And 'this Equipment, Nokia Will Release Tomorrow...

Nokia’s all set to announce something at the CommunicAsia expo in Singapore, and all signs are saying that it’s the MeeGo-powered N9. The N9 has shape-shifted a few times in its laps around the rumor mill, having started life as a QWERTY-slider and, as shown in this leaked press shot acquired by PocketNow, eventually ending up as a lil’ slab-o-glass. No word yet on any sort of specs or details beyond what’s pictured, though it’ll also come in baby blue and black hues for anyone not down with the Salmony-pink.

What’s that, you say? You thought Nokia was done with MeeGo, and was all about Windows Phone 7 now? You’re mostly right. From what Nokia VP of Product Marketing Ilari Nurmi is saying, Nokia only has plans to release one MeeGo phone this year (presumably this one) — after that, it’s anyone’s guess.

Rejoice, The Zune Will Be Windows Mobile 7

 

Can not live without your Goo Splat or castles and canyons, these instant classics that have appeared on the Zune HD? You will be pleased to know that Microsoft plans to inflate the catalog WP7 versions of applications to use. "The applications we have built the house for the Zune, we are looking for ports on Windows Phone" said Dave McLauchlan Microsoft Zune insider podcast - if tempered, also say that "For now, our priority for the team is softer, Applications for the Zune. Zune owners would like to hear that there is more to come. "

Although the addition of a few dozen apps will not WP7 figures are in line with the IOS and Android is that a little more (and quite entertaining, some of them) will not harm to anyone.

Mozilla Releases Thunderbird 5, The First Fast Version

Mozilla has delivered two things today: 5 Firefox for PCs and mobile Android, and promises to deliver the browser just months after its predecessor.

Organization, the main challenger of Microsoft Internet Explorer, is facing new challenges - notably Google Chrome, the new versions, which arrive every six weeks. The approval of the same philosophy, Firefox has now tour three months, and today, Mozilla has met for the first time.

"The world of Internet movements at a rate faster than ever, so we realized we had to begin to innovate more quickly," said Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs, in a talk today online product advertising.

New features of Firefox 5 (download for Windows | Mac | Linux | Android) are:

• Support CSS Animations, a technology that allows Web page elements around the screen. It is useful for more dynamic web pages and web applications.

• Add a new plugin SDK, formerly known as Jetpack. This base allows programmers to develop plug-in from web technologies like HTML, XUL, CSS and JavaScript instead of older technology. Expected benefits: the tag is easier to write and does not break new browser versions arrive.

• In the beta testing is one Add-Builder, a Web tool designed to make writing extensions easier.

• Firefox not via technology that allows people to tell the Web sites they do not want to track advertising or otherwise, which now runs on Android phones, too.

Shows The Nokia N9 Meego-based Smartphone

Nokia N9 is available in three colors.

(Credit: Nokia)

Nokia unveiled a new smartphone in the company's flagship N-series.

Dubbed as the Nokia N9, the unit comes with a curved design and a 3.9 inch AMOLED screen. According to Nokia, the N9 will come in three colors - black, cyan, and magenta - and offers 16GB and 64GB storage. The smartphone will ship with an 8 megapixel camera that allows the autofocus and the "capture HD quality video."

Unlike its predecessor, the Nokia N8, N9 Meego based, Linux-based mobile operating system, which should have been go-business platform in the future. Last year, a Nokia spokesman said an interview with Reuters that the N8, the "N-Series devices based on Meego." At that time, he should be running the Nokia Symbian smartphones.

But the future of MeeGo, at least on Nokia smartphones, is now much in doubt.

Earlier this year, Microsoft and Nokia today announced signed that would see a lot of Windows Mobile become the "main" operating system for Nokia line of equipment. The announcement by Intel, one of the companies behind the Meego, CNET said in an interview that he was not satisfied with the decision of Nokia to work with Microsoft, and was waiting to take the rest of the operating system.

"This is a decision to Nokia. Yes, we are disappointed with it," said a spokesman for Intel in the announcement of Nokia-Microsoft. "But we still believe it is a smartphone [MeeGo]. And we're talking with other partners. But it is also netbooks, tablets, set-top boxes, automotive systems. It is much more than the element just phone. "

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