Snapture Labs has introduced the Snapture Flash, a camera flash unit for the iPhone. The Snapture Flash sleeve features a Xenon bulb which is not only about 100X as bright as an LED, but apparently doesn’t drain the battery as much since it’s not constantly on. In fact, with the iPhone’s battery you can take about 1,000+ photos using the Snapture Flash, which takes about 3 seconds to recharge between shots.
A 320V 13μF capacitor is claimed to provide illumination 100 times brighter than conventional LED modules, while offering over 1000 captures in one charge. SnaptureFlash is still in the prototype stage and is awaiting manufacture. The company has not yet provided a time-frame for public release or an estimated price.
Nokia has officially unveiled its Mail on Ovi service “live”, ready to be used on Series 40 handsets. The service includes Nokia’s free email account. Nokia also established a single login procedure for various Ovi features, replacing the old cumbersome system, which required a separate sign-in for each feature. Nokia announced its Mail on Ovi service a few months ago, pointing to the emerging markets as the motivation since personal computers are not as common in those markets. The Mail on Ovi service is free and offers users up to 1GB of online storage, with integrated junk mail filtering. During the Beta period, consumers will be able to choose from 12 languages based on the settings of their device. The languages currently supported include English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Hindi, Bengali, Tagalog, Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia
Over the weekend, Nokia also announced that it started combining sign-ins for its overall services site Ovi.com and for its media sharing service Share on Ovi. Nokia said earlier this month it aims to make annual revenue of at least 2 billion euros ($2.79 billion) from Internet services in 2011, focusing on navigation, music, games, messaging and media.
The latest piece of art in the Arte lineup appeared at Nokia website. The new model is somewhat of a slider, and dubbed as the ‘Gold Arte’ and looks pretty much the same as the Sapphire Arte. The functionality remains identical, but the 8800 Gold Arte is plated with 18 carat gold and features leather accents for a high-end feel. The accelerometer-based features such as tap-for-time and turn-to-mute are also available as before.
The main specs and capabilities of Nokia 8800 Gold Arte include:
-Tri-band GSM (900 / 1800 / 1900) and WCDMA 2100 connectivity
-A 2 inch OLED display with 240 x 320 pixels and 16 million colors
-Series 40 5th Edition interface, Feature Pack 1
-Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
-Opera Mini
-A 3.2MP camera with autofocus
-USB 2.0
-4GB of internal memory
-150 grams
-109 x 45.6 x 14.6 mm
Nokia has not yet released pricing or availability information for the Nokia 8800 Gold Arte
The T-Mobile Dash has always been a popular but low profile device. There’s just a hold of a brand-new-looking T-Mobile Dash photo. Â Spotted here is what appears to the T-Mobile Dash 2 Windows Mobile smartphone all wrapped up in a beautiful black paint job. From what we know, the Dash 2 gets preloaded with Windows Mobile 6 and rocks Wi-Fi for its high-speed data needs. We can’t say for sure, but it’s also possible that T-Mobile compatible 3G connectivity has also been thrown into the mix. That’s possible, but somehow I think it’s unlikely. Each and every button is in the same place as the original Dash, leading us to lean on the “Dash refresh” side rather than declaring it a second coming of the Dash.
We’re waiting for confirmation on whether this is just a color refresh or if this unit has 3G added to it.
Pandora announced that Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service will now be available for free on more than 20 Sprint mobile phones. Until now, Pandora users on Sprint paid $2.99/month to access Pandora’s personalized Internet radio service on their mobile phones. Sprint subscribers who are currently paying the $2.99 subscription to access Pandora on existing Sprint phones will no longer be charged for the Pandora service and the free Pandora application will be available to all Sprint customers who have compatible handsets and a Sprint data plan.
Pandora released an official Windows Mobile client that brings the Music Genome Project straight to the hands of HTC Touch and Motorola Q9c users. The client is completely free and it allows users to create and stream Pandora stations to their Windows mobile handsets via the phone’s data connection. read more…
