MacNN | N95 News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us N95, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ iPhone 3G rivals tout age, not features as edge http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/iphone.3g.rivals.tout.age/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/iphone3g-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Rivals to the iPhone 3G are turning to experience over sheer feature set to promote their devices, according to statements made by the respective companies. Palm in particular defends the slower load times of its 3G-capable Treo, which was outperformed by the 62 percent faster iPhone in load times, by arguing itself a veteran. Palm has had 3G-class devices "for years," according to an official f... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/10/iphone.3g.rivals.tout.age/ Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:35:00 GMT Nokia seeks US share with more phones http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/nokia.seeks.us.share/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/nokian96.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia intends to recapture some of its influence in the US market this year with a slew of new phones, the company's primary designer Alastair Curtis said in an interview published today with Finland's Helsingin Sanomat. The creator promises many new models within the "next few months" that are tailored to the needs of US carriers, ending a relative drought of devices in recent years.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/05/nokia.seeks.us.share/ Mon, 05 May 2008 12:55:00 GMT iPhone, N95 in Canada by summer? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/26/iphone.and.n95.rogers.leak/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/iphone-rogersmock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Two top smartphones may finally be available on an official basis in Canada before the summer, according to separate reports. The Toronto Star cites industry contacts who tell the newspaper that the country's lone major GSM cell provider, Rogers, aims to launch the iPhone in time for it to be included in a campaign promoting touchscreen phones at the company, which will include the upcoming LG Vu... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/26/iphone.and.n95.rogers.leak/ Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:55:00 GMT 3G BlackBerry delayed to avoid iPhone? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/blackberry.8900.delayed/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/blackberry9000-leak2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Research in Motion's 3G-capable BlackBerry won't launch at the same time as its 3G iPhone counterpart and may have been intentionally delayed, claim sources speaking to Fortune. The handset, now said to be named the BlackBerry 8900 and nicknamed the Meteor, has allegedly had its AT&T release pushed back from June to as far as August. The official explanation is said to revolve around call qualit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/04/24/blackberry.8900.delayed/ Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:40:00 GMT NVIDIA intros APX 2500 mobile platform http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/11/nvidia.apx.2500.mobile.gpu/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/nvidiaapx2500.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA on Monday took the wraps from the APX 2500, a new chipset it describes as an application processor for smartphones and other handhelds. Though it has a GeForce graphics unit at its core that helps drive 3D games, the 2500 is said to excel at processing HD video: the hardware is the only mobile chipset capable of both decoding and capturing 720p HD video, NVIDIA claims. Moreover, power sav... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/11/nvidia.apx.2500.mobile.gpu/ Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:05:00 GMT Kodak promises ultra-small 5MP phone camera http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/04/kodak.5mp.ultra.small.cam/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0802/lgku990.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Kodak today said it had developed a new camera sensor that could allow all phones, not just large models, to include a quality camera. The photography firm says it has successfully reduced the individual pixel sizes for a 5-megapixel camera from more than 1.7 microns to just 1.4. By using an enhanced CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensor, the advance allows smaller sensors to fit... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/02/04/kodak.5mp.ultra.small.cam/ Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:15:00 GMT iPhone for Canada at Macworld, to face N95? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/15/analyst.on.canada.iphone/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/iphone-rogersmock.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple chief Steve Jobs' keynote speech today could also see the introduction of the iPhone to Canada and other areas, according to an update by Royal Bank of Canada analyst Michael Abramsky. The researcher estimates that Apple will "probably" reveal a long-anticipated deal with Rogers Wireless to bring the iPhone to the Canadian carrier in the near future. The analyst declines to speculate on de... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/01/15/analyst.on.canada.iphone/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:05:00 GMT Nokia: HD video capture on phones in 2 years http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/05/nokia.on.hd.video.capture/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0712/nokian95-music.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Cellphones will have the option of not just playing but also recording high-definition video in as little as two years, Nokia chief technology officer Tero Ojanpera said in an interview today. The senior official explains that the technology strong enough to encode the sharper video on a handset in real-time is "a couple of years away" for practical purposes given the current state of video. The... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/05/nokia.on.hd.video.capture/ Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:50:00 GMT Nokia kicks off mobile Internet radio http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/03/nokia.internet.radio/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/nokian958gb-internetradio.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nokia today gave owners of its 3G smartphones a new alternative for music with the launch of its self-run Internet Radio service. The software is built not just to stream radio directly to the phone but also to encourage finding new music through filtering radio stations: users can not only sort the "hundreds" of stations Nokia says it lists by their names or genres, but narrow them down to speci... http://www.macnn.com/articles/07/12/03/nokia.internet.radio/ Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:30:00 GMT