The Ascend II will runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS. Aside from that, it supports a 3.5-inch display and powered with a 600 Mhz C.P.U.. As for photographic camera, the Ascend II can offer you at least a 5 megapixel rear camera with 720p video recording.

You can get the device for free, to top it, you will get a $100 mail in rebate. Not only that, U.S Cellular will inlcudes a 2GB micro-SD for extra storage with support for 32GB sd cards and the Ascend II comes pre-installed with Swype.

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The Nokia 603 is designed to appeal to first time smartphone users and those upgrading from older products, particularly existing users of Nokia smartphones who will welcome a device that offers all the latest technology and features in a package that is still uniquely Nokia.

This latest smartphone exemplifies Nokia’s belief that affordability should not compromise the quality of the experience. The Nokia 603 offers a seamless, compact designing that makes the most of the durable 3.5 inch ClearBlack, scratch-resistant display, optimized for use in sunlight. Exceeding expectations for its EUR 200 price-tag end*, the Nokia 603 comes preloaded with Maps, the latest social networking games and apps, and the ability to capture, edit and share photographs, all with great graphics performance thanks to the fast graphics processor in the device. The Nokia 603 also makes NFC innovation accessible to more people with the ability to share content, pair with accessories like the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset, and unlock new experiences, such as unseen levels on Angry Birds.

“The Nokia 603 continues the renewal of our smartphone range with products that are uniquely matched to the needs of people around the world,” said Tuula Rytila, Senior Vice President, Nokia. “Whatever the price-point, our aim is to ensure all Nokia smartphones are crafted for use, have Nokia’s trusted quality, are punter connected, and contain unexpected surprises like the ability to tap to pair and share with NFC.”

Featuring the latest Symbian Belle software, the Nokia 603 also benefits from up to six customizable homescreens and dynamic live widgets for improved personalization and prioritization of your favourite content.

Continuing to extend Nokia’s range of innovative accessories, the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset is a uniquely designed in-ear device with NFC pairing capabilities. Available in a range of colours, the headset features a pop-out earpiece for up to eight hours of extended talk time and easy charging with any Nokia microUSB phone charger. Nokia’s exclusive Always Ready technology enables you to answer calls simply by popping out the earpiece, and end calls by placing the earpiece back in its cradle. At only EUR 69*, the Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset is perfectly priced to accompany the Nokia 603, bringing NFC pairing opportunities to more people around the world. The Nokia 603 is available in black and white with a choice of back covers in six different colors: black, white, fuchsia, super C, yellow and blue. The Nokia Luna Bluetooth Headset is available in black, white, fuchsia, green and cyan. Both products are expected to beginning transportation in the fourth quarter of 2011.

* Estimated retail price before taxes and subsidies

Android, the number one platform by shipments since Q4 2010, was also the strongest growth driver this quarter, with Android-based smart phone shipments up 379% over a year ago to 51.9 million units. Growth was bolstered by strong Android product performances from a number of vendors, including Samsung, HTC, LG, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, ZTE and Huawei. The final country-level data delivered to clients today shows there were particularly strong performances from Android devices in APAC countries, such as South Korea, where Android holds an 85% platform share, and Taiwan, where it has 71%.

With shipments of 20.3 million iPhones and a market share of 19%, iOS overtook Nokia’s Symbian platform during the quarter to take second place worldwide. In doing so, Apple also became the world’s leading individual smart phone vendor, stripping Nokia of its long-held leadership position.

‘The iPhone has been a phenomenal success floor for Apple and a watershed product for the marketplace,’ said Canalys VP and Principal Analyst Chris Jones. ‘It’s an impressive success story, presumption that Apple has only been in the smart phone market for four days. With the next-generation iPhone anticipated in Q3, it’s likely that Apple’s position will grow even stronger in the second half of the class.’

Samsung also moved ahead of Nokia, with its flagship Galaxy S II product performing well, but its overall performance was underwhelming, considering the opportunities offered by the upheaval at Nokia.

‘Samsung has failed to fully capitalize on Nokia’s weakened state around the world, as the Finnish company rides out a challenging transitional period,’ said Jones. ‘It’s the best placed vendor to grow at Nokia’s expense, taking advantage of its global scale and distribution channel reach, but it hasn’t yet done enough to capitalize on this, particularly in emerging markets.’

Samsung was the largest Android device seller and the number two vendor overall in the market with shipments of its own-branded devices at 17.0 million units. Its year-on-year growth of 421% was helped by significant growth of 355% in its bada smart phone shipments. Samsung also acts as an ODM for the Google Nexus S and T-Mobile Sidekick 4G, collectively estimated to have shipped 0.7 million units.

Nokia’s leadership position has proved most resilient in key emerging markets, and it still leads in the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. ‘The problem for Nokia is that demand for its Symbian-based smart phones has dissipated very rapidly, particularly in hustler-led markets, such as Western Europe, where it’s been strong in the past,’ said Canalys Principal Analyst Pete Cunningham. ‘It badly needs the first of its Windows Phone devices to launch as soon as possible to arrest a decline and, hopefully, silence its critics.’

