Other features include

* Pioneering features from Opera — such as Speed Dial, tabbed browsing, Opera Link and password manager — reduce the time and typing required to navigate your favorite websites.
* When slow network speeds put the brakes on your browsing, gear up with Opera Turbo compression. Opera servers shrink webpages to as little as 20 percent of their original size, reducing your data costs and turbo-charging your browsing speed.
* Opera Mobile fine-tunes the look and feel of your browsing with kinetic scrolling, a virtual keyboard and auto-rotation to landscape.

Opera Mobile 10.1 is available for smartphones based on Symbian^3, and Symbian S60 3rd and 5th editions. Opera Mobile is free to download from m.opera.com.

Monday, April 19th:

First off, we started the week with a review. That’s right, we love to bring you the latest and greatest, and what’s a better way to do that then to give you an opinion on the latest (and potentially greatest) handsets that hit the market? This time around, the Droid Incredible by HTC got the keen-eyed treatment of the guys over at Android Community and SlashGear. Two reviews for the (free) price of one; doesn’t get any better than that, right?

And then we got some FCC goodness about where the Dell Mini 5, or Streak, if you prefer, might be heading in the near future. According to the documents, it looks like the Android tablet could see some shelf time on T-Mobile USA. Hopefully that means at a subsidized price, because we’re a bit worried about what this thing may cost out-right. Hopefully Dell won’t slap us all in the face too hard.

Tuesday, April 20th:

Do you want an HTC EVO 4G? You know, Sprint’s first 3G/WiMAX handset? The brother to the HTC HD2. Yeah, you remember. Anyway, do you want one? Are you a Sprint Premiere customer? Would you like to win an HTC EVO 4G, a quick gig as a para-professional blogger, and an “extended Summer weekend?” Great. Then you need to check ou the contest Sprint has going on right now, and fill out in 150 words or less why you’d be a perfect fit for the winner’s crown.

Research In Motion’s mobile Operating Systems are one of the best in the industry, no doubt about that, but they need a revamp in aesthetics. If these leaks of OS 6.0 are accurate, then it seems that RIM does indeed have some things held up their sleeve to fix the stagnant nature of the OS. We’re eagerly anticipating the official results, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed.

Wednesday, April 21st:

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 may not be our favorite Android phone (or any kind of phone, for that matter) out there, and one of the reasons could definitely be the fact that on both the software and hardware end of things, the device simply just doesn’t support multitouch. It’s even been confirmed that the X10 won’t be getting any kind of multitouch support in the future. But, sure enough, there’s a video out there that shows multitouch working just fine on an X10. So, consider us confused. Check out the video to see it for yourself.

More bad news for Android users: the HTC Hero’s update to Android 2.1 isn’t coming until June. We know, we know, it’s blasphemy, and we wish we didn’t have to say anything. But, thanks to an HTC representative directly asked, they’ve confirmed that the Hero will be getting two updates in June. The first will be a prep update, to ready the device for the impending major upgrade to 2.1. A few days later, you’ll get the prodigal OTA, and then everything will be right with the word. Unless, of course, Android’s Froyo (2.x) comes out a month before you get that update. Then, well, we wish you the best of luck.

Thursday, April 22nd:

If you’re one of the many owners out there with a Nexus One, then hopefully you haven’t had any real issues with your 3G coverage. Because Google doesn’t care anymore. Really. They’re stopping any and all investigations into engineering solutions for the problem. They do suggest, however, that you should try moving from your home (permanently?), or try holding your phone in a different way: like upside down. And, we wish we were joking about that.

Using Google Maps is great, but if you’re driving around, it’s probably not a good idea to keep typing directions into your phone. So, the best way to fix that is to speak to your phone. Right? Well, if you’re using Windows Mobile or Symbian S60, you can sure give it a shot. Google Maps v4.1 gives you the power, folks. Use it wisely, okay?

Friday, April 23rd:

We close the week with something that we thought was impossible: Android running on an original iPhone. Thanks to a hacker (obviously), if you want to go through the steps, you’ll be able to dual-boot the iPhone OS and Android OS, whenever you like. Simply turning off and on your device will give you the option. And, from what we can see in the video, everything seems to be working just fine.

Another model number for what seems to be the Samsung Galaxy S appeared, and this time it’s heading to South Korea. The model number in question is the Samsung SHW-M110S, and it rocks the same 4-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, Android OS, and TouchWiz 3.0 User Interface that we’ve come to love on the Galaxy S.

It’s really simple to use on your device, too. After you open your newly updated Google Maps, you’ll just hit the call button, and you’ll see the familiar microphone pop up. You can use your voice to search for specific addresses, a particular business, or for a certain place you’re interested in. And, just as you’d expect from Google Maps, it’s a pretty robust system, so you should be able to find what you’re looking for.

The only bad part, so to speak, is that the system is only compatible with English and Mandarin Chinese. Though, with the English side of things, it does support multiple accents, so that’s something. The download is available right now from the mobile version of Google Maps, by accessing it through your phone’s browser. So, if you want to start talking to your phone more often, here’s another option for you.

