Company Nokia has filed in the U.S. Patent Office for a patent self-charging battery. The official name of the invention – "piezoelectric kinetic energy harvester» (piezoelectric kinetic energy harvester). The idea of the invention is that the battery is attached to the outer frame and isolated from it by piezoelectric elements. The result is a kinetic energy, which generates an electrical signal, "partially charging the battery. The battery is moved inside the phone on runners, which goes into the condenser. Incidentally, a similar idea is used in some models of hours, which is also recharged while driving.

Via Electronista

Nokia and Skype announced a provision of voice services Skype IP-telephony in all Nokia phones running Symbian ^ 1, and the Nokia N900. The service will work on 3G, Wi-Fi or even GPRS / EDGE.

In addition, Skype reported that soon enjoy the most popular VOIP-client can be on Symbian-phones from other manufacturers such as Sony Ericsson.

Skype Client for Nokia phones will be sold in Ovi Store. As Nokia predicted that the first time, it will download about 1.5 million people a day.

Version of Skype for Symbian existed before, for example from Fring, but officially Nokia starts to support it for the first time.

Via TechRadar

Nokia today announced the launch of the first phone models C-series – C5. Its main purpose – to give the owner a maximum of function series smartphone form factor of a conventional phone. In this case the price of Nokia will try to keep at the level of the latter.

Platform for the new line was chosen as the operating system Symbian S60. Modules 3G and GPS to ensure full and fast access to all services Ovi, including a free version of Ovi Maps.

Luggage C5 – 5 megapixel; phone is equipped with a slot microSDHC – the bundle includes a microSD card to 2 GB.

Deliveries of C5 in Europe should begin as early as this spring. Phone price was 135 euros (about $ 183).

Via Electronista

Gartner summed up the results of the smartphone market in 2009. A positive outcome of this year has ended for Apple, Google and RIM. In absolute terms, leading RIM with 19,9% of the market, but Apple and Google was growing fast. Apple increased its market share from 8,2% (in 2008) to 14,4% (in 2009). Android most of 2008 was not shipped, but next year this OS gained 3.9% market share.

As usual, the growth of some means a fall for others. Share Symbian fell below 50% – to 46,9%. The positions of Windows Mobile weakened with 11,8% to 8,7%, and operating system from Microsoft took the fourth position in the ranking. The share of systems based on Linux has declined from 7,6% to 4,7%: this reflected the transition of many producers on Android.

Proportion Palm webOS still negligible – only 0.7%.

If we talk about the market of traditional phones, there is still a leader Nokia with 36.9%. However, a year ago, it was higher – 38,6%. Next come the Samsung and LG, and they were able to improve the position: up to 19,5% and 10,1% respectively.

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Nokia Research Center, presented today in the web so far conceptualized under the name «Explore and Share» in the field of wireless data transfer. The video shows how to PDA N900 just 10 seconds, downloaded 18-track studio album by the weight of about 100-200 MB. Nokia still does not disclose details on this development, calling it simply "a new radio technologies.

By assumption, Engadget, Explore and Share – nothing like Bluetooth 4.0. In theory, this generation of Bluetooth provides speeds around 60 Mbps.

Via Engadget

Site Electronista on Saturday said that Nokia, may soon release the first phone on Symbian ^ 3: they will be X10, the new flagship model range XPERIA. He will receive 3.2-inch AMOLED-capacitance multi-touch screen with the automatic change of orientation and ARM Cortex A8 processor at 600 MHz – that is, is as fast as on the iPhone 3GS. Also on the phone will be 5-megapixel camera module 3G, GPS and Wi-Fi, 256 MB RAM and 16 or 32 GB built-in. Interestingly, the X10 was the first in a series XPERIA can get a sliding keyboard. In confirmation of this rumor Electronista led the design and configuration of the phone.

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According to Electronista, Nokia can provide at the upcoming International Congress of mobile communication "perfect" device on the basis of the updated OS Symbian ^ 3. New be called N8, it would have 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen with a proprietary interface and 12-megapixel (!) Camera that supports record format 720p, HDMI-output to 1080p and the codec DivX.

The same source reports that Ovi Store will be an application for viewing TV programs on the phones of Nokia. Also reported that in the Nokia product line will be yet another category – S, for the most expensive and exclusive models.

Via Electronista

Last weekend, Mozilla released the first working version of Firefox Mobile. The browser is mainly intended for the model N900, although it should work with other devices based on OS Maemo. Developers promise that the new Firefox has no competitors in the mobile phone: it has tabs, extensions and support HTML5 and Flash (allows you to watch YouTube), synchronize bookmarks across Weave and other advanced features.

In Mozilla Firefox version also preparing for Windows Mobile and Android. Platform for iPhone and BlackBerry is too closed, so that the developers are not yet possible to release a version for these platforms. Keep Symbian in the near future is not planned.

Via Electronista

Much Ado About Nokia Maps

When two years ago proposed a concept phone Nokia Morph flexible screen, few believed that someday he will be on the line. Yesterday PMPToday reported that Nokia has successfully patented the technology.

What's interesting is that there is not just a flexible screen: Nokia in patent describes a way to run different applications, depending on the shape of the screen. In other words, bent to one side of the phone – run one application to another – the other, rolled in a tube – the third. The patent is a diagram describing just these three provisions:

In fairness, we note that in the patent says nothing about the phone, it is only the flexible screen. However, this shows that the Morph phone type could become reality in the near future.

Via PMPToday