Apple’s latest version of their iPhone OS, iPhone iOS 4 is available now to download later today. In order to install iOS 4 on your iPhone or iPod Touch you will need to download the latest version of iTunes, iTunes 9.2.

Once you have downloaded the latest version of iTunes, make a manual backup of your iPhone in iTunes, right click on your iPhone in the menu and press backup.

The new iPhone iOS 4 will work with the iPhone 3GS and 3G, although not all features will be available on the iPhone 3G.

The new features in iPhone iOS 4 include multitasking, which will allow you to run multiple applications at once, folders, which will let you organize your icons in different folders, for example you will be able to organize all your games in a ‘Games’ folder, or all your music applications in a ‘Music’ folder.

Apple has unveiled the next generation of their iPhone OS, iPhone OS 4.0. Apple’s Steve Jobs announced the iPhone OS 4.0 at a special press event.

The main feature that everyone wanted for the iPhone, Multitasking will be in the iPhone OS, this means that you will now be able to run multiple applications at once.

Multitasking in the iPhone OS will work like we expected, for example if you are using the web browser, and want to check your email, you just double click the home screen button and a window pops up that shows you icons for the applications that are running, then you just click on the one you want and it will launch automatically.

You will also be able to access the multitasking feature from the iPhone’s home screen. Apple said at their press conference the main reason they didn’t introduce multitasking before was they wanted to get it working so that it wouldn’t have any impact on battery life, which they say they have achieved with the iPhone OS 4.0.

Another interesting feature that Apple has introduced in the iPhone OS 4.0 is called ‘Folders’, Folders will let you arrange your icons in folders, for example you could place all you social network applications in one folder and all your games in another.

To launch an application from one of the folders, you just tap on the folder, and then tap on the application you want, this is a pretty cool feature and will make the iPhone interface more user friendly.

Previously you were able to have around 180 applications on your iPhone, with the Folder feature you will be able to store up to two thousand different applications on your iPhone.

Email on the iPhone has also received a major upgrade in iPhone OS 4.0, all of your emails will now be in a unified inbox, and you will be able to use more than one Exchange email account, you will also be able to easily switch between exchange accounts if you just want to read emails for a specific account.

The next new thing in iPhone OS 4.0, which we have already seen on the iPad is iBooks, now you will be able to read all your iBooks on your iPhone as well as your iPad and you will be able to sync your ebooks and continue reading them from wherever you left off on your iPad.

Apple have also made some updates for business customer in 4.0, which includes better security, improved mobile device management, compatibility with Exchange Sever 2010 and SSL VPN support.

An interesting new feature on the iPhone which will appeal to gamers is called Game Center, which is basically a social gaming network that will let you invite friends to play games, and it also has an achievements feature.

As we expected Apple will feature their iAd mobile advertising platform in the iPhone OS 4.0, which will help their developers make money and still enable them to develop and release free applications.

The adverts will be delivered inside the applications, which they believe will be more popular than search advertising as people are spending more time using application than they do with search.

An the adverts will be designed to keep you in the application, rather than have you click them and take you somewhere on the browser. Apple will sell and host the adverts, and then share 60% of the revenue with the developer.

This is a great idea for Apple, and could bring in some serious revenue, as the expect to be serving over one billion adverts per day to over 100 million users, which would mean you would see about ten adverts per day, which doesn’t sound to bad if the free applications are good.

Adverts will have interactive content, and some will even have game demos inside the advert, if you like the game demo you will then be able to buy the game from inside the advert and it will automatically download to your iPhone.

Apple iPhone OS 4.0 will be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch third generation this summer, owners of the iPhone 3G and iPod Touch 2nd generation will get many of the features, but the one they wont get is multitasking, there we no details on whether the original iPhone will get anything.

The iPhone OS 4.0 will be coming to the Apple iPad in the fall of 2010. Overall it sounds like a decent upgrade to the iPhone OS, the addition of multitasking will please many people, myself included, this is one of the features that the iPhone definitely needed.

iPhone OS 4.0 Key Features:

• Multitasking without lowering battery life and performance
• User-defined wallpaper
• up to 5x Digital Zoom for Camera
• Application Folder to easily sort apps
• Improved email: See messages from all your email accounts displayed together in a unified inbox
• iBooks: browse, buy, and read books on a mobile device
• Game Center: Apple’s social gaming network
• iAd mobile advertising platform
• For Apps developer set of over 1500 new API
• New enterprise features in iPhone OS 4 include improvements in security, scalability and compatibility

Google Nexus One mobile phone is powered by Android OS and as per reports the Nexus One hardware is allegedly from HTC–from the same mold as the HTC Passion to manfactured by HTC. Unlike previous Android mobiles whole user experience is designed by Google.

Google is expected to market the Nexus One directly rather through any wireless carrier partnership. It is expected to be an unlocked GSM-based device which will be available in early 2010-possibly as early as January. If it is, in fact, GSM-based, that means it will work on either the T-Mobile or AT&T networks.

