A new Nokia Windows Phone Revealed named "Noka Sabre" by Microsoft Canada

Winrumours reports that another Nokia Windows phone is coming along side Nokia SeaRay and it would be called Nokia Sabre – as in sword (or lightsaber/sabretooth). This was apparently outed by Microsoft Canada, who in the terms and conditions for Mango application mentioned both SeaRay and a yet unknown Nokia Sabre. It has since been removed.

“The type of Windows Phone 7.5 will vary and will be selected at Microsoft’s choosing (examples include Samsung Yukon, Samsung Wembley, NOKIA Searay and NOKIA Sabre). Wireless carrier and wireless service not included. Activation terms and conditions are at the sole discretion of the phone manufacturer and wireless carrier.”

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Nokia Browser for MeeGo , A complete Website

Endless Possibilities

Discover seamlessly smooth browsing and the latest technologies with Nokia Browser for MeeGo.

Just a swipe away

You don't always have both hands free when you're using your phone. That's why Nokia Browser supports gestures that are easy to use with one hand, or even one finger. Swipe to reveal previously opened windows, tap to save favourites to the Applications menu, or long-tap to open a new window or share links and images with friends.

Pinch to zoom and tap to fit

Use these familiar gestures to adjust the size of content, making it easier to read. Push two fingers apart to enlarge content just as you like, or double-tap an area to automatically expand it to fit the width of the screen.

                                                         

                                                                                    

Comfortable, efficient typing

With Nokia Browser's virtual, split-screen QWERTY keyboard, you can type comfortably, without ever leaving the page, or loosing sight of the content. The keyboard is also customized to suit your chosen language, providing easy access to common accents and diacritical characters.

Stay safe

Nokia Browser includes all the security features you'd expect. Manage popups, delete cookies, clear your browser history, and set next generation permissions such as location sharing. Nokia Browser also flags secure sites with an easy to recognise icon so you're always in control.

Type less. Surf more

Search for content or enter URLs in a snap using the always available, search integrated address field. As you type, our predictive technology will provide a list of popular sites, matching bookmarks, recently input keywords and visited URLs; enabling you to type less, and load your content even faster.

All the latest technologies

Nokia Browser for MeeGo is powered by the latest web standards and technologies including HTML5, CSS3 and the new, state of the art WebKit2 engine. These technologies enable developers to build web sites and applications that load fast, perform beautifully, and look their very best on a variety of mobile devices — including yours

Fast access to your top sites

The Top Sites page keeps track of your most frequently visited web sites and gathers them in one spot so they're easy to access. Sites are ordered by popularity, so your favourites are always on top.

Download with confidence

Download files such as PDFs and spreadsheets just like on the desktop. Downloading take place in the background, so you're not interrupted. Downloaded files can be saved to the Documents area, so they're easy to find, manage, and share.

Automatic updates

Nokia Browser is always growing and automatically lets you know when a new, improved version is available. Updates are downloaded straight to your phone so you so you can have instant access to all the new features.

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How to update S^3 to Symbian Anna

On Thursday, last week, we saw therelease of Symbian Anna. The new software update for Symbian^3 smartphones. While Nokia released the update to more than 30 countries – covering over 60 per cent of existing Symbian^3 users – on the first day, some of you may still be looking for ways to update your phone. Here’s a variety of ways you can update to Symbian Anna.

If you’ve not yet received the update, there’s no need to worry, it’s coming – very soon. But for those who are impatient and just simply can’t wait for it to arrive, you can be a little more proactive in the update.

Updating to Symbian Anna using Ovi Suite

With Ovi Suite, you can do a variety of tasks. Back-up your contacts, download apps or add music or videos to your phone, as well as update your phone’s software.

First things first, pop over to the Nokia Ovi Suite page and download it to your computer. Attach your phone to the PC using your data cable. As is usual when you attach something new to a PC, the PC will need to install various drivers, which will be done automatically for you. You’ll know when this is complete when a little bubble in the lower right of your screen will tell your Nokia phone is ready to go.

