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Sony Ericsson Xperia Joins Champions League and Elm Officially an Eco Warrior

by Jay Garrett on September 1, 2010

It seems like it’s all about the footie right now.

If you happen to dig Sony Ericsson handsets and are a fan of the UEFA Champions League prepare to be spoilt as SE has recently announced plans to expand its current partnership with UEFA.

Building on Sony’s existing partnership with UEFA, a worldwide marketing programme is being launched based on the Champions League which will run between now and 2012.

This moves Sony Ericsson to be the official mobile handset of the UEFA Champions League.

At the heart of this programme is ensuring the best “on-device” experience for Sony Ericsson’s customers.

A lot of the activities will focus on using GPS connectivity on phones to enhance enjoyment of the games, whether you are in the stadium or enjoying the football at home – so fans can make the most of having GPS on high-end smartphones like the Xperia X10 and Xperia X10 Mini.

Other features include a new mobile phone app, created together with UEFA.com.

Lennard Hoornik, Corporate Vice President and Head of Global Marketing, Sony Ericsson said: “We are delighted to be announcing today the activation of a new global marketing programme around the UEFA Champions League. Using the existing GPS capabilities of our Xperia Smartphones to enhance the fan experience is an exciting part of this programme. This new initiative will build on our other ongoing worldwide sponsorship campaigns”.

In other Sony Ericsson news – Their Elm handset was crowned the greenest phone in O2’s new green scheme.

The Elm had to beat 65 other handsets in the new UK scheme which included entries from Samsung and Nokia amongst others.

Five of the top 10 greenest devices were Sony Ericsson mobiles!

I hope to get hands-on with an Elm soon so stay tuned for a review ;)

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Nokia N9 Slides out of Hiding – Meego Evident

by Jay Garrett on August 20, 2010

There has been plenty of chat about the constantly delayed N8 arriving in the UK but this is what I’ve been waiting for.

Say “Oooooer that looks rather tasty missus” to Nokia’s N9.

Chinese website, Baidu, thoughtfully leaked pictures of the top-of-the-line Nokia which flashed its crazy sliding QWERTY-board skillz.

It appears to be packing MeeGo although sources say the aluminium cased Apple Mac Pro-esque design isn’t quite it yet – but that it will be ready in the 8th week of 2010. So, just in time for your lists to Santa and coincidentally in-line with MeeGo’s planned release.

Word on the street is that the metal mobile even has “Property of Nokia” stamped inside the battery compartment. Those crazy Fins!

Moving over to MeeGo is quite a big deal for Nok as all their other smartphones have run on the Symbian OS. Symbian 3 should be busting out on the N8 but it does look like the N9 could well be the first to rock the Intel/Nokia open-source OS which was revealed at this year’s Mobile World Congress.

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Motorola Flipout Wants Square to be Hip

June 2, 2010 Click to read more →
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The first time I saw this Motorola I thought I was staring at a rebranded Nokia 7705. The same twist-out square form-factor of the Nok is also evident in this new Moto. So, what has the Motorola Flipout going to bring us this Summer? Well, Flipout will be running Android 2.1 under its 2.8 inch, [...]

Nokia N8 Ready to Register at Vodafone

May 27, 2010 Click to read more →
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The Nokia N8 is coming to Vodafone. You can now go and register for the Symbian ^3 12 MP camera rocking handset. The N8 brags a multitouch AMOLED screen chuck out HD video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound – that 12MP will shoot stills as well as recording HD clips. Have a look at [...]

Nokia N8 on Sale in UK – August 24

May 24, 2010 Click to read more →
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News just in – The Nokia N8 will go on sale on 24 August. Well – that seems to just fit in with the Finnish phone makers Summertime release. Amazon Germany has wasted no time at all in opening up for pre-orders for the N8. They also seem to be adding a fair wedge of [...]

HP Snaps up Palm and Bono Cries

April 29, 2010 Click to read more →
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There’s been much in the news over that last few weeks as to what will happen to Palm. Wednesday’s announcement that HP will buy Palm for around $5.70 per share of Palm common stock – that comes to about $1.2 billion. HP was not exactly in the favourites as far as this buy-out was concerned. [...]

Leaked Nokia C2 Sports Swivel Screen and Split QWERTY

April 28, 2010 Click to read more →
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What did you think of the Nokia N8? Well, here’s a leaky Nokia for you. Yup, the very new C2 is a newly leaked split QWERTY keyboard sporting Nok – the style of which hasn’t really been seen since that old ‘texters phone’ the Nokia 6820. The C2 seems to be rocking a rotating screen [...]

Nokia N8 Videos, Spec and Price – Symbian 3 Touchscreen Flagship Phone

April 27, 2010 Click to read more →
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Nokia’s new flagship smartphone, the N8, has now been officially outed – even though there has been leaks aplenty. The new touchphone looks pretty spanky really and the specs aint bad either. The Nokia N8 comes with a huuuuge 12MP camera, the abilty to record and edit 720p HD video, face detection and full Flash [...]