‘While it is committed to launching a device before the end of the year, we do not expect to see it until mid-to-late Q4, and it will be much longer before a portfolio of Nokia Windows Phone smarting phones drives volumes. Nokia is exercise set to have several more difficult quarters before a possible reversal of fortunes,’ added Cunningham.

Microsoft is also eager to see Nokia’s first Windows Phone products, along with those from its other OEM partners, ship with its Mango update. ‘A fresh crop of products is certainly needed,’ said Jones. Fewer than 1.5 million Microsoft-based smart phones shipped during the quarter, equating to a mere 1% share of the global marketplace, down 52% against shipments a year ago.

Windows Phone OEM partner HTC saw Android driving the vast majority of its portfolio, but Canalys expects it to continue to be a leading provider of Windows Phone products. HTC achieved particular success in North America this quarter, climbing to a 21% share and consolidating its second place position, piece Apple’s North American share dropped from 31% last stern to 25% this quarter.

RIM had a challenging quarter in North America, with its market share slipping to 12%, down from 33% a year ago, leading to negative press coverage in the United States. But RIM’s global shipments grew 11% year on year, keeping it the number one vendor in Latin America with a 28% share.

‘It’s easy to be negative about BlackBerry in the US, but it’s important to remember that in other markets, particularly emerging markets, it continues to see significant interest and uptake of its devices, for example in Indonesia and South Africa where it is the leading smart earphone vendor,’ said Jones. ‘Nonetheless, it must continue to innovative and recapture lost momentum. It’s critical that the next-generation BlackBerry OS 7-based products launch ahead of the upcoming holiday season to compete in the market.’

As you can see above, the painting is exhibit off Symbian new update interface. The icons seems big and volition probably easily touch since its a touchscreen French telephone. The E6 will absolutely perfect replacement for the Nokia E71. They’re quite similar but E6 is the onward motion variation of it.

[via Engadget]

The Symbian Foundation has just doomed Sony Ericsson recently and now even Samsung is backing out on them. They ar still fortunate left with seven manufacturer that willingly build computer hardware for them. Those septet manufacturer are Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Sendo, Sharp, Siemens, and Nokia. All Samsung’s military action might appears harsh but they are thinking for better future tense plan.

[via MobileCrunch]

“Today our bout back to smartphone leading shifts into high gear gear wheel,” said Niklas Savander, Executive Vice President, Markets, Nokia. “Despite new competition, Symbian stiff the most widely used smartphone platforms in the world. Our new family unit of smartphones introduced today feature the all-new Symbian OS, rewritten to be faster, easier to manipulation, more efficient and more developer friendly.” Savander also commented on the high level of anticipation for the Nokia N8. “Based on the level of consumer pastime and the highest online pre-orders in Nokia story, we expect big things from the Nokia N8.”

Nokia E7 – the ultimate business smartphone. With Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync on board, the Nokia E7 provides direct, real-time and secure access to corporate electronic mail inboxes and other personal applications. Equipped with a 4-in touchscreen display featuring Nokia ClearBlack technology for improved outdoor visibility and a full keyboard, business users will find the Nokia E7 is the perfect form and size to employment on documents, reexamination spreadsheets, or read and edit slides. For corporate peace treaty of mind, a combination of stage business grade security measures solutions is available. Estimated retail monetary value is EUR 495, excluding taxes and subsidies.

Nokia C7 – beautifully crafted, sleek social networking smartphone. Get live updates from social networks such as Facebook and Twitter and keep running of new electronic mail from your Yahoo! or Gmail accounts directly on the homescreen. The Nokia C7 features a 3.5-in AMOLED exhibit and a stunning combining of stainless steel, field glass and soft edges. Estimated retail monetary value is EUR 335, excluding taxes and subsidies.

Nokia C6 – the small and stylish smartphone. Sporting a 3.2-inch AMOLED display with full touching capabilities and Nokia ClearBlack technology for improved outdoor visibleness, the latest Nokia C6 (C6-01) features the best of sociable networking and mobile entertainment in a stainless brand and field glass designing. Stay connected to electronic mail, approach millions of tracks through Ovi Music, and download apps and games from the Ovi Store. Estimated retail price is EUR 260, excluding taxes and subsidies.

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“We volition be working with ARM to develop the security measures architecture for the next propagation of mobile phones. This volition enable people to approach highly valuable services with contraption and security,” explains Dr. Kai Grassie, head of the New Business division at G&ere;D.

Acceptance of mobile applications such as banking, ticketing and payment solutions rests on the security of device and backcloth systems involved. For this reason, both companies wealthy person been working on innovative security measures concepts.

The interplay of TrustZone and Mobicore ensures that if online services require security measures-sensitive functions such as entering of substance abuser epithet and watchword or information output on a showing, these functions ar transferred to the Mobicore high-security operating system run in the TrustZone protected surface area of an ARM application processor. As the security measures-sensitive functions ar executed, Mobicore maintains controller of the secure surface area of a system-on-splintering. Users can therefore be certain that the data they wealthy person entered, such as their username and watchword, cannot be manipulated by malware on the earpiece during a defrayment transaction.

ARM and G&D volition present their reefer concepts at the Mobile River World Congress from Feb 15 to 18, 2010, in Barcelona.

[Hat hint to Jilles van Gurp who left field a comment on my original Ovi Prime Place web log post]