JAVA based Mobile Operating System

Sun Microsystems has come up with a mobile phone prototype with help of new software- JavaFX Mobile. This mobile phone software system is available to carriers, content owners and consumer electronics manufacturers, could help to reduce the costs of creating rich, mobile Internet devices.

While designing mobile applications, Its difficult to predict what devices or platforms customers will be using. With JavaFX, you don't have to. Applications built with JavaFX can run on a wide range of Java-enabled devices, and content providers can add them to their devices quickly.

Source: Cellular News

Battery Full!

What if your phone will speak, “Battery Full! Please unplug your handset”?

Day has arrived, Nokia has launched the first mobile phones to include alerts encouraging people to unplug the charger once the battery is full, a move that could save enough electricity to power 85,000 homes a year. Starting with the new Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208 and the Nokia 1650, the alerts will be rolled out across the Nokia product range.

Nokia has decided to put the alerts into mass markets products first to help maximise the potential energy savings. The Nokia 1200, Nokia 1208, Nokia 1650 are targeting high volumes of sales in fast growing markets like India, China and Latin America.

Source: Mobile Mentalism

Nokia Handset for Blinds

Nokia has launched a handset for customers with vision loss. The Nokia 6682RVI, equipped with Nuance TALKS software essentially turns the Nokia 6682RVI handset into a "talking phone" by converting menus, instructions and content displayed on the screen into audio output through its internal speaker, or an optional wired or Bluetooth headset.

This handset is invaluable for anyone, particularly seniors, who experience difficulty reading small print.

Source: Cellular news

Budget oriented mobile phones from Nokia

Nokia 1200 and Nokia 1208- Candy bar shaped phones loaded with interesting "extras". The call-time tracking function allows calls to be automatically ended after a preset limit in order to reduce costs to the user. The multi-phonebook allows several users of the same handset to have their own phonebook lists.
Other features- one-touch flashlight, localized languages, tutorial, etc.
Availability (Nokia 1200)- Q2 2007
Availability (Nokia 1208)- Q3 2007


Nokia 1650 - FM radio, MP3 support, localization in 75 languages and also has a flashlight and option for pre-set call time limit.
Availability- Q2 2007


Nokia 2660- A clamshell phone with nice design.
Features- GPRS connectivity, Bluetooth, FM radio, MP3 support and 500-entry phonebook.
Availability- Q2 2007

Nokia 2630- Thinnest candy bar phone
Features- Camera, Bluetooth, FM radio and MP3 support.
Availability- Q3 2007

Nokia 2760- A clamshell with GPRS, Bluetooth, a camera with video recording capabilities, FM radio, MP3 support and a 1000-entry phonebook.
Availability- Q3 2007

Source: GSM Arena

Nokia 1100- World's Top Selling Consumer Electronics Product

Amidst the hype and allure of new, exciting cutting edge phones like iPhone, Nseries, and GPS-enabled phones, economy class Nokia 1100 remains the king of consumer electronics products.

Nokia 1100, torch light, no-slip grips mobile phone has sold about 200 million units since its launch in 2003.

Source: Mobile weblog