Nokia Demo Their Explore and Share Super Speedy Wireless Transfer Device

February 28, 2010 Click to read more →
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Nokia are working on a super swift wireless data transfer technology that they’ve dubbed: Explore and Share. Nok’s Helsinki branch of their Research Center took the concept for an outing at a Nokia Store where Jyri Hämäläinen presents an impressive show and tell. In the video he walks you through a live example of how [...]

Nokia Phones Heading to 3D and More Augemented Reality

February 22, 2010 Click to read more →
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According to the video on Nokia Conversations (Nokia’s official blog) that happens to feature Jo Harlow, SVP of Smartphones, Nok’s future will include more AR and 3D on their handsets. Jo shows no qualms when mentioning that Nokia is looking at enhancing the likes of Ovi Maps with augmented reality, She then dives into the [...]

iPhone 4G will Arrive with NFC Inside – Swipe That Thing

February 20, 2010 Click to read more →
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Near Field Communication seems to be on the cards for Apple’s next gen iPhone looking at the new Apple patents. Imagine being able to use your iPhone to open doors, as a travel card or to unlock your Macbook. Late last year there was hinatge in another Apple patent that RFID and their Grab and [...]

Vodafone Compass Squares up to be Next 360 Phone

February 8, 2010 Click to read more →
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Mobile-Review seems to have a bit of a scoop – this, they say, is the new Vodafone 360 phone. Dubbed the Vodafone Compass (which may confuse people as Vodafone Compass is also the name of a GPS app), it could well be the third Vodafone 360 social networking phone. What makes this interesting, apart from [...]

Nokia Orion – A Gaming Phone That I’d Consider Owning

February 1, 2010 Click to read more →
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Remember the Nokia N-Gage? Cool idea but I found the large, bulky handset based on Nokia’s Series 60 platform less than enticing. Well those phone futurists over at Recombu have decided that there’s a significant gap in the market for a gaming phone – hush all those that are screaming “what about the iPhone!?!”. This [...]

Nokia London Flagship Store To Close Before its Second Birthday

December 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Finnish flagship presence on Regent Street is due to close after only opening in February 2008. A familiar trend in these times of the crunch, the store is closing for the same reason most stores are closed: it’s not paying for itself. A Nokia spokeswomen declared that it’s “not been as efficient or as [...]

Nokia N900 Delayed by Success

November 26, 2009 Click to read more →
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Have you been patiently awaiting the arrival of your Nokia N900 after loyally preordering it earlier this month? It appears that the new Nokia has been hit by its own success and now you’ll have to add another week to your wait. If you don’t quite remember what makes this handset so enticing the N900 [...]

Nokia X6 Touchscreen Music Mobile Arrives With Rhianna Concert

November 9, 2009 Click to read more →
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It had been whispered that the Nokia X6 music phone would see the shelves this year but now it seems there’s a fairly fixed date. Word comes from the official Nokia blog Nokia Conversations – apparently the touchscreen looker will be made available globally on 16 November. This date has been planned to cunningly coincide [...]

Pixie Lott Fronts Illuvial Range – Feminine Nokias

November 4, 2009 Click to read more →
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The Nokia 5530 XpressMusic Illuvial, Nokia 6700 Illuvial and the Nokia 6303 Illuvial are being flung into the Christmas market and I’m guessing that they’re aimed squarely at the lovely ladies This guess is purely based on the knowledge that there Illuvial editions are coloured in shades of purple and pink, with themed wallpapers, “floral accenting [...]

Nokia N97 Mini Gets UK Release Date

October 6, 2009 Click to read more →
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We’ve seen pictures and heard the rumours but now the official word is that the Nokia N97 Mini will drop in the shops on October 23rd right here in the UK. The news comes live and direct from Nokia via Twitter :”Flagship News: N97 Mini to be sold in store from 23 October.” A quick [...]

Unboxing the Nokia 7705 Twist – Square, Twisty and Groovy

September 18, 2009 Click to read more →
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I’m a sucker for quirky designs and especially over-design. And, although it’s not as high in the WTF? stakes I still dig the square looks of the Nokia 7705 Twist. Check out the video below and not at least find it kinda groovy. Ok, it’s not the smartest smartphone with its 3MP camera and even [...]

Nokia Erdos Brings Luxury, Mirrored OLED Screen and Rising Keyboard to Latest Phone

September 14, 2009 Click to read more →
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If you like your phone sleek and shiny the Erdos should ring your bell. The Erdos has leaked online and the accompanying video brings you up close and personal with the high-end highly polished aluminium handset. So – for what’s bound to be a wallet/purse-battering price what do you get? Well, there’s a 5-megapixel auto-focus [...]

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