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The N-gage client for the Nokia N97 has been released a few days ago, and now the first video showing the game client have started to appear on the net. In fact, we’ve selected one of those that appeared on YouTube for you today.

The website zomgitscj.com has published this 3-minute video showing a bit more of the N-Gage client and one of the games featured on it and we’re showing it by the end of this post! Enjoy!

In a recent press-release from Nokia, the company talks about buying a German company that works in the social network area. Cellity is Web 2.0 social network that offers their users a series of services based on the Internet such as the backup and restoring of their own phonebook and more. With this acquisition, Nokia could create new services for their own users, as well as software solutions for the access to their favorite social networks.

However, the acquisition will not happen until the third trimester of this year. Cellity will probably change names in order to favor the integration with other Nokia products and services.

Finally, the new firmware for the Nokia 5800 has been released, even though some of the users are disappointed with the new updated firwmare. The version released was the v30.0.011, and it’s available both on the NSU and the OTA and it does offer a better RAM management and consequently, a faster software, but some users complain about the potential of the 5800’s main screen, which remained a lot less developed than the N87. In fact, only the possibility to view the incoming e-mails has been added. Also, it seems that in order to access that function, users must do a master reset on the cellphone.

Here’s the official changelog:

Changes/Improvements/New features/Bugs noticed from v21.002 to v30.0.011Standby screen:

* *When Music Player is operating, and seeing the track name on the screen, and then when one song ends and goes to the next track, the speed at which this happens has improved yet again from 21.002, although the noticeable change is not as much as from 20.149 to 21.002.

Call log, Contacts and calling function:

* *Calling speed (from standby screen to Contacts or Call Log) and transition to call/disconnected screens even faster than 21.002, is more than the instantaneous that I stated for the 21.002, it has improved yet again.
* *New menu option in the in-call menu to Send MMS during phone call.
* *Loudspeaker maximum volume has seemed to decreased

Maps:

* *Maps startup is now almost instantaneous, speed through all the Maps menus very fast, even faster than Maps 2.0
* *Switching to different views is very smooth and fast now, i.e. to Map 3D etc.
* *Maps version 2.0 week 39 remains the same, although the Maps is able to be upgraded to Ovi Maps 3.01 flawlessly

Music Player:

* *The biggest change is the equaliser improvements. There is a huge improvement in sound quality, even background sounds and other channels are more noticeable. The default equaliser settings are quite good. And bass is less crunchy than before.
* *Split-second delays now do not exist when pressing the volume keys to change between volume levels. In the past, there was some degree of delay, even running multiple applications now, that behaviour has been improved remarkably.
* *Freezes in the music player have not been evident to me yet in my days of usage with the new firmware . Which is a marked improvement in the functioning and stability of the music player. Screen tearing and slow speed for album art to appear is still present though.

Camera and Photos:

* *Biggest change is the reappearance of use of the volume keys to zoom while taking photos/recording video
* *Going into Details is faster than 21.002, almost instantaneous now
* *Scrolling speed through thumbnails is only minimally jerky now, also scrolling through photos at 100% view has improved in speed so it is now very smooth and almost instantaneous
* *When going into menus in Camera, the speed is instantaneous

Video centre:

* *Logo has changed for the video centre in the menu
* *Appearance of video menu is different and seems to have inherited the newer N-series/E-series style simplified logos
* *Speed in the video centre is much improved and is almost instantaneous
* *Changing between volume levels in RealPlayer is instantaneous, fast-forward/rewind speed and resume of playback after these functions is improved and almost instantaneous. Sound quality appears to have been improved also.

Search:

* *Application has been upgraded from v4.08 to v4.10.0904
* *Logo has changed and is now reminiscent of the newer N-series/E-series simplified styling
* *Performance is faster and Yandex search service has been removed in favour of Live Search and Google (Note: this is for the APAC variant, will vary between different regions and specific countries)

Web:

* *Rendering of webpages has improved in speed since 21.002
* *Rotate Screen option speed is now almost instantaneous
* *Speed in Web options menu is now instantaneous
* *Loading of Minimap on side when scrolling down pages does not have pixelation anymore

Other:

* *Overall system speed has been improved so it is somewhat faster than 21.002
* *Scrolling in the Multimedia menu from one tab to another whilst multiple applications are running, has improved marginally in speed
* *Overall stability seems to also have been improved, have not had one crash or freeze where I have had to remove the phone battery. The slight freezes that have occurred, the phone has recovered from flawlessly.

