Nokia has just announced the launch of their latest device, the X3. This device features a touch screen as well as a regular 12 button phone keypad, giving users best of both worlds. This is also aimed at the budget market with an indicative cost of €125 (around Rs. 7500) excluding taxes. The X3 runs an updated Symbian Series 40 OS and features both 3G and WiFi connectivity. Other key features of... 

Nokia Betalabs has released a new beta app, Ovi Browser, for Nokia Series 40 phones. Though it’s currently a “beta application”, it’s said to be stable, and also brings some good stuff over to s40 phones.  Like Opera Mini, there’s server side compression of data, which Nokia says will reduce data consumption by 90%. It also means that the browser page load times will... 

Nokia is truly the world leader in mobile manufacturing producing new and innovative mobile phone regularly. Nokia’s 6700 Classic is designed to take the success march forward with all new smart features. Nokia 6700 offers 5MP camera with flash, mind boggling fast 10.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity, 2.2 inch QVGA screen and a very shiny and elegant chrome body. The Nokia 6700 Slide is also the... 

Opera has now released its latest version of its java based browser Opera Mini 5.1. Opera Mini uses Opera’s advanced server compression technology to compress web content before it gets to a device, thereby enhancing the browsing experience on phones with less memory. It is ideal for lower end smart phones and S40 devices. From the Press Release: This update is highly recommended for users of Nokia... 

I recently got a mail (and it turns out quite a few people have got the same mail) from Ovi Store, which said that Ovi Store had been updated to version 1.6. It mentioned ta bunch of changes, including:New mobile payment system where you can charge apps to your phone bill rather than using your credit card New rating and comments systemANDMore product info, including screenshots.The new ovi... 

Nokia has announced that they’re planning on launching the X2 by the end of June in India. This being a budget phone will cost around Rs. 5000 before taxes and subsidies. For that cost, this phone packs quite a few features:Quad Band Phone Running on Symbian Series 40 2.2-inch QVGA screen Dual Speakers Dedicated Music and Camera keys FM Radio 3.5mm AV connector – so you can plug... 

The C3 was one of the handsets announced by Nokia yesterday. This handset is run on Symbian Series 40 and sports a QWERTY keyboard, a 320×240 pixel 2.4 inch screen and a 2 megapixel camera. It supports WiFi but lacks 3G connectivity. This phone is slated for release in the second quarter of 2010 with the indicative cost of  €90 (around INR 5500) making this a budget phone.Display and user... 

NewsHunt by Eterno Infotech is a new application that brings to your phone quite a number of India’s top daily and regional language newspapers. It has been developed with the normal user in mind, and hence will work over any standard GRPS connection (you do not need a Mobile Office subscription) and uses minimal data to fetch your content. The application works on most s60 and s60 touch devices... 

Last week we were invited to visit the Nokia Research Center in Bangalore, where the Nokia Team introduced us to a pilot program of an application called We Meet. The application allows users to chat with groups of users, allowing the user to share his location also with the rest of the group. This application is created for emerging markets, where internet on the mobile has still not fully taken off.... 

Nokia recently updated the Nokia Maps 2.0 Navigation software for both s40 and s60 devices to Ovi Maps 3.0. The new software has various UI/visual and technical updates. There are shortcuts to switch from 2D to 3D view (the “3″ key on S40 and S60 v3 devices) and to toggle through the different map modes;terrain,satellite and generic map mode (“1″ on S40 and S60 v3). Unlike Nokia...