of up to 4 GB and a 3.2 megapixel camera. Powered by MapmyIndia, India mapscome preloaded on the memory card of the phone.

Source:economictimes

Mozilla wll release an alpha-build of their new Firefox Mobile browser by the end of next week, only for the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet.

The Mozilla CEO John Lilly said that the team of Mozilla is working on the new Firefox mobile which allow you to surf the internet from your mobile phone .
“We want to make sure that the web on mobile is more like the web than what the mobile industry offers today, which is closed, separate networks and not a very good information-getting experience for the user” and said too “First thing we need to let the Firefox works on the mobile devices and we will see the new alpha after few weeks”

According to Jay Sullivan, Mozilla vice president of mobile, the software, codenamed Fennec, is intended for preliminary code checking with a touchscreen-centric device, and precedes a Windows Mobile version that will drop “in a few months”.  As well as the multifunction search & address ‘awesome bar’, Firefox for Mobile will support swipe-gestures for calling up control and contextual menus, and use the same Gecko rendering engine as the desktop version of Firefox.

LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, announces the launch of LG KP500 with an affordable introduction price never offered before. This attractively-priced full touch screen handset is complete with the latest touch technology and features found in the existing high-end full touch screen handsets currently available on the market.

As a slim and stylish handset, the LG KP500 is a GSM phone which can operate in four frequency bands, giving it a far-reaching reception range, and upon its global release, the LG KP500 can be used in 39 languages. But no matter what language one speaks, the vivid and intuitive user interface of the LG KP500 is simple for anyone to understand with vivid icons on the wide 3 inch screen.

Main Features Of LG KP500:

* 3-inch wide full touch screen display.
* Active flash UI (user interface) allowing users to attach friend’s photo for the speed dial feature.
* Easy-to-use smart handwriting recognition function allowing users to send text messages without using  the touch keyboard.
* Embedded stylus pen for advanced handwriting recognition program.
* Motion sensor games that requires eye-hand coordination to balance, flip, shift, and twist the handset to play the games, using advanced motion sensor technology.
* The QWERTY onscreen keyboard slides into view when the LG KP500 is held horizontally, and the auto rotating display always shifts images or documents for proper viewing no matter which way the cellphone is turned.

The LG KP500 will be available at the end of October 2008 in Europe and then on to the rest of the world. The price of the LG KP500 will be announced during the launch.

Verizon Wireless and Motorola have recently announced two new handsets-the Motorola VU30 and MOTO VU204.

Motorola Rapture VU30

The Motorola Rapture VU30 comes in an attractive clamshell design including a touch-sensitive exterior display. It allows users to take pictures and reach their music in no time even without opening phone. The VU30 phone supports 2.0 megapixel camera with advanced imaging, video recording, as well as audible turn-by-turn directions with VZ Navigator abilities. It also comes with expandable memory of up to 8GB using microSD™ card slot.

It features includes:

• 1X/EV–DO connectivity (800 / 1900 MHz)
• 2.2 inch TFT QVGA internal display
• 1.6 inch touch-sensitive TFT external display with 120 x 160 pixels
• V CAST Music with Rhapsody and V CAST Videos
• VZ Navigator
• 2 MP camera with video recording
• Music player
• 2.5mm headset jack
• Email & Internet browser
• microSD card support, 8GB max.
• 3.4 ounces
• 3.9 x 1.9 x 0.67 inches
• 270 minutes of talk-time or up to 470 hours of stand-by time

Moto vu204

It provides users with an array of messaging features including Mobile IM, Email and text & multimedia messages. The wonderful VU204 handset supports a VGA camera with 4 x digital zoom and a dedicated camera key to operate it with ease. Additionally, the MOTO VU204 also includes Stereo Bluetooth wireless technology, Verizon Wireless’ Media Center and VZ Navigator service.

MOTO VU204, is not yet available for purchase, but Verizon did mention some of its features:

• VZ Navigator
• Verizon’s Media Center
• E-mail, Instant Messaging
• Stereo Bluetooth
• VGA camera with dedicated key