Load up Ovi Suite and wait for it to go through the load-up sequence. It’ll probably look for your connected phone at this point, but shouldn’t take longer then 15 seconds. Once Nokia Ovi Suite has discovered your phone, you’ll notice the welcome screen will show you some content that may be useful to you. Ignore that for the time being and cast your eye to the top of that page, where you’ll see the Update button on the right. Clicking it will take you to the update page. It’s here that your phone will be examined by Ovi Suite and new software will be displayed – if there is any available at the time.

Nokia Ovi Suite on PC.

Note that if your software update doesn’t fully complete for some reason, you can use the ‘reinstall’ command on the software update page to give the stalled update process a kick-start!

Updating to Symbian Anna using the Software Update app

On your Nokia Symbian^3 smartphone, you’ll find that the Software Update app is the easiest way to check for new updates to the phone’s software. Not only the main software, but also for other apps, such as the built in Music player or Nokia Maps, for example. As this method downloads large amount of data straight onto your phone, we’d advise you use this method if you’ve got WiFi access. Otherwise, you could be charged by your operator for the download.

To find the Software Update app, follow these steps: Menu > Applications > SW update. Your phone will then automatically search the update server to see if there’s anything that needs updating on your phone. If it does, you’ll see it appear on the screen – waiting for you mark the tick box next to it and to press the update button on the bottom left of your screen. We’d recommend that you enable your phone to check for software updates automatically for you. That way, you don’t have to keep checking all day for the update. It should inform you when it’s ready for download. You can enable this in the Software Update app settings:

Thes video shows you where to find the Software Update app on your phone.

Updating to Symbian Anna using NSU

There’s a couple of versions of Nokia Software Updater available. If you’re using a PC and already have NSU installed, you can use that. When it comes to downloading it again, the download site may refer you onto updating the device through the phone itself using the Software Update app. If it’s a Mac you’re using, then the Nokia Beta Lab guys have created NSU for Mac.

Plug a data cable into the micro-USB slot on your phone and the other end into your PC or Mac and load up NSU on your machine. NSU will start to recognise the phone that’s connected and suitably contact the software server to determine if there’s any new versions. If there’s something to update, it’ll show you on screen and you’ll be prompted to press the install button on the bottom of NSU. Otherwise, you’re left with the exit option.

Nokia Software Updater for Mac.

Updating to Symbian Anna using *#0000#

Open up the dialler from the homescreen and type *#0000#. This will show you a Device updates screen. Here you’ve got the current software version number and some other information, too. Press Options, followed by the Check for updates option that pops up. This will contact the Nokia software update server and let you know if there’s a new update to download. If the update is there, you’ll be prompted to accept the download. Otherwise, the message “No updates available” will be shown.

Updating to Symbian Anna on a Nokia N8.

But why should you update? Here’s a short video that gives you a taster of what to expect.

Have you updated to Symbian Anna yet? How did you update your software? Use the comments box below, to let us know.

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Nokia N8 – pretty in pink

 Some like green, others like blue. Us, we’re partial to the black model. But now there’s a new kid on the Nokia N8 block for today sees the launch of the Nokia N8 in pink. The insides are the same – it’s still the 12-megapixel camera toting, HD video recording entertainment-machine that we all love but with a shiny new exterior. Hit the jump for the full lowdown.

Voted as the colour of the year for 2011 by Pantone, pink is definitely the colour to be seen with this season, it seems.

Rachael Bell, Senior Designer, Nokia adds this:

Following the fantastic response to the range of colors we launched for the Nokia N8, it seemed a natural step to extend this choice. The Nokia N8 in pink complements the original line up well with its expressive, intense hue.

Of course you’ve got the usual services on the Nokia N8, such as free Ovi Maps for navigating around town and Ovi Store for downloading apps but there’s also a bunch of other pink themed apps too.

There’s the Little Pink Diva Theme for adding some colour into your menus and a great Pink Neon Clock too when it comes to making sure you’re not late for your next meeting, and theELLE fashion app keeps you up-to-date with the latest fashion, beauty and celebrity news.

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Nokia N9: pure entertainment | Features , Speciations and The Complete Review

From camera speeds, to photogalleries. From the UI to a whole heap ofscreenshots. We’ve covered a lot from the Nokia N9 these past couple of weeks. But there’s still more to come. Today we look at how good the Nokia N9 is at being an entertainment device and in particular, the music and video player. Details and screenshots follow the jump.

So, it’s my turn. Ian has handed over the Nokia N9 for me to play with and to see how it works. If – like me – you like your music crisp and clear you’ll be happy to hear that the Nokia N9 plays music beautifully. As I’m writing this, I have my Roland earphones on and am playing some Gorillaz at max volume. Luckily, I’m indoors and I’m not annoying anybody, as the volume cranks up rather high.

The music player is organised differently to the Nokia N8 I’ve been using up until now. Rather than a long list of songs scrolling down the screen of my phone, I’m confronted with a collection of album art, nestled up on the top of the screen. Pressing on one of them will take me to that album. Alternatively, you can navigate through the artists, albums, songs, playlists or even click through Ovi Music to purchase new tracks straight to the phone with the options below the album art.

I’ve noticed Ovi Music is different too. Selecting this option takes me to a new version of the Music store. Of course, I can search and buy songs but there’s also the option to listen to a radio-type player. I find the Blues section and press the Play genre radio button at the top of the page. A song starts to play, but I’ve not downloaded it. It’s streaming, apparently and powered by Aupeo!. If you like what you hear, there’s the option to hit the price tag, which takes you through the download process.

I chose to plug in my headphones using the 3.5mm audio port, but connecting via Bluetooth would give you just the same results, too. My music library consists of MP3 tracks, but the Nokia N9 also supports AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, and FLAC. So you shouldn’t get caught out with the wrong format.

As I stated in the first paragraph, the music plays beautifully. That’s down to Dolby Headphones function that turns regular stereo audio into personal surround sound. I’m not sure what the difference is – technically – but it’s definitely noticeable.
Now, for my second other favourite pastime. Watching movies. The videos menu opens up straight away into your movie collection. Extra-large thumbnails dominate the screen with their titles underneath each one. With a swipe of your finger up and down, it allows you to peruse your movie collection. Once you’ve found your movie, press the thumbnail and it starts to play.

I’ve actually got very little in the way of digital movies, most of what I own is on DVD. Very old-fashioned, I know. So I’ve downloaded some movie trailers in HD and played them through the Nokia N9. Again it’s the sound where you really start to notice the difference. The Dolby Headphones and Dolby Digital Plus combine for 5.1 HD-quality surround sound, much like you’d expect to hear in a cinema. This only works when you’ve got your headphones connected, though.

Playing movies without your headset does give a different sound. You haven’t got the same surround sound you receive when you’ve got a headset connected, but it’s still perfectly capable of playing a clear sound. What’s especially nice with watching movies on the Nokia N9 is the AMOLED display. When watching a movie in widescreen you’ll undoubtedly be staring at a screen with black edges at the top and the bottom. With the Nokia N9, those edges are so black, you actually find it difficult to determine where the screen ends and the unibody starts.

The Nokia N9 played back the trailers I downloaded, which were MPEG-4, but it also supports the following video formats: 3GPP formats (H.263), ASF, AVI, Flash Video, H.264/AVC, Matroska, VC-1, WMV 9, XVID and up to 720p – 30 fps.

In the video view is the options button on the top right. Pressing this will give you the video details, from format to size and even tell you how many times you’ve played that film. Underneath those details is the related videos section. This automatically finds some similar videos to the one your watching using YouTube and lists them for you, which is a nice touch.

Overall, the video and music playback is great on the Nokia N9. The Dolby Headphones and Dolby Digital Plus make for some amazing audio playback when using a headset, plus the AMOLED 3.9 inch screen makes for some real-easy video-viewing.

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