Hannu Viitala has just released an S60v3 port of his C64 emulator called Frodo - the program can now be downloaded from the author’s web site.
However, the free distribution version does not emulate the C64’s sound system completely - while this has no implication for the performance of games, it nevertheless means that you won’t hear anything when playing: the sound engine is called Bilbo and is made available after a donation….
Nokia recently announced a cooperation with Renault - the two have ganged up recently, and announced a (limited edition) vehicle called Sandero Nokia that comes with a Nokia N95 for navigation.
Here are a few images of the car and the phone - for me, it looks like a stock N95…
P.S. Can anyone of you explain me what’s so cool about a microcar with an integrated phone?
The folks at buy.com have just revealed further information on the WiMax edition of the Nokia N810(pictured below):
The preorder page over at buy.com’s states a price of 431.99$(479$ list) - in case anyone of you absolutely must go WiMax, give them a click here.
When seeing the Nokia N81 8GB for the first time, users sometimes wonder where the keyboard is. Does it even have one? Read on to find out more!
First of all - the N81 is a slider phone. The slider concept was made popular by Palm’s Tungsten T; and has seen diminishing popularity ever since. Nokia nevertheless chose to revive it - the keyboard is slid out at the bottom. Its keys are well-lit and have decent pressure points; however, I feel that the N71’s keyboard is better:
The top of the slider contains the classic S60 keys and also a few music-related keys. These music keys are a bit too small for my taste, and also are almost invisible due to poor lighting. The image below was made with long exposure to compensate:
Finally, two gaming keys are at the top of the screen. They are non-functional most of the time - starting an N-Gage game lights them up:
The back of the device contains the 2MP camera and its LED. Sliding off the back let’s you access the 1050mAH battery and the SIM card slot. Nokia omitted the memory card slot from this phone due to its internal memory…
The top of the device contains a 3.5″ headphone jack, a power button and a slide key. Palm Treo users will know this thingy - however, Nokia’s version does not silence the phone. Instead, it toggles keyguard…
The bottom of the box contains a weird sync port and Nokia’s standard power connector:
The sides of the box contain speakers and camera buttons:
In the end, the Nokia N81 8GB is a well-done phone. Even though some of the keys are small/not well lit, the box nevertheless is a solid slider phone. The memory card slot is gone due to the 8GB of internal memory; IR also is gone. Nokia finally integrated a 3.5″ headphone jack; but still didn’t go MiniUSB - there still is a bit of room for improvement…
We already heard about the Nokia E71(successor to the E61 and E61i) some time ago - the following three weird pictures have now popped up on the internet(bloggers all over claim that they originate from this Chinese web site):
Anyways, the images are said to show the E71 and a so-far-unknown Nokia E66. Little specifications are available; except for battery capacity data(E66 1000mA;E71 1500mA). Also, a poster claims that the devices will NOT run FP2…
The folks at Symbian-Freak’s have obtained the following images from a Chinese web site:
As of now, nothing is known about the box - I personally predict that we are looking at yet another UIQ powered phone here(compare the UI to the recently-released G700 and G900 devices).
Stay tuned for further information…
As the G700 recently got FCC approval, I felt like posting the following article from the last CeBit. It sheds a bit more light onto what to expect from G700/G900 - enjoy:
First of all, here are a few comparison shots showing the G700 next to a Nokia N71:
The sides of the phone are rather plain, the (rather thin) stylus is docked into the top-right corner of the phone:
Here’s a shot of the phone’s menu screen:
This Google Video gives you a quick overview of the G700 and it’s calendar application(made in great hurry – sorry for voice and handling glitches).
The G900 essentially is a red version of the G700 with a better camera(5MP, autofocus). Here are a few shots showing it next to our classic size comparison phones:
The sides of the G900 match the G700’s almost 1:1:
Last but not least, this link takes you to another Google Video looking at the G900’s operating system and a quick look at the notes application.
In the end, these two boxen are very solid entry-level handhelds. Sony Ericsson’s development team did an insanely great job at making the device controllable without the touchscreen – in fact, I can envision that many users will never ever use the styli to navigate around their phone.
As great as they may be for Sony Ericsson’s market share, I am very skeptical about their impact on the struggling UIQ third-party ecosystem. This device is very similar to Palm’s low end devices – many users purchase these devices and never ever install any third party applications…
So far, Nokia’s N76 managed to get loads of headline space due to its great skill at loosing bits of paint. Anyways, a blog called JAMPB has posted the following photo of a white Nokia N76:
According to them, this “peeling beauty” is intended for Asian markets only and is said to look “nice”(until the paint starts to come off)…
P.S. We are currently expecting a reply from Nokia’s press department on the authenticity of this story!