[via Google Mobile Blog]

In order to activate the service, Omnia and I8910 HD users will need to upgrade their devices. Omnia customers can download and install the mobile client from the website www.samsungapps.com. I8910 HD customers can simply upgrade their software by selecting the Application Download icon on their phones.

The on-device client is available in English, French and Italian and supports credit card and phone billing through the mobile application store. Users who haven’t signed up as a member of the Application Store can purchase free applications and paid applications through the phone billing payment option.

Over 300 native applications meeting Samsung’s content guidelines will be available at launch, expected to grow to over 2,000 by the end of 2009. Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Handmark, TAITO, Paragon SW, Capcom, Com2us, Prompt, Pearson Longman, Bokan Tech and Diotek are among the providers of applications to the Samsung Application Store.

Earlier this year, Samsung launched its seller site (http://seller.samsungapps.com) for application developers and content providers enabling them to distribute and sell their applications directly to Samsung Smartphone users.

Samsung Application Store will be demonstrated at the IFA 2009, the IT and CE trade show, in Berlin from September 4th to 9th. Please visit to experience the newly launched Samsung Application Store at Hall 20.

All Nokia Symbian devices that ship with Quickoffice will receive a free update to the latest edition of Quickoffice 6. Selected Nokia Eseries devices will additionally receive editing support with a free Quickoffice Premier 6 update. All updates are available via Quickmanager, Quickoffice’s secure in-application download manager.

Kanghyun Kwon, Vice President of Samsung’s Content Service Team, Media Solution Center, said: “We launched a Samsung Application Store beta service in January in the UK and have been collaborating with developers and content providers through Samsung Mobile Innovator, a developer program for Symbian, Windows Mobile, and Java from October, 2008. With the launch of Samsung’s Application Seller Site, we can complete the total eco-system for better, easier, and more exciting mobile experiences ranging from compelling mobile phones to content and applications. We are aiming to achieve a win-win business model for end-users, mobile operators, and industry influencers, such as developers and content providers.”

A member of the Seller Site will be able to purchase a sales contract online and check the certification status in real-time. The site provides essential statistics such as sales records, revenue, and popularity of the content to end-users. Billing and payment is also handled online. Samsung plans to launch and expand an official Application Store in Europe during 3Q of this year.

With a 16M colors 2.4-inchdisplay screen, the QWERTY Surge is supporting Quadband GSM network and HSDPA 2.6Mbps wireless data connection. It also comes with built in Bluetooth, 2.5mm headphone jack, 2 megapixel camera, FM radio and a microSD card slot.

“Launching at 79.99 USD with a complete email solution, downloadable applications and full HTML browser with Flash support, Nokia Surge hits the sweet spot between a quick messaging phone and a smartphone because of its low-price and strong feature set,” said Michael Woodward, vice president, Mobile Phone Portfolio, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets.

The Nokia Surge will be available through select AT&T retail locations or at www.wireless.att.com for 79.99 USD with a two-year service agreement and after a mail-in rebate.

With the latest release of the Zeekey application, the Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Game Controller expands upon its current Nokia mobile device compatibility with all Nokia S60 3rd and 5th Edition Nseries, Eseries, XpressMusic, Sport, Navigator, and Classic Mobile Devices supported.

Nokia was the first organization to launch the Zeemote JS1 Bluetooth Game Controller featuring Zeekey and is currently shipping “special edition” game bundles that also support Nokia’s N-Gage gaming platform. Over 10 N-Series and XpressMusic mobile devices, such as the hit Nokia N96, N81, N85, N82, 6650 and XpressMusic 5320 currently ship with the Zeemote JS1 in specific regions.

In addition, the latest version of Zeekey also supports all games, applications and phone features when using a Samsung S60 phone like the INNOV8, SGH-I400, SGH-I560, SGH-J870 or LG S60 phones like the KT615, KT610, KT770 and KS10.

Google Sync offers two-way, over-the-air contacts and calendar synchronization. This means that you can make changes to your contacts and calendar on your phone or in your desktop Google account. Since Sync uses push technology, the changes should automatically appear within minutes. And your information is constantly syncing, so it’s up-to-date and securely stored within your Google account, even if you lose your phone.

Features

Synchronize your contacts. Get your Google contacts quickly and easily to your Nokia S60 phone. With Sync, you can have access to your address book at anytime and place that you need it.

Get calendar alerts. Using your Nokia’s native calendar, you can now access multiple Google calendars, and be alerted for upcoming appointments with sound or vibration.

Always in sync. Your calendar and contacts stay synchronized whether you access them from your Nokia or from your computer. Add or edit contacts or calendar entries right on your device or on your Google account on the web.  

According to the development team, the new YouTube software is now faster in starting up and searching. Its video quality will be automatically tweaked according to your WiFi or 3G connection status. You can now visit http://m.youtube.com on your mobile devices to download the software for free. A list of the supported S60 devices can be checked here

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