It was initially launched for the USA market, but now the Nokia 6760 Slide, or Nokia Surge, is now available in Europe. The cellphone features a slide QWERTY keyboard and messenging systems such as Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Live Messenger and email.

The email configuration is rather simple and requires only the insertion of the email address and password, while among the instant messenging systems, there’s also Google Talk. Also present are the GPS module and the Nokia Maps application. The Nokia 6760 Slide (also known as Nokia Surge) will be available from the third trimester of 2009 on.

It was initially known as Nokia Mako, but this new Nokia model will be known in the USA as Nokia Surge, and in exclusive with At&T. Designed in the USA, it features a hidden QWERTY keyboard with a slide mechanism. The screen is 2.4″ wide and has the resolution of 240×320 pixels, viewing more than 16 million colors, while the photocamera has the resolution of 2 Megapixels.

The connectivity to the internet is done through HSDPA protocol, and the internal 128MB memory can be expanded through memory cards. Also included are the GPS, multimedia player and bluetooth. The price for this device is $79.99 with a 2-year contract.

Nokia has released the technical specifications of the new Nokia 3720, a new candybar, measuring 115 x 47 x 15.3mm and weighing 94 grams. It has a 2.2″ display with the resolution of 240×320 pixels and viewing more than 16 million colors. The photocamera has the resolution of 2 Megapixels and a LED flash.

The OS is the Symbian S40, and it has a 20MB internal memory that can be expanded with microSD cards. Also present are the multimedia player, FM radio and bluetooth. The battery guarantees 7 hours in conversation or 408 hours in standby.

Here are the official images. Enjoy!

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Nokia has recently changed their own policy regarding the JavaME runtime, the virtual machines needed to execute the Java applications on S60 mobile phones. The Finnish company has indeed made a beta of the version 2.0 available for the S60 5th Edition smartphones, claiming that the new version would bring a lot of benefits, including the possibility of installing an application with one single click and better performances as well.

However, the comments from users came soon, and not all very positive either. It seems, indeed, that the runtime is too heavy on the memory and presents issues regarding the TCP/IP management in many of the midlets that use internet. So it seems better to wait before doing the update.

A recent study made by Frost & Sullivan has analyzed the cellphone GPS navigation among European users. According to the research, 30 million GPS capable devides were sold, and from 3119 European users, the 62% of those who do not have a GPS-enabled cellphone think that Nokia offers the best solutions in the market and would buy one of their products.

From those who do have a GPS-enabled cellphone, the 72% think that Nokia is the best choice for a GPS-enabled cellphone. According to Frost & Sullivan, that’s a result of Nokia’s focus on integrating their products, and their very good Nokia Maps software.

Another firmware update from Nokia, this time for the Nokia E63. The one truly awaited seems to be the Nokia 5800, but in the meantime, the other models get their own software updates. The new v200.21.012 for the E63 introduces a better speed and more stable system.

Also, two new Ovi suite applications were installed (Ovi Contacts and Files on Ovi), together with some Facebook and Youtube bookmarks, that send users directly to the mobile version of both sites. It seems that the new firmware update also prevents users from “hacking” the cellphone.

The update has 108.9MB and is donwloadable through Nokia Software Update. It’s recommended to always backup the data whenever doing an update, of course.

Nokia seems to be on a roll to update their firmwares. After updating the firmwares for the N97, E51 and N96, today it’s the time for another firmware release for the E71 and E66. The firmware version is the v300.21.012, and it’s already available through the Nokia Software Update. No official changelog, although some information found on the web claims that the new firmware has made some changes such as:

- An updated Mail For Exchange version
- The addition of the Music Internet Radio
- Many enhancements such as the addition of the My Nokia application
- Several general enhancements to the USB flashing and the general phone usage.