Google Nexus One Mobile Phone Features:

• Android 2.1 OS
• 3G/HSDPA
• Quad Band GSM
• QualComm Snapdragon Processor (1 GHz)
• Large OLED Full Touchscreen
• Expandable Memory
• Wi-Fi
• A-GPS with Google Maps
• Enhanced Voice to text feature
• Dual mics

Online retailer SuperETrader will start selling a sim unlocked version of the Motorola Milestone in the UK from the 7th of December, for £439.99 about $663.

Motorola Milestone Specifications:

• 3.7 inches TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 854 pixels,
• Multi-touch input method, Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
• Android Operating System, v2 (Eclair)
• Thinnest Full QWERTY Keyboard slider (13.7 mm) with 5-way navigation key
• microSD (TransFlash), up to 32GB, 8GB included
• 5 Megapixel camera, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
• 3.5 mm audio jack
• GPRS, EDGE, 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB
• ARM Cortex A8 550 MHz processor
• A – GPS with google maps support, Digital Compass
• Battery: Talk time – 6rhs 30 min; Standby time – 350 hrs

The new Nokia N900 has gone on sale in the US, from today you will be able to get your hands on the new Nokia N900 for $649 from Nokia stores in New York and Chicago as well as from the Nokia website.

The Nokia N900 is powered by Nokia’s Maemo 5 OS, and it has a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480, a sliding Qwerty keyboard, and it is powered by an ARM Cortex A8 processor.

Other features include 32GB of built in storage and features a 5 megapixel camera with a Carl Zeiss lens and a dual LED flash.

On top of that there is support for microSDHC cards up to 16GB and it features a built in FM transmitter, HSPA, WiFi and Bluetooth A2DP connectivity as well as GPS.

Dell did not provide a launch date, but the company did say the phone would be available only in Brazil and China to start.

There is still no news on when we are likely to see the Dell Mini 3 launch in the US and Europe, although Dell have confirmed that they have partnerships with Vodafone in Europe and AT&T in the US for the Dell Mini 3 Smartphone.

Nokia 6316s is the latest CDMA mobile, announced by Nokia along with Nokia 1506 and Nokia 3806. Nokia 6316s is the high end model on the three mobiles.

Nokia 6316s is a multimedia mobile with features of web browsing, music, imaging and GPS. Nokia 6316s is a stylish slider mobile with elegant design and powerful functionality.

Nokia 6316s comes with a 2.2″ QVGA display, a 2-megapixel camera and Bluetooth 2.1. and a card slot which can support an external memory card up to 4GB.

Nokia 6316s will be available at the market from Q1 of 2010.

Nokia 6316s CDMA Mobile India Price (Estimated): Rs. 4,000/- INR Price

]]> http://www.gadget18.com/mobiles/nokia-6316s-cdma-mobile-price/feed/ 0 http://www.gadget18.com/mobiles/nokia-3806-mobile-price/ http://www.gadget18.com/mobiles/nokia-3806-mobile-price/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:25:00 +0000 admin http://www.gadget18.com/?p=844 Nokia has announced a another new CDMA mobile, Nokia 3806.

Nokia 3806 comes with a 2.2-inch QVGA display and a 2 megapixel camera with video recording facility. Nokia 3806 also supports Bluetooth 2.1 and features a card slot which can support an external memory card up to 4GB.

Nokia 3806 come in three color schemes piano black, pure white and rose gold. Nokia 3806 is expected to hit the stores in the first quarter of 2010.

Nokia 3806 CDMA Mobile Specifications:

• 2.2″ QVGA display
• 2-megapixel camera
• Video recorder
• FM Radio
• Bluetooth 2.1
• External memory card up to 4GB
• SMS/MMS
• Colors: piano black, pure white and rose gold

Nokia 3806 CDMA Mobile India Price (Estimated): Rs. 2,700/- INR Price

Nokia has announced a new low cost affordable CDMA handset, Nokia 1506.

Nokia 1506 has simple features with simple design and it will be the most affordable CDMA handset in Nokia models and it will be available in the market by end of this year, initially it will be avialable in China only. Nokia 1506 comes with a monoblock design with high-gloss colors, a Navi key in metallic finish, a voice recorder, an integrated handsfree speaker and long battery performance. It will be available in colors black or plum.

Nokia 1506 Mobile Specification:

• CDMA 1x Network
• 128 x 128 65K color display
• 2.5 mm headset jack
• Speakerphone
• Voice Recorder
• SMS
• 860 mAh battery

Nokia 1506 Mobile India Price (Estiamted): Rs.1500/- INR Price

Samsung C6112 Dual Sim Mobile is a slider phone and in addition to the good design and the basic features, like a 2-megapixel camera and a 2.4-inch QVGA display, it also has Radio with RDS, bluetooth, and a microSD memory card slot.

Samsung C6112 Dual Sim Mobile Features:

• Quad Band GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
• CDMA 900 / 1800 MHz
• GPRS, EDGE, Bluetooth, USB
• 2.4 inch LCD display
• 2 MegaPixel Camera
• MicroSD card support (up to 8GB)
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player
• Standard Li-Ion 960 mAh battery
• Colors : Black, Grey

Samsung C6112 Dual Sim Mobile India Price (Estimated): Rs. 10,000/- INR Price

Samsung C6112 Dual Sim Mobile US Price (Estimated